Top Ten Charts 1962

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Top Ten Charts 1962

The top ten charts 1962, is a weekly review of the year’s most popular top ten songs. The following is a time capsule for the year of 1962:

  • In the nation, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth. James Meredith is the first black to enroll in the University of Mississippi.
  • In International News, President Kennedy orders a blockade of Cuba over ballistic missiles Russia placed in Cuba. Russia backs down and the crises is averted. Adolf Elchmann is hanged in Israel for his role in the Nazi experiment. The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.
  • In Science, Unimation introduces the first industrial robot.
  • In television, Johnny Carson begins his long reign as host of The Tonight Show. The top three new shows were The Beverly Hillbillies, Candid Camera, and The Skelton Show. Walter Cronkite succeeds Douglas Edwards as anchorman of CBS Evening News.
  • In music, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” by Ray Charles becomes the record of the year. There were twenty #1 songs in 1962 and 677 singles to chart on the Hot 100.
1962 Yellow Corvette
1962 Yellow Corvette

Each weekly top ten chart contains:

  • Date chart was published
  • Last Week (Songs last week’s ranking)
  • This Week (Current ranking)
  • Title
  • Artist
  • Number of weeks in the top ten
  • Number of weeks at #1
JANUARY 6, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tokens 4 3
3 2 The Twist Chuby Checker 5
2 3 Run To Him Bobby Vee 4
6 4 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 3
10 5 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 2
8 6 Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen Neil Sedaka 4
4 7 Goodbye Cruel World James Darren 7
5 8 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke 5
13 9 When I Fall In Love Lettermen 1
14 10 Unchain My Heart Ray Charles 1
JANUARY 13, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 *The Twist Chuby Checker 6 2
1 2 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tokens 5 3
4 3 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 4
5 4 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 3
15 5 I Know Barbara George 1
6 6 Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen Neil Sedaka 5
8 7 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke 6
3 8 Run To Him Bobby Vee 5
10 9 Unchain My Heart Ray Charles 2
11 10 When The Boy In Your Arms Connie Francis 1
*Song Peaked At #1 for 1 week in 1961
JANUARY 20, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 *The Twist Chuby Checker 7 3
3 2 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 5
2 3 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tokens 6 3
4 4 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 4
5 5 I Know Barbara George 2
6 6 Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen Neil Sedaka 6
7 7 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke 7
8 8 Run To Him Bobby Vee 6
12 9 When I Fall In Love Lettermen 2
17 10 Norman Sue Thompson 1
*Song Peaked At #1 for 1 week in 1961
JANUARY 27, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 6 1
1 2 The Twist Chuby Checker 8 3
5 3 I Know Barbara George 3
4 4 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 5
10 5 Norman Sue Thompson 2
3 6 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tokens 7 3
9 7 When I Fall In Love Lettermen 3
18 8 The Wanderer Dion 1
15 9 Baby It’s You Shirelles 1
7 10 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke 8
FEBRUARY 3, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 7 2
4 2 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 6
2 3 The Twist Chuby Checker 9 3
5 4 Norman Sue Thompson 3
3 5 I Know Barbara George 4
8 6 The Wanderer Dion 2
20 7 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 1
9 8 Baby It’s You Shirelles 2
17 9 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 1
6 10 The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tokens 8 3
FEBRUARY 10, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 8 3
7 2 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 2
3 3 The Twist Chuby Checker 10 3
2 4 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 7
5 5 I Know Barbara George 5
4 6 Norman Sue Thompson 4
6 7 The Wanderer Dion 3
9 8 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 2
