1962 singles

German song by Norbert Schultz (text by Hans Leip)

1954 song by Bart Howard

1956 song by Elvis Presley

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles

original song written and composed by Arthur Alexander

original song written and composed by Phil Medley and Bert Berns; first recorded and released by The Top Notes in 1961

original song written and composed by Pete Seeger

original song written and composed by Gerry Goffin (words) and Carole King (music), popularized by the Cookies

"Misirlou" is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The song's original author is unknown, but Arabic, Greek, and Jewish musicians were playing it by the 1920s. The earliest known recording of the song is a 1927 Greek rebetiko/tsifteteli composition. There are also Arabic belly dancing, Albanian, Armenian, Serbian, Persian, Indian and Turkish versions of the song. This song was popular from the 1920s onwards in the Arab American, Armenian American and Greek American communities who settled in the United States.

song written and composed by Roland Valade and Claude Henri Vic, originally performed by Isabelle Aubret at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest

original song written and composed by Smokey Robinson; first recorded by The Miracles

song writen and composed by Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee, originally recorded by Skeeter Davis and released in 1962

original song written and composed by Richard Drapkin

song by Joe Meek, first recorded by the Tornados

1962 single by Peter, Paul and Mary

original song written and composed by Peter Udell (lyrics) and Gary Geld (music); originally recorded by The Four Voices and released in 1960

1961 single by Everly Brothers

song written and composed by Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell, originally recorded by Elvis Presley and released in 1962

original song written and composed by Roy lee Johnson

original song written and composed by John Gummoe; first recorded 1963 by the Cascades

original song written and composed by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, James Pebworth

song written and composed by Don Gibson, originally recorded by Don Gibson and released in 1957

traditional song attributed to Hedy West, based on the traditional song "I'm Nine Hundred Miles Away from Home"

song written and composed by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold, originally recorded by Elvis Presley in 1961 and released in 1962

1962 single by John Lee Hooker

original song written and composed by Roger Gustave Samyn, Françoise Hardy

1962 single by Elvis Presley

original song composed by Victor Young, lyrics by Edward Heyman; from 1945 film "Love Letters"

song by Neil Sedaka

1962 song popularized by Tony Bennett

1962 single by Etta James

single by Chris Kenner and Cannibal & the Headhunters

original song composed by Mort Garson, lyrics by Bob Hilliard; first recorded by Ruby and the Romantics

1962 single by The Drifters

original song written and composed by Ethel Lee, David Hill, and Buddy Kaye

1962 single by Wilbert Harrison

1959 single by The Isley Brothers

1962 single by Richie Barrett, later covered by the Beatles

original song written, composed, and performed by Sam Cooke

1961 song co-written and performed by Lee Dorsey

1994 single by Little Eva

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1962 instrumental composed by Quincy Jones

single by The Shadows

1947 song written and recorded by T-Bone Walker

1924 song by Gus Kahn and Isham Jones

Ronnie Carroll song

1949 single by Hank Williams

1962 Solomon Burke song

original instrumental composed and performed by Acker Bilk

original song written and composed by Berry Gordy; first recorded by The Contours

original song written, composed, and performed by Don Gibson

1962 single by Bobby Vee

1961 single by Bruce Channel

original song composed by Max Steiner

single by The Crystals

original song composed by The Three Suns, lyrics by Buck Ram

1962 single by Sam Cooke

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1962 song written by Allen Toussaint and sung by Benny Spellman