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Top R&B Songs of 1963

1962 <-1963-> 1964
    

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1.
03/1963
265

6
US
3
AC


14
R&B
9
UK
[Philips 40096]
written by Ray Hildebrand & Jill Jackson
2.
01/1963
187

3
US




9
R&B


[Capitol 4897]
written by Bobby Darin
3.
04/1963
185

3
US




10
R&B


[Parkway 867]
written by Dee Clark, Cornell Muldrow & Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon)
4.
08/1963
154

7
US
2
AC


23
R&B


[Parkway 884]
written by Sherman Edwards & Ben Raleigh
5.
06/1963
356

2
US




10
R&B
5
UK
[instrumental]
[Dot 16479]
written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson
6.
01/1963
151

9
US
3
AC


21
R&B
49
UK
[Columbia 42666]
written by Eddie Snyder & Paul Vance
7.
12/1963
133

9
US




✫1
R&B


[ABC-Paramount 10502]
written by Ray Whitley
8.
03/1963
130

10
US
3
AC


8
R&B


[instrumental]

[Battle 45909]
written by Herbie Hancock
9.
09/1963
244

2
US
✫1
AC


22
R&B


[instrumental]
[Epic 9617]
written by Bobb Goldsteinn & David Shire
10.
10/1963
117

10
US




4
R&B


[Stax 140]
written by Rufus Thomas
11.
01/1963
384

✫1
US
✫1
AC
23
country
4
R&B
10
UK
[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods
12.
01/1963
341

✫1
US




3
R&B
12
UK
[Vee-Jay 485]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio
13.
12/1963
200

5
US




✫1
R&B
40
UK
[Okeh 7187]
written by Curtis Mayfield
14.
03/1963
145

6
US




11
R&B


[Roulette 4481]
written by Twyla Herbert & Lou Christie (as Lugee Sacco)
15.
05/1963
170

6
US
3
AC


11
R&B


[Capitol 4965]
written by Hans Carste & Charles Tobias
16.
08/1963
343

6
US




8
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #493]
[Philles 115]
written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
17.
11/1963
106

17
US
6
AC


3
R&B


[Reprise 20,216]
written by Napoleon XIV (as Jerry Samuels)
18.
11/1963
132

8
US




4
R&B


[Congress 202]
written by Lincoln Chase
19.
07/1963
137

8
US




2
R&B


[Okeh 7175]
written by Curtis Mayfield
20.
08/1963
115

12
US
3
AC


19
R&B


[Capitol 5027]
written by Joe Sherman & George David Weiss
21.
09/1963
128

11
US
4
AC


6
R&B


as Sunny & The Sunglows
[Tear Drop 3014]
written by Joe Seneca
22.
04/1963
289

8
US
3
AC


7
R&B
5
UK
with the Jack Halloran Singers
[ABC-Paramount 10435]
written by Fred Rose & Hy Heath
23.
03/1963
208

3
US




20
R&B
34
UK
[Capitol 4932]
written by Chuck Berry & Brian Wilson
24.
08/1963
131

7
US




18
R&B


[Capitol 5009]
written by Brian Wilson
25.
06/1963
299

✫1
US




3
R&B
26
UK
[Liberty 55580]
written by Jan Berry & Brian Wilson
26.
05/1963
405

✫1
US
✫1
AC


18
R&B
6
UK
[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla III (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudillo
27.
09/1963
270

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


as Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
[Dot 16487]
written by Keith McCormack & Jimmy Torres
28.
02/1963
195

3
US




4
R&B


[Cameo 243]
written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann
29.
06/1963
308

✫1
US




4
R&B
21
UK
originally titled "so in love"
[Parkway 871]
written by George Williams [George R. Williams], Bill Jackson & Roy Straigis
30.
09/1963
152

5
US




26
R&B


produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72180]
written by Ben Raleigh & Mark Barkan
31.
01/1963
107

