Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1963

There were 21 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 5	Telstar	The Tornados
January 12	Go Away Little Girl	Steve Lawrence
January 19
January 26	Walk Right In	The Rooftop Singers
February 2
February 9	Hey Paula	Paul & Paula
February 16
February 23
March 2	Walk Like a Man	The Four Seasons
March 9
March 16
March 23	Our Day Will Come	Ruby & the Romantics
March 30	He's So Fine	The Chiffons
April 6
April 13
April 20
April 27	I Will Follow Him	Little Peggy March
May 4
May 11
May 18	If You Wanna Be Happy	Jimmy Soul
May 25
June 1	It's My Party	Lesley Gore
June 8
June 15	Sukiyaki	Kyu Sakamoto
June 22
June 29
July 6	Easier Said Than Done	The Essex
July 13
July 20	Surf City	Jan and Dean
July 27
August 3	So Much In Love	The Tymes
August 10	Fingertips (Part II)	Little Stevie Wonder
August 17
August 24
August 31	My Boyfriend's Back	The Angels
September 7
September 14
September 21	Blue Velvet	Bobby Vinton
September 28
October 5
October 12	Sugar Shack	Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16	Deep Purple	Nino Tempo & April Stevens
November 23	I'm Leaving It Up To You	Dale & Grace
November 30
December 7	Dominique	The Singing Nun
December 14
December 21
December 28