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September 17, 1963

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 11, 1963, covering September 17, 1963.

  1. 1
    Album cover for My Son; The Nut by Allan Sherman

    My Son; The Nut

    Allan Sherman

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  2. 2
    Album cover for Trini Lopez At PJ's by Trini Lopez

    Trini Lopez At PJ's

    Trini Lopez

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    2
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    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Bye Bye Birdie by Soundtrack

    Bye Bye Birdie

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
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    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for (Moving) by Peter| Paul & Mary

    (Moving)

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
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    Peak
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    5
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    Album cover for Peter; Paul And Mary by Peter| Paul & Mary

    Peter; Paul And Mary

    Peter| Paul & Mary

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Masahiro Chono

1963Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager[โ€ ]

Masahiro Chono is an American-born Japanese retired professional wrestler and actor best known for his 26-year stint with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). As the leader of nWo Japan, Team 2000 and Black New Japan, he was the promotion's top heel for much of his career, beginning in 1994 when he adopted a yakuza inspired gimmick.

James Urbaniak

1963James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[โ€ ]

James Christian Urbaniak is an American character actor. He is best known for his roles as Simon Grim in three Hal Hartley films: Henry Fool (1997), Fay Grim (2006) and Ned Rifle (2014), Robert Crumb in American Splendor (2003), Dr. Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture on the animated series The Venture Bros. (2003โ€“2023), Grant Grunderschmidt on Review (2014โ€“2017), and Arthur Tack on Difficult People (2015โ€“2017).

Historical Context for September 17, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people[โ€ ]