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Top 20 Song Chart for May 25, 1963

LW TW       peak  
1 1   If You Wanna Be Happy  
  Jimmy Soul
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7 2   El Watusi  
  Ray Barretto
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2 3   Surfin' U.S.A. 2  
  The Beach Boys
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6 4   Come And Get These Memories  
  Martha & The Vandellas
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8 5   Another Saturday Night  
  Sam Cooke
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15 6   It's My Party 1  
  Lesley Gore
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5 7   The Love Of My Man 5  
  Theola Kilgore
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10 8   Two Faces Have I 7  
  Lou Christie
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16 9   Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) 2  
  The Crystals
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13 10   Pushover  
  Etta James
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3 11   Foolish Little Girl 1  
  The Shirelles
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17 12   You Can't Sit Down 3  
  The Dovells
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14 13   Hot Pastrami  
  The Dartells
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18 14   If You Need Me 4  
  Wilson Pickett
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4 15   Killer Joe 2  
  The Rocky Fellers
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19 16   I Love You Because 6  
  Al Martino
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- 17   Sukiyaki 1  
  Kyu Sakamoto
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20 18   Hot Pastrami With Mashed Potatoes 10  
  Joey Dee & The Starliters
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- 19   Hello Stranger 2  
  Barbara Lewis
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- 20   Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer 8  
  Nat King Cole With Music Conducted By Ralph Carmichael
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If You Wanna Be Happy tops the entire chart this week for Jimmy Soul. Finding number two this week is El Watusi by Ray Barretto. The Beach Boys places number three this week with Surfin' U.S.A..


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