Billboard 1962 Top 10 Hits

Breakdown of the Billboard top-10 chart run of all the songs that peaked within 1962 (excluding instrumentals).
1962 Top 10 Hits
# 	Artist(s) 	Song 	Peak Date 	Weeks
01.	Chubby Checker 	The Twist 	January 13 	13
01.	Joey Dee & The Starliters 	Peppermint Twist 	January 27 	11
01.	Gene Chandler 	Duke of Earl 	February 17 	8
01.	Bruce Channel 	Hey! Baby 	March 10 	8
01.	Connie Francis 	Don't Break the Heart That Loves You	March 31 	6
01.	Shelley Fabares 	Johnny Angel 	April 7 	10
01.	Elvis Presley 	Good Luck Charm 	April 21 	8
01.	The Shirelles 	Soldier Boy 	May 5 	9
01.	Ray Charles 	I Can't Stop Loving You 	June 2 	11
01.	Bobby Vinton 	Roses Are Red 	July 7 	10
01.	Neil Sedaka 	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 	August 11 	8
01.	Little Eva 	The Loco-Motion 	August 25 	8
01.	Tommy Roe 	Sheila 	September 1 	7
01.	The 4 Seasons 	Sherry 	September 15	7
01.	Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers	Monster Mash 	October 20 	7
01.	The Crystals 	He's a Rebel 	November 3 	9
01.	The 4 Seasons 	Big Girls Don't Cry 	November 17 	11
01.	Chubby Checker 	Limbo Rock 	December 22 	12
02.	Elvis Presley 	Can't Help Falling in Love 	February 3 	8
02.	Dion 	The Wanderer 	February 24 	8
02.	Dee Dee Sharp 	Mashed Potato Time 	May 5 	9
02.	Dion 	Lovers Who Wander 	June 9 	4
02.	Johnny Tillotson 	It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' 	June 16 	6
02.	Freddy Cannon 	Palisades Park 	June 23 	7
02.	The Orlons 	The Wah-Watusi 	July 21 	6
02.	Ray Charles 	You Don't Know Me 	September 8 	6
02.	Nat King Cole 	Ramblin' Rose 	September 22	8
02.	Gene Pitney 	Only Love Can Break a Heart 	November 3 	4
02.	Elvis Presley 	Return to Sender 	November 17 	10
02.	Marcie Blane 	Bobby's Girl 	December 29 	8
03.	Barbara George 	I Know 	January 27 	6
03.	Sue Thompson 	Norman 	February 24 	7
03.	The Sensations 	Let Me In 	March 17 	4
03.	Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp 	Slow Twistin' 	April 14 	7
03.	Gene Pitney 	Liberty Valance 	June 16 	5
03.	Brian Hyland 	Sealed with a Kiss 	July 28 	6
03.	Bobby Darin 	Things 	August 25 	5
03.	The Contours 	Do You Love Me 	October 20 	5
03.	Brenda Lee 	All Alone Am I 	November 10 	7
04.	Brenda Lee 	Break It to Me Gently 	March 3 	7
04.	Roy Orbison 	Dream Baby 	March 31 	3
04.	Jay & The Americans 	She Cried 	May 19 	3
04.	Walter Brennan 	Old Rivers 	May 26 	4
04.	Ricky Nelson 	Teen Age Idol 	September 22	4
04.	Chris Montez 	Let's Dance 	October 6 	5
04.	The Orlons 	Don't Hang Up 	December 8 	6
05.	The Everly Brothers 	Crying in the Rain 	March 10 	5
05.	James Darren 	Her Royal Majesty 	March 17 	3
05.	Ketty Lester 	Love Letters 	April 14 	5
05.	Ricky Nelson 	Young World 	April 21 	5
05.	Joey Dee & The Starliters 	Shout 	May 5 	4
