This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1963.
The year's No. 1 country single was "Still" by Bill Anderson. "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens ranked second, and "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash ranked third.
Patsy Cline died in March 1963 and had three singles that made the year-end list: "Sweet Dreams (of You)" (No. 23), "Leavin' on Your Mind" (No. 30), and "Faded Love" (No. 31).
Rank PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 "Still" Bill Anderson Decca2 1 "Act Naturally" Buck Owens Capitol3 1 "Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash Columbia4 3 "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" George Jones and Melba Montgomery United Artists5 1 "Lonesome 7-7203" Hawkshaw Hawkins King6 1 "Talk Back Trembling Lips" Ernest Ashworth Hickory7 1 "Abilene" George Hamilton IV RCA Victor8 1 "Don't Let Me Cross Over" Carl Butler Columbia9 2 "Six Days on the Road" Dave Dudley Golden Wing10 5 "You Comb Her Hair" George Jones United Artists11 2 "The End of the World" Skeeter Davis RCA Victor12 3 "Is This Me?" Jim Reeves RCA Victor13 3 "Second-Hand Rose" Roy Drusky Decca14 1 "Ballad of Jed Clampett" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Columbia15 3 "Guilty" Jim Reeves RCA Victor16 2 "Make the World Go Away" Ray Price Columbia17 2 "From a Jack to a King" Ned Miller Fabor18 4 "The Yellow Bandana" Faron Young Mercury19 6 "Detroit City" Bobby Bare RCA Victor20 7 "Not What I Had in Mind" George Jones United Artists21 2 "8 X 10" Bill Anderson Decca22 7 "Walk Me to the Door" Ray Price Columbia23 5 "Sweet Dreams (of You)" Patsy Cline Decca24 5 "T for Texas" Grandpa Jones Monument25 7 "I Take the Chance" Ernest Ashworth Hickory26 1 "Ruby Ann" Marty Robbins Columbia27 6 "Take a Letter, Miss Gray" Justin Tubb Groove28 5 "Hello Trouble" Orville Couch Vee Jay29 4 "Roll Muddy River" The Wilburn Brothers Decca30 8 "Leavin' on Your Mind" Patsy Cline Decca31 7 "Faded Love" Patsy Cline Decca32 7 "Sands of Love" Webb Pierce Decca33 11 "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)" Ray Price Columbia34 7 "I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand" Porter Wagoner RCA Victor35 9 "I'm Saving My Love" Skeeter Davis RCA Victor36 11 "Little Ole You" Jim Reeves RCA Victor37 10 "Tips of My Fingers" Roy Clark Capitol38 5 "Does He Mean That Much to You" Eddy Arnold Columbia39 3 "Sing a Little Song of Heartache" Rose Maddox Capitol40 9 "The Minute You're Gone" Sonny James Capitol41 8 "Mr. Heartache, Move On" Coleman O'Neal Chancellor42 8 "Pearl Pearl Pearl" Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Columbia43 11 "Happy to Be Unhappy" Gary Buck Petal44 9 "The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe" Hank Snow RCA Victor45 8 "Old Showboat" Stonewall Jackson Columbia46 2 "Mountain of Love" David Houston Epic47 10 "You're for Me" Buck Owens Capitol48 11 "Can't Hang Up the Phone" Stonewall Jackson Columbia49 3 "Thanks a Lot" Ernest Tubb Decca50 10 "Tell Her So" The Wilburn Brothers Decca
See also List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1963 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1963 1963 in country music
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