THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * LESLEY GORE
THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * SOLOMON BURKE
THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * THEOLA KILGORE
THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * SAM COOKE
THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * BARBARA LEWIS
DETROIT ‘TOP 5’ WCHB
The ‘Top 5’ soul records also were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s R&B station on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440, as tabulated week-ending 06/15/63.
