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

RankAll Time
Rank
ArtistSongSample
1 101 Booker T. & The MG's
Green Onions
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2 324 The Crystals
He's a Rebel

3 355 Little Eva
The Loco-Motion

4 510 The Miracles
You've Really Got a Hold on Me

5 548 Gene Chandler
Duke of Earl

6 631 Ray Charles
I Can't Stop Loving You
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7 765 The Tornados
Telstar

8 770 George Jones
She Thinks I Still Care

9 778 The Drifters
Up on the Roof

10 826 John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom

11 961 Ketty Lester
Love Letters

12 1042 The Contours
Do You Love Me

13 1120 Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home to Me

14 1162 The Chantays
Pipeline

15 1194 The Isley Brothers
Twist and Shout

16 1299 John Barry Orchestra
James Bond Theme

17 1423 The Four Seasons
Big Girls Don't Cry

18 1459 Francoise Hardy
Tous les garçons et les filles

19 1581 James Brown
Lost Someone

20 1683 James Brown
Night Train

21 1706 Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco

22 1714 The Beatles
Love Me Do

23 1798 Patsy Cline
She's Got You

24 1803 Dick Dale
Miserlou

25 1900 Dionne Warwick
Don't Make Me Over

26 1923 Claudine Clark
Party Lights

27 2167 The Rivingtons
Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

28 2197 Solomon Burke
Cry to Me

29 2585 Sam Cooke
Having a Party

30 2617 Elvis Presley
Return to Sender

31 2694 The Crystals
He's Sure the Boy I Love

32 2722 Bruce Channel
Hey! Baby

33 2848 Skeeter Davis
The End of the World

34 2906 Gene Pitney
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance

Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
The Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789

The Miracles
I'll Try Something New

Don & Juan
What's Your Name

The Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari
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Herbie Hancock
Watermelon Man
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The Rockin' Rebels
Wild Weekend

Carole King
It Might as Well Rain Until September

Irma Thomas
It's Raining

The Shirelles
Soldier Boy

Otis Redding
These Arms of Mine

Barbra Streisand
Happy Days Are Here Again
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Little Eva
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

The Jive Five
What Time Is It?

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

The Four Seasons
Sherry

The Miracles
Way Over There

Arthur Alexander
Soldiers of Love

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
Monster Mash

Neil Sedaka
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Jeanne Moreau
Le Tourbillon

Benny Spellman
Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)

Ray Charles
You Don't Know Me
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Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
Desafinado
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Sammy Davis Jr.
What Kind of Fool Am I

Sam Cooke
Twistin' the Night Away



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