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List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1963

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ17151548 ↗
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This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1963.

Bobby Vinton, Lesley Gore, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dion, The Four Seasons, The Beach Boys, and Elvis Presley each had three top-ten hits in 1963, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

(#) – 1963 Year-end top 10 single position and rank

1962 peaks

1964 peaks

See also

1963 in music

List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1963

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1963

References

General sources

Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.

Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)

Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

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