Billboard Hot 100 — June 30, 1962
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of June 30, 1962. "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles held #1 for a 5th straight week, the last week of its run. 16 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "It Started All Over Again" by Brenda Lee at #57, which would go on to peak at #29. The biggest climber was "Welcome Home Baby" by The Shirelles, up 38 places from #88 to #50.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles — 5 weeks at the top so far, 9 weeks on the chart since debuting May 5, 1962.
- New in the top 10: "Roses Are Red (My Love)" by Bobby Vinton (up from #16 to #5); "Al Di La'" by Emilio Pericoli (up from #12 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, down 33 places from #40 to #73.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, 18 weeks and counting (peak #2).
- Gone from the chart: "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles after 14 weeks (peak #1); "Everybody Loves Me But You" by Brenda Lee after 11 weeks (peak #6).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | The Stripper David Rose and His Orchestra |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Palisades Park Freddy Cannon |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Johnny Tillotson |
| 5 | 16 | 5 | 4 | Roses Are Red (My Love) Bobby Vinton |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Gene Pitney |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | Playboy The Marvelettes |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Cindy's Birthday Johnny Crawford |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 16 | Stranger On The Shore Mr. Acker Bilk |
| 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | Al Di La' Emilio Pericoli |
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | Snap Your Fingers Joe Henderson |
| 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be) The Everly Brothers |
| 13 | 20 | 13 | 6 | Wolverton Mountain Claude King |
| 14 | 26 | 14 | 6 | Johnny Get Angry Joanie Sommers |
| 15 | 17 | 15 | 6 | A Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine Paul Anka |
| 16 | 18 | 16 | 7 | Sharing You Bobby Vee |
| 17 | 33 | 17 | 5 | Theme From Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) Richard Chamberlain |
| 18 | 30 | 18 | 4 | The Wah Watusi The Orlons |
| 19 | 10 | 7 | 8 | Second Hand Love Connie Francis |
| 20 | 31 | 20 | 5 | I'll Never Dance Again Bobby Rydell |
| 21 | 34 | 21 | 3 | Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) Dee Dee Sharp |
| 22 | 24 | 22 | 10 | I Love You The Volume's |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | 10 | Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Chuck Jackson |
| 24 | 29 | 24 | 6 | Having A Party Sam Cooke |
| 25 | 13 | 8 | 15 | The One Who Really Loves You Mary Wells |
| 26 | 15 | 15 | 8 | Follow That Dream Elvis Presley |
| 27 | 42 | 27 | 4 | Sealed With A Kiss Brian Hyland |
| 28 | 21 | 21 | 8 | Walk On The Wild Side (Part 1) Jimmy Smith And The Big Band |
| 29 | 37 | 29 | 5 | The Crowd Roy Orbison |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | 11 | Lovers Who Wander Dion |
| 31 | 39 | 31 | 7 | Bristol Twistin' Annie The Dovells |
| 32 | 19 | 11 | 11 | Don't Play That Song (You Lied) Ben E. King |
| 33 | 22 | 22 | 10 | Village Of Love Nathaniel Mayer And The Fabulous Twilights |
| 34 | 57 | 34 | 3 | Speedy Gonzales Pat Boone |
| 35 | 48 | 35 | 4 | Johnny Loves Me Shelley Fabares |
| 36 | 28 | 28 | 7 | Theme From Ben Casey Valjean on Piano |
| 37 | 59 | 37 | 5 | Twist And Shout The Isley Brothers |
| 38 | 51 | 38 | 3 | Little Bitty Pretty One Clyde McPhatter |
| 39 | 43 | 39 | 8 | I'll Try Something New The Miracles |
| 40 | 36 | 36 | 7 | Where Are You Dinah Washington |
| 41 | 46 | 41 | 8 | Born To Lose Ray Charles |
| 42 | 35 | 22 | 14 | Twistin' Matilda (and the channel) Jimmy Soul |
| 43 | 41 | 41 | 9 | Fortuneteller Bobby Curtola |
| 44 | 47 | 44 | 6 | West Of The Wall Toni Fisher |
| 45 | 27 | 21 | 12 | So This Is Love The Castells |
| 46 | 68 | 46 | 2 | Seven Day Weekend Gary U.S. Bonds |
| 47 | 78 | 47 | 2 | Dancin' Party Chubby Checker |
| 48 | 25 | 25 | 11 | Teach Me Tonight George Maharis |
| 49 | 44 | 44 | 6 | Swingin' Gently Earl Grant |
| 50 | 88 | 50 | 2 | Welcome Home Baby The Shirelles |
| 51 | 69 | 51 | 2 | (Girls, Girls, Girls) Made To Love Eddie Hodges |
| 52 | 55 | 52 | 9 | Why'd You Wanna Make Me Cry Connie Stevens |
| 53 | 63 | 53 | 5 | I Need Your Loving Don Gardner And Dee Dee Ford |
| 54 | 58 | 54 | 6 | Limbo Rock The Champs |
| 55 | 66 | 55 | 4 | Stranger On The Shore Andy Williams |
| 56 | 49 | 42 | 8 | How Is Julie? The Lettermen |
| 57 | NEW | 57 | 1 | It Started All Over Again Brenda Lee |
| 58 | 62 | 58 | 6 | Where Have You Been (All My Life) Arthur Alexander |
| 59 | 38 | 15 | 11 | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman The Blue-Belles |
| 60 | 64 | 60 | 7 | Woman Is A Man's Best Friend Teddy & The Twilights |
| 61 | 77 | 61 | 3 | Dr. Ben Basey Mickey Shorr and The Cutups |
| 62 | 65 | 62 | 4 | Keep Your Love Locked (Deep In Your Heart) Paul Petersen |
| 63 | 73 | 63 | 3 | I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You) Jimmy Norman |
| 64 | 76 | 64 | 3 | You'll Lose A Good Thing Barbara Lynn |
| 65 | 75 | 65 | 3 | Bongo Stomp Little Joey And The Flips |
| 66 | NEW | 66 | 1 | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka |
| 67 | 96 | 67 | 2 | Steel Men Jimmy Dean |
| 68 | 80 | 68 | 2 | But Not For Me Ketty Lester |
| 69 | 72 | 69 | 6 | Tennessee Jan & Dean |
| 70 | NEW | 70 | 1 | Ahab, The Arab Ray Stevens |
| 71 | 74 | 71 | 6 | Boom Boom John Lee Hooker |
| 72 | 56 | 48 | 10 | Balboa Blue The Marketts |
| 73 | 40 | 2 | 18 | Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp |
| 74 | 45 | 6 | 14 | Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) Ernie Maresca |
| 75 | 90 | 75 | 2 | Little Red Rented Rowboat Joe Dowell |
| 76 | 83 | 76 | 4 | Baby Elephant Walk Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra |
| 77 | 82 | 77 | 3 | Have A Good Time Sue Thompson |
| 78 | 84 | 78 | 5 | Route 66 Theme Nelson Riddle |
| 79 | 86 | 79 | 3 | Never In A Million Years Linda Scott |
| 80 | 95 | 26 | 13 | Summertime, Summertime The Jamies |
| 81 | 81 | 81 | 2 | Good Lover Jimmy Reed |
| 82 | 67 | 67 | 6 | That Happy Feeling Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra |
| 83 | 70 | 61 | 9 | Oh My Angel Bertha Tillman |
| 84 | NEW | 84 | 1 | If I Should Lose You Dreamlovers |
| 85 | 85 | 85 | 5 | Down In The Valley Solomon Burke |
| 86 | NEW | 86 | 1 | The Loco-Motion Little Eva |
| 87 | 93 | 87 | 4 | Baby Elephant Walk The Miniature Men |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | Nothing New (Same Old Thing) Fats Domino |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | You Should'a Treated Me Right Ike & Tina Turner |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Mary's Little Lamb James Darren |
| 91 | 91 | 91 | 5 | The Green Leaves Of Summer Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | Worried Mind Ray Anthony |
| 93 | NEW | 93 | 1 | Goodnight, Irene Jerry Reed And The Hully Girlies |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | What Did Daddy Do Shep And The Limelites |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | Party Lights Claudine Clark |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | La Bomba The Tokens |
| 97 | 100 | 97 | 2 | Shake A Hand Ruth Brown |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | My Time For Cryin' Maxine Brown |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Cry Myself To Sleep Del Shannon |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Potato Peeler Bobby Gregg and His Friends |
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