List of number-one singles in 1962 (New Zealand)

This is a list of Number 1 hit singles in 1962 in New Zealand from the Lever Hit Parade.^[1]

Chart

Week	Title	Artist
4 January 1962	"Tower Of Strength"	Gene McDaniels
11 January 1962	"Runaround Sue"	Dion
18 January 1962
25 January 1962	"The Twist"	Chubby Checker
1 February 1962
8 February 1962	"Peppermint Twist"	Joey Dee
15 February 1962
22 February 1962
1 March 1962
8 March 1962	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	The Tokens
15 March 1962
22 March 1962	"Duke of Earl"	Gene Chandler
29 March 1962
5 April 1962	"Hey! Baby"	Bruce Channel
12 April 1962
19 April 1962	"Stranger on the Shore"	Acker Bilk
26 April 1962	"Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"	Connie Francis
3 May 1962	"Good Luck Charm"	Elvis Presley
10 May 1962
17 May 1962
24 May 1962	"Johnny Angel"	Shelley Fabares
31 May 1962	"Soldier Boy"	The Shirelles
7 June 1962
14 June 1962
21 June 1962	"Wonderful Land"	The Shadows
28 June 1962	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Ray Charles
5 July 1962
12 July 1962
19 July 1962	"The Young Ones"	Cliff Richard
26 July 1962
2 August 1962	"The Stripper"	David Rose
9 August 1962	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Bobby Vinton
16 August 1962
23 August 1962	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	Neil Sedaka
30 August 1962
6 September 1962	"I Remember You"	Frank Ifield
13 September 1962
20 September 1962	"She's Not You"	Elvis Presley
27 September 1962	"The Locomotion"	Little Eva
4 October 1962	"Sherry"	The Four Seasons
11 October 1962
18 October 1962
25 October 1962
1 November 1962
8 November 1962	"Monster Mash"	Bobby Pickett and the Crypt Kickers
15 November 1962
22 November 1962	"Telstar"	The Tornados
29 November 1962
6 December 1962	"He's a Rebel"	The Crystals
13 December 1962
20 December 1962
27 December 1962

References

1. "Lever hit parades: 1962". Flavour of New Zealand.

• Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966–2006. Wellington: Dean Scapolo and Maurienne House. p. 13. ISBN 978-1877443-00-8.
• [1] Number One Singles Of 1962