12 9 A Little Bit A Tear Burl Ives 1
11 10 Dear Lady Twist Gary U.S. Bonds 1
FEBRUARY 17, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 3 1
1 2 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 9 3
3 3 The Twist Chuby Checker 11 3
6 4 Norman Sue Thompson 5
7 5 The Wanderer Dion 4
8 6 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 3
5 7 I Know Barbara George 6
4 8 Can’t Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley 8
14 9 Crying In The Rain Everly Brothers 1
10 10 Dear Lady Twist Gary U.S. Bonds 2
FEBRUARY 24, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 4 2
5 2 The Wanderer Dion 5
4 3 Norman Sue Thompson 6
3 4 The Twist Chuby Checker 12 3
13 5 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 1
6 6 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 4
2 7 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 10 3
9 8 Crying In The Rain Everly Brothers 2
10 9 Dear Lady Twist Gary U.S. Bonds 3
11 10 A Little Bit A Tear Burl Ives 2
MARCH 3, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 5 3
5 2 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 2
2 3 The Wanderer Dion 6
6 4 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 5
4 5 The Twist Chuby Checker 13 3
8 6 Crying In The Rain Everly Brothers 3
3 7 Norman Sue Thompson 7
16 8 Midnight In Moscow (I) Kenny Ball 1
7 9 Peppermint Twist Joey D. & Starliters 11 3
11 10 Chip Chip Gene McDaniels 1
MARCH 10, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 3 1
1 2 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 6 3
8 3 Midnight In Moscow (I) Kenny Ball 2
13 4 Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 1
12 5 Let Me In Sensations 1
6 6 Crying In The Rain Everly Brothers 4
4 7 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 6
16 8 Her Royal Majesty James Darren 1
3 9 The Wanderer Dion 7
20 10 What’s Your Name Don & Juan 1
MARCH 17, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 4 2
3 2 Midnight In Moscow (I) Kenny Ball 3
4 3 Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 2
5 4 Let Me In Sensations 2
2 5 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 7 3
8 6 Her Royal Majesty James Darren 2
10 7 What’s Your Name Don & Juan 2
6 8 Crying In The Rain Everly Brothers 5
7 9 Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee 7
12 10 Percolator (Twist) (I) Billy Joe & The Checkmates 1
MARCH 24, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 5 3
3 2 Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 3
2 3 Midnight In Moscow (I) Kenny Ball 4
4 4 Let Me In Sensations 3
5 5 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler 8 3
18 6 Dream Baby Roy Orbison 1
14 7 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 1
7 8 What’s Your Name Don & Juan 3
13 9 Twistin’ The Night Away Sam Cooke 1
6 10 Her Royal Majesty James Darren 3
MARCH 31, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 4 1
1 2 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 6 3
11 3 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 1
6 4 Dream Baby Roy Orbison 2
3 5 Midnight In Moscow (I) Kenny Ball 5
7 6 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 2
8 7 What’s Your Name Don & Juan 4
4 8 Let Me In Sensations 4
14 9 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 1
9 10 Twistin’ The Night Away Sam Cooke 2
APRIL 7, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
3 1 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 2 1
1 2 Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 5 1
9 3 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 2
6 4 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 3
4 5 Dream Baby Roy Orbison 3
2 6 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 7 3
5 7 Midnight In Moscow (I) Kenny Ball 6
12 8 Young World Rick Nelson 1
11 9 Love Letters Ketty Lester 1
15 10 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 1
APRIL 14, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 3 2
3 2 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 3
4 3 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 4
10 4 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 2
9 5 Love Letters Ketty Lester 2
8 6 Young World Rick Nelson 2
2 7 Don’t Break The Heart That Loves You Connie Francis 6 1
16 8 Lover Please Clyde McPhatter 1
7 9 Midnight In Moscow Kenny Ball 7
6 10 Hey! Baby Bruce Channel 8 3
APRIL 21, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 4 1
