Soul R&B Music Charts of 1963 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1963 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1963, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1963, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1963 . . .

The following songs were released in 1963 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1963 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
---	recordlabel: Mala 462 writtenby: M. Williams	Porgy & The Monarchs	Stay	1963	Mala
---	recordlabel: Columbia 4 42659 writtenby: F. Tobias, L. Pockriss	Walter Jackson	Starting Tomorrow	1963	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Motown 1051 writtenby: Holland, Dozier, Holland album: Where Did Our Love Go comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	Standing At The Crossroads Of Love	1963	Motown
1	recordlabel: Vee Jay 510 chartposition: RandB #18, US #94 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Sidney Banks	Birdlegs & Pauline & Their Versatility Birds	Spring	1963	Vee Jay
2	recordlabel: Liberty 55510 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #23 writtenby: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman album: Spanish Lace comments: [beat ballad]	Gene McDaniels	Spanish Lace	1963	Liberty
3	recordlabel: Cameo 243 chartposition: RandB #4, US #3 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Kal Mann & Dave Appell album: South Street	The Orlons	South Street	1963	Cameo
4	recordlabel: Parkway 891 chartposition: RandB #35, US #19, US AC #8 writtenby: Norma Mendoza and Jimmy Wisner album: Somewhere	The Tymes	Somewhere	1963	Parkway
5	recordlabel: Duke 366 chartposition: RandB #28, US #56 writtenby: Deadric Malone	Bobby Bland	Sometimes You Gotta Cry A Little	1963	Duke
6	recordlabel: Duke 357 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #34 writtenby: Herman Parker album: Driving Wheel comments: [soul blues]	Junior Parker	Someone Somewhere	1963	Duke
---	recordlabel: Stax 138 writtenby: Jones, Moman	William Bell	Somebody Mentioned Your Name	1963	Stax
1	recordlabel: Parkway 871 chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #21 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Bill Jackson, Joseph & George Williams album: So Much in Love	The Tymes	So Much In Love	1963	Parkway
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2214 chartposition: RandB #21, US #38 writtenby: Grady Martin & Alex Zanetis	Barbara Lewis	Snap Your Fingers	1963	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Guyden 2077 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: John Madara and David White album: Guyden 2077] written by John Medora (as John Madara) and David White comments: [pop soul]	The Sherrys	Slop Time	1963	Guyden
4	recordlabel: Cadence 1439 chartposition: US #4, US AC #3 weeksinr&bchart: 16 weeks (in US pop chart) writtenby: Buddy Johnson album: Since I Fell For You comments: [ballad]	Lenny Welch	Since I Fell For You	1963	Cadence
5	recordlabel: King 5803 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #36, US #77 writtenby: Cowboy Copas and Lois Mann album: Prisoner Of Love	James Brown	Signed, Sealed, and Delivered	1963	King
6	recordlabel: Chess 1872 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: Maurice McAlister and Terry Vail	Maurice McAlister & The Radiants	Shy Guy	1963	Chess
7	recordlabel: Vee Jay 487 chartposition: US #125 writtenby: Ty Hunter and Freeman Bosley	Dee Clark	Shook Up Over You	1963	Vee Jay
8	recordlabel: Roulette 4530 chartposition: US #56 writtenby: Jimmy Radcliffe and Oramay Diamond	The Essex	She's Got Everything	1963	Roulette
9	recordlabel: Vee-Jay 509 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25, US #52, UK #45 writtenby: Jimmy Reed comments: [blues]	Jimmy Reed	Shame, Shame, Shame	1963	VeeJay
10	recordlabel: Brunswick 55246 chartposition: RandB #21, US #33 writtenby: Bobby Adams and Bobby Stevenson album: Baby Workout	Jackie Wilson	Shake, Shake, Shake	1963	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: United Artists 1050 (UK) writtenby: R. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley album: Twisting And Shouting	The Isley Brothers	Shake It With Me Baby	1963	United Artists(UK)
1	recordlabel: One derful 4815 chartposition: RandB #28, US #51 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Otha Hayes, Andre Williams and Verlie Rice	The Five Du-Tones	Shake A Tail Feather	1963	One derful
2	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8129 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #13 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Leo Price & John Marascalco album: Mr. Soul	Sam Cooke	Send Me Some Lovin'	1963	RCA Victor
