1962 in Music - Singles Released

Singles Released

• "409" – The Beach Boys
• "A Forever Kind of Love" – Bobby Vee
• "A Little Love a Little Kiss" – Karl Denver
• "A Picture Of You" – Joe Brown
• "Adios Amigo" – Jim Reeves
• "Ain't That Funny" – Jimmy Justice
• "Al Di La" – Emilio Pericoli
• "All Alone Am I" – Brenda Lee
• "Always You and Me" – Russ Conway
• "Another Day, Another Dollar" – Wynn Stewart
• "As You Like It" – Adam Faith
• "Ave Maria" – Shirley Bassey
• "Baby Face" – Bobby Darin
• "Baby Take a Bow" – Adam Faith
• "Ballad of Paladin" – Duane Eddy
• "Because of Love" – Billy Fury
• "Besame Mucho" – Jet Harris
• "Big Man in a Big House" – Leroy Van Dyke
• "Blue Weekend" – Karl Denver
• "Bobby's Girl", recorded by
  • Marcie Blane
  • Susan Maughan
• "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" – Neil Sedaka
• "Can't Help Falling in Love/Rock-A-Hula Baby" – Elvis Presley
• "Cindy's Birthday" – Shane Fenton and the Fentones
• "Close To Cathy" – Mike Clifford
• "Clown Shoes" – Johnny Burnette
• "The Comancheros" – Lonnie Donegan
• "Come Along Please" – Bob Wallis and His Storyville Jazzmen
• "Come Outside" – Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard
• "Conscience" – James Darren
• "The Crowd" – Roy Orbison
• "Cry Myself to Sleep" – Del Shannon
• "Crying in the Rain" – Everly Brothers
• "Cutty Sark" – John Barry Seven
• "D-Darling" – Anthony Newley
• "Dance On – The Shadows
• "Dance With The Guitar Man" – Duane Eddy
• "Dancin' Party" – Chubby Checker
• "Dear One" – Larry Finnegan
• "Deep in the Heart Of Texas" – Duane Eddy
• "Desafinado" – Ella Fitzgerald
  • Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd
• "Devil Woman" – Marty Robbins
• "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" – Connie Francis
• "Don't Ever Change" – The Crickets
• "Don't Stop Twist" – Frankie Vaughan
• "Don't That Beat All" – Adam Faith
• "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream?)" – Roy Orbison
• "Drummin' up a Storm" – Sandy Nelson
• "Drums Are My Beat" – Sandy Nelson
• "Duke of Earl" – Gene Chandler
• "End of the World" – Skeeter Davis
• "English Country Garden" – Jimmie Rodgers
• "Ever Since You Said You Goodbye" – Marty Wilde
• "Everybody's Twistin'" – Frank Sinatra
• "Fanlight Fanny" – Clinton Ford
• "Far Away" – Shirley Bassey
• "Follow That Dream (EP)" – Elvis Presley
• "Forget Me Not" – Eden Kane
• "Funny Way Of Laughin'" – Burl Ives
• "Gina" – Johnny Mathis
• "Ginny Come Lately" – Brian Hyland
• "Go Away Little Girl", recorded by:
  • Steve Lawrence
  • Del Shannon
• "Good Luck Charm" – Elvis Presley
• "Goodbye Cruel World" – James Darren
• "Gossip Calypso" – Bernard Cribbins
• "Gotta See Baby Tonight" – Acker Bilk
• "Green Leaves Of Summer" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Green Onions" – Booker T. & the M.G.s
• "Guitar Tango" – The Shadows
• "Half Heaven, Half Heartache" – Gene Pitney
• "He Got What He Wanted" – Little Richard
• "He's a Rebel" – Crystals
• "Her Royal Majesty" – James Darren
• "Here Comes That Feeling" – Brenda Lee
• "Hey! Baby" – Bruce Channel
• "Hey Little Girl" – Del Shannon
• "Hole in the Ground" – Bernard Cribbins
• "How Can I Meet Her?" – Everly Brothers
• "I Can't Stop Loving You" – Ray Charles
• "I Don't Know Why" – Eden Kane
• "I Love You" – The Volumes
• "I Remember You" – Frank Ifield
• "I'll See You in My Dreams" – Pat Boone
• "I'm Counting on You" – Petula Clark
• "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" – The Ikettes
• "I'm Just a Baby" – Louise Cordet
• "I'm Lookin' Out the Window"/"Do You Want to Dance?" – Cliff Richard/Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "If a Man Answers" – Bobby Darin
• "If Only Tomorrow" – Ronnie Carroll
• "Island of Dreams" – Springfields
• "It Keeps Right on a Hurtin' – Johnny Tillotson
• "It Might As Well Rain Until September" – Carole King
• "It Only Took a Minute" – Joe Brown
• "It Started All Over Again" – Brenda Lee
• "It'll Be Me" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "It's a Raggy Waltz" – Dave Brubeck
• "It's All Over Now" – Shane Fenton and the Fentones
• "The James Bond Theme" – John Barry Orchestra
• "Jeannie" – Danny Williams
• "Jezebel" – Marty Wilde
• "Johnny Angel", recorded by:
  • Shelley Fabares
  • Patti Lynn
• "Johnny Get Angry" – Joanie Sommers
• "King Kong" – Terry Lightfoot and His New Orleans Jazzmen
• "King of Clowns" – Neil Sedaka
• "Lana" – The Velvets
• "The Language of Love" – John D. Loudermilk
• "Last Night Was Made for Love" – Billy Fury
• "Lesson One" – Russ Conway
• "Lessons in Love" – Allisons
• "Let's Dance" – Chris Montez
• "Let's Go (Pony)" – The Routers
• "Let's Talk about Love" – Helen Shapiro
• "Letter Full of Tears" – Billy Fury
• "Let There Be Love" – Nat King Cole and George Shearing
• "Like I Do" – Maureen Evans
• "Limbo Rock" – Chubby Checker
• "A Little Bitty Tear" – Burl Ives and Miki & Griff
• "Little Black Book" – Jimmy Dean
• "Little Miss Lonely" – Helen Shapiro
• "Little Red Rented Rowboat" – Joe Dowell
• "The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva
• "Lone Rider" – John Leyton
• "Lonely City" – John Leyton
• "Lonesome" – Adam Faith
• "Lonely" – Acker Bilk
• "Love and Fury" – The Tornados
• "Love Me Warm and Tender" – Paul Anka
• "Love Letters" – Ketty Lester
• "Love Me Do" – The Beatles
• "Love Me Tender" – Richard Chamberlain
• "Lover Please/You Know What I Mean" – The Vernons Girls
• "Lovesick Blues" – Frank Ifield
• "Made to Love (Girls Girls Girls)" – Eddie Hodges
• "The Main Attraction" – Pat Boone
• "Main Title Theme from The Man with the Golden Arm" – Jet Harris
• "Mashed Potato Time" – Dee Dee Sharp
• "March of the Siamese Children" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Me and My Shadow" – Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Must Be Madison" – Joe Loss Orchestra
• "My Love and Devotion" – Matt Monro
• "Never Goodbye" – Karl Denver
• "Next Door to an Angel" – Neil Sedaka
• "The Next Time"/"Bachelor Boy" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile" – Everly Brothers
• "Norman" – Sue Thompson
• "Nut Rocker" – B. Bumble and the Stingers
• "Oh Lonesome Me" – Craig Douglas
• "Old Rivers" – Walter Brennan
• "Once Upon A Dream" – Billy Fury
• "Onward Christian Soldiers" – Harry Simeone Chorale
• "Orange Blossom Special" – The Spotnicks
• "Our Favourite Melodies" – Craig Douglas
• "Palisades Park" – Freddy Cannon
• "The Party's Over" – Lonnie Donegan
• "The Pay Off" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Peppermint Twist" – Joey Dee and the Starliters
• "Pianissimo" – Ken Dodd
• "Pick A Bale Of Cotton" – Lonnie Donegan
• "Please Don't Ask About Barbara" – Bobby Vee
• "P.S I Love You" – The Beatles
• "Puff" – Kenny Lynch
• "Ramblin' Rose" – Nat King Cole
• "Reminiscing" – Buddy Holly
