June 2, 1962

----- DROPOUTS -----
Soul Twist - King Curtis & The Noble Knights ----- 17 (2) / 8
Slow Twistin' - Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp) ----- 3 / 12
Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter ----- 7 (2) / 10
Moon River - Henry Mancini & his Orchestra ----- 11 / 16
You Are Mine - Frankie Avalon ----- 26 / 4
Shout - Part 1 - Joey Dee & The Starliters ----- 6 / 9


 40 --- Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) - Chuck Jackson (46)
 39 --- I Love You - The Volume's (49)
 38 --- Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson (54)
 37 --- Cindy's Birthday - Johnny Crawford (51)
35 36 --- Night Train - James Brown & The Famous Flames
29 35 --- Most People Get Married - Patti Page
23 34 --- Twist, Twist Senora - Gary (U.S.) Bonds
 33 --- That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be) - The Everly Brothers (41)
36 32 --- Village Of Love - Nathaniel Mayer & The Fabulous Twilights
38 31 --- Teach Me Tonight - George Maharis

27 30 --- Caterina - Perry Como
40 29 --- So This Is Love - The Castells
 28 --- The Stripper - David Rose & his Orchestra (62)
26 27 --- Tell Me - Dick & Deedee
17 26 --- Good Luck Charm - Elvis Presley      
14 25 --- Funny Way Of Laughin' - Burl Ives
30 24 --- Follow That Dream - Elvis Presley
16 23 --- I Wish That We Were Married - Ronnie & The Hi-Lites
22 22 --- Twistin' Matilda (and the channel) - Jimmy Soul
09 21 --- Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares      

08 20 --- P.T. 109 - Jimmy Dean
33 19 --- Playboy - The Marvelettes
25 18 --- Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Ben E. King
28 17 --- Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
24 16 --- Second Hand Love - Connie Francis
20 15 --- I Sold My Heart To The Junkman - The Blue-Belles
07 14 --- She Cried - Jay & The Americans
13 13 --- Uptown - The Crystals
18 12 --- It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson
15 11 --- Conscience - James Darren

21 10 --- (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney
12 09 --- The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
05 08 --- Old Rivers - Walter Brennan
11 07 --- Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca
06 06 --- Everybody Loves Me But You - Brenda Lee
03 05 --- Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
10 04 --- Lovers Who Wander - Dion
02 03 --- Soldier Boy - The Shirelles        
01 02 --- Stranger On The Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk    
04 01 --- I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles    



Notes of this week's countdown...
--- Joe Henderson was an R&B singer from Como, Mississippi. He died on 10/24/64 (age 27).

--- This is the first Top 40 hit for Johnny Crawford. Born in 1946, he was teen pop singer / actor. He was one of the original Mouseketeers and played 'Mark McCain' on TV's "The Rifleman".

--- David Rose was born in 1910 in London, England. He was married to Martha Raye (1938-41) and Judy Garland (1941-43). He died of heart failure on 8/23/90 (age 80).

The Volumes, Joe Henderson, David Rose, Johnny Crawford