Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1963 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1963. The list was based on charts from the January 6 through the November 23 issues.
"Part Time Love" by Little Johnny Taylor ranked as the year's top R&B single. It was Taylor's only top 40 pop entry, reaching number 19 on the pop chart.
Motown and its affiliated divisions (Tamla and Gordy) emerged as a leading force with six of the year's top 20 R&B singles. Top hits from the Motown group included "Fingertips (Part II)" by Little Stevie Wonder (No. 4), "Heat Wave" (No. 5) and "Come and Get These Memories" (No. 50) by Martha and the Vandellas, "Pride and Joy" by Marvin Gaye (No. 6), "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" by The Miracles (No. 9), "Two Lovers" by Mary Wells (No. 17), and "Mickey's Monkey" by The Miracles (No. 19).
Several singles by white artists were included in the list including "Walk Like a Man" by The Four Seasons (No. 20), "Hey Paula" by Paul & Paula (No. 21), "I Will Follow Him" by Little Peggy March (No. 22), Ruby Baby" by Dion (No. 24), "It's My Party" by Lesley Gore (No. 26), "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (No. 27), and "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels (No. 30).
R&Brank Peak Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Part Time Love" Little Johnny Taylor Galaxy2 2 "Mockingbird" Inez Foxx Symbol3 1 "Baby Workout" Jackie Wilson Brunswick4 1 "Fingertips (Part II)" Little Stevie Wonder Tamla5 1 "Heat Wave" Martha and the Vandellas Gordy6 2 "Pride and Joy" Marvin Gaye Tamla7 3 "The Love of My Man" Theola Kilgore Serock8 1 "Cry Baby" Garnet Mimms United Artists9 1 "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" The Miracles Tamla10 1 "Hello Stranger" Barbara Lewis Atlantic11 3 "Just One Look" Doris Troy Atlantic12 2 "The Monkey Time" Major Lance Okeh13 1 "That's the Way Love Is" Bobby Bland Duke14 1 "Our Day Will Come" Ruby & the Romantics Kapp15 1 "He's So Fine" The Chiffons Laurie16 1 "If You Wanna Be Happy" Jimmy Soul S.P.Q.R.17 1 "Two Lovers" Mary Wells Motown18 1 "Easier Said Than Done" The Essex Roulette19 3 "Mickey's Monkey" The Miracles Tamla20 3 "Walk Like a Man" The Four Seasons Vee Jay21 1 "Hey Paula" Paul & Paula Philips22 1 "I Will Follow Him" Little Peggy March RCA Victor23 4 "South Street" The Orlons Cameo24 5 "Ruby Baby" Dion Columbia25 6 "Call on Me" Bobby Bland Duke26 1 "It's My Party" Lesley Gore Mercury27 1 "Sugar Shack" Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs Dot28 2 "Hotel Happiness" Brook Benton Mercury29 1 "Another Saturday Night" Sam Cooke RCA Victor30 2 "My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels Smash31 3 "Busted" Ray Charles ABC Paramount32 3 "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)" The Cookies Dimension33 4 "Frankie and Johnny" Sam Cooke RCA Victor34 8 "Mama Didn't Lie" Jan Bradley Chess35 7 "It's Too Late" Wilson Pickett Double L36 3 "Surf City" Jan and Dean Liberty37 2 "Send Me Some Lovin'" Sam Cooke RCA Victor38 2 "If You Need Me" Solomon Burke Atlantic39 4 "Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers Vanguard40 4 "So Much in Love" The Tymes Parkway41 4 "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" The Jaynetts Tuff42 7 "Pushover" Etta James Argo43 7 "Rhythm of the Rain" The Cascades Valiant44 6 "Prisoner of Love" James Brown King45 4 "The End of the World" Skeeter Davis RCA Victor46 5 "Don't Make Me Over" Dionne Warwick Scepter47 1 "You Are My Sunshine" Ray Charles ABC Paramount48 4 "Be My Baby" The Ronettes Philles49 6 "Loop de Loop" Johnny Thunder Diamond50 6 "Come and Get These Memories" Martha and the Vandellas Gordy50 5 "Tell Him" The Exciters United Artists
See also List of Hot R&B Singles number ones of 1963 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1963 1963 in music
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