POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 17, 1962
1

Duke Of Earl

Gene Chandler

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

2

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 1

3

The Twist

Chubby Checker

—

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 3

4

Norman

Sue Thompson

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

5

The Wanderer

Dion

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

6

Break It To Me Gently

Brenda Lee

↑ 2

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

7

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

Barbara George

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 5

8

Can't Help Falling In Love

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

9

Crying In The Rain

The Everly Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 14

10

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

—

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

11

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↓ 2

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

12

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↓ 1

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

13

Hey! Baby

Bruce Channel

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

14

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

↓ 1

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

15

Chip Chip

Gene McDaniels

↑ 9

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 24

16

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Tokens

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 12

16

The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

The Tokens

↓ 4

Peak: 51 • 13 wks • Prev: 12

17

Irresistible You

Bobby Darin

↓ 2

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 15

18

She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)

Ral Donner

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 20

19

Shadrack

Brook Benton

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 9 wks • Prev: 22

20

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Ikettes

↑ 8

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

21

Letter Full Of Tears

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 2

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

22

Run To Him

Bobby Vee

↓ 4

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

23

Town Without Pity

Gene Pitney

↓ 6

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 17

24

When I Fall In Love

The Lettermen

↓ 8

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

25

The Cajun Queen

Jimmy Dean

↑ 9

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 34

26

Tuff

Ace Cannon

—

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

27

Let Me In

The Sensations

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 35

28

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↓ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

29

Midnight In Moscow

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

↑ 18

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

30

Multiplication

Bobby Darin

↑ 2

Peak: 30 • 10 wks • Prev: 32

31

Her Royal Majesty

James Darren

↑ 19

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

32

Surfer's Stomp

The Marketts

↑ 9

Peak: 31 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

33

Percolator (Twist)

Billy Joe & The Checkmates

↑ 12

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

34

The Greatest Hurt

Jackie Wilson

↑ 3

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 37

35

To A Sleeping Beauty

Jimmy Dean

↑ 5

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 40

36

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↓ 6

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 30

37

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

38

Twistin' The Night Away

Sam Cooke

↑ 11

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 49

39

Do-Re-Mi

Lee Dorsey

↓ 8

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 31

40

What's So Good About Good-by

The Miracles

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

41

Twist-Her

Bill Black's Combo

↓ 12

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

42

She's Got You

Patsy Cline

↑ 18

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

43

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Floyd Cramer

↑ 5

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 48

44

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

James Ray

↓ 17

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

45

I'll See You In My Dreams

Pat Boone

↑ 6

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

46

Don't Break The Heart That Loves You

Connie Francis

↑ 20

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 66

47

What's Your Name

Don & Juan

↑ 25

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 72

48

Twistin' Postman

The Marvelettes

↑ 8

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

49

Lost Someone

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 10

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

50

Afrikaan Beat

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

51

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

The Kingston Trio

↑ 13

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 64

52

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

↓ 19

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 33

53

He Knows I Love Him Too Much

The Paris Sisters

↑ 15

Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 68

54

Walk On By

Leroy Van Dyke

↓ 31

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 23

55

Drums Are My Beat

Sandy Nelson

↑ 22

Peak: 29 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

56

Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen

Neil Sedaka

↓ 18

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

57

Unchain My Heart

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 21

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

58

(Do The New) Continental

The Dovells

↑ 16

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 74

59

Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)

Jack Ross

↓ 2

Peak: 57 • 6 wks • Prev: 57

60

Cry To Me

Solomon Burke

↑ 3

Peak: 44 • 10 wks • Prev: 63

61

Jamie

Eddie Holland

↑ 20

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 81

62

Dear Ivan

Jimmy Dean

↓ 19

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 43

63

Dreamy Eyes

Johnny Tillotson

↑ 8

Peak: 35 • 23 wks • Prev: 71

64

Hey, Let's Twist

Joey Dee & the Starliters

★ NEW

Peak: 20 • 6 wks

65

That's My Pa

Sheb Wooley

↑ 10

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 75

66

Go On Home

Patti Page

↓ 20

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

67

My Melancholy Baby

The Marcels

↑ 3

Peak: 58 • 5 wks • Prev: 70

68

B'wa Nina (Pretty Girl)

The Tokens

↑ 12

Peak: 55 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

69

Funny How Time Slips Away

Jimmy Elledge

↓ 30

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

70

Ecstasy

Ben E. King

↑ 6

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

71

Lizzie Borden

The Chad Mitchell Trio

↑ 11

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 82

72

The Majestic

Dion

↑ 7

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 79

73

Come Back Silly Girl

The Lettermen

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 11 wks

74

Our Anniversary

Shep And The Limelites

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 8 wks

75

Nite Owl

Dukays

↓ 2

Peak: 73 • 6 wks • Prev: 73

76

Oliver Twist

Rod McKuen

↑ 2

Peak: 76 • 6 wks • Prev: 78

77

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

Roy Orbison

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 12 wks

78

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Timi Yuro

↑ 6

Peak: 66 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

79

What's The Reason

Bobby Edwards

↑ 4

Peak: 71 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

80

Midnight

Johnny Gibson

↑ 9

Peak: 76 • 4 wks • Prev: 89

81

Walk On The Wild Side

Brook Benton

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 7 wks

82

Bandit Of My Dreams

Eddie Hodges

↑ 6

Peak: 65 • 6 wks • Prev: 88

83

(I've Got) Bonnie

Bobby Rydell

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 11 wks

84

Blue Water Line

The Brothers Four

↑ 1

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

85

Bermuda

Linda Scott

↑ 7

Peak: 70 • 6 wks • Prev: 92

86

Tears And Laughter

Dinah Washington

—

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

87

Yessiree

Linda Scott

↑ 9

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 96

88

Cry Baby Cry

The Angels

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 11 wks

89

Pop-Eye

Huey Smith

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 8 wks

90

Lose Her

Bobby Rydell

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 4 wks

91

Do You Know How To Twist

Hank Ballard

—

Peak: 87 • 4 wks • Prev: 91

92

Love Is The Sweetest Thing

Saverio Saridis

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 5 wks

93

Surfin

The Beach Boys

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 6 wks

94

It's Magic

The Platters

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 2 wks

95

Shimmy, Shimmy Walk, Part 1

The Megatons

—

Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 95

96

I Surrender, Dear

Aretha Franklin

↑ 1

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

97

Strange

Patsy Cline

↑ 3

Peak: 97 • 2 wks • Prev: 100

98

Joey Baby

Anita & Th' So-And-So's

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 3 wks

99

Grow Closer Together

The Impressions

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

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