This list of number one hits is based on the charts of the Italian music magazine Musica e dischi in 1962. There were 15 number one singles that year.
Singles
← 1961 ←
Italy List of number one hits in Italy (M&D)
1963 →
Period
Where. total
Interpreter
Title Author (s)
Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information)
49th week 1961 - 2nd week 1962 6 weeks
6th
Adriano Celentano
Nata per me Miki Del Prete , Mogol , Adriano Celentano, Mariano Detto
The song reached second place in the Canzonissima competition in 1961.
3rd to 4th Week 2 weeks
2
Nini Rosso
La ballata della tromba Franco Pisano
The jazz trumpeter's first single reached number one.
5th-6th Week 2 weeks
2
Peppino di Capri
Let's twist again Kal man, Dave Appell
With a cover version of the Twist song by Chubby Checker , Di Capri had a number one hit. The original version was also successful in the charts.
7th-9th Week 3 weeks
3
Billy Vaughn
Wheels Norman Petty
-
10th week 1 week
1
Milva
Tango italiano Bruno Pallesi, Walter Malgoni
With this song, the singer reached second place at the Sanremo Festival in 1962 together with Sergio Bruni .
11th week 1 week
1
Domenico Modugno
Addio… addio… Franco Migliacci , Domenico Modugno
The winning song of the Sanremo Festival, presented there by Modugno and Claudio Villa , also reached number one in the single charts. Villa later entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 .
12-19 Week 8 weeks
8th
Tony Renis
Quando quando quando Alberto Testa, Tony Renis
Presented by Renis and Emilio Pericoli in Sanremo, it came fourth there.
20th week 1 week
1
Elvis Presley
No More (La paloma) Sebastián de Yradier
-
21-26 Week 6 weeks
6th
Mina
Moliendo café Hugo Blanco
-
27.-33. Week 7 weeks (8 in total)
8th
Adriano Celentano
Stai lontana da me Burt Bacharach , Mogol
With a cover version of the song Tower of Strength by Gene McDaniels Celentano won the Cantagiro competition in 1962 .
34–40 Week 7 weeks
7th
Los Hermanos Rigual
Cuando calienta el sol Carlos Rigual Rodríguez, Mario Fausto Rigual Rodríguez
The Cuban trio was able to land a number one hit. The version of the Italian group Los Marcellos Ferial was also successful.
41st week 1 week (8 in total)
8th
Adriano Celentano
Stai lontana da me Burt Bacharach, Mogol
-
42–43 Week 2 weeks
2
Paul Anka
Ogni giorno Paul Anka, Alberto Curci
The Canadian-American singer made it to the top of the Italian charts with an Italian version of his hit Love Me Warm and Tender .
44–45 Week 2 weeks (9 in total)
9
Pat Boone
Speedy Gonzales Buddy Kaye, David Hill , Ethel Lee
The cover version of Peppino Di Capri was also very successful in Italy.
46-48 Week 3 weeks (4 in total)
4th
Adriano Celentano
Pregherò Ricky Gianco, Detto Mariano, Don Backy
With a cover version of the song Stand by Me by Ben E. King Celentano achieved a number one hit; however, the original authors (King and Leiber / Stoller ) were not named on the single release.
49th week 1962 - 3rd week 1963 7 weeks (9 in total)
9
Pat Boone
Speedy Gonzales Buddy Kaye, David Hill, Ethel Lee
-
← 1961
→ 1963 →
Annual hit parade
The most successful single of the year, Abat-jour in the version of the American singer Henry Wright , did not get past fourth place in the weekly charts.
literature
See also: 1962 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , France , Ireland , the Netherlands , Norway , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .
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