Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1962

There were 21 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 6	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	The Tokens
January 13	The Twist	Chubby Checker
January 20
January 27	Peppermint Twist	Joey Dee and the Starliters
February 3
February 10
February 17	Duke of Earl	Gene Chandler
February 24
March 3
March 10	Hey! Baby	Bruce Channel
March 17
March 24
March 31	Don't Break the Heart That Loves You	Connie Francis
April 7	Johnny Angel	Shelley Fabares
April 14
April 21	Good Luck Charm	Elvis Presley
April 28
May 5	Soldier Boy	The Shirelles
May 12
May 19
May 26	Stranger on the Shore	Mr. Acker Bilk
June 2	I Can't Stop Loving You	Ray Charles
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7	The Stripper	David Rose
July 14	Roses Are Red (My Love)	Bobby Vinton
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Neil Sedaka
August 18
August 25	The Loco-Motion	Little Eva
September 1	Sheila	Tommy Roe
September 8
September 15	Sherry	The Four Seasons
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20	Monster Mash	Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
October 27
November 3	He's a Rebel	The Crystals
November 10
November 17	Big Girls Don't Cry	The Four Seasons
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22	Telstar	The Tornados
December 29