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Top 100 songs for January 6, 1962

This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1962 and the 1960s.

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This week’s No. 1 is “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by The Tokens.

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This week’s chart highlights

First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.

1
The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
PEAK#1
WEEKS8
2
The TwistChubby Checker
PEAK#1
WEEKS26
3
Run To HimBobby Vee
PEAK#2
WEEKS8
4
Peppermint Twist - Part IJoey Dee & the Starliters
PEAK#4
WEEKS7
5
Can't Help Falling In LoveElvis Presley With The Jordanaires
PEAK#5
WEEKS5
6
Happy Birthday, Sweet SixteenNeil Sedaka
PEAK#6
WEEKS8
7
Goodbye Cruel WorldJames Darren
PEAK#3
WEEKS12
8
Walk On ByLeroy Van Dyke
PEAK#5
WEEKS10
9
When I Fall In LoveThe Lettermen
PEAK#9
WEEKS7
10
Unchain My HeartRay Charles and his Orchestra
PEAK#10
WEEKS6
11
When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart)Connie Francis
PEAK#11
WEEKS7
12
White ChristmasBing Crosby
PEAK#12
WEEKS10
13
Please Mr. PostmanThe Marvelettes
PEAK#1
WEEKS18
14
'TilThe Angels
PEAK#14
WEEKS11
15
I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)Barbara George
PEAK#15
WEEKS8
16
I Don't Know WhyLinda Scott
PEAK#12
WEEKS10
17
Let There Be DrumsSandy Nelson
PEAK#7
WEEKS10
18
RevengeBrook Benton
PEAK#18
WEEKS7
19
Moon RiverHenry Mancini And His Orchestra
PEAK#11
WEEKS13
20
There's No Other (Like My Baby)The Crystals
PEAK#20
WEEKS7
21
Jingle Bell RockBobby Rydell/Chubby Checker
PEAK#21
WEEKS4
22
The Little Drummer BoyThe Harry Simeone Chorale
PEAK#13
WEEKS24
23
Rock-A-Hula BabyElvis Presley With The Jordanaires
PEAK#23
WEEKS5
24
Town Without PityGene Pitney
PEAK#24
WEEKS10
25
Gypsy WomanThe Impressions
PEAK#20
WEEKS12
26
Baby's First ChristmasConnie Francis
PEAK#26
WEEKS4
27
Moon RiverJerry Butler
PEAK#11
WEEKS13
28
A Little Bitty TearBurl Ives
PEAK#28
WEEKS3
29
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of SomebodyJames Ray
PEAK#29
WEEKS7
30
The WandererDion
PEAK#30
WEEKS5
31
Funny How Time Slips AwayJimmy Elledge
PEAK#31
WEEKS8
32
Cotton FieldsThe Highwaymen
PEAK#32
WEEKS6
33
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)Fats Domino
PEAK#33
WEEKS4
34
Baby It's YouThe Shirelles
PEAK#34
WEEKS3
35
Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last NightKenny Dino
PEAK#24
WEEKS9
36
TonightFerrante & Teicher
PEAK#8
WEEKS12
37
Johnny WillPat Boone
PEAK#37
WEEKS8
38
Hey! Little GirlDel Shannon
PEAK#38
WEEKS6
39
The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)David Seville And The Chipmunks
PEAK#39
WEEKS11
40
Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean
PEAK#1
WEEKS14
41
Jingle Bell RockBobby Helms
PEAK#35
WEEKS11
42
Poor FoolIke & Tina Turner
PEAK#42
WEEKS6
43
Well, I Told YouThe Chantels
PEAK#29
WEEKS8
44
