Music From Our High School Years

Below The Top 100 Songs of 1962

Listen - choose from songs that are linked in blue

1.	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles	SPECIAL REQUESTS
2.	Big Girls Don't Cry	Four Seasons	Happy Trails
3.	Sherry	Four Seasons	409
4.	Rose's Are Red	Bobby Vinton	Pretty Woman
5.	Peppermint Twist	Joey Dee & Starliters	Remember
6.	Telstar	Tornadoes	The Angels Listened In
7.	Duke Of Earl	Gene Chandler	Rain Rain Go Away
8.	Hey Baby	Bruce Channel	Running Bear
9.	Soldier Boy	Shirelles	Hi Ho
10.	The Twist	Chubby Checker
11.	He's A Rebel	Crystals	VOTE – The Best Song of 1962 Winning Songs Announced at reunion EMAIL your vote
12.	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares
13.	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka
14.	Monster Mash	Bobby Pickett
15	Sheila	Tommy Roe
16.	Good Luck Charm	Elvis Presley	Good Golly Miss Molly
17.	Stranger On The Shore	Acker Bilk	De De Dinah
18.	The Stripper	David Rose
19.	The Loco-Motion	Little Eva	This Magic Moment
20.	Don't Break The Heart That Loves You	Connie Francis	Magic Moments
21.	Return To Sender	Elvis Presley	Flat Foot Sam
22.	Limbo Rock	Chubby Checker
23.	Mashed Potato Time	Dee Dee Sharp	Moments To Remember
24.	Ramblin' Rose	Nat King Cole
25.	The Wah Watusi	Orlons	Born To Late
26.	The Wanderer	Dion	Wait For Me
27.	Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley
28.	Only Love Can Break A Heart	Gene Pitney	Summer Song
29.	Midnight In Moscow	Kenny Ball	When
30.	You Don't Know Me	Ray Charles
31.	I Know	Barbara George	Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello
32.	Do You Love Me	Contours
33.	Bobby's Girl	Marcie Blane
34.	Norman	Sue Thompson
35.	Green Onions	Booket T. & MG's
36.	Palisades Park	Freddy Cannon
37.	All Alone Am I	Brenda Lee
38.	Sealed With A Kiss	Brian Hyland
39.	It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'	Johnny Tillotson
40.	Slow Twistin'	Chubby Checker
41.	Things	Bobby Darin
42.	Lovers Who Wander	Dion
43.	Let Me In	Sensations
44.	Don't Hang Up	Orlons
45.	Let's Dance	Chris Montez
46.	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	Gene Pitney
47.	Break It To Me Gently	Brenda Lee
48.	Dream Baby	Roy Orbison
49.	Party Lights	Claudine Clark
50.	Love Letters	Ketty Lester
51.	She Cried	Jay & Americans
52.	Young World	Rick Nelson
53.	Ride!	Dee Dee Sharp
54.	Old Rivers	Walter Brennan
55.	Ahab, The Arab	Ray Stevens
56.	I Remember You	Frank Ifield
57.	Teen Age Idol	Rick Nelson
58.	Next Door To An Angel	Neil Sedaka
59.	She's Not You	Elvis Presley
60.	Wolverton Mountain	Claude King
61.	Patches	Dickey Lee
62.	Shout! Shout!	Ernie Maresca
63.	The Lonely Bull	Tijuana Brass
64.	Al Di La	Emilio Pericoli
65.	Speedy Gonzales	Pat Boone
66.	Crying In The Rain	Everly Brothers
67.	Shout	Joey Dee & Starliters
68.	Gina	Johnny Mathis
69.	Her Royal Majesty	James Darren
70.	Everybody Loves Me But You	Brenda Lee
71.	Alley Cat	Bent Fabric
72.	Playboy	Marvelettes
73.	Johnny Get Angry	Joanie Sommers
74.	When I Fall In Love	Lettermen
75.	Lover Please	Clyde McPhatter
76.	What's Your Name	Don & Juan
77.	Venus In Blue Jeans	Jimmy Clanton
78.	You Belong To Me	Duprees
79.	You Are My Sunshine	Ray Charles
80.	Second Hand Love	Connie Francis
81.	The One That Really Loves You	Mary Wells
82.	Baby It's You	Shirelles
83.	Release Me	Esther Philips
84.	Cindy's Birthday	Johnny Crawford
85.	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Barbara Lynn
86.	Snap Your Fingers	Joe Henderson
87.	PT 109	Jimmy Dean
88.	Little Diane	Dion
89.	Dear Lady Twist	Gary U.S. Bonds
90.	Twistin' The Night Away	Sam Cooke
91.	A Little Bitty Tear	Burl Ives
92.	You Beat Me To The Punch	Mary Wells
93.	That's Old Fashioned	Everly Brothers
94.	Twist, Twist Senora	Gary U.S. Bonds
95.	Gravy	Dee Dee Sharp
96.	Vacation	Connie Francis
97.	Rinky Dink	Dave "Baby" Cortez
98.	Theme From Dr. Kildare	Richard Chamberlain
99.	Percolator Twist	Billy Joe & Checkmates
100.	Popeye The Hitchhiker	Chubby Checker

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Some statistics from 1962

US GDP (1998 dollars): $585.2 billion
Federal spending: $106.82 billion
Federal debt: $302.9 billion
Consumer Price Index: 30.2
Unemployment: 6.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04

Cuban Missile Crisis: USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russia backs down (Aug.-Nov.).

James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi (Oct. 1).

Pat Brown defeats Richard Nixon in the California gubernatorial race.

World Series
NY Yankees defeated San Francisco Giants (4-3)
NBA Championship
Boston defeated LA Lakers (4-3)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Decidedly
NCAA Basketball Championship
Cincinnati defeated Ohio St. (71-59)
NCAA Football Champions
USC (11-0-0)

Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.

The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the Telstar Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.

Best Picture: West Side Story
Best Actor: Maximilian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Supporting Actor: George Chakiris, West Side Story
Best Actress: Sophia Loren, Two Women
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno, West Side Story
Best Director: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story