POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 17, 1962
1

Hey! Baby

Bruce Channel

—

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 1

2

Midnight In Moscow

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

3

Don't Break The Heart That Loves You

Connie Francis

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

4

Let Me In

The Sensations

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 5

5

Duke Of Earl

Gene Chandler

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

6

Her Royal Majesty

James Darren

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 8

7

What's Your Name

Don & Juan

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

8

Crying In The Rain

The Everly Brothers

↓ 2

Peak: 6 • 13 wks • Prev: 6

9

Break It To Me Gently

Brenda Lee

↓ 2

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 7

10

Percolator (Twist)

Billy Joe & The Checkmates

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 12

11

The Wanderer

Dion

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

12

Smoky Places

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

13

Twistin' The Night Away

Sam Cooke

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

14

Slow Twistin'

Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)

↑ 22

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

15

Dear Lady Twist

Gary U.S. Bonds

↓ 4

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

16

She's Got You

Patsy Cline

↑ 4

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

17

Tuff

Ace Cannon

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Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

18

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

Roy Orbison

↑ 5

Peak: 4 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

19

Chip Chip

Gene McDaniels

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

20

Hey, Let's Twist

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 6 wks • Prev: 22

21

My Boomerang Won't Come Back

Charlie Drake

↑ 3

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

22

(I've Got) Bonnie

Bobby Rydell

↑ 13

Peak: 18 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

23

Love Letters

Ketty Lester

↑ 16

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

24

The Twist

Chubby Checker

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 39 wks • Prev: 13

25

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

The Kingston Trio

↑ 4

Peak: 21 • 14 wks • Prev: 29

26

Norman

Sue Thompson

↓ 11

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

27

Come Back Silly Girl

The Lettermen

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

28

Johnny Angel

Shelley Fabares

↑ 22

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 50

29

Drums Are My Beat

Sandy Nelson

↑ 4

Peak: 29 • 7 wks • Prev: 33

30

Cotton Fields

The Highwaymen

↓ 3

Peak: 13 • 18 wks • Prev: 27

31

Jamie

Eddie Holland

↑ 1

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

32

Mashed Potato Time

Dee Dee Sharp

↑ 17

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 49

33

I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)

The Ikettes

↓ 8

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

34

He Knows I Love Him Too Much

The Paris Sisters

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Peak: 34 • 10 wks • Prev: 34

35

Please Don't Ask About Barbara

Bobby Vee

↑ 10

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

36

Love Me Warm And Tender

Paul Anka

↑ 11

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

37

Young World

Rick Nelson

↑ 21

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 58

38

A Little Bitty Tear

Burl Ives

↓ 12

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 26

39

You Win Again

Fats Domino

↑ 5

Peak: 22 • 10 wks • Prev: 44

40

Baby It's You

The Shirelles

↓ 21

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

41

Peppermint Twist - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↓ 23

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

42

(Do The New) Continental

The Dovells

↓ 5

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 37

43

The Cajun Queen

Jimmy Dean

↓ 13

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 30

44

Cry To Me

Solomon Burke

↑ 2

Peak: 44 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

45

I'll See You In My Dreams

Pat Boone

↓ 7

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 38

46

Twistin' Postman

The Marvelettes

↓ 3

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

47

Walk On The Wild Side

Brook Benton

↑ 7

Peak: 43 • 7 wks • Prev: 54

48

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

Barbara George

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 41

49

You Better Move On

Arthur Alexander

↑ 11

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

50

Afrikaan Beat

Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra

↓ 8

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 42

51

Good Luck Charm

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 13 wks

52

When My Little Girl Is Smiling

The Drifters

↑ 17

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

53

Pop-Eye

Huey Smith

↑ 3

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

54

To A Sleeping Beauty

Jimmy Dean

↓ 26

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 28

55

Something's Got A Hold On Me

Etta James

↑ 7

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 62

56

Lover Please

Clyde McPhatter

↑ 18

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 74

57

Cry Baby Cry

The Angels

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

58

Lizzie Borden

The Chad Mitchell Trio

↓ 7

Peak: 44 • 8 wks • Prev: 51

59

If A Woman Answers (Hang Up The Phone)

Leroy Van Dyke

↑ 16

Peak: 35 • 7 wks • Prev: 75

60

Yessiree

Linda Scott

↑ 5

Peak: 60 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

61

She Can't Find Her Keys

Paul Petersen

↑ 24

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 85

62

Nut Rocker

B. Bumble & The Stingers

↑ 8

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 70

63

The Alvin Twist

The Chipmunks With David Seville

↑ 8

Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

64

That's My Pa

Sheb Wooley

↓ 9

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

65

Patti Ann

Johnny Crawford

↑ 15

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 80

66

Our Anniversary

Shep And The Limelites

↑ 2

Peak: 59 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

67

What's So Good About Good-by

The Miracles

↓ 14

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

68

Dear One

Larry Finnegan

↑ 13

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 81

69

Yes Indeed

Pete Fountain

↑ 3

Peak: 69 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

70

Anything That's Part Of You

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 8 wks

71

Lollipops And Roses

Jack Jones

↑ 17

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

72

Tell Me

Dick and DeeDee

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 14 wks

73

Ginny Come Lately

Brian Hyland

↑ 23

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 96

74

Roly Poly

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↑ 15

Peak: 74 • 3 wks • Prev: 89

75

She Cried

Jay & The Americans

★ NEW

Peak: 5 • 14 wks

76

Annie Get Your Yo-Yo

Little Junior Parker

↑ 10

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 86

77

Surfin

The Beach Boys

↑ 6

Peak: 75 • 6 wks • Prev: 83

78

Soul Twist

King Curtis And The Noble Knights

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 13 wks

79

La Paloma Twist

Chubby Checker

★ NEW

Peak: 72 • 2 wks

80

Stranger On The Shore

Mr. Acker Bilk

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 21 wks

81

Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)

Steve Alaimo

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 1 wks

82

Midnight Special, Part 1

Jimmy Smith

↑ 10

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 92

83

Cinderella

Jack Ross

★ NEW

Peak: 16 • 9 wks

84

Bermuda

Linda Scott

—

Peak: 70 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

85

The Jam - Part 1

Bobby Gregg and His Friends

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 10 wks

86

The Ballad Of Thunder Road

Robert Mitchum

↑ 8

Peak: 62 • 21 wks • Prev: 94

87

A Girl Has To Know

The G-Clefs

↑ 11

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 98

88

The White Rose Of Athens

David Carroll And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 7 wks

89

Summertime

Rick Nelson

↑ 6

Peak: 89 • 2 wks • Prev: 95

90

Memories Of Maria

Jerry Byrd

★ NEW

Peak: 74 • 9 wks

91

Two Of A Kind

Sue Thompson

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 9 wks

92

Teen Queen Of The Week

Freddy Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 2 wks

93

Amor

Roger Williams

↑ 6

Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 99

94

Chapel By The Sea

Billy Vaughn And His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 6 wks

95

Johnny Jingo

Hayley Mills

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 11 wks

96

Duchess Of Earl

Pearlettes

↑ 1

Peak: 96 • 2 wks • Prev: 97

97

The Rains Came

Big Sambo and The House Wreckers

↑ 3

Peak: 74 • 7 wks • Prev: 100

98

Smile

Ferrante & Teicher

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

99

The Moon Was Yellow

Frank Sinatra

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 1 wks

100

Sweet Thursday

Johnny Mathis

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 2 wks

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