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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 ...
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.
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
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1962. [1] The year's No. 1 record was "Wolverton Mountain" by Claude King. [1] The record debuted on Billboard ' s country and western chart in May 1962, spent nine weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on the chart for 26 weeks. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
The former song also reached number one on the Hot 100, [6] as well as the Hot R&B Sides chart. [7] When Connie Francis reached number one with "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" in March, she became the first act to top the Easy Listening chart twice, having spent a single week in the top spot in 1961 with "Together". [8]