05.	Ernie Maresca 	Shout! Shout! 	May 19 	4
05.	Brenda Lee 	Everybody Loves Me but You 	May 26 	3
05.	The Marvelettes 	Playboy 	June 23 	5
05.	Emilio Pericoli 	Al di La 	July 7 	5
05.	Claude King 	Wolverton Mountain 	July 21 	5
05.	Pat Boone 	Speedy Gonzales 	July 28 	5
05.	Ray Stevens 	Ahab, the Arab 	August 4 	5
05.	Claudine Clark 	Party Lights 	September 1 	3
05.	Elvis Presley 	She's Not You 	September 8 	5
05.	Dickey Lee 	Patches 	October 6 	7
05.	Frank Ifield 	I Remember You 	October 13 	4
05.	Neil Sedaka 	Next Door to an Angel 	November 17 	5
05.	Dee Dee Sharp 	Ride! 	December 8 	4
06.	Neil Sedaka 	Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen 	January 6 	6
06.	Don & Juan 	What's Your Name 	March 17 	5
06.	Clyde McPhatter 	Lover Please 	May 5 	4
06.	Connie Francis 	Second Hand Love 	June 9 	3
06.	Johnny Crawford 	Cindy's Birthday 	June 23 	4
06.	Joanie Sommers 	Johnny Get Angry 	July 21 	4
06.	The Duprees 	You Belong to Me 	September 22	2
06.	Jimmy Clanton 	Venus in Blue Jeans 	October 6 	2
06.	Johnny Mathis 	Gina 	November 17 	6
06.	Ray Charles 	You Are My Sunshine 	December 29 	3
07.	The Lettermen 	When I Fall in Love 	January 27 	3
07.	Jimmy Dean 	P.T. 109 	May 26 	4
07.	Mary Wells 	The One Who Really Loves You 	June 9 	3
07.	The Everly Brothers 	That's Old Fashioned 	June 23 	2
07.	Joe Henderson 	Snap Your Fingers 	July 7 	3
07.	Little Esther Phillips 	Release Me 	December 15 	4
08.	The Shirelles 	Baby It's You 	February 3 	2
08.	Sam Cooke 	Twistin' the Night Away 	March 24 	2
08.	Gary U.S. Bonds 	Twist, Twist Senora 	May 12 	3
08.	Dee Dee Sharp 	Gravy 	July 14 	3
08.	Barbara Lynn 	You'll Lose a Good Thing 	August 11 	1
08.	Dion 	Little Diane 	August 18 	3
08.	Mary Wells 	You Beat Me to the Punch 	September 22	4
08.	Peter, Paul & Mary 	If I Had a Hammer 	October 13 	3
09.	Ray Charles 	Unchain My Heart 	January 13 	2
09.	Burl Ives 	A Little Bitty Tear 	February 10 	2
09.	Gary U.S. Bonds 	Dear Lady Twist 	February 24 	5
09.	Gene McDaniels 	Chip Chip 	March 3 	1
09.	Burl Ives 	Funny Way of Laughin' 	May 19 	1
09.	Ben E. King 	Don't Play That Song 	June 16 	1
09.	Richard Chamberlain 	Three Stars Will Shine Tonight 	August 4 	1
09.	Connie Francis 	Vacation 	September 1 	2
09.	Dion 	Love Came to Me 	December 22 	1
10.	Connie Francis 	When the Boy in Your Arms 	January 13 	1
10.	The Corsairs 	Smoky Places 	March 17 	1
10.	Larry Finnegan 	Dear One 	April 21 	1
10.	James Darren 	Conscience 	June 2 	2
10.	Bobby Vinton 	Rain Rain Go Away 	October 6 	1
10.	Chubby Checker 	Popeye 	November 10 	1
10.	Bobby Rydell 	The Cha-Cha-Cha 	November 17 	1
10.	Duane Eddy 	The Guitar Man 	December 8 	1
10.	Johnny Crawford 	Rumors 	December 15 	1
10.	Little Eva 	Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 	December 22 	1