List of top 25 singles for 1962 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1962. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1962. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Working for the Man" / "Leah" Roy Orbison 15
2."Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby" Elvis Presley 15
3."Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" Elvis Presley 16
4."Roses Are Red (My Love)" Bobby Vinton 14
5."Multiplication" Bobby Darin 13
6."The Lonely Bull" Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 13
7."I Can't Stop Loving You" Ray Charles 14
8."Stranger on the Shore" Acker Bilk 11
9."Telstar" The Tornados 2
10."The Swiss Maid" Del Shannon 13
11."Wolverton Mountain" Claude King 11
12."Midnight in Moscow" Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 11
13."I Remember You" Frank Ifield 12
14."I've Been Everywhere" Lucky Starr 12
15."Sheila" Tommy Roe 13
16."Alley Cat" Bent Fabric 2
17."Dear One" Larry Finnegan 12
18."Ramblin' Rose" Nat King Cole 11
19."Let There Be Drums" Sandy Nelson 11
20."West of the Wall" Toni Fisher 12
21."The Wanderer" / "The Majestic" Dion 11
22."Limbo Rock" Chubby Checker 8
23."The Cha-Cha-Cha" Bobby Rydell 2
24."Do You Want to Dance" Cliff Richard 3
25."Chip Chip" Gene McDaniels 2

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 singles for each week.

source: David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"