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BILLBOARD - 1962

This is an alphabetical artist list of every song to make the top 40 during any given week during this year and its peak highest position reached on the national charts in USA

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Ace Cannon Blues (Stay Away from Me) 1962 36
Ace Cannon Tuff 1962 17
Andy Williams Stranger On The Shore 1962 38
Andy Williams Don't You Believe It 1962 39
Angels Cry Baby Cry 1962 38
Angels 'Til 1962 14
Arthur Alexander You Better Move On 1962 24
B. Bumble & The Stingers Nut Rocker 1962 23
Barbara George I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) 1962 03
Barbara Lynn You'll Lose a Good Thing 1962 08
Beach Boys Surfin' Safari 1962 14
Belmonts Come On Little Angel 1962 28
Ben E. King Don't Play That Song (You Lied) 1962 11
Bent Fabric & His Piano Alley Cat 1962 07
Bill Black's Combo Twist-Her 1962 26
Billy Joe & The Checkmates Percolator (Twist) 1962 10
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra A Swingin' Safari 1962 13
Bing Crosby White Christmas 1962 38
Blue Belles I Sold My Heart to the Junkman 1962 15
Bob Braun 'Till Death Do Us Part 1962 26
Bobby "Boris" Pickett Monster Mash 1962 01
Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers Monsters' Holiday 1962 30
Bobby Bare Shame on Me 1962 23
Bobby Bland Turn on Your Love Light 1962 28
Bobby Darin If a Man Answers 1962 32
Bobby Darin Irresistible You 1962 15
Bobby Darin Multiplication 1962 30
Bobby Darin Things 1962 03
Bobby Darin What'd I Say (Part 1) 1962 24
Bobby Gregg & His Friends The Jam (Part 1) 1962 29
Bobby Rydell (I've Got) Bonnie 1962 18
Bobby Rydell I'll Never Dance Again 1962 14
Bobby Rydell The Cha-Cha-Cha 1962 10
Bobby Vee Punisher Her 1962 21
Bobby Vee Please Don't Ask About Barbara 1962 15
Bobby Vee Sharing You 1962 15
Bobby Vinton I Love You the Way You Are 1962 38
Bobby Vinton Rain Rain Go Away 1962 12
Bobby Vinton Roses Are Red (My Love) 1962 01
Booker T. & The MG's Green Onions 1962 03
Brenda Lee All Alone Am I 1962 03
Brenda Lee Break it to Me Gently 1962 04
Brenda Lee Everybody Loves Me But You 1962 06
Brenda Lee Heart in Hand 1962 15
Brenda Lee It Started All Over Again 1962 29
Brian Hyland Ginny Come Lately 1962 21
Brian Hyland Sealed with a Kiss 1962 03
Brian Hyland Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) 1962 25
Brook Benton Lie To Me 1962 13
Brook Benton Revenge 1962 15
Brook Benton Shadrack 1962 19
Bruce Channel Hey! Baby 1962 01
Bunker Hill Hide & Go Seek (Part 1) 1962 33
Burl Ives A Little Bitty Tear 1962 09
Burl Ives Call Me Mr. In-Between 1962 19
Burl Ives Funny Way of Laughin' 1962 10
Burl Ives Mary Ann Regrets 1962 39
Carole King It Might As Well Rain Until September 1962 22
Castells So This Is Love 1962 21
Champs Limbo Rock 1962 40
Charlie Drake My Boomerang Won't Come Back 1962 21
Chipmunks & David Seville The Alvin Twist 1962 40
Chipmunks & David Seville The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) 1962 40
Chris Montez Let's Dance 1962 04
Chubby Checker Dancin' Party 1962 12
Chubby Checker Limbo Rock 1962 02
Chubby Checker Popeye (The Hitchhiker) 1962 10
Chubby Checker Slow Twistin' 1962 03
Chubby Checker The Twist 1962 01
Chuck Jackson Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) 1962 23
Claude King Wolverton Mountain 1962 06
Claudine Clark Party Lights 1962 05
