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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of ''Billboard'' Middle-Road Singles number ones of 1963}} |
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[[File:Peter Paul and Mary 1970.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Peter, Paul and Mary]] had two Middle-Road number ones in 1963, the only act to do so.|alt=Two men with dark hair and beards either side of a woman with long blonde hair]] |
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In 1963, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine published a [[record chart|chart]] ranking the top-performing songs in the United States which were considered to be "[[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]]". The chart has undergone various name changes and since 1996 has been published under the title [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]].{{sfn|Whitburn|2002|p=6}} Until 1965, the listing was compiled simply by extracting from ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[pop music]] chart, the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], those songs which were deemed by the magazine's staff to be of an appropriate style and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100.{{sfn|Whitburn|2007|p=vi}} In 1963, the chart was published under the title Middle-Road Singles and 14 different songs topped the listing in 52 issues of the magazine.{{sfn|Whitburn|2002|p=6}} |
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At the start of the year, [[Steve Lawrence]] held the number one position with "[[Go Away Little Girl]]", which stayed in the top spot through the issue of ''Billboard'' dated January 19 before it was replaced by "[[Walk Right In]]" by [[ |
At the start of the year, [[Steve Lawrence]] held the number one position with "[[Go Away Little Girl]]", which stayed in the top spot through the issue of ''Billboard'' dated January 19 before it was replaced by "[[Walk Right In]]" by [[the Rooftop Singers]]. Only one act had more than one number one hit during the year: folk trio [[Peter, Paul and Mary]] spent two weeks at the top of the chart in May with "[[Puff, the Magic Dragon]]" and a further five weeks at number one in August with "[[Blowin' in the Wind]]". The latter song was replaced in the top spot by the longest-running Middle-Road chart-topper of the year, "[[Blue Velvet (song)|Blue Velvet]]" by [[Bobby Vinton]], which spent eight consecutive weeks at number one. Vinton thus also had the highest total number of weeks at number one by any artist. |
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Nearly half of the acts who topped the Middle-Road chart in 1963 never reached number one on the Hot 100, including [[The Cascades (band)|the Cascades]], [[Skeeter Davis]], [[Rolf Harris]], and [[the Village Stompers]].{{sfn|Whitburn|2005|pp=112, 178, 302, 745}} Neither [[Al Martino]] or [[Andy Williams]] ever topped the Hot 100,{{sfn|Whitburn|2005|pp=446, 765}} but both reached number one on the Most Played by Jockeys chart, one of the multiple pop charts which ''Billboard'' published prior to the creation of the Hot 100 in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AR4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28|title=Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys|date=June 28, 1952|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 21, 2018|via=[[Google Books]]|archive-date=April 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428175106/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AR4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Whitburn|2005|p=765}} The success of the Cascades was short-lived,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-cascades-mn0000061690|first=Ron|last=Wynn|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|title=The Cascades Biography & History|accessdate=November 18, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119011005/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-cascades-mn0000061690|url-status=live}}</ref> and the group achieved the unusual feat of topping the Middle-Road chart with the only one of their songs ever to appear on the listing.{{sfn|Whitburn|2002|p=49}} This feat was also achieved by [[the Singing Nun]], who had the final Middle-Road number one of 1963 with "[[Dominique]]". Although it also topped the Hot 100, it was the only song which the Singing Nun, a Belgian vocalist also billed as Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile), placed on either chart during her brief commercial career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-singing-nun-mn0000497426|first=Linda|last=Seida|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|title=The Singing Nun Biography & History|accessdate=November 18, 2018|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119011133/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-singing-nun-mn0000497426|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Whitburn|2002|p=224}}{{sfn|Whitburn|2005|pp=646}} |
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==Chart history== |
==Chart history== |
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[[File:Dale & Grace 1963.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Dale and Grace]] spent two weeks at number one with "[[I'm Leaving It Up to You]]".|alt=Singers Dale and Grace]] |
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[[File:Bobby_Vinton_1965.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Bobby Vinton]]'s "[[Blue Velvet (song)|Blue Velvet]]" was the longest-running number one of the year.|alt= |
[[File:Bobby_Vinton_1965.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Bobby Vinton]]'s "[[Blue Velvet (song)|Blue Velvet]]" was the longest-running number one of the year.|alt=Singer Bobby Vinton]] |
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[[File:Skeeter Davis.png |thumb|right|upright|[[Skeeter Davis]] topped the chart with "[[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]]".|alt= |
[[File:Skeeter Davis.png |thumb|right|upright|[[Skeeter Davis]] topped the chart with "[[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]]".|alt=Singer Skeeter Davis]] |
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|{{dts|January 5}} |
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| rowspan="3"|"[[Go Away Little Girl]]" |
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| rowspan="3"|{{sortname|Steve|Lawrence}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-05|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 5, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 15, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-05|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 5, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 15, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-05|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|January 12}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-12|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 12, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-12|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 12, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-12|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|January 19}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-19|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 19, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-19|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 19, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-19|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|January 26}} |
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|rowspan="5"|"[[Walk Right In]]" |
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| rowspan="5"|{{sort|Rooftop|[[The Rooftop Singers]]}} |
| rowspan="5"|{{sort|Rooftop|[[The Rooftop Singers]]}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-26|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 26, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-26|title=Adult Contemporary chart for January 26, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021436/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-01-26|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|February 2}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-02|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 2, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-02|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 2, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|February 9}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-09|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 9, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-09|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 9, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021450/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-09|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|February 16}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-16|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 16, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-16|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 16, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021446/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-16|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|February 23}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-23|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 23, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-23|title=Adult Contemporary chart for February 23, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-02-23|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|March 2}} |
