Top 20 Song Chart for January 13, 1962 |
| LW | TW | peak |
| 1 | 1 | Peppermint Twist - Part I | ▲ |
| Joey Dee & The Starliters |
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| 2 | 2 | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | 1 |
| The Tokens |
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| 7 | 3 | Can't Help Falling In Love | 1 |
| Elvis Presley |
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| 11 | 4 | I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) | 2 |
| Barbara George |
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| 4 | 5 | When I Fall In Love | 4 |
| The Lettermen |
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| 5 | 6 | Walk On By | 4 |
| Leroy Van Dyke |
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| 3 | 7 | The Twist | 1 |
| Chubby Checker |
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| 8 | 8 | Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen | ▲ |
| Neil Sedaka |
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| 14 | 9 | Til | ▲ |
| The Angels |
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| 10 | 10 | Run To Him | 3 |
| Bobby Vee |
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| 6 | 11 | I Don't Know Why | 6 |
| Linda Scott |
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| 9 | 12 | When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) | 9 |
| Connie Francis |
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| 19 | 13 | Cotton Fields | 7 |
| The Highwaymen |
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| 12 | 14 | Unchain My Heart | 12 |
| Ray Charles |
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| 18 | 15 | A Little Bitty Tear | 12 |
| Burl Ives |
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| - | 16 | The Wanderer | 2 |
| Dion |
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| 13 | 17 | There's No Other (Like My Baby) | 6 |
| The Crystals |
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| - | 18 | Town Without Pity | 11 |
| Gene Pitney |
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| - | 19 | Norman | 6 |
| Sue Thompson |
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| - | 20 | Baby It's You | 6 |
| The Shirelles |
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