POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 12, 1962
1

Soldier Boy

The Shirelles

—

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 1

2

Mashed Potato Time

Dee Dee Sharp

—

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 2

3

Stranger On The Shore

Mr. Acker Bilk

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 4

4

Johnny Angel

Shelley Fabares

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

5

Good Luck Charm

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

—

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

6

She Cried

Jay & The Americans

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

7

Old Rivers

Walter Brennan

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 11 wks • Prev: 15

8

Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)

Ernie Maresca

↑ 8

Peak: 6 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

9

Twist, Twist Senora

Gary U.S. Bonds

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 10

10

Shout - Part I

Joey Dee & the Starliters

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 6

11

P.T. 109

Jimmy Dean

↓ 2

Peak: 8 • 11 wks • Prev: 9

12

Everybody Loves Me But You

Brenda Lee

↑ 6

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 18

13

Slow Twistin'

Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

14

Funny Way Of Laughin'

Burl Ives

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Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

15

Lover Please

Clyde McPhatter

↓ 8

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

16

Conscience

James Darren

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 10 wks • Prev: 26

17

The One Who Really Loves You

Mary Wells

↑ 17

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

18

I Wish That We Were Married

Ronnie and The Hi-Lites

↑ 9

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

19

Lovers Who Wander

Dion

↑ 14

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 33

20

Uptown

The Crystals

↑ 4

Peak: 13 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

21

Dear One

Larry Finnegan

↓ 9

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

22

Young World

Rick Nelson

↓ 11

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

23

Soul Twist

King Curtis And The Noble Knights

↓ 6

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

24

Love Letters

Ketty Lester

↓ 5

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

25

Caterina

Perry Como

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

26

Johnny Jingo

Hayley Mills

↓ 5

Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

27

You Are Mine

Frankie Avalon

↑ 10

Peak: 26 • 11 wks • Prev: 37

28

Twistin' Matilda (and the channel)

Jimmy Soul

↑ 8

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 36

29

Tell Me

Dick and DeeDee

↑ 12

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 41

30

I Sold My Heart To The Junkman

The Blue-Belles

↑ 14

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 44

31

Ginny Come Lately

Brian Hyland

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Peak: 21 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

32

Hide 'Nor Hair

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↓ 12

Peak: 20 • 7 wks • Prev: 20

33

She Can't Find Her Keys

Paul Petersen

↓ 11

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

34

Love Me Warm And Tender

Paul Anka

↓ 11

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

35

Most People Get Married

Patti Page

↑ 11

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 46

36

Cinderella

Jack Ross

↓ 11

Peak: 16 • 9 wks • Prev: 25

37

The Jam - Part 1

Bobby Gregg and His Friends

↓ 7

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 30

38

Nut Rocker

B. Bumble & The Stingers

↓ 3

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 35

39

Twistin' The Night Away

Sam Cooke

↓ 7

Peak: 9 • 15 wks • Prev: 32

40

What'd I Say (Part 1)

Bobby Darin

↓ 12

Peak: 24 • 8 wks • Prev: 28

41

Itty Bitty Pieces

James Ray

↑ 13

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 54

42

Blues (Stay Away From Me)

Ace Cannon

↑ 11

Peak: 36 • 7 wks • Prev: 53

43

Don't Play That Song (You Lied)

Ben E. King

↑ 16

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

44

At The Club

Ray Charles and his Orchestra

↑ 4

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 48

45

You Better Move On

Arthur Alexander

↓ 7

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 38

46

Night Train

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 5

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 51

47

King Of Clowns

Neil Sedaka

↑ 5

Peak: 45 • 9 wks • Prev: 52

48

Two Of A Kind

Sue Thompson

↓ 5

Peak: 42 • 9 wks • Prev: 43

49

Count Every Star

Linda Scott

↑ 11

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 60

50

Moon River

Henry Mancini And His Orchestra

↑ 14

Peak: 11 • 26 wks • Prev: 64

51

Something's Got A Hold On Me

Etta James

↓ 2

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

52

(I was) Born To Cry

Dion

↑ 6

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

53

I Can't Stop Loving You

Ray Charles

↑ 33

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 86

54

So This Is Love

The Castells

↑ 11

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 65

55

(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance

Gene Pitney

↑ 23

Peak: 4 • 13 wks • Prev: 78

56

Playboy

The Marvelettes

↑ 32

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 88

57

Moments

Jennell Hawkins

↓ 7

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

58

Follow That Dream

Elvis Presley

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 10 wks

59

I Will

Vic Dana

↓ 12

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

60

Hearts

Jackie Wilson

↑ 8

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

61

Teach Me Tonight

George Maharis

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 66

62

Number One Man

Bruce Channel

↑ 15

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 77

63

Village Of Love

Nathaniel Mayer And The Fabulous Twilights

↑ 9

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 72

64

It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'

Johnny Tillotson

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 14 wks

65

Runaway

Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra

↓ 9

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 56

66

Meet Me At The Twistin' Place

Johnnie Morisette

↑ 5

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 71

67

If I Cried Every Time You Hurt Me

Wanda Jackson

↑ 7

Peak: 58 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

68

Lemon Tree

Peter, Paul & Mary

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 80

69

Palisades Park

Freddy Cannon

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 15 wks

70

I Love You

The Volume's

↑ 17

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 87

71

That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be)

The Everly Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 11 wks

72

Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)

Chuck Jackson

↑ 9

Peak: 23 • 12 wks • Prev: 81

73

Stranger On The Shore

The Drifters

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 1 wks

74

Love Can't Wait

Marty Robbins

↑ 2

Peak: 69 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

75

Second Hand Love

Connie Francis

★ NEW

Peak: 7 • 9 wks

76

Hit Record

Brook Benton

↑ 14

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

77

Memories Of Maria

Jerry Byrd

↓ 2

Peak: 74 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

78

Drummin' Up A Storm

Sandy Nelson

↑ 5

Peak: 67 • 8 wks • Prev: 83

79

Balboa Blue

The Marketts

↑ 17

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 96

80

I'll Take You Home

The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell

↑ 5

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

81

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

Duane Eddy

↑ 1

Peak: 78 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

82

I Found A Love

The Falcons & Band (Ohio Untouchables)

↑ 2

Peak: 75 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

83

That's My Desire

Yvonne Baker and the Sensations

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 6 wks

84

Walk On The Wild Side (Part 1)

Jimmy Smith And The Big Band

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 13 wks

85

Why'd You Wanna Make Me Cry

Connie Stevens

↑ 15

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 100

86

How Is Julie?

The Lettermen

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 8 wks

87

You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You

Dinah Washington

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 1 wks

88

Born To Lose

Ray Charles

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 9 wks

89

Cindy's Birthday

Johnny Crawford

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

90

The Stripper

David Rose and His Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 17 wks

91

Oh My Angel

Bertha Tillman

↑ 4

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 95

92

Imagine That

Patsy Cline

★ NEW

Peak: 90 • 2 wks

93

Fortuneteller

Bobby Curtola

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 14 wks • Prev: 97

94

My Real Name

Fats Domino

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 7 wks

95

Adios Amigo

Jim Reeves

↑ 3

Peak: 90 • 6 wks • Prev: 98

96

Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)

Benny Spellman

↑ 3

Peak: 80 • 6 wks • Prev: 99

97

Let Me Be The One

The Paris Sisters

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 5 wks

98

Operator

Gladys Knight And The Pips

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 2 wks

99

I'll Try Something New

The Miracles

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 10 wks

100

Dream

Dinah Washington

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 2 wks

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