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2167 chartposition: RandB #9, US #34 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Traditional album: See See Rider comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]	LaVern Baker	See See Rider	1963	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Columbia 42796 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Irving Berlin album: Laughing On The Outside	Aretha Franklin	Say It Isn't So	1963	Columbia
5	recordlabel: Guyden 2084 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30, US #116 writtenby: J. Madara, D. White	The Sherrys	Saturday Night	1963	Guyden
6	recordlabel: Tuff 369 chartposition: RandB #4, US #2 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Zelma Sanders & Lona Stevens album: Sally, Go 'Round The Roses	The Jaynetts	Sally, Go 'Round The Roses	1963	Tuff
7	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10431 chartposition: US #84 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Impressions	The Impressions	Sad, Sad Girl and Boy	1963	ABC Paramount
---	recordlabel: Minit 666 writtenby: N. Neville	Irma Thomas	Ruler Of My Heart	1963	Minit
1	recordlabel: Cameo 260 chartposition: US #43 writtenby: Kal Mann and Dave Appell	Dee Dee Sharp	Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love	1963	Cameo
2	recordlabel: Prestige 273 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Jack McDuff comments: [instrumental]	Jack McDuff	Rock Candy	1963	Prestige
3	recordlabel: Tangerine 931 chartposition: RandB #25, US #99 writtenby: Percy Mayfield	Percy Mayfield	River's Invitation	1963	Tangerine
4	recordlabel: Hull 756 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: James Sheppard, Clarence Bassett and Charles Baskerville	Shep & The Limelites	Remember Baby	1963	Hull
5	recordlabel: Big Top 3153 chartposition: RandB #31, US #74 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: The Magic Potion of Lou Johnson	Lou Johnson	Reach Out For Me	1963	Big Top
6	recordlabel: Atlantic 2191 chartposition: US #71 writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Van McCoy album: Under The Boardwalk / Our Biggest Hits comments: B Side To If You Don't Come Back	The Drifters	Rat Race	1963	Atlantic
7	recordlabel: Vee Jay 468 chartposition: RandB #11, US #47 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Duke of Soul comments: [ballad] B Side To You Threw A Lucky Punch	Gene Chandler	Rainbow	1963	Vee Jay
8	recordlabel: Beltone 2034 chartposition: US #128 writtenby: Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer	The Jive Five	Rain	1963	Beltone
9	recordlabel: Gordy 7025 chartposition: RandB #7, US #8 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & The Vandellas	Quicksand	1963	Gordy
10	recordlabel: Argo 5437 chartposition: RandB #7, US #25 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Tony Clarke album: Etta James Top Ten	Etta James	Pushover	1963	Argo
11	recordlabel: Philles 108 chartposition: RandB #21, US #43 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Brice Caufield, Gary Pipkin and Alonzo Willis	The Alley Cats	Puddin' N' Tain (Ask Me Again, I'll Tell You The Same)	1963	Philles
12	recordlabel: King 5739 chartposition: RandB #6, US #18 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Traditional album: Prisoner Of Love comments: [ballad]	James Brown	Prisoner Of Love	1963	King
13	recordlabel: Tamla 54079 chartposition: RandB #2 (3 weeks), US #10 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye & William Stevenson album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Pride and Joy	1963	Tamla
14	recordlabel: Pye 25217 (UK) chartposition: UK #34 writtenby: Elias McDaniels album: Bo Diddley comments: [re release]	Bo Diddley	Pretty Thing	1963	Pye(UK)
---	recordlabel: Constellation 110 writtenby: George Smith, Eugene Dixon	Gene Chandler	Pretty Little Girl	1963	Constellation
1	recordlabel: Dot 16509 chartposition: US #118 writtenby: Eugene Church and Thomas Williams	Arthur Alexander	Pretty Girls Everywhere	1963	Dot
2	recordlabel: Everest 2027 chartposition: US #124 writtenby: J. Baird and L. White	Jimmy Holiday	Poor Boy	1963	Everest
3	recordlabel: Kapp 547 chartposition: RandB #24, US #100 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Kenny Young	The Charmettes	Please Don't Kiss Me Again	1963	Kapp
4	recordlabel: Argo 5445 chartposition: US #78 writtenby: Billy Davis album: Etta James Top Ten	Etta James	Pay Back	1963	Argo
5	recordlabel: Galaxy 722 chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #19 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Clay Hammond album: Little Johnny Taylor comments: [blues]	Little Johnny Taylor	Part Time Love	1963	Galaxy
