AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (Barry Kowal) TOP SINGLES FOR 1962
No.Song-Artist-Peak Month 1-WORKING FOR THE MAN/LEAH-ROY ORBISON-NOVEMBER 894 2-CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE/ROCK-A-HULA BABY-ELVIS PRESLEY-February 848 3-STRANGER ON THE SHORE-MR.ACKER BILK-March 806 4-MULTIPLICATION/IRRESISTIBLE YOU-BOBBY DARIN-March 792 5-ALLEY CAT (OMKRING ET FLYGEL)-BENT FABRIC-October 780 6-I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU-RAY CHARLES-June 772 7-MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW-KENNY BALL & HIS JAZZMEN-April 722 8-THE LONELY BULL(EL SOLO TORRO)-Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass-December 720 9-ROSES ARE RED (MY LOVE)-Bobby Vinton-August 716 10-WOLVERTON MOUNTAIN-Claude King-August 690 11-Limbo Rock/Popeye-Chubby Checker-November 686 12-Good Luck Charm-Elvis Presley-May 662 13-The Cha Cha Cha-Bobby Rydell-November 652 14-I've Been Everywhere-Lucky Starr-May 648 15-I Remember You-Frank Ifield-September 630 16-Sheila-Tommy Roe-September 608 17-Ramblin' Rose-Nat King Cole-October 578 18-The Swiss Maid-Del Shannon-October 574 19-Do You Want To Dance/I'm Lookin' Out The Window-Cliff Richard/Shadows-August 574 20-Dear One-Larry Finnegan-June 566 21-Chip Chip-Gene McDaniels-March 562 22-West Of The Wall-Toni Fisher-July 550 23-Silver Threads And Golden Needles-The Springfields-October 546 24-Si Senor (I Theenk')-Rob E.G.-June 546 25-Dream Baby(How Long Must I Dream)-Roy Orbison-April 518 26-Lovesick Blues-Frank Ifield-December 506 27-Wonderful Land/Stars Fell On Stockton-The Shadows-May 506 28-The Wanderer-Dion-March 500 29-Anything That's Part Of You-Elvis Presley-May 498 30-Let There Be Drums-Sandy Nelson-January 488 31-A Little Bitty Tear-Burl Ives-February 484 32-Run To Him/Walkin' With My Angel-Bobby Vee-February 464 33-(Dance With The) Guitar Man-Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes-November 456 34-Devil Woman-Marty Robbins-September 434 35-When The Girl In Your Arms,Is The Girl In Your Heart-Cliff Richard-January 432 36-Norman-Sue Thompson-February 428 37-If I Didn't Have A Dime/Only Love Can Break Your Heart-Gene Pitney-October 420 38-Let's Twist Again-Chubby Checker-February 406 39-The Twist-Chubby Checker-February 396 40-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance-Gene Pitney-July 394 41-She's Not You/Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello-Elvis Presley-September 382 42-The Young Ones-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-August 378 43-Moon River-Henry Mancini-May 364 44-Caterina-Perry Como-June 360 45-Moon River-Jerry Butler-January 354 46-Walk On By-Leroy Van Dyke-January 342 47-The Stripper-David Rose-July 340 48-Southern 'Rora-Joy Boys-July 336 49-Speedy Gonzales-Pat Boone-August 318 50-He's A Rebel-Vikki Carr-December 318 51-Sing/To Love-Johnny O'Keefe-March 318 52-All Alone Am I-Brenda Lee-December 312 53-Callin' Doctor Casey-John D. Loudermilk-August 308 54-It'll Be Me-Cliff Richard & The Shadows-November 302 55-Things-Bobby Darin-August 302 56-Happy Birthday,Sweet Sixteen-Neil Sedaka-January 300 57-Come Outside-Mike Sarne-August 294 58-Have You Ever Been To See King's Cross-Frankie Davidson-June 280 59-Today's Teardrops-Col Joye & The Joy Boys-June 274 60-Percolator (Twist)-Billy Joe & The Checkmates-April 256 61-Guitar Tango-The Shadows-September 254 62-Vacation-Connie Francis-September 250 63-Funny Way Of Laughin'-Burl Ives-June 250 64-Old Rivers-Walter Brennan-June 248 65-James(Hold The Ladder Steady)-Sue Thompson-November 244 66-Love Letters-Kitty Lester-May 236 67-Unsquare Dance-Dave Brubeck Quartet-April 230 68-Crying In The Rain-Everly Brothers-March 220 69-The Peppermint Twist-Joey Dee & The Starlighters-February 216 70-Wimoweh-Karl Denver-May 212 71-Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands-Delltones-August 206 72-That's Old Fashion/How Can I Meet Her-Everly Brothers-June 206 73-The Lion Sleeps Tonight-The Tokens-January 204 74-Chattanooga Choo Choo-Floyd Cramer-March 202 75-The Savage/Peace Pipe-The Shadows-July 192 76-Slow Twistin'/La Paloma Twist-Chubby Checker-May 192 77-Young World-Rick Nelson-May 182 78-Happy Guitar-Reg Owen & His Orchestra-December 174 79-Point Of No Return-Gene McDaniels-September 164 80-Rain,Rain Go Away-Bobby Vinton-October 158 81-So Deep Twist/Break It To Me Gently-Brenda Lee-March 152 82-Susie Darlin'-Tommy Roe-December 142 83-Cotton Fields/Gypsy Rover-Highwaymen-March 142 84-Ahab The Arab-Ray Stevens-August 128 85-Follow That Dream-Elvis Presley-July 118 86-Nut Rocker-B. Bumble & The Stingers-May 112 87-Hey Little Girl-Del Shannon-February 108 88-Walkin' Back To Happiness-Helen Shapiro-January 86 89-The Majestic-Dion-March 82 90-It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'-Johnny Tillotson-July 76 91-I'll Never Dance Again/Gee It's Wonderful-Bobby Rydell-July 70 92-March Of The Siamese Children-Kenny Ball-April 70 93-5-4-3-2-1-Zero-Rob E.G.-November 36 94-It Might As Well Rain Until September-Carole King-October 36 95-Venus In Blue Jeans-Mark Wynter-November 34 96-Patches-Dickie Lee-November 34 * The data used in compilation of this list are the charts found in The Australian Top 20 Book (1940-2006) by David Kent.