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Billboard Pop Hits: 1963 [Import]

Billboard Top Pop Hits (Series) | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (19 July 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Rhino
  • ASIN: B00000337C
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 547,932 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. Walk Right In - The Rooftop Singers
2. Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto
3. Hey Paula - Paul & Paula
4. Pipeline - Chantay's
5. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades
6. Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
7. Dominque - The Singing Nun
8. I'm Leaving It Up To You - Dale & Grace
9. Sally, Go 'Round The Roses - The Jaynetts
10. Wipe Out - The Surfaris

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 1963 was a very good year for American pop music 21 Jan 2003
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
1963 was a pretty good year for American pop music, at least as represented by the ten tracks Billboard came up with for this collection. Yes, there is a high concentration of sugar as represented by the perky Rooftop Singers doing "Walk Right In" and "Dominique" by the Singing Nun, but it is not right to diss a nun. Besides, there are significant counterbalances at work here with the Surfaris ripping through "Wipe Out" and the biggest Japanese import of all time, "Sukiyaki" by Kyo Sakamoto. Toss in Bobby Vinton's "Blue Velvet," Paul & Paula's "Hey Paula," and "Rhythm of the Rain" by the Cascades and this is one of the best Billboard pop collections from the sixties. If you cannot find five tracks on this CD that you would like to add to your music collection, then it is because you have a really good music collection and you already own most of these tracks. Too bad Billboard always insists on stopping at ten tracks on these collection
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5.0 out of 5 stars In Memoriam to a great Singer - Kyu Sakamoto 18 Mar 2000
By Terry Stephen Paul Ryan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
There are a lot of great hits on this album but the one that I most favor, not just for 1963, but for all time, is the song written by Rokusuke Ei, and sung by one of the greatest Japanase singers of all time: Kyu Sakamoto. The song being called "Sukiyaki" in America but released in Japan in 1961 as "Ue O Muite Aruko" (I look up When I Walk). The song was inspired by actual events of the times in that Rokusuke Ei had his heart broke by the Japanese Actress, Meiko Nakamura. Nonetheless, noone could have sung the song as great or as well as Kyu Sakamoto. I will cherish his songs for all my days. And, if you do not believe this, listen to the partial song here on Amazon, and then buy the Billboard album itself to hear the entire song. AND then, try to find the actual album "The Very Best of Kyu Sakamoto". The tragic part is, Kyu is no longer with us as he was killed in the famous aircraft accident of 1985 on August 12th: JAL Flight 123, a 747 bound for Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Osaka. It took 30 minutes for this plane to hit the ground after pieces of its tail section broke off. Enough time for passengers to write farewells to their loved ones. This is one Story that should have been made into a movie: the life of Kyu Sakamoto and his family and friends. Thank you!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A time warp 3 Jun 2001
By Donald N. Hilton - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
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.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sukiyaki and Other Great Songs 15 Mar 2006
By Kenneth Morris - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this CD because I wanted "Sukiyaki" by the original artist, but this CD also many other great songs like "Blue Velvet", "Dominque", and "Rhythm Of The Rain". It also has a couple of great instrumentals, "Pipeline" and "Wipe Out".
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