Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1962

Billboard Top R&B Records of 1962 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1962.[1]

The year's top R&B single was the instrumental "Soul Twist" by King Curtis.

Motown and its affiliated divisions (Tamla and Gordy) had six singles on the year-end list: "The One Who Really Loves You" by Mary Wells (No. 18); "Playboy" by The Marvelettes (No. 26); "Jamie" by Eddie Holland (No. 27); "You Beat Me to the Punch" by Mary Wells (No. 28); "Do You Love Me" by The Contours (No. 35); and "Beechwood 4-5789" by The Marvelettes (No. 44).

R&B
rank[1] 		Pop
rank[2] 		Title Artist(s) Label
1 92 "Soul Twist" King Curtis Enjoy
2 2 "I Can't Stop Loving You" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount
3 38 "Twist and Shout" The Isley Brothers Wand
4 NR "Bring It On Home to Me" Sam Cooke RCA Victor
5 NR "Lost Someone" James Brown & The Famous Flames King
6 3 "Mashed Potato Time" Dee Dee Sharp Cameo
7 NR "Any Day Now" Chuck Jackson Wand
8 66 "Snap Your Fingers" Joe Henderson Todd
9 35 "Party Lights" Claudine Clark Chancellor
10 71 "You'll Lose a Good Thing" Barbara Lynn Jamie
11 13 "Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler Vee Jay
12 23 "Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke RCA Victor
13 NR "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Etta James Argo
14 42 "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" Barbara George AFO
15 10 "Soldier Boy" The Shirelles Scepter
16 NR "I Need Your Lovin'" Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford Fire
17 NR "Night Train" James Brown & the Famous Flames King
18 19 "The One Who Really Loves You" Mary Wells Motown
19 9 "The Twist" Chubby Checker Parkway
20 NR "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" Ben E. King Atco
21 34 "Love Letters" Ketty Lester Era
22 NR "Letter Full of Tears" Gladys Knight & the Pips Fury
23 53 "Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s Stax
24 7 "The Loco-Motion" Little Eva Dimension
25 55 "Sherry" The Four Seasons Vee Jay
26 27 "Playboy" The Marvelettes Tamla
27 NR "Jamie" Eddie Holland Motown
28 70 "You Beat Me to the Punch" Mary Wells Motown
29 24 "The Wah-Watusi" The Orlons Cameo
30 NR "Turn On Your Love Light" Bobby Bland Duke
31 NR "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo" Little Junior Parker Duke
32 44 "Baby It's You" The Shirelles Scepter
33 17 "Slow Twistin'" Chubby Checker Parkway
34 94 "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" The Ikettes Atco
35 NR "Do You Love Me" The Contours Gordy
36 4 "Roses Are Red (My Love)" Bobby Vinton Epic
37 NR "Cuttin' In" Johnny "Guitar" Watson King
38 52 "Having a Party" Sam Cooke RCA Victor
39 8 "Let Me In" The Sensations Argo
40 11 "Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel Smash
41 NR "I Found a Love" The Falcons LuPine
42 NR "Poor Fool" Ike & Tina Turner Sue
43 NR "Lie to Me" Brook Benton Mercury
44 NR "Beechwood 4-5789" The Marvelettes Tamla
45 NR "Unchain My Heart" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount
46 59 "Rinky Dink" Dave "Baby" Cortez Chess
47 NR "Cry to Me" Solomon Burke Atlantic
48 32 "Dear Lady Twist" Gary U.S. Bonds LeGrand
49 NR "Ain't That Loving You" Bobby Bland Duke
50 18 "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" Johnny Tillotson Cadence

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Top 50 Country Music and Rhythm & Blues Records of 1962" (PDF). The Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 78.
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