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There are four sources listed for end of year rankings. Billboard magazine is considered the standard and issued several weekly charts and a Top 100 at the end of the year. Cashbox also published its own weekly charts and compiled a year end Top 50 from 1956 to 1960, and then a Top 100 after that. Gilbert & Theroux published "The Top Ten 1956 - Present" in 1981 in which they ranked the Top 40 for each of those years. The EE rank is a calculated rank based on the weekly Billboard Top Twenty which includes all weeks a record was in the top twenty, allowing credit for performance by records that crossed over from one year to another. Any record that made the top forty of at least one of these sources is listed below -- sort by clicking on header. To view the listing for a specific source, click on the appropriate button to the left.
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| There was a lot of disagreement about the #1 song of 1963. Billboard tagged "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs as the top record of the year while Cashbox had it way down the list at #68 and Gilbert & Theroux put it at #14. The EE ranking (which is based on Billboard) also had "Sugar Shack" as #1. Cashbox designated "Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker as the most popular of the year (its top spot on the chart was actually achieved in 1962 on December 22nd and again on December 29th) while Gilbert & Theroux listed Skeeter Davis's "The End of the World" as the best. There was also total disagreement about the #2 record: Billboard = "Surfin' USA" by The Beach Boys, Cashbox = "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence, Gilbert & Theroux = "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton, and the EE rank = "Dominique" by The Singing Nun. |
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artist |
BB Rank |
CB Rank |
GT rank |
EE Rank |
| Be My Baby |
The Ronettes |
45 |
33 |
44 |
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| Big Girls Don't Cry |
The Four Seasons |
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6 |
15 |
31 |
| Blame It On the Bossa Nova |
Eydie Gorme |
30 |
61 |
32 |
39 |
| Blowing in the Wind |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
17 |
30 |
39 |
32 |
| Blue Velvet |
Bobby Vinton |
6 |
7 |
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2 |
| Busted |
Ray Charles |
55 |
35 |
70 |
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| Can't Get Used to Losing You |
Andy Williams |
11 |
23 |
8 |
7 |
| Deep Purple |
Nino Tempo & April Stevens |
19 |
21 |
100 |
35 |
| Denise |
Randy & the Rainbows |
33 |
102 |
60 |
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| Dominique |
The Singing Nun |
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2 |
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| Easier Said Than Done |
The Essex |
39 |
19 |
20 |
34 |
| The End of the World |
Skeeter Davis |
3 |
24 |
3 |
1 |
| Everybody |
Tommy Roe |
38 |
39 |
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| Fingertips - Part 2 |
Little Stevie Wonder |
8 |
11 |
9 |
4 |
| Go Away Little Girl |
Steve Lawrence |
91 |
9 |
2 |
20 |
| He's So Fine |
The Chiffons |
5 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
| Heat Wave |
Martha & the Vandellas |
32 |
37 |
42 |
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| Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh |
Alan Sherman |
82 |
36 |
97 |
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| Hello Stranger |
Barbara Lewis |
44 |
54 |
38 |
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| Hey Paula |
Paul & Paula |
7 |
4 |
14 |
8 |
| I'm Leaving It Up To You |
Dale & Grace |
18 |
15 |
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21 |
| If I Had a Hammer |
Trini Lopez |
37 |
43 |
41 |
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| If You Wanna Be Happy |
Jimmy Soul |
35 |
22 |
19 |
30 |
| I Love You Because |
Al Martino |
21 |
48 |
27 |
24 |
| It's All Right |
The Impressions |
10 |
165 |
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11 |
| It's My Party |
Lesley Gore |
29 |
16 |
30 |
33 |
| I Will Follow Him |
Little Peggy March |
26 |
12 |
6 |
12 |
| Louie Louie |
The Kingsmen |
99 |
6 |
6 |
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| Mockingbird |
Inez Foxx |
25 |
85 |
22 |
23 |
| My Boyfriend's Back |
The Angels |
12 |
8 |
21 |
13 |
| The Night Has a Thousand Eyes |
Bobby Vee |
78 |
34 |
31 |
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| Our Day Will Come |
Ruby & the Romantics |
42 |
26 |
23 |
40 |
| Pipeline |
The Chantays |
27 |
51 |
33 |
36 |
| Puff, The Magic Dragon |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
16 |
28 |
24 |
15 |
| Return to Sender |
Elvis Presley |
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9 |
10 |
25 |
| Rhythm of the Rain |
The Cascades |
4 |
14 |
7 |
3 |
| Ruby Baby |
Dion |
40 |
29 |
25 |
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| Sally Go Round the Roses |
The Jaynetts |
66 |
38 |
96 |
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| She's a Fool |
Lesley Gore |
14 |
58 |
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9 |
| Since I Fell For You |
Lenny Welch |
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40 |
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| So Much In Love |
The Tymes |
15 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
| Sugar Shack |
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs |
1 |
1 |
68 |
14 |
| Sukiyaki |
Kyu Sakamoto |
13 |
10 |
29 |
19 |
| Surf City |
Jan & Dean |
28 |
18 |
26 |
29 |
| Surfer Girl |
The Beach Boys |
36 |
77 |
36 |
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| Surfin' U.S.A. |
The Beach Boys |
2 |
31 |
16 |
5 |
| Telstar |
The Tornadoes |
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14 |
5 |
22 |
Lonely Bull |
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
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61 |
37 |
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| There I've Said It Again |
Bobby Vinton |
98 |
5 |
12 |
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| Two Faces Have I |
Lou Christie |
54 |
66 |
34 |
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| Up on the Roof |
The Drifters |
75 |
75 |
11 |
28 |
| Walk Like A Man |
The Four Seasons |
24 |
13 |
18 |
18 |
| Walk Right In |
The Rooftop Singers |
34 |
17 |
17 |
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| Washington Square |
The Village Stompers |
9 |
25 |
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16 |
| Wild Weekend |
The Rockin' Rebels |
22 |
86 |
40 |
38 |
| Wipe Out |
The Surfaris |
20 |
32 |
45 |
37 |
| You're the Reason I'm Living |
Bobby Darin |
23 |
27 |
28 |
27 |
| You Can't Sit Down |
The Dovells |
31 |
45 |
35 |
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