Billboard Top R&B Records of 1962 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1962.
The year's top R&B single was the instrumental "Soul Twist" by King Curtis.
Motown and its affiliated divisions (Tamla and Gordy) had six singles on the year-end list: "The One Who Really Loves You" by Mary Wells (No. 18); "Playboy" by The Marvelettes (No. 26); "Jamie" by Eddie Holland (No. 27); "You Beat Me to the Punch" by Mary Wells (No. 28); "Do You Love Me" by The Contours (No. 35); and "Beechwood 4-5789" by The Marvelettes (No. 44).
R&Brank Poprank Title Artist(s) Label1 92 "Soul Twist" King Curtis Enjoy2 2 "I Can't Stop Loving You" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount3 38 "Twist and Shout" The Isley Brothers Wand4 NR "Bring It On Home to Me" Sam Cooke RCA Victor5 NR "Lost Someone" James Brown & The Famous Flames King6 3 "Mashed Potato Time" Dee Dee Sharp Cameo7 NR "Any Day Now" Chuck Jackson Wand8 66 "Snap Your Fingers" Joe Henderson Todd9 35 "Party Lights" Claudine Clark Chancellor10 71 "You'll Lose a Good Thing" Barbara Lynn Jamie11 13 "Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler Vee Jay12 23 "Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke RCA Victor13 NR "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Etta James Argo14 42 "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)" Barbara George AFO15 10 "Soldier Boy" The Shirelles Scepter16 NR "I Need Your Lovin'" Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford Fire17 NR "Night Train" James Brown & the Famous Flames King18 19 "The One Who Really Loves You" Mary Wells Motown19 9 "The Twist" Chubby Checker Parkway20 NR "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" Ben E. King Atco21 34 "Love Letters" Ketty Lester Era22 NR "Letter Full of Tears" Gladys Knight & the Pips Fury23 53 "Green Onions" Booker T. & the M.G.'s Stax24 7 "The Loco-Motion" Little Eva Dimension25 55 "Sherry" The Four Seasons Vee Jay26 27 "Playboy" The Marvelettes Tamla27 NR "Jamie" Eddie Holland Motown28 70 "You Beat Me to the Punch" Mary Wells Motown29 24 "The Wah-Watusi" The Orlons Cameo30 NR "Turn On Your Love Light" Bobby Bland Duke31 NR "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo" Little Junior Parker Duke32 44 "Baby It's You" The Shirelles Scepter33 17 "Slow Twistin'" Chubby Checker Parkway34 94 "I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)" The Ikettes Atco35 NR "Do You Love Me" The Contours Gordy36 4 "Roses Are Red (My Love)" Bobby Vinton Epic37 NR "Cuttin' In" Johnny "Guitar" Watson King38 52 "Having a Party" Sam Cooke RCA Victor39 8 "Let Me In" The Sensations Argo40 11 "Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel Smash41 NR "I Found a Love" The Falcons LuPine42 NR "Poor Fool" Ike & Tina Turner Sue43 NR "Lie to Me" Brook Benton Mercury44 NR "Beechwood 4-5789" The Marvelettes Tamla45 NR "Unchain My Heart" Ray Charles ABC-Paramount46 59 "Rinky Dink" Dave "Baby" Cortez Chess47 NR "Cry to Me" Solomon Burke Atlantic48 32 "Dear Lady Twist" Gary U.S. Bonds LeGrand49 NR "Ain't That Loving You" Bobby Bland Duke50 18 "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" Johnny Tillotson Cadence
See also List of Hot R&B Singles number ones of 1962 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1962 1962 in music
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