Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1962. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 1. Stranger On the Shore – Mr. Acker Bilk
- 2. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles
- 3. Mashed Potato Time – Dee Dee Sharp
- 4. Roses Are Red (My Love) – Bobby Vinton
- 5. The Stripper – David Rose
- 6. Johnny Angel – Shelley Fabares
- 7. The Loco-Motion – Little Eva
- 8. Let Me In – The Sensations
- 9. The Twist – Chubby Checker
- 10. Soldier Boy – The Shirelles
- 11. Hey! Baby – Bruce Channel
- 12. The Wanderer – Dion
- 13. Duke of Earl – Gene Chandler
- 14. Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon
- 15. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Neil Sedaka
- 16. Wolverton Mountain – Claude King
- 17. Slow Twistin’ – Chubby Checker
- 18. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ – Johnny Tillotson
- 19. The One Who Really Loves You – Mary Wells
- 20. Good Luck Charm – Elvis Presley
- 21. Midnight In Moscow – Kenny Ball
- 22. Sheila – Tommy Roe
- 23. Twistin’ the Night Away – Sam Cooke
- 24. The Wah Watusi – The Orlons
- 25. Peppermint Twist – Joey Dee and The Starlighters
- 26. Break It to Me Gently – Brenda Lee
- 27. Playboy – The Marvelettes
- 28. Ramblin’ Rose – Nat King Cole
- 29. Sealed With a Kiss – Brian Hyland
- 30. She Cried – Jay & The Americans
- 31. Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You – Connie Francis
- 32. Dear Lady Twist – Gary “U.S.” Bonds
- 33. Norman – Sue Thompson
- 34. Love Letters – Ketty Lester
- 35. Party Lights – Claudine Clark
- 36. Cotton Fields – The Highwaymen
- 37. Alley Cat – Bent Fabric
- 38. Twist and Shout – The Isley Brothers
- 39. Theme From Dr Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) – Richard Chamberlain
- 40. Tuff – Ace Cannon
- 41. Lover Please – Clyde Mcphatter
- 42. I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More) – Barbara George
- 43. Young World – Rick Nelson
- 44. Baby It’s You – The Shirelles
- 45. Speedy Gonzales – Pat Boone
- 46. A Little Bitty Tear – Burl Ives
- 47. Crying In the Rain – The Everly Brothers
- 48. Al di La’ – Emillo Pericoli
- 49. Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) – Ernie Maresca
- 50. What’s Your Name – Don & Juan
- 51. Smoky Places – The Corsairs
- 52. Having a Party – Sam Cooke
- 53. Green Onions – Booker T and The MG’s
- 54. You Don’t Know Me – Ray Charles
- 55. Sherry – The Four Seasons
- 56. Johnny Get Angry – Joanie Sommers
- 57. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
- 58. Shout – Joey Dee and The Starlighters
- 59. Rinky Dink – Dave “Baby” Cortez
- 60. Moon River – Henry Mancini
- 61. Ahab the Arab – Ray Stevens
- 62. Things – Bobby Darin
- 63. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance – Gene Pitney
- 64. You Belong to Me – The Duprees
- 65. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) – Roy Orbison
- 66. Snap Your Fingers – Joe Henderson
- 67. Lovers Who Wander – Dion
- 68. Let’s Dance – Chris Montez
- 69. Cindy’s Birthday – Johnny Crawford
- 70. You Beat Me to the Punch – Mary Wells
- 71. You’ll Lose a Good Thing – Barbara Lynn
- 72. Uptown – The Crystals
- 73. Everybody Loves Me But You – Brenda Lee
- 74. Patches – Dickie Lee
- 75. Venus In Blue Jeans – Jimmy Clanton
- 76. Love Me Warm and Tender – Paul Anka
- 77. Teenage Idol – Rick Nelson
- 78. She’s Got You – Patsy Cline
- 79. Dear One – Larry Finnegan
- 80. Her Royal Majesty – James Darren
- 81. Old Rivers – Walter Brennan
- 82. Funny Way of Laughin’ – Burl Ives
- 83. A Swingin’ Safari – Billy Vaughn
- 84. Tell Me – Dick & Deedee
- 85. P.T. 109 – Jimmy Dean
- 86. Little Diane – Dion
- 87. Percolator (Twist) – Billy Joe & The Checkmates
- 88. Twist, Twist Senora – Gary “U.S.” Bonds
- 89. Twistin’ Matilda (And the Channel) – Jimmy Soul
- 90. Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) – Dee Dee Sharp
- 91. Walk On the Wild Side – Jimmy Smith
- 92. Soul Twist – King Curtis
- 93. I’ll Never Dance Again – Bobby Rydell
- 94. I’m Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) – The Ikettes
- 95. Where Have All The Flowers Gone – The Kingston Trio
- 96. (Girls Girls Girls Were) Made To Love – Eddie Hodges
- 97. Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney
- 98. If I Had a Hammer – Peter, Paul & Mary
- 99. I Wish That We Were Married – Ronnie & The Hi-lites
- 100. Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys
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