Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962
| Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962 | ||||
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| Compilation album by various artists | ||||
| Released |
1988 (original release) 1993 (re-release) | |||
| Genre | Pop, Rock | |||
| Length |
23:48 (original 1988 release) 24:13 (1993 re-release) | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
| Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology | ||||
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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1962.
The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining two tracks both reached the Hot 100's Top 5. The 1993 re-issue replaced the track "Big Girls Don't Cry" by the 4 Seasons with "Green Onions" by Booker T & the M.G.'s, thus bringing the number of chart toppers down to seven on this release. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 16, 1996.[1]
Track listing
1988 original release
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Billboard peak No. 1 in November) | Crewe/Gaudio | The Four Seasons | 2:29 |
| 2. | "Duke of Earl" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February) | Edwards/Williams/Dixon | Gene Chandler | 2:27 |
| 3. | "Soldier Boy" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May) | Green/Dixon | The Shirelles | 2:44 |
| 4. | "Sheila" (Billboard peak No. 1 in September) | Roe | Tommy Roe | 2:03 |
| 5. | "Peppermint Twist – Part 1" (Billboard peak No. 1 in January) | Dee/Glover | Joey Dee & the Starliters | 2:02 |
| 6. | "The Loco-Motion" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August) | Goffin/King | Little Eva | 2:29 |
| 7. | "The Wanderer" (Billboard peak No. 2 in February) | Maresca | Dion | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August) | Sedaka/Greenfield | Neil Sedaka | 2:18 |
| 9. | "Johnny Angel" (Billboard peak No. 1 in April) | Duddy/Pockriss | Shelley Fabares | 2:24 |
| 10. | "Palisades Park" (Billboard peak No. 3 in June) | Barris | Freddy Cannon | 1:52 |
1993 re-release, replacement tracks
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Green Onions" (Billboard peak No. 3 in September) | Jones/Cropper/Jackson/Steinberg | Booker T. & the M.G.'s | 2:55 |
References
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