| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
![Telstar [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_45402.jpg "Telstar [article]") | 1. | 09/1962 | | 497
 | US ✫1
UK ✫1
US R&B 5 | |
![I Can't Stop Loving You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34360.jpg "I Can't Stop Loving You [article]") | 2. | 05/1962 | | 472
| US ✫1
UK ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
written by Don Gibson |
![Good Luck Charm [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14280.jpg "Good Luck Charm [article]") | 3. | 03/1962 | | 471
| US ✫1
UK ✫1 | |
| 4. | 07/1962 | | 432
| US 5
UK ✫1 | hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942 |
| 5. | 10/1962 | | 429
| US 2
UK ✫1
US R&B 5 | written by Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell |
![Hey! Baby [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7164.jpg "Hey! Baby [article]") | 6. | 01/1962 | | 420
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B 2 | harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton |
![The Loco-Motion [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_26046.jpg "The Loco-Motion [article]") | 7. | 06/1962 | | 409
| US ✫1
UK 2
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]
written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
| 8. | 07/1962 | | 396
| US ✫1
UK 3
US R&B 6 | |
![She's Not You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_14283.jpg "She's Not You [article]") | 9. | 08/1962 | | 381
| US 5
UK ✫1
US AC 2
US R&B 13 | written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller |
| 10. | 08/1962 | | 379
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 11. | 10/1962 | | 363
| US ✫1
UK 13
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 12. | 12/1962 | | 356
| US ✫1
UK 8
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 13. | 08/1962 | | 352
| US 4
UK 2
US R&B 15 | |
| 14. | 06/1962 | | 349
| US ✫1
UK 7
US R&B 12 | written by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield |
| 15. | 12/1962 | | 348
| US 3
UK 3
US R&B 8 | |
| 16. | 02/1962 | | 344
| US 4
UK 2 | |
| 17. | 12/1962 | | 341
| US 6
UK 2
US AC 3
US Country 2 | [R]
written by Ned Miller |
| 18. | 06/1962 | | 338
| US 3
UK 3 | written by Peter Udell, Gary Geld |
| 19. | 07/1962 | | 338
| US 3
UK 2 | |
| 20. | 06/1962 | | 334
| US ✫1
UK 15
US AC ✫1
US R&B 5 | |
| 21. | 02/1962 | | 326
| US 5
UK 4
US R&B 2 | hit for Dick Haymes in 1945
written by Victor Young, Edward Heyman |
| 22. | 08/1962 | | 323
| US 2
UK 5
US AC ✫1
US R&B 7 | |
| 23. | 06/1962 | | 322
| US 6
UK 2 | |
![He's a Rebel [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_42224.jpg "He's a Rebel [article]") | 24. | 09/1962 | | 310
| US ✫1
UK 19
US R&B 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #263]
written by Gene Pitney |
| 25. | 03/1962 | | 307
| US ✫1
UK 23
US R&B 3 | |
| 26. | 09/1962 | | 292
| US 3
UK 7
US AC ✫1 | B side to Save All Your Lovin' For Me |
| 27. | 07/1962 | | 288
| US 2
UK 9
US AC ✫1
US R&B 5 | written by Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold |
| 28. | 02/1962 | | 287
| US 9
UK 6
US R&B ✫1 | written by Sam Cooke |
![Crying in the Rain [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_42715.jpg "Crying in the Rain [article]") | 29. | 01/1962 | | 271
| US 6
UK 6 | written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
![Duke of Earl [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_17178.jpg "Duke of Earl [article]") | 30. | 01/1962 | | 266
| US ✫1
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 31. | 09/1962 | | 265
| US 2
UK 32
US R&B 3 | |
| 32. | 05/1962 | | 264
| US 3
UK 31
US Country 4
US R&B 6 | |
| 33. | 03/1962 | | 259
| UK ✫1 | |
![Monster Mash [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_6510.jpg "Monster Mash [article]") | 34. | 09/1962 | | 256
