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
201	recordlabel: Gee 1079 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg	The Cleftones	Lover Come Back To Me	1962	Gee
202	recordlabel: Era 3068 chartposition: RandB #2, US #5, UK #4 writtenby: Victor Young & Edward Heyman album: Love Letters comments: [ballad]	Ketty Lester	Love Letters	1962	Era
203	recordlabel: Scepter 1228 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Luther Dixon, Shirley Owens and Willie Denson	The Shirelles	Love Is A Swingin' Thing	1962	Scepter
204	recordlabel: Checker 1020 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: M. Campbell, O. Sain	Little Milton	Losing Hand	1962	Checker
205	recordlabel: Diamond 129 chartposition: RandB #6, US #4 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Teddy Vann And Joe Dong album: Loop De Loop	Johnny Thunder	Loop De Loop	1962	Diamond
206	recordlabel: Sar Records 132 chartposition: RandB #8, US #72 writtenby: James Alexander and Zelda Samuels	The Valentinos	Lookin' For A Love	1962	Sar Records
207	recordlabel: CheckMate 1015 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Billy Davis and Ty Hunter	Ty Hunter	Lonely Baby	1962	CheckMate
208	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10328 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #30, US #96 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Impressions	The Impressions	Little Young Lover	1962	ABC Paramount
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54070 writtenby: Clarence Paul comments: [Motown Sound]	Little Stevie Wonder & Clarence Paul	Little Water Boy	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Mercury 71987 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US #25 writtenby: Robert Byrd album: Lover Please!	Clyde McPhatter	Little Bitty Pretty One	1962	Mercury
2	recordlabel: Minit 644 chartposition: RandB #28, US #80 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Benny Spellman	Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)	1962	Minit
3	recordlabel: Parkway 849 chartposition: RandB #3, US #2, UK #32 writtenby: Billy Strange And Sheldon album: Limbo Party	Chubby Checker	Limbo Rock	1962	Parkway
4	recordlabel: Mercury 72024 chartposition: RandB #3, US #13 writtenby: Margie Singleton & Brook Benton album: Singing the Blues Lie to Me comments: [blues]	Brook Benton	Lie To Me	1962	Mercury
5	recordlabel: Vee Jay 473 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: Jimmy Reed album: Just Jimmy Reed comments: [soul blues]	Jimmy Reed	Let's Get Together	1962	Vee Jay
6	recordlabel: Monument 464 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Leonard Lee mpcode: rN8p_tQTRwc	The Velvets featuring Virgil Johnson	Let The Good Times Roll	1962	Monument
7	recordlabel: Argo 5405 chartposition: RandB #2, US #4 writtenby: Yvonne Baker album: Let Me In / Music, Music, Music	The Sensations	Let Me In	1962	Argo
8	recordlabel: Motown 1034 chartposition: RandB #26, US #90 writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr. album: Meet the Supremes comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	Let Me Go The Right Way	1962	Motown
9	recordlabel: Liberty 55410 chartposition: US #66, US AC #15 writtenby: Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman album: Let Me Call You Sweetheart	Timi Yuro	Let Me Call You Sweetheart	1962	Liberty
---	recordlabel: Correc Tone 501 writtenby: W. Harbert, W. Pickett	Wilson Pickett	Let Me Be Your Boy -- My Heart Belongs To You	1962	Correc Tone
1	recordlabel: Parkway 835 chartposition: US #72 writtenby: Kal Mann	Chubby Checker	La Paloma Twist	1962	Parkway
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54070 writtenby: Clarence Paul album: The 12 Year Old Genius comments: [Motown Sound]	Little Stevie Wonder	La La La La La	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Frisco 104 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Al Reed comments: [deep soul]	Danny White	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	1962	Frisco
2	recordlabel: Dimension 1003 chartposition: RandB #6, US #12, UK #30 writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Carole King album: Llllloco Motion	Little Eva	Keep Your Hands Off My Baby	1962	Dimension
---	recordlabel: Capitol 4873 writtenby: Horace Ott	Freddie North	Just To Please You	1962	Capitol