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|rowspan="2"|"[[Rhythm of the Rain]]" |
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| rowspan="2"|{{sort|Cascades|[[The Cascades (band)|The Cascades]]}} |
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|Cascades|[[The Cascades (band)|The Cascades]]}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-02|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 2, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-02|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 2, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926230337/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-02|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|March 9}} |
!scope=row|{{dts|March 9}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-09|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 9, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-09|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 9, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021433/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-09|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|March 16}} |
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| rowspan="4"|"{{sort|End of the World|[[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]]}}" |
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| rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Skeeter|Davis}} |
| rowspan="4"|{{sortname|Skeeter|Davis}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-16|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 16, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-16|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 16, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|March 23}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-23|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 23, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-23|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 23, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021433/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-23|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|March 30}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-30|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 30, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-30|title=Adult Contemporary chart for March 30, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-03-30|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|April 6}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-06|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 6, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-06|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 6, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-06|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|April 13}} |
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|rowspan="4"|"[[Can't Get Used to Losing You]]" |
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|rowspan=4|{{sortname|Andy|Williams}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-13|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 13, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-13|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 13, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-13|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|April 20}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-20|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 20, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-20|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 20, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-20|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|April 27}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-27|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 27, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-27|title=Adult Contemporary chart for April 27, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-04-27|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|May 4}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-04|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 4, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-04|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 4, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021441/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-04|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|May 11}} |
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|rowspan="2"|"[[Puff, the Magic Dragon]]" |
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| rowspan="2"|[[Peter, Paul and Mary]] |
| rowspan="2"|[[Peter, Paul and Mary]] |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-11|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 11, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-11|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 11, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-11|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|May 18}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-18|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 18, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-18|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 18, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-18|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|May 25}} |
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|rowspan="2"|"[[I Love You Because (song)|I Love You Because]]" |
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| rowspan="2"|{{sortname|Al|Martino}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-25|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 25, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-25|title=Adult Contemporary chart for May 25, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021441/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-05-25|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|June 1}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-01|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 1, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-01|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 1, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-01|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|June 8}} |
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|rowspan="5"|"[[Sukiyaki (song)|Sukiyaki]]" |
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| rowspan="5"|{{sortname|Kyu|Sakamoto}} |
| rowspan="5"|{{sortname|Kyu|Sakamoto}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-08|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 8, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-08|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 8, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021451/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-08|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-15|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 15, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-15|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 15, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-15|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-22|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 22, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-22|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 22, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-22|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-29|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 29, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-29|title=Adult Contemporary chart for June 29, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021433/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-06-29|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|July 6}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-06|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 6, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-06|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 6, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-06|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|July 13}} |
