| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 05/1962 | | 403
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC 10330]
written by Don Gibson |
 | 2. | 09/1962 | | 384
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 5 | [intrumental]
written by Joe Meek |
 | 3. | 03/1962 | | 361
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 |
[RCA 47-7992]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Wally Gold |
| 4. | 10/1962 | | 342
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 5 | [RCA 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell |
| 5. | 07/1962 | | 340
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1 | hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942
[Vee Jay 457]
written by Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger |
 | 6. | 01/1962 | | 339
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 2 | harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel |
 | 7. | 06/1962 | | 335
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]
[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
 | 8. | 08/1962 | | 322
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US R&B 13 | [RCA 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus |
| 9. | 07/1962 | | 318
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 6 | [ABC 10329]
written by Tommy Roe |
| 10. | 08/1962 | | 299
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B ✫1 | [Vee Jay 456]
written by Bob Gaudio |
| 11. | 12/1962 | | 297
| US 3
UK 3
US AC 2
US R&B 8 | [Liberty 55521]
written by Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne & Marilynn Garrett |
| 12. | 12/1962 | | 294
| US 6
UK 2
US AC 3
US country 2 | [R]
[Fabor 114]
written by Ned Miller |
| 13. | 08/1962 | | 290
| US 2
UK 5
US AC ✫1
US R&B 7 | [Capitol 4804]
written by Noel Sherman & Joe Sherman |
| 14. | 12/1962 | | 287
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B ✫1 | [Philips 40084]
written by Ray Hildebrand |
| 15. | 06/1962 | | 285
| US ✫1
UK 15
US AC ✫1
US R&B 5 | [Epic 9509]
written by Paul Evans & Al Byron |
 | 16. | 10/1962 | | 282
| US ✫1
UK 13
US R&B ✫1 | [Vee Jay 465]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio |
 | 17. | 08/1962 | | 281
| US 4
UK 2
US R&B 15 | [Monogram 505]
written by Jim Lee |
| 18. | 02/1962 | | 272
| US 4
UK 2 | [Monument 456]
written by Cindy Walker |
| 19. | 07/1962 | | 272
| US 3
UK 2 | [Atco 6229]
written by Bobby Darin |
| 20. | 06/1962 | | 267
| US 3
UK 3 | [ABC 10336]
written by Peter Udell & Gary Geld |
 | 21. | 06/1962 | | 265
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B 12 | [RCA 8046]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 22. | 07/1962 | | 258
| US 2
UK 9
US AC ✫1
US R&B 5 | [ABC 10345]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold |
| 23. | 06/1962 | | 252
| US 6
UK 2 | [Dot 16368]
written by Buddy Kaye, David Hess & Ethel Lee |
| 24. | 09/1962 | | 252
| US 3
UK 7
US AC ✫1 | US B side to Save All Your Lovin' For Me
[Decca 31424]
written by Manos Hadjidakis & Arthur Altman |
 | 25. | 09/1962 | | 247
| US ✫1
UK 19
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #263]
[Philles 106]
written by Gene Pitney |
| 26. | 02/1962 | | 239
| US 5
UK 4
US R&B 2 | hit for Dick Haymes in 1945
[Era 3068]
written by Victor Young & Edward Heyman |
| 27. | 03/1962 | | 235
| US ✫1
UK 23
US R&B 3 | [Scepter 1228]
written by Luther Dixon, Florence Green, Bob Elgin & Kay Rogers |
| 28. | 02/1962 | | 218
| US ✫1
UK 39
US AC ✫1 | [MGM 13059]
written by Benny Davis & Ted Murry |
| 29. | 05/1962 | | 212
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 12 | [instrumental]
[MGM 13064]
written by David Rose |
| 30. | 11/1962 | | 210
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 14 | [Columbia 42601]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
 | 31. | 01/1962 | | 210
| US 6
UK 6 | [Warner 5250]
written by Howard Greenfield & Carole King |
 | 32. | 01/1962 | | 210
