Billboard Top Country Singles of 1963
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1963.[1]
The year's No. 1 country single was "Still" by Bill Anderson. "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens ranked second, and "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash ranked third.[1]
Patsy Cline died in March 1963 and had three singles that made the year-end list: "Sweet Dreams (of You)" (No. 23), "Leavin' on Your Mind" (No. 30), and "Faded Love" (No. 31).
| Rank | Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Still" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 2 | 1 | "Act Naturally" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 3 | 1 | "Ring of Fire" | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| 4 | 3 | "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" | George Jones and Melba Montgomery | United Artists |
| 5 | 1 | "Lonesome 7-7203" | Hawkshaw Hawkins | King |
| 6 | 1 | "Talk Back Trembling Lips" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
| 7 | 1 | "Abilene" | George Hamilton IV | RCA Victor |
| 8 | 1 | "Don't Let Me Cross Over" | Carl Butler | Columbia |
| 9 | 2 | "Six Days on the Road" | Dave Dudley | Golden Wing |
| 10 | 5 | "You Comb Her Hair" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 11 | 2 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis | RCA Victor |
| 12 | 3 | "Is This Me?" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 13 | 3 | "Second-Hand Rose" | Roy Drusky | Decca |
| 14 | 1 | "Ballad of Jed Clampett" | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | Columbia |
| 15 | 3 | "Guilty" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 16 | 2 | "Make the World Go Away" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 17 | 2 | "From a Jack to a King" | Ned Miller | Fabor |
| 18 | 4 | "The Yellow Bandana" | Faron Young | Mercury |
| 19 | 6 | "Detroit City" | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
| 20 | 7 | "Not What I Had in Mind" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 21 | 2 | "8 X 10" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 22 | 7 | "Walk Me to the Door" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 23 | 5 | "Sweet Dreams (of You)" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 24 | 5 | "T for Texas" | Grandpa Jones | Monument |
| 25 | 7 | "I Take the Chance" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
| 26 | 1 | "Ruby Ann" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 27 | 6 | "Take a Letter, Miss Gray" | Justin Tubb | Groove |
| 28 | 5 | "Hello Trouble" | Orville Couch | Vee Jay |
| 29 | 4 | "Roll Muddy River" | The Wilburn Brothers | Decca |
| 30 | 8 | "Leavin' on Your Mind" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 31 | 7 | "Faded Love" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 32 | 7 | "Sands of Love" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 33 | 11 | "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 34 | 7 | "I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor |
| 35 | 9 | "I'm Saving My Love" | Skeeter Davis | RCA Victor |
| 36 | 11 | "Little Ole You" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 37 | "Tips of My Fingers" | Roy Clark | Capitol | |
| 38 | 5 | "Does He Mean That Much to You" | Eddy Arnold | Columbia |
| 39 | 3 | "Sing a Little Song of Heartache" | Rose Maddox | Capitol |
| 40 | 9 | "The Minute You're Gone" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 41 | 8 | "Mr. Heartache, Move On" | Coleman O'Neal | Chancellor |
| 42 | 8 | "Pearl Pearl Pearl" | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | Columbia |
| 43 | 11 | "Happy to Be Unhappy" | Gary Buck | Petal |
| 44 | 9 | "The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
| 45 | 8 | "Old Showboat" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
| 46 | 2 | "Mountain of Love" | David Houston | Epic |
| 47 | 10 | "You're for Me" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 48 | 11 | "Can't Hang Up the Phone" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
| 49 | 3 | "Thanks a Lot" | Ernest Tubb | Decca |
| 50 | 10 | "Tell Her So" | The Wilburn Brothers | Decca |
See also
[edit]- List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1963
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1963
- 1963 in country music
Notes
[edit]- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Top Country Singles for 1963" (PDF). The Billboard. December 28, 1963. p. 34.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.