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Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits 1962 ? Various Artists CD Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1962 ? Various Artists CD Audio CD | Released: 1993 | Label: Rhino Records ? R2 70623 Presented by Joel Whitburn, Author of Pop Annual | Featuring "Green Onions," "Duke of Earl," and "The Loco-Motion" Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits: 1962 is a 1993 various-artists compilation released by Rhino Records as part of its long-running Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits series, which pairs actual Billboard Hot 100 chart data with the original hit recordings from each year. This volume is presented by Joel Whitburn, founder of Record Research Inc. and author of Pop Annual, whose chart research forms the backbone of the series. The disc gathers ten of 1962's biggest hits, licensed from their original labels including Atlantic, Vee-Jay, Gusto, MCA, EMI/CEMA, and BMG/RCA, spanning instrumental soul, girl-group pop, teen idol ballads, and the era's dance craze singles. Each track is identified with the date it peaked on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, giving collectors a genuine, documented snapshot of the year's radio landscape. 1962 marked a transitional year in early rock and roll, bridging the doo-wop and teen-idol sounds of the late 1950s with the girl-group and dance-craze records that would dominate through the mid-1960s, and this collection captures that shift across its ten selections. Green Onions Booker T. The MG's (peaked September 1962) Duke of Earl Gene Chandler (peaked February 1962) Soldier Boy The Shirelles (peaked May 1962) Sheila Tommy Roe (peaked September 1962) Peppermint Twist ? Part 1 Joey Dee The Starliters (peaked January 1962) The Loco-Motion Little Eva (peaked August 1962) The Wanderer Dion (peaked February 1962) Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Neil Sedaka (peaked August 1962) Johnny Angel Shelley Fabares (peaked April 1962) Palisades Park Freddy Cannon (peaked June 1962) Complete Your Collection: This 1962 volume is one of many year-by-year entries in Rhino's Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits series, which covers the chart history of rock and roll one year at a time using Joel Whitburn's Record Research chart data. Collectors building a complete year-by-year rock and roll library can pair this disc with the adjoining 1960, 1961, and 1963 volumes to trace the genre's rapid evolution across the early 1960s. The series is especially popular with oldies radio enthusiasts and Billboard chart historians who want documented, dated hits rather than a generic "greatest hits" assortment. Like this item? We have OTHER Billboard Top Hits discs available now in our Store here! Please refer to all photos as they are part of the description and stated condition. Sale is for described item only. Props seen in photos are not included. If you have any questions, please ask before ordering. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution