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Singer Ray Charles
Ray Charles had three number ones in 1962. His recording of " I Can't Stop Loving You" was the year's longest-running chart-topper.

In 1962, Billboard published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; it was published under the title Hot R&B Sides through the issue of the magazine dated October 27 and Hot R&B Singles thereafter. The chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 6, Ray Charles and his orchestra moved up to number one with " Unchain My Heart", which held the top spot for two weeks. Charles would go on to achieve two further chart-toppers later in the year, both taken from his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, which is considered to have been a ground-breaking record. [2] [3] His recording of Don Gibson's 1957 song " I Can't Stop Loving You" spent ten weeks at number one, the year's longest unbroken spell in the top spot. The song was a triple chart-topper, as it also reached number one on the Easy Listening chart as well as the all-genre Hot 100. [4] [5] In December, Charles spent two weeks atop the chart with his version of " You Are My Sunshine", giving him a total of 14 weeks at number one, the most for any act in 1962. The only other act with more than one number one during the year was the 4 Seasons, who topped the chart with both " Sherry" and " Big Girls Don't Cry".

Several of 1962's number ones were associated with dance crazes of the time. In March, Sam Cooke spent three weeks atop the chart with " Twistin' the Night Away", which was followed into the top spot by " Soul Twist" by King Curtis and the Noble Knights, both of which referenced the dance the Twist. [6] The latter song was in turn displaced by " Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, referring to the dance the Mashed Potato, [7] and later in the year Little Eva spent three weeks at number one with " The Loco-Motion", the lyrics of which described a dance which did not actually exist at the time but which came into being following the song's success. [8] Almost all of the acts to reach number one in 1962 did so for the first time; of the 13 acts to top the chart during the year, only Charles, Cooke and Esther Phillips had achieved a previous R&B number one. [9] Phillips, then known as Little Esther, had reached number one three times in 1950 as a featured vocalist with the Johnny Otis Orchestra, but had not entered the chart at all for more than ten years when her version of " Release Me" charted in late 1962 and quickly rose to number one. [9]

Chart history

Singer Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke topped the chart with " Twistin' the Night Away".
Singer Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler (pictured in later life) reached number one with his most successful song, " Duke of Earl".
Musician King Curtis
Saxophonist King Curtis topped the chart with " Soul Twist".
Singer Little Eva
Little Eva's " The Loco-Motion" was one of a number of dance craze songs to top the R&B chart in 1962.
Key
† Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1962 [10]
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 6 " Unchain My Heart" Ray Charles and his orchestra [11]
January 13 [12]
January 20 " I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" Barbara George [13]
January 27 [14]
February 3 [15]
February 10 [16]
February 17 " Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler [17]
February 24 [18]
March 3 [19]
March 10 [20]
March 17 [21]
March 24 " Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke [22]
March 31 [23]
April 7 [24]
April 14 " Soul Twist" † King Curtis and the Noble Knights [25]
April 21 [26]
April 28 " Mashed Potato Time" Dee Dee Sharp [27]
May 5 [28]
May 12 [29]
May 19 [30]
May 26 " I Can't Stop Loving You" Ray Charles [31]
June 2 [32]
June 9 [33]
June 16 [34]
June 23 [35]
June 30 [36]
July 7 [37]
July 14 [38]
July 21 [39]
July 28 [40]
August 4 " You'll Lose a Good Thing" Barbara Lynn [41]
August 11 [42]
August 18 [43]
August 25 " The Loco-Motion" Little Eva [44]
September 1 [45]
September 8 [46]
September 15 " Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s [47]
September 22 " You Beat Me to the Punch" Mary Wells [48]
September 29 " Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s [49]
October 6 " Sherry" The 4 Seasons [50]
October 13 " Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s [51]
October 20 " Do You Love Me" The Contours [52]
October 27 " Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s [53]
November 3 " Do You Love Me" The Contours [54]
November 10 [55]
November 17 " Big Girls Don't Cry" The 4 Seasons [56]
November 24 [57]
December 1 [58]
December 8 " Release Me" Esther Phillips ("Little Esther") [59]
December 15 " You Are My Sunshine" Ray Charles [60]
December 22 " Release Me" Esther Phillips ("Little Esther") [61]
December 29 " You Are My Sunshine" Ray Charles [62]

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  2. ^ Cook, Stephen. "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music". AllMusic. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  3. ^ Hughes 2015, p. 36.
  4. ^ Whitburn 2002, p. 52.
  5. ^ Schinder & Schwartz 2007, p. 43.
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