By the Summer of 1963, pop music was flourishing, with a wide variety of styles providing content that crossed the preestablished boundaries of sales charts.

R&B, Easy Listening, Novelty, Girl Groups, Folk Music, Surf Music, Country-Western and even the occasional Rock and Roll hit all combined to provide some of the most diverse and satisfying listening experiences on local hit radio stations.

While businessmen tried to corral the varied styles into appropriate ‘boxes’ to meet station formats and chart classifications, none of that mattered to the public, so long as they heard something that they liked. Rarely has so much stylistic diversity been on the pop charts at the same time.

Featured tracks include:

Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport – Rolf Harris

One Fine Day – The Chiffons

Pride and Joy – Marvin Gaye

On Top of Spaghetti – Tom Glazer

The Good Life – Tony Bennett

Heat Wave – Martha and the Vandellas

Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals

Surfer Girl – The Beach Boys

The Monkey Time – Major Lance

Martian Hop – The Randells

Sally Go ‘Round the Roses – The Jaynets

Be My Baby – The Ronettes

Busted – Ray Charles