Top 100 Songs of 1962
As Ranked by Fred Bronson in
"Billboards Hottest Hot 100 Hits," (2003 ed.)
- I Can't Stop Loving You-Ray Charles
- The Twist-Chubby Checker
- Big Girls Don't Cry-Four Seasons
- Roses Are Red (My Love)-Bobby Vinton
- Sherry-Four Seasons
- Peppermint Twist-Joey Dee & the Starliters
- Stranger On the Shore-Mr. Acker Bilk
- Soldier Boy-The Shirelles
- Johnny Angel-Shelley Fabares
- Return to Sender-Elvis Presley
- Duke of Earl-Gene Chandler
- Telstar-Tornadoes
- Hey! Baby-Bruce Channel
- Breaking Up Is Hard to Do-Neil Sedaka
- Mashed Potato Time-Dee Dee Sharp
- Limbo Rock-Chubby Checker
- Monster Mash-Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kickers
- The Stripper-David Rose
- He's a Rebel-The Crystals
- The Loco-Motion-Little Eva
- Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley
- Ramblin' Rose-Nat King Cole
- Sheila-Tommy Roe
- Bobby's Girl-Marcie Blane
- Don't Break the Heart That Loves You-Connie Francis
- The Wah-Watusi-The Orions
- Can't Help Falling in Love-Elvis Presley
- Midnight in Moscow-Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
- The Wanderer-Dion
- Do You Love Me?-The Contours
- All Alone Am I-Brenda Lee
- Palisades Park-Freddy Cannon
- It Keeps Right On a Hurtin'-Johnny Tillotson
- Only Love Can Break a Heart-Gene Pitney
- Slow Twistin'-Chubby Checker
- Norman-Sue Thompson
- Sealed with a Kiss-Brian Hyland
- Green Onions-Booker T & the MGs
- I Know-Barbara George
- Let Me In-The Sensations
- Break It to Me Gently-Brenda Lee
- Lovers Who Wander-Dion
- Patches-Dickie Lee
- Let's Dance-Chris Montez
- Don't Hang Up-The Orlons
- Things-Bobby Darin
- Wolverton Mountain-Claude King
- Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen-Neil Sedaka
- When I Fall in Love-The Lettermen
- The Lonely Bull-The Tijuana Brass Band ft. Herb Alpert
- Dear Lady Twist-Gary U.S. Bonds
- A Little Bitty Tear-Burl Ives
- Alley Cat-Bent Fabric & His Piano
- Cotton Fields-The Highwaymen
- Ahab the Arab-Ray Stevens
- Crying in the Rain-Everly Brothers
- You Don't Know Me-Ray Charles
- She Cried-Jay & the Americans
- Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)-Roy Orbison
- Love Letters-Ketty Lester
- Baby It's You-The Shirelles
- Johnny Get Angry-Joanie Sommers
- Al di La'-Emilio Pericoli
- TWistin' the Night Away-Sam Cooke
- Theme from "Dr. Kildare" (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)-Richard Chamberlain
- (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance-Gene Pitney
- Young World-Rick Nelson
- She's Not You-Elvis Presley
- Speedy Gonzales-Pat Boone
- Next Door to an Angel-Neil Sedaka
- Surfin' Safari-The Beach Boys
- Lover Please-Clyde McPhatter
- Party Lights-Claudine Clark
- Playboy-The Marvelettes
- Release Me-Little Esther Phillips
- Ride!-Dee Dee Sharp
- Shout-Part 1-Joey Dee & the Starliters
- What's Your Name?-Don and Juan
- The One Who Really Loves You-Mary Wells
- Old Rivers-Walter Brennan
- Everybody Loves Me But You-Brenda Lee
- Venus in Blue Jeans-Jimmy Clanton
- Unchain My Heart-Ray Charles
- When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart)-Connie Francis
- The Cha-Cha-Cha-Bobby Rydell
- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby-Little Eva
- Funny Way of Laughin'-Burl Ives
- Gina-Johnny Mathis
- Tuff-Ace Cannon
- Twist and Shout-Isley Brothers
- Smoky Places-The Corsairs
- What Kind of Fool Am I?-Sammy Davis, Jr.
- I Remember You-Frank Ifield
- Teen Age Idol-Rick Nelson
- P.T. 109-Jimmy Dean
- Shout! Shout! (Know Yourself Out)-Ernie Maresca
- You Are My Sunshine-Ray Charles
- Twist, Twist Senora-Gary U.S. Bonds
- Snap Your Fingers-Joe Henderson
- Her Royal Majesty-Jame Darren