This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1963.
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(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Notes |
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January 5 | Ruby Ann | Marty Robbins | 1 | |
January 19 | The Ballad of Jed Clampett | Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs | 3 | [2]
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April 13 | Still | Bill Anderson | 7 | [1], [2]
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May 4 | Lonesome 7-7203 | Hawkshaw Hawkins | 4 | [2], [B]
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June 15 | Act Naturally | Buck Owens | 4 | [2], [A]
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July 27 | Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash | 7 |
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September 14 | Abilene | George Hamilton IV | 4 | [A] |
October 12 | Talk Back Trembling Lips | Ernest Ashworth | 1 | [B] |
October 19 | Love's Gonna Live Here | Buck Owens | 16 |
US | Single | Artist |
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12 | Bayou Talk | Jimmy C. Newman |
20 | Better Times a Comin' | Ray Godfrey |
12 | Building a Bridge | Claude King |
13 | Busted | Johnny Cash with Carter Family |
9 | Call Me Mr. Brown | Skeets McDonald |
11 | Can't Hang Up the Phone | Stonewall Jackson |
14 | Cigarettes and Coffee Blues | Marty Robbins |
13 | Cold and Lonely (Is the Forecast for Tonight) | Kitty Wells |
3 | Cowboy Boots | Dave Dudley |
18 | Crazy Arms | Marion Worth |
6 | Detroit City | Bobby Bare |
5 | Does He Mean That Much to You | Eddy Arnold |
13 | Don't Call Me From a Honky Tonk | Johnny & Jonie Mosby |
9 | Down by the River | Faron Young |
18 | Down to the River | Rose Maddox |
2 | Eight by Ten | Bill Anderson |
2 | End of the World | Skeeter Davis |
7 | Faded Love | Patsy Cline |
14 | Fool Me Once | Connie Hall |
2 | From a Jack to a King | Ned Miller |
17 | Going Through the Motions (Of Living) | Sonny James |
12 | Goodbye Kisses | Cowboy Copas |
3 | Guilty | Jim Reeves |
3 | Happy Birthday | Loretta Lynn |
11 | Happy to Be Unhappy | Gary Buck |
12 | Head Over Heels in Love with You | Don Gibson |
5 | Hello Trouble | Orville Couch |
13 | Hey Lucille! | Claude King |
14 | I Can't Stay Mad at You | Skeeter Davis |
7 | I Take the Chance | Ernest Ashworth |
18 | I Wanna Go Home | Billy Grammer |
9 | I'm Saving My Love | Skeeter Davis |
7 | I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand | Porter Wagoner |
11 | I've Got the World by the Tail | Claude King |
17 | In the Back Room Tonight | Carl Smith |
3 | Is This Me | Jim Reeves |
18 | Knock Again, True Love | Claude Gray |
8 | Leavin' on Your Mind | Patsy Cline |
17 | Let's Invite Them Over | George Jones and Melba Montgomery |
11 | Little Ole You | Jim Reeves |
18 | Lonely Teardops | Rose Maddox |
14 | Loving Arms | Carl Butler and Pearl |
2 | Make the World Go Away | Ray Price |
9 | The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe | Hank Snow |
12 | Mary Ann Regrets | Burl Ives |
2 | The Matador | Johnny Cash |
13 | A Million Years or So | Eddy Arnold |
9 | The Minute You're Gone | Sonny James |
2 | Mountain of Love | David Houston |
8 | Mr. Heartache, Move On | Coleman O'Neal |
20 | My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight) | Porter Wagoner |
16 | My Father's Voice | Judy Lynn |
14 | Nightmare | Faron Young |
2 | Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street) | Hank Snow |
13 | Not So Long Ago | Marty Robbins |
7 | Not What I Had in Mind | George Jones |
8 | Old Showboat | Stonewall Jackson |
13 | The Only Girl I Can't Forget | Del Reeves |
13 | The Other Woman | Loretta Lynn |
8 | Pearl Pearl Pearl | Flatt & Scruggs |
14 | Please Talk to My Heart | Johnny "Country" Mathis |
15 | Robert E. Lee | Ott Stephens |
4 | Roll Muddy River | The Wilburn Brothers |
7 | Sands of Gold | Webb Pierce |
15 | Sawmill | Webb Pierce |
3 | Second Hand Rose | Roy Drusky |
14 | Shake Me I Rattle (Squeeze Me I Cry) | Marion Worth |
12 | Sheepskin Valley | Claude King |
17 | Shoes of a Fool | Bill Goodwin |
3 | Sing a Little Song of Heartache | Rose Maddox |
2 | Six Days on the Road | Dave Dudley |
18 | Somebody Told Somebody | Rose Maddox |
17 | A Stranger Was Here | Darrell McCall |
5 | Sweet Dreams | Patsy Cline |
19 | Sweethearts in Heaven | Buck Owens and Rose Maddox |
5 | T for Texas | Grandpa Jones |
6 | Take a Letter, Miss Gray | Justin Tubb |
10 | Tell Her So | The Wilburn Brothers |
3 | Thanks a Lot | Ernest Tubb |
9 | Those Wonderful Years | Webb Pierce |
10 | The Tip of My Fingers | Roy Clark |
18 | Unkind Words | Kathy Dee |
7 | Walk Me to the Door | Ray Price |
17 | The Way It Feels to Die | Vernon Stewart |
3 | We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds | George Jones and Melba Montgomery |
15 | We're the Talk of the Town | Buck Owens and Rose Maddox |
13 | We've Got Something in Common | Faron Young |
20 | What's in Our Heart | George Jones and Melba Montgomery |
15 | Wild Wild Wind | Stonewall Jackson |
4 | The Yellow Bandana | Faron Young |
11 | Yesterday's Memories | Eddy Arnold |
5 | You Comb Her Hair | George Jones |
11 | You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind) | Ray Price |
10 | You're for Me | Buck Owens |
12 | Your Best Friend and Me | Mac Wiseman |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Blood, Sweat and Tears | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
"Detroit City" and Other Hits by Bobby Bare | Bobby Bare | RCA |
The Patsy Cline Story | Patsy Cline | Decca |
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Still | Bill Anderson | Decca |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins | Buck Owens | Capitol |
Cattle Call | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Country Music Hootenanny | Various Artists | Capitol |
End of the World | Skeeter Davis | RCA |
Great Gospel Songs | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Capitol |
The Guitar Genius | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Love Me Forever | Wanda Jackson | Capitol |
Our Man in Nashville | Chet Atkins | RCA |
On the Bandstand | Buck Owens | Capitol |
Songs I Love to Sing | Eddy Arnold | Capitol |
Songs That Made Him Famous | Johnny Bond | Starday |
Teen Scene | Chet Atkins | RCA |
This Song Is Just for You | Hank Locklin | RCA |
Tips of My Fingers | Roy Clark | Capitol |
Travelin' | Chet Atkins | RCA |
The Ways of Life | Hank Locklin | RCA |
Yodeling Hits | Grandpa Jones | Monument |
There were no inductees in 1963.