6	recordlabel: Volt 112 chartposition: RandB #11, US #61 writtenby: Naomi Neville album: Pain In My Heart	Otis Redding	Pain In My Heart	1963	Volt
---	recordlabel: Chess 1889	Mitty Collier	Pain	1963	Chess
1	recordlabel: Roulette 4530 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Ivory Joe Hunter and Clyde Otis	The Essex	Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind	1963	Roulette
2	recordlabel: Old Town 1132 chartposition: US #128 writtenby: Gene Redd Jr. & Ronald Moseley	Arthur Prysock	Our Love Will Last	1963	Old Town
3	recordlabel: Kapp 501 chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #38 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson album: Our Day Will Come	Ruby & The Romantics	Our Day Will Come	1963	Kapp
4	recordlabel: Chess 1861 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Dave Baby Cortez and Julia Clowney	Dave Baby Cortez	Organ Shout	1963	Chess
---	recordlabel: Columbia 4 42823 writtenby: J. Marascalco, R. Harshman, W. Joyner	Walter Jackson	Opportunity	1963	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54079 writtenby: Wm. Stevenson album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	One of These Days	1963	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Laurie 3179 chartposition: RandB #6, US #5, UK #29 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Carole King & Gerry Goffin album: One Fine Day comments: [pop soul]	The Chiffons	One Fine Day	1963	Laurie
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2182 chartposition: RandB #7, US #9 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller album: Under The Boardwalk / Our Biggest Hits comments: [pop soul]	The Drifters	On Broadway	1963	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Metro 8165 writtenby: Dicky Williams, Mary Young album: Lost Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 comments: [deep soul]	Dicky (Piano) Williams & the Wisermen	Oh Dreamy Me	1963	Metro
1	recordlabel: Capitol 4919 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44 writtenby: Williams-Otis-Harrison comments: [ballad]	Nat King Cole	Nothing Goes Up (Without Coming Down)	1963	Capitol
2	recordlabel: Philles 113 chartposition: US #63 writtenby: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry	Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans	Not Too Young To Get Married	1963	Philles
3	recordlabel: Cameo 257 chartposition: RandB #8, US #12 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Gary Anderson & Frank Guida album: Not Me	The Orlons	Not Me	1963	Cameo
4	recordlabel: Scepter 1248 chartposition: US #100 writtenby: Ronald Miller and Lee Porter album: Foolish Little Girl	The Shirelles	Not For All The Money In The World	1963	Scepter
---	recordlabel: United Artists 1067 (UK) writtenby: Clark album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits comments: [album cut] mpcode: Fbxs2FmnBIs	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	Nobody But You	1963	United Artists(UK)
1	recordlabel: Wand 131 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37, US #106 writtenby: Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley and O'Kelly Isley Jr.	The Isley Brothers	Nobody But Me	1963	Wand
2	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10453 chartposition: RandB #9, UK #35, US #21, US AC #6 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman	Ray Charles	No One	1963	ABC Paramount
3	recordlabel: ABC 10435 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: F. Brown album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)	Ray Charles	No Letter Today	1963	ABC
---	recordlabel: Trip 55 writtenby: B. Williams album: The Duke of Earl / The Duke of Soul mpcode: RwfIbjOCBsg	Gene Chandler	Nite Owl	1963	Trip
1	recordlabel: Vee Jay 567 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #31 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Need To Belong	Jerry Butler	Need To Belong	1963	Vee Jay
2	recordlabel: Sea Horn 502 chartposition: RandB #39, US #118 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Wilbert Harrison	Wilbert Harrison	Near To You	1963	Sea Horn
3	recordlabel: Mercury 72135 chartposition: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: R. Stevens and M. Singleton album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues	Brook Benton	My True Confession	1963	Mercury
4	recordlabel: Kapp 525 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #18, US #16, US AC #6 writtenby: Bob Hilliard and Mort Garson	Ruby & The Romantics	My Summer Love	1963	Kapp
5	recordlabel: Motown 1040 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Clarence Paul album: The Supremes Sing Country and Western and Pop comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	My Heart Can't Take It No More	1963	Motown
6	recordlabel: Tamla 54082 chartposition: US #67 writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr. album: The Marvelous Marvelettes comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	My Daddy Knows Best	1963	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Chess 1856 writtenby: W. Dixon album: Shades of a Genius	Mitty Collier	My Babe	1963	Chess
1	recordlabel: Moonglow 223 chartposition: US #75 writtenby: Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield album: Right Now!	The Righteous Brothers	My Babe	1963	Moonglow
---	recordlabel: Stax 141 writtenby: Bell	William Bell	Monkeying Around	1963	Stax
---	recordlabel: Musicor 1033 writtenby: J. Radcliffe and C. Diamond	Jimmy Radcliffe	Moment Of Weakness	1963	Musicor
1	recordlabel: United Artists 2269(UK) chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #7 weeksinr&bchart: 19 writtenby: Charlie Foxx & Inez Foxx album: Mockingbird comments: [southern soul]	Inez & Charlie Foxx	Mockingbird	1963	United Artists (UK)
2	recordlabel: Double L 722 chartposition: RandB #11, US #21 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Erroll Garner and Johnny Burk album: Misty	Lloyd Price	Misty	1963	Double L
---	recordlabel: Chess 1856 writtenby: T. Clarke, B. Davis album: Shades of a Genius	Mitty Collier	Miss Loneliness	1963	Chess
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54083 chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #8 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier album: Doin' Mickey's Monkey / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1 comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Mickey's Monkey	1963	Tamla
2	recordlabel: Parkway 863 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #26, US #63 writtenby: Boggess, Felker comments: [doo wop]	The Hippies	Memory Lane	1963	Parkway
---	recordlabel: Gordy 7020 writtenby: Whitfield, Bradford album: Meet The Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	May I Have This Dance	1963	Gordy
---	recordlabel: Volt 109 writtenby: Redding	Otis Redding	Mary Had A Little Lamb	1963	Volt
1	recordlabel: Vee Jay 536 chartposition: RandB #17, US #71 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Duke of Soul comments: [ballad]	Gene Chandler	Man's Temptation	1963	Vee Jay
2	recordlabel: Chess 1845 chartposition: RandB #8, US #14 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	1963	Chess
3	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10387 chartposition: US #108 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Fascinations	Mama Didn't Lie	1963	ABC Paramount
4	recordlabel: ABC 10481 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Jimmy Work album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)	Ray Charles	Making Believe	1963	ABC
5	recordlabel: Liberty 55587 chartposition: US #24, US AC #8 writtenby: Hank Cochran	Timi Yuro	Make The World Go Away	1963	Liberty
6	recordlabel: Scepter 1253 chartposition: US #81 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Presenting Dionne Warwick	Dionne Warwick	Make The Music Play	1963	Scepter
7	recordlabel: Sue 777 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #39, US #95 writtenby: Jimmy McGriff comments: B Side To All About My Girl	Jimmy McGriff	M.G. Blues	1963	Sue
8	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8164 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Love Will Find A Way	1963	RCA Victor
9	recordlabel: Tamla 54076 chartposition: RandB #24, US #88 writtenby: William Stevenson comments: [Motown Sound]	Kim Weston	Love Me All The Way	1963	Tamla
10	recordlabel: Cordak 1602 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Johnny Cole	Dobie Gray	Look At Me	1963	Cordak
---	recordlabel: Cub 9124 writtenby: G. Gordy, B. Gordy Jr., and T. Carlo	Linda Lane (aka Linda Jones)	Lonely Teardrops	1963	Cub
1	recordlabel: Imperial 5976 chartposition: US #93 writtenby: Eddie Levert and Walter Williams	The O'Jays	Lonely Drifter	1963	Imperial
2	recordlabel: Parkway 890 chartposition: RandB #4, US #12 writtenby: Kal Mann & Dave Appell album: Chubby's Folk Album	Chubby Checker	Loddy Lo	1963	Parkway
3	recordlabel: Tamla 54077 chartposition: RandB #25, US #44 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: The Marvelous Marvelettes comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to 'Forever'	The Marvelettes	Locking Up My Heart	1963	Tamla

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