POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 27, 1962
1

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

2

The Twist

Chubby Checker

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 1

3

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

Barbara George

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

4

Can't Help Falling In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

—

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

5

Norman

Sue Thompson

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

6

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

↓ 3

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 3

6

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

7

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

8

The Wanderer

Dion

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

9

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 15

10

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

↓ 3

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

11

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

↓ 5

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

12

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 8

13

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↑ 1

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 14

14

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↑ 3

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

15

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 11

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

16

Unchain My Heart

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 5

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 11

17

Break It To Me Gently

Brenda Lee

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

18

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

↓ 2

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 16

19

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

Connie Francis

↓ 7

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 12

20

Duke Of Earl

Gene Chandler

↑ 29

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 49

21

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↓ 8

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

22

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

↑ 1

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

23

Irresistible You

Bobby Darin

↑ 4

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

24

Dear Ivan

Jimmy Dean

—

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 24

25

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↓ 3

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

26

Twist-Her

Bill Black's Combo

↑ 5

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

27

Letter Full Of Tears

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 6

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

29

Small Sad Sam

Phil McLean

↓ 8

Peak: 21 • 10 wks • Prev: 21

30

Do-Re-Mi

Lee Dorsey

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 32

31

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↓ 3

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 28

32

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↓ 13

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 19

33

Shadrack

Brook Benton

↑ 12

Peak: 19 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

34

Pocketful Of Miracles

Frank Sinatra

↑ 2

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 36

35

Tuff

Ace Cannon

↑ 9

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 44

36

Multiplication

Bobby Darin

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 39

37

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↓ 17

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 20

38

Poor Fool

Ike & Tina Turner

↑ 5

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

39

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

40

There's No Other (Like My Baby)

The Crystals

↓ 3

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

41

She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)

Ral Donner

↑ 7

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

42

Crying In The Rain

The Everly Brothers

↑ 25

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 67

43

Rock-A-Hula Baby

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 13

Peak: 23 • 9 wks • Prev: 30

44

The Greatest Hurt

Jackie Wilson

↑ 13

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

45

Flying Circle

Frank Slay And His Orchestra

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

46

Revenge

Brook Benton

↓ 21

Peak: 15 • 10 wks • Prev: 25

47

Go On Home

Patti Page

↑ 7

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 54

48

Maria

Roger Williams

↑ 2

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

49

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↓ 9

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

50

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Ikettes

↑ 13

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 63

51

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 16

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 35

52

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 58

53

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Fats Domino

↓ 11

Peak: 30 • 7 wks • Prev: 42

54

Gypsy Woman

The Impressions

↓ 13

Peak: 20 • 15 wks • Prev: 41

55

Surfer's Stomp

The Marketts

↑ 21

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 76

56

Let Me In

The Sensations

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 64

57

I Could Have Loved You So Well

Ray Peterson

↑ 12

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

58

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↓ 2

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 56

59

So Deep

Brenda Lee

↓ 7

Peak: 52 • 4 wks • Prev: 52

60

'Til

The Angels

↓ 22

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

61

To A Sleeping Beauty

Jimmy Dean

↑ 19

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

62

Walkin' With My Angel

Bobby Vee

↓ 9

Peak: 53 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

63

Chip Chip

Gene McDaniels

↑ 33

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 96

64

It Will Stand

The Showmen

↓ 3

Peak: 61 • 15 wks • Prev: 61

65

Percolator (Twist)

Billy Joe & The Checkmates

↑ 17

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 82

66

Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)

Jack Ross

↑ 13

Peak: 57 • 6 wks • Prev: 79

67

Let's Go Trippin'

Dick Dale and The Del-Tones

↓ 7

Peak: 60 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

68

Lost Someone

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

69

The Cajun Queen

Jimmy Dean

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 8 wks

70

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake

—

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 70

71

What's The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↑ 2

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

72

What's So Good About Good-by

The Miracles

↑ 6

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 78

73

Afrikaan Beat

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 13

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 86

74

Hey! Baby

Bruce Channel

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

75

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Floyd Cramer

↑ 10

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

76

Just Got To Know

Jimmy McCracklin

↑ 13

Peak: 64 • 7 wks • Prev: 89

77

A Little Too Much

Clarence Henry

↑ 7

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

78

Tears From An Angel

Troy Shondell

↑ 3

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

79

Twistin' All Night Long

Danny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon

↓ 11

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 68

80

There'll Be No Next Time

Jackie Wilson

↑ 7

Peak: 75 • 3 wks • Prev: 87

81

I Told The Brook

Marty Robbins

↑ 2

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

82

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

The Kingston Trio

↑ 18

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 100

83

I'll See You In My Dreams

Pat Boone

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 9 wks

84

A Little Bitty Tear

Wanda Jackson

↑ 7

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 91

85

Cry To Me

Solomon Burke

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 10 wks

86

That's My Pa

Sheb Wooley

↑ 2

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 88

87

Lizzie Borden

The Chad Mitchell Trio

★ NEW

Peak: 44 • 8 wks

88

Love Is The Sweetest Thing

Saverio Saridis

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 5 wks

89

Jamie

Eddie Holland

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 92

90

(Do The New) Continental

The Dovells

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 10 wks

91

Blue Water Line

The Brothers Four

↑ 2

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 93

92

The Door Is Open

Tommy Hunt

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 1 wks

93

Shimmy, Shimmy Walk, Part 1

The Megatons

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 4 wks

94

Nite Owl

Dukays

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 97

95

Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth

Jimmy Reed

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 5 wks

96

She's Got You

Patsy Cline

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 13 wks

97

Twistin' Postman

The Marvelettes

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 9 wks

98

Portrait Of A Fool

Conway Twitty

—

Peak: 98 • 2 wks • Prev: 98

99

He Knows I Love Him Too Much

The Paris Sisters

★ NEW

Peak: 34 • 10 wks

100

Bandit Of My Dreams

Eddie Hodges

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 6 wks

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