POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 3, 1962
1

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

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Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 1

2

Can't Help Falling In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

3

The Twist

Chubby Checker

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 2

4

Norman

Sue Thompson

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

5

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

Barbara George

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 3

6

The Wanderer

Dion

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

7

Duke Of Earl

Gene Chandler

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

8

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↑ 1

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

9

Break It To Me Gently

Brenda Lee

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

10

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

↓ 4

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

10

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

11

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

12

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

13

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

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Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 13

14

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

↓ 7

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

15

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

16

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

↓ 6

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

17

Irresistible You

Bobby Darin

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

18

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

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Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

19

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

↓ 8

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

20

Crying In The Rain

The Everly Brothers

↑ 22

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

21

Unchain My Heart

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 5

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 16

22

Shadrack

Brook Benton

↑ 11

Peak: 19 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

23

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↓ 2

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

24

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

↓ 2

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

25

Letter Full Of Tears

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

26

Twist-Her

Bill Black's Combo

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Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 26

27

Do-Re-Mi

Lee Dorsey

↑ 3

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 30

28

She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)

Ral Donner

↑ 13

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 41

29

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 31

30

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

Connie Francis

↓ 11

Peak: 10 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

31

Dear Ivan

Jimmy Dean

↓ 7

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 24

33

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↑ 6

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 39

34

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Ikettes

↑ 16

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

35

Multiplication

Bobby Darin

↑ 1

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 36

36

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↓ 11

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 25

37

Tuff

Ace Cannon

↓ 2

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

38

Small Sad Sam

Phil McLean

↓ 9

Peak: 21 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

39

Pocketful Of Miracles

Frank Sinatra

↓ 5

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

40

The Greatest Hurt

Jackie Wilson

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 44

41

The Cajun Queen

Jimmy Dean

↑ 28

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

42

Go On Home

Patti Page

↑ 5

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

43

Let Me In

The Sensations

↑ 13

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 56

44

Poor Fool

Ike & Tina Turner

↓ 6

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

45

Goodbye Cruel World

James Darren

↓ 8

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 37

46

Chip Chip

Gene McDaniels

↑ 17

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

47

To A Sleeping Beauty

Jimmy Dean

↑ 14

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 61

48

Surfer's Stomp

The Marketts

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 55

49

Rock-A-Hula Baby

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 6

Peak: 23 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

50

Please Mr. Postman

The Marvelettes

↓ 18

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 32

51

Maria

Roger Williams

↓ 3

Peak: 48 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

52

Hey! Baby

Bruce Channel

↑ 22

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 74

53

Percolator (Twist)

Billy Joe & The Checkmates

↑ 12

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 65

54

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

↓ 2

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 52

55

There's No Other (Like My Baby)

The Crystals

↓ 15

Peak: 20 • 11 wks • Prev: 40

56

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Floyd Cramer

↑ 19

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

57

Flying Circle

Frank Slay And His Orchestra

↓ 12

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 45

58

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake

↑ 12

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 70

59

I'll See You In My Dreams

Pat Boone

↑ 24

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 83

60

Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)

Jack Ross

↑ 6

Peak: 57 • 6 wks • Prev: 66

61

Afrikaan Beat

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 12

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 73

62

What's So Good About Good-by

The Miracles

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

63

Lost Someone

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 5

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 68

64

I Could Have Loved You So Well

Ray Peterson

↓ 7

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

65

I Don't Know Why

Linda Scott

↓ 16

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

66

Her Royal Majesty

James Darren

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 11 wks

67

Moon River

Jerry Butler

↓ 9

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 58

68

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↓ 17

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 51

69

It Will Stand

The Showmen

↓ 5

Peak: 61 • 15 wks • Prev: 64

70

Twistin' The Night Away

Sam Cooke

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 15 wks

71

She's Got You

Patsy Cline

↑ 25

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 96

72

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

The Kingston Trio

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 82

73

Twistin' Postman

The Marvelettes

↑ 24

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 97

74

What's The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↓ 3

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 71

75

There'll Be No Next Time

Jackie Wilson

↑ 5

Peak: 75 • 3 wks • Prev: 80

76

Lizzie Borden

The Chad Mitchell Trio

↑ 11

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 87

77

Tears From An Angel

Troy Shondell

↑ 1

Peak: 77 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

78

Cry To Me

Solomon Burke

↑ 7

Peak: 44 • 10 wks • Prev: 85

79

Midnight In Moscow

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 14 wks

80

That's My Pa

Sheb Wooley

↑ 6

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 86

81

A Little Too Much

Clarence Henry

↓ 4

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

82

Bandit Of My Dreams

Eddie Hodges

↑ 18

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 100

83

Twistin' All Night Long

Danny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon

↓ 4

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 79

84

He Knows I Love Him Too Much

The Paris Sisters

↑ 15

Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 99

85

Oliver Twist

Rod McKuen

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 6 wks

86

Love Is The Sweetest Thing

Saverio Saridis

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

87

A Little Bitty Tear

Wanda Jackson

↓ 3

Peak: 84 • 3 wks • Prev: 84

88

Nite Owl

Dukays

↑ 6

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 94

89

Blue Water Line

The Brothers Four

↑ 2

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 91

90

Midnight

Johnny Gibson

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 4 wks

91

My Melancholy Baby

The Marcels

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 5 wks

92

Teen Queen Of The Week

Freddy Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 2 wks

93

(Do The New) Continental

The Dovells

↓ 3

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 90

94

Jamie

Eddie Holland

↓ 5

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 89

95

Ecstasy

Ben E. King

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 6 wks

96

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Timi Yuro

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 5 wks

97

I Surrender, Dear

Aretha Franklin

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 5 wks

98

Let's Go

Floyd Cramer

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

99

Tequila Twist

The Champs

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

100

Sugar Babe

Buster Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 2 wks

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