1	recordlabel: Columbia 4 42520 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Lil Hardin Armstrong & Don Raye album: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Just For A Thrill	1962	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Stax 125 writtenby: William Bell	The Del-Rios	Just Across The Street	1962	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stacy 494 chartposition: RandB #22, US #71 writtenby: E. Freeman, J. Dolphin, J. Gray comments: [instrumental]	Al Casey Combo	Jivin' Around	1962	Stacy
2	recordlabel: Duke 338 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #23 writtenby: E. Hines, B. Eckstine album: Here's The Man!!! comments: [blues]	Bobby Bland	Jelly, Jelly, Jelly	1962	Duke
3	recordlabel: Stax 131 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #18, US #82 writtenby: Booker T. Jones comments: [instrumental]	Booker T. & The MGs	Jelly Bread	1962	Stax
4	recordlabel: Motown 1021 chartposition: RandB #6, US #30 writtenby: B. Strong And M. Stevenson album: Eddie Holland comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Holland	Jamie	1962	Motown
5	recordlabel: Imperial 5796 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #10, US #30, UK #41 writtenby: Hank Williams album: Million Sellers by Fats	Fats Domino	Jambalaya (On The Bayou)	1962	Imperial
6	recordlabel: Caprice 114 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25, US #41 writtenby: Rudy Clark	James Ray	Itty Bitty Pieces	1962	Caprice
---	recordlabel: Minit 653 writtenby: N. Neville	Irma Thomas	It's Raining	1962	Minit
1	recordlabel: Scepter 1237 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	The Shirelles	It's Love That Really Counts (in the Long Run)	1962	Scepter
---	recordlabel: RCA 8112 writtenby: H.B. Barnum	H.B. Barnum	It Hurts To Much To Cry	1962	RCA
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54068 writtenby: Gaye, Stevenson, Wallace album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye (with The Vandellas)	It Hurt Me Too	1962	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Gordy 7001 writtenby: O. Williams, B. Gordy, E. Kendrick album: Meet The Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Isn't She Pretty	1962	Gordy
---	recordlabel: Arlen 717 writtenby: C. Thomas, E. Thomas	The Tams	If You're So Smart (Why Do You Have A Broken Heart)	1962	Arlen
1	recordlabel: Sue 763 chartposition: US #114 writtenby: Barbara George	Barbara George	If You Think	1962	Sue
2	recordlabel: Motown 1031 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50 writtenby: Stevenson, Holland comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Holland	If It's Love (It's Alright)	1962	Motown
3	recordlabel: End 1114 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35, US #62 writtenby: J. Ross, D. Hogan, M. Wecht album: Best Of The Dreamlovers Volume One	The Dreamlovers	If I Should Lose You	1962	End
4	recordlabel: Sue 770 chartposition: RandB #5, US #20 writtenby: Ray Charles album: I've Got A Woman comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Jimmy McGriff	I've Got A Woman	1962	Sue
5	recordlabel: Tamla 54053 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: William Robinson album: I'll Try Something New comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson And The Miracles	I've Been Good To You	1962	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54055 writtenby: William Stevenson, Anna Gordy album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	I'm Yours, You're Mine	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Atco 6237 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #111 writtenby: Taylor, Wexler and Woods album: Young Boy Blues	Ben E. King	I'm Standing By	1962	Atco
---	recordlabel: Guyden 2075 writtenby: Rick Hall, Quien Ivy	Jimmy Hughes	I'm Qualified	1962	Guyden
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2147 chartposition: RandB #15, US #85 writtenby: John Berry and Don Covay	Solomon Burke	I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You	1962	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Argo 5415 writtenby: McGill, McGill	The Dells	I'm Going Home	1962	Argo
1	recordlabel: Vee Jay 462 chartposition: RandB #18, US #52 writtenby: Dee Clark	Dee Clark	I'm Going Back to School	1962	Vee Jay
2	recordlabel: Atco 456212 chartposition: RandB #3, US #19 writtenby: Tina Turner written by Ike Turner	The Ikettes	I'm Blue	1962	Atco
