| Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1963 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $6.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13485
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71584
UPC: 081227158422
EAN: 0081227158422
ASIN: B00000337C
Release Date: July 19, 1994
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Oldies July 28, 2005
Originally I was only looking for one song but the whole cd is really great.
Worth Twice the Price November 2, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Is it my affection for 1963 or what? Despite the two-few number of songs on these CDs. this one scores for me. Again, I can name 10 more that meet the criteria, but these will do. Like another reviewer, my favorite is "Sally Go 'Round the Roses". (It was reported that they tried finding a member of the Jaynettes just a few years later to give her royalties for the song being on a compilation album but could not; talk about a disappearing act.) And when "Walk Right In" seemed to stay on the Top 40 FOREVER, a reporter from the Memphis, TN., Commercial Appeal paper went looking for the song's author and found him living in a tarpaper shack. Did he get royalties? What do you think? When marriage was still a romantic notion that most people could commit to, "Hey Paula" by Ray Hildebrand and Jill Jackson (Paul and Paula) was a favorite of ours too. This is a very good representation of the songs of 1963.
Superb August 15, 2001
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is my type of 60's CD --- all original versions, great quality, balanced selection from the period. It would be nice if all of the CD producers followed this example.
A time warp June 3, 2001
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I popped this CD in my player going to work the other day and my van became a time machine which transported me immediatly back to 1963. I am riding down Broad Street in Richmond, Va. in my friend's Impala SS, listening to WLEE on the radio play "Rhythm Of The Rain" by the Cascades and am 20 years old again.All the songs on this CD are winners but the two most unusual selections are "Sukiyaki" sung completely in Japanese by Kyu Sakamota and "Dominique" sung in French by The Singing Nun. My other personal favorite is the surreal "Sally, Go Round The Roses" by the Jaynetts. I really never cared all that much for "Hey Paula" by Paul and Paula but they were part of that special time in my life and I am glad that Rhino is doing such a great job of preserving these songs of my generation.
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1963 January 29, 2001
This album is definantly a must-have for the avid oldies collector. Spotlighting various artists all the way from Bobby Vinton to Kyu Sakamoto and his #1 compellaton, Sukiyaki, the songs are presented in a well-written pamphlet on the subject written by Joel Whitburn, the man for the Billboard chart era. Although the cover design is not what you might call glamourous, the songs and the price are unbeatable. If you like one song by a particular artist but don't want to blow fifty bucks on a whole arsenal of songs that you would'nt put in there if you had a choice, then this one's for you.
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