Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Top 20 Song Chart for January 27, 1962

LW TW       peak  
1 1   Can't Help Falling In Love  
  Elvis Presley
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4 2   I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)  
  Barbara George
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3 3   The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1  
  The Tokens
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2 4   Peppermint Twist - Part I 1  
  Joey Dee & The Starliters
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6 5   The Wanderer 2  
  Dion
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12 6   Norman  
  Sue Thompson
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- 7   Duke Of Earl 1  
  Gene Chandler
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5 8   The Twist 1  
  Chubby Checker
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15 9   Cotton Fields 7  
  The Highwaymen
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10 10   Baby It's You 6  
  The Shirelles
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14 11   Town Without Pity  
  Gene Pitney
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18 12   A Little Bitty Tear  
  Burl Ives
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17 13   Irresistible You 12  
  Bobby Darin
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16 14   Letter Full Of Tears  
  Gladys Knight & The Pips
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- 15   Dear Lady Twist 7  
  Gary U.S. Bonds
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- 16   Break It To Me Gently 12  
  Brenda Lee
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8 17   Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen 8  
  Neil Sedaka
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- 18   Smoky Places 3  
  The Corsairs
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7 19   Walk On By 4  
  Leroy Van Dyke
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13 20   When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) 9  
  Connie Francis
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Can't Help Falling In Love tops the entire chart this week for Elvis Presley. Barbara George finds the number two position this week with I Know (You Don't Want Me No More). The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens is at number three on the chart.


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