Top 20 Song Chart for May 18, 1963 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | If You Wanna Be Happy | ▲ |
| Jimmy Soul |
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| 7 | 2 | Surfin' U.S.A. | ▲ |
| The Beach Boys |
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| 3 | 3 | Foolish Little Girl | 1 |
| The Shirelles |
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| 2 | 4 | Killer Joe | 2 |
| The Rocky Fellers |
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| 8 | 5 | The Love Of My Man | ▲ |
| Theola Kilgore |
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| 10 | 6 | Come And Get These Memories | 4 |
| Martha & The Vandellas |
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| 9 | 7 | El Watusi | 2 |
| Ray Barretto |
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| 12 | 8 | Another Saturday Night | 5 |
| Sam Cooke |
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| 5 | 9 | I Will Follow Him | 1 |
| Little Peggy March |
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| 14 | 10 | Two Faces Have I | 7 |
| Lou Christie |
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| 11 | 11 | Take These Chains From My Heart | ▲ |
| Ray Charles |
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| 15 | 12 | Losing You | ▲ |
| Brenda Lee |
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| 18 | 13 | Pushover | 10 |
| Etta James |
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| 17 | 14 | Hot Pastrami | 13 |
| The Dartells |
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| - | 15 | It's My Party | 1 |
| Lesley Gore |
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| - | 16 | Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) | 2 |
| The Crystals |
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| - | 17 | You Can't Sit Down | 3 |
| The Dovells |
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| - | 18 | If You Need Me | 4 |
| Wilson Pickett |
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| - | 19 | I Love You Because | 6 |
| Al Martino |
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| - | 20 | Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes | 10 |
| Joey Dee & The Starliters |
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