Soul R&B Music Charts of 1962 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1962 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1962, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1962, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1962 . . .

The following songs were released in 1962 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1962 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
101	recordlabel: Decca 25574 chartposition: RandB #9, US #55 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Ray Charles album: Earl Grant at Basin Street East comments: [instrumental]	Earl Grant	Sweet Sixteen Bars	1962	Decca
102	recordlabel: Fire 507 chartposition: RandB #19, US #99 writtenby: Bobby Robinson	Buster Brown	Sugar Babe	1962	Fire
103	recordlabel: Tamla 54068 chartposition: RandB #8, US #46 writtenby: Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson and George Gordy album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind Of Fellow	1962	Tamla
104	recordlabel: Atlantic 2143 chartposition: US #73, US AC #19 writtenby: Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) and Robert Mellin album: Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters	The Drifters	Stranger On The Shore	1962	Atlantic
105	recordlabel: Duke 355 chartposition: RandB #5, US #22 writtenby: Aaron Walker album: Here's the Man comments: [blues]	Bobby Bland	Stormy Monday Blues	1962	Duke
106	recordlabel: Scepter 1237 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #36 writtenby: Van McCoy and Willie Denson album: The Shirelles Greatest Hits	The Shirelles	Stop the Music	1962	Scepter
107	recordlabel: Argo 5418 chartposition: RandB #6, US #34 writtenby: Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods, And Fred Johnson album: Etta James Top Ten comments: [ballad]	Etta James	Stop The Wedding	1962	Argo
108	recordlabel: Imperial 5875 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37 writtenby: A. Domino, K. Ja,es, P. Maddux album: Just Domino	Fats Domino	Stop The Clock	1962	Imperial
109	recordlabel: Chess 1812 chartposition: RandB #12 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Buddy Guy	Buddy Guy	Stone Crazy	1962	Chess
110	recordlabel: Mercury 72055 chartposition: US #89 writtenby: Bob Perper, Paul Gasper and Jack Aranda album: Golden Hits, Volume 2	Brook Benton	Still Water Runs Deep	1962	Mercury
111	recordlabel: Enjoy 1000 chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #17 weeksinr&bchart: 19 writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) album: Soul Serenade comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	King Curtis	Soul Twist	1962	Enjoy
112	recordlabel: Argo 5409 chartposition: RandB #4, US #37 writtenby: Pearl Woods, Leroy Kirkland, and Etta James album: Etta James Top Ten	Etta James	Something's Got A Hold On Me	1962	Argo
---	recordlabel: London 9833 writtenby: Redding album: Pain in My Heart	Otis Redding	Something Is Worrying Me	1962	London
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54065 chartposition: RandB #8 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Freddie Gorman album: Playboy comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Beechwood 4 5789	The Marvelettes	Someday, Someway	1962	Tamla
2	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8088 chartposition: RandB #3, US #70 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: Twistin' The Night Away	Sam Cooke	Somebody Have Mercy	1962	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54063 writtenby: Stevenson, Gordy, Williams album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Soldier's Plea	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Scepter 21070 chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #23 writtenby: Luther Dixon And Florence Green album: Baby It's You	The Shirelles	Soldier Boy	1962	Scepter
2	recordlabel: Hi 2055 chartposition: Cashbox RandB 37, US #78 writtenby: Bill Black album: The Untouchable Sound Of The Bill Black	Bill Black's Combo	So What	1962	Hi
3	recordlabel: Checker 994 chartposition: RandB #14 writtenby: Milton Campbell and Oliver Sain	Little Milton	So Mean To Me	1962	Checker
4	recordlabel: Todd 1072 chartposition: RandB #2, US #8, US AC #5 writtenby: Grady Martin & Alex Zinetis album: Snap Your Fingers	Joe Henderson	Snap Your Fingers	1962	Todd
5	recordlabel: Parkway 835 chartposition: RandB #3, US #3, UK #23 writtenby: Jon Sheldon album: For Teen Twisters Only	Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp)	Slow Twistin'	1962	Parkway
