Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963
Compilation album by various artists
Released 1988
1993 (re-release)
Genre Pop, Rock
Length 24:28 (original 1988 release)
24:04 (1993 re-release)
Label Rhino
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962
(1988)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963
(1988)
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1964
(1988)

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1963.

The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song, "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs. The remaining three tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5.

Rhino re-issued the album with a revised track lineup in 1993. Two tracks on the original 1988 release—"Fingertips" by "Little" Stevie Wonder and "Walk Like a Man" by The 4 Seasons—were replaced on the re-issue with "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul and "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo & April Stevens.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 30, 1997.[1]

Track listing

1988 original release

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Sugar Shack" (Billboard peak No. 1 in October)McCormack/VossJimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs2:03
2."Surf City" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)Berry/WilsonJan & Dean2:29
3."He's So Fine" (Billboard peak No. 1 in March)MackThe Chiffons1:55
4."It's My Party" (Billboard peak No. 1 in June)Weiner/Gold/GluckLesley Gore2:24
5."Fingertips - Pt. 2" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August)Paul/CosbyStevie Wonder3:13
6."Louie Louie" (Billboard peak No. 2 in December)BerryThe Kingsmen2:45
7."Easier Said Than Done" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July)Linton/HuffThe Essex2:09
8."Walk Like a Man" (Billboard peak No. 1 in March)Crewe/GaudioThe Four Seasons2:17
9."My Boyfriend's Back" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August)Feldman/Goldstein/GottehrerThe Angels2:37
10."Surfin' U.S.A." (Billboard peak No. 3 in May)Berry/WilsonThe Beach Boys2:29

1993 re-release, replacement tracks

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
5."If You Wanna Be Happy" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May)Guida/Guida/RoysterJimmy Soul2:23
8."Deep Purple" (Billboard peak No. 1 in November)DeRose/ParishNino Tempo & April Stevens2:45

References

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