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|rowspan="3"|"[[Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport]]" |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-13|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 13, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-13|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 13, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-13|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|July 20}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-20|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 20, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-20|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 20, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021433/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-20|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|July 27}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-27|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 27, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-27|title=Adult Contemporary chart for July 27, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021456/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-07-27|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|August 3}} |
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|rowspan="5"|"[[Blowin' in the Wind]]" |
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| rowspan="5"|[[Peter, Paul and Mary]] |
| rowspan="5"|[[Peter, Paul and Mary]] |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-03|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 3, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-03|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 3, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021456/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-03|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|August 10}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-10|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 10, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-10|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 10, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021445/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|August 17}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-17|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 17, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-17|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 17, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-17|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|August 24}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-24|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 24, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-24|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 24, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-24|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|August 31}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-31|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 31, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-31|title=Adult Contemporary chart for August 31, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-08-31|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|September 7}} |
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|rowspan="8"|"[[Blue Velvet (Tony Bennett song)|Blue Velvet]]" |
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| rowspan="8"|{{sortname|Bobby|Vinton}} |
| rowspan="8"|{{sortname|Bobby|Vinton}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-07|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 7, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-07|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 7, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-07|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|September 14}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-14|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 14, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-14|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 14, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-14|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|September 21}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-21|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 21, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-21|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 21, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-21|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|September 28}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-28|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 28, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-28|title=Adult Contemporary chart for September 28, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-09-28|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|October 5}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-05|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 5, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-05|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 5, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-05|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|October 12}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-12|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 12, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-12|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 12, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-12|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|October 19}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-19|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 19, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-19|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 19, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|October 26}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-26|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 26, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-26|title=Adult Contemporary chart for October 26, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-10-26|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|November 2}} |
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|rowspan="3"|"[[Washington Square (composition)|Washington Square]]" |
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| rowspan="3"|{{sort|Village|[[The Village Stompers]]}} |
| rowspan="3"|{{sort|Village|[[The Village Stompers]]}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-02|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 2, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-02|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 2, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-02|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|November 9}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-09|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 9, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-09|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 9, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-09|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|November 16}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-16|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 16, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-16|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 16, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021432/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-16|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|November 23}} |
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|rowspan="2"|"[[I'm Leaving It Up to You]]" |
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| rowspan="2"|{{sort|Dale|[[Dale Houston|Dale and Grace]]}} |
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|Dale|[[Dale Houston|Dale and Grace]]}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-23|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 23, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-23|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 23, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-23|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|November 30}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-30|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 30, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-30|title=Adult Contemporary chart for November 30, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-11-30|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|December 7}} |
!scope=row|{{dts|December 7}} |
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|rowspan="4"|"[[Dominique]]" |
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| rowspan="4"|{{sort|Singing|[[The Singing Nun]]}} |
