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" Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk was the number one song of 1962.
Ray Charles had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100.
Dion had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1962. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 29, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through October 31, 1962.

Title Artist(s)
1 " Stranger on the Shore" 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 & Dee Dee Sharp
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 Starliters
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 and 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" Ricky 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 là" Emilio Pericoli
49 " Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" Ernie Maresca
50 " What's Your Name" Don and Juan
51 " Smoky Places" The Corsairs
52 " Having a Party" Sam Cooke
53 " Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'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 Starliters
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" Dickey Lee
75 " Venus in Blue Jeans" Jimmy Clanton
76 "Love Me Warm and Tender" Paul Anka
77 " Teen Age 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 and Dee Dee
85 " PT-109" Jimmy Dean
86 " Little Diane" Dion
87 "Percolator (Twist)" Billy Joe and the Checkmates
88 " Twist, Twist Senora" Gary U.S. Bonds
89 "Twistin' Matilda" 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) Made to Love" Eddie Hodges
97 " Town Without Pity" Gene Pitney
98 " If I Had a Hammer" Peter, Paul and Mary
99 " I Wish That We Were Married" Ronnie & the Hi-Lites
100 " Surfin' Safari" The Beach Boys

See also

References

  1. ^ " Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard, Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved February 24, 2018.