Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from 1962
The Top Songs from 1962

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSingleSample
1 75 Booker T. & The MG's
Green Onions
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2 253 The Crystals
He's a Rebel

3 358 Little Eva
The Loco-Motion

4 399 Gene Chandler
Duke of Earl

5 470 The Miracles
You've Really Got a Hold on Me

6 571 Ray Charles
I Can't Stop Loving You
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7 642 The Tornados
Telstar

8 660 George Jones
She Thinks I Still Care

9 719 John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom

10 721 Ketty Lester
Love Letters

11 781 The Drifters
Up on the Roof

12 894 The Isley Brothers
Twist and Shout

13 1073 The Four Seasons
Big Girls Don't Cry

14 1243 Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home to Me

15 1259 The Contours
Do You Love Me

16 1337 Bennett, Tony
I Left My Heart in San Francisco

17 1464 Patsy Cline
She's Got You

18 1686 James Brown
Night Train

19 1775 James Brown
Lost Someone

20 1783 Dionne Warwick
Don't Make Me Over

21 1828 Claudine Clark
Party Lights

22 1838 The Beatles
Love Me Do

23 1930 Solomon Burke
Cry to Me

24 1944 The Four Seasons
Sherry

25 2124 The Rivingtons
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

26 2274 John Barry Orchestra
James Bond Theme

27 2292 Skeeter Davis
The End of the World

28 2296 The Crystals
He's Sure the Boy I Love

29 2301 Gene Pitney
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance

30 2319 Bruce Channel
Hey! Baby

31 2324 Elvis Presley
Return to Sender

32 2453 Neil Sedaka
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

33 2538 The Miracles
I'll Try Something New

34 2557 William Bell
You Don't Miss Your Water

35 2794 The Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789

36 2869 The Rockin' Rebels
Wild Weekend

37 2901 Sam Cooke
Having a Party

38 2974 Don & Juan
What's Your Name

Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Irma Thomas
It's Raining

The Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari
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The Shirelles
Soldier Boy

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
Desafinado
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Sammy Davis Jr.
What Kind of Fool Am I?

Carole King
It Might as Well Rain Until September

Otis Redding
These Arms of Mine

The Jive Five
What Time Is It

Little Eva
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

Chuck Jackson
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)

Arthur Alexander
Anna (Go to Him)

Barbara Lynn
You'll Lose a Good Thing

King Curtis & His Noble Knights
Soul Twist

Arthur Alexander
Soldiers of Love

The Miracles
Way Over There

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
The Monster Mash

Ray Charles
You Don't Know Me
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Sam Cooke
Twistin' the Night Away



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