The Top 100 Songs of 1962
1. |
I Can't Stop Loving You | Ray Charles | ||
2. |
Big Girls Don't Cry | Four Seasons | ||
3. |
Sherry | Four Seasons | ||
4. |
Rose's Are Red | Bobby Vinton | ||
5. |
Peppermint Twist | Joey Dee & Starliters | ||
6. |
Telstar | Tornadoes | ||
7. |
Duke Of Earl | Gene Chandler | ||
8. |
Hey Baby | Bruce Channel | ||
9. |
Soldier Boy | Shirelles | ||
10. |
The Twist | Chubby Checker | ||
11. |
He's A Rebel | Crystals | ||
12. |
Johnny Angel | Shelley Fabares | ||
13. |
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | Neil Sedaka | ||
14. |
Monster Mash | Bobby Pickett | ||
15 |
Sheila | Tommy Roe | ||
16. |
Good Luck Charm | Elvis Presley | ||
17. |
Stranger On The Shore | Acker Bilk | ||
18. |
The Stripper | David Rose | ||
19. |
The Loco-Motion | Little Eva | ||
20. |
Don't Break The Heart That Loves You | Connie Francis | ||
21. |
Return To Sender | Elvis Presley | ||
22. |
Limbo Rock | Chubby Checker | ||
23. |
Mashed Potato Time | Dee Dee Sharp | ||
24. |
Ramblin' Rose | Nat King Cole | ||
25. |
The Wah Watusi | Orlons | ||
26. |
The Wanderer | Dion | ||
27. |
Can't Help Falling In Love | Elvis Presley | ||
28. |
Only Love Can Break A Heart | Gene Pitney | ||
29. |
Midnight In Moscow | Kenny Ball | ||
30. |
You Don't Know Me | Ray Charles | ||
31. |
I Know | Barbara George | ||
32. |
Do You Love Me | Contours | ||
33. |
Bobby's Girl | Marcie Blane | ||
34. |
Norman | Sue Thompson | ||
35. |
Green Onions | Booket T. & MG's | ||
36. |
Palisades Park | Freddy Cannon | ||
37. |
All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | ||
38. |
Sealed With A Kiss | Brian Hyland | ||
39. |
It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' | Johnny Tillotson | ||
40. |
Slow Twistin' | Chubby Checker | ||
41. |
Things | Bobby Darin | ||
42. |
Lovers Who Wander | Dion | ||
43. |
Let Me In | Sensations | ||
44. |
Don't Hang Up | Orlons | ||
45. |
Let's Dance | Chris Montez | ||
46. |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Gene Pitney | ||
47. |
Break It To Me Gently | Brenda Lee | ||
48. |
Dream Baby | Roy Orbison | ||
49. |
Party Lights | Claudine Clark | ||
50. |
Love Letters | Ketty Lester | ||
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51. |
She Cried | Jay & Americans | ||
52. |
Young World | Rick Nelson | ||
53. |
Ride! | Dee Dee Sharp | ||
54. |
Old Rivers | Walter Brennan | ||
55. |
Ahab, The Arab | Ray Stevens | ||
56. |
I Remember You | Frank Ifield | ||
57. |
Teen Age Idol | Rick Nelson | ||
58. |
Next Door To An Angel | Neil Sedaka | ||
59. |
She's Not You | Elvis Presley | ||
60. |
Wolverton Mountain | Claude King | ||
61. |
Patches | Dickey Lee | ||
62. |
Shout! Shout! | Ernie Maresca | ||
63. |
The Lonely Bull | Tijuana Brass | ||
64. |
Al Di La | Emilio Pericoli | ||
65. |
Speedy Gonzales | Pat Boone | ||
66. |
Crying In The Rain | Everly Brothers | ||
67. |
Shout | Joey Dee & Starliters | ||
68. |
Gina | Johnny Mathis | ||
69. |
Her Royal Majesty | James Darren | ||
70. |
Everybody Loves Me But You | Brenda Lee | ||
71. |
Alley Cat | Bent Fabric | ||
72. |
Playboy | Marvelettes | ||
73. |
Johnny Get Angry | Joanie Sommers | ||
74. |
When I Fall In Love | Lettermen | ||
75. |
Lover Please | Clyde McPhatter | ||
76. |
What's Your Name | Don & Juan | ||
77. |
Venus In Blue Jeans | Jimmy Clanton | ||
78. |
You Belong To Me | Duprees | ||
79. |
You Are My Sunshine | Ray Charles | ||
80. |
Second Hand Love | Connie Francis | ||
81. |
The One That Really Loves You | Mary Wells | ||
82. |
Baby It's You | Shirelles | ||
83. |
Release Me | Esther Philips | ||
84. |
Cindy's Birthday | Johnny Crawford | ||
85. |
You'll Lose A Good Thing | Barbara Lynn | ||
86. |
Snap Your Fingers | Joe Henderson | ||
87. |
PT 109 | Jimmy Dean | ||
88. |
Little Diane | Dion | ||
89. |
Dear Lady Twist | Gary U.S. Bonds | ||
90. |
Twistin' The Night Away | Sam Cooke | ||
91. |
A Little Bitty Tear | Burl Ives | ||
92. |
You Beat Me To The Punch | Mary Wells | ||
93. |
That's Old Fashioned | Everly Brothers | ||
94. |
Twist, Twist Senora | Gary U.S. Bonds | ||
95. |
Gravy | Dee Dee Sharp | ||
96. |
Vacation | Connie Francis | ||
97. |
Rinky Dink | Dave "Baby" Cortez | ||
98. |
Theme From Dr. Kildare | Richard Chamberlain | ||
99. |
Percolator Twist | Billy Joe & Checkmates | ||
100. |
Popeye The Hitchhiker | Chubby Checker | ||
Some statistics from 1962
US GDP (1998 dollars): $585.2 billion
Federal spending: $106.82 billion
Federal debt: $302.9 billion
Consumer Price Index: 30.2
Unemployment: 6.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04Cuban Missile Crisis: USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russia backs down (Aug.-Nov.).
James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi (Oct. 1).
Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon in the California gubernatorial race.
World Series
NY Yankees defeated San Francisco Giants (4-3)
NBA Championship
Boston defeated LA Lakers (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Decidedly
NCAA Basketball Championship
Cincinnati defeated Ohio St. (71-59)
NCAA Football Champions
USC (11-0-0)Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.
Best Picture: West Side Story
Best Actor: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, West Side Story
Best Actress: Sophia Loren, Two Women
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Best Director: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story
