List of number one hits in the UK charts (1963)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1963. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 50 and Albums Chart Top 20 compiled by the Chart Information Network . There were 17 number one singles and 5 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1962 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1964 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 27, 1962 - January 17, 1963 3 weeks 3 Cliff Richard & the Shadows The Next Time / Bachelor Boy Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer / Bruce Welch , Cliff Richard - January 18, 1963 - January 24, 1963 1 week 1 The Shadows Dance On! Val Murtagh, Elaine Murtagh, Raymond Adams - January 25, 1963 - February 14, 1963 3 weeks 3 Jet Harris & Tony Meehan Diamonds Jerry Lordan - February 15, 1963 - March 7, 1963 3 weeks 3 Frank Ifield The Wayward Wind, Stanley R. Lebowsky, Herb Newman - March 8, 1963 - March 21, 1963 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Cliff Richard & the Shadows Summer Holiday Bruce Welch , Laurence Brian Bennett - March 22, 1963 - March 28, 1963 1 week 1 The Shadows Foot Tapper Jerry Lordan - March 29, 1963 - April 4, 1963 1 week (total 3) 3 Cliff Richard & the Shadows Summer Holiday Bruce Welch, Laurence Brian Bennett - April 5, 1963 - April 25, 1963 3 weeks 3 Gerry & the Pacemakers How Do You Do It? Mitch Murray - April 26, 1963 - June 13, 1963 7 weeks 7th The Beatles From Me to You John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - June 14, 1963 - July 11, 1963 4 weeks 4th Gerry & the Pacemakers I Like It Mitch Murray - July 12, 1963 - July 25, 1963 2 weeks 2 Frank Ifield Confessin '(That I Love You) Music: Doc Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds; Text: Al J. Neiburg - July 26, 1963 - August 1, 1963 1 week 1 Elvis Presley (You're The) Devil in Disguise Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, Florence Kaye - August 2, 1963 - August 15, 1963 2 weeks 2 The Searchers Sweets for My Sweet Doc Pomus , Mort Shuman - August 16, 1963 - August 29, 1963 2 weeks 2 Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas Bad to Me John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - August 30, 1963 - October 3, 1963 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th The Beatles She Loves You John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - October 4, 1963 - October 24, 1963 3 weeks 3 Brian Poole & the Tremeloes Do you love me? Berry Gordy Jr. - October 25, 1963 - November 21, 1963 4 weeks 4th Gerry & the Pacemakers You'll Never Walk Alone Music: Richard Rodgers ; Text: Oscar Hammerstein II - November 22, 1963 - December 5, 1963 2 weeks (6 in total) 6th The Beatles She Loves You John Winston Lennon, Paul James McCartney - December 6, 1963 - January 9, 1964 5 weeks 5 The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney -
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Albums

← 1962 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1964 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 23, 1962 - January 5, 1963 2 weeks (9 in total) 9 George Mitchell Minstrels The Black and White Minstrel Show - January 6, 1963 - January 12, 1963 1 week (total of 13) 13 ( Soundtrack ) West Side Story - January 13, 1963 - January 26, 1963 2 weeks (total 7) 7th The Shadows Out of the shadows - January 27, 1963 - May 4, 1963 14 weeks 14th Cliff Richard & the Shadows Summer Holiday - May 5, 1963 - November 30, 1963 30 weeks 30th The Beatles Please Please Me - December 1, 1963 - April 25, 1964 21 weeks 21st The Beatles With the Beatles -
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The figures are based on the Chart Information Network's official UK sales hit parades . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parades

← 1962 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1964 →
Singles position# Albums From Me to You The Beatles John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney 1 With the Beatles The Beatles She Loves You The Beatles John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney 2 Please Please Me The Beatles In Dreams Roy Orbison Roy K. Orbison 3 Summer Holiday Cliff Richard & the Shadows Island of Dreams The Springfields Tom Springfield 4th West Side Story ( Soundtrack ) How Do You Do It? Gerry & the Pacemakers Mitch Murray 5 Out of the Shadows The Shadows From a Jack to a King Ned Miller Ned Miller 6th The Shadows' Greatest Hits The Shadows Deck of Cards Wink Martindale T. Texas Tyler 7th Meet the Searchers The Searchers Summer Holiday Cliff Richard & the Shadows Bruce Welch , Laurence Brian Bennett 8th Reminiscing Buddy Holly & the Crickets Confessin '(That I Love You) Frank Ifield Music: Doc Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds; Text: Al J. Neiburg 9 I'll Remember You Frank Ifield Can't Get Used to Losing You Andy Williams Doc Pomus , Mort Shuman 10 How do you like it? Gerry & the Pacemakers
← 1962				→ 1964 →

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• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1963
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1963 / Top Albums of 1963

See also: 1963 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , the Netherlands , Norway , Spain, and the United States .