Number 1 Songs in 1963 — UK and US Charts
UK #1
"She Loves You"
The Beatles
The Beatles' breakthrough hit spent six weeks at number one across two separate runs and became the best-selling single of 1963 in the UK with 1.89 million copies sold.
US #1
"Sugar Shack"
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
Topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks and was named the number one single of 1963 by Billboard, outselling even the early Beatles releases in the US.
Biggest Films of 1963 — Box Office Hits
Cleopatra
Box Office: $57.8 million
The notoriously troubled and expensive Elizabeth Taylor epic nearly bankrupted 20th Century Fox with a then-record budget of $44 million. Despite being the highest-grossing film of 1963, it initially lost money.
Fashion and Style of 1963
Fashion, clothing and visual culture from the era
Architecture and Buildings of 1963
Buildings completed and structures opened in 1963