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"Chains" is a rhythm and blues song written by husband-and-wife songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was a hit for the American girl group the Cookies in 1962 and for the English rock band the Beatles, who recorded the song for their debut album in 1963.
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. №
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, which became a 1962 top 10 hit single for the Miracles. One of the Miracles' most covered tunes, this million-selling song received a 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award. It has also been selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Released by Jamie Records, it was a number 1 US Billboard R&B chart hit and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1962. [2] The song was later recorded by Aretha Franklin and became a country hit record for Freddy Fender. Lynn released an album, also titled You'll Lose A Good Thing, which featured ten of her compositions. [7] [8]
"Whatever Makes You Happy"- Jacki Gore, Steve Washington. "Save Me" – The Undertones "(You Can) Depend On Me" – The Temptations, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway, Barbara Mason. "Baby Baby Don't Cry" – Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra, Projekt. "Can You Love a Poor Boy" – Bobby Vee, Softones, Gil Bernal, Ronnie Walker.
French female singer Annie Chancel recorded the song in 1962, and since then used Sheila as her pseudonym. It was released in France by Philips Records . English band Status Quo covered the song on the U.K. version of their 1968 album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo , and in the 2003 and 2009 remasterings of the same title.
All the songs were newly written save for the Leiber-Stoller catalog composition "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello," which Hill and Range rep Freddy Bienstock was so convinced was going to be a hit that it was saved for single release from the start. [5] The song was released as a single, with "She's Not You" on the opposite side, on July 17, 1962. [3]
The tracks "Return to Sender" and "Where Do You Come From" were issued as both sides of a single in October 1962, one month before the release of the soundtrack LP. "Return to Sender" became a substantial hit for Presley, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 , while the B-side "Where Do You Come From" peaked at only number 99 ...