List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1962

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1962.

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Elvis Presley, Chubby Checker, Ray Charles, Dion, and Connie Francis each had four top-ten hits in 1962, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.

Top-ten singles

Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1961
December 4"The Twist" Chubby Checker 1January 1313
December 11"Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" Neil Sedaka 6January 66
December 18"Peppermint Twist - Part 1" Joey Dee and the Starliters 1January 2711
December 25"Can't Help Falling in Love" Elvis Presley 2February 38
Singles from 1962
January 6"When I Fall in Love" The Lettermen 7January 273
"Unchain My Heart" Ray Charles 9January 132
January 13"I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" Barbara George 3January 276
"When the Boy in Your Arms" Connie Francis 10January 131
January 20"Norman" Sue Thompson 3February 247
January 27"The Wanderer" Dion 2February 247
"Baby It's You" The Shirelles 8February 32
February 3"Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler 1February 178
"Break It to Me Gently" Brenda Lee 4March 37
February 10"A Little Bitty Tear" Burl Ives 9February 102
"Dear Lady Twist" Gary U.S. Bonds 9February 243
February 17"Crying in the Rain" The Everly Brothers 6March 35
February 24"Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel 1March 108
March 3"Midnight in Moscow" Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 2March 177
"Chip Chip" Gene McDaniels 10March 31
March 10"Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"Connie Francis1March 316
"Let Me In" The Sensations 4March 174
"Her Royal Majesty" James Darren 6March 173
"What's Your Name" Don and Juan 7March 174
March 17"Percolator (Twist)" Billy Joe and the Checkmates 10March 171
March 24"Dream Baby" Roy Orbison 4March 313
"Slow Twistin'"Chubby Checker3April 147
"Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke 9March 242
March 31"Johnny Angel" Shelley Fabares 1April 79
"Good Luck Charm"Elvis Presley1April 217
April 7"Young World" Rick Nelson 5April 214
"Love Letters" Ketty Lester 5April 143
"Mashed Potato Time" Dee Dee Sharp 2May 59
April 14"Lover Please" Clyde McPhatter 7April 214
April 21"Soldier Boy"The Shirelles1May 58
"Shout"Joey Dee and the Starliters6May 54
"Stranger on the Shore" Mr. Acker Bilk 1May 2611
April 28"Twist, Twist Senora" Gary U.S. Bonds 9May 123
May 5"P.T. 109" Jimmy Dean 8May 263
May 12"She Cried" Jay and the Americans 5May 193
"Old Rivers" Walter Brennan 5May 264
"Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)" Ernie Maresca 6May 193
May 19"Everybody Loves Me But You"Brenda Lee6May 263
"Funny Way of Laughin'"Burl Ives10May 191
May 26"I Can't Stop Loving You"Ray Charles1June 211
"Lovers Who Wander"Dion3June 94
June 2"The One Who Really Loves You" Mary Wells 8June 93
"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" Gene Pitney 4June 165
June 9"It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'" Johnny Tillotson 3June 166
"Second Hand Love"Connie Francis7June 93
"Palisades Park" Freddy Cannon 3June 237
"Playboy" The Marvelettes 7June 235
June 16"The Stripper" David Rose and His Orchestra 1July 79
June 23"Cindy's Birthday" Johnny Crawford 8June 232
"That's Old Fashioned"The Everly Brothers9June 231
June 30"Roses Are Red (My Love)" Bobby Vinton 1July 1410
"Al Di La" Emilio Pericoli 6July 73
July 7"Wolverton Mountain" Claude King 6July 214
"Snap Your Fingers" Joe Henderson 8July 71
"Johnny Get Angry" Joanie Sommers 7July 212
July 14"The Wah-Watusi" The Orlons 2July 216
"Sealed with a Kiss" Brian Hyland 3July 286
"Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"Dee Dee Sharp9July 143
July 21"Speedy Gonzales" Pat Boone 6July 285
July 28"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"Neil Sedaka1August 117
"Ahab the Arab" Ray Stevens 5August 45
August 4"The Loco-Motion" Little Eva 1August 257
"Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" Richard Chamberlain 10August 41
August 11"You'll Lose a Good Thing" Barbara Lynn 8August 111
"Things" Bobby Darin 3August 255
August 18"You Don't Know Me"Ray Charles2September 85
"Little Diane" Dion 8August 183
August 25"Sheila" Tommy Roe 1September 16
"Party Lights" Claudine Clark 5September 13
"She's Not You"Elvis Presley5September 85
September 1"Vacation"Connie Francis9September 12
September 8"Ramblin' Rose" Nat "King" Cole 2September 228
"Teen Age Idol"Rick Nelson5September 224
September 15"Sherry" The Four Seasons 1September 157
"Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s 3September 296
"Patches" Dickey Lee 6October 67
"Rinky Dink" Dave "Baby" Cortez 10September 151
September 22"Let's Dance" Chris Montez 4October 65
"You Belong to Me" The Duprees 7September 222
"You Beat Me to the Punch"Mary Wells9September 222
September 29"Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers 1October 207
"Alley Cat" Bent Fabric 7September 293
October 6"Venus in Blue Jeans" Jimmy Clanton 7October 61
"I Remember You" Frank Ifield 5October 134
October 13"Do You Love Me" The Contours 3October 205
"If I Had a Hammer" Peter, Paul and Mary 10October 131
October 20"He's a Rebel" The Crystals 1November 37
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"Gene Pitney2November 34
October 27"All Alone Am I"Brenda Lee3November 107
"Gina" Johnny Mathis 6November 175
November 3"Big Girls Don't Cry"The Four Seasons1November 1710
"Limbo Rock"Chubby Checker2December 2212
"Next Door to an Angel"Neil Sedaka5November 175
"Return to Sender"Elvis Presley2November 1710
November 10"Popeye the Hitchhiker"Chubby Checker10November 101
November 17"Bobby's Girl" Marcie Blane 3December 18
"Don't Hang Up"The Orlons4December 86
"The Cha-Cha-Cha" Bobby Rydell 10November 171
November 24"Ride!" Dee Dee Sharp 5December 84
December 1"The Lonely Bull" The Tijuana Brass 6December 83
December 8"Telstar" The Tornados 1December 228
"Release Me" "Little Esther" Phillips 8December 224
December 22"You Are My Sunshine"Ray Charles7December 292
"Love Came to Me" Dion 10December 221

1961 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1962 which peaked in 1961
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
November 20"Goodbye Cruel World"James Darren3December 47
December 4"Walk on By" Leroy Van Dyke 5December 118
December 11"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The Tokens 1December 188
"Run to Him" Bobby Vee 2December 256

1963 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1962 which peaked in 1963
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 15"Go Away Little Girl" Steve Lawrence 1January 129
December 29"Hotel Happiness" Brook Benton 3January 194
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans 8January 123

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