3	recordlabel: Tamla 54059 chartposition: RandB #11, US #39 writtenby: William Robinson album: I'll Try Something New comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	I'll Try Something New	1962	Tamla
4	recordlabel: Tuff 1818 chartposition: RandB #26, US #68 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss	The Corsairs featuring Jay Bird Uzzell	I'll Take You Home	1962	Tuff
---	recordlabel: Oriole American 1814 writtenby: W. Stevenson	Martha (Reeves) & The Vandellas	I'll Have To Let Him Go	1962	Oriole American
---	recordlabel: Donna 1370	Brenda Holloway	I'll Give My Life	1962	Donna
1	recordlabel: Epic 9520 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Bill Cook	Roy Hamilton	I'll Come Running Back To You	1962	Epic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2163 chartposition: RandB #9, US #41 writtenby: Sam Cooke comments: [southern soul ballad]	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	1962	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Joy 260 chartposition: US #16 writtenby: Marion Weiss and Edna Lewis comments: [ballad] mpcode: Y4LXAQuO9qw	Ronnie & the Hi-Lites	I Wish That We Were Married	1962	Joy
4	recordlabel: Columbia 42266 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #87 writtenby: Gordon Clifford & Harry Barris album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	I Surrender Dear	1962	Columbia
5	recordlabel: Newtown 5000 chartposition: RandB #13, US #15 writtenby: Leon T. Rene & Otis J. Rene album: Sweethearts of the Apollo	Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles	I Sold My Heart To The Junkman	1962	Newtown
---	recordlabel: Scepter 1239 writtenby: Hal David, Burt Bacharach album: Presenting Dionne Warwick / Make Way for Dionne Warwick	Dionne Warwick	I Smiled Yesterday	1962	Scepter
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2157 chartposition: US #93 writtenby: Don Robertson and Howard Barnes	Solomon Burke	I Really Don't Want To Know	1962	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Fire 508 chartposition: RandB #4, US #20 writtenby: Don Gardner And Bobby Robinson album: I Need Your Lovin'	Don Gardner And Dee Dee Ford	I Need Your Loving	1962	Fire
3	recordlabel: End 1114 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Donald Hogan mpcode: Ef0lIMHQ81s	The Dreamlovers	I Miss You	1962	End
4	recordlabel: Chex 1002 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #9, US #22 writtenby: E. Newson, W. Ewing	The Volumes	I Love You	1962	Chex
5	recordlabel: AFO 302 chartposition: RandB #1, US #3 writtenby: Barbara George album: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	1962	AFO
6	recordlabel: Wand 126 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US #55 writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Garfield	Chuck Jackson	I Keep Forgettin'	1962	Wand
7	recordlabel: Scepter 1236 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #32, US #119 writtenby: Hal David and Burt Bacharach album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself	Tommy Hunt	I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself	1962	Scepter
8	recordlabel: Brunswick 55229 chartposition: RandB #17, US #70 writtenby: Jackie Wilson and Alonzo Tucker	Jackie Wilson	I Just Can't Help It	1962	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: Tri Phi 1013 writtenby: G. Fuqua, H. Fuqua	The Spinners	I Got Your Water Boiling, Baby (I'm Gonna Cook Your Goose)	1962	Tri Phi
1	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10290 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: P. Medley and B. Thayer	Maxine Brown	I Got A Funny Kind Of Feeling	1962	ABC Paramount
2	recordlabel: Fury 1057 chartposition: RandB #17 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Williams, Robinson and Dunn	Jackie And The Starlites	I Found Out Too Late	1962	Fury
3	recordlabel: Brunswick 55224 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: A. Tucker, J. Wilson	Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins	I Found Love	1962	Brunswick
4	recordlabel: Lupine 1003 chartposition: RandB #6, US #75 writtenby: Wilson Pickett, Willie Schofield And Robert West	The Falcons And Band (Ohio Untouchables)	I Found A Love	1962	Lupine
5	recordlabel: Old Town 1127 chartposition: US #123 writtenby: Winfield Scott and Otis Blackwell	The Fiestas	I Feel Good All Over	1962	Old Town
6	recordlabel: Duke 351 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45 writtenby: D. Malone	Junior Parker	I Feel Alright Again	1962	Duke
---	recordlabel: Minit 642 writtenby: E. Kador	Irma Thomas	I Done Got Over It	1962	Minit
---	recordlabel: Columbia 442528 writtenby: F. Johnson, L. Kirkland, P. Woods	Walter Jackson	I Don't Want to Suffer	1962	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Little Star 113 chartposition: RandB #21, US #47 writtenby: H. B. Barnum	Jimmy Norman	I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You)	1962	Little Star
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 134 writtenby: Robertson, Rollins mpcode: IwS68kdsBJM	Fontella Bass	I Don't Hurt Anymore	1962	Bobbin
---	recordlabel: Chess 1814 writtenby: Thompson	Mitty Collier	I Dedicate My Life To You	1962	Chess
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2163 writtenby: Thomas album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Carla Thomas	I Can't Take It	1962	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10330 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1 writtenby: Don Gibson album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	1962	ABC Paramount
2	recordlabel: Sue 769 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Baby Washington album: That's How Heartaches Are Made	Baby Washington	Hush Heart	1962	Sue
3	recordlabel: Beltone 2019 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Culver, Cafarelli and Rene	The Jive Five with Eugene Pitt	Hully Gully Callin' Time	1962	Beltone
4	recordlabel: Duke 341 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Little Junior Parker album: Driving Wheel comments: B side to In the Dark	Little Junior Parker	How Long Can This Go On	1962	Duke
---	recordlabel: Minit 657 writtenby: Naomi Neville album: Like It 'Tis	Aaron Neville	How Could I Help But Love You	1962	Minit
1	recordlabel: Argo 5422 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47 writtenby: P. Winley, M. Paul	Howard McGhee & the Blazers	House Warmin'	1962	Argo
2	recordlabel: Mercury 72055 chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3 weeksinr&bchart: 13 writtenby: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman album: Golden Hits, Volume 2 comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]	Brook Benton	Hotel Happiness	1962	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Bobbin 140 writtenby: Campbell, Sain mpcode: r49GxoYDjFA	Fontella Bass	Honey Bee	1962	Bobbin
1	recordlabel: Mercury 71962 chartposition: RandB #19, US #45 writtenby: Sibelius Williams album: Golden Hits, Volume 2	Brook Benton	Hit Record	1962	Mercury
2	recordlabel: Mala 451 chartposition: RandB #27, US #33 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Bunker Hill	Bunker Hill	Hide and Go Seek (Part 1)	1962	Mala
3	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10314 chartposition: RandB #7, US #20 writtenby: Percy Mayfield album: Ray Charles Live In Concert	Ray Charles	Hide Nor Hair	1962	ABC Paramount
---	recordlabel: Volt 103 writtenby: Redding album: Pain In My Heart	Otis Redding	Hey Hey Baby	1962	Volt
1	recordlabel: Carlton 569 chartposition: US #118 writtenby: Richard Barrett	The Chantels	Here It Comes Again	1962	Carlton
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54075 writtenby: W. Stevenson, A. Gordy album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Hello There Angel	1962	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Brunswick 55225 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58 writtenby: Larry Stock	Jackie Wilson	Hearts	1962	Brunswick
2	recordlabel: Philles 106 chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #19 writtenby: Gene Pitney album: He's a Rebel	The Crystals	He's a Rebel	1962	Philles
3	recordlabel: Philles 109 chartposition: RandB #18, US #11 writtenby: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil album: He's A Rebel	The Crystals	He's Sure The Boy I Love	1962	Philles
4	recordlabel: Imperial 5840 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39 writtenby: E Johnson	Berna-Dean	He's Mine	1962	Imperial
5	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8036 chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, US AC #12 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: The Best of Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Having A Party	1962	RCA Victor

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