billboard hot 100 1962

The Hot 100 1962

Issue Date	chart No	Title	Singers
Jan 6	1	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens
Jan 13	2
Jan 20	3
Jan 27	6
Feb 3	10
Jan 6, 27	2	The Twist	Chubby Checker
Jan 13, 20	1
Feb 3, 10, 17	3
Feb 24	4
Mar 3	5
Jan 6	3	Run To Him	Bobby Vee
Jan 13, 20	8
Jan 6	4	Peppermint Twist - Part I	Joey Dee & the Starliters
Jan 13	3
Jan 20 Feb 17	2
Jan 27 Feb 3, 10	1
Feb 24	7
Mar 3	9
Jan 6	5	Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Jan 13, 20, 27 Feb 10	4
Feb 3	2
Feb 17	8
Jan 6, 13, 20	6	Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen	Neil Sedaka
Jan 6	7	Goodbye Cruel World	James Darren
Jan 6	8	Walk On By	Leroy Van Dyke
Jan 13, 20	7
Jan 27	10
Jan 6, 20	9	When I Fall In Love	The Lettermen
Jan 27	7
Jan 6	10	Unchain My Heart	Ray Charles and his Orchestra
Jan 13	9
Jan 13, 20 Feb 3, 10	5	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Barbara George
Jan 27	3
Feb 17	7
Jan 13	10	When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)	Connie Francis
Jan 20	10	Norman	Sue Thompson
Jan 27	5
Feb 3, 17	4
Feb 10	6
Feb 24	3
Mar 3	7
Jan 27	8	The Wanderer	Dion
Feb 3	6
Feb 10	7
Feb 17	5
Feb 24	2
Mar 3	3
Mar 10	9
Jan 27	9	Baby It's You	The Shirelles
Feb 3	8
Feb 3	7	Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler
Feb 10 Mar 10	2
Feb 17, 24 Mar 3	1
Mar 17, 24	5
Feb 3 Mar 17	9	Break It To Me Gently	Brenda Lee
Feb 10	8
Feb 17, 24	6
Mar 3	4
Mar 10	7
Feb 10	9	A Little Bitty Tear	Burl Ives
Feb 24	10
Feb 10, 17	10	Dear Lady Twist	Gary U.S. Bonds
Feb 24	9
Feb 17	9	Crying In The Rain	The Everly Brothers
Feb 24 Mar 17	8
Mar 3, 10	6
Feb 24	5	Hey! Baby	Bruce Channel
Mar 3, 31	2
Mar 10, 17, 24	1
Apr 7	6
Apr 14	10
Mar 3	8	Midnight In Moscow (instrumental)	Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Mar 10, 24	3
Mar 17	2
Mar 31	5
Apr 7	7
Apr 14	9
Mar 3	10	Chip Chip	Gene McDaniels
Mar 10	4	Don't Break The Heart That Loves You	Connie Francis
Mar 17	3
Mar 24 Apr 7	2
Mar 31	1
Apr 14	7
Mar 10	5	Let Me In	The Sensations
Mar 17, 24	4
Mar 31	8
Mar 10	8	Her Royal Majesty	James Darren
Mar 17	6
Mar 24	10
Mar 10	10	What's Your Name	Don & Juan
Mar 17, 31	7
Mar 24	8
Mar 17	10	Percolator (Twist) (instrumental)	Billy Joe & The Checkmates
Mar 24	6	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)	Roy Orbison
Mar 31	4
Apr 7	5
Mar 24	7	Slow Twistin'	Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)
Mar 31	6
Apr 7, 21	4
Apr 14	3
Apr 28	5
May 5	8
Mar 24	9	Twistin' The Night Away	Sam Cooke
Mar 31	10
Mar 31 May 5	3	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares
Apr 7, 14	1
Apr 21, 28	2
May 12, 19	4
May 26	9
Mar 31	9	Good Luck Charm	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Apr 7	3
Apr 14	2
Apr 21, 28	1
May 5, 12	5
Apr 7	8	Young World	Rick Nelson
Apr 14, 28	6
Apr 21	5
Apr 7	9	Love Letters	Ketty Lester
Apr 14	5
Apr 21	8
Apr 7	10	Mashed Potato Time	Dee Dee Sharp
Apr 14	4
Apr 21, 28 May 19, 26	3
May 5, 12	2
Jun 2	5
Apr 14, 28	8	Lover Please	Clyde McPhatter
Apr 21 May 5	7
Apr 21	6	Soldier Boy	The Shirelles
Apr 28 Jun 9	4
May 5, 12, 19	1
May 26	2
Jun 2	3
Apr 21, 28	9	Shout - Part I	Joey Dee & the Starliters
May 5	6
May 12	10
Apr 21	10	Stranger On The Shore (instrumental)	Mr. Acker Bilk
Apr 28	7
May 5	4
May 12	3
May 19 Jun 2, 9, 16	2
May 26	1
Jun 23	5
Jun 30	9
Apr 28 May 5	10	Twist, Twist Senora	Gary U.S. Bonds
May 12	9
May 5, 19	9	P.T. 109	Jimmy Dean
May 26	8
May 12	6	She Cried	Jay & The Americans
May 19	5
May 26	7
May 12, 19	7	Old Rivers	Walter Brennan
May 26	5
Jun 2	8
May 12	8	Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)	Ernie Maresca
May 19	6
Jun 2	7
May 19	8	Everybody Loves Me But You	Brenda Lee
May 26 Jun 2	6
May 19	10	Funny Way Of Laughin'	Burl Ives
May 26 Jul 28	4	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles
Jun 2, 9, 16, 23, 30	1
Jul 7, 14, 21	3
Aug 4	7
May 26	10	Lovers Who Wander	Dion
Jun 2	4
Jun 9	3
Jun 17	6
Jun 2	9	The One Who Really Loves You	Mary Wells
Jun 9	8
Jun 16	10
Jun 2	10	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	Gene Pitney
Jun 9	5
Jun 16	4
Jun 23, 30	6
Jun 9	6	It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'	Johnny Tillotson
June 16	3
Jun 23, 30	4
Jul 7	5
Jul 14	8
Jun 9, 16	7	Second Hand Love	Connie Francis
Jun 23	10
Jun 9	9	Palisades Park	Freddy Cannon
Jun 16	5
Jun 23, 30	3
Jul 7	4
Jul 14	6
Jul 21	10
Jun 9 Jul 7	10	Playboy	The Marvelettes
Jun 16	9
Jun 23, 30	7
Jun 16	8	The Stripper (instrumental)	David Rose and His Orchestra
Jun 23, 30 Jul 14	2
Jul 7	1
Jul 21	4
Jul 28	5
Aug 4	9
Aug 11	10
Jun 23, 30	8	Cindy's Birthday	Johnny Crawford
Jun 23	9	That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)	The Everly Brothers
Jun 30	5	Roses Are Red (My Love)	Bobby Vinton
Jul 7 Aug 11	2
Jul 14, 21, 28 Aug 4	1
Aug 18	3
Aug 25	6
Sep 1	8
Jun 30 Jul 14	10	Al Di La	Emilio Pericoli
Jul 7	6
Jul 7	8	Snap Your Fingers	Joe Henderson
Jul 7	9	Johnny Get Angry	Joanie Sommers
Jul 21	7
Jul 14 Aug 11	3	The Wah Watusi	The Orlons
Jul 21, 28	2
Aug 4, 18	4
Jul 14, 21	5	Sealed With A Kiss	Brian Hyland
Jul 28 Aug 4	3
Aug 11	7
Aug 18	10
Jul 7, 14, 28	7	Wolverton Mountain	Claude King
Jul 21	6
Jul 14, 21, 28	9	Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)	Dee Dee Sharp
Jul 21	8	Speedy Gonzales	Pat Boone
Jul 28 Aug 4, 11	6
Aug 18	9
Jul 28	8	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka
Aug 4, 25	2
Aug 11, 18	1
Sep 1	3
Sep 8	6
Jul 28	10	Ahab, The Arab	Ray Stevens
Aug 4, 11	5
Aug 18	7
Aug 25	9
Aug 4	8	The Loco-Motion	Little Eva
Aug 11 Sep 15	4
Aug 18, 25	2
Sep 1	1
Sep 8	3
Aug 4	10	Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)	Richard Chamberlain
Aug 11	8	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Barbara Lynn
Aug 11	9	Things	Bobby Darin
Aug 18	6
Aug 25	3
Sep 1	7
Sep 8	8
Aug 18	5	You Don't Know Me	Ray Charles
Aug 25 Sep 1	4
Sep 8	2
Sep 15	8
Aug 18	8	Little Diane	Dion
Aug 25 Sep 1	10
