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JJ Burnel of The Stranglers

JJ Burnel of The Stranglers
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Richard Marx
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Songs released in "1963"

(Let's Dance) The Screw - The Crystals

(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan

All I Want For Christmas Is A Beatle - Dora Bryan

All I've Got To Do - The Beatles

All My Loving - The Beatles

Anna (Go to Him) - The Beatles

Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke

Ask Me Why - The Beatles

Bad To Me - Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas

Ballad Of Ole Betsy - The Beach Boys

Be My Baby - The Ronettes

Be True To Your School - The Beach Boys

Blame It On The Bossa Nova - Eydie Gorme

Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan

Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton

Boys - The Beatles

Busted - Ray Charles

Candy Girl - The Four Seasons

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love

Come and Get These Memories - Martha & the Vandellas

Come On - The Rolling Stones

Corcovado (Quiet Night of Quiet Stars) - Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto

Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals

Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton

Deep Purple - Nino Tempo & April Stevens

Devil In Her Heart - The Beatles

Do I Know? - Archie Alexander

Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby

Do You Want To Know A Secret - The Beatles

Dominique - The Singing Nun

Don't Bother Me - The Beatles

Don't Make Me Over - Dionne Warwick

Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) - The Cookies

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Bob Dylan

Easier Said Than Done - The Essex

Eighteen Yellow Roses - Bobby Darin

Fingertips (Part 2) - Stevie Wonder

Flash, Bang Wallop! - Half A Sixpence cast

Flipper - Hollywood Child Chorus

Frankie And Johnny - Sam Cooke

From Me to You - The Beatles

Funny Man - Ray Stevens

Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan

Half A Sixpence - Tommy Steele

He's So Fine - The Chiffons

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - Allan Sherman

Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis

Hey Girl - Freddie Scott

Hold Me Tight - The Beatles

I Gotta Know - Elvis Presley

I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett

I Wanna Be Your Man - The Beatles

I Wanna Be Your Man - The Rolling Stones

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

I Who Have Nothing - Ben E. King

I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March

I'll Get You - The Beatles

I'm a Woman - Peggy Lee

I'm Leaving It Up To You - Dale & Grace

If You Need Me - Wilson Pickett

If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul

In Dreams - Roy Orbison

In My Room - The Beach Boys

In The Summer Of His Years - Connie Francis

It Won't Be Long - The Beatles

It's My Party - Lesley Gore

Johnny Cool - Little Peggy March

Judy's Turn To Cry - Lesley Gore

Just Like Eddie - Heinz

Just One Look - Doris Troy

Landlord And Tenant - Sheila Hancock

Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie - Bob Dylan

Leaving Here - Eddie Holland

Life On Venus - The Tornados

Little Child - The Beatles

Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys

Little Saint Nick - The Beach Boys

Loop De Loop - Johnny Thunder

Massacre Of Glencoe - John McDermott

Masters Of War - Bob Dylan

Mexican Hat Dance - Allan Sherman

Misery - The Beatles

Mockingbird - Inez & Charlie Foxx

Money (That's What I Want) - The Beatles

Mr. Bass Man - Johnny Cymbal

My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels

My Last Cigarette - Sheila Hancock

On Broadway - The Drifters

One Fine Day - The Chiffons

Only In America - Jay & the Americans

Our Day Will Come - Ruby & the Romantics

Out Of Limits - The Marketts

Pipeline - The Chantays

Please Please Me - The Beatles

Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary

Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash

Sally Go Round The Roses - The Jaynetts

She Loves You - The Beatles

She's A Fool - Lesley Gore

So Much in Love - The Tymes

Stoned - The Rolling Stones

Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye

Sugar Shack - The Fireballs

Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto

Surf City - Jan & Dean

Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen

Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys

Sweets For My Sweet - The Searchers

Tell Him - The Exciters

Thank You Girl - The Beatles

The Cruel Sea - The Dakotas

The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

There! I've Said It Again - Bobby Vinton

There's A Place - The Beatles

This Boy - The Beatles

Till There Was You - The Beatles

Twist and Shout - The Beatles

Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons

Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers

Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas

When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes - The Supremes

Who Killed Davey Moore? - Bob Dylan

Wipe Out - The Surfaris

Wishin' And Hopin' - Dusty Springfield

Won't You Come Home, Disraeli? - Allan Sherman

Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph

You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry - The Caravelles

You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore

You Lost the Sweetest Boy - Mary Wells

You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & the Pacemakers