---	recordlabel: Gordy 7010 writtenby: Wm. Robinson album: Meet the Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Slow Down Heart	1962	Gordy
---	recordlabel: Motown 1028 writtenby: J. Hunter, W. Stevenson comments: [Motown Sound]	Herman Griffin	Sleep (Little One)	1962	Motown
---	recordlabel: Ric 992 writtenby: Rebennack	Johnny Adams	Showdown	1962	Ric
1	recordlabel: King 5657 chartposition: RandB #16, US #61 writtenby: James Brown	James Brown	Shout and Shimmy	1962	King
2	recordlabel: Vee Jay 456 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8 writtenby: Bob Gaudio album: Sherry & 11 Others	The Four Seasons	Sherry	1962	Vee Jay
3	recordlabel: Imperial 5879 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: N. Mead, V. McCoy album: Meet the Majors	The Majors	She's A Troublemaker	1962	Imperial
4	recordlabel: Art tone 827 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin and Bob Geddins	Jimmy McCracklin	Shame, Shame, Shame	1962	Art tone
5	recordlabel: Gordy 7012 chartposition: RandB #21, US #43 writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr. album: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) comments: [Motown Sound]	The Contours	Shake Sherry	1962	Gordy
6	recordlabel: Philips 40028 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28, US #97 writtenby: Joe Morris	Ruth Brown	Shake A Hand	1962	Philips
7	recordlabel: Mercury 71912 chartposition: US #19 writtenby: Robert MacGimsey album: If You Believe	Brook Benton	Shadrack	1962	Mercury
8	recordlabel: Legrand 1019 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #26 writtenby: D. Pomus, M. Schuman	Gary U.S. Bonds	Seven Day Weekend	1962	Legrand
9	recordlabel: Sue 766 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #36, US #96 writtenby: Barbara George	Barbara George	Send For Me (If You Need Some Lovin)	1962	Sue
---	recordlabel: Success 108 writtenby: Blake	Cicero Blake	See What Tomorrow Brings	1962	Success
1	recordlabel: Jamie 1233 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US#63 writtenby: Barbara Lynn Ozen	Barbara Lynn	Second Fiddle Girl	1962	Jamie
2	recordlabel: Legrand 1012 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29, US #28 writtenby: Anderson, Barge	Gary U.S. Bonds	School Is In	1962	Legrand
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54055 writtenby: Pat Ballard comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Sandman	1962	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54064 writtenby: William Robinson comments: [Motown Sound]	Mickey McCullers	Same Old Story	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Columbia 42266 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: John Leslie McFarland album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Rough Lover	1962	Columbia
2	recordlabel: SAR 131 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29, US #112 writtenby: Sam Cooke, Betty Prudhomme and Beverly Prudhomme	Johnnie Taylor	Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day)	1962	SAR
3	recordlabel: Chess 124 chartposition: RandB #9, US #10 writtenby: David Clowney album: Rinky Dink comments: [instrumental]	Dave Baby Cortez	Rinky Dink	1962	Chess
---	recordlabel: SAR 125 writtenby: K. Sims, B. Sims comments: [southern soul]	The Sims Twins	Right To Love	1962	SAR
1	recordlabel: Okeh 7156 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #26 writtenby: P. Red album: Dr. Feelgood	Dr. Feelgood & the Interns	Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo	1962	Okeh
2	recordlabel: Cameo 230 chartposition: RandB #7, US #5 writtenby: Jon Sheldon & David Leon album: All The Hits By Dee Dee Sharp Volume II	Dee Dee Sharp	Ride!	1962	Cameo
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54056 writtenby: Johnny Dawson comments: [Motown Sound]	The Downbeats	Request Of A Fool	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Lenox 5555 chartposition: RandB #1, US #8 writtenby: Miller, Williams & Yount album: Release Me!	Esther Phillips	Release Me	1962	Lenox
2	recordlabel: Roulette 4469 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: Glover, Levy, Reig comments: Harmonica Blues	Louisiana Red	Red's Dream	1962	Roulette
3	recordlabel: Prince-Adams 447 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32 writtenby: R. Robinson comments: [instrumental]	Roosevelt Fountain & Pens of Rhythm	Red Pepper	1962	PrinceAdams
4	recordlabel: Chess 1820 chartposition: RandB #18, US #79 writtenby: Billy Stewart album: I Do Love You / Billy Stewart Remembered	Billy Stewart	Reap What You Sow	1962	Chess