Clyde McPhatter Little Bitty Pretty One 1962 25
Clyde McPhatter Lover Please 1962 07
Connie Francis Don't Break the Heart That Loves You 1962 01
Connie Francis I Was Such a Fool (to Fall in Love with You) 1962 24
Connie Francis Second Hand Love 1962 07
Connie Francis Vacation 1962 09
Connie Francis When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) 1962 10
Contours Do You Love Me 1962 03
Cookies Chains 1962 17
Corsairs Smoky Places 1962 12
Crystals He's a Rebel 1962 01
Crystals There's No Other (Like My Baby) 1962 20
Crystals Uptown 1962 13
Dave "Baby" Cortez Rinky Dink 1962 10
David Rose & His Orchestra The Stripper 1962 01
Dee Dee Sharp Gravy (for My Mashed Potatoes) 1962 09
Dee Dee Sharp Mashed Potato Time 1962 02
Dee Dee Sharp Ride! 1962 05
Del Shannon Hey Little Girl 1962 38
Dick & Deedee Tell Me 1962 22
Dickey Lee Patches 1962 06
Dinah Washington Where Are You 1962 36
Dion Little Diane 1962 08
Dion Love Came to Me 1962 10
Dion Lovers Who Wander 1962 03
Dion The Wanderer 1962 02
Don & Juan What's Your Name 1962 07
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford I Need Your Loving 1962 20
Dovells (Do the New) Continental 1962 37
Dovells Bristol Twistin' Annie 1962 27
Dovells Hully Gully Baby 1962 25
Drifters When My Little Girl Is Smiling 1962 28
Duane Eddy The Ballad of Paladin 1962 33
Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes (Dance with the) Guitar Man 1962 12
Duprees My Own True Love 1962 13
Duprees You Belong to Me 1962 07
Eddie Hodges (Girls, Girls, Girls) Made to Love 1962 14
Eddie Holland Jamie 1962 30
Elvis Presley Rock A Hula Baby 1962 23
Elvis Presley Anything That's Part of You 1962 31
Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling in Love 1962 02
Elvis Presley Follow That Dream 1962 15
Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm 1962 01
Elvis Presley King of the Whole Wide World 1962 30
Elvis Presley Return to Sender 1962 02
Elvis Presley She's Not You 1962 05
Emilio Pericoli Al Di La' 1962 06
Ernie Maresca Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) 1962 06
Esther Phillips Release Me 1962 08
Etta James Something's Got a Hold on Me 1962 37
Etta James Stop the Wedding 1962 34
Everly Brothers Crying In the Rain 1962 06
Everly Brothers That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be) 1962 09
Fats Domino Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 1962 30
Fats Domino You Win Again 1962 22
Fleetwoods Lovers by Night, Strangers by Day 1962 36
Floyd Cramer Chattanooga Choo Choo 1962 36
Four Seasons Big Girls Don't Cry 1962 01
Four Seasons Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 1962 23
Four Seasons Sherry 1962 01
Frank Ifield I Remember You 1962 05
Frank Sinatra Pocketful of Miracles 1962 34
Frankie Avalon You Are Mine 1962 26
Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon Palisades Park 1962 03
Gary "U.S." Bonds Dear Lady Twist 1962 09
Gary "U.S." Bonds Seven Day Weekend 1962 27
Gary "U.S." Bonds Twist, Twist Senora 1962 09
Gene Chandler Duke of Earl 1962 01
Gene McDaniels Chip Chip 1962 10
Gene McDaniels Point Of No Return 1962 21
Gene McDaniels Spanish Lace 1962 31
Gene Pitney Town Without Pity 1962 13
Gene Pitney Only Love Can Break A Heart 1962 02
Gene Pitney The (Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance 1962 04
George Maharis Teach Me Tonight 1962 25
