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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Songs of 1962

1961 <-

1962

-> 1963

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

05/1962

I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles

from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

471

✫1
US

✫1
AC

✫1
R&B

✫1
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC-Paramount 10330]
written by Don Gibson

09/1962

Telstar by The Tornados

433

✫1
US

5
R&B

✫1
UK

[intrumental]

[London 9561]
written by Joe Meek

03/1962

Good Luck Charm by Elvis Presley

415

✫1
US

✫1
UK

[RCA 47-7992]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold

06/1962

The Loco-Motion by Little Eva

from Llllloco-Motion

414

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]

[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

01/1962

Hey! Baby by Bruce Channel

from Hey! Baby (And 11 Other Songs About Your Baby)

410

✫1
US

2
R&B

2
UK

harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel

10/1962

Return to Sender by Elvis Presley

from Girls! Girls! Girls!

403

2
US

5
R&B

✫1
UK

[RCA Victor 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell

07/1962

Sheila by Tommy Roe

from Sheila

375

✫1
US

6
R&B

3
UK

[ABC-Paramount 10329]
written by Tommy Roe

08/1962

She's Not You by Elvis Presley

368

5
US

2
AC

13
R&B

✫1
UK

[RCA Victor 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus

07/1962

I Remember You by Frank Ifield

from I Remember You

364

5
US

✫1
AC

✫1
UK

hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942
[Vee-Jay 457]
written by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger

10.

08/1962

Ramblin' Rose by Nat King Cole

from Ramblin' Rose

350

2
US

✫1
AC

7
R&B

5
UK

[Capitol 4804]
written by Noel Sherman & Joe Sherman

11.

12/1962

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Bobby Vee

from The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

339

3
US

2
AC

8
R&B

3
UK

[Liberty 55521]
written by Ben Weisman (as Benjamin Weisman), Dorothy Wayne & Marilyn Garrett (as Marilynn Garrett)

12.

08/1962

Sherry by The Four Seasons

from Sherry & 11 Others

335

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

8
UK

[Vee-Jay 456]
written by Bob Gaudio

13.

12/1962

From a Jack to a King by Ned Miller

from From a Jack to a King

335

6
US

3
AC

2
country

2
UK

[R]
[Fabor 114]
written by Ned Miller

14.

12/1962

Hey Paula by Paul & Paula

from Paul & Paula Sing for Young Lovers

334

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

8
UK

[Philips 40084]
written by Ray Hildebrand

15.

08/1962

Let's Dance by Chris Montez

328

4
US

15
R&B

2
UK

[Monogram 505]
written by Jim Lee

16.

07/1962

Things by Bobby Darin

from Things & Other Things

327

3
US

2
UK

[Atco 6229]
written by Bobby Darin

17.

06/1962

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do by Neil Sedaka

323

✫1
US

12
R&B

7
UK

[RCA Victor 8046]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

18.

06/1962

Roses Are Red (My Love) by Bobby Vinton

from Roses Are Red

321

✫1
US

✫1
AC

5
R&B

15
UK

[Epic 9509]
written by Paul Evans & Al Byron

19.

02/1962

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) by Roy Orbison

from Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits

319

4
US

2
UK

[Monument 456]
written by Cindy Walker

20.

07/1962

You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles

from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

314

2
US

✫1
AC

5
R&B

9
UK

[ABC-Paramount 10345]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold

21.

10/1962

Big Girls Don't Cry by The Four Seasons

from Big Girls Don't Cry and Twelve Others

310

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

[Vee-Jay 465]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio

22.

12/1962

The End of the World by Skeeter Davis

from The End of the World

302

2
US

✫1
AC

2
country

4
R&B

18
UK

[RCA Victor 8098]
written by Arthur Kent & Sylvia Dee

23.

06/1962

Sealed with a Kiss by Brian Hyland

301

3
US

3
UK

[ABC 10336]
written by Peter Udell & Gary Geld

24.

06/1962

Speedy Gonzales by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone's Golden Hits

294

6
US

2
UK

[Dot 16368]
written by Buddy Kaye, David Hess & Ethel Lee

25.

02/1962

Love Letters by Ketty Lester

from Love Letters

292

5
US

2
R&B

4
UK

hit for Dick Haymes in 1945
[Era 3068]
written by Victor Young & Edward Heyman

26.

09/1962

He's a Rebel by The Crystals

from He's a Rebel

288

✫1
US

2
R&B

19
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #263]
[Philles 106]
written by Gene Pitney

27.

09/1962

All Alone Am I by Brenda Lee

from All Alone Am I

286

3
US

✫1
AC

7
UK

US B side to Save All Your Lovin' For Me
[Decca 31424]
written by Manos Hadjidakis & Arthur Altman

28.

