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Top 20 Song Chart for January 13, 1962

LW TW       peak  
1 1   Peppermint Twist - Part I  
  Joey Dee & The Starliters
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2 2   The Lion Sleeps Tonight 1  
  The Tokens
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7 3   Can't Help Falling In Love 1  
  Elvis Presley
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11 4   I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) 2  
  Barbara George
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4 5   When I Fall In Love 4  
  The Lettermen
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5 6   Walk On By 4  
  Leroy Van Dyke
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3 7   The Twist 1  
  Chubby Checker
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8 8   Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen  
  Neil Sedaka
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14 9   Til  
  The Angels
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10 10   Run To Him 3  
  Bobby Vee
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6 11   I Don't Know Why 6  
  Linda Scott
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9 12   When The Boy In Your Arms (Is The Boy In Your Heart) 9  
  Connie Francis
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19 13   Cotton Fields 7  
  The Highwaymen
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12 14   Unchain My Heart 12  
  Ray Charles
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18 15   A Little Bitty Tear 12  
  Burl Ives
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- 16   The Wanderer 2  
  Dion
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13 17   There's No Other (Like My Baby) 6  
  The Crystals
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- 18   Town Without Pity 11  
  Gene Pitney
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- 19   Norman 6  
  Sue Thompson
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- 20   Baby It's You 6  
  The Shirelles
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Joey Dee & The Starliters holds the top position this week with Peppermint Twist - Part I. Finding a spot at number two this week is The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens. Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley is at number three on the chart.


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