This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1962.
(as certified by Billboard)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note | |
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| March 10 | Misery Loves Company | Porter Wagoner | 2 | [2]
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| March 17 | That's My Pa | Sheb Wooley | 1 | [C] | |
| March 31 | She's Got You | Patsy Cline | 5 | [2], [B]
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| April 28 | Charlie's Shoes | Billy Walker | 2 | [2],[C]
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| May 19 | She Thinks I Still Care | George Jones | 6 | ||
| June 30 | Wolverton Mountain | Claude King | 9 | [1], [C] | |
| September 1 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins | 8 | ||
| October 27 | Mama Sang a Song | Bill Anderson | 7 | [2], [A]
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| November 10 | I've Been Everywhere | Hank Snow | 2 | [2]
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| December 29 | Don't Let Me Cross Over | Carl Butler and Pearl | 11 | [2], [C]
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| US | Single | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Aching, Breaking Heart | George Jones | |
| 2 | Adios Amigo | Jim Reeves | |
| 7 | After Loving You | Eddy Arnold | |
| 11 | Air Mail to Heaven | Carl Smith | |
| 5 | Alla My Love | Webb Pierce | |
| 13 | Anywhere There's People | Lawton Williams | |
| 16 | Best Dressed Beggar (In Town) | Carl Smith | |
| 12 | Big Fool of the Year | George Jones | |
| 16 | Black Cloud | Leroy Van Dyke | |
| 10 | The Burning of Atlanta | Claude King | |
| 16 | Cajun Queen | Jimmy Dean | |
| 3 | Call Me Mr. In-Between | Burl Ives | |
| 10 | Cold Dark Waters | Porter Wagoner | |
| 7 | The Comancheros | Claude King | |
| 4 | The Comeback | Faron Young | |
| 5 | Cow Town | Webb Pierce | |
| 2 | Crazy | Patsy Cline | |
| 8 | Crazy Wild Desire | Webb Pierce | |
| 20 | Daddy Stopped In | Claude Gray | |
| 10 | Day Into Night | Kitty Wells | |
| 9 | Dear Ivan | Jimmy Dean | |
| 18 | Don't Go Near the Eskimos | Ben Colder | |
| 4 | Don't Go Near the Indians | Rex Allen | |
| 3 | Everybody but Me | Ernest Ashworth | |
| 7 | Footsteps of a Fool | Judy Lynn | |
| 9 | Funny Way of Laughin' | Burl Ives | |
| 14 | Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | Bill Anderson | |
| 3 | A Girl I Used to Know | George Jones | |
| 13 | Go On Home | Patti Page | |
| 10 | Happy Journey | Hank Locklin | |
| 11 | He Stands Real Tall | Del Reeves | |
| 8 | Hello Out There | Carl Belew | |
| 11 | Honky Tonk Man | Johnny Horton | |
| 7 | (How Can I Write On Paper) What I Feel in My Heart | Jim Reeves | |
| 5 | I Can Mend Your Broken Heart | Don Gibson | |
| 17 | I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You) | Buck Owens | |
| 9 | I Guess I'll Never Learn | Charlie Phillips | |
| 2 | I'm Gonna Change Everything | Jim Reeves | |
| 16 | I'm Looking High and Low for My Baby | Ernest Tubb | |
| 12 | I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Loving In) | Ray Price | |
| 3 | If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone) | Leroy Van Dyke | |
| 6 | If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You | George Hamilton IV | |
| 8 | In the Jailhouse Now | Johnny Cash | |
| 6 | In the Middle of a Heartache | Wanda Jackson | |
| 4 | It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' | Johnny Tillotson | |
| 16 | Just Ain't | Flatt & Scruggs | |
| 20 | Kentucky Means Paradise | Glen Campbell | |
| 8 | Kickin' Our Hearts Around | Buck Owens | |
| 9 | Leona | Stonewall Jackson | |
| 20 | A Letter to My Heart | Jim Reeves | |
| 2 | A Little Bitty Tear | Burl Ives | |
| 10 | Little Black Book | Jimmy Dean | |
| 3 | A Little Heartache | Eddy Arnold | |
| 2 | Lonesome Number One | Don Gibson | |
| 2 | Losing Your Love | Jim Reeves | |
| 12 | Love Can't Wait | Marty Robbins | |
| 7 | My Name Is Mud | James O'Gwynn | |
| 11 | Nobody's Fool but Yours | Buck Owens | |
| 3 | Old Rivers | Walter Brennan | |
