POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 13, 1962
1

The Twist

Chubby Checker

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 2

2

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

↓ 1

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 1

2

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

3

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

4

Can't Help Falling In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

5

I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)

Barbara George

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 15

6

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

—

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

7

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

8

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

9

Unchain My Heart

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

10

When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)

Connie Francis

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

11

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 7

12

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

↓ 3

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

13

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 13

14

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

15

Revenge

Brook Benton

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 10 wks • Prev: 18

16

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↑ 18

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

17

Norman

Sue Thompson

↑ 29

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 46

18

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↑ 10

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

19

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

↑ 13

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 32

20

The Wanderer

Dion

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

21

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 24

22

'Til

The Angels

↓ 8

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

23

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Rydell/Chubby Checker

↓ 2

Peak: 21 • 7 wks • Prev: 21

24

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

↑ 1

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

25

There's No Other (Like My Baby)

The Crystals

↓ 5

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 20

26

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↓ 10

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

27

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

28

Small Sad Sam

Phil McLean

↑ 16

Peak: 21 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

29

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

30

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Fats Domino

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 7 wks • Prev: 33

31

Rock-A-Hula Baby

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 8

Peak: 23 • 9 wks • Prev: 23

32

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↓ 13

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 19

33

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 15

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 48

34

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↓ 7

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 27

35

Johnny Will

Pat Boone

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 37

36

Irresistible You

Bobby Darin

↑ 17

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

37

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↑ 28

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 65

38

Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night

Kenny Dino

↓ 3

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

39

Poor Fool

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 3

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

40

Hey! Little Girl

Del Shannon

↓ 2

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 38

41

Twist-Her

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 11

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 52

42

Dear Ivan

Jimmy Dean

↑ 13

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

43

Do-Re-Mi

Lee Dorsey

↑ 17

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

44

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 54

45

Tonight

Ferrante & Teicher

↓ 9

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

47

Pocketful Of Miracles

Frank Sinatra

↑ 11

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

48

Little Altar Boy

Vic Dana

↓ 3

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 45

49

Well, I Told You

The Chantels

↓ 6

Peak: 29 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

50

Multiplication

Bobby Darin

↑ 13

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 63

51

Letter Full Of Tears

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 11

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 62

52

She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)

Ral Donner

↑ 12

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 64

53

Maria

Roger Williams

↑ 8

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

54

Flying Circle

Frank Slay And His Orchestra

↑ 5

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

55

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

↓ 15

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

56

Break It To Me Gently

Brenda Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 13 wks

57

Walkin' With My Angel

Bobby Vee

↑ 12

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 69

58

Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)

Solomon Burke

↓ 9

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 49

59

The Gypsy Rover

The Highwaymen

↓ 3

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

60

Up A Lazy River

Si Zentner And His Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

61

Tuff

Ace Cannon

↑ 17

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

62

Shadrack

Brook Benton

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 9 wks

63

It Will Stand

The Showmen

↑ 8

Peak: 61 • 15 wks • Prev: 71

64

Just Got To Know

Jimmy McCracklin

↑ 3

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 67

65

Let's Go Trippin'

Dick Dale and The Del-Tones

↑ 12

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 77

66

So Deep

Brenda Lee

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 4 wks

67

Turn Around, Look At Me

Glen Campbell

↓ 1

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 66

68

Go On Home

Patti Page

↑ 14

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 82

69

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↑ 14

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 83

70

The Majestic

Dion

↑ 9

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 79

71

Baby's First Christmas

Connie Francis

↓ 45

Peak: 26 • 5 wks • Prev: 26

72

The Greatest Hurt

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 9 wks

73

Lost Someone

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 13

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 86

74

I Could Have Loved You So Well

Ray Peterson

↑ 6

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 80

75

Let Me In

The Sensations

↑ 20

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 95

76

What's The Reason

Bobby Edwards

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 6 wks

77

I Need Some One

The Belmonts

↑ 12

Peak: 75 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

78

Twistin' All Night Long

Danny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon

↑ 3

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

79

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 12 wks

80

The Lost Penny

Brook Benton

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 2 wks

81

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Ikettes

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 12 wks

82

Room Full Of Tears

The Drifters

↑ 5

Peak: 72 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

83

Tears From An Angel

Troy Shondell

↑ 1

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

84

I Told The Brook

Marty Robbins

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 4 wks

85

What's So Good About Good-by

The Miracles

★ NEW

Peak: 35 • 10 wks

86

But On The Other Hand Baby

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 4 wks

87

A Little Too Much

Clarence Henry

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 5 wks

88

Pop Goes The Weasel

Anthony Newley

↓ 3

Peak: 85 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

89

Crying In The Rain

The Everly Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 13 wks

90

Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)

Jack Ross

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 6 wks

91

Unsquare Dance

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

↓ 17

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

92

Island In The Sky

Troy Shondell

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 1 wks

93

Duke Of Earl

Gene Chandler

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

94

That's My Pa

Sheb Wooley

↑ 3

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 97

95

Surfer's Stomp

The Marketts

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 9 wks

96

Searching

Jack Eubanks

↑ 2

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 98

97

The Basie Twist

Count Basie & His Orch.

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 2 wks

98

The Comancheros

Claude King

★ NEW

Peak: 71 • 7 wks

99

Lonesome Number One

Don Gibson

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 4 wks

100

Percolator (Twist)

Billy Joe & The Checkmates

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 13 wks

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