CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1963*
POS-TITLE-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1
WEST SIDE STORY-ORIGINAL FILM SOUNDTRACK-COLUMBIA-JANUARY
2 PETER,PAUL & MARY-PETER,PAUL & MARY-WARNER BROTHERS-January 3 MOVIN'-PETER,PAUL & MARY-WARNER BROTHERS-April 4 JOAN BAEZ IN CONCERT-JOAN BAEZ-Vanguard-January 5 I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCSICO-TONY BENNETT-Columbia-January 6 MOON RIVER & OTHER GREAT THEMES-ANDY WILLIAMS-Columbia-April 7 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA-ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK-Colpix-May 8 POT LUCK-Original Soundtrack/Elvis Presley-RCA Victor-January 9 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES-Andy Williams-Columbia-June 10 THE BARBRA STREISAND ALBUM-Barbara Streisand-Columbia-July 11 Bye Bye Birdie-Original Soundtrack-RCA Victor-September 12 Jazz Samba-Stan Getz & Charlie Bird-Verve-February 13 How The West Was Won-Original Soundtrack-MGM-June 14 I Wanna Be Around-Tony Bennett-Columbia-June 15 Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits-Roy Orbison-Monument-January 16 Surfin' U.S.A.-The Beach Boys-Capitol-July 17 Oliver!-Original Cast-RCA Victor-February 18 #16-The Kingston Trio-Capitol-May 19 Songs I Love To Sing-Frank Fontaine-ABC-Paramount-March 20 Think Ethnic!-The Smothers Brothers-Mercury-May 21 Our Man In Hollywood-Henry Mancini-RCA Victor-March 22 Richard Chamberlain Sings-Richard Chamberlain-MGM-April 23 Fly Me To The Moon-Joe Harnell-Kapp-April 24 Johnny's Newest Hits-Johnny Mathis-Columbia-June 25 The Apollo Theater Presents James Brown-James Brown-King-August 26 Broadway My Way-Nancy Wilson-Capitol-June 27 Surfing-Ventures-Dolton-June 28 Cleopatra-Original Soundtrack-20th Century-Fox-July 29 Alley Cat-Bent Fabric-Atco-January 30 Trini Lopez At PJs-Trini Lopez-Reprise-September 31 Sincerely Yours-Robert Goulet-Columbia-March 32 Themes For Young Lovers-Percy Faith-Columbia-July 33 Hail The Conquering-Peter Nero-RCA Victor-April 34 Shut Down-Beach Boys-Capitol-August 35 Sinatra-Basie-Frank Sinatra & Count Basie-Reprise-March 36 1962s Greatest Hits-Billy Vaughn-Dot-April 37
It Happened At The World’s Fair-Original Soundtrack/Elvis Presley-RCA Victor-May
38 I Love You Because-Al Martino-Capitol-July 39 New Frontier-Kingston Trio-Capitol-February 40 My Son,The Celebrity-Allan Sherman-Warner Brothers-February 41 1963s Early Hits-Lawrence Welk-Dot-May 42 Tall Tales Legends & Nonsense-New Christy Minstrels-Columbia-July 43 The Music Man-Original Soundtrack-Warner Brothers-January 44 Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton-Epic-October 45 Hobo Flats-Jimmy Smith-Verve-June 46 Latin Rendezvous-Mantovoni-London-June 47 Happy Beat-Ray Conniff-Columbia-April 48 Paul & Paula Sing For Young Lovers-Philips-March 49 Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash-Columbia-September 50 Sunny Side-Kingston Trio-Capitol-September 51 The Concert Sinatra-Frank Sinatra-Reprise-August 52 For Your Sweet Love-Rick Nelson-Decca-August 53 First Family Volume II-Vaughn Meader-Cadence-June 54 Gravy Waltz-Steve Allen-Dot-June 55 Hollywood My Way-Nancy Wilson-Capitol-November 56 The First Family-Vaughn Meader-Cadence-January 57 I'm A Woman-Peggy Lee-Capitol-May 58 Jalouise-Arthur Fiedler-RCA Victor-May 59
Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus-The Vince Guaraldi Trio-Fantasy-March
60 Mondo Cane-Original Soundtrack-United Artists-September 61 Little Town Flirt-Del Shannon-Big Top-July 62 Ramblin'-New Christy Minstrels-Columbia-September 63 Steve Lawrence Winners-Steve Lawrence-Columbia-March 64 So Much In Love-Tymes-Parkway-August 65 Stardust-The Boston Pops Orchestra-RCA Victor-August 66 The Stripper & Other Songs For The Family-David Rose-MGM-January 67
Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer-Nat “King ” Cole-Capitol-August
68 Uniquely Mancini-Henry Mancini-RCA Victor-July 69 Warm And Willing-Andy Williams-Columbia-February 70 Wonderful World Of Love-Robert Goulet-Columbia-June 71 Bosa Nova USA-Dave Brubeck Quartet-Columbia-April 72 Cascading Voices-Hugo & Luigi-RCA Victor-June 73 Elvis' Gold Records Volume III-Elvis Presley-RCA Victor-November 74 Gypsy-Original Soundtrack-Warner Brothers-February 75 Big Girls Don't Cry-The Four Seasons-Vee-Jay-March 76
Girls,Girls,Girls-Original Soundtrack/Elvis Presley-RCA Victor-January
77 I'll Cry If I Want To-Lesley Gore-Mercury-August 78 Blame It On The Bossa Nova-Eydie Gorme-Columbia-May 79
Ingrediants In A Recipe For Soul-Ray Charles-ABC-Paramount-October
80 Johnny-Johnny Mathis-Columbia-September 81 The New Christy Minstrels In Person-Columbia-May 82 Baby Workout-Jackie Wilson-Brunswick-June 83 Golden Hits Of The Four Seasons-Vee-Jay-October 84 Chuck Berry On Stage-Chuck Berry-Chess-October 85 In Dreams-Roy Orbison-Monument-October 86 The Freewheelin-Bob Dylan-Bob Dylan-Columbia-October 87 Award Winning Motion Pictures-Connie Francis-MGM-July 88 Best Of The Chad Mitchell Trio-Chad Mitchell Trio-Kapp-November 89 Arriverderci Roma-Jerry Vale-Columbia-March 90 Jazz Samba Encore-Stan Getz & Luis Bonfa-Verve-July 91 Follow The Boys-Connie Francis-MGM-May 92
Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music-Ray Charles-ABC-Paramount-January
93 Let's Go-The Ventures-Dolton-November 94 More (Soul Surfin')-Kai Winding-Verve-October 95 Livin' It Up-Bert Kaempfert-Decca-July 96 A Taste Of Honey-Martin Denny-Liberty-January 97
Love Themes From Cleopatra-Ferrante & Teicher-United Artists-August
98 Biggest Hits-Chubby Checker-Parkway-March 99 Love For Sale-Arthur Lyman-HiFi-May 100 Back At The Chicken Shack-Jimmy Smith-Blue Note-May *As published in the December 28,1963 issue of Cash Box.