# List of Billboard Middle-Road Singles number ones of 1963

In 1963, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States which were considered to be "middle of the road". The chart has undergone various name changes and since 1996 has been published under the title Adult Contemporary. Until 1965, the listing was compiled simply by extracting from Billboard's pop music chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed by the magazine's staff to be of an appropriate style and ranking them according to their placings on the Hot 100. In 1963, the chart was published under the title Middle-Road Singles and 14 different songs topped the listing in 52 issues of the magazine.
At the start of the year, Steve Lawrence held the number one position with "Go Away Little Girl", which stayed in the top spot through the issue of Billboard dated January 19 before it was replaced by "Walk Right In" by the Rooftop Singers. Only one act had more than one number one hit during the year: folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary spent two weeks at the top of the chart in May with "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and a further five weeks at number one in August with "Blowin' in the Wind". The latter song was replaced in the top spot by the longest-running Middle-Road chart-topper of the year, "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton, which spent eight consecutive weeks at number one. Vinton thus also had the highest total number of weeks at number one by any artist.
Nearly half of the acts who topped the Middle-Road chart in 1963 never reached number one on the Hot 100, including the Cascades, Skeeter Davis, Rolf Harris, and the Village Stompers. Neither Al Martino or Andy Williams ever topped the Hot 100, but both reached number one on the Most Played by Jockeys chart, one of the multiple pop charts which Billboard published prior to the creation of the Hot 100 in 1958. The success of the Cascades was short-lived, and the group achieved the unusual feat of topping the Middle-Road chart with the only one of their songs ever to appear on the listing. This feat was also achieved by the Singing Nun, who had the final Middle-Road number one of 1963 with "Dominique". Although it also topped the Hot 100, it was the only song which the Singing Nun, a Belgian vocalist also billed as Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile), placed on either chart during her brief commercial career.

## Chart history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 5 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence |
| January 12 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence |
| January 19 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence |
| January 26 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers |
| February 2 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers |
| February 9 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers |
| February 16 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers |
| February 23 | "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers |
| March 2 | "Rhythm of the Rain" | The Cascades |
| March 9 | "Rhythm of the Rain" | The Cascades |
| March 16 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis |
| March 23 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis |
| March 30 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis |
| April 6 | "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis |
| April 13 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams |
| April 20 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams |
| April 27 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams |
| May 4 | "Can't Get Used to Losing You" | Andy Williams |
| May 11 | "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| May 18 | "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| May 25 | "I Love You Because" | Al Martino |
| June 1 | "I Love You Because" | Al Martino |
| June 8 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto |
| June 15 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto |
| June 22 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto |
| June 29 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto |
| July 6 | "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto |
| July 13 | "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | Rolf Harris |
| July 20 | "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | Rolf Harris |
| July 27 | "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | Rolf Harris |
| August 3 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| August 10 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| August 17 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| August 24 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| August 31 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Peter, Paul and Mary |
| September 7 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| September 14 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| September 21 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| September 28 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| October 5 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| October 12 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| October 19 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| October 26 | "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton |
| November 2 | "Washington Square" | The Village Stompers |
| November 9 | "Washington Square" | The Village Stompers |
| November 16 | "Washington Square" | The Village Stompers |
| November 23 | "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | Dale and Grace |
| November 30 | "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | Dale and Grace |
| December 7 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun |
| December 14 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun |
| December 21 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun |
| December 28 | "Dominique" | The Singing Nun |