Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1962 which peaked in 1961 Top ten entry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in top ten November 20 "Goodbye Cruel World" James Darren 3 December 4 7 December 4 "Walk on By" Leroy Van Dyke: 5 December 11 8 December 11 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The Tokens: 1 December 18 8 "Run to Him" Bobby Vee: 2
Three Dog Night had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Joy to the World", the number one song of 1971. The Carpenters had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1971. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1971. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated ...
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.
Song Artist January 6: The Twist: Chubby Checker: January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3: Duke of Earl: Gene Chandler: February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 March 10: Hey! Baby: Bruce Channel: March 17 March 24 March 31 April 7: Slow Twistin' Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp: April 14: Good Luck Charm: Elvis Presley: April 21 ...
The chart itself was originally a Top 20, extended to a Top 30 effective 14 April 1962, and Top 50 on 15 September 1962. After 1 April 1967, Melody Maker reverted to a Top 30 chart. [5] Record charts in the United Kingdom began on 14 November 1952 when NME imitated an idea started in American Billboard magazine compiled their own hit parade.
The Country Music Association bestowed Song of the Year honors upon "Easy Loving" in both 1971 and 1972. "Easy Loving" was certified gold for sales of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America , [ 3 ] and was the No. 1 song of 1971 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
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 ...