• "Return To Sender" – Elvis Presley
• "Right Said Fred" – Bernard Cribbins
• "Rinky Dink" – Dave "Baby" Cortez
• "Rocket Man" – The Spotnicks
• "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" – Brenda Lee
• "Roses Are Red (My Love)", recorded by:
  • Ronnie Carroll
  • Bobby Vinton
• "Rumours" – Johnny Crawford
• "Sealed with a Kiss" – Brian Hyland
• "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" – Johnny Tillotson
• "Sharing You" – Bobby Vee
• "She's Got You" – Patsy Cline
• "She's Not You" – Elvis Presley
• "Sheila" – Tommy Roe
• "Sherry" – The Four Seasons
• "Shout!, Shout!, Knock Yourself Out" – Ernie Maresca
• "Slow Twistin" – Chubby Checker
• "Smoky Places"- The Corsairs
• "So Do I" – Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "So This Is Love" – The Castells
• "Softly, as I Leave You" – Matt Monro
• "Soldier Boy" – Shirelles
• "Some People" – Carol Deene
• "Son This Is She" – John Leyton
• "Spanish Harlem" – Jimmy Justice
• "Speak To Me Pretty" – Brenda Lee
• "Speedy Gonzales" – Pat Boone
• "Stranger on the Shore", recorded by:
  • Acker Bilk
  • Andy Williams
• "Sun Arise" – Rolf Harris
• "Surfer's Stomp" – The Marketts
• "Surfin' Safari" – The Beach Boys
• "Susie Darlin'" – Tommy Roe
• "Sweet Little Sixteen" – Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Swinging in the Rain" – Norman Vaughan
• "Swiss Maid" – Del Shannon
• "The Monster Mash" – Bobby "Boris" Pickett
• "Tears" – Danny Williams
• "Tell Me What He Said" – Helen Shapiro
• "Telstar – The Tornados
• "Ten Little Indians" – The Beach Boys
• "That Noise" – Anthony Newley
• "That Stranger Used To Be My Girl" – Trade Martin
• "Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)" – Richard Chamberlain
• "Theme from Maigret" – Joe Loss
• "Theme from Z-Cars", recorded by:
  • Johnny Keating
  • Norrie Paramor and His Orchestra
• "Things" – Bobby Darin
• "Tonight" – Shirley Bassey
• "Torture" – Kris Jensen
• "Town Without Pity" – Gene Pitney
• "The Twist" – Chubby Checker
• "Twistin' the Night Away" – Sam Cooke
• "Unsquare Dance" – Dave Brubeck
• "Up on the Roof" – Kenny Lynch
• "Vacation" – Connie Francis
• "Venus in Blue Jeans" – Mark Wynter
• "Village Of Love" – Nathaniel Mayer and The Fabulous Twilights
• "Walk Away" – Shane Fenton and the Fentones
• "Walk On By" – Leroy Van Dyke
• "Walk Right In" – The Rooftop Singers
• "The Wanderer" – Dion
• "Warmed Over Kisses" – Brian Hyland
• "We're Gonna Go Fishin'" – Hank Locklin
• "Welcome Home Baby" – The Brook Brothers
• "Wonderful Land" – The Shadows
• "What A Crazy World We're Living In" – Joe Brown
• "What Kind Of Fool Am I?/Gonna Build A Mountain" – Sammy Davis Jr.
• "What Now My Love" – Shirley Bassey
• "What's Your Name" – Don and Juan
• "When My Little Girl Is Smiling", recorded by:
  • Craig Douglas
  • The Drifters
  • Jimmy Justice
• "Will I What" – Mike Sarne
• "Wimoweh" – Karl Denver
• "Wonderful Land" – The Shadows
• "Wonderful World of the Young" – Danny Williams
• "Ya Ya Twist" – Petula Clark
• "Yes My Darling Daughter" – Eydie Gorme
• "You Don't Know Me" – Ray Charles
• "You'll Lose A Good Thing" – Barbara Lynn
• "The Young Ones" – Cliff Richard and The Shadows
• "Young World" – Ricky Nelson
• "Your Cheatin' Heart" – Ray Charles
• "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night" – Doug Sheldon
• "Your Tender Look" – Joe Brown

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1962 (USA)