Gladys Knight & Pips Letter Full Of Tears 1962 19
Harry Simeone Chorale The Little Drummer Boy 1962 28
Hayley Mills Johnny Jingo 1962 21
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro) 1962 06
Highwaymen Cotton Fields 1962 13
Ike & Tina Turner Poor Fool 1962 38
Ikettes I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) 1962 19
Isley Brothers Twist and Shout 1962 17
Jack Ross Cinderella 1962 16
Jackie Wilson The Greatest Hurt 1962 34
James Brown & The Famous Flames Night Train 1962 35
James Darren Conscience 1962 11
James Darren Her Royal Majesty 1962 06
James Darren Mary's Little Lamb 1962 39
James Ray If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 1962 22
Jamies Summertime, Summertime 1962 38
Jay & The Americans She Cried 1962 05
Jerry Butler Make It Easy On Yourself 1962 20
Jimmy Clanton Venus in Blue Jeans 1962 07
Jimmy Dean Dear Ivan 1962 24
Jimmy Dean Little Black Book 1962 29
Jimmy Dean P.T. 109 1962 08
Jimmy Dean The Cajun Queen 1962 22
Jimmy Dean To a Sleeping Beauty 1962 26
Jimmy Elledge Funny How Time Slips Away 1962 22
Jimmy McGriff I've Got a Woman (Part 1) 1962 20
Jimmy Smith & The Big Band Walk On the Wild Side (Part 1) 1962 21
Jimmy Soul Twistin' Matilda 1962 22
Jo Ann Campbell (I'm the Girl on) Wolverton Mountain 1962 38
Joanie Sommers Johnny Get Angry 1962 07
Joe Dowell Little Red Rented Rowboat 1962 23
Joe Henderson Snap Your Fingers 1962 08
Joey Dee & The Starliters Hey, Let's Twist 1962 20
Joey Dee & The Starliters Peppermint Twist (Part 1) 1962 01
Joey Dee & The Starliters Shout (Part 1) 1962 06
Joey Dee & The Starliters What Kind of Love Is This 1962 18
Johnny Crawford Cindy's Birthday 1962 08
Johnny Crawford Rumors 1962 12
Johnny Crawford Your Nose Is Gonna Grow 1962 14
Johnny Mathis Gina 1962 06
Johnny Tillotson Dreamy Eyes 1962 35
Johnny Tillotson I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) 1962 24
Johnny Tillotson It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' 1962 03
Johnny Tillotson Send Me the Pillow You Dream On 1962 17
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen Midnight In Moscow 1962 02
Ketty Lester Love Letters 1962 05
King Curtis & The Noble Knights Soul Twist 1962 17
Kingston Trio Where Have All the Flowers Gone 1962 21
Kris Jensen Torture 1962 20
Larry Finnegan Dear One 1962 11
Lee Dorsey Do-Re-Me 1962 27
Leroy Van Dyke If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone) 1962 35
Lettermen Come Back Silly Girl 1962 17
Lettermen When I Fall In Love 1962 07
Little Eva Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 1962 12
Little Eva The Loco-Motion 1962 01
Little Joey & The Flips Bongo Stomp 1962 33
Majors A Wonderful Dream 1962 22
Marcie Blane Bobby's Girl 1962 03
Mark Valentino The Push and Kick 1962 27
Marketts Surfer's Stomp 1962 31
Marty Robbins Devil Woman 1962 16
Marty Robbins Ruby Ann 1962 18
Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 1962 17
Marvelettes Playboy 1962 07
Marvelettes Twistin' Postman 1962 34
Mary Wells The One Who Really Loves You 1962 08
Mary Wells You Beat Me to the Punch 1962 09
Mel Torme Comin' Home Baby 1962 36
Mike Clifford Close to Cathy 1962 12
Miracles I'll Try Something New 1962 39
Miracles What's So Good About Goodbye 1962 35
Miss Toni Fisher West of the Wall 1962 37
Mr. Acker Bilk Stranger On the Shore 1962 01
Nat "King" Cole Dear Lonely Hearts 1962 13
Nat "King" Cole Ramblin' Rose 1962 02
