This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1962.[1]
The year's No. 1 record was "Wolverton Mountain" by Claude King.[1] The record debuted on Billboard's country and western chart in May 1962, spent nine weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on the chart for 26 weeks.[1]
RCA Victor led all other labels with 13 records included on the year-end chart. Columbia Records followed with 10 records on the year-end chart.[1]
| Rank | Peak[note 1][2] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Wolverton Mountain" | Claude King | Columbia |
| 2 | 1 | "Misery Loves Company" | Porter Wagoner | RCA Victor |
| 3 | 1 | "She Thinks I Still Care" | George Jones | United Artists |
| 4 | 1 | "Charlie's Shoes" | Billy Walker | Columbia |
| 5 | 2 | "Adios Amigo" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 6 | 3 | "A Wound Time Can't Erase" | Stonewall Jackson | Columbia |
| 7 | 1 | "She's Got You" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 8 | 1 | "Walk on By" | Leroy Van Dyke | Mercury |
| 9 | 4 | "Trouble's Back in Town" | The Wilburn Brothers | Decca |
| 10 | 2 | "Losing Your Love" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 11 | 3 | "A Little Heartache" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 12 | 2 | "Lonesome Number One" | Don Gibson | RCA Victor |
| 13 | 4 | "The Comeback" | Faron Young | Capitol |
| 14 | 1 | "That's My Pa" | Sheb Wooley | M-G-M |
| 15 | 2 | "A Little Bitty Tear" | Burl Ives | Decca |
| 16 | 1 | "Devil Woman" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 17 | 1 | "Mama Sang a Song" | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| 18 | 5 | "Alla My Love" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 19 | 3 | "Everybody But Me" | Ernest Ashworth | Hickory |
| 20 | 5 | "I Can Mend Your Broken Heart" | Don Gibson | RCA Victor |
| 21 | 2 | "Crazy" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 22 | 3 | "If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)" | Leroy Van Dyke | Mecury |
| 23 | 5 | "Unloved, Unwanted" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 24 | 6 | "Success" | Loretta Lynn | Decca |
| 25 | 11 | "Nobody's Fool But Yours" | Buck Owens | Capitol |
| 26 | 3 | "PT 109" | Jimmy Dean | Columbia |
| 27 | 4 | "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" | Johnny Tillotson | Cadence |
| 28 | 3 | "Old Rivers" | Walter Brennan | Liberty |
| 29 | 2 | "I'm Gonna Change Everything" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 30 | 8 | "Crazy Wild Desire" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 31 | 3 | "Soft Rain" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 32 | 1 | "Big Bad John" | Jimmy Dean | Columbia |
| 33 | 9 | "Funny Way of Laughing" | Burl Ives | Decca |
| 34 | 3 | "Call Me Mr. In-Between" | Burl Ives | Decca |
| 35 | 5 | "Aching, Breaking Heart" | George Jones | Mercury |
| 36 | 7 | "Three Days" | Faron Young | Capitol |
| 37 | 7 | "Take Time" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 38 | 11 | "Air Mail to Heaven" | Carl Smith | Columbia |
| 39 | 10 | "Happy Journey" | Hank Locklin | RCA Victor |
| 40 | 7 | "What I Feel in My Heart" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 41 | "I've Been Everywhere" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor | |
| 42 | 10 | "When I Get Through with You" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 43 | "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" | Johnny Cash | Columbia | |
| 44 | "If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You" | George Hamilton IV | RCA Victor | |
| 45 | 7 | "After Loving You" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 46 | 7 | "Tears Broke Out on Me" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor |
| 47 | "Willingly" | Shirley Collie & Willie Nelson | Liberty | |
| 48 | "Footsteps of a Fool" | Judy Lynn | United Artists | |
| 49 | "Touch Me" | Willie Nelson | Liberty | |
| 50 | "Willie the Weeper" | Billy Walker | Columbia |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "The Top 50 Country Music and Rhythm & Blues Records of 1962" (PDF). The Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.