List of number one hits in Italy (1962)

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.

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Singles

← 1961 ←	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 -
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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.

← 1961 ←	List of number one hits in Italy  (M&D)			1963 →
position# Singles 1 Abat-jour Henry Wright Ennio Neri, Robert Stolz 2 Wheels Billy Vaughn Norman Petty 3 Quando quando quando Tony Renis Alberto Testa, Tony Renis 4th Cuando calienta el sol Los Hermanos Rigual Carlos Rigual Rodríguez, Mario Fausto Rigual Rodríguez 5 Moon River Nico Fidenco Nico Fidenco, Mogol , Henry Mancini 6th No More (La paloma) Elvis Presley Sebastián de Yradier 7th Like I Do Nancy Sinatra Bob Manning 8th Stai lontana da me Adriano Celentano Burt Bacharach , Mogol 9 Renato Mina Alberto Cortez , Alberto Testa 10 Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker Kal Man, Dave Appell
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literature

• Guido Racca: M&D Borsa Singoli 1960-2019 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-09-326490-6 , pp. 17 .
• Guido Racca: M&D Top 100 Year-End: Singoli & Album 1960-2018 . Self-published, 2019, ISBN 978-1-980329-12-1 , pp. 23 .

See also: 1962 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , France , Ireland , the Netherlands , Norway , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .