Top 100 songs for October 12, 1963
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1963 and the 1960s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Sugar Shack” by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs. Meanwhile, “500 Miles Away From Home” by Bobby Bare rises from No. 96 to No. 71. 13 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- 500 Miles Away From Home — Bobby Bareup 25 places, No. 96 → No. 71
- I'm Leaving It Up To You — Dale & Graceup 24 places, No. 89 → No. 65
- It's All Right — The Impressionsup 23 places, No. 58 → No. 35
New to this week’s Top 10
- Mean Woman Blues — Roy OrbisonNo. 8
- Donna The Prima Donna — Dion (Di Muci)No. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Blue Bayou — Roy OrbisonNo. 31
- Maria Elena — Los Indios TabajarasNo. 32
- It's All Right — The ImpressionsNo. 35
- The Grass Is Greener — Brenda LeeNo. 36
- You Lost The Sweetest Boy — Mary WellsNo. 39
First-week entries
- Everybody — Tommy RoeNo. 68
- Speed Ball — Ray StevensNo. 81
- Your Teenage Dreams — Johnny MathisNo. 86
- Better To Give Than Receive — Joe HintonNo. 89
- Detroit City No. 2 — Ben ColderNo. 90
- Come Back — Johnny MathisNo. 92
- Cuando Calienta El Sol (When The Sun Is Hot) — Steve Allen and His Orchestra with The Copacabana TrioNo. 93
- Gotta Travel On — Timi YuroNo. 94
- Cowboy Boots — Dave DudleyNo. 95
- Signed, Sealed, And Delivered — James Brown And The Famous FlamesNo. 96
- Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen (Doesn't Anybody Know My Name) — Jimmie RodgersNo. 98
- Don't Wait Too Long — Tony BennettNo. 99
- Hey Lonely One — Baby WashingtonNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.
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