Nathaniel Mayer and The Fabulous Twilights Village of Love 1962 22
Neil Sedaka Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen 1962 06
Neil Sedaka Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 1962 01
Neil Sedaka Next Door to an Angel 1962 05
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra Route 66 Theme 1962 30
Orlons Don't Hang Up 1962 04
Orlons The Wah Watusi 1962 02
Paris Sisters He Knows I Love Him Too Much 1962 34
Pat Boone I'll See You in My Dreams 1962 32
Pat Boone Johnny Will 1962 35
Pat Boone Speedy Gonzales 1962 06
Patsy Cline She's Got You 1962 14
Patti Page Most People Get Married 1962 27
Paul Anka A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine 1962 13
Paul Anka Eso Beso (That Kiss!) 1962 19
Paul Anka Love Me Warm and Tender 1962 12
Paul Petersen She Can't Find Her Keys 1962 19
Perry Como Caterina 1962 23
Peter, Paul & Mary If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) 1962 10
Peter, Paul & Mary Lemon Tree 1962 35
Phil McLean Small Sad Sam 1962 21
Ral Donner She's Everything (I Wanted You to Be) 1962 18
Ray Charles Hide 'Nor Hair 1962 20
Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You 1962 01
Ray Charles Unchain My Heart 1962 09
Ray Charles You Are My Sunshine 1962 07
Ray Charles You Don't Know Me 1962 02
Ray Charles Your Cheatin' Heart 1962 29
Ray Stevens Ahab, the Arab 1962 05
Rex Allen Don't Go Near the Indians 1962 17
Richard Chamberlain Love Me Tender 1962 21
Richard Chamberlain Theme from "Dr. Kildare" (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) 1962 10
Rick Nelson Teen Age Idol 1962 05
Rick Nelson Young World 1962 05
Ronnie & The Hi-Lites I Wish That We Were Married 1962 16
Routers Let's Go (Pony) 1962 19
Roy Orbison Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 1962 04
Roy Orbison Leah 1962 25
Roy Orbison The Crowd 1962 26
Roy Orbison Workin' for the Man 1962 33
Sam Cooke Bring it On Home to Me 1962 13
Sam Cooke Having A Party 1962 17
Sam Cooke Nothing Can Change This Love 1962 12
Sam Cooke Twistin' the Night Away 1962 09
Sammy Davis, Jr. What Kind of Fool Am I 1962 17
Sandy Nelson Drums Are My Beat 1962 29
Sensations Let Me In 1962 04
Shelly Fabares Johnny Angel 1962 01
Shelly Fabares Johnny Loves Me 1962 21
Sherrys Pop Pop Pop-Pie 1962 35
Shirelles Baby It's You 1962 08
Shirelles Soldier Boy 1962 01
Shirelles Stop the Music 1962 36
Shirelles Welcome Home Baby 1962 22
Springfields Silver Threads and Golden Needles 1962 20
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd Desafinado 1962 15
Stan Kenton Mama Sang a Song 1962 32
Sue Thompson Norman 1962 03
Sue Thompson Have a Good Time 1962 31
Sue Thompson James (Hold the Ladder Steady) 1962 17
Timi Yuro What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) 1962 12
Tommy Roe Sheila 1962 01
Tommy Roe Susie Darlin' 1962 35
Tony Bennett I Left My Heart In San Francisco 1962 19
Tornadoes Telstar 1962 01
Trade Martin That Stranger Used to Be My Girl 1962 28
Valjean Theme from "Ben Casey" 1962 28
Volume's I Love You 1962 22
Walter Brennan Mama Sang a Song 1962 38
Walter Brennan Old Rivers 1962 05

THE EVERLY BROTHERS - CRYING IN THE RAIN (1962) hit #6

Great moody ballad

Crying in the Rain" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Carole King and was originally recorded by The Everly Brothers. The single peaked at #6 on the U.S. pop charts in 1962.