13
US




2
R&B


[RCA Victor 8129]
written by Leo Price & John Marascalco
32.
08/1963
227

2
US




4
R&B


[Tuff 369]
written by Zell Sanders (as Zelma Sanders) & Lona Stevens
33.
01/1963

Ruby Baby by Dion

from Ruby Baby   
224

2
US




5
R&B


as Dion Di Muci
[Columbia 42662]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
34.
01/1963
360

3
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
5
UK
[Valiant 6026]
written by John Gummoe (as John Claude Gummoe)
35.
04/1963
119

8
US




15
R&B


[Capitol 4951]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler, Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber
36.
11/1963
125

8
US




7
R&B


37.
03/1963
247

2
US
✫1
AC


10
R&B


[Warner 5348]
written by Peter Yarrow & Leonard Lipton
38.
05/1963
123

10
US




2
R&B


39.
03/1963
240

4
US




11
R&B
16
UK
[instrumental]
[Dot 16440]
written by Brian Carman & Bob Spickard
40.
02/1963
133

9
US
4
AC


20
R&B


[instrumental]
[Columbia 42619]
written by Johnny Cowell
41.
02/1963
292

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
38
UK
[Kapp 501]
written by Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson
42.
06/1963
200

5
US




6
R&B
29
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #460]

[Laurie 3179]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
43.
02/1963
175

11
US




21
R&B
12
UK
with the Mellow Men
[RCA Victor 47-8134]
written by Otis Blackwell & Winfield Scott
44.
03/1963
119

9
US




7
R&B


[Atlantic 2182]
written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
45.
06/1963
99

12
US




8
R&B


[Cameo 257]
written by Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Anderson) & Frank Guida
46.
06/1963
112

21
US
6
AC


9
R&B
35
UK
as Ray Charles & The Raelets
US B side to Without Love (There Is Nothing)
[ABC-Paramount 10453]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
47.
08/1963
265

✫1
US




2
R&B


48.
06/1963
151

7
US




2
R&B


as Inez Foxx with Charlie Foxx
[Symbol 919]
written by Inez Foxx & Charlie Foxx
49.
08/1963
132

8
US




3
R&B


[Tamla 54083]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
50.
06/1963
170

5
US




4
R&B


[Fraternity 906]
written by Chuck Berry
51.
09/1963
326

5
US




8
R&B
3
UK
charted as Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues in UK charts
[Monument 824]
written by Claude Demetrius
52.
11/1963
277

2
US




✫1
R&B
26
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #55]

[Wand 143]
written by Richard Berry
53.
03/1963
261

6
US
2
AC


13
R&B
10
UK
[Decca 31478]
written by Jean Renard & Carl Sigman
54.
11/1963
105

12
US




4
R&B


[Parkway 890]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell
55.
10/1963
115

11
US




2
R&B


[RCA Victor 47-8247]
written by Willie Dixon
56.
03/1963
97

21
US




19
R&B
29
UK
[Joy 274]
written by James Gilreath
57.
02/1963
141

20
US




16
R&B
13
UK
[Dimension 1006]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
58.
06/1963
119

10
US




3
R&B


[Atlantic 2188]
written by Gregory Carroll & Doris Troy (as Doris Payne)
59.
07/1963
158

5
US




10
R&B


produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72143]
written by Beverly Ross & Edna Lewis
60.
05/1963
363

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
9
UK
produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72119]
written by Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck (as John Gluck Jr.)
61.
09/1963
193

4
US




✫1
R&B


[ABC-Paramount 10487]
written by Curtis Mayfield
62.
02/1963
281

7
US
3
AC


19
R&B
6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #312]
[Monument 806]
written by Roy Orbison
63.
03/1963
292

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
39
UK
[S.P.Q.R. 3305]
written by Carmela Guida, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
64.
07/1963
335

3
US




12
R&B
4
UK
[live]
[Reprise 20198]
written by Pete Seeger & Lee Hays
65.
10/1963
287

✫1
US
✫1
AC


6
R&B


[Montel 921]
written by Dewey Terry & Don Harris (as Donald Harris)
66.
03/1963
268

