Top 100 Music Albums of 1962
by Moondance 
In 1962, I turned 6 and began primary school. I was absorbing modern music from wherever it came and my favourite songs from that year were: Working For The Man; Can't Help Falling In Love; I Can't Stop Loving You; I Remember You; and the iconic Aussie song 'I've Been Everywhere'.
This was also the year that my all time favourite songwriter Bob Dylan released his debut album - not that I knew it at the time. In fact it would take another 8 years before I would discover Dylan.
The Greenwich Village folk scene was getting a foothold in the commercial marketplace and this would be a destination I would visit in my musical journey in the not too distant future.
As far as ranking 1962, in the context of ranking the 63 years between 1960 - 2022, it would come in at #61 out of 63.
- Chart updated: 12/22/2025 02:45
- (Created: 09/20/2020 01:07).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1962
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Lightnin' Hopkins | 3 | 3% | |
| Ray Charles | 3 | 3% | |
| Ben E. King | 2 | 2% | |
| Lead Belly | 2 | 2% | |
| Roy Orbison | 2 | 2% | |
| Sam Cooke | 2 | 2% | |
| Barbara Dane | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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75 | 75% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 1962 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 13 from 33rd to 20thHearty And Hellish! - A Live Nightclub Performance by The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem |
| Up 10 from 66th to 56thThe Midnight Special by Harry Belafonte |
| Up 9 from 21st to 12thCome On! by Johnny O'Keefe |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 24 from 7th to 31stIn Concert by Joan Baez |
| Down 16 from 12th to 28thPeter, Paul And Mary by Peter, Paul And Mary |
| Down 2 from 5th to 7thIan & Sylvia by Ian & Sylvia |
| New entries |
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| The Gospel Truth by Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
| Leavers |
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| Never To Be Forgotten by Eddie Cochran |
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