1 2 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 4 2
4 3 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 3
3 4 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 5
6 5 Young World Rick Nelson 3
11 6 Soldier Boy Shirelles 1
8 7 Lover Please Clyde McPhatter 2
5 8 Love Letters Ketty Lester 3
14 9 Shout Joey Dee & The Starliters 1
19 10 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 1
APRIL 28, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 5 2
2 2 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 5 2
3 3 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 4
6 4 Soldier Boy Shirelles 2
4 5 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 6
5 6 Young World Rick Nelson 4
10 7 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 2
7 8 Lover Please Clyde McPhatter 3
9 9 Shout Joey Dee & The Starliters 2
12 10 Twist, Twist, Senora Gary U.S. Bonds 1
MAY 5, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
4 1 Soldier Boy Shirelles 3 1
3 2 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 5
2 3 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 6 2
7 4 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 3
1 5 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 6 2
9 6 Shout Joey Dee & The Starliters 3
8 7 Lover Please Clyde McPhatter 4
5 8 Slow Twistin’ Chubby Checker 7
12 9 P.T. 109 Jimmy Dean 1
10 10 Twist, Twist, Senora Gary U.S. Bonds 2
MAY 12, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Soldier Boy Shirelles 4 2
2 2 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 6
4 3 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 4
3 4 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 7 2
5 5 Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley 7 2
13 6 She Cried Jay & The Americans 1
15 7 Old Rivers Walter Brennan 1
16 8 Shout! Shout! Ernie Maresca 1
10 9 Twist, Twist, Senora Gary U.S. Bonds 3
6 10 Shout Joey Dee & The Starliters 4
MAY 19, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Soldier Boy Shirelles 5 3
3 2 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 5
2 3 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 7
4 4 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 8 2
6 5 She Cried Jay & The Americans 2
8 6 Shout! Shout! Ernie Maresca 2
7 7 Old Rivers Walter Brennan 2
12 8 Everybody Loves Me But You Brenda Lee 1
11 9 P.T. 109 Jimmy Dean 2
14 10 Funny Way Of Laughin’ Burl Ives 1
MAY 26, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 6 1
1 2 Soldier Boy Shirelles 6 3
3 3 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 8
21 4 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 1
7 5 Old Rivers Walter Brennan 3
8 6 Everybody Loves Me But You Brenda Lee 2
5 7 She Cried Jay & The Americans 3
9 8 P.T. 109 Jimmy Dean 3
4 9 Johnny Angel Shelly Fabares 9 2
13 10 Lovers Who Wander Dion 1
JUNE 2, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
4 1 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 2 1
1 2 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 7 1
2 3 Soldier Boy Shirelles 7 3
10 4 Lovers Who Wander Dion 2
3 5 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp 9
6 6 Everybody Loves Me But You Brenda Lee 3
11 7 Shout! Shout! Ernie Maresca 3
5 8 Old Rivers Walter Brennan 4
12 9 The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells 1
21 10 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Gene Pitney 1
JUNE 9, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 3 2
2 2 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 8 1
4 3 Lovers Who Wander Dion 3
3 4 Soldier Boy Shirelles 8 3
10 5 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Gene Pitney 2
12 6 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 1
16 7 Second Hand Love Connie Francis 1
9 8 The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells 2
17 9 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 1
19 10 Playboy Marvelettes 1
JUNE 16, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 4 3
2 2 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 9 1
6 3 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 2
5 4 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Gene Pitney 3
9 5 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 2
3 6 Lovers Who Wander Dion 4
7 7 Second Hand Love Connie Francis 2
15 8 The Stripper (I) David Rose 1
10 9 Playboy Marvelettes 2
