45s.com -- Search for Songs by Year - 1962

1962 was a year for music history as "The Twist" returned to the Billboard charts as the #1 song for the year -- less than a year after its original run.  "The Twist" by Chubby Checker is by far the #1 song of the rock music era.  Other artists recorded songs about the dance, and seven other twist songs were hits in 1962.  Elvis Presley had another strong year, and The Beatles were rejected after an audition with Decca records in the UK.  

The top songs in 1962 were:

The Twist -- Chubby Checker
I Can't Stop Loving You -- Ray Charles
Big Girls Don't Cry -- The Four Seasons
Limbo Rock -- Chubby Checker
Peppermint Twist -- Joey Dee & The Starliters
Roses Are Red -- Bobby Vinton
Stranger On The Shore -- Mr. Acker Bilk
The Stripper -- David Rose
Johnny Angel -- Shelley Fabares
Return To Sender -- Elvis Presley
Sherry -- The Four Seasons
Mashed Potato Time -- Dee Dee Sharp
Soldier Boy -- The Shirelles
He's A Rebel -- The Crystals
Duke Of Earl -- Gene Chandler
Hey! Baby -- Bruce Channel
The Wanderer -- Dion
The Loco-Motion -- Little Eva
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do -- Neil Sedaka
Good Luck Charm -- Elvis Presley
Bobby's Girl -- Marcie Blane
Sheila -- Tommy Roe
Can't Help Falling In Love -- Elvis Presley
The Wah-Watusi -- The Orlons
Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
Patches -- Dickey Lee
Do You Love Me -- The Contours
Only Love Can Break A Heart -- Gene Pitney
Monster Mash -- Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
Slow Twistin' -- Chubby Checker
Norman -- Sue Thompson
Sealed With A Kiss -- Brian Hyland
Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen -- Neil Sedaka
Let Me In -- The Sensations
Crying In The Rain -- Everly Brothers
Ahab The Arab -- Ray Stevens
She Cried -- Jay & The Americans
Baby It's You -- The Shirelles
Love Letters -- Ketty Lester
Johnny Get Angry -- Joanie Sommers
Twistin' The Night Away -- Sam Cooke
Dear Lady Twist -- Gary U.S. Bonds
Lover Please -- Clyde McPhatter
Release Me -- Little Esther Phillips
Shout - Part I -- Joey Dee & The Starliters
Party Lights -- Claudine Clark
What's Your Name -- Don & Juan
Venus In Blue Jeans -- Jimmy Clanton
Unchain My Heart -- Ray Charles
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance -- Gene Pitney
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) -- Ernie Maresca
Twist, Twist Senora -- Gary U.S. Bonds

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