1962 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1962.

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List of years in country music (table)
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Events

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Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1Spec. Note
March 10 Misery Loves Company Porter Wagoner 2

[2]

  • Returns to Number One March 24.
  • Wagoner's first Billboard Number One since "A Satisfied Mind" in 1955.
March 17 That's My Pa Sheb Wooley 1 [C]
March 31 She's Got You Patsy Cline 5 [2], [B]
  • Returns to Number One May 5.
April 28 Charlie's Shoes Billy Walker 2 [2], [C]
  • Returns to Number One May 12.
May 19 She Thinks I Still Care George Jones 6
June 30 Wolverton Mountain Claude King 9 [1], [C]
September 1 Devil Woman Marty Robbins 8
October 27 Mama Sang a Song Bill Anderson 7 [2], [A]
  • Returns to Number One on November 17, and then on December 22.
November 10 I've Been Everywhere Hank Snow 2 [2]
  • Returns to Number One December 15.
  • Snow's first Billboard Number One since "Let Me Go, Lover!" in 1954.
December 29 Don't Let Me Cross Over Carl Butler and Pearl 11 [2], [C]
  • Returns to Number One on January 12, January 26, and then on February 16.
Notes
  • 1 ^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard .
  • 2 ^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A ^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B ^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C ^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

USSingleArtist
5 Aching, Breaking Heart George Jones
2 Adios Amigo Jim Reeves
7After Loving You Eddy Arnold
11Air Mail to Heaven Carl Smith
5Alla My Love Webb Pierce
13Anywhere There's People Lawton Williams
16Best Dressed Beggar (In Town)Carl Smith
12 Big Fool of the Year George Jones
16Black Cloud Leroy Van Dyke
10The Burning of Atlanta Claude King
16Cajun Queen Jimmy Dean
3Call Me Mr. In-Between Burl Ives
10Cold Dark Waters Porter Wagoner
7The ComancherosClaude King
4The Comeback Faron Young
5Cow TownWebb Pierce
2 Crazy Patsy Cline
8Crazy Wild DesireWebb Pierce
20Daddy Stopped In Claude Gray
10Day Into Night Kitty Wells
9Dear IvanJimmy Dean
18Don't Go Near the Eskimos Ben Colder
4Don't Go Near the Indians Rex Allen
3Everybody but Me Ernest Ashworth
7Footsteps of a Fool Judy Lynn
9 Funny Way of Laughin' Burl Ives
14Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands Bill Anderson
3 A Girl I Used to Know George Jones
13Go On Home Patti Page
10 Happy Journey Hank Locklin
11He Stands Real Tall Del Reeves
8Hello Out There Carl Belew
11 Honky Tonk Man Johnny Horton
7(How Can I Write On Paper) What I Feel in My HeartJim Reeves
5I Can Mend Your Broken Heart Don Gibson
17I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You) Buck Owens
9I Guess I'll Never Learn Charlie Phillips
2I'm Gonna Change EverythingJim Reeves
16I'm Looking High and Low for My Baby Ernest Tubb
12I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Loving In) Ray Price
3If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)Leroy Van Dyke
6If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You George Hamilton IV
8 In the Jailhouse Now Johnny Cash
6 In the Middle of a Heartache Wanda Jackson
4 It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' Johnny Tillotson
16Just Ain't Flatt & Scruggs
20Kentucky Means Paradise Glen Campbell
8Kickin' Our Hearts AroundBuck Owens
9Leona Stonewall Jackson
20A Letter to My HeartJim Reeves
2 A Little Bitty Tear Burl Ives
10Little Black BookJimmy Dean
3A Little HeartacheEddy Arnold
2Lonesome Number OneDon Gibson
2Losing Your LoveJim Reeves
12Love Can't Wait Marty Robbins
7My Name Is Mud James O'Gwynn
11Nobody's Fool but YoursBuck Owens
3 Old Rivers Walter Brennan
11One Look at HeavenStonewall Jackson
13 Open Pit Mine George Jones
3 PT-109 Jimmy Dean
5PrideRay Price
18Pride Goes Before a FallJim Reeves
20Sally Was a Good Old Girl Hank Cochran
11 Save the Last Dance for Me Buck Owens
18Second ChoiceStonewall Jackson
11 Send Me the Pillow You Dream On Johnny Tillotson
18Shame on Me Bobby Bare
16 Silver Threads and Golden Needles The Springfields
17Slow Poison Johnnie & Jack
14 So Wrong Patsy Cline
16Somebody Save Me Ferlin Husky
12Sometimes I'm TemptedMarty Robbins
17 Sometimes You Just Can't Win George Jones
19Sooner or LaterWebb Pierce
6 Success Loretta Lynn
7Take TimeWebb Pierce
7Tears Broke Out on MeEddy Arnold
11 Tennessee Flat Top Box Johnny Cash
8Then a Tear Fell Earl Scott
17There's Always One (Who Loves a Lot) Roy Drusky
7 Three Days Faron Young
15To a Sleeping BeautyJimmy Dean
7 Touch Me Willie Nelson
4Trouble's Back in Town The Wilburn Brothers
18Under the Cover of Night Dave Dudley
5Unloved UnwantedKitty Wells
10The Violet and the Rose Little Jimmy Dickens
5Wall to Wall Love Bob Gallion
11 Waltz of the Angels George Jones and Margie Singleton
13 The Waltz You Saved for Me Ferlin Husky
7We Missed YouKitty Wells
14 We're Gonna Go Fishin' Hank Locklin
10 When I Get Through with You Patsy Cline
9 Where I Ought to Be Skeeter Davis
15Where the Old Red River Flows Jimmie Davis
8Will Your Lawyer Talk to GodKitty Wells
5 Willie the Weeper Billy Walker
10 Willingly Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie
3A Wound Time Can't EraseStonewall Jackson
15You Take the Future (And I'll Take the Past) Hank Snow

Top new album releases

SingleArtistRecord Label
All Aboard the Blue Train Johnny Cash Sun
George Jones Sings Bob Wills George Jones United Artists
Happy Journey Hank Locklin RCA
Homecoming in Heaven George Jones United Artists
Hymns from the Heart Johnny Cash Columbia
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles ABC-Paramount
My Favorites of Hank Williams George Jones United Artists
Sentimentally Yours Patsy Cline Decca
The Sound of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Columbia
Wonderful Wanda Wanda Jackson Capitol

Other top releases

SingleArtistRecord Label
According to My Heart Goldie Hill Decca
Bashful Brother Oswald Bashful Brother Oswald Starday
Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs Bill Anderson Decca
Caribbean Guitar Chet Atkins RCA
Cross Country Webb Pierce Decca
Devil Woman Marty Robbins Columbia
Down Home Chet Atkins RCA
Family Favorites Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain ClanHickory
Hank Locklin Hank Locklin RCA
Homer and Jethro and the Convention Homer and Jethro RCA
Live It Up, Laugh it Up Johnny Bond Starday
The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark Roy Clark Capitol
Marty After Midnight Marty Robbins Columbia
The New Favorites of George Jones George Jones United Artists
Night Life Ray Price Columbia
Old Rivers Walter Brennan Liberty
One More Time Eddy Arnold RCA
Our Man Down South Eddy Arnold RCA
Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis RCA
A Touch of Velvet Jim Reeves RCA
A Tribute to Roy Acuff: The King of Country Music Hank LocklinRCA
You're for Me Buck Owens Capitol

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