| rowspan="4"|{{sort|Singing|[[The Singing Nun]]}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-07|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 7, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-07|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 7, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-07|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|December 14}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-14|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 14, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-14|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 14, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-14|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|December 21}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-21|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 21, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-21|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 21, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021434/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-21|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|{{dts|December 28}} |
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|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-28|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 28, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> |
|align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-28|title=Adult Contemporary chart for December 28, 1963|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=November 17, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927021433/https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1963-12-28|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[1963 in music]] |
*[[1963 in music]] |
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*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart]] |
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart]] |
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===Works cited=== |
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*{{Cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary, 1961–2001|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|authorlink=Joel Whitburn|publisher=Record Research Incorporated|date=2002|isbn=978-0-89820-149-9}} |
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*{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955–2002|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|authorlink=Joel Whitburn|publisher=Record Research Incorporated|year=2005|isbn=978-0-89820-155-0}} |
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*{{Cite book|title=Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|authorlink=Joel Whitburn|publisher=Record Research Incorporated|date=2007|isbn=978-0-89820-169-7}} |
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{{Adult Contemporary Chart}} |
{{Adult Contemporary Chart}} |
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In 1963, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States which were considered to be "middle of the road". The chart has undergone various name changes and since 1996 has been published under the title Adult Contemporary.[1] Until 1965, the listing was compiled simply by extracting from Billboard's pop music chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed by the magazine's staff to be of an appropriate style and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100.[2] In 1963, the chart was published under the title Middle-Road Singles and 14 different songs topped the listing in 52 issues of the magazine.[1]
At the start of the year, Steve Lawrence held the number one position with "Go Away Little Girl", which stayed in the top spot through the issue of Billboard dated January 19 before it was replaced by "Walk Right In" by the Rooftop Singers. Only one act had more than one number one hit during the year: folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary spent two weeks at the top of the chart in May with "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and a further five weeks at number one in August with "Blowin' in the Wind". The latter song was replaced in the top spot by the longest-running Middle-Road chart-topper of the year, "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton, which spent eight consecutive weeks at number one. Vinton thus also had the highest total number of weeks at number one by any artist.
Nearly half of the acts who topped the Middle-Road chart in 1963 never reached number one on the Hot 100, including the Cascades, Skeeter Davis, Rolf Harris, and the Village Stompers.[3] Neither Al Martino or Andy Williams ever topped the Hot 100,[4] but both reached number one on the Most Played by Jockeys chart, one of the multiple pop charts which Billboard published prior to the creation of the Hot 100 in 1958.[5][6] The success of the Cascades was short-lived,[7] and the group achieved the unusual feat of topping the Middle-Road chart with the only one of their songs ever to appear on the listing.[8] This feat was also achieved by the Singing Nun, who had the final Middle-Road number one of 1963 with "Dominique". Although it also topped the Hot 100, it was the only song which the Singing Nun, a Belgian vocalist also billed as Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile), placed on either chart during her brief commercial career.[9][10][11]
Chart history
![Singers Dale and Grace](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Dale_%26_Grace_1963.jpg/170px-Dale_%26_Grace_1963.jpg)
![Singer Skeeter Davis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Skeeter_Davis.png/170px-Skeeter_Davis.png)
See also
References
- ^ a b Whitburn 2002, p. 6.
- ^ Whitburn 2007, p. vi.
- ^ Whitburn 2005, pp. 112, 178, 302, 745.
- ^ Whitburn 2005, pp. 446, 765.
- ^ "Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys". Billboard. June 28, 1952. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Whitburn 2005, p. 765.
- ^ Wynn, Ron. "The Cascades Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn 2002, p. 49.
- ^ Seida, Linda. "The Singing Nun Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^ Whitburn 2002, p. 224.
- ^ Whitburn 2005, pp. 646.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 5, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 12, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 19, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 26, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 2, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 9, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 16, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 23, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 2, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 9, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 16, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 23, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 30, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 6, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 13, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 20, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 27, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 4, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 11, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 18, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 25, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 1, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 8, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 15, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 22, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 29, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 6, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 13, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 20, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 27, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 3, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 10, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 17, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 24, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 31, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 7, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 14, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 21, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 28, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 5, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 12, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 19, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 26, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 2, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 9, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 16, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 23, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 30, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 7, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 14, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 21, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 28, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
Works cited
- Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary, 1961–2001. Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-89820-149-9.
- Whitburn, Joel (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955–2002. Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-89820-155-0.
- Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Record Research Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.