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Vee Jay 416]
written by Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon), Earl Edwards & Bernice Williams |
 | 33. | 09/1962 | | 209
| US 2
UK 32
US R&B 3 | [Parkway 849]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon) & Billy Strange |
| 34. | 02/1962 | | 199
| US 9
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | [RCA Victor 47-7983]
written by Sam Cooke |
 | 35. | 09/1962 | | 198
| US ✫1
US R&B 9 | written by Bobby Pickett & Leonard L. Capizzi |
| 36. | 03/1962 | | 196
| US 3
UK 23
US R&B 3 | as Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp
[Parkway 835]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon) |
| 37. | 05/1962 | | 193
| US 3
UK 20
US R&B 15 | [Swan 4106]
written by Chuck Barris |
| 38. | 05/1962 | | 192
| US 3
UK 31
US country 4
US R&B 6 | [Cadence 1418]
written by Johnny Tillotson |
| 39. | 03/1962 | | 192
| US 23
UK ✫1 | [Rendezvous 166]
written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky & Kim Fowley |
| 40. | 03/1962 | | 192
| UK ✫1 | [instrumental]
[Atlantic 2146]
written by Jerry Lordan |
| 41. | 09/1962 | | 191
| US 2
US AC ✫1
US R&B 16 | B side to If I Didn't Have A Dime
[Musicor 1022]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| 42. | 10/1962 | | 188
| US 44
UK ✫1 | [Vee Jay 477]
written by Cliff Friend & Irving Mills |
| 43. | 03/1962 | | 186
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Cameo 212]
written by Kal Mann (as Jon Sheldon) & Harry Land |
 | 44. | 03/1962 | | 183
| US ✫1 | [Colpix 621]
written by Lee Pockriss & Lyn Duddy |
| 45. | 01/1962 | | 180
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
[Big Top 3101]
written by Roy Bennett & Sid Tepper |
| 46. | 04/1962 | | 180
| US 5
UK 38
US AC 2
US country 3 | [spoken]
[Liberty 55436]
written by Cliff Crofford |
| 47. | 06/1962 | | 179
| US 2
US R&B 5 | [Cameo 218] |
| 48. | 10/1962 | | 177
| US 4
UK 39
US R&B 3 | [Cameo 231]
written by Dave Appell & Kal Mann |
| 49. | 10/1962 | | 174
| US 12
UK 4 | [RCA 47-8087]
written by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood |
| 50. | 12/1962 | | 173
| US 12
UK 4 | written by Del Shannon & Maron McKenzie |
| 51. | 07/1962 | | 172
| US 16
UK 5
US country ✫1 | [Columbia 42486]
written by Marty Robbins |
| 52. | 08/1962 | | 169
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Gordy 7005]
written by Berry Gordy |
| 53. | 05/1962 | | 167
| US 6
US AC 3
US country ✫1 | [Columbia 42352]
written by Merle Kilgore & Claude King |
| 54. | 07/1962 | | 166
| US 9
UK 10 | [MGM 13087]
written by Connie Francis, Gary Weston & Hank Hunter |
| 55. | 12/1962 | | 166
| US 99
UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
charted as The Next Time / Bachelor Boy in UK charts
written by Bruce Welch & Cliff Richard |
| 56. | 05/1962 | | 165
| US 6
UK 30
US AC 3 | [Warner 5259]
written by Carlo Donida & Mogol (as Giulio Rapetti) |
| 57. | 01/1962 | | 164
| US 4
US R&B 2 | written by Yvonne Baker |
| 58. | 11/1962 | | 163
| US 3
US R&B 2 | [Mercury 72055]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman |
| 59. | 12/1962 | | 162
| UK ✫1 |
written by Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer, Bruce Welch & Cliff Richard |
| 60. | 12/1962 | | 162
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
charted as The Next Time / Bachelor Boy in UK charts
written by Buddy Kaye & Philip Springer |
| 61. | 08/1962 | | 160
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #181]
[instrumental]
[Stax 127]
written by Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg & Al Jackson Jr. |
 | 62. | 08/1962 | | 159
| US 22
UK 3 | [Companion 2000]
written by Carole King & Gerry Goffin |
| 63. | 10/1962 | | 158
| US 6
UK 22 | as The Tijuana Brass featuring Herb Alpert
written by Sol Lake |
| 64. | 10/1962 | | 157
| US 3
US R&B 14 | [Seville 120]
written by Gary Klein & Henry Hoffman |
 | 65. | 05/1962 | | 156
