Top Twenty Songs in the U.S., December 1963: The Month Before the Beatles Came

From Billboard Charts. //// #1. DOMINIQUE-- Singing Nun (Soeur Sourie) // #2. LOUIE LOUIE-- Kingsmen (Kind of an interesting Top Two.) // 3. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BABY TO CRY-- Caravelles (A London-based female duo., so the British were already here.) // #4. SINCE I FELL FOR YOU-- Lenny Welch // #5. I'M LEAVING IT UP TO YOU-- Dale and Grace //// #6. BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL-- Beach Boys // #7. EVERYBODY-- Tommy Roe // #8. THERE I'VE SAID IT AGAIN-- Bobby Vinton // #9. DRIP DROP-- Dion // #10. SHE'S A FOOL-- Leslie Gore. //// The Beatles made their first appearance in January when "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was #18. //// Then, Things Changed. --RoadDog