List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1963

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1963.

Kyu Sakamoto hit #1 in 1963 with "Ue o Muite Arukō", titled "Sukiyaki" in the U.S., becoming the first and only Japanese song to do so.

That year, all but two acts (The Four Seasons and Bobby Vinton) achieved their first number-one singles, with a total of 19, which were Steve Lawrence, The Rooftop Singers, Paul & Paula, Ruby & the Romantics, The Chiffons, Little Peggy March, Jimmy Soul, Lesley Gore, Kyu Sakamoto, The Essex, Jan & Dean, The Tymes, Stevie Wonder (as ‘Little Stevie Wonder’), The Angels, Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs, Nino Tempo, April Stevens, Dale & Grace, and The Singing Nun. These artists only went to the top with these songs once (excluding Wonder, who would later go on to have ten songs hit number one).

Key

Indicates best-performing single of 1963 The original #1 song of 1963, "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys, never reached number one on the weekly charts.

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
82	January 5	"Telstar"	The Tornados	[1]
83	January 12	"Go Away Little Girl"	Steve Lawrence	[2]
	January 19			[3]
84	January 26	"Walk Right In"	The Rooftop Singers	[4]
	February 2			[5]
85	February 9	"Hey Paula"	Paul & Paula	[6]
	February 16			[7]
	February 23			[8]
86	March 2	"Walk Like a Man"	The Four Seasons	[9]
	March 9			[10]
	March 16			[11]
87	March 23	"Our Day Will Come"	Ruby & the Romantics	[12]
88	March 30	"He's So Fine"	The Chiffons	[13]
	April 6			[14]
	April 13			[15]
	April 20			[16]
89	April 27	"I Will Follow Him"	Little Peggy March	[17]
	May 4			[18]
	May 11			[19]
90	May 18	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	Jimmy Soul	[20]
	May 25			[21]
91	June 1	"It's My Party"	Lesley Gore	[22]
	June 8			[23]
92	June 15	"Sukiyaki"	Kyu Sakamoto	[24]
	June 22			[25]
	June 29			[26]
93	July 6	"Easier Said Than Done"	The Essex	[27]
	July 13			[28]
94	July 20	"Surf City"	Jan and Dean	[29]
	July 27			[30]
95	August 3	"So Much in Love"	The Tymes	[31]
96	August 10	"Fingertips"	Little Stevie Wonder	[32]
	August 17			[33]
	August 24			[34]
97	August 31	"My Boyfriend's Back"	The Angels	[35]
	September 7			[36]
	September 14			[37]
98	September 21	"Blue Velvet"	Bobby Vinton	[38]
	September 28			[39]
	October 5			[40]
99	October 12	"Sugar Shack"	Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs	[41][42][43]
	October 19			[44]
	October 26			[45]
	November 2			[46]
	November 9			[47]
100	November 16	"Deep Purple"	Nino Tempo and April Stevens	[48]
101	November 23	"I'm Leaving It Up to You"	Dale & Grace	[49]
	November 30			[50]
102	December 7	"Dominique"	The Singing Nun	[51]
	December 14			[52]
	December 21			[53]
	December 28			[54]