Aug 25 Sep 29	5	Sheila	Tommy Roe
Sep 1, 8	1
Sep 15	2
Sep 22	3
Aug 25 Sep 8	7	Party Lights	Claudine Clark
Sep 1	5
Aug 25	8	She's Not You	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Sep 1, 15	6
Sep 8	5
Sep 22	10
Sep 1	9	Vacation	Connie Francis
Sep 8	10
Sep 8	4	Ramblin' Rose	Nat King Cole
Sep 15 Oct 6, 13	3
Sep 22, 29	2
Oct 20	7
Oct 27	8
Sep 8	9	Teen Age Idol	Rick Nelson
Sep 15	7
Sep 22	5
Sep 29	10
Sep 15, 22, 29 Oct 6, 13	1	Sherry	The 4 Seasons
Oct 20	2
Oct 27	5
Sep 15 Oct 6	5	Green Onions (instrumental)	Booker T. & The MG's
Sep 22	4
Sep 29	3
Oct 13	6
Oct 20	9
Sep 15	9	Patches	Dickey Lee
Sep 22, 29 Oct 13	8
Oct 6, 20	6
Oct 27	7
Sep 15	10	Rinky Dink (instrumental)	Baby Cortez
Sep 22, 29	6	Let's Dance	Chris Montez
Oct 6, 13	4
Oct 20	10
Sep 22	7	You Belong To Me	The Duprees
Sep 29	9
Sep 22	9	You Beat Me To The Punch	Mary Wells
Oct 6	10
Sep 29 Nov 3	4	Monster Mash	Bobby Boris Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers
Oct 6, 13	2
Oct 20, 27	1
Nov 10	8
Sep 29 Oct 6	7	Alley Cat (instrumental)	Bent Fabric and His Piano
Oct 13	9
Oct 6	7	Venus In Blue Jeans	Jimmy Clanton
Oct 6	8	I Remember You	Frank Ifield
Oct 13, 20	5
Oct 27	10
Oct 13	7	Do You Love Me	The Contours
Oct 20, 27 Nov 3	3
Nov 10	9
Oct 13	10	If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)	Peter, Paul & Mary
Oct 20 Nov 17	4	He's A Rebel	The Crystals
Oct 27	2
Nov 3, 10	1
Dec 1	9
Oct 20	8	Only Love Can Break A Heart	Gene Pitney
Oct 27	4
Nov 3	2
Nov 10	5
Oct 27	6	All Alone Am I	Brenda Lee
Nov 3 Dec 1	5
Nov 10, 24	3
Nov 17	4
Dec 8	9
Oct 27 Nov 24	9	Gina	Johnny Mathis
Nov 3, 10	7
Nov 17	6
Nov 3	6	Big Girls Don't Cry	The 4 Seasons
Nov 10	2
Nov 17, 24 Dec 1, 8, 15	1
Dec 22, 29	5
Nov 3 Dec 8	8	Limbo Rock	Chubby Checker
Nov 17	9
Nov 24	6
Dec 1, 15	4
Dec 22, 29	2
Nov 3	9	Next Door To An Angel	Neil Sedaka
Nov 10	6
Nov 17, 24	5
Dec 1	10
Nov 3	10	Return To Sender	Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Nov 10	5
Nov 17, 24 Dec 1, 8, 15	2
Dec 22	3
Dec 29	6
Nov 10	10	Popeye (The Hitchhiker)	Chubby Checker
Nov 17	7	Bobby's Girl	Marcie Blane
Nov 24 Dec 22	4
Dec 1, 8, 15, 29	3
Nov 17	8	Don't Hang Up	The Orlons
Nov 24	7
Dec 1, 15, 22	6
Dec 8	4
Nov 17	10	The Cha-Cha-Cha	Bobby Rydell
Nov 24	10	Ride!	Dee Dee Sharp
Dec 1, 15	8
Dec 8	5
Dec 1, 15	7	The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro) (instrumental)	The Tijuana Brass
Dec 8	6
Dec 8	7	Telstar (instrumental)	The Tornadoes
Dec 15	5
Dec 22, 29	1
Dec 8	10	Release Me	Esther Phillips Little Esther
Dec 15	9
Dec 22, 29	8
Dec 22	7	Go Away Little Girl	Steve Lawrence
Dec 29	4
Dec 22	9	You Are My Sunshine	Ray Charles
Dec 27	7
Dec 22	10	Love Came To Me	Dion
Dec 29	9	Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah	Bob B. Soxx And The Blue Jeans
Dec 29	10	Hotel Happiness	Brook Benton

                                                                            1961       1963
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