THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 1962

1. STRANGER ON THE SHORE, ACKER BILK

2. I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU, RAY CHARLES

3. MASHED POTATO TIME, DEE DEE SHARP

4. ROSES ARE RED (MY LOVE), BOBBY VINTON

5. THE STRIPPER, DAVID ROSE

6. JOHNNY ANGEL, SHELLEY FABARES

7. THE LOCO-MOTION, LITTLE EVA

8. LET ME IN, THE SENSATIONS

9. THE TWIST, CHUBBY CHECKER

10. SOLDIER BOY, THE SHIRELLES

11. HEY! BABY, BRUCE CHANNEL

12. THE WANDERER, DION

13. DUKE OF EARL, GENE CHANDLER

14. PALISADES PARK, FREDDY CANNON

15. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, NEIL SEDAKA

16. WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN, CLAUDE KING

17. SLOW TWISTIN', CHUBBY CHECKER & DEE DEE SHARP

18. IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTIN', JOHNNY TILLOTSON

19. THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU, MARY WELLS

20. GOOD LUCK CHARM, ELVIS PRESLEY

21. MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW, KENNY BALL

22. SHEILA, TOMMY ROE

23. TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY, SAM COOKE

24. THE WAH-WATUSI, THE ORLONS

25. PEPPERMINT TWIST, JOEY DEE AND THE STARLITERS

26. BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY, BRENDA LEE

27. PLAYBOY, THE MARVELETTES

28. RAMBLIN' ROSE, NAT KING COLE

29. SEALED WITH A KISS, BRIAN HYLAND

30. SHE CRIED, JAY AND THE AMERICANS

31. DON'T BREAK THE HEART THAT LOVES YOU, CONNIE FRANCIS

32. DEAR LADY TWIST, GARY U.S. BONDS

33. NORMAN, SUE THOMPSON

34. LOVE LETTERS, KETTY LESTER

35. PARTY LIGHTS, CLAUDINE CLARK

36. COTTON FIELDS, THE HIGHWAYMEN

37. ALLEY CAT, BENT FABRIC

38. TWIST AND SHOUT, THE ISLEY BROTHERS

39. THEME FROM DR. KILDARE (THREE STARS WILL SHINE TONIGHT), RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN

40. TUFF, ACE CANNON

41. LOVER PLEASE, CLYDE MCPHATTER

42. I KNOW (YOU DON'T LOVE ME NO MORE), BARBARA GEORGE

43. YOUNG WORLD, RICKY NELSON

44. BABY IT'S YOU, THE SHIRELLES

45. SPEEDY GONZALES, PAT BOONE

46. A LITTLE BITTY TEAR, BURL IVES

47. CRYING IN THE RAIN, THE EVERLY BROTHERS

48. AL DI LA, EMILIO PERICOLI

49. SHOUT SHOUT (KNOCK YOURSELF OUT), ERNIE MARESCA

50. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, DON AND JUAN

51. SMOKY PLACES, THE CORSAIRS

52. HAVING A PARTY, SAM COOKE

53. GREEN ONIONS, BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.'S

54. YOU DON'T KNOW ME, RAY CHARLES

55. SHERRY, THE FOUR SEASONS

56. JOHNNY GET ANGRY, JOANIE SOMMERS

57. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE, ELVIS PRESLEY

58. SHOUT, JOEY DEE AND THE STARLITERS

59. RINKY DINK, DAVE "BABY" CORTEZ

60. MOON RIVER, HENRY MANCINI

61. AHAB THE ARAB, RAY STEVENS

62. THINGS, BOBBY DARIN

63. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, GENE PITNEY

64. YOU BELONG TO ME, THE DUPREES

65. DREAM BABY (HOW LONG MUST I DREAM), ROY ORBISON

66.SNAP YOUR FINGERS, JOE HENDERSON

67. LOVERS WHO WANDER, DION

68. LET'S DANCE, CHRIS MONTEZ

69. CINDY'S BIRTHDAY, JOHNNY CRAWFORD

70. YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH, MARY WELLS

71. YOU'LL LOSE A GOOD THING, BARBARA LYNN

72. UPTOWN, THE CRYSTALS

73. EVERYBODY LOVES ME BUT YOU, BRENDA LEE

74. PATCHES, DICKEY LEE

75. VENUS IN BLUE JEANS, JIMMY CLANTON

76. LOVE ME WARM AND TENDER, PAUL ANKA

77. TEEN AGE IDOL, RICKY NELSON

78. SHE'S GOT YOU, PATSY CLINE

79. DEAR ONE, LARRY FINNEGAN

80. HER ROYAL MAJESTY, JAMES DARREN

81. OLD RIVERS, WALTER BRENNAN

82. FUNNY WAY OF LAUGHIN, BURL IVES

83. A SWINGIN' SAFARI, BILLY VAUGHN

84. TELL ME, DICK AND DEE DEE

85. PT-109, JIMMY DEAN

86. LITTLE DIANE, DION

87. PERCOLATOR (TWIST), BILLY JOE AND THE CHECKMATES

88. TWIST, TWIST SENORA, GARY U.S. BONDS

89. TWISTIN' MATILDA, JIMMY SOUL

90. GRAVY (FOR MY MASHED POTATOES), DEE DEE SHARP

91. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, JIMMY SMITH

92. SOUL TWIST, KING CURTIS

93. I'LL NEVER DANCE AGAIN, BOBBY RYDELL

94. I'M BLUE (THE GONG-GONG SONG), THE IKETTES

95. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?, THE KINGSTON TRIO

96. (GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS) MADE TO LOVE, EDDIE HODGES

97. TOWN WITHOUT PITY, GENE PITNEY

98. IF I HAD A HAMMER, PETER, PAUL AND MARY

99. I WISH THAT WE WERE MARRIED, RONNIE & THE HI-LITES

100. SURFIN' SAFARI, THE BEACH BOYS