| 11 | One Look at Heaven | Stonewall Jackson | |
| 13 | Open Pit Mine | George Jones | |
| 3 | PT-109 | Jimmy Dean | |
| 5 | Pride | Ray Price | |
| 18 | Pride Goes Before a Fall | Jim Reeves | |
| 20 | Sally Was a Good Old Girl | Hank Cochran | |
| 11 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Buck Owens | |
| 18 | Second Choice | Stonewall Jackson | |
| 11 | Send Me the Pillow You Dream On | Johnny Tillotson | |
| 18 | Shame on Me | Bobby Bare | |
| 16 | Silver Threads and Golden Needles | The Springfields | |
| 17 | Slow Poison | Johnnie & Jack | |
| 14 | So Wrong | Patsy Cline | |
| 16 | Somebody Save Me | Ferlin Husky | |
| 12 | Sometimes I'm Tempted | Marty Robbins | |
| 17 | Sometimes You Just Can't Win | George Jones | |
| 19 | Sooner or Later | Webb Pierce | |
| 6 | Success | Loretta Lynn | |
| 7 | Take Time | Webb Pierce | |
| 7 | Tears Broke Out on Me | Eddy Arnold | |
| 11 | Tennessee Flat Top Box | Johnny Cash | |
| 8 | Then a Tear Fell | Earl Scott | |
| 17 | There's Always One (Who Loves a Lot) | Roy Drusky | |
| 7 | Three Days | Faron Young | |
| 15 | To a Sleeping Beauty | Jimmy Dean | |
| 7 | Touch Me | Willie Nelson | |
| 4 | Trouble's Back in Town | The Wilburn Brothers | |
| 18 | Under the Cover of Night | Dave Dudley | |
| 5 | Unloved Unwanted | Kitty Wells | |
| 10 | The Violet and the Rose | Little Jimmy Dickens | |
| 5 | Wall to Wall Love | Bob Gallion | |
| 11 | Waltz of the Angels | George Jones and Margie Singleton | |
| 13 | The Waltz You Saved for Me | Ferlin Husky | |
| 7 | We Missed You | Kitty Wells | |
| 14 | We're Gonna Go Fishin' | Hank Locklin | |
| 10 | When I Get Through with You | Patsy Cline | |
| 9 | Where I Ought to Be | Skeeter Davis | |
| 15 | Where the Old Red River Flows | Jimmie Davis | |
| 8 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God | Kitty Wells | |
| 5 | Willie the Weeper | Billy Walker | |
| 10 | Willingly | Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie | |
| 3 | A Wound Time Can't Erase | Stonewall Jackson | |
| 15 | You Take the Future (And I'll Take the Past) | Hank Snow |
| Single | Artist | Record Label |
|---|---|---|
| All Aboard the Blue Train | Johnny Cash | Sun |
| George Jones Sings Bob Wills | George Jones | United Artists |
| Happy Journey | Hank Locklin | RCA |
| Homecoming in Heaven | George Jones | United Artists |
| Hymns from the Heart | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music | Ray Charles | ABC-Paramount |
| My Favorites of Hank Williams | George Jones | United Artists |
| Sentimentally Yours | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| The Sound of Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| Wonderful Wanda | Wanda Jackson | Capitol |
| Single | Artist | Record Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| According to My Heart | Goldie Hill | Decca | |
| Bashful Brother Oswald | Bashful Brother Oswald | Starday | |
| Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs | Bill Anderson | Decca | |
| Caribbean Guitar | Chet Atkins | RCA | |
| Cross Country | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| Devil Woman | Marty Robbins | Columbia | |
| Down Home | Chet Atkins | RCA | |
| Family Favorites | Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain Clan | Hickory | |
| Hank Locklin | Hank Locklin | RCA | |
| Homer and Jethro and the Convention | Homer and Jethro | RCA | |
| Live It Up, Laugh it Up | Johnny Bond | Starday | |
| The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark | Roy Clark | Capitol | |
| Marty After Midnight | Marty Robbins | Columbia | |
| The New Favorites of George Jones | George Jones | United Artists | |
| Night Life | Ray Price | Columbia | |
| Old Rivers | Walter Brennan | Liberty | |
| One More Time | Eddy Arnold | RCA | |
| Our Man Down South | Eddy Arnold | RCA | |
| Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets | Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis | RCA | |
| A Touch of Velvet | Jim Reeves | RCA | |
| Hank Locklin | RCA | ||
| You're for Me | Buck Owens | Capitol |