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: 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
202	recordlabel: Brunswick 55221 chartposition: US #75 writtenby: Alonzo Tucker and Bobby Adams	Jackie Wilson	There'll Be No Next Time	1962	Brunswick
203	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
204	recordlabel: Columbia 42456 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #25 writtenby: S. Unger, S. Bernie, J. Johnson album: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Don't Cry, Baby	1962	Columbia
205	recordlabel: Cameo 239 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #75 writtenby: Jon Sheldon and Dave Leon	Don Covay	The Popeye Waddle	1962	Cameo
206	recordlabel: KC 106 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29, US #75 writtenby: Billy Hill	Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford	Glory Of Love	1962	KC
207	recordlabel: Mercury 71912 chartposition: US #77 writtenby: J.T. Adams album: If You Believe	Brook Benton	The Lost Penny	1962	Mercury
208	recordlabel: Argo 5408 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #33, US #77 writtenby: Clarence Henry and Robert Guidry	Clarence Frogman Henry	A Little Too Much	1962	Argo
209	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
210	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
211	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
212	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
213	recordlabel: Legrand 1019 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #26 writtenby: D. Pomus, M. Schuman	Gary U.S. Bonds	Seven Day Weekend	1962	Legrand
214	recordlabel: Beltone 2029 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Eugene Pitt and Malou Rene	The Jive Five with Eugene Pitt	These Golden Rings	1962	Beltone
215	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10357 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Impressions	The Impressions	Minstrel And Queen	1962	ABCParamount
216	recordlabel: Fortune 546 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27 writtenby: Devora Brown	Nolan Strong	â€ŽMind Over Matter (I'm Gonna Make You Mine)	1962	Fortune
217	recordlabel: Brunswick 55233 chartposition: US #82 writtenby: Al Kasha and Hank Hunter	Jackie Wilson	Forever And A Day	1962	Brunswick
218	recordlabel: RIC 986 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Mac Rebennack and John Dauenhauer album: Heart and Soul	Johnny Adams	A Losing Battle	1962	RIC
219	recordlabel: Verve 10262 chartposition: US #82 writtenby: Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern album: Bashin' comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	Ol' Man River	1962	Verve
220	recordlabel: Tempe 102 chartposition: US #85 writtenby: Robert Relf and Earl Nelson album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Bob & Earl	Don't Ever Leave Me	1962	Tempe
221	recordlabel: Columbia 42625 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #86 writtenby: Richard M. Jones	Aretha Franklin	Trouble In Mind	1962	Columbia
222	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
223	recordlabel: King 5593 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #32, US #87 writtenby: Hank Ballard, Gene Redd and Nathaniel Nath	Hank Ballard	Do You Know How To Twist	1962	King
224	recordlabel: Okeh 7144 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29 writtenby: C. Smith	Dr. Feelgood & the Interns	Doctor Feel-Good	1962	Okeh
225	recordlabel: Imperial 5875 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29 writtenby: H. Revel, M. Gordon comments: [blues]	Fats Domino	Did You Ever See A Dream Walking	1962	Imperial
226	recordlabel: Imperial 5863 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33, US #98 writtenby: Dave Bartholomew and Antoine Domino album: Just Domino	Fats Domino	Dance With Mr. Domino (aka Domino Twist)	1962	Imperial
227	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
228	recordlabel: Argo 5424 chartposition: US #87 writtenby: Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom album: Etta James Sings for Lovers	Etta James	Fools Rush In	1962	Argo
229	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
230	recordlabel: Big Top 3121 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Claude Johnson comments: [doo wop] mpcode: x0oKL5cFo8o	Don & Juan	Magic Wand	1962	Big Top
231	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
232	recordlabel: Vee Jay 440 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30 writtenby: Finizzo, Pirollo, Spano, Nahan, Testa, Carter	Gene Chandler (The Duke Of Earl)	Walk On With The Duke	1962	Vee Jay
233	recordlabel: Stacy 925 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49, US #92 writtenby: Al Casey, Brad Bauder and Bob Taylor comments: [instrumental]	Al Casey Combo	Cookin'	1962	Stacy
234	recordlabel: Scepter 1226 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Helen Miller and Freddie Scott	Tommy Hunt	The Door Is Open	1962	Scepter
235	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
