Your favorite music from 1962

'Soldier of Love' - Arthur Alexander



and the A-side (Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil song)
Where Have You Been All My Life by Arthur Alexander 1962

and his next single
Arthur Alexander - Anna - 1962

and the one after that ...
Arthur Alexander - Go Home Girl (1962)

 

'Fortune Teller' - Benny Spellman

 

'Soul Motion' - Don and Dewy aka Don "Sugarcane" Harris & Dewey Terry

 

Recorded at Ace in Boston, where Freddy Cannon did Tallahassee Lassie... gives the lie to nothing happening Stateside between Buddy Holly's death and the British Invasion... American teens keeping the rock n roll flame burning...

 

Another from Plattsburgh...

 

'The Back Door' - