R. A. Long High School Class of 1963
Billboard Top 100 Songs of Our High School Years
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1. Cathy's Clown -- Everly Brothers 2. He'll Have to Go -- Jim Reeves 3. Theme From "A Summer Place" -- Percy Faith 4. It's Now Or Never -- Elvis Presley 5. Teen Angel -- Mark Dinning 6. I'm Sorry -- Brenda Lee 7. Running Bear -- Johnny Preston 8. Handy Man -- Jimmy Jones 9. Stuck On You -- Elvis Presley 10. The Twist -- Chubby Checker 11. Everybody's Somebody's Fool -- Connie Francis 12. Alley-Oop -- Hollywood Argyles 13. Greenfields -- Brothers Four 14. What in the World's Come Over You -- Jack Scott 15. El Paso -- Marty Robbins 16. Wild One -- Bobby Rydell 17. My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own -- Connie Francis 18. Sweet Nothin's -- Brenda Lee 19. Only the Lonely -- Roy Orbison 20. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini -- Brian Hyland 21. Where or When -- Dion and the Belmonts 22. Sixteen Reasons -- Connie Stevens 23. Puppy Love -- Paul Anka 24. Why -- Frankie Avalon 25. Walk Don’t Run -- Ventures 26. Save the Last Dance For Me -- Drifters 27. Baby (You Got What It Takes) -- Brook Benton and Dinah Washington 28. Sink the Bismark -- Johnny Horton 29. Chain Gang -- Sam Cooke 30. Let It Be Me -- Everly Brothers 31. Good Timin' -- Jimmy Jones 32. Beyond the Sea -- Bobby Darin 33. Go Jimmy Go -- Jimmy Clanton 34. Night -- Jackie Wilson 35. Burning Bridges -- Jack Scott 36. Because They're Young -- Duane Eddy 37. Lonely Blue Boy -- Conway Twitty 38. The Big Hurt -- Toni Fisher 39. Pretty Blue Eyes -- Steve Lawrence 40. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans -- Freddie Cannon 41. Paper Roses -- Anita Bryant 42. Mr. Custer -- Larry Verne 43. I Want to Be Wanted -- Brenda Lee 44. Mule Skinner Blues -- Fendermen 45. Cradle Of Love -- Johnny Preston 46. Please Help Me I'm Falling -- Hank Locklin 47. You've Got What It Takes -- Marv Johnson 48. Love You So -- Rod Holden 49. Finger Poppin' Time -- Hank Ballard and the Midnighters |
50. Harbor Lights -- Platters 51. Let the Little Girl Dance -- Bobby Bland 52. He'll Have to Stay -- Jeanne Black 53. Theme From the Apartment -- Ferrante and Teicher 54. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) -- Bobby Rydell 55. A Million to One -- Jimmy Charles 56. The Village of St. Bernadette -- Andy Williams 57. White Silver Sands -- Bill Black's Combo 58. The Old Lamplighter -- Browns 59. Devil or Angel -- Bobby Vee 60. Down By the Station -- Four Preps 61. Forever -- Little Dippers 62. Image Of a Girl -- Safaris and the Phantom's Band 63. Kiddio -- Brook Benton 64. Mission Bell -- Donnie Brooks 65. I Love the Way You Love -- Marv Johnson 66. It's Time to Cry -- Paul Anka 67. Tell Laura I Love Her -- Ray Peterson 68. Mama -- Connie Francis 69. Footsteps -- Steve Lawrence 70. So Sad -- Everly Brothers 71. That's All You Gotta Do -- Brenda Lee 72. Walking to New Orleans -- Fats Domino 73. Among My Souvenirs -- Connie Francis 74. Swingin' School -- Bobby Rydell 75. A Rockin' Good Way -- Dinah Washington and Brook Benton 76. Stairway to Heaven -- Neil Sedaka 77. My Home Town -- Paul Anka 78. Georgia On My Mind -- Ray Charles 79. Cherry Pie -- Skip and Flip 80. Wonderful World -- Sam Cooke 81. O Dio Mio -- Annette 82. Lady Luck -- Lloyd Price 83. Step By Step -- Crests 84. Beatnik Fly -- Johnny and the Hurricanes 85. Young Emotions -- Ricky Nelson 86. Dreamin' -- Johnny Burnette 87. Mule Bitty Girl -- Bobby Rydell 88. Tracy's Theme -- Spencer Ross 89. You Talk Too Much -- Joe Jones 90. Happy-Go-Lucky Me -- Paul Evans 91. When Will I Be Loved -- Everly Brothers 92. Let's Think About Livin' -- Bob Luman 93. Heartaches By the Number -- Guy Mitchell 94. In My Little Corner Of the World -- Anita Bryant 95. Sandy -- Larry Hall 96. Poetry in Motion -- Johnny Tillotson 97. Money -- Barret Strong 98. Stay -- Maurice Williams 99. Lonely Weekends -- Charlie Rich 100. Doggin' Around -- Jackie Wilson |
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1. I Fall To Pieces -- Patsy Cline 2. Tossin' And Turnin' -- Bobby Lewis 3. Michael -- Highwaymen 4. Cryin' -- Roy Orbison 5. Runaway -- Del Shannon 6. My True Story -- Jive Five 7. Running Scared -- Roy Orbison 8. Wheels -- String-a-Longs 9. Raindrops -- Dee Clark 10. Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) -- Joe Dowell 11. Exodus -- Ferrante and Teicher 12. Take Good Care Of My Baby -- Bobby Vee 13. Pony Time -- Chubby Checker 14. Dedicated to the One I Love -- The Shirelles 15. Last Night -- Mar-Keys 16. Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) -- Sue Thompson 17. Calcutta -- Lawrence Welk 18. Where The Boys Are -- Connie Francis 19. Hit The Road Jack -- Ray Charles 20. (Will You Love Me) Tomorrow -- Shirelles 21. Mother-In-Law -- Ernie K-Doe 22. Bristol Stomp -- Dovells 23. Travelin' Man -- Ricky Nelson 24. Shop Around -- Miracles 25. The Boll Weevil Song -- Brook Benton 26. A Hundred Pounds Of Clay -- Gene McDaniels 27. The Mountain's High -- Dick and Deedee 28. Don't Worry -- Marty Robbins 29. On The Rebound -- Floyd Cramer 30. Portrait Of My Love -- Steve Lawrence 31. Quarter To Three -- Gary 32. Who Put The Bomp -- Barry Mann 33. Calendar Girl -- Neil Sedaka 34. I Like It Like That -- Chris Kenner 35. Apache -- Jorgen Lngmann 36. Don't Bet Money Honey -- Linda Scott 37. Without You -- Johnny Tillotson 38. Wings Of a Dove -- Ferlin Husky 39. Little Sister -- Elvis Presley 40. Blue Moon -- Marcels 41. Daddy's Home -- Shep and the Limelites 42. This Time -- Troy Shondell 43. I Don't Know Why But I Do -- Clarence "Frog Man" Henry 44. Asia Minor -- Kokomo 45. Hello Walls -- Faron Young 46. Runaround Sue -- Dion 47. Yellow Bird -- Arthur Lyman 48. Hurt -- Timi Yuro 49. Hello Mary Lou -- Ricky Nelson 50. There's a Moon Out Tonight -- Capris |
51. Surrender -- Elvis Presley 52. I Love How You Love Me -- Paris Sisters 53. Ya Ya -- Lee Dorsey 54. School Is Out -- Gary 55. Mexico -- Bob Moore 56. You Don't Know What You've Got -- Ral Donner 57. Walk Right Back -- Everly Brothers 58. The Way You Look Tonight -- Lettermen 59. Moody River -- Pat Boone 60. One Mint Julep -- Ray Charles 61. Take Good Care Of Her -- Adam Wade 62. Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) -- Carla Thomas 63. Stand By Me -- Ben E. King 64. Spanish Harlem -- Ben E. King 65. It's Gonna Work Out Fine -- Ike and Tina Turner 66. Baby Blue -- Echoes 67. Baby Sittin' Boogie -- Buzz Clifford 68. Hats Off to Larry -- Del Shannon 69. Those Oldies But Goodies -- Caesar and The Romans 70. The Fly -- Chubby Checker 71. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame -- Elvis Presley 72. Wonderland By Night -- Bert Kaempfert and His Orch. 73. Bless You -- Tony Orlando 74. I've Told Every Little Star -- Linda Scott 75. One Track Mind -- Bobby Lewis 76. Angel Baby -- Rosie and The Originals 77. Pretty Little Angel Eyes -- Curtis Lee 78. Think Twice -- Brook Benton 79. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor -- Lonnie Donegan 80. Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart -- Connie Francis 81. Dum Dum -- Brenda Lee 82. Let The Four Winds Blow -- Fats Domino 83. The Writing on the Wall -- Adam Wade 84. My Kind of Girl -- Matt Monroe 85. Tonight My Love -- Tonight -- Paul Anka 86. Big Bad John -- Jimmy Dean 87. Good Time Baby -- Bobby Rydell 88. San Antonio Rose -- Floyd Cramer 89. Rubber Ball -- Bobby Vee 90. Missing You -- Ray Peterson 91. Please Stay -- Drifters 92. I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door -- Eddie Hodges 93. You Can Depend On Me -- Brenda Lee 94. Let's Twist Again -- Chubby Checker 95. Take Five -- Dave Brubeck 96. Are You Lonesome Tonight -- Elvis Presley 97. Sea Of Heartbreak -- Don Gibson 98. More Money For You And Me Medley -- Four Preps 99. You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby -- Bobby Darin 100. Mama Said -- Shirelles |
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1. Roses Are Red -- Bobby Vinton 2. I Can't Stop Loving You -- Ray Charles 3. The Twist -- Chubby Checker 4. Stranger on the Shore -- Mr. Acker Bilk 5. The Stripper -- David Rose 6. Johnny Angel -- Shelley Fabares 7. The Loco-Motion -- Little Eva 8. Breaking up Is Hard to Do -- Neil Sedaka 9. Mashed Potato Time -- Dee Dee Sharp 10. Soldier Boy -- Shirelles 11. Hey! Baby -- Bruce Channel 12. The Wanderer -- Dion 13. Duke of Earl -- Gene Chandler 14. Good Luck Charm -- Elvis Presley 15. Let Me In -- Sensations 16. Wolverton Mountain -- Claude King 17. Slow Twistin' -- Chubby Checker 18. It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin' -- Johnny Tillotson 19. The One Who Really Loves You -- Mary Wells 20. Palisades Park -- Freddy Cannon 21. Midnight in Moscow -- Kenny Ball 22. Sheila -- Tommy Roe 23. Twistin' The Night Away -- Sam Cooke 24. Wah-Watusi -- Orlons 25. Peppermint Twist -- Joey Dee and The Starlighters 26. Break It to Me Gently -- Brenda Lee 27. Playboy -- Marvelettes 28. Ramblin' Rose -- Nat King Cole 29. Sealed With a Kiss -- Brian Hyland 30. She Cried -- Jay and The Americans 31. Don't Break The Heart That Loves You -- Connie Francis 32. Dear Lady Twist -- Gary US Bonds 33. Norman -- Sue Thompson 34. Love Letters -- Ketty Lester 35. Party Lights -- Claudine Clark 36. Cotton Fields -- Highwaymen 37. Alley Cat -- Bent Fabric 38. Twist and Shout -- The Isley Brothers 39. Theme from Dr. Kildare -- Richard Chamberlain 40. Tuff -- Ace Cannon 41. Lover Please -- Clyde McPhatter 42. I Know -- Barbara George 43. Young World -- Rick Nelson 44. Baby It's You -- Shirelles 45. Speedy Gonzales -- Pat Boone 46. A Little Bitty Tear -- Burl Ives 47. Crying in the Rain -- Everly Brothers 48. Al Di La' -- Emillo Pericoli 49. Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) -- Ernie Maresca 50. What's Your Name -- Don and Juan |
51. Smoky Places -- Corsairs 52. Having a Party -- Sam Cooke 53. Green Onions -- Booker T and The MG's 54. You Don't Know Me -- Ray Charles 55. Sherry -- Four Seasons 56. Johnny Get Angry -- Joanie Sommers 57. Can't Help Falling In Love -- Elvis Presley 58. Shout -- Joey Dee 59. Rinky Dink -- Dave "Baby" Cortez 60. Moon River -- Henry Mancini 61. Ahab the Arab -- Ray Stevens 62. Things -- Bobby Darin 63. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- Gene Pitney 64. You Belong To Me -- Duprees 65. Dream Baby -- Roy Orbison 66. Snap Your Fingers -- Joe Henderson 67. Lovers Who Wander -- Dion 68. Let's Dance -- Chris Montez 69. Cindy's Birthday -- Johnny Crawford 70. You Beat Me to the Punch -- Mary Wells 71. You'll Lose a Good Thing -- Barbara Lynn 72. Uptown -- Crystals 73. Everybody Loves Me But You -- Brenda Lee 74. Patches -- Dickie Lee 75. Venus In Blue Jeans -- Jimmy Clanton 76. Love Me Warm and Tender -- Paul Anka 77. Teen Age Idol -- Rick Nelson 78. She's Got You -- Patsy Cline 79. Dear One -- Larry Finnegan 80. Her Royal Majesty -- James Darren 81. Little Diane -- Dion 82. Funny Way ff Laughin' -- Burl Ives 83. A Swingin' Safari -- Billy Vaughn 84. Soul Twit -- King Curtis 85. P.T. 109 -- Jimmy Dean 86. Old Rivers -- Walter Brennan 87. Percolator (Twist) -- Billy Joe and The Checkmates 88. Twist, Twist Senora -- Gary US Bonds 89. Twistin' Matilda -- Jimmy Soul 90. Gravy -- Dee Dee Sharp 91. If I Had a Hammer -- Peter, Paul and Mary 92. Tell Me -- Dick and Deedee 93. I'll Never Dance Again -- Bobby Rydell 94. I'm Blue -- Ikettes 95. Where Have All the Flowers Gone -- Kingston Trio 96. (Girls, Girls, Girls) Were Made To Love -- Eddie Hodges 97. Town Without Pity -- Gene Pitney 98. Walk on the Wild Side -- Jimmy Smith 99. I Wish That We Were Married -- Ronnie and The Hi-Lites 100. Surfin' Safari -- Beach Boys |
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1. Surfin' U.S.A. -- Beach Boys 2. Sugar Shack -- Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs 3. The End of the World -- Skeeter Davis 4. Rhythm of the Rain -- Cascades 5. Hey Paula -- Paul and Paula 6. Blue Velvet -- Bobby Vinton 7. He's So Fine -- Chiffons 8. Fingertips Part II -- Little Stevie Wonder 9. Washington Square -- Village Stompers 10. So Much in Love -- Tymes 11. Can't Get Used to Losing You -- Andy Williams 12. My Boyfriend's Back -- Angels 13. Sukiyaki -- Kyu Sakamoto 14. She's a Fool -- Lesley Gore 15. It's All Right -- Impressions 16. Puff (The Magic Dragon) -- Peter, Paul and Mary 17. Blowin' in the Wind -- Peter, Paul and Mary 18. Wipe Out -- The Surfaris 19. Deep Purple -- Nino Tempo and April Stevens 20. I'm Leaving It Up to You -- Dale and Grace 21. I Love You Because -- Al Martino 22. Wild Weekend -- Rebels 23. You're The Reason I'm Living -- Bobby Darin 24. Walk Like a Man -- Four Seasons 25. Mockingbird -- Inez Foxx 26. I Will Follow Him -- Little Peggy March 27. Pipeline -- Chantays 28. Surf City -- Jan and Dean 29. It's My Party -- Lesley Gore 30. Blame It on the Bossa Nova -- Eydie Gorme 31. You Can't Sit Down -- The Dovells 32. Heat Wave -- Martha and The Vandellas 33. Denise -- Randy and The Rainbows 34. Walk Right In -- Rooftop Singers 35. If You Wanna Be Happy -- Jimmy Soul 36. Surfer Girl -- Beach Boys 37. If I Had a Hammer -- Trini Lopez 38. Everybody -- Tommy Roe 39. Easier Said Than Done -- Essex 40. Ruby Baby -- Dion 41. Maria Elena -- Los Indios Tabajaras 42. Our Day Will Come -- Ruby and The Romantics 43. I Can't Stay Mad at You -- Skeeter Davis 44. Hello Stranger -- Barbara Lewis 45. Be My Baby -- Ronettes 46. Mean Woman Blues -- Roy Orbison 47. South Street -- Orlons 48. Days of Wine and Roses -- Henry Mancini 49. The Monkey Time -- Major Lance 50. Candy Girl -- Four Seasons |
51. Still -- Bill Anderson 52. Blue on Blue -- Bobby Vinton 53. Cry Baby -- Garnet Mimms and The Enchanters 54. Two Faces Have I -- Lou Christie 55. Busted -- Ray Charles 56. Da Doo Ron Ron -- Crystals 57. Foolish Little Girl -- Shirelles 58. Memphis -- Lonnie Mack 59. In Dreams -- Roy Orbison 60. More -- Kal Winding 61. Fools Rush In -- Rick Nelson 62. Losing You -- Brenda Lee 63. Our Winter Love -- Bill Pursell 64. I Wanna Be Around -- Tony Bennett 65. You've Really Got a Hold on Me -- Miracles 66. Sally Go 'Round the Roses -- Jaynetts 67. Little Red Rooster -- Sam Cooke 68. Then He Kissed Me -- Crystals 69. (You're The) Devil in Disguise -- Elvis Presley 70. Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer -- Nat King Cole 71. Baby Workout -- Jackie Wilson 72. Pride and Joy -- Marvin Gaye 73. Walking the Dog -- Rufus Thomas 74. From a Jack to a King -- Ned Miller 75. Up on the Roof -- Drifters 76. What Will My Mary Say -- Johnny Mathis 77. Mama Didn't Lie, Jan Bradley 78. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes -- Bobby Vee 79. Don't Say Nothin' Bad About My Baby -- Little Eva 80. Ring Of Fire -- Johnny Cash 81. (Down At) Papa Joe's -- Dixiebelles With Cornbread and Jerry 82. Hello Muddah -- Hello Fadduh! -- Allan Sherman 83. Judy's Turn to Cry -- Lesley Gore 84. Just One Look -- Doris Troy 85. Mickey's Monkey -- Miracles 86. Donna, the Prima Donna -- Dion 87. That Sunday -- That Summer -- Nat King Cole 88. Another Saturday Night -- Sam Cooke 89. Painted Tainted Rose -- Al Martino 90. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport -- Roll Harris 91. Go Away Little Girl -- Steve Lawrence 92. Take These Chains from My Heart -- Ray Charles 93. Talk to Me -- Sunny and The Sunglows 94. Come and Get These Memories -- Martha and The Vandellas 95. Bossa Nova Baby -- Elvis Presley 96. Do the Bird -- Dee Dee Sharp 97. Shut Down -- Beach Boys 98. One Fine Day -- Chiffons 99. Little Town Flirt -- Del Shannon 100. 500 Miles Away From Home -- Bobby Bare |