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List of Billboard Middle-Road Singles number ones of 1963

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Peter, Paul and Mary had two Middle-Road number ones in 1963, the only act to do so.

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

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Singers Dale and Grace
Dale and Grace spent two weeks at number one with "I'm Leaving It Up to You".
Singer Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet" was the longest-running number one of the year.
Singer Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis topped the chart with "The End of the World".
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 5 "Go Away Little Girl" Steve Lawrence [12]
January 12 [13]
January 19 [14]
January 26 "Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers [15]
February 2 [16]
February 9 [17]
February 16 [18]
February 23 [19]
March 2 "Rhythm of the Rain" The Cascades [20]
March 9 [21]
March 16 "The End of the World" Skeeter Davis [22]
March 23 [23]
March 30 [24]
April 6 [25]
April 13 "Can't Get Used to Losing You" Andy Williams [26]
April 20 [27]
April 27 [28]
May 4 [29]
May 11 "Puff, the Magic Dragon" Peter, Paul and Mary [30]
May 18 [31]
May 25 "I Love You Because" Al Martino [32]
June 1 [33]
June 8 "Sukiyaki" Kyu Sakamoto [34]
June 15 [35]
June 22 [36]
June 29 [37]
July 6 [38]
July 13 "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Rolf Harris [39]
July 20 [40]
July 27 [41]
August 3 "Blowin' in the Wind" Peter, Paul and Mary [42]
August 10 [43]
August 17 [44]
August 24 [45]
August 31 [46]
September 7 "Blue Velvet" Bobby Vinton [47]
September 14 [48]
September 21 [49]
September 28 [50]
October 5 [51]
October 12 [52]
October 19 [53]
October 26 [54]
November 2 "Washington Square" The Village Stompers [55]
November 9 [56]
November 16 [57]
November 23 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Dale and Grace [58]
November 30 [59]
December 7 "Dominique" The Singing Nun [60]
December 14 [61]
December 21 [62]
December 28 [63]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn 2002, p. 6.
  2. ^ Whitburn 2007, p. vi.
  3. ^ Whitburn 2005, pp. 112, 178, 302, 745.
  4. ^ Whitburn 2005, pp. 446, 765.
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  6. ^ Whitburn 2005, p. 765.
  7. ^ Wynn, Ron. "The Cascades Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  8. ^ Whitburn 2002, p. 49.
  9. ^ Seida, Linda. "The Singing Nun Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  10. ^ Whitburn 2002, p. 224.
  11. ^ Whitburn 2005, pp. 646.
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  13. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 12, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  14. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 19, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  15. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 26, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  16. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 2, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  17. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 9, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  18. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 16, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  19. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 23, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  20. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 2, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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  22. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 16, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
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  24. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 30, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  25. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 6, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  26. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 13, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  27. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 20, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  28. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 27, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  29. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 4, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  30. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 11, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  31. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 18, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  32. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 25, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  33. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 1, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  34. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 8, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  35. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 15, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  36. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 22, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  37. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 29, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  38. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 6, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  39. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 13, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  40. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 20, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  41. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 27, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  42. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 3, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  43. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 10, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  44. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 17, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  45. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 24, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  46. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 31, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  47. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 7, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  48. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 14, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  49. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 21, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  50. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 28, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  51. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 5, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  52. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 12, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  53. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 19, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  54. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 26, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  55. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 2, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  56. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 9, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  57. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 16, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  58. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 23, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  59. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 30, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  60. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 7, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  61. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 14, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  62. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 21, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  63. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 28, 1963". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

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