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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. №
UK 1 – Nov 1962, Canada 1 – Oct 1962, Norway 1 – Dec 1962, Éire 1 – Dec 1962, Peel list 1 of 1961, US BB 2 – Oct 1962, RYM 6 of 1962, US BB 8 of 1962, POP 8 of 1962, US CashBox 10 of 1963, Germany 15 – Jan 1963, DDD 27 of 1962, Scrobulate 83 of rock & roll, Acclaimed 2154 2: Ray Charles: I Can't Stop Loving You: 1962: US
Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942) [2] is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. [1] She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit, "You'll Lose a Good Thing" (1962). In 2018, Lynn received a National Heritage Fellowship. [3]
"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 ...
Joyce Alene Byers Johnston, (May 17, 1934 – May 10, 2017) [2] was an American songwriter best known for her work with Elvis Presley. [3] [4] She wrote Timi Yuro's 1962 hit "What's A Matter Baby".
Boyd was born in Belhaven, North Carolina in 1943 and had twelve siblings. At the age of fifteen, she moved to the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn, New York. [1] [2] As a teenager, Boyd worked as a maid and earned extra money as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin (including for the young Louise Goffin).
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1962.. That year, 14 acts achieved their first number one songs, namely Joey Dee and the Starliters, Gene Chandler, Bruce Channel, Shelley Fabares, Mr. Acker Bilk, David Rose, Bobby Vinton, Neil Sedaka, Little Eva, Tommy Roe, The Four Seasons, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, The Crystals, and The Tornados.
"Soldier Boy" is a song written by Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg and made famous by the girl group the Shirelles. Released as a single in 1962, it met with great success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks. [1]