5	recordlabel: Capitol 4804 chartposition: RandB #7, US #2, UK #5, US AC #1 writtenby: Joe Sherman & Noel Sherman album: Ramblin' Rose	Nat King Cole	Ramblin' Rose	1962	Capitol
6	recordlabel: Joy 257 chartposition: RandB #27, US #92 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Maurice Vann and David Parker	Sleepy King	Pushin' Your Luck	1962	Joy
7	recordlabel: Minit 641 chartposition: US #99 writtenby: Ernest Kador, Jr.	Ernie K-Doe	Popeye Joe	1962	Minit
8	recordlabel: Parkway 849 chartposition: RandB #13, US #10 writtenby: Kal Mann & Dave Appell	Chubby Checker	Popeye (The Hitchhiker)	1962	Parkway
9	recordlabel: Stax 121 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Booker T. Jones	The Mar-Keys	Pop-Eye Stroll	1962	Stax
10	recordlabel: Ace 530 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #20 writtenby: C. Thomas, E. Thomas, H. Smith	Huey Piano Smith And His Clowns	Pop-Eye	1962	Ace
11	recordlabel: Guyden 2068 chartposition: RandB #25, US #35 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Madara And White	The Sherrys	Pop Pop Pop - Pie	1962	Guyden
12	recordlabel: Liberty 55480 chartposition: R&B #23, US #21 writtenby: King, Goffin album: Hit After Hit	Gene McDaniels	Point Of No Return	1962	Liberty
---	recordlabel: Stax 128 writtenby: Robertson, Blair	William Bell	Please Help Me I'm Falling	1962	Stax
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54060 chartposition: RandB #4, US #7 writtenby: Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Gladys Horton & Mickey Stevenson album: Playboy / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	Playboy	1962	Tamla
2	recordlabel: Columbia 42218 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36, US #95, AC #20 writtenby: M. Morris album: Marlowe Morris comments: [instrumental]	Marlowe Morris Quintet	Play The Thing	1962	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Riverside 4534 writtenby: Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston	Four Tops	Pennies From Heaven	1962	Riverside
1	recordlabel: Chancellor 1113 chartposition: RandB #3, US #5 writtenby: Claudine Clark album: Party Lights	Claudine Clark	Party Lights	1962	Chancellor
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54071 writtenby: Bradford, Wylie comments: [Motown Sound]	Singin' Sammy Ward	Part Time Love	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Gordy 7010 chartposition: US #122 writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr. album: Meet the Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Paradise	1962	Gordy
2	recordlabel: Hull 748 chartposition: RandB #7, US #59 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Shane Sheppard album: Our Anniversary	Shep & The Limelites	Our Anniversary	1962	Hull
3	recordlabel: Fury 1064 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #20, US #97 writtenby: Bob Elgin, Kenny Rogers and R. Jones	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Operator	1962	Fury
4	recordlabel: Blue Note 1820 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Count Basie comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	One O'Clock Jump	1962	Blue Note
5	recordlabel: Verve 10262 chartposition: US #82 writtenby: Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern album: Bashin' comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	Ol' Man River	1962	Verve
6	recordlabel: Warner Bros 5301 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II	Johnny Nash	Ol' Man River	1962	Warner Bros
7	recordlabel: Brent 7029 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41, US #61 writtenby: J.J. Jackson	Bertha Tillman	Oh My Angel	1962	Brent
8	recordlabel: Imperial 5863 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33, US #77 writtenby: Bartholomew, Domino, Jessup, Maddux album: Just Domino	Fats Domino	Nothing New (Same Old Thing)	1962	Imperial
9	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8088 chartposition: RandB #2, US #12, US AC #4 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: Mr. Soul	Sam Cooke	Nothing Can Change This Love	1962	RCA Victor
10	recordlabel: Goldies 45 2437 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #15, US #73 writtenby: Bernice Williams	Gene Chandler & The Dukays	Nite Owl	1962	Goldies
11	recordlabel: King 5614 chartposition: RandB #5, US #35 writtenby: Oscar Washington, Lewis P. Simpkins & Jimmy Forrest album: James Brown Live At The Apollo	James Brown And The Famous Flames	Night Train	1962	King
