Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1963
The Top Songs from 1963

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSongSample
1 10 The Ronettes
Be My Baby
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2 18 The Kingsmen
Louie Louie

3 26 The Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand

4 114 The Beatles
She Loves You

5 156 The Crystals
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)

6 249 Johnny Cash
Ring of Fire

7 279 Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind
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8 581 Roy Orbison
In Dreams

9 606 The Chiffons
He's So Fine

10 661 The Beach Boys
In My Room

11 665 The Beach Boys
Surfin' U.S.A.
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12 669 Martha and The Vandellas
Heat Wave

13 712 The Drifters
On Broadway

14 782 The Surfaris
Wipe Out

15 842 The Crystals
Then He Kissed Me

16 885 Bob Dylan
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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17 1027 The Four Seasons
Walk Like a Man

18 1070 The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There

19 1073 The Beatles
Please Please Me

20 1206 The Chiffons
One Fine Day

21 1229 Jan and Dean
Surf City

22 1394 The Jaynetts
Sally, Go 'Round the Roses

23 1511 Peter, Paul and Mary
Blowin' in the Wind

24 1517 Stevie Wonder
Fingertips

25 1526 Bobby Bare
Detroit City

26 1586 The Trashmen
Surfin' Bird

27 1723 Sonny Boy Williamson (II)
Help Me

28 1731 James Brown
Prisoner of Love

29 1815 Bob Dylan
Masters of War
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30 1822 Bob Dylan
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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31 2082 Marvin Gaye
Can I Get a Witness

32 2164 Roy Orbison
Blue Bayou

33 2223 Patsy Cline
Sweet Dreams (Of You)

34 2232 Lesley Gore
It's My Party

35 2244 The Beatles
Twist and Shout

36 2246 The Angels
My Boyfriend's Back

37 2281 Mongo Santamarķa
Watermelon Man

38 2425 Antonio Carlos Jobim
Insensatez

39 2433 Sam Cooke
Another Saturday Night

40 2502 Buck Owens
Act Naturally

41 2523 The Ronettes
Baby, I Love You
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42 2614 Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
Cry Baby

43 2672 Darlene Love
A Fine Fine Boy

44 2769 The Righteous Brothers
Little Latin Lupe Lu

45 2779 Charles Mingus
Track C - Group Dancers
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46 2795 Dave Dudley
Six Days on the Road

47 2894 Darlene Love
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

48 2939 Lesley Gore
You Don't Own Me

Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Little Johnny Taylor
Part Time Love

Rufus Thomas
Walking the Dog

Dave Clark Five
Glad All Over

Bob Dylan
Girl from the North Country
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The Tymes
So Much in Love

The Rolling Stones
I Wanna Be Your Man

Henri Salvador
Syracuse

Gene Pitney
Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa

Joan Baez
We Shall Overcome

Ray Price
Make the World Go Away

Pete Seeger
We Shall Overcome

Bob B. Soxx & BlueJeans
Why Do Lovers Break Each Other's Heart?

Doris Troy
Just One Look

Bob & Earl
Harlem Shuffle

Martha and The Vandellas
Quicksand

The Beach Boys
Be True to Your School

The Miracles
Mickey's Monkey

The Ran-Dells
Martian Hop

Jan Bradley
Mama Didn't Lie

Darlene Love
(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry

The Rivingtons
The Bird's the Word

Little Peggy March
I Will Follow Him

Elvis Presley
(You're the) Devil in Disguise

Dion
Donna the Prima Donna

Jackie Wilson
Baby Workout

Barbara Lewis
Hello Stranger

Major Lance
The Monkey Time

Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer

Gene Pitney
Half Heaven - Half Heartache

The Beach Boys
Shut Down

Dusty Springfield
I Only Want to Be with You
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The Impressions
It's All Right

Henry Mancini
Days of Wine and Roses

The Marketts
Out of Limits

The Swinging Blue Jeans
Hippy Hippy Shake



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