The song was the only collaboration between successful songwriters Greenfield (lyrics) and King (music), both of whom worked for Aldon Music at the time of the song's composition. On a whim, two Aldon songwriting partnerships decided to switch partners for a day -- Gerry Goffin (who normally worked with King) partnered with Greenfield's frequent writing partner Jack Keller, leaving King and Greenfield to pair up for the day. Despite the commercial success of their collaboration, King and Greenfield never wrote another song together

Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (born January 19, 1939), together known as the Everly Brothers, are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing. The duo was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986

		FRANK IFIELD - I REMEMBER YOU (1962) hit #5 Classic song that The Beatles used to cover live in Hamburg which is how I originally learned this song. "I Remember You" is a popular song. The music was written by Victor Schertzinger, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1941. The song was one of several introduced in the movie The Fleet's In (1942). It was sung in the film by Dorothy Lamour (with harmony by Bob Eberly, and Helen O'Connell and featuring the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra) and is one of the songs most associated with the singer/actress. Schertzinger, who co-wrote all the film's songs with Mercer, was also the director of the movie. According to the TCM documentary Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me, Mercer wrote the song for Judy Garland, to express his strong infatuation with her. He gave it to her the day after she married David Rose. Australian singer Frank Ifield recorded the song in a yodeling country-music style on 27 May 1962, and his version went to number one on the Australian Top 40 charts, as well as the UK Singles Chart, number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the U.S. Easy Listening chart. American country singer Slim Whitman, known for his yodeling, later recorded the song in a very similar fashion. The song is now something of a country standard as well as a jazz standard. Francis Edward Ifield (born 30 November 1937) is an early Australian-English easy listening and country music singer. He achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart, where he had four Number 1 hits between 1962 and 1963.
		ELVIS PRESLEY - ROCK A HULA BABY (1962) Always such a fun song from his biggest movie! "Rock-A-Hula Baby" is a song performed by Elvis Presley for the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii. Written by Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, Dolores Fuller, it is a genre mix of Hawaiian folk and rock n' roll. It was Dolores' first published song, and she would eventually co-write a dozen songs for Elvis Presley. The song has appeared on several compilations due to its chart success. The title song of the movie Rock-a-Doodle parodied "Rock-A-Hula Baby". Blue Hawaii is a 1961 musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical. The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million. The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961
		CHUBBY CHECKER - LIMBO ROCK (1962) hit #2 Great fun song Limbo Rock" is a popular song about limbo dancing written by Kal Mann (under the pseudonym Jon Sheldon) and Billy Strange. An instrumental version was first recorded by The Champs in 1961. The first vocal version was recorded in 1962 by Chubby Checker (on Parkway Records): it peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on the Cash Box charts. The Chubby Checker recording also made it to number three on the R&B charts. Checker then released a sequel, Let's Limbo Some More, in 1963 and that peaked at #20 in the Billboard chart. The song was written on a 100 dollar bet that Strange could write a hit song in 5 minutes with a buddy while riding in his car. Strange indeed penned the song under 5 minutes, won the bet, and collected the 100 bucks. Over time, the Tequilas managed to break the top 40 with the tune, and Chubby Checker almost topped the Top 40 charts with it as well. Strange received a check for $62,000 one day in the mail from ASCAP, and, never making anywhere near that money before, thought it must have been a mistake. He called ASCAP mentioning the probability that there was a huge error, and they asked him if he wrote the song. He mentioned he did, they mentioned it charted twice, and that he certainly had the money coming. All from that 5 minute song...
