Regional Hits of 1962

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The standard page for 1962 lists the biggest hit songs across the whole World. This page compares that with the top 20 biggest hits of the year in North America and Europe. The region index explains how these results were generated and the long term trends.

The most distinctive songs of 1962 (that is the hits that only charted in one place) has been calculated.

  North America   World   Europe  
# Artist Song Title Artist Song Title Artist Song Title #
1 Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You Moves 0 Moves 0 Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You Moves -8 Moves -1 Pat Boone Speedy Gonzales 1
2 Little Eva The Loco-Motion Moves -5 Moves -60 Pat Boone Speedy Gonzales Moves 1 Moves -1 The Tornados Telstar 2
3 Gene Chandler Duke of Earl Moves -17 Moves -22 The Tornados Telstar Moves 1 Moves -1 Elvis Presley Return to Sender 3
4 Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On the Shore Moves -5 Moves -18 Elvis Presley Return to Sender Moves 1 Moves -10 Elvis Presley She's Not You 4
5 Booker T & the MGs Green Onions Moves -7 Moves -3 Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling in Love Moves -9 Moves -3 Chris Montez Let's Dance 5
6 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers The Monster Mash Moves -15 Moves -11 Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm Moves 0 Moves 0 Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm 6
7 The Four Seasons Big Girls Don't Cry Moves -4 Moves 5 Little Eva The Loco-Motion Moves -10 Moves -25 Conny Froboess Zwei kleine Italiener 7
8 Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling in Love Moves 3 Moves -30 Chris Montez Let's Dance Moves 3 Moves -22 Cliff Richard The Young Ones 8
9 Bobby Vinton Roses Are Red Moves -1 Moves 5 Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On the Shore Moves -7 Moves 8 Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You 9
10 The Crystals He's a Rebel Moves -17 Moves 1 Bobby Vinton Roses Are Red Moves -12 Moves -27 Frank Ifield Lovesick Blues 10
11 Contours Do You Love Me? Moves -4 Moves 4 The Four Seasons Big Girls Don't Cry Moves -181 Moves -38 Freddy Quinn Junge komm bald wieder 11
12 Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in) San Francisco Moves -24 Moves 7 Booker T & the MGs Green Onions Moves -57 Moves -35 Francoise Hardy Tous les garcons & les filles 12
13 The Four Seasons Sherry Moves -3 Moves -1 Dion The Wanderer Moves -161 Moves -57 Gerhard Wendland Tanze mit mir in den Morgen 13
14 Dion The Wanderer Moves 1 Moves -53 Elvis Presley She's Not You Moves 10 Moves 9 Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling in Love 14
15 Dee Dee Sharp Mashed Potato Time Moves -26 Moves 4 Contours Do You Love Me? Moves -51 Moves -18 Elvis Presley Rock a Hula Baby 15
16 Neil Sedaka Breaking Up is Hard to Do Moves -1 Moves 3 The Four Seasons Sherry Moves -93 Moves 7 Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On the Shore 16
17 Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm Moves 11 Moves 1 Neil Sedaka Breaking Up is Hard to Do Moves -93 Moves 10 Little Eva The Loco-Motion 17
18 Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) Moves -7 Moves -11 Joey Dee & The Starliters Peppermint Twist Moves -50 Moves -48 The Shadows Wonderful Land 18
19 Shelley Fabares Johnny Angel Moves -9 Moves -5 Tommy Roe Sheila Moves -4 Moves -72 Nana Mouskouri Ich schau den weissen Wolken nach 19
20 The Shirelles Soldier Boy Moves -9 Moves 17 Gene Chandler Duke of Earl Moves -100 Moves -72 Peter Kraus Sweety 20

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