236	recordlabel: Atco 6231 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #111 writtenby: Betty Woods	Ben E. King	Too Bad	1962	Atco
237	recordlabel: Brunswick 55233 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #119 writtenby: Eddie Singleton and Alonzo Tucker	Jackie Wilson	Baby, That's All	1962	Brunswick
238	recordlabel: Columbia 42266 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: John Leslie McFarland album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Rough Lover	1962	Columbia
239	recordlabel: Tamla 54069 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #94 writtenby: Smokey Robinson comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Way Over There	1962	Tamla
240	recordlabel: Atlantic 2157 chartposition: US #93 writtenby: Don Robertson and Howard Barnes	Solomon Burke	I Really Don't Want To Know	1962	Atlantic
241	recordlabel: Gee 1079 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg	The Cleftones	Lover Come Back To Me	1962	Gee
242	recordlabel: Hull 751 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: James Sheppard	Shep & The Limelites	What Did Daddy Do	1962	Hull
243	recordlabel: Stax 121 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Booker T. Jones	The Mar-Keys	Pop-Eye Stroll	1962	Stax
244	recordlabel: Stax 116 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: William Bell album: The Soul of a Bell comments: [southern soul ballad]	William Bell	You Don't Miss Your Water	1962	Stax
245	recordlabel: Motown 1027 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: William Robinson album: Meet the Supremes comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	Your Heart Belongs To Me	1962	Motown
246	recordlabel: Swan 4099 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32 writtenby: D. Johnson	Eddie Bo	Check Mr. Pop-Eye -- Now Let's Pop-Eye	1962	Swan
247	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10327 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Bob Crewe and Saul Bass	Maxine Brown	My Time For Cryin'	1962	ABC Paramount
248	recordlabel: Chess 1834 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32 writtenby: D. Clowney comments: [instrumental]	Dave Baby Cortez	Happy Weekend	1962	Chess
249	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
250	recordlabel: Emit 301 chartposition: US #96 writtenby: Ken Wood and David Clowney comments: [instrumental]	Dave Baby Cortez	Fiesta	1962	Emit
251	recordlabel: Prince-Adams 447 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32 writtenby: R. Robinson comments: [instrumental]	Roosevelt Fountain & Pens of Rhythm	Red Pepper	1962	PrinceAdams
252	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10289 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #99 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Impressions	The Impressions	Grow Closer Together	1962	ABC Paramount
253	recordlabel: Minit 641 chartposition: US #99 writtenby: Ernest Kador, Jr.	Ernie K-Doe	Popeye Joe	1962	Minit
254	recordlabel: Instant 3246 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33 writtenby: Naomi Neville	Art Neville	All These Things	1962	Instant
255	recordlabel: Liberty 55444 chartposition: US #99 writtenby: Larry Holofcener and Ed Scott album: Tower Of Strength mpcode: PMFyIAnw8_U	Gene McDaniels	Funny	1962	Liberty
256	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
257	recordlabel: Roulette 4452 chartposition: US #99 writtenby: Pearl Woods, Fred Johnson, and Leroy Kirkland	Ann Cole	Don't Stop The Wedding	1962	Roulette
258	recordlabel: Columbia 4 42520 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #100 writtenby: Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, And Reginald Connelly album: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	Try A Little Tenderness	1962	Columbia
259	recordlabel: Vee Jay 475 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #100 writtenby: Franz Waxman and Hal David	Jerry Butler	Theme From Taras Bulba	1962	Vee Jay
260	recordlabel: Chess 1832 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #100 writtenby: Maurice McAlister and Larry Jackson	The Radiants	Father Knows Best	1962	Chess
261	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
262	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10334 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #34 writtenby: Ivory Joe Hunter album: Mr. Blues comments: [blues]	B.B. King	Blues At Midnight	1962	ABCParamount
263	recordlabel: Sue 769 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Baby Washington album: That's How Heartaches Are Made	Baby Washington	Hush Heart	1962	Sue
264	recordlabel: Imperial 5895 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #34 writtenby: Carpenter, Gillis, Domino album: Let The Four Winds Blow	Fats Domino	Won't You Come On Back	1962	Imperial
265	recordlabel: Monument 464 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Leonard Lee mpcode: rN8p_tQTRwc	The Velvets featuring Virgil Johnson	Let The Good Times Roll	1962	Monument
266	recordlabel: Blue Note 1820 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Count Basie comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	One O'Clock Jump	1962	Blue Note