12	recordlabel: Argo 5424 chartposition: RandB #13, US #71 writtenby: Pearl Wood	Etta James	Next Door To The Blues	1962	Argo
---	recordlabel: Sar Records 131 writtenby: Ed Townsend	Johnnie Taylor	Never, Never	1962	Sar Records
1	recordlabel: 4J Records 501 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15 writtenby: Gerald L. Russ	Lonnie Russ	My Wife Can't Cook	1962	J Records
2	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10327 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Bob Crewe and Saul Bass	Maxine Brown	My Time For Cryin'	1962	ABC Paramount
3	recordlabel: Kent 365 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Joe Josea	B.B. King	My Sometime Baby	1962	Kent
4	recordlabel: Imperial 5833 chartposition: RandB #22, US #59 writtenby: Antoine Domino album: Million Sellers by Fats	Fats Domino	My Real Name	1962	Imperial
5	recordlabel: Atlantic 2160 chartposition: RandB #7, US #101 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: James Bennett & Johnnie Mae Matthews comments: [southern soul]	Bettye LaVette	My Man - He's A Lovin' Man	1962	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2159 writtenby: Lewis	Barbara Lewis	My Mama Told Me	1962	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Sue 755 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: Bennet, Matthews	Johnnie Mae Matthews	My Little Angel	1962	Sue
2	recordlabel: Imperial 5833 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: Bartholomew, King, Domino album: Million Sellers By Fats	Fats Domino	My Heart Is Bleeding	1962	Imperial
---	recordlabel: Gordy 7011 writtenby: Stevenson, Reeves album: Come And Get These Memories comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & The Vandellas	My Baby Won't Come Back	1962	Gordy
1	recordlabel: Amazon 708 chartposition: RandB #17 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy, Jr.	Jennell Hawkins	Money (That's What I Want)	1962	Amazon
2	recordlabel: Amazon 1003 chartposition: RandB #16, US #50, AC #9 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Richard Berry	Jennell Hawkins	Moments	1962	Amazon
---	recordlabel: Vee Jay 461 writtenby: Rogers, Farrell, Elgin	Gene Chandler	Miracle After Miracle	1962	Vee Jay
1	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10357 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Impressions	The Impressions	Minstrel And Queen	1962	ABCParamount
2	recordlabel: Blue Note 1819 chartposition: RandB #13, US #69 writtenby: Jimmy Smith album: Midnight Special comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	Midnight Special	1962	Blue Note
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2134 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44 writtenby: Hilliard, Bacharach album: Save The Last Dance For Me	The Drifters	Mexican Divorce	1962	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Dial 3007 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	Meet Me in Church	1962	Dial
1	recordlabel: Sar Records 126 chartposition: RandB #18, US #63 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Johnnie Morisette	Meet Me At The Twistin' Place	1962	Sar Records
2	recordlabel: King 5672 chartposition: RandB #21, US #82 writtenby: James Brown album: JB and His Famous Flames Tour the USA	James Brown	Mashed Potatoes U.S.A.	1962	King
3	recordlabel: Cameo 212 chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #2 weeksinr&bchart: 16 writtenby: Jon Sheldon & Harry Land album: It's Mashed Potato Time	Dee Dee Sharp	Mashed Potato Time	1962	Cameo
4	recordlabel: Scepter 1234 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Joe Richardson	The Shirelles	Mama, Here Comes The Bride	1962	Scepter
5	recordlabel: Philips 40056 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #99 writtenby: Johnny Wallace and Herbert J. Lance	Ruth Brown	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	1962	Philips
6	recordlabel: Vee Jay 451 chartposition: RandB #18, US #20 writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David album: Need To Belong comments: [ballad]	Jerry Butler	Make It Easy On Yourself	1962	Vee Jay
7	recordlabel: Big Top 3121 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Claude Johnson comments: [doo wop] mpcode: x0oKL5cFo8o	Don & Juan	Magic Wand	1962	Big Top
8	recordlabel: Mercury 71941 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #3, US #7 writtenby: Bill Swan album: Lover Please!	Clyde McPhatter	Lover Please	1962	Mercury

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