| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1962 |
| TOP 50 R&B SINGLES (As published in the December 29, 1962, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | I KNOW (You Don’t Love Me No More) – Barbara George (A.F.O.) |
| 2 | I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU – Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount) |
| 3 | THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU – Mary Wells (Motown) |
| 4 | DO YOU LOVE ME – The Contours (Gordy) |
| 5 | THE TWIST – Chubby Checker (Parkway) |
| 6 | MASHED POTATO TIME – Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo) |
| 7 | SOUL TWIST – King Curtis & The Noble Knights (Enjoy) |
| 8 | SOLDIER BOY – The Shirelles (Scepter) |
| 9 | TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 10 | THE LOCO-MOTION – Little Eva (Dimension) |
| 11 | LETTER FULL OF TEARS – Gladys Knight & Pips (Fury) |
| 12 | PLEASE MR. POSTMAN – The Marvelettes (Tamla) |
| 13 | ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird) – Chuck Jackson (Wand) |
| 14 | SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD ON ME – Etta James (Argo) |
| 15 | SNAP YOUR FINGERS – Joe Henderson (Todd) |
| 16 | BABY IT’S YOU – The Shirelles (Scepter) |
| 17 | POOR FOOL – Ike & Tina Turner (Sue) |
| 18 | DUKE OF EARL – Gene Chandler (Vee-Jay) |
| 19 | RAMBLIN’ ROSE – Nat King Cole (Capitol) |
| 20 | SLOW TWISTIN’ – Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp) (Parkway) |
| 21 | DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (You Lied) – Ben E. King (Atco) |
| 22 | ANNIE GET YOUR YO-YO – Little Junior Parker (Duke) |
| 23 | TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT – Bobby Bland (Duke) |
| 24 | LIMBO ROCK – Chubby Checker (Parkway) |
| 25 | PEPPERMINT TWIST (pt. 1) – Joey Dee & The Starliters (Roulette) |
| 26 | SHERRY – The 4 Seasons (Vee-Jay) |
| 27 | RINKY DINK – Dave “Baby” Cortez (Julia/Chess) |
| 28 | PLAYBOY – The Marvelettes (Tamla) |
| 29 | HE’S A REBEL – The Crystals (Philles) |
| 30 | PARTY LIGHTS – Claudine Clark (Chancellor) |
| 31 | STORMY MONDAY BLUES – Bobby Bland (Duke) |
| 32 | POPEYE (The Hitchhiker) – Chubby Checker (Parkway) |
| 33 | JUST GOT TO KNOW – Jimmy McCracklin (Art-Tone) |
| 34 | YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THING – Barbara Lynn (Jamie) |
| 35 | LET ME IN – The Sensations (Argo) |
| 36 | HAVING A PARTY – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 37 | I NEED YOUR LOVING – Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford (Fire) |
| 38 | BRING IT ON HOME TO ME – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 39 | DEAR LADY TWIST – Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand) |
| 40 | LOVER PLEASE – Clyde McPhatter (Mercury) |
| 41 | LOST SOMEONE – James Brown & Famous Flames (King) |
| 42 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (pt. 1) – Jimmy Smith (Verve) |
| 43 | UNCHAIN MY HEART – Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount) |
| 44 | YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH – Mary Wells (Motown) |
| 45 | IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY – James Ray (Caprice) |
| 46 | I’M BLUE (The Gong-Gong Song) – The Ikettes (Atco) |
| 47 | YOU DON’T KNOW ME – Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount) |
| 48 | BEECHWOOD 4-5789 – The Marvelettes (Tamla) |
| 49 | GYPSY WOMAN – The Impressions (ABC-Paramount) |
| 50 | LIE TO ME – Brook Benton (Mercury) |