Released 19881993 (re-release) Label Rhino Entertainment | Release date 1988 | |
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Length 24:28 (original 1988 release)24:04 (1993 re-release) Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits 1963(1988) Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits 1964(1988) Similar Billboard Top Rock'n'R, Billboard Top Rock'n'R, Billboard Top Rock'n'R, Billboard Top Rock'n'R, Billboard Top Rock'n'R | ||
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1963 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1963.
Contents
The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song, "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs. The remaining three tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5.
Rhino re-issued the album with a revised track lineup in 1993. Two tracks on the original 1988 release—"Fingertips" by "Little" Stevie Wonder and "Walk Like a Man" by The 4 Seasons—were replaced on the re-issue with "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul and "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo & April Stevens.
The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 30, 1997.
Track listing
1988 original release
1993 re-release, replacement tracks
Songs
1Sugar ShackThe Fireballs2:02
2Surf CityJan and Dean2:29
3He's So FineThe Chiffons1:54