| US ✫1
US R&B 9 | written by Bobby Pickett, Leonard L. Capizzi |
| 35. | 11/1962 | | 254
| US ✫1
US AC ✫1
US R&B 14 | written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
| 36. | 02/1962 | | 252
| US ✫1
UK 39
US AC ✫1 | |
| 37. | 05/1962 | | 247
| US 3
UK 20
US R&B 15 | |
| 38. | 05/1962 | | 245
| US ✫1
US R&B 12 | |
| 39. | 03/1962 | | 243
| US 3
UK 23
US R&B 3 | as Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp |
| 40. | 03/1962 | | 240
| US ✫1 | |
| 41. | 10/1962 | | 239
| US 44
UK ✫1 | |
| 42. | 03/1962 | | 239
| US 5
UK 19 | as Rick Nelson |
| 43. | 01/1962 | | 236
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 44. | 03/1962 | | 235
| US 2
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 45. | 03/1962 | | 227
| US 23
UK ✫1 | |
| 46. | 10/1962 | | 227
| US 4
UK 39
US R&B 3 | |
| 47. | 07/1962 | | 226
| US 9
UK 10 | |
| 48. | 06/1962 | | 226
| US 2
US R&B 5 | |
| 49. | 10/1962 | | 224
| US 5
UK 29
US R&B 19 | |
| 50. | 12/1962 | | 221
| US 6
UK 22
US R&B 24 | as Rick Nelson |
| 51. | 09/1962 | | 221
| US 2
US AC ✫1
US R&B 16 | B side to If I Didn't Have A Dime
written by Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
| 52. | 08/1962 | | 214
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #181] |
| 53. | 08/1962 | | 213
| US 3
US R&B ✫1 | written by Berry Gordy
[Gordy 7005] |
| 54. | 01/1962 | | 212
| US 4
US R&B 2 | |
| 55. | 10/1962 | | 212
| US 6
UK 22 | as The Tijuana Brass featuring Herb Alpert |
| 56. | 04/1962 | | 210
| US 5
UK 38
US Country 3 | |
| 57. | 12/1962 | | 206
| US 99
UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
charted as The Next Time / Bachelor Boy in UK charts |
| 58. | 11/1962 | | 205
| US 3
US R&B 2 | |
| 59. | 10/1962 | | 204
| US 3
US R&B 14 | |
| 60. | 05/1962 | | 204
| US 6
UK 30 | |
| 61. | 05/1962 | | 203
| US 6
US AC 3
US Country ✫1 | |
| 62. | 08/1962 | | 203
| US 5
UK 39 | as Rick Nelson |
| 63. | 01/1962 | | 203
| US 4
UK 46 | |
| 64. | 12/1962 | | 202
| US 4
US R&B 6 | |
| 65. | 12/1962 | | 202
| UK ✫1 | |
| 66. | 12/1962 | | 202
| UK ✫1 | as Cliff Richard, The Shadows & The Norrie Paramor Strings
charted as The Next Time / Bachelor Boy in UK charts |
| 67. | 04/1962 | | 199
| US 10
UK 29
US AC 3
US Country 9 | |
| 68. | 10/1962 | | 198
| US 12
UK 4 | |
| 69. | 12/1962 | | 198
| US 12
UK 4 | |
| 70. | 11/1962 | | 197
| US 5
US R&B 4 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #113]
written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
| 71. | 10/1962 | | 196
| US 5
US R&B 7 | |
| 72. | 07/1962 | | 196
| US 16
UK 5
US Country ✫1 | |
| 73. | 06/1962 | | 193
| US 5
US R&B 9 | |
| 74. | 06/1962 | | 193
| US 5
US R&B 3 | |
| 75. | 04/1962 | | 192
| US 4 | written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| 76. | 12/1962 | | 191
| US 7
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1035] |
| 77. | 04/1962 | | 191
| US 3
US R&B 16 | |
![Come Outside [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_29069.jpg "Come Outside [article]") | 78. | 05/1962 | | 190
| UK ✫1 | with Wendy Richard |
| 79. | 05/1962 | | 188
| US 7
US R&B 4 | written by Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Gladys Horton, Mickey Stevenson
[Tamla 54060] |
| 80. | 11/1962 | | 187
| US 6
US AC 2
US R&B 19 | |
| 81. | 08/1962 | | 187
| US 6
US R&B 10 | co-written by Barry Mann |
| 82. | 03/1962 | | 186
| US 5 | |
![It Might As Well Rain Until September [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_7903.jpg "It Might As Well Rain Until September [article]") | 83. | 08/1962 | | 185
| US 22
UK 3 | written by Carole King, Gerry Goffin |
| 84. | 12/1962 | | 185
| US 8
US R&B ✫1 | US B side to Happy Landing
written by Smokey Robinson
[Tamla 54073] |
| 85. | 03/1962 | | 184
| US 8
US R&B 2 | [Motown 1024] |
| 86. | 12/1962 | | 183