03/1962

Soldier Boy by The Shirelles

from Baby It's You

274

✫1
US

3
R&B

23
UK

[Scepter 1228]
written by Luther Dixon, Florence Green, Bob Elgin & Kay Rogers

29.

02/1962

Don't Break the Heart That Loves You by Connie Francis

from Connie Francis Sings

261

✫1
US

✫1
AC

39
UK

[MGM 13059]
written by Benny Davis & Ted Murry

30.

05/1962

The Stripper by David Rose and His Orchestra

251

✫1
US

✫1
AC

12
R&B

[instrumental]
[MGM 13064]
written by David Rose

31.

11/1962

Go Away, Little Girl by Steve Lawrence

from Winners!

249

✫1
US

✫1
AC

14
R&B

[Columbia 42601]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

32.

03/1962

Nut Rocker by B. Bumble and the Stingers

245

23
US

✫1
UK

[Rendezvous 166]
written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Kim Fowley

33.

01/1962

Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler

from The Duke of Earl

240

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

[Vee-Jay 416]
written by Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon), Earl Edwards & Bernice Williams

34.

01/1962

Crying in the Rain by The Everly Brothers

from The Golden Hits of the Everly Brothers

234

6
US

6
UK

[Warner 5250]
written by Howard Greenfield & Carole King

35.

02/1962

Twistin' the Night Away by Sam Cooke

from Twistin' the Night Away

232

9
US

✫1
R&B

6
UK

[RCA Victor 7983]
written by Sam Cooke

36.

09/1962

Limbo Rock by Chubby Checker

from All the Hits (For Your Dancin' Party)

231

2
US

3
R&B

32
UK

[Parkway 849]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon) & Billy Strange

37.

09/1962

Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers

from The Original Monster Mash

225

✫1
US

9
R&B

[novelty]
written by Bobby Pickett & Leonard L. Capizzi

38.

09/1962

Only Love Can Break a Heart by Gene Pitney

from Only Love Can Break a Heart

220

2
US

✫1
AC

16
R&B

B side to If I Didn't Have a Dime ; charted as If I Didn't Have a Dime (To Play the Jukebox) / Only Love Can Break a Heart in Australia charts
[Musicor 1022]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

39.

10/1962

Lovesick Blues by Frank Ifield

from I Remember You

220

44
US

✫1
UK

[Vee-Jay 477]
written by Cliff Friend & Irving Mills

40.

03/1962

Slow Twistin' by Chubby Checker

from For Teen Twisters Only

217

3
US

3
R&B

23
UK

with Dee Dee Sharp
[Parkway 835]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon)

41.

05/1962

It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin' by Johnny Tillotson

from It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'

212

3
US

4
country

6
R&B

31
UK

[Cadence 1418]
written by Johnny Tillotson

42.

10/1962

(Dance with The) Guitar Man by Duane Eddy

from Dance with The Guitar Man

212

12
US

4
UK

[RCA 47-8087]
written by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood

43.

12/1962

Little Town Flirt by Del Shannon

from Little Town Flirt

212

12
US

4
UK

written by Del Shannon & Maron McKenzie

44.

03/1962

Mashed Potato Time by Dee Dee Sharp

from It's Mashed Potato Time

211

2
US

✫1
R&B

[Cameo 212]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon) & Harry Land

45.

03/1962

Johnny Angel by Shelley Fabares

from Shelley!

211

✫1
US

[Colpix 621]
written by Lee Pockriss & Lyn Duddy

46.

05/1962

Palisades Park by Freddy Cannon

from Freddy Cannon at Palisades Park

211

3
US

15
R&B

20
UK

[Swan 4106]
written by Chuck Barris

47.

07/1962

Devil Woman by Marty Robbins

from Devil Woman

208

16
US

✫1
country

5
UK

[Columbia 4-42486]
written by Marty Robbins

48.

03/1962

Wonderful Land by The Shadows

203

✫1
UK

[instrumental]
[Atlantic 2146]
written by Jerry Lordan

49.

01/1962

The Young Ones by Cliff Richard

from The Young Ones

202

✫1
UK

as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[Big Top 3101]
written by Roy Bennett & Sid Tepper

50.

12/1962

The Next Time / Bachelor Boy by Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings

201

✫1
UK

written by Buddy Kaye, Phil Springer (as Philip Springer), Bruce Welch & Cliff Richard

51.

12/1962

The Next Time by Cliff Richard

from Summer Holiday

201

✫1
UK

as Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
charted as The Next Time / Bachelor Boy in UK charts
written by Buddy Kaye & Phil Springer (as Philip Springer)

52.

12/1962

Bachelor Boy by Cliff Richard

from Summer Holiday

201

✫1
UK

as Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
charted as The Next Time / Bachelor Boy in UK charts
written by Bruce Welch & Cliff Richard