List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1962
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1962.
Top-ten singles
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1961 | |||||
| December 4 | "The Twist" | Chubby Checker | 1 | January 13 | 13 |
| December 11 | "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" | Neil Sedaka | 6 | January 6 | 6 |
| December 18 | "Peppermint Twist - Part 1" | Joey Dee and the Starliters | 1 | January 27 | 11 |
| December 25 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley | 2 | February 3 | 8 |
| Singles from 1962 | |||||
| January 6 | "When I Fall in Love" | The Lettermen | 7 | January 27 | 3 |
| "Unchain My Heart" | Ray Charles | 9 | January 13 | 2 | |
| January 13 | "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" | Barbara George | 3 | January 27 | 6 |
| "When the Boy in Your Arms" | Connie Francis | 10 | January 13 | 1 | |
| January 20 | "Norman" | Sue Thompson | 3 | February 24 | 7 |
| January 27 | "The Wanderer" | Dion | 2 | February 24 | 7 |
| "Baby It's You" | The Shirelles | 8 | February 3 | 2 | |
| February 3 | "Duke of Earl" | Gene Chandler | 1 | February 17 | 8 |
| "Break It to Me Gently" | Brenda Lee | 4 | March 3 | 7 | |
| February 10 | "A Little Bitty Tear" | Burl Ives | 9 | February 10 | 2 |
| "Dear Lady Twist" | Gary U.S. Bonds | 9 | February 24 | 3 | |
| February 17 | "Crying in the Rain" | The Everly Brothers | 6 | March 3 | 5 |
| February 24 | "Hey! Baby" | Bruce Channel | 1 | March 10 | 8 |
| March 3 | "Midnight in Moscow" | Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen | 2 | March 17 | 7 |
| "Chip Chip" | Gene McDaniels | 10 | March 3 | 1 | |
| March 10 | "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" | Connie Francis | 1 | March 31 | 6 |
| "Let Me In" | The Sensations | 4 | March 17 | 4 | |
| "Her Royal Majesty" | James Darren | 6 | March 17 | 3 | |
| "What's Your Name" | Don and Juan | 7 | March 17 | 4 | |
| March 17 | "Percolator (Twist)" | Billy Joe and the Checkmates | 10 | March 17 | 1 |
| March 24 | "Dream Baby" | Roy Orbison | 4 | March 31 | 3 |
| "Slow Twistin'" | Chubby Checker | 3 | April 14 | 7 | |
| "Twistin' the Night Away" | Sam Cooke | 9 | March 24 | 2 | |
| March 31 | "Johnny Angel" | Shelley Fabares | 1 | April 7 | 9 |
| "Good Luck Charm" | Elvis Presley | 1 | April 21 | 7 | |
| April 7 | "Young World" | Rick Nelson | 5 | April 21 | 4 |
| "Love Letters" | Ketty Lester | 5 | April 14 | 3 | |
| "Mashed Potato Time" | Dee Dee Sharp | 2 | May 5 | 9 | |
| April 14 | "Lover Please" | Clyde McPhatter | 7 | April 21 | 4 |
| April 21 | "Soldier Boy" | The Shirelles | 1 | May 5 | 8 |
| "Shout" | Joey Dee and the Starliters | 6 | May 5 | 4 | |
| "Stranger on the Shore" | Mr. Acker Bilk | 1 | May 26 | 11 | |
| April 28 | "Twist, Twist, Senora" | Gary U.S. Bonds | 9 | May 12 | 3 |
| May 5 | "P.T. 109" | Jimmy Dean | 8 | May 26 | 3 |
| May 12 | "She Cried" | Jay and the Americans | 5 | May 19 | 3 |
| "Old Rivers" | Walter Brennan | 5 | May 26 | 4 | |
| "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" | Ernie Maresca | 6 | May 19 | 3 | |
| May 19 | "Everybody Loves Me But You" | Brenda Lee | 6 | May 26 | 3 |
| "Funny Way of Laughin'" | Burl Ives | 10 | May 19 | 1 | |
| May 26 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles | 1 | June 2 | 11 |
| "Lovers Who Wander" | Dion | 3 | June 9 | 4 | |
| June 2 | "The One Who Really Loves You" | Mary Wells | 8 | June 9 | 3 |
| "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valence" | Gene Pitney | 4 | June 16 | 5 | |
| June 9 | "It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'" | Johnny Tillotson | 3 | June 16 | 6 |
| "Second Hand Love" | Connie Francis | 7 | June 9 | 3 | |
| "Palisades Park" | Freddy Cannon | 3 | June 23 | 7 | |
| "Playboy" | The Marvelettes | 7 | June 23 | 5 | |
| June 16 | "The Stripper" | David Rose and His Orchestra | 1 | July 7 | 9 |
| June 23 | "Cindy's Birthday" | Johnny Crawford | 8 | June 23 | 2 |
| "That's Old Fashioned" | The Everly Brothers | 9 | June 23 | 1 | |
| June 30 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Bobby Vinton | 1 | July 14 | 10 |
| "Al Di La" | Emilio Pericoli | 6 | July 7 | 3 | |
| July 7 | "Wolverton Mountain" | Claude King | 6 | July 21 | 4 |
| "Snap Your Fingers" | Joe Henderson | 8 | July 7 | 1 | |
| "Johnny Get Angry" | Joanie Sommers | 7 | July 21 | 2 | |
| July 14 | "The Wah-Watusi" | The Orlons | 2 | July 21 | 6 |
| "Sealed with a Kiss" | Brian Hyland | 3 | July 28 | 6 | |
| "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" | Dee Dee Sharp | 9 | July 14 | 3 | |
| July 21 | "Speedy Gonzales" | Pat Boone | 6 | July 28 | 5 |
| July 28 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | Neil Sedaka | 1 | August 11 | 7 |
| "Ahab the Arab" | Ray Stevens | 5 | August 4 | 5 | |
| August 4 | "The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | 1 | August 25 | 7 |
| "Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" | Richard Chamberlain | 10 | August 4 | 1 | |
| August 11 | "You'll Lose a Good Thing" | Barbara Lynn | 8 | August 11 | 1 |
| "Things" | Bobby Darin | 3 | August 25 | 5 | |
| August 18 | "You Don't Know Me" | Ray Charles | 2 | September 8 | 5 |
| "Little Diane" | Dion | 8 | August 18 | 3 | |
| August 25 | "Sheila" | Tommy Roe | 1 | September 1 | 6 |
| "Party Lights" | Claudine Clark | 5 | September 1 | 3 | |
| "She's Not You" | Elvis Presley | 5 | September 8 | 5 | |
| September 1 | "Vacation" | Connie Francis | 9 | September 1 | 2 |
| September 8 | "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat "King" Cole | 2 | September 22 | 8 |
| "Teen Age Idol" | Rick Nelson | 5 | September 22 | 4 | |
| September 15 | "Sherry" | The Four Seasons | 1 | September 15 | 7 |
| "Green Onions" | Booker T. & the M.G.'s | 3 | September 29 | 6 | |
| "Patches" | Dickey Lee | 6 | October 6 | 7 | |
| "Rinky Dink" | Dave "Baby" Cortez | 10 | September 15 | 1 | |
| September 22 | "Let's Dance" | Chris Montez | 4 | October 6 | 5 |
| "You Belong to Me" | The Duprees | 7 | September 22 | 2 | |
| "You Beat Me to the Punch" | Mary Wells | 9 | September 22 | 2 | |
| September 29 | "Monster Mash" | Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers | 1 | October 20 | 7 |
| "Alley Cat" | Bent Fabric | 7 | September 29 | 3 | |
| October 6 | "Venus in Blue Jeans" | Jimmy Clanton | 7 | October 6 | 1 |
| "I Remember You" | Frank Ifield | 5 | October 13 | 4 | |
| October 13 | "Do You Love Me" | The Contours | 3 | October 20 | 5 |
| "If I Had a Hammer" | Peter, Paul and Mary | 10 | October 13 | 1 | |
| October 20 | "He's a Rebel" | The Crystals | 1 | November 3 | 7 |
| "Only Love Can Break a Heart" | Gene Pitney | 2 | November 3 | 4 | |
| October 27 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee | 3 | November 10 | 7 |
| "Gina" | Johnny Mathis | 6 | November 17 | 5 | |
| November 3 | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | The Four Seasons | 1 | November 17 | 10 |
| "Limbo Rock" | Chubby Checker | 2 | December 22 | 12 | |
| "Next Door to an Angel" | Neil Sedaka | 5 | November 17 | 5 | |
| "Return to Sender" | Elvis Presley | 2 | November 17 | 10 | |
| November 10 | "Popeye (The Hitchhiker)" | Chubby Checker | 10 | November 10 | 1 |
| November 17 | "Bobby's Girl" | Marcie Blane | 3 | December 1 | 8 |
| "Don't Hang Up" | The Orlons | 4 | December 8 | 6 | |
| "The Cha-Cha-Cha" | Bobby Rydell | 10 | November 17 | 1 | |
| November 24 | "Ride!" | Dee Dee Sharp | 5 | December 8 | 4 |
| December 1 | "The Lonely Bull" | The Tijuana Brass | 6 | December 8 | 3 |
| December 8 | "Telstar" | The Tornados | 1 | December 22 | 8 |
| "Release Me" | "Little Esther" Phillips | 8 | December 22 | 4 | |
| December 22 | "You Are My Sunshine" | Ray Charles | 7 | December 29 | 2 |
| "Love Came to Me" | Dion | 10 | December 22 | 1 | |
1961 peaks
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 20 | "Goodbye Cruel World" | James Darren | 3 | December 4 | 7 |
| December 4 | "Walk on By" | Leroy Van Dyke | 5 | December 11 | 8 |
| December 11 | "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | The Tokens | 1 | December 18 | 8 |
| "Run to Him" | Bobby Vee | 2 | December 25 | 6 |
1963 peaks
| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 15 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence | 1 | January 12 | 9 |
| December 29 | "Hotel Happiness" | Brook Benton | 3 | January 19 | 4 |
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" | Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans | 8 | January 12 | 3 |
See also
- 1962 in music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1962 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962
References
General sources
- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.