AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal)TOP SINGLES FOR 1963 *
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No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-TELSTAR-TORNADOS-JANUARY 860 2-SUGAR SHACK-JIMMY GILMER & THE FIREBALLS-November 700 3-FROM A JACK TO A KING-NED MILLER-March 692 4-MOVE BABY MOVE/YOU'LL NEVER CHERISH A LOVE SO TRUE-JOHNNY O'KEEFE-July 682 5-TAMOURE-BILL JUSTIS-June 672 6-HEY PAULA-PAUL & PAULA-March 670 7-I WILL FOLLOW HIM-LITTLE MISS PEGGY MARCH-May 666 8-YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE-Gerry & The Pacemakers-December 664 9-RETURN TO SENDER-Elvis Presley-January 650 10-PIPELINE-Chantays-May 644 11-Painted,Tainted Rose-Al Martino-September 638 12-It's Alright-Gerry & The Pacemakers-December 626 13-Bombora-The Atlantics-September 624 14-Big Girls Don't Cry/Connie-O-Four Seasons-January 586 15-Wipe Out/Surfer Joe-Surfaris-August 582 16-In Dreams-Roy Orbison-April 578 17-Summer Holiday-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-May 556 18-Surf City-Jan & Dean-August 544 19-55 Days At Peking-Rob E.G.-August 540 20-The Boys-The Shadows-February 536 21-Sukiyaki(Ueo Muite Arukou)-Kyu Sakamoto-July 534 22-Dance On-Kathy Kirby-November 530 23-Blame It On The Bossa Nova-Eydie Gorme-April 530 24-Come A Little Bit Closer-The Delltones-March 520 25-Little Town Flirt-Del Shannon-February 500 26-Not Responsible/No Trespassing-Helen Shapiro-October 498 27-Bobby's Girl-Marcie Blane-January 496 28-Blue Bayou/Mean Woman Blues-Roy Orbison-October 494 29-Hootenany Hoot-Sheb Wooley-December 490 30-(You're The) Devil In Disguise-Elvis Presley-August 482 31-The Night Has A Thousand Eyes-Bobby Vee-February 480 32-Tell Him-Exciters-March 478 33-Walk Like A Man-Four Seasons-April 464 34-Walk Right In-Roof Top Singers-February 464 35-Proud Of You-Jay Justin-June 450 36-It's My Party-Lesley Gore-July 444 37-Bossa Nova Baby/Witchcraft-Elvis Presley-December 438 38-Hangin' Five-Delltones-November 436 39-I Love You Because-Al Martino-July 434 40-How Do You Do It?-Gerry & Pacemakers-June 430 41-If I Had A Hammer-Trini Lopez-September 412 42-Dancing Shoes-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-May 412 43-Then He Kissed Me-Crystals-November 408 44-Dominique-Singing Nun-December 390 45-Rhythm Of The Rain-Cascades-April 390 46-Washington Square-Village Stompers-November 380 47-Hello Mudduh,Hello Fadduh!(A Letter From Camp)-Allan Sherman-September 372 48-Jezebel/Stage To Cimmaron-Rob E.G.-June 370 49-Foot Tapper-The Shadows-May 366 50-Little Band Of Gold-James Gilreath-April 356 51-Maria Elena-Los Indios Tabajaras-November 354 52-Lucky Lips-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-August 350 53-Ruby Baby-Dion-March 350 54-Living A Lie-Al Martino-December 348 55-Royal Telephone-Jimmy Little-December 344 56-Puff (The Magic Dragon)-Peter,Paul & Mary-May 336 57-Easier Said Than Done-The Essex-August 326 58-Atlantis/I Want You To Want Me-The Shadows-July 326 59-It's All In The Game-Cliff Richard-October 316 60-Mecca-Gene Pitney-May 304 61-I Like It-Gerry & The Pacemakers-July 294 62-Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton-September 284 63-Those,Lazy,Hazy, Crazy Days Of Summer-Nat King Cole-June 272 64-Love You Truly-Al Martino-December 266 65-Judy,Judy,Judy-Johnny Tillotson-September 252 66-Can't Get Used To Losing You-Andy Williams-May 252 67-I Love You(Don't You Forget)-Perry Como-July 246 68-Falling/Distant Drums-Roy Orbison-July 236 69-What Will My Mary Say-Johnny Mathis-April 232 70-Dance On-The Shadows-March 208 71-The Lonely Surfer-Jack Nitzsche-September 198 72-Blue On Blue-Bobby Vinton-August 196 73-Half Heaven-Half Heartache-Gene Pitney-March 190 74-Shindig-The Shadows-November 188 75-Bachelor Boy-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-February 188 76-From Me To You-Beatles-July 172 77-I Want To Stay Here-Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme-September 162 78-(And Her Name Is) Scarlet-The De Kroo Brothers-October 156 79-Green,Green-The New Christy Minstrels-August 146 80-One Broken Heart For Sale-Elvis Presley-May 120 81-I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter-Connie Francis-February 118 82-Blowin' In The Wind-Peter,Paul & Mary-September 116 83-Please Don't Talk To The Lifeguard-Diane Ray-November 112 84-Let's Limbo Some More/Twenty Miles-Chubby Checker-April 112 85-Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash-August 110 86-Surfin' U.S.A.-Beach Boys-June 108 87-Boss Guitar-Duane Eddy-March 108 88-He's Got The Power-Exciters-April 80 89-Our Day Will Come-Ruby & The Romantics-April 78 90-Spanish Lace-Gene McDaniels-January 72 91-If You Wanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul-June 68 92-I Saw Linda Yesterday-Dickey Lee-February 38 93-Now!-Lena Horne-December 36 94-(Down At) Papa Joe's-Dixiebelles-November 36 95-Forget Him-Bobby Rydell-September 36 96-18 Yellow Roses-Bobby Darin-July 36 97-Mr. Bass Man-Johnny Cymbal-April 36 98-Murphy The Surfie-The Joy Boys-November 34 99-Point Panic-Surfaris-November 34 100-Petite Chanson-Johnny Crawford-October 34 101-Surfin' Hootenanny-Al Casey & The K-C-ettes-October 34 102-Diamonds-Jet Harris & Tony Meehan-April 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.