POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 20, 1962
1

The Twist

Chubby Checker

—

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 1

2

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 3

3

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

↓ 1

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

3

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

4

Can't Help Falling In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

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Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

5

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

Barbara George

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Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

6

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

—

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

7

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

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Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

8

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

—

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 8

9

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

10

Norman

Sue Thompson

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

11

Unchain My Heart

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 2

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

12

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

Connie Francis

↓ 2

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

13

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

14

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↑ 7

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

15

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

16

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

17

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

18

The Wanderer

Dion

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 20

19

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 13

20

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

21

Small Sad Sam

Phil McLean

↑ 7

Peak: 21 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

22

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↑ 7

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

23

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

24

Dear Ivan

Jimmy Dean

↑ 18

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 42

25

Revenge

Brook Benton

↓ 10

Peak: 15 • 10 wks • Prev: 15

26

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

27

Irresistible You

Bobby Darin

↑ 9

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

28

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 32

29

Break It To Me Gently

Brenda Lee

↑ 27

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 56

30

Rock-A-Hula Baby

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 1

Peak: 23 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

31

Twist-Her

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 10

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

32

Do-Re-Mi

Lee Dorsey

↑ 11

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

33

Letter Full Of Tears

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 18

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

35

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 9

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 44

36

Pocketful Of Miracles

Frank Sinatra

↑ 11

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

37

There's No Other (Like My Baby)

The Crystals

↓ 12

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

38

'Til

The Angels

↓ 16

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

39

Multiplication

Bobby Darin

↑ 11

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

40

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↓ 14

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

41

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

↓ 17

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

42

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Fats Domino

↓ 12

Peak: 30 • 7 wks • Prev: 30

43

Poor Fool

Ike & Tina Turner

↓ 4

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

44

Tuff

Ace Cannon

↑ 17

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 61

45

Shadrack

Brook Benton

↑ 17

Peak: 19 • 9 wks • Prev: 62

46

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↑ 23

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 69

47

Flying Circle

Frank Slay And His Orchestra

↑ 7

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

48

She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)

Ral Donner

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

49

Duke Of Earl

Gene Chandler

↑ 44

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 93

50

Maria

Roger Williams

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

51

Little Altar Boy

Vic Dana

↓ 3

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

52

So Deep

Brenda Lee

↑ 14

Peak: 52 • 4 wks • Prev: 66

53

Walkin' With My Angel

Bobby Vee

↑ 4

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

54

Go On Home

Patti Page

↑ 14

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

55

Hey! Little Girl

Del Shannon

↓ 15

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 40

56

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↓ 22

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

57

The Greatest Hurt

Jackie Wilson

↑ 15

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

58

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↓ 21

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 37

59

Johnny Will

Pat Boone

↓ 24

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

60

Let's Go Trippin'

Dick Dale and The Del-Tones

↑ 5

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

61

It Will Stand

The Showmen

↑ 2

Peak: 61 • 15 wks • Prev: 63

62

Turn Around, Look At Me

Glen Campbell

↑ 5

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

63

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Ikettes

↑ 18

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 81

64

Let Me In

The Sensations

↑ 11

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 75

65

Up A Lazy River

Si Zentner And His Orchestra

↓ 5

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

66

Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night

Kenny Dino

↓ 28

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

67

Crying In The Rain

The Everly Brothers

↑ 22

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 89

68

Twistin' All Night Long

Danny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon

↑ 10

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

69

I Could Have Loved You So Well

Ray Peterson

↑ 5

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

70

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake

↑ 9

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 79

71

Lost Someone

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 2

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 73

72

But On The Other Hand Baby

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 14

Peak: 72 • 4 wks • Prev: 86

73

What's The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↑ 3

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

74

Big Bad John

Jimmy Dean

↓ 19

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 55

75

I Need Some One

The Belmonts

↑ 2

Peak: 75 • 4 wks • Prev: 77

76

Surfer's Stomp

The Marketts

↑ 19

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 95

77

The Lost Penny

Brook Benton

↑ 3

Peak: 77 • 2 wks • Prev: 80

78

What's So Good About Good-by

The Miracles

↑ 7

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 85

79

Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)

Jack Ross

↑ 11

Peak: 57 • 6 wks • Prev: 90

80

To A Sleeping Beauty

Jimmy Dean

★ NEW

Peak: 26 • 9 wks

81

Tears From An Angel

Troy Shondell

↑ 2

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

82

Percolator (Twist)

Billy Joe & The Checkmates

↑ 18

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 100

83

I Told The Brook

Marty Robbins

↑ 1

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 84

84

A Little Too Much

Clarence Henry

↑ 3

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

85

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Floyd Cramer

★ NEW

Peak: 36 • 8 wks

86

Afrikaan Beat

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 10 wks

87

There'll Be No Next Time

Jackie Wilson

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 3 wks

88

That's My Pa

Sheb Wooley

↑ 6

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 94

89

Just Got To Know

Jimmy McCracklin

↓ 25

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 64

90

Room Full Of Tears

The Drifters

↓ 8

Peak: 72 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

91

A Little Bitty Tear

Wanda Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 84 • 3 wks

92

Jamie

Eddie Holland

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 13 wks

93

Blue Water Line

The Brothers Four

★ NEW

Peak: 68 • 8 wks

94

The Basie Twist

Count Basie & His Orch.

↑ 3

Peak: 94 • 2 wks • Prev: 97

95

A Sunday Kind Of Love

Jan & Dean

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 1 wks

96

Chip Chip

Gene McDaniels

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 11 wks

97

Nite Owl

Dukays

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 6 wks

98

Portrait Of A Fool

Conway Twitty

★ NEW

Peak: 98 • 2 wks

99

Oliver Twist

Rod McKuen

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 6 wks

100

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

The Kingston Trio

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 14 wks

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