Small Sad SamPhil McLean
PEAK#33
WEEKS5
45
Little Altar BoyVic Dana
PEAK#45
WEEKS6
46
NormanSue Thompson
PEAK#46
WEEKS5
47
Rudolph The Red Nosed ReindeerDavid Seville And The Chipmunks
PEAK#21
WEEKS5
48
Dear Lady TwistGary U.S. Bonds
PEAK#48
WEEKS4
49
Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)Solomon Burke
PEAK#24
WEEKS16
50
Rockin' Around The Christmas TreeBrenda Lee
PEAK#14
WEEKS8
51
Turn On Your Love LightBobby Bland
PEAK#51
WEEKS5
52
Twist-HerBill Black's Combo
PEAK#52
WEEKS3
53
Irresistible YouBobby Darin
PEAK#53
WEEKS4
54
Dreamy EyesJohnny Tillotson
PEAK#54
WEEKS14
55
Dear IvanJimmy Dean
PEAK#55
WEEKS1
56
The Gypsy RoverThe Highwaymen
PEAK#42
WEEKS9
57
Up A Lazy RiverSi Zentner And His Orchestra
PEAK#43
WEEKS7
58
Pocketful Of MiraclesFrank Sinatra
PEAK#58
WEEKS3
59
Flying CircleFrank Slay And His Orchestra
PEAK#59
WEEKS4
60
Do-Re-MiLee Dorsey
PEAK#60
WEEKS3
61
MariaRoger Williams
PEAK#61
WEEKS4
62
Letter Full Of TearsGladys Knight And The Pips
PEAK#62
WEEKS4
63
MultiplicationBobby Darin
PEAK#63
WEEKS3
64
She's Everything (I Wanted You To Be)Ral Donner
PEAK#64
WEEKS2
65
Let's Twist AgainChubby Checker
PEAK#8
WEEKS19
66
Turn Around, Look At MeGlen Campbell
PEAK#62
WEEKS8
67
Just Got To KnowJimmy McCracklin
PEAK#67
WEEKS4
68
Fool #1Brenda Lee
PEAK#3
WEEKS14
69
Walkin' With My AngelBobby Vee
PEAK#69
WEEKS6
70
Soothe MeSims Twins
PEAK#42
WEEKS8
71
It Will StandThe Showmen
PEAK#67
WEEKS8
72
I Understand (Just How You Feel)The G-Clefs
PEAK#9
WEEKS16
73
Alvin's HarmonicaDavid Seville And The Chipmunks
PEAK#3
WEEKS14
74
Unsquare DanceThe Dave Brubeck Quartet
PEAK#74
WEEKS5
75
Language Of LoveJohn D. Loudermilk
PEAK#32
WEEKS9
76
Please Come Home For ChristmasCharles Brown
PEAK#76
WEEKS2
77
Let's Go Trippin'Dick Dale and The Del-Tones
PEAK#77
WEEKS6
78
TuffAce Cannon
PEAK#78
WEEKS2
79
The MajesticDion
PEAK#36
WEEKS5
80
I Could Have Loved You So WellRay Peterson
PEAK#80
WEEKS3
81
Twistin' All Night LongDanny & The Juniors with Freddy Cannon
PEAK#81
WEEKS1
82
Go On HomePatti Page
PEAK#82
WEEKS2
83
Smoky PlacesThe Corsairs Featuring Jay "Bird" Uzzell
PEAK#83
WEEKS2
84
Tears From An AngelTroy Shondell
PEAK#84
WEEKS2
85
Pop Goes The WeaselAnthony Newley
PEAK#85
WEEKS3
86
Lost SomeoneJames Brown And The Famous Flames
PEAK#86
WEEKS3
87
Room Full Of TearsThe Drifters
PEAK#72
WEEKS3
88
MariaJohnny Mathis
PEAK#78
WEEKS7
89
I Need Some OneThe Belmonts
PEAK#89
WEEKS2
90
It's All BecauseLinda Scott
PEAK#50
WEEKS8
91
CrazyPatsy Cline
PEAK#9
WEEKS11
92
Pushin' Your LuckSleepy King
PEAK#92
WEEKS3
93
The TwistErnie Freeman
PEAK#93
WEEKS1
94
The Waltz You Saved For MeFerlin Husky
PEAK#94
WEEKS1
95
Let Me InThe Sensations
PEAK#95
WEEKS1
96
The Little Drummer BoyThe Jack Halloran Singers
PEAK#96
WEEKS1
97
That's My PaSheb Wooley
PEAK#97
WEEKS1
98
SearchingJack Eubanks
PEAK#83
WEEKS3
99
MotorcycleTico And The Triumphs
PEAK#99
WEEKS1
100
Drown In My Own TearsDon Shirley
PEAK#100
WEEKS1