267	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
268	recordlabel: Scepter 1234 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Joe Richardson	The Shirelles	Mama, Here Comes The Bride	1962	Scepter
269	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
270	recordlabel: Chancellor 1110 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Herbert Magjdson and Allie Wrubel	The Five Satins	The Masquerade Is Over	1962	Chancellor
271	recordlabel: Beltone 2019 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Culver, Cafarelli and Rene	The Jive Five with Eugene Pitt	Hully Gully Callin' Time	1962	Beltone
272	recordlabel: Sue 755 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: Bennet, Matthews	Johnnie Mae Matthews	My Little Angel	1962	Sue
273	recordlabel: End 1114 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Donald Hogan mpcode: Ef0lIMHQ81s	The Dreamlovers	I Miss You	1962	End
274	recordlabel: Blue Note 1851 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Jack Palmer and Spencer Williams comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	Everybody Loves My Baby	1962	Blue Note
275	recordlabel: Vee Jay 461 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37, US #114 writtenby: Ted Cooper, Carl Spencer and Ed Zolas album: The Duke of Soul	Gene Chandler	Tear For Tear	1962	Vee Jay
276	recordlabel: Imperial 5833 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: Bartholomew, King, Domino album: Million Sellers By Fats	Fats Domino	My Heart Is Bleeding	1962	Imperial
277	recordlabel: Epic 9520 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Bill Cook	Roy Hamilton	I'll Come Running Back To You	1962	Epic
278	recordlabel: Epic 5-9559 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: J. Styne, S. Cahn	Erma Franklin	Don't Wait Too Long	1962	Epic
279	recordlabel: Scepter 1228 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Luther Dixon, Shirley Owens and Willie Denson	The Shirelles	Love Is A Swingin' Thing	1962	Scepter
280	recordlabel: Roulette 4469 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: Glover, Levy, Reig comments: Harmonica Blues	Louisiana Red	Red's Dream	1962	Roulette
281	recordlabel: Epic 9543 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: R. Wylie, R. Cohen	Richard Popcorn Wylie	Come to Me	1962	Epic
282	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
283	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
284	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
285	recordlabel: Darcey 5000 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37 writtenby: H.Ballard	Harmonica Fats	Tore Up	1962	Darcey
286	recordlabel: Argo 5414 chartposition: US #112 writtenby: Peter Udell and Gary Geld	Clarence Frogman Henry	Dream Myself A Sweetheart	1962	Argo
287	recordlabel: Okeh 7154 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38 writtenby: Ted Taylor album: Be Ever Wonderful	Ted Taylor	Don't Lie	1962	Okeh
288	recordlabel: Sue 763 chartposition: US #114 writtenby: Barbara George	Barbara George	If You Think	1962	Sue
289	recordlabel: Argo 5428 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38 writtenby: Davis, Hall	The Dells	The (Bossa Nova) Bird	1962	Argo
290	recordlabel: Chex 1005 chartposition: US #118 writtenby: Willie Ewing and Ernest Newson	The Volumes	Come Back Into My Heart	1962	Chex
291	recordlabel: Enjoy 1001 chartposition: US #119 writtenby: King Curtis comments: [instrumental]	King Curtis	Wobble Twist	1962	Enjoy
292	recordlabel: Imperial 5840 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39 writtenby: E Johnson	Berna-Dean	He's Mine	1962	Imperial
293	recordlabel: Carlton 569 chartposition: US #118 writtenby: Richard Barrett	The Chantels	Here It Comes Again	1962	Carlton
294	recordlabel: Brunswick 55224 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: A. Tucker, J. Wilson	Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins	I Found Love	1962	Brunswick
295	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10316 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: B.B. King, M. Davis, R. Rae album: Mr. Blues comments: [blues]	B.B. King	You Ask Me	1962	ABCParamount
296	recordlabel: Gordy 7010 chartposition: US #122 writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr. album: Meet the Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Paradise	1962	Gordy
297	recordlabel: Frisco 104 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Al Reed comments: [deep soul]	Danny White	Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	1962	Frisco
298	recordlabel: Joy 265 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Marion Weiss mpcode: DxWrxy_4YhM	Ronnie & the Hi-Lites	Be Kind	1962	Joy
299	recordlabel: Warner Bros 5301 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II	Johnny Nash	Ol' Man River	1962	Warner Bros
300	recordlabel: Imperial 5879 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: N. Mead, V. McCoy album: Meet the Majors	The Majors	She's A Troublemaker	1962	Imperial

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