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.