Top 100 1962

Position	Artist	Title
01	Frank Ifield	I Remember You
02	Mr Acker Bilk	Stranger On The Shore
03	The Shadows	Wonderful Land
04	Cliff Richard	The Young Ones
05	Elvis Presley	Can't Help Falling In Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby
06	The Tornados	Telstar
07	Elvis Presley	Good Luck Charm
08	Chubby Checker	Let's Twist Again
09	Frank Ifield	Lovesick Blues
10	Mike Sarne With Wendy Richard	Come Outside
11	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You
12	Joe Brown	A Picture Of You
13	Pat Boone	Speedy Gonzales
14	Cliff Richard	Do You Want To Dance / I'm Looking Out The Window
15	Elvis Presley	She's Not You
16	Helen Shapiro	Tell Me What He Said
17	B Bumble & The Stingers	Nut Rocker
18	Chris Montez	Let's Dance
19	Little Eva	The Loco-Motion
20	Bobby Darin	Things
21	Roy Orbison	Dream Baby
22	Del Shannon	Swiss Maid
23	Karl Denver	Wimoweh
24	Ronnie Carroll	Roses Are Red (My Love)
25	Neil Sedaka	Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
26	Del Shannon	Hey Little Girl
27	Elvis Presley	Return To Sender
28	Eden Kane	Forget Me Not
29	Brian Hyland	Ginny Come Lately
30	Susan Maughan	Bobby's Girl
31	Tommy Roe	Sheila
32	Leroy Van Dyke	Walk On By
33	Bruce Channel	Hey Baby
34	The Shadows	Guitar Tango
35	Brian Hyland	Sealed With A Kiss
36	Billy Fury	Last Night Was Made For Love
37	Cliff Richard	It'll Be Me
38	Carole King	It Might As Well Rain Until September
39	Mark Wynter	Venus In Blue Jeans
40	Adam Faith	As You Like It
41	Neil Sedaka	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
42	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman
43	Shirley Bassey	What Now My Love
44	Billy Fury	I'd Never Find Another You
45	The Everly Brothers	Cryin' In The Rain
46	Sandy Nelson	Let There Be Drums
47	Rolf Harris	Sun Arise
48	Nat 'King' Cole	Ramblin' Rose
49	Karl Denver	Never Goodbye
50	Bobby Vee	Run To Him
51	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen	Midnight In Moscow
52	Sam Cooke	Twistin' The Night Away
53	Matt Monro	Softly, As I Leave You
54	Brenda Lee	Speak To Me Pretty
55	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen	March Of The Siamese Children
56	The Crickets	Don't Ever Change
57	Brenda Lee	Here Comes That Feeling
58	The Four Seasons	Sherry
59	Jimmie Rodgers	English Country Garden
60	Cliff Richard	The Next Time / Bachelor Boy
61	Ketty Lester	Love Letters
62	Duane Eddy	Dance With The Guitar Man
63	Bobby Darin	Multiplication
64	Billy Fury	Once Upon A Dream
65	Danny Williams	Moon River
66	Johnny Keating	Theme From 'Z Cars'
67	Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen	Green Leaves Of Summer
68	Eden Kane	I Don't Know Why
69	Bernard Cribbins	Hole In The Ground
70	Burl Ives	Little Bitty Tear
71	Ray Charles	You Don't Know Me
72	Jimmy Justice	When My Little Girl Is Smiling
73	Danny Williams	Wonderful World Of The Young
74	Nat 'King' Cole With George Shearing	Let There Be Love
75	Adam Faith	Don't That Beat All
76	Helen Shapiro	Little Miss Lonely
77	Bobby Vee	Sharing You
78	Craig Douglas	When My Little Girl Is Smiling
79	Jim Reeves	Adios Amigo
80	Johnnie Spence	Theme From 'Dr Kildare'
81	Jimmy Justice	Ain't That Funny
82	Pat Boone	Johnny Will
83	Danny Williams	Jeannie
84	The Vernons Girls	Lover Please / You Know What I Mean
85	Lonnie Donegan	The Party's Over
86	Louise Cordet	I'm Just A Baby
87	Dion	The Wanderer
88	The Everly Brothers	No One Can Make My Sunshine Smile
89	Bobby Vee	A Forever Kind Of Love
90	Miki & Griff	Little Bitty Tear
91	Jet Harris	Main Title Theme From 'the Man With The Golden Arm'
92	Ken Dodd	Pianissimo
93	Petula Clark	Ya Ya Twist
94	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight
95	Craig Douglas	Our Favourite Melodies
96	Chubby Checker	The Twist
97	Duane Eddy	Ballad Of Paladin
98	Ricky Nelson	Young World
99	Lonnie Donegan	Pick A Bale Of Cotton
100	Dave Brubeck	Unsquare Dance

A Synopsis of what happened in 1962

The Russians announce they are to build missile bases on Cuba and send missiles to Cuba by sea. America blockades the sea around Cuba and the world readies itself for nuclear conflict. JFK advises the American public to build nuclear fallout shelters. At the last minute, Russia backs down and the ships return home with the missiles still on board.

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