Love the piano work on "Pride and Joy", a Marvin Gaye single that debuts inauspiciously at #99 for the week ending May 18, 1963

72, 69, 55, 45, 33, 22, 18, 16, 21, 28, 42,  (11 weeks)


81, 63, 35, 22, 14, 12, 12, 22, 39.  (9 weeks)


85, 62, 31, 14, 6, 5, 4, 3, 8, 11, 18, 22, 48.  (13 weeks)


88, 85, 80, 79, 73, 68, 65, 62, 68.  (9 weeks)


89, 87, 71, 67, 64, 59, 63.  (7 weeks)


90, 82, 79, 77, 71, 75, 62, 51, 57, 61, 58, 64.  (12 weeks)

Connie Francis -- If My Pillow Could Talk
95, 79, 45, 35, 26, 24, 23, 34, 69.  (9 weeks)


96, 92, 89, 82, 82.  (5 weeks)


97, 97, 92, 84.  (4 weeks)


99, 73, 61, 52, 37, 35, 24, 15, 13, 10, 13, 14, 18, 39.  (14 weeks)

Lesley Gore ("It's My Party") Makes Her First Appearnce on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Week Ending May 11, 1963

60, 26, 9, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 5, 12, 18, 27, 50.  (13 weeks)


70, 47, 25, 16, 9, 7, 7, 6, 12, 18, 33, 53.  (12 weeks)


74, 60, 49, 39, 30, 25, 17, 21, 41.  (9 weeks)


75, 59, 43, 32, 24, 20, 18, 22, 39, 53 (10 weeks)


78, 61, 55, 48, 44, 41, 46.  (7 weeks)


79, 45, 20, 10, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 6, 8, 14, 18, 37.  (14 weeks)


83, 68, 60, 57, 51, 69, 65.  (7 weeks)


87, 70, 68, 58, 60, 62.  (6 weeks)


90, 73, 65, 52, 49, 49, 61.  (7 weeks)


92, 80, 93, 88, 83, 79, 77.  (7 weeks)


93, 55, 34, 23, 11, 10, 11, 16, 26, 61.  (10 weeks)


96.  (1 week)


98, 79, 71, 60, 86.  (5 weeks)


99, 84, 80, 76,70, 83.  (6 weeks)

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100, 82, 86, 74, 69, 81.  (6 weeks)

Barbara Lewis and Wilson Pickett Make Their First-Ever Appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending May 4, 1963

Bold red number indicates a "Star Performer".


80, 65, 53, 33, 28, 13, 9, 3, 3, 4, 9, 16, 23, 47.  (14 weeks)


85, 77, 69, 66, 65, 65, 74.  (7 weeks)


87, 84, 93.  (3 weeks)


88, 85, 75, 81, 77, 62, 60, 56, 64.  (9 weeks)


90, 80, 74, 67, 64, 73.  (6 weeks)


92, 86, 83, 75.  (4 weeks)


95, --, 94, 94, 95.  (4 weeks)


96, 94, 100.  (3 weeks)


100, 97, 86, 84, 78, 94.  (6 weeks)

The Dovells' "You Can't Sit Down" Leads a Large Debut Class on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending April 27, 1963

67, 50, 36, 18, 15, 7, 5, 3, 4, 8, 11, 19, 27, 54.  (14 weeks)


74, 63, 49, 43, 38, 33, 32, 30, 23, 29, 31, 33, 41.  (13 weeks)


75, 73.  (2 weeks)


80, 54, 37, 19, 13, 5, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13, 25, 56.  (13 weeks)


81, 72, 62, 54, 57 50, 53, 56, 60, 66. (10 weeks)


83, 82, 67, 56, 53, 51, 58, 80.  (8 weeks)


84, 84, 82, 92.  (4 weeks)


85, 83, 72, 77, 83.  (5 weeks)


86, 78, 61, 52, 47, 42, 41, 43.  (8 weeks)


87, 77, 57, 49, 41, 36, 46. (7 weeks)


89, 70, 50, 39, 31, 26, 31, 35, 53.  (9 weeks)


90, 71, 40, 27, 24, 17, 20, 22, 38.  (9 weeks)


92, 79, 69, 58, 54, 44, 40, 40, 45, 56.  (10 weeks)


93, 91, 88.  (3 weeks)


94, 93, 89, 76, 64, 70, 78.  (7 weeks)


98, 94.  (2 weeks)


99, 97, 95, 87.  (4 weeks)


100, 82, 86. 74, 69, 81.  (6 weeks)

Etta James, a LIttle Too Gritty for the Top Ten: "Pushover" Debuts on the BIllboard Hot 100 for the week ending April 20, 1963

66, 43, 30, 24, 14, 10, 14, 15, 16, 21, 38.  (11 weeks)


69, 55, 31, 26, 21, 21, 29, 39.  (8 weeks)


71, 53, 46, 38, 35, 26, 30, 25, 29, 41.  (10 weeks)


86, 51, 36, 27, 22, 22, 25, 33, 65.  (9 weeks)


89, 79, 64, 53, 37, 27, 22, 21, 18, 19, 37.  (11 weeks)


90, 88, 86.  (3 weeks)


91, 82, 74, 58, 51, 40, 37, 43, 63, 57, 69.  (11 weeks)


95, 70, 51, 34, 31, 23, 21, 23, 24, 28, 40, 59.  (12 weeks)


97.  (1 week)


99, 97, 98, 76, 67, 56, 54, 48, 44, 59.  (10 weeks)


100 (1 week)

Remeber The Hippies? (Didn't think so) But their only single to chart debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Week Ending April 13, 1963

70, 45, 27, 19, 16, 12, 8, 13, 19, 23, 50.  (11 weeks)


78, 70, 65, 59, 54, 50, 61, 56, 63.  (9 weeks)


80, 60, 39, 21, 20, 13, 11, 15, 16, 19, 39.  (11 weeks)


89, 78, 63, 56, 44, 41, 39, 59.  (8 weeks)


90, 82, 72, 67, 63.  (5 weeks)


91, --, 95.  (2 weeks)


95, --, --, 76, 71, 62, 52, 63, 61, 61.  (8 weeks)


98, 93, 73.  (3 weeks)


99, 88, 71, 49, 29, 24, 17, 11, 8, 8, 8, 15, 19, 29, 36.  (15 weeks)


100.  (1 week)

Martha and the Vandellas Make Their First Appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 for the Week Ending April 6, 1963

82, 56, 33, 26, 18, 10, 7, 6, 9, 12, 15, 36, 41.  (13 weeks)


83, 75, 79.  (3 weeks)


87, 68, 56, 41, 29, 23, 10, 5, 3, 4, 5, 9, 19, 30, 37


88, 62, 31, 16, 14, 9, 8, 14, 19, 26, 46.  (11 weeks)


90, 88, 81, 69, 66, 66, 64.  (7 weeks)


91, 86, 77, 64, 66, 68.  (6 weeks)


96, 87, 87, 78, 81, 81, 78, 78.  (8 weeks)


97, 97, 83, 76, 58, 42, 36, 32, 38, 29, 32, 34, 31, 29, 41, 58.  (16 weeks)


98, 82, 80, 77, 75.  (5 weeks)


100, 83, 75, 54, 41, 39, 44.  (7 weeks)