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

Notes

  1. ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

  1. ^ a b "Top Country Singles for 1963" (PDF). The Billboard. December 28, 1963. p. 34.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.