Billboard Hot 100 — January 20, 1962
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of January 20, 1962. "The Twist" by Chubby Checker held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Twist Chubby Checker
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| 2 | Peppermint Twist - Part I Joey Dee & the Starliters
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| 3 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens
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| 4 | Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
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| 5 | I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Barbara George
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| 6 | Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen Neil Sedaka
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| 7 | Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke
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| 8 | Run To Him Bobby Vee
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| 9 | When I Fall In Love The Lettermen
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| 10 | Norman Sue Thompson
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| 11 | Unchain My Heart Ray Charles and his Orchestra
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| 12 | When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) Connie Francis
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| 13 | Let There Be Drums Sandy Nelson
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| 14 | Town Without Pity Gene Pitney
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| 15 | Baby It's You The Shirelles
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| 16 | Cotton Fields The Highwaymen
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| 17 | A Little Bitty Tear Burl Ives
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| 18 | The Wanderer Dion
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| 19 | Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes
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| 20 | Goodbye Cruel World James Darren
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| 21 | Small Sad Sam Phil McLean
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| 22 | Funny How Time Slips Away Jimmy Elledge
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| 23 | If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody James Ray
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| 24 | Dear Ivan Jimmy Dean
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| 25 | Revenge Brook Benton
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| 26 | Dear Lady Twist Gary U.S. Bonds
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| 27 | Irresistible You Bobby Darin
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| 28 | Moon River Henry Mancini And His Orchestra
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| 29 | Break It To Me Gently Brenda Lee
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| 30 | Rock-A-Hula Baby Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
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| 31 | Twist-Her Bill Black's Combo
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| 32 | Do-Re-Mi Lee Dorsey
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| 33 | Letter Full Of Tears Gladys Knight And The Pips
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| 34 | Turn On Your Love Light Bobby Bland
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| 35 | Dreamy Eyes Johnny Tillotson
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| 36 | Pocketful Of Miracles Frank Sinatra
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| 37 | There's No Other (Like My Baby) The Crystals
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| 38 | 'Til The Angels
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| 39 | Multiplication Bobby Darin
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| 40 | I Don't Know Why Linda Scott
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| 41 | Gypsy Woman The Impressions
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| 42 | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Fats Domino
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| 43 | Poor Fool Ike & Tina Turner
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| 44 | Tuff Ace Cannon
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| 45 | Shadrack Brook Benton
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| 46 | Smoky Places The Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell
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| 47 | Flying Circle Frank Slay And His Orchestra
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| 48 | She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be) Ral Donner
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| 49 | Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler
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| 50 | Maria Roger Williams
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| 51 | Little Altar Boy Vic Dana
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| 52 | So Deep Brenda Lee
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| 53 | Walkin' With My Angel Bobby Vee
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| 54 | Go On Home Patti Page
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| 55 | Hey! Little Girl Del Shannon
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| 56 | Moon River Jerry Butler
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| 57 | The Greatest Hurt Jackie Wilson
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| 58 | Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker
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| 59 | Johnny Will Pat Boone
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| 60 | Let's Go Trippin' Dick Dale and The Del-Tones
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| 61 | It Will Stand The Showmen
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| 62 | Turn Around, Look At Me Glen Campbell
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| 63 | I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) The Ikettes
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| 64 | Let Me In The Sensations
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| 65 | Up A Lazy River Si Zentner And His Orchestra
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| 66 | Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night Kenny Dino
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| 67 | Crying In The Rain The Everly Brothers
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| 68 | Twistin' All Night Long Danny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon
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| 69 | I Could Have Loved You So Well Ray Peterson
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| 70 | My Boomerang Won't Come Back Charlie Drake
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| 71 | Lost Someone James Brown And The Famous Flames
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| 72 | But On The Other Hand Baby Ray Charles and his Orchestra
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| 73 | What's The Reason Bobby Edwards
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| 74 | Big Bad John Jimmy Dean
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| 75 | I Need Some One The Belmonts
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| 76 | Surfer's Stomp The Marketts
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| 77 | The Lost Penny Brook Benton
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| 78 | What's So Good About Good-by The Miracles
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| 79 | Happy Jose (Ching-Ching) Jack Ross
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| 80 | To A Sleeping Beauty Jimmy Dean
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| 81 | Tears From An Angel Troy Shondell
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| 82 | Percolator (Twist) Billy Joe & The Checkmates
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| 83 | I Told The Brook Marty Robbins
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| 84 | A Little Too Much Clarence Henry
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| 85 | Chattanooga Choo Choo Floyd Cramer
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| 86 | Afrikaan Beat Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra
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| 87 | There'll Be No Next Time Jackie Wilson
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| 88 | That's My Pa Sheb Wooley
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| 89 | Just Got To Know Jimmy McCracklin
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| 90 | Room Full Of Tears The Drifters
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| 91 | A Little Bitty Tear Wanda Jackson
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| 92 | Jamie Eddie Holland
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| 93 | Blue Water Line The Brothers Four
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| 94 | The Basie Twist Count Basie & His Orch.
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| 95 | A Sunday Kind Of Love Jan & Dean
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| 96 | Chip Chip Gene McDaniels
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| 97 | Nite Owl Dukays
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| 98 | Portrait Of A Fool Conway Twitty
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| 99 | Oliver Twist Rod McKuen
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| 100 | Where Have All The Flowers Gone The Kingston Trio
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