List of number one hits in the UK charts (1962)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1962. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 50 and Albums Chart Top 20 compiled by the Chart Information Network . There were 14 number one singles and 8 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1961 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1963 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 22, 1961 - January 4, 1962 2 weeks 2 Danny Williams Moon River Music: Henry N. Mancini ; Text: John H. Mercer - January 5, 1962 - February 15, 1962 6 weeks 6th Cliff Richard & the Shadows The Young Ones Bruce Welch , Hank Brian Marvin - February 16, 1962 - March 15, 1962 4 weeks 4th Elvis Presley Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love Fred Wise, Ben Weisman , Dolores Fuller / Luigi Creatore, Hugo E. Peretti, George David Weiss - March 16, 1962 - May 10, 1962 8 weeks 8th The Shadows Wonderful Land Jerry Lordan - May 11, 1962 - May 17, 1962 1 week 1 B. Bumble & the Stingers Nut rocker Peter Tchaikovsky ; Editor: Kim Fowley - May 18, 1962 - June 21, 1962 5 weeks 5 Elvis Presley Good Luck Charm Aaron Harold Schroeder , Wally Gold - June 22, 1962 - July 5, 1962 2 weeks 2 Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard Come Outside Charles Blackwell - July 6, 1962 - July 19, 1962 2 weeks 2 Ray Charles I Can't Stop Lovin 'You Don Eugene Gibson - July 20, 1962 - September 6, 1962 7 weeks 7th Frank Ifield I Remember You Music: Victor Schertzinger ; Text: John H. Mercer - September 7, 1962 - September 27, 1962 3 weeks 3 Elvis Presley She's Not You Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller , Doc Pomus - September 28, 1962 - November 1, 1962 5 weeks 5 The tornadoes Telstar Joe Meek - November 2, 1962 - December 6, 1962 5 weeks 5 Frank Ifield Lovesick Blues Cliff Friend, Irving Mills - December 7, 1962 - December 26, 1962 3 weeks 3 Elvis Presley Return to Sender Otis Blackwell , Winfield Scott - December 27, 1962 - January 17, 1963 3 weeks 3 Cliff Richard & the Shadows The Next Time / Bachelor Boy Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer / Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard -
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Albums

← 1961 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1963 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 31, 1961 - January 6, 1962 1 week (total of 18) 18th Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii - January 7, 1962 - February 17, 1962 6 weeks 6th Cliff Richard & the Shadows The Young Ones - February 18, 1962 - June 16, 1962 17 weeks (total of 18) 18th Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii - June 17, 1962 - July 21, 1962 5 weeks (total of 13) 13 ( Soundtrack ) West Side Story - July 22, 1962 - August 25, 1962 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Elvis Presley Pot luck - August 26, 1962 - September 1, 1962 1 week (total of 13) 13 (Soundtrack) West Side Story - September 2, 1962 - September 8, 1962 1 week (6 in total) 6th Elvis Presley Pot luck - September 9, 1962 - September 15, 1962 1 week (total of 13) 13 (Soundtrack) West Side Story - September 16, 1962 - September 22, 1962 1 week (total 2) 2 Kenny Ball , Chris Barber & Acker Bilk The Best of Ball, Barber and Bilk - September 23, 1962 - October 13, 1962 3 weeks (total of 13) 13 (Soundtrack) West Side Story - October 14, 1962 - October 20, 1962 1 week (total 2) 2 Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk The Best of Ball, Barber and Bilk - October 21, 1962 - November 10, 1962 3 weeks (total 7) 7th The Shadows Out of the shadows - November 11, 1962 - November 17, 1962 1 week (total of 13) 13 (Soundtrack) West Side Story - November 18, 1962 - November 24, 1962 1 week (total 7) 7th The Shadows Out of the shadows - November 25, 1962 - December 8, 1962 2 weeks 2 George Mitchell Minstrels On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels - December 9, 1962 - December 15, 1962 1 week (total of 13) 13 (Soundtrack) West Side Story - December 16, 1962 - December 22, 1962 1 week (total 7) 7th The Shadows Out of the shadows - December 23, 1962 - January 5, 1963 2 weeks (9 in total) 9 George Mitchell Minstrels The Black and White Minstrel Show -
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The figures are based on the Chart Information Network's official UK sales hit parades . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parades

← 1961 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1963 →
Singles position# Albums Stranger on the Shore Mr Acker Bilk Acker Bilk 1 West Side Story ( Soundtrack ) I Remember You Frank Ifield Music: Victor Schertzinger ; Text: John H. Mercer 2 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley Fred Wise, Ben Weisman , Dolores Fuller / Luigi Creatore, Hugo E. Peretti, George David Weiss 3 The Young Ones Cliff Richard & the Shadows Wonderful Land The Shadows Jerry Lordan 4th Pot luck Elvis Presley Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker Kal Mann, David Appell 5 Out of the Shadows The Shadows The Young Ones Cliff Richard & the Shadows Bruce Welch , Hank Brian Marvin 6th On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels George Mitchell Minstrels A Picture of You Joe Brown John James Beveridge, Peter Andrew Oakman 7th A Picture of You Joe Brown & the Bruvvers Good Luck Charm Elvis Presley Aaron Harold Schroeder , Wally Gold 8th Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets Bobby Vee & the Crickets Come Outside Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard Charles Blackwell 9 Tops with Me Helen Shapiro Telstar The Tornadoes Joe Meek 10 It's trad, dad! ( Soundtrack )
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• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1962
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1962 / Top Albums of 1962

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