Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) genre. First published in 1961, the listing was compiled until 1965 by simply extracting from the magazine's all-genre chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed of an appropriate style and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100.[1] In 1963, during which the chart was published under the title Middle-Road Singles, 14 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine.
Chart history
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence | [2] |
| January 12 | |||
| January 19 | |||
| January 26 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers | |
| February 2 | |||
| February 9 | |||
| February 16 | |||
| February 23 | |||
| March 2 | "Rhythm of the Rain" | The Cascades | |
| March 9 | |||
| March 16 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis | |
| March 23 | |||
| March 30 | |||
| April 6 | |||
| April 13 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams | |
| April 20 | |||
| April 27 | |||
| May 4 | |||
| May 11 | "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | Peter, Paul and Mary | |
| May 18 | |||
| May 25 | "I Love You Because" | Al Martino | |
| June 1 | |||
| June 8 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto | |
| June 15 | |||
| June 22 | |||
| June 29 | |||
| July 6 | |||
| July 13 | "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | Rolf Harris | |
| July 20 | |||
| July 27 | |||
| August 3 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary | |
| August 10 | |||
| August 17 | |||
| August 24 | |||
| August 31 | |||
| September 7 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton | |
| September 14 | |||
| September 21 | |||
| September 28 | |||
| October 5 | |||
| October 12 | |||
| October 19 | |||
| October 26 | |||
| November 2 | "Washington Square" | The Village Stompers | |
| November 9 | |||
| November 16 | |||
| November 23 | "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | Dale and Grace | |
| November 30 | |||
| December 7 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun | |
| December 14 | |||
| December 21 | |||
| December 28 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Record Research Incorporated. p. vi. ISBN 9780898201697.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 5, 1963". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2018.