This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1962.[1]
The year's No. 1 record was "Wolverton Mountain" by Claude King.[1] The record debuted on Billboards country and western chart in May 1962, spent nine weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on the chart for 26 weeks.[1]
RCA Victor led all other labels with 13 records included on the year-end chart. Columbia Records followed with 10 records on the year-end chart.[1]
| Rank | Peak[2] [3] | Title | Artist(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Wolverton Mountain" | Columbia | ||
| 2 | 1 | "Misery Loves Company" | RCA Victor | ||
| 3 | 1 | "She Thinks I Still Care" | United Artists | ||
| 4 | 1 | "Charlie's Shoes" | Columbia | ||
| 5 | 2 | "Adios Amigo" | RCA Victor | ||
| 6 | 3 | "A Wound Time Can't Erase" | Columbia | ||
| 7 | 1 | "She's Got You" | Decca | ||
| 8 | 1 | "Walk on By" | Mercury | ||
| 9 | 4 | "Trouble's Back in Town" | Decca | ||
| 10 | 2 | "Losing Your Love" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor | |
| 11 | 3 | "A Little Heartache" | RCA Victor | ||
| 12 | 2 | "Lonesome Number One" | RCA Victor | ||
| 13 | 4 | "The Comeback" | Capitol | ||
| 14 | 1 | "That's My Pa" | M-G-M | ||
| 15 | 2 | "A Little Bitty Tear" | Decca | ||
| 16 | 1 | "Devil Woman" | Columbia | ||
| 17 | 1 | "Mama Sang a Song" | Decca | ||
| 18 | 5 | "Alla My Love" | Decca | ||
| 19 | 3 | "Everybody But Me" | Hickory | ||
| 20 | 5 | "I Can Mend Your Broken Heart" | Don Gibson | RCA Victor | |
| 21 | 2 | "Crazy" | Decca | ||
| 22 | 3 | "If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)" | Mecury | ||
| 23 | 5 | "Unloved, Unwanted" | Decca | ||
| 24 | 6 | "Success" | Decca | ||
| 25 | 11 | "Nobody's Fool But Yours" | Capitol | ||
| 26 | 3 | "PT 109" | Columbia | ||
| 27 | 4 | "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" | Cadence | ||
| 28 | 3 | "Old Rivers" | Liberty | ||
| 29 | 2 | "I'm Gonna Change Everything" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor | |
| 30 | 8 | "Crazy Wild Desire" | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| 31 | 3 | "Soft Rain" | Columbia | ||
| 32 | 1 | "Big Bad John" | Columbia | ||
| 33 | 9 | "Funny Way of Laughing" | Burl Ives | Decca | |
| 34 | 3 | "Call Me Mr. In-Between" | Burl Ives | Decca | |
| 35 | 5 | "Aching, Breaking Heart" | George Jones | Mercury | |
| 36 | 7 | "Three Days" | Faron Young | Capitol | |
| 37 | 7 | "Take Time" | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| 38 | 11 | "Air Mail to Heaven" | Carl Smith | Columbia | |
| 39 | 10 | "Happy Journey" | RCA Victor | ||
| 40 | 7 | "What I Feel in My Heart" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor | |
| 41 | "I've Been Everywhere" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor | ||
| 42 | 10 | "When I Get Through with You" | Patsy Cline | Decca | |
| 43 | "Tennessee Flat-Top Box" | Johnny Cash | Columbia | ||
| 44 | "If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You" | George Hamilton IV | RCA Victor | ||
| 45 | 7 | "After Loving You" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 46 | 7 | "Tears Broke Out on Me" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 47 | "Willingly" | Shirley Collie & Willie Nelson | Liberty | ||
| 48 | "Footsteps of a Fool" | Judy Lynn | United Artists | ||
| 49 | "Touch Me" | Willie Nelson | Liberty | ||
| 50 | "Willie the Weeper" | Columbia |