| US 5 | |
| 87. | 10/1962 | | 183
| US 8
US R&B ✫1 | as Little Esther Phillips |
| 88. | 03/1962 | | 183
| US 6
US R&B 25 | |
| 89. | 06/1962 | | 183
| US 8
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 90. | 05/1962 | | 180
| US 8
US R&B 2 | |
| 91. | 11/1962 | | 180
| US 7
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 92. | 04/1962 | | 179
| US 6
US AC 2 | |
| 93. | 12/1962 | | 179
| UK ✫1 | |
| 94. | 08/1962 | | 178
| US 9
US R&B ✫1 | [Motown 1032] |
| 95. | 09/1962 | | 177
| US 6 | |
| 96. | 03/1962 | | 176
| US 8
US AC 2
US Country 3 | |
![Tell Him [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_42733.jpg "Tell Him [article]") | 97. | 12/1962 | | 174
| US 4
UK 46
US R&B 5 | written by Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
[United Artists 544] |
| 98. | 03/1962 | | 172
| US 7 | |
| 99. | 05/1962 | | 172
| US 7 | |
| 100. | 07/1962 | | 172
| US 7 | |
| 101. | 05/1962 | | 171
| US 7
US AC 3 | |
| 102. | 12/1962 | | 169
| US 8
US R&B 28 | |
| 103. | 11/1962 | | 167
| US 8
US R&B 7 | written by Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert |
![Shout (Part 1) [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_22442.jpg "Shout (Part 1) [article]") | 104. | 03/1962 | | 166
| US 6 | written by Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr. |
| 105. | 06/1962 | | 165
| US 9
US R&B 11 | |
| 106. | 09/1962 | | 162
| US 64
UK 2 | |
| 107. | 03/1962 | | 162
| US 21
UK 5 | |
| 108. | 08/1962 | | 161
| US 7 | #1 hit for Jo Stafford in 1952
written by Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart |
| 109. | 02/1962 | | 161
| US 7 | |
| 110. | 07/1962 | | 157
| US 10
US R&B 9 | |
| 111. | 05/1962 | | 156
| US 8 | |
| 112. | 09/1962 | | 155
| US 10
US R&B 13 | B side to Limbo Rock |
| 113. | 08/1962 | | 153
| US 10 | written by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays |
| 114. | 06/1962 | | 153
| US 10
UK 12
US AC 4 | written by Jerry Goldsmith, Pete Rugolo, Hal Winn
[MGM 13075] |
| 115. | 02/1962 | | 153
| UK 2 | |
| 116. | 09/1962 | | 153
| UK 2 | as Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 117. | 05/1962 | | 153
| UK 2 | as Cliff Richard with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra / as Cliff Richard & The Shadows |
| 118. | 05/1962 | | 153
| UK 2 | as Joe Brown & the Bruvvers |
| 119. | 10/1962 | | 153
| US 10 | |
| 120. | 01/1962 | | 153
| US 10 | |
| 121. | 07/1962 | | 152
| US 8 | |
| 122. | 11/1962 | | 151
| US 10
US R&B 24 | as Dion Di Muci |
| 123. | 03/1962 | | 150
| US 9 | |
| 124. | 10/1962 | | 149
| US 61
UK 3 | |
| 125. | 05/1962 | | 148
| US 9
US AC 4 | |
| 126. | 09/1962 | | 147
| US 15
UK 11 | |
| 127. | 01/1962 | | 142
| US 10 | |
| 128. | 04/1962 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 129. | 08/1962 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 130. | 12/1962 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 131. | 01/1962 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 132. | 10/1962 | | 138
| UK 3 | |
| 133. | 05/1962 | | 137
| US 15
UK 10 | |
| 134. | 02/1962 | | 136
| US 6
UK 36 | written by Carole King, Gerry Goffin
[Colpix 622] |
| 135. | 02/1962 | | 127
| US 88
UK 4 | |
| 136. | 02/1962 | | 124
| US 12
UK 19 | |
![Wimoweh [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_23808.jpg "Wimoweh [article]") | 137. | 01/1962 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 138. | 10/1962 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 139. | 05/1962 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 140. | 08/1962 | | 123
| UK 4 | |
| 141. | 11/1962 | | 122
| US 18
UK 24
US Country ✫1 | |
| 142. | 06/1962 | | 118
| US 12
UK 19 | |
| 143. | 04/1962 | | 115
| US 89
UK 5 | B side to Everybody Loves Me But You |
![Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_6852.jpg "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree [article]") | 144. | 12/1962 | | 113
| US 59
UK 6 | [R]
written by Johnny Marks |
| 145. | 12/1962 | | 112
| US 129
UK 5 | [Philips 40099] |
| 146. | 11/1962 | | 111
| US 12
UK 30
US R&B 6 | written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King |
| 147. | 09/1962 | | 110
| UK 5 | written by Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman |
| 148. | 06/1962 | | 110
| UK 5 | |
| 149. | 06/1962 | | 110
| UK 5 | |
| 150. | 05/1962 | | 110
| UK 5 | with John Barry & His Orchestra |
| 151. | 08/1962 | | 110
| US 17
UK 21
US AC 5
US Country 11 | |
| 152. | 03/1962 | | 106
| US 17
UK 26 | [Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1963] charted as What Kind Of Fool Am I? / Gonna Build A Mountain in UK charts |
| 153. | 11/1962 | | 104
| UK 6 | as Joe Brown & the Bruvvers |
| 154. | 12/1962 | | 104
| UK 6 | written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
| 155. | 11/1962 | | 104
| US 29
UK 13
US AC 7
US R&B 23 | with the Jack Halloran Singers
hit for Hank Williams in 1953; B side to You Are My Sunshine
written by Hank Williams |
| 156. | 05/1962 | | 103
| US 87
UK 7 | |
![Love Me Tender [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_34883.jpg "Love Me Tender [article]") | 157. | 10/1962 | | 102
| US 21
UK 15 | written by Elvis Presley, Vera Matson, George R. Poulton, W.W. Fosdick
[MGM 13097] |
| 158. | 02/1962 | | 101
| US 15
UK 29 | |
| 159. | 11/1962 | | 100
| US 13
UK 37
US AC 2
US R&B 15 | |
| 160. | 08/1962 | | 99
| US 7 | written by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
[Ace 8001] |
| 161. | 07/1962 | | 98
| US 33
UK 10 | |
| 162. | 07/1962 | | 95
| UK 7 | |
| 163. | 05/1962 | | 95
| UK 7 | |
| 164. | 04/1962 | | 95
| US 11
US R&B 2 | |
| 165. | 05/1962 | | 95
| US 15
UK 34
US AC 5 | |
| 166. | 06/1962 | | 94
| US 29
UK 15 | |
| 167. | 06/1962 | | 93
| US 17
UK 42
US R&B 2 | written by Phil Medley, Bert Russell |
| 168. | 04/1962 | | 92
| US 11
UK 30 | written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
[Colpix 630] |
| 169. | 06/1962 | | 89
| US 14
UK 37 | written by Phil Everly |
| 170. | 11/1962 | | 88
| US 36
UK 13 | |
| 171. | 12/1962 | | 86
| US 43
UK 10 | |
| 172. | 03/1962 | | 86
| US 127
UK 9 | [Kapp 482] |
| 173. | 11/1962 | | 85
| US 19
UK 32 | |
| 174. | 09/1962 | | 85
| US 12
US R&B 2 | |
| 175. | 03/1962 | | 84
| UK 9 | |
| 176. | 04/1962 | | 84
| UK 9 | |
| 177. | 06/1962 | | 84
| UK 9 | |
| 178. | 02/1962 | | 84
| UK 9 | |
| 179. | 02/1962 | | 84
| UK 9 | |
| 180. | 02/1962 | | 81
| US 17
US R&B ✫1 | |
| 181. | 08/1962 | | 80
| US 12
US AC 4 | |
| 182. | 12/1962 | | 80
| US 12
US AC 5 | |
| 183. | 07/1962 | | 80
| US 19
US AC 6
US Country 3 | |
| 184. | 07/1962 | | 79
| US 12
US R&B 16 | |
| 185. | 04/1962 | | 78
| UK 8 | |
| 186. | 03/1962 | | 78
| UK 8 | |
| 187. | 07/1962 | | 78
| UK 8 | |
| 188. | 09/1962 | | 78
| UK 8 | with Johnny Keating & his Orchestra |
| 189. | 06/1962 | | 78
| UK 8 | |
| 190. | 05/1962 | | 78
| US 17
US R&B 4 | |
| 191. | 10/1962 | | 78
| US 117
UK 11 | |
| 192. | 12/1962 | | 77
| US 14
US R&B 12 | |
![She's Got You [article]](./wp/cache/img/JMGSong_31709.jpg "She's Got You [article]") | 193. | 01/1962 | | 77
| US 14
UK 43 | |
| 194. | 05/1962 | | 77
| US 60
UK 16
US R&B 16 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #218] |
| 195. | 12/1962 | | 76
| US 11
US R&B 18 | written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil |
| 196. | 08/1962 | | 76
| UK 11 | as Lonnie Donegan & His Group |
| 197. | 07/1962 | | 76
| UK 11 | with George Shearing
written by Lionel Rand, Ian Grant |
| 198. | 06/1962 | | 75
| US 13
US R&B 2 | backing vocals by Lou Rawls
written by Sam Cooke |
| 199. | 08/1962 | | 75
| US 13
US R&B 3 | |
| 200. | 05/1962 | | 75
| US 13
UK 41 | |