8 10 The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells 3
JUNE 23, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 5 4
8 2 The Stripper (I) David Rose 2
5 3 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 3
3 4 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 3
2 5 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 10 1
4 6 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Gene Pitney 4
9 7 Playboy Marvelettes 3
12 8 Cindy’s Birthday Johnny Crawford 1
13 9 That’s Old Fashioned Everly Brothers 1
7 10 Second Hand Love Connie Francis 3
JUNE 30, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 6 5
2 2 The Stripper (I) David Rose 3
3 3 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 4
4 4 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 4
16 5 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 1
6 6 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Gene Pitney 5
7 7 Playboy Marvelettes 4
8 8 Cindy’s Birthday Johnny Crawford 2
5 9 Stranger On The Shore (I) Acker Bilk 11 1
12 10 Al Di La’ Emilio Pericoli 1
JULY 7, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 The Stripper (I) David Rose 4 1
5 2 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 2
1 3 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 7 5
3 4 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 5
4 5 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 5
10 6 Al Di La’ Emilio Pericoli 2
13 7 Wolverton Mountain Claude King 1
11 8 Snap Your Fingers Joe Henderson 1
14 9 Johnny Get Angry Joanie Sommers 1
7 10 Playboy Marvelettes 5
JULY 14 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 3 1
1 2 The Stripper (I) David Rose 5 1
3 3 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 8 5
14 4 The Wah-Watusi Orlons 1
12 5 Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 1
4 6 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 6
7 7 Wolverton Mountain Claude King 2
5 8 It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 6
16 9 Gravy Dee Dee Sharp 1
6 10 Al Di La’ Emilio Pericoli 3
JULY 21 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 4 2
4 2 The Wah-Watusi Orlons 2
3 3 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 9 5
2 4 The Stripper (I) David Rose 6 1
5 5 Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 2
7 6 Wolverton Mountain Claude King 3
11 7 Johnny Get Angry Joanie Sommers 2
13 8 Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone 1
9 9 Gravy Dee Dee Sharp 2
6 10 Palisades Park Freddy Cannon 7
JULY 28 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 5 3
2 2 The Wah-Watusi Orlons 3
5 3 Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 3
3 4 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 10 5
4 5 The Stripper (I) David Rose 7 1
8 6 Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone 2
6 7 Wolverton Mountain Claude King 4
13 8 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 1
9 9 Gravy Dee Dee Sharp 3
12 10 Ahab The Arab Ray Stevens 1
AUGUST 4 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 6 4
8 2 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 2
3 3 Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 4
2 4 The Wah-Watusi Orlons 4
10 5 Ahab The Arab Ray Stevens 2
6 6 Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone 3
4 7 I Can’t Stop Loving You Ray Charles 11 5
14 8 Loco-Motion Little Eva 1
5 9 The Stripper (I) David Rose 8 1
13 10 Theme From Dr. Kildare Richard Chamberlain 1
AUGUST 11, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 3 1
1 2 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 7 4
4 3 The Wah-Watusi Orlons 5
8 4 Loco-Motion Little Eva 2
5 5 Ahab The Arab Ray Stevens 3
6 6 Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone 4
3 7 Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 5
13 8 You Lose A Good Thing Barbara Lewis 1
16 9 Things Bobby Darin 1
9 10 The Stripper (I) David Rose 9 1
AUGUST 18, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 4 2
4 2 Loco-Motion Little Eva 3
2 3 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 8 4
3 4 The Wah-Watusi Orlons 6
11 5 You Don’t Know Me Ray Charles 1
9 6 Things Bobby Darin 2
5 7 Ahab The Arab Ray Stevens 4
13 8 Little Diane Dion 1
6 9 Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone 5
7 10 Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland 6
AUGUST 25, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Loco-Motion Little Eva 4 1
