[humblegunner]

Here are the links to the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zbLQADd06Y&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7F_opWg9_qI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xp-LLcE78U&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gbRKfieMsdQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HzhSnnjsszY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xu8tdXBkQhY

Now nobody will have to track all over your nice clean blog.

[Copenhagen Smile]

I always laugh when my elderly coworker starts tapping his foot and nodding his head to old music like this.

"Thems was good songs back in the day, good music..."

[pgkdan]

Me too! I love this stuff. sad to see how far our culture has sunk.

[G Larry]

No mention of the balad “Big Bad John”?
Pretty sure that was a 1963 Top Ten.

[pookie18]

Those are all good songs, but here are the Billboard #1 hits for 1963:

Go Away Little Girl-Steve Lawrence
Walk Right In-Rooftop Singers
Hey Paula-Paul & Paula
Walk Like A Man-4 Seasons
Our Day Will Come-Ruby & The Romantics
He's So Fine-Chiffons
I Will Follow Him-Little Peggy March
If You Wanna Be Happy-Jimmy Soul
It's My Party-Lesley Gore
Sukiyaki-Kyu Sakamoto
Easier Said Than Done-Essex
Surf City-Jan & Dean
So Much In Love-Tymes
Fingertips-Pt. 2-Little Stevie Wonder
My Boyfriend's Back-The Angels
Blue Velvet-Bobby Vinton
Sugar Shack-Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
Deep Purple-Nino Tempo & April Stevens
I'm Leaving It Up To You-Dale & Grace
Dominique-The Singing Nun

[duckman]

Flame me if you must; but IMO the Beatles/Stones killed USA RnR, RnB, Doowop and most other USA music.

[TomGuy]

The country charts from that time had some memorable hits:

Abiline - George Hamilton IV
Act Naturally - Buck Owens
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
Detroit City - Bobby Bare
End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Faded Love - Patsy Cline [one of the greatest singers ever]
From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
I Can’t Stay Mad at You - Skeeter Davis
Leavin’ on Your Mind - Patsy Cline
Lonesome 7-7203 - Hawkshaw Hawkins
Love’s Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
Loving Arms - Carl and Pearl Butler
Make the World Go Away - Ray Price
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Second Hand Rose - Roy Drusky
Still - Bill Anderson
Sweet Dreams - Patsy Cline [one of the greatest singers, one of the most beautiful songs]
Talk Back Trembling Lips - Ernest Ashworth
The Tip of My Fingers - Roy Clark

[OldPossum]

Yes, 1963 was quite a year. That was the year that I got my first job at a commercial radio station (I was 21 years old). As I remember so well, “I Will Follow Him” by Little Peggy March was the biggest hit that summer. It really wasn’t that much of a song but the arrangement was great. Perfect bubble-gum song, too.

I was going to write down the call letters and location of the station but that would reveal my hidden identity and one is not supposed to do that on FR.

[autumnraine]

Saw an older man yesterday with a shirt that says “I may be old, but I saw all the good bands”.

LOL

[beaversmom]

Roy Orbison: the best.

[csmusaret]

Pick your year....http://www.tropicalglen.com/Jukebox/1963Top/Channel1963.html

[Fiji Hill]

My top 10 from 1963:

1. Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley--my favorite song of the 1960's

2. Leave Me Alone--Baby Washington

3. Mecca--Gene Pitney (today this song would be highly politically incorrect)

4. World Without Love--The Angels

5. Sweet Dreams--Patsy Cline

6. Half Heaven, Half Heartache--Gene Pitney

7. The Bounce--The Olympics

8. I Will Follow Him--Petula Clark

9. Baja--The Astronauts

10. The Boy Next Door--The Secrets