# List of Billboard Middle-Road Singles number ones of 1962

In 1962, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States which were considered to be "easy listening" or "middle of the road". The chart has undergone various name changes and since 1996 has been published under the title Adult Contemporary. Until 1965, the listing was compiled simply by extracting from Billboard's pop music chart, the Hot 100, those songs which were deemed by the magazine's staff to be of an appropriate style, and ranking them according to their positions on the Hot 100. In 1962, 15 different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine. The chart was published under the title Easy Listening through the issue of Billboard dated October 27, after which it was renamed Middle-Road Singles.
Ray Charles was the only artist with more than one number one in 1962. He reached the top with two tracks from his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, which is considered to have been an innovative and highly influential record for its fusion of genres. "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "You Don't Know Me" spent a total of eight weeks in the top spot, the most for any artist. The former song also reached number one on the Hot 100, as well as the Hot R&B Sides chart. When Connie Francis reached number one with "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" in March, she became the first act to top the Easy Listening chart twice, having spent a single week in the top spot in 1961 with "Together".
The longest unbroken run at number one on the Easy Listening/Middle-Road chart in 1962 was achieved by Acker Bilk, who spent seven consecutive weeks atop the listing with the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore". The track also reached number one on the Hot 100, the first time this feat had been achieved by a British artist. Bilk was one of two British band leaders associated with an early 1960s revival in the popularity of trad jazz to top the Easy Listening/Middle-Road chart in 1962; his number one came a month after Kenny Ball spent three weeks at number one with "Midnight in Moscow". Ball was one of a number of acts with an Easy Listening/Middle-Road number one in 1962 who never topped the Hot 100 during their careers, along with the Lettermen, Burl Ives, Frank Ifield and Gene Pitney. In addition to "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Stranger on the Shore", three other songs which topped the Easy Listening/Middle-Road chart in 1962 also reached the peak position on the Hot 100. "The Stripper" by David Rose and "Roses Are Red (My Love)" by Bobby Vinton achieved the feat during July and August. The final Middle-Road number one of the year, "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence, topped the Hot 100 early the following year.

## Chart history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 6 | "When I Fall in Love" | The Lettermen |
| January 13 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley |
| January 20 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley |
| January 27 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley |
| February 3 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley |
| February 10 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley |
| February 17 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" | Elvis Presley |
| February 24 | "A Little Bitty Tear" | Burl Ives |
| March 3 | "Midnight in Moscow" | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen |
| March 10 | "Midnight in Moscow" | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen |
| March 17 | "Midnight in Moscow" | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen |
| March 24 | "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" | Connie Francis |
| March 31 | "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" | Connie Francis |
| April 7 | "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" | Connie Francis |
| April 14 | "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" | Connie Francis |
| April 21 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| April 28 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| May 5 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| May 12 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| May 19 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| May 26 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| June 2 | "Stranger on the Shore" | Acker Bilk |
| June 9 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles |
| June 16 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles |
| June 23 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles |
| June 30 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles |
| July 7 | "The Stripper" | David Rose |
| July 14 | "The Stripper" | David Rose |
| July 21 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles |
| July 28 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Bobby Vinton |
| August 4 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Bobby Vinton |
| August 11 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Bobby Vinton |
| August 18 | "Roses Are Red (My Love)" | Bobby Vinton |
| August 25 | "You Don't Know Me" | Ray Charles |
| September 1 | "You Don't Know Me" | Ray Charles |
| September 8 | "You Don't Know Me" | Ray Charles |
| September 15 | "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat King Cole |
| September 22 | "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat King Cole |
| September 29 | "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat King Cole |
| October 6 | "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat King Cole |
| October 13 | "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat King Cole |
| October 20 | "I Remember You" | Frank Ifield |
| October 27 | "Only Love Can Break a Heart" | Gene Pitney |
| November 3 | "Only Love Can Break a Heart" | Gene Pitney |
| November 10 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee |
| November 17 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee |
| November 24 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee |
| December 1 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee |
| December 8 | "All Alone Am I" | Brenda Lee |
| December 15 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence |
| December 22 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence |
| December 29 | "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence |