American Top 40- The 60’s- Week of January 19, 1963. In listening to these hit singles- while there were some quality stuff- overall- the music needed a shake up- which was still a year away. Music still seemed stuck in the 1950’s.

1 1 GO AWAY LITTLE GIRL –•– Steve Lawrence (Columbia)-11 (2 weeks at #1) (1) F
2 2 TELSTAR –•– The Tornadoes (London)-12 (1) A
3 4 HOTEL HAPPINESS –•– Brook Benton (Mercury)-10 (3) A
4 6 TELL HIM –•– The Exciters (United Artists)-8 (4) A
5 7 THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-7 (5) C
6 3 LIMBO ROCK –•– Chubby Checker (Parkway)-20 (2) C
7 9 TWO LOVERS –•– Mary Wells (Motown)-8 (7) A
8 10 MY DAD –•– Paul Petersen (Colpix)-10 (8) C
9 5 PEPINO THE ITALIAN MOUSE –•– Lou Monte (Reprise)-7 (5) F
10 30 HEY PAULA –•– Paul and Paula (Philips)-4 (10) C+

11 35 WALK RIGHT IN –•– The Rooftop Singers (Vanguard)-3 (11) B
12 14 IT’S UP TO YOU –•– Rick Nelson (Imperial)-6 (12) A-
13 16 UP ON THE ROOF –•– The Drifters (Atlantic)-12 (13) A+
14 17 I SAW LINDA YESTERDAY –•– Dickey Lee (Smash)-7 (14) C
15 8 ZIP-A-DEE DOO-DAH –•– Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans (Philles)-10 (8) A-
16 19 LOOP DE LOOP –•– Johnny Thunder (Diamond)-5 (16) B-
17 20 HALF HEAVEN – HALF HEARTACHE –•– Gene Pitney (Musicor)-6 (17) C
18 11 BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY –•– The Four Seasons (Vee-Jay)-14 (1) C
19 12 BOBBY’S GIRL –•– Marcie Blane (Seville)-14 (3) C+
20 21 EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER –•– The Shirelles (Scepter)-8 (20) B

21 13 RETURN TO SENDER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-14 (2) A
22 15 YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE –•– Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)-10 (7) A
23 37 I’M GONNA BE WARM THIS WINTER –•– Connie Francis (MGM)-6 (23) C
24 24 SHUTTERS AND BOARDS –•– Jerry Wallace (Challenge)-10 (24) C
25 32 REMEMBER THEN –•– The Earls (Old Town)-6 (25) B
26 28 DON’T MAKE ME OVER –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-7 (26)A
27 38 MY COLORING BOOK –•– Kitty Kallen (RCA Victor)-5 (27) C
28 33 YOU’VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME –•– The Miracles (Tamla)-7 (28) A+
29 22 WIGGLE WOBBLE –•– Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers (Everlast)-14 (22) B
30 18 THE LONELY BULL (El Solo Torro) –•– The Tijuana Brass Featuring Herb Alpert (A&M)-13 (6) A

31 23 RELEASE ME –•– Esther Phillips “Little Esther” (Lenox)-13 (8) B
32 42 MY COLORING BOOK –•– Sandy Stewart (Colpix)-4 (32) C
33 34 TROUBLE IS MY MIDDLE NAME –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-7 (33) C
34 36 SEE SEE RIDER –•– LaVern Baker (Atlantic)-8 (34) A-
35 26 CHAINS –•– The Cookies (Dimension)-11 (17) B
36 49 CINNAMON CINDER (It’s a Very Nice Dance) –•– The Pastel Six (Zen)-4 (36) C
37 27 LOVE CAME TO ME –•– Dion (Laurie)-11 (10) A
38 40 LET’S KISS AND MAKE UP –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-8 (38) C
39 25 DEAR LONELY HEARTS –•– Nat King Cole (Capitol)-11 (13)B
40 57 HE’S SURE THE BOY I LOVE –•– The Crystals (The Blossoms) (Philles)-4 (40)