| UK ✫1 | with Wendy Richard
written by Charles Blackwell |
| 66. | 04/1962 | | 156
| US 10
UK 29
US AC 3
US country 9 | [Decca 31371]
written by Hank Cochran |
| 67. | 03/1962 | | 155
| US 5
UK 19 | as Rick Nelson
[Imperial 5805]
written by Jerry Fuller |
| 68. | 01/1962 | | 154
| US 4
UK 46 | [Decca 31348]
written by Joe Seneca & Diane Lambert |
| 69. | 11/1962 | | 152
| US 6
US AC 2
US R&B 19 | [Colpix 663]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
| 70. | 12/1962 | | 152
| US 6
UK 22
US AC 4
US R&B 24 | as Rick Nelson
[Imperial 5901]
written by Jerry Fuller |
 | 71. | 12/1962 | | 151
| US 4
UK 46
US R&B 5 | [United Artists 544]
written by Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) |
| 72. | 12/1962 | | 150
| UK ✫1 | written by Elaine Murtagh, Ray Adams & Valerie Murtagh |
| 73. | 11/1962 | | 150
| US 5
US R&B 4 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #113]
[Atlantic 2162]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
| 74. | 04/1962 | | 149
| US 3
US R&B 16 | [Laurie 3123]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca |
| 75. | 06/1962 | | 148
| US 5
US R&B 3 | [Chancellor 1113]
written by Claudine Clark |
| 76. | 10/1962 | | 146
| US 5
UK 29
US R&B 19 | [RCA 8086]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield |
| 77. | 06/1962 | | 145
| US 10
UK 12
US AC 4 | [MGM 13075]
written by Jerry Goldsmith, Pete Rugolo & Hal Winn |
| 78. | 05/1962 | | 145
| US 8
US AC 5
US R&B 2 | [Todd 1072]
written by Grady Martin & Alex Zanetis |
| 79. | 09/1962 | | 145
| US 64
UK 2
US AC 19 | [Big Top 3117]
written by Roger Miller |
| 80. | 08/1962 | | 144
| US 5
UK 39
US AC 2 | as Rick Nelson
[Imperial 5864]
written by Jack Lewis |
| 81. | 09/1962 | | 144
| US 6
US AC 2 | [Columbia 42582]
written by Leon Carr & Paul Vance |
| 82. | 04/1962 | | 144
| US 6
US AC 2 | [Decca 31379]
written by Ronnie Self |
| 83. | 03/1962 | | 143
| US 8
US AC 2
US country 3 | [Columbia 42338]
written by Marijohn Wilkin & Fred Burch |
| 84. | 04/1962 | | 142
| US 4 | [Musicor 1020]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| 85. | 03/1962 | | 141
| US 21
UK 5 | [ABC 10294]
written by Gary Geld & Peter Udell |
| 86. | 09/1962 | | 139
| US 15
UK 11
US AC 4 | [instrumental]
[Verve 10260]
written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Jon Hendricks & Jessie Cavanaugh |
| 87. | 07/1962 | | 138
| US 7
US AC 2 | [instrumental]
[Atco 6226]
written by Frank Bjorn |
| 88. | 05/1962 | | 137
| US 7
US R&B 4 | [Tamla 54060]
written by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Gladys Horton & Mickey Stevenson |
| 89. | 08/1962 | | 137
| US 6
US R&B 10 | [Smash 1758]
written by Barry Mann & Larry Kolber |
| 90. | 11/1962 | | 135
| US 7
US R&B ✫1 | [ABC 10375]
written by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell |
| 91. | 12/1962 | | 135
| US 8
US R&B ✫1 | US B side to Happy Landing
[Tamla 54073]
written by Smokey Robinson |
| 92. | 10/1962 | | 134
| US 8
US R&B ✫1 | as Little Esther Phillips
written by Eddie Miller, James Pebworth & Robert Yount |
| 93. | 06/1962 | | 134
| US 8
US R&B ✫1 | [Jamie 1220]
written by Huey P Meaux & Barbara Lynn Ozen |
| 94. | 05/1962 | | 134
| US 7
US AC 3 | [MGM 13074]
written by Phil Spector & Hank Hunter |
| 95. | 12/1962 | | 133
| US 5 | written by Ray Allen & Wanda Merrell |
| 96. | 03/1962 | | 132
| US 6
US R&B 25 | [Seville 117]
written by Ernie Maresca & Thomas F. Bogdany |
| 97. | 02/1962 | | 130
| UK 2 | [Capitol 4735]
written by Jeff Barry |
| 98. | 09/1962 | | 130
| UK 2 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by Jack Clement |
| 99. | 05/1962 | | 130
| UK 2 | as Cliff Richard with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra / as Cliff Richard & The Shadows
written by John Jacob Niles & Bobby Freeman |
| 100. | 05/1962 | | 130
| UK 2 | as Joe Brown & the Bruvvers
written by John Beveridge & Peter Oakman |
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