1 2 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 5 2
6 3 Things Bobby Darin 3
5 4 You Don’t Know Me Ray Charles 2
12 5 Sheila Tommy Roe 1
3 6 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 9 4
11 7 Party Lights Claudine Clark 1
13 8 She’s Not You Elvis Presley 1
7 9 Ahab The Arab Ray Stevens 5
8 10 Little Diane Dion 2
SEPTEMBER 1, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
5 1 Sheila Tommy Roe 2 1
1 2 Loco-Motion Little Eva 5 1
2 3 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 6 2
4 4 You Don’t Know Me Ray Charles 3
7 5 Party Lights Claudine Clark 2
8 6 She’s Not You Elvis Presley 2
3 7 Things Bobby Darin 4
6 8 Roses Are Red Bobby Vinton 10 4
12 9 Vacation Connie Francis 1
10 10 Little Diane Dion 3
SEPTEMBER 8, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Sheila Tommy Roe 3 2
4 2 You Don’t Know Me Ray Charles 4
2 3 Loco-Motion Little Eva 6 1
11 4 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 1
6 5 She’s Not You Elvis Presley 3
3 6 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka 7 2
5 7 Party Lights Claudine Clark 3
7 8 Things Bobby Darin 5
17 9 Teen Age Idol Rick Nelson 1
9 10 Vacation Connie Francis 2
SEPTEMBER 15, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
11 1 Sherry Four Seasons 1 1
1 2 Sheila Tommy Roe 4 2
4 3 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 2
3 4 Loco-Motion Little Eva 7 1
22 5 Green Onions (I) Booker T. & The MG’s 1
5 6 She’s Not You Elvis Presley 4
9 7 Teen Age Idol Rick Nelson 2
2 8 You Don’t Know Me Ray Charles 5
20 9 Patches Dickey Lee 1
12 10 Rinky Dink (I) Dave “Baby” Cortez 1
SEPTEMBER 22, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Sherry Four Seasons 2 2
3 2 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 3
2 3 Sheila Tommy Roe 5 2
5 4 Green Onions (I) Booker T. & The MG’s 2
7 5 Teen Age Idol Rick Nelson 3
15 6 Let’s Dance Chris Montez 1
13 7 You Belong To Me Duprees 1
9 8 Patches Dickey Lee 2
12 9 You Beat Me To Punch Mary Wells 1
6 10 She’s Not You Elvis Presley 5
SEPTEMBER 29, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Sherry Four Seasons 3 3
2 2 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 4
4 3 Green Onions (I) Booker T. & The MG’s 3
13 4 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 1
3 5 Sheila Tommy Roe 6 2
6 6 Let’s Dance Chris Montez 2
12 7 Alley Cat (I) Bent Fabric 1
8 8 Patches Dickey Lee 3
7 9 You Belong To Me Duprees 2
5 10 Teen Age Idol Rick Nelson 4
OCTOBER 6, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Sherry Four Seasons 4 4
4 2 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 2
2 3 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 5
6 4 Let’s Dance Chris Montez 3
3 5 Green Onions (I) Booker T. & The MG’s 4
8 6 Patches Dickey Lee 4
13 7 Venus In Blue Jeans Jimmy Clanton 1
17 8 I Remember You Frank Ifield 1
7 9 Alley Cat (I) Bent Fabric 2
11 10 You Beat Me To Punch Mary Wells 2
OCTOBER 13, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Sherry Four Seasons 5 5
2 2 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 3
3 3 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 6
4 4 Let’s Dance Chris Montez 4
8 5 I Remember You Frank Ifield 2
5 6 Green Onions (I) Booker T. & The MG’s 5
15 7 Do You Love Me Contours 1
6 8 Patches Dickey Lee 5
9 9 Alley Cat (I) Bent Fabric 3
14 10 If I Had A Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary 1
OCTOBER 20, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 4 1
1 2 Sherry Four Seasons 6 5
7 3 Do You Love Me Contours 2
11 4 He’s A Rebel Crystals 1
5 5 I Remember You Frank Ifield 3
8 6 Patches Dickey Lee 6
3 7 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 7
13 8 Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney 1
6 9 Green Onions (I) Booker T. & The MG’s 6
4 10 Let’s Dance Chris Montez 5
OCTOBER 27, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 5 2
4 2 He’s A Rebel Crystals 2
3 3 Do You Love Me Contours 3
8 4 Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney 2
2 5 Sherry Four Seasons 7 5
15 6 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 1
6 7 Patches Dickey Lee 7
7 8 Ramblin’ Rose Nat King Cole 8
20 9 Gina Johnny Mathis 1
5 10 I Remember You Frank Ifield 4
NOVEMBER 3, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 He’s A Rebel Crystals 3 1
4 2 Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney 3