		BRUCE CHANNEL - HEY BABY (1962) hit #1 Great classic pop song "Hey! Baby" is the title of a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, and recorded by Channel in 1961, first released on LeCam records, a local Fort Worth, Texas label. After it hit, it was released on Smash Records for national distribution. He co-produced the song with Major Bill Smith (owner of LeCam) and released it on Mercury Records' Smash label. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, starting the week ending March 10, 1962. The song features a prominent riff from well-known harmonica player Delbert McClinton. According to a CNN article from 2002, "while touring the U.K. in 1962 with a little known group called The Beatles, harmonica player Delbert McClinton met John Lennon and gave him some harmonica tips. Lennon put the lessons to use right away on "Love Me Do" and later "Please Please Me". Lennon included the song in his jukebox, and it is also featured on the related compilation album. Bruce Channel (pronounced "shu-NELL") (born Bruce McMeans, November 28, 1940) is an American singer, known for his 1962 million selling number one hit, "Hey! Baby
		BRIAN HYLAND - SEALED WITH A KISS (1962) hit #3 Great moody song that sounds good no matter who covers it! "Sealed with a Kiss" is a popular song written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. It was first recorded by The Four Voices in 1960 as a single, but their recording was not a hit. In 1962, Brian Hyland, who often performed Udell and Geld's material, covered the song. Hyland's single was a hit, reaching #3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. When re-released in 1975, Hyland's recording charted in the UK at # 7. Hyland also recorded a version in German. The German version 'Einen Sommer Lang' was also recorded by Belgian artiste Dana Winner. Also in 1962, an Italian version, titled 'Sigillata Con Un Bacio', was recorded by Luigi Fiumicelli. Gary Lewis and the Playboys released a single in 1968. Their cover version was a Billboard #19 hit and placed high on the Hot 100. A third Top 40 Hot 100 version came in 1972, when Bobby Vinton released a single, again reaching #19 in the Billboard singles charts. This version also placed high on Billboard's adult contemporary chart. Bobby Vinton's recording was used in both the trailer and end credits of the 2007 film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. Brian Hyland (born November 12, 1943) is an American pop recording artist who was particularly successful during the early 1960s. He continued recording into the 1970s. Allmusic journalist Jason Ankeny states, "Hyland's puppy-love pop virtually defined the sound and sensibility of bubblegum during the pre-Beatles era." Although his status as a teen idol faded, he went on to release several country-influenced albums and had further chart hits later in his career
		JOEY DEE & THE STARLITERS - PEPPERMINT TWIST (1962) hit #1 Another dance craze! Peppermint Twist" is a song written by Joey Dee and Henry Glover, recorded and released by Joey Dee and the Starliters in 1961. Capitalizing on the Twist dance craze and the nightclub in which Dee performed ("The Peppermint Lounge"), the song hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in early 1962. The original recording of the song was considered too long for release on a 45 rpm single, so it was split into two parts. It was this first part, "Peppermint Twist (Part 1)", with a length of 2:03, which became the No. 1 hit; the mostly instrumental second half of the recording is rarely heard today. "Peppermint Twist" replaced Chubby Checker's "The Twist," the song that sparked the Twist craze, at the number one position. A version by Bill Haley & His Comets was recorded for Armed Forces Radio in 1962, but was not released until 2000. The lead singer in the Starliters' version is David Brigati, whose brother, Eddie Brigati, was a singer for the 1960s hit pop group, the (Young) Rascals. The song was later covered by Dee Dee Sharp, the classic rock band Sweet (on their 1974 album, Sweet F.A.), et al. The latter's version topped the Australian singles chart in 1974. The Joey Dee and the Starliters recording features in the film American Graffiti (1973).
