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Top R&B 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

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

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

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)

10.

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

11.

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

12.

08/1962

Let's Dance by Chris Montez

328

4
US

15
R&B

2
UK

[Monogram 505]
written by Jim Lee

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

16.

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

17.

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

18.

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

19.

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

20.

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

21.

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

22.

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

23.

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

24.

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

25.

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

26.

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

27.

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

28.

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)

29.

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

30.

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

31.

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

32.

06/1962

The Wah-Watusi by The Orlons

from The Wah-Watusi

201

2
US

5
R&B

[Cameo 218]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell

33.

12/1962

It's Up to You by Ricky Nelson

from It's Up to You

187

6
US

4
AC

24
R&B

22
UK

as Rick Nelson
[Imperial 5901]
written by Jerry Fuller

34.

10/1962

Don't Hang Up by The Orlons

from The Wah-Watusi

187

4
US

3
R&B

39
UK

[Cameo 231]
written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann

35.

08/1962

Do You Love Me by The Contours

from Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)

183

3
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7005]
written by Berry Gordy

36.

08/1962

Green Onions by Booker T. & the MG's

from Green Onions

182

3
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #181]
[instrumental]
[Stax 127]
written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg & Al Jackson Jr.

37.

11/1962

Hotel Happiness by Brook Benton

from Golden Hits, Volume 2

179

3
US

2
R&B

[Mercury 72055]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman

38.

12/1962

Tell Him by The Exciters

177

4
US

5
R&B

46
UK

[United Artists 544]
written by Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)

39.

01/1962

Let Me In by The Sensations

171

4
US

2
R&B

[Argo 5405]
written by Yvonne Baker

40.

10/1962

Next Door to an Angel by Neil Sedaka

169

5
US

19
R&B

29
UK

[RCA Victor 8086]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

41.

10/1962

Bobby's Girl by Marcie Blane

164

3
US

14
R&B

[Seville 120]
written by Gary Klein & Henry Hoffman

42.

04/1962

Lovers Who Wander by Dion

from Lovers Who Wander

163

3
US

16
R&B

[Laurie 3123]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca

43.

12/1962

Loop De Loop by Johnny Thunder

159

4
US

6
R&B

[Diamond 129]
written by Teddy Vann

44.

11/1962

My Dad by Paul Petersen

from My Dad

153

6
US

2
AC

19
R&B

[Colpix 663]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

45.

06/1962

Party Lights by Claudine Clark

from Party Lights

153

5
US

3
R&B

[Chancellor 1113]
written by Claudine Clark

46.

11/1962

Up on the Roof by The Drifters

from Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters

152

5
US

4
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #113]
[Atlantic 2162]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

47.

10/1962

Ride! by Dee Dee Sharp

145

5
US

7
R&B

[Cameo 230]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon) & David Leon

48.

05/1962

Snap Your Fingers by Joe Henderson [American R&B singer]

from Snap Your Fingers

143

8
US

5
AC

2
R&B

[Todd 1072]
written by Grady Martin & Alex Zanetis

49.

06/1962

Ahab, the Arab by Ray Stevens

from 1837 Seconds of Humor

142

5
US

9
R&B

[Mercury 71966]
written by Ray Stevens (as Harold Ragsdale)

50.

11/1962

You Are My Sunshine by Ray Charles

from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

138

7
US

✫1
R&B

[ABC-Paramount 10375]
written by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell

51.

12/1962

Two Lovers by Mary Wells

from Two Lovers and Other Great Hits

136

7
US

✫1
R&B

[Motown 1035]
written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson)

52.

08/1962

Patches by Dickey Lee

from The Tale of Patches

132

6
US

10
R&B

[Smash 1758]
written by Barry Mann & Larry Kolber

53.

05/1962

Playboy by The Marvelettes

from Playboy

130

7
US

4
R&B

[Tamla 54060]
written by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Gladys Horton & William "Mickey" Stevenson (as Mickey Stevenson)

54.

10/1962

Release Me by Esther Phillips

from Release Me!

129

8
US

✫1
R&B

as Little Esther Phillips
[Lenox 5555]
written by Eddie Miller, James Pebworth & Robert Yount

55.

06/1962

You'll Lose a Good Thing by Barbara Lynn

129

8
US

✫1
R&B

[Jamie 1220]
written by Huey P. Meaux & Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Lynn Ozen)

56.

12/1962

You've Really Got a Hold on Me by The Miracles

from The Fabulous Miracles

127

8
US

✫1
R&B

US B side to Happy Landing
[Tamla 54073]
written by Smokey Robinson

57.

03/1962

Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) by Ernie Maresca

127

6
US

25
R&B

[Seville 117]
written by Ernie Maresca & Thomas Bogdany (as Thomas F. Bogdany)

58.

11/1962

Dear Lonely Hearts by Nat King Cole

from Dear Lonely Hearts

126

13
US

2
AC

15
R&B

37
UK

[Capitol 4870]
written by Emil Anton & Bob Halley

59.

03/1962

The One Who Really Loves You by Mary Wells

from The One Who Really Loves You

123

8
US

2
R&B

[Motown 1024]
written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson)

60.

11/1962

Your Cheatin' Heart by Ray Charles

from Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)

121

29
US

7
AC

23
R&B

13
UK

with the Jack Halloran Singers
hit for Hank Williams in 1953; B side to You Are My Sunshine
[ABC-Paramount 10375]
written by Hank Williams

61.

11/1962

Keep Your Hands off My Baby by Little Eva

from Llllloco-Motion

120

12
US

6
R&B

30
UK

[Dimension 1003]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

62.

08/1962

You Beat Me to the Punch by Mary Wells

from The One Who Really Loves You

119

9
US

✫1
R&B

[Motown 1032]
written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson) & Ronald White

63.

09/1962

Nothing Can Change This Love by Sam Cooke

from Mr. Soul

119

12
US

4
AC

2
R&B

[RCA Victor 8088]
written by Sam Cooke

64.

11/1962

Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah by Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans

115

8
US

7
R&B

[Philles 107]
written by Allie Wrubel & Ray Gilbert

65.

12/1962

Wild Weekend by The Rockin' Rebels

105

8
US

28
R&B

[instrumental]
[Swan 4125]
written by Phil Todaro & Tom Shannon

66.

04/1962

Don't Play That Song (You Lied) by Ben E. King

from Don't Play That Song

103

11
US

2
R&B

[Atco 6222]
written by Ahmet Ertegun & Betty Nelson

67.

06/1962

Twist and Shout by The Isley Brothers

from Twist & Shout

101

17
US

2
R&B

42
UK

[Wand 124]
written by Phil Medley & Bert Russell

68.

06/1962

Gravy (for My Mashed Potatoes) by Dee Dee Sharp

from It's Mashed Potato Time

101

9
US

11
R&B

[Cameo 219]
written by Kal Mann & Dave Appell

69.

07/1962

Rinky Dink by Dave Baby Cortez

from Rinky Dink

10
US

9
R&B

[instrumental]
[Julia/Chess 1829]
written by Dave Baby Cortez (as David Clowney) & Paul Winley

70.

06/1962

Bring It On Home to Me by Sam Cooke

from The Best of Sam Cooke

13
US

2
R&B

backing vocals by Lou Rawls
[RCA Victor 8036]
written by Sam Cooke

71.

09/1962

Popeye (The Hitchhiker) by Chubby Checker

from All the Hits (For Your Dancin' Party)

10
US

13
R&B

US B side to Limbo Rock
[Parkway 849]
written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann

72.

08/1962

Lie to Me by Brook Benton

from Singing the Blues - Lie to Me

13
US

3
R&B

[Mercury 72024]
written by Margie Singleton & Brook Benton

73.

11/1962

Love Came to Me by Dion

from Dion Sings to Sandy (And All His Other Girls)

10
US

24
R&B

as Dion Di Muci
[Laurie 3145]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & John Falbo

74.

05/1962

Having a Party by Sam Cooke

from The Best of Sam Cooke

17
US

12
AC

4
R&B

[RCA Victor 8036]
written by Sam Cooke

75.

02/1962

Soul Twist by King Curtis

17
US

✫1
R&B

and the Noble Knights
[instrumental]
[Enjoy 1000]
written by King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley)

76.