3 3 Do You Love Me Contours 4
1 4 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 6 2
6 5 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 2
17 6 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 1
9 7 Gina Johnny Mathis 2
18 8 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 1
15 9 Next Door To An Angel Neil Sedaka 1
20 10 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 1
NOVEMBER 10, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 He’s A Rebel Crystals 4 2
6 2 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 2
5 3 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 3
10 4 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 2
2 5 Only Love Can Break A Heart Gene Pitney 4
9 6 Next Door To An Angel Neil Sedaka 2
7 7 Gina Johnny Mathis 3
4 8 Monster Mash Bobby “Boris” Pickett 7 2
3 9 Do You Love Me Contours 5
14 10 Popeye Chubby Checker 1
NOVEMBER 17, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
2 1 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 3 1
4 2 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 3
1 3 He’s A Rebel Crystals 5 2
3 4 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 4
6 5 Next Door To An Angel Neil Sedaka 3
7 6 Gina Johnny Mathis 4
19 7 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 1
16 8 Don’t Hang Up Orlons 1
11 9 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 2
14 10 The Cha Cha Cha Bobby Rydell 1
NOVEMBER 24, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 4 2
2 2 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 4
4 3 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 5
7 4 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 2
5 5 Next Door To An Angel Neil Sedaka 4
9 6 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 3
8 7 Don’t Hang Up Orlons 2
3 8 He’s A Rebel Crystals 6 2
6 9 Gina Johnny Mathis 5
13 10 Ride! Dee Dee Sharp 1
DECEMBER 1, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 5 3
2 2 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 5
4 3 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 3
6 4 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 4
3 5 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 6
7 6 Don’t Hang Up Orlons 3
11 7 The Lonely Bull (I) The Tijuana Brass 1
10 8 Ride! Dee Dee Sharp 2
8 9 He’s A Rebel Crystals 7 2
5 10 Next Door To An Angel Neil Sedaka 5
DECEMBER 8, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 6 4
2 2 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 6
3 3 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 4
6 4 Don’t Hang Up Orlons 4
8 5 Ride! Dee Dee Sharp 3
7 6 The Lonely Bull (I) The Tijuana Brass 2
13 7 Telstar (I) Tornadoes 1
4 8 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 5
5 9 All Alone Am I Brenda Lee 7
16 10 Release Me “Little” Ester Phillips 1
DECEMBER 15, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 7 5
2 2 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 7
3 3 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 5
8 4 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 6
7 5 Telstar (I) Tornadoes 2
4 6 Don’t Hang Up Orlons 5
6 7 The Lonely Bull (I) The Tijuana Brass 3
5 8 Ride! Dee Dee Sharp 4
10 9 Release Me “Little” Ester Phillips 2
20 10 Go Away Little Girl Steve Lawrence 1
DECEMBER 22, 1962
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WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
5 1 Telstar (I) Tornadoes 3 1
4 2 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 7
2 3 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 8
3 4 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 6
1 5 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 8 5
6 6 Don’t Hang Up Orlons 6
10 7 Go Away Little Girl Steve Lawrence 2
9 8 Release Me “Little” Ester Phillips 3
11 9 You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles 1
14 10 Love Came To Me Dion 1
DECEMBER 29, 1962
LAST THIS
WEEK WEEK TITLE ARTIST T10 #1
1 1 Telstar (I) Tornadoes 4 2
2 2 Limbo Rock Chubby Checker 8
4 3 Bobby’s Girl Marcie Blane 7
7 4 Go Away Little Girl Steve Lawrence 3
5 5 Big Girls Don’t Cry Four Seasons 9 5
3 6 Return To Sender Elvis Presley 9
9 7 You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles 2
8 8 Release Me “Little” Ester Phillips 4
16 9 Zip A-Dee-Doo-Dah Bob B. Sox & The Blue Jeans 1
14 10 Hotel Happiness Brook Benton 1

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