		ELVIS PRESLEY - CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (1962) hit #2 This is the most popular Elvis ballad I've ever performed. "Can't Help Falling in Love" is a pop song originally recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company. It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss. The melody is based on "Plaisir d'Amour", a popular romance by Johann Martini (1741-1816). It was featured in Elvis Presley's 1961 film, Blue Hawaii. During the following four decades, it went on to be covered by numerous artists, like the British reggae group UB40, whose 1993 version topped the U.S. and UK charts, and Swedish pop group A-Teens Elvis Presley's version of the song, which topped the British charts in 1962, has appeared in numerous other films, including Coyote Ugly and Walt Disney's Lilo and Stitch. The single is certified by the RIAA as a Platinum record, for US sales in excess of one million copies. In the United States, the Elvis Presley version of the song peaked at number two on the pop chart and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart for six weeks. During Presley's late sixties and 1970s live performances, the song was performed as the show's finale. Most notably, it was also sung in the live segment of his 1968 NBC television special, and as the closer for his 1973 Global telecast, "Aloha from Hawaii". A version with a faster, more modern arrangement was used as the closing for Presley's final TV special, "Elvis in Concert."
		THE CONTOURS - DO YOU LOVE ME (1962) hit #3 Great song later in Dirty Dancing "Do You Love Me" is a 1962 hit single recorded by The Contours for Motown's Gordy Records label. Written and produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr., "Do You Love Me?" was the Contours' only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Notably, the record achieved this feat twice, once in 1962 and again in 1988. The main point of the song is to name the Mashed Potato, The Twist, and many other fad dances of the 1960s. Berry Gordy wrote "Do You Love Me" with the intent that The Temptations, who had no Top 40 hits to their name yet, would record it. However, when Gordy wanted to locate the group and record the song, they were nowhere to be found (the Temptations had not been made aware of Gordy's intentions, and had departed Motown's Hitsville USA recording studio for a local Detroit gospel music showcase). "Do You Love Me," the fifth release on Gordy Records, became a notably successful dance record, built around lead singer Billy Gordon's screaming vocals. Selling over a million copies, "Do You Love Me" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a number-one hit on the Billboard R&B Singles chart. An album featuring the single, Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance), was also released. None of the Contours' future singles lived up to the success of "Do You Love Me", although its success won the group a headlining position on Motown's very first Motor Town Revue tour.
		THE SPRINGFIELDS - SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES (1962) hit #20 Dusty Springfield sings on her first hit here in USA Silver Threads and Golden Needles", a song written by Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds, was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956. The original lyrics, as performed by Jackson, contain a verse not usually included in later versions, which also often differed in other minor details. The Springfields were a British pop-folk vocal trio who had success in the early 1960s in the UK, US and Ireland and included singer Dusty Springfield and her brother, record producer Tom Springfield, along with Tim Feild, later a noted Sufi writer, who was latterly replaced by Mike Hurst, who also became a noted record producer. The trio formed in 1960, when Mary "Dusty" O’Brien, who had been a member of all-girl singing trio The Lana Sisters, joined her brother Dion O'Brien and Tim Feild, who had been working as a duo, "The Kensington Squares". Dion became Tom Springfield, and Mary became Dusty Springfield. Tom Springfield was a songwriter and arranger with a wide knowledge of folk music and the group had strong vocal harmonies as well as Dusty’s powerful lead. Occupying a musical sphere comparable to that of the contemporary Peter, Paul and Mary they were signed to Philips Records and released their first single, "Dear John," in 1961, followed by two UK chart hits with "Breakaway" and "Bambino" – like their other records, produced by Johnny Franz. The first recording contract the Springfields signed was offered by producer Johnny Franz at Philips Records in London. With early singles including "Breakaway" and "Bambino", and numerous television appearances, the trio soon became very popular in the UK. After Feild was replaced by Mike Hurst the Springfields became even more successful. In 1962, their version of "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" reached the US Top 20 (Billboard), #23 (Cash Box), the first single by a British group ever to do so (predating the Tornados’ “Telstar” by two months, and The Beatles by 15 months). The record also reached #1 in Australia. It featured lead guitar by Judd Proctor. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.