12/1962

He's Sure the Boy I Love by The Crystals

from He's a Rebel

11
US

18
R&B

[Philles 109]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

77.

07/1962

What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) by Timi Yuro

12
US

16
R&B

[Liberty 55469]
written by Clyde Otis & Joy Byers

78.

05/1962

Boom Boom by John Lee Hooker

60
US

16
R&B

16
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #218]
[Vee-Jay 438]
written by John Lee Hooker

79.

03/1962

Uptown by The Crystals

from Twist Uptown

13
US

18
R&B

[Philles 102]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

80.

12/1962

I Saw Linda Yesterday by Dickey Lee

14
US

12
R&B

[Smash 1791]
written by Allen Reynolds & Dickey Lee

81.

04/1962

I Sold My Heart to the Junkman by Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles

from Sweethearts of the Apollo

15
US

13
R&B

as the Bluebelles
[Newtown 5000]
written by Leon René (as Otis J. Rene) & Leon René (as Leon T. Rene)

82.

01/1962

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) by The Ikettes

19
US

3
R&B

backing vocals by Tina Turner
[Atco 6212]
written by Ike Turner

83.

04/1962

I Sold My Heart to the Junkman by The Starlets

15
US

13
R&B

as The Blue-Belles
written by Leon René (as Otis J. Rene) & Leon René (as Leon T. Rene)

84.

11/1962

Chains by The Cookies

from Chains

17
US

6
R&B

[Dimension 1002]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

85.

08/1962

Beechwood 4-5789 by The Marvelettes

from Playboy

17
US

7
R&B

[Tamla 54065]
written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson & George Gordy

86.

06/1962

I Need Your Loving by Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

20
US

4
R&B

[Fire 508]
written by Don Gardner, Bobby Robinson, James McDougal & Clarence Lewis

87.

04/1962

Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) by Chuck Jackson

from Any Day Now

23
US

2
R&B

[Wand 122]
written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard

88.

05/1962

Walk on the Wild Side by Jimmy Smith

from Bashin'

21
US

4
R&B

[instrumental]
[Verve 10255]
written by Elmer Bernstein & Mack David

89.

10/1962

I've Got a Woman (Part 1) by Jimmy McGriff

from I've Got a Woman

20
US

5
R&B

[instrumental]
[Sue 770]
written by Ray Charles & Renald Richard

90.

12/1962

Don't Make Me Over by Dionne Warwick

from Presenting Dionne Warwick

21
US

5
R&B

[Scepter 1239]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

91.

04/1962

Hide nor Hair by Ray Charles

20
US

7
R&B

US B side to At the Club
[ABC-Paramount 10314]
written by Percy Mayfield

92.

12/1962

Everybody Loves a Lover by The Shirelles

from The Shirelles Greatest Hits

19
US

15
R&B

[Scepter 1243]
written by Robert Allen & Richard Adler

93.

07/1962

Make It Easy on Yourself by Jerry Butler

from Need to Belong

20
US

18
R&B

[Vee-Jay 451]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

94.

10/1962

Wiggle Wobble by Les Cooper & the Soul Rockers

from Wiggle Wobble Dance Party

22
US

12
R&B

[instrumental]
[Everlast 5019]
written by Les Cooper

95.

04/1962

Village of Love by Nathaniel Mayer and the Fabulous Twilights

22
US

16
R&B

[Fortune 449]
written by Nathaniel Mayer

96.

08/1962

Point of No Return by Gene McDaniels

from Hit After Hit

21
US

23
R&B

[Liberty 55480]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

97.

03/1962

Twistin' Matilda (And the Channel) by Jimmy Soul

from If You Wanna Be Happy

22
US

20
R&B

[S.P.Q.R. 3300]
written by King Radio (as Norman Span)

98.

06/1962

Welcome Home Baby by The Shirelles

from The Shirelles Greatest Hits

22
US

20
R&B

[Scepter 1234]
written by Luther Dixon

99.

08/1962

A Wonderful Dream by The Majors

22
US

23
R&B

[Imperial 5855]
written by Norman Margolies

100.

01/1962

Jamie by Eddie Holland Jr.

from Eddie Holland

30
US

6
R&B

as Eddie Holland
[Motown 1021]
written by William "Mickey" Stevenson & Barrett Strong

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