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[RCA 8139]
written by Jacques Plante, Franck Pourcel (as J.W. Stole), Paul Mauriat (as Del Roma), Norman Gimbel & Arthur Altman
67.
04/1963
98

11
US




15
R&B


[Dot 16453]
written by Dessie Rozier
68.
07/1963
108

10
US




10
R&B


[Colpix 692]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
69.
05/1963
205

3
US




✫1
R&B


[Atlantic 2184]
written by Barbara Lewis
70.
02/1963
335

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
16
UK
[Laurie 3152]
written by Ronnie Mack (as Ronald Mack)
71.
12/1963
158

44
US




3
R&B
7
UK
[Marc 104]
written by Bob Relf (as Bobby Relf) & Earl Nelson
72.
07/1963
157

14
US
2
AC


4
R&B
30
UK
[RCA Victor 8215]
written by traditional
73.
09/1963
170

12
US




24
R&B
12
UK
as Rick Nelson
# 1 for glenn miller in 1940
[Decca 31533]
written by Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
74.
03/1963
197

4
US




9
R&B
38
UK
[Scepter 1248]
written by Helen Miller & Howard Greenfield
75.
06/1963
268

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


as Little Stevie Wonder
[Tamla 54080]
written by Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby
76.
06/1963
268

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[Roulette 4494]
written by William Linton & Larry Huff
77.
09/1963
143

6
US




17
R&B


as Dion Di Muci
[Columbia 42852]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca
78.
02/1963
94

20
US




9
R&B
37
UK
as Ray Charles & his Orchestra with The Raelettes featuring Margie Hendrix
[ABC-Paramount 10405]
written by Teddy Powell
79.
03/1963
145

7
US




3
R&B


[Dimension 1008]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
80.
03/1963
107

10
US




8
R&B


[Cameo 244]
written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann
81.
06/1963
104

10
US




18
R&B


[Rust 5059]
written by Neil Levenson
82.
09/1963
320

✫1
US




4
R&B
17
UK
#1 hit for Larry Clinton in 1939
[Atco 6273]
written by Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish
83.
04/1963
331

3
US




5
R&B
5
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #114]
[Philles 112]
written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
84.
08/1963
193

4
US




✫1
R&B


as Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
[United Artists 629]
written by Bert Russell & Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade)
85.
07/1963
184

3
US




13
R&B


[Vee-Jay 539]
written by Larry Santos
86.
03/1963
447

2
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
2
UK
[Columbia 42674]
written by Doc Pomus (as Jerome "Doc" Pomus) & Mort Shuman
87.
09/1963
236

4
US




3
R&B
21
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10481]
written by Harlan Howard
88.
10/1963
195

8
US




20
R&B
13
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8243]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
89.
09/1963
206

29
US




26
R&B
3
UK
B side to Mean Woman Blues ; charted as Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues in UK charts
[Monument 824]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
90.
01/1963
160

7
US




16
R&B
32
UK
[Columbia 42661]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
91.
11/1963
140

6
US




27
R&B


[Capitol 5069]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
92.
08/1963
380

2
US




4
R&B
4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #22]
[Philles 116]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector
93.
12/1963
149

24
US




6
R&B
11
UK
[Philles 118]
written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
94.
03/1963
180

5
US




✫1
R&B


[Brunswick 55239]
written by Alonzo Tucker & Jackie Wilson
95.
12/1963
178

8
US
2
AC


6
R&B
42
UK
[Scepter 1262]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
96.
04/1963
171

10
US




✫1
R&B
23
UK
[RCA Victor 8164]
written by Sam Cooke
97.
08/1963
95

12
US




11
R&B


98.
05/1963
144

10
US
5
AC


28
R&B
37
UK
[Capitol 4970]
written by Bobby Darin
99.
06/1963
411

3
US




9
R&B
✫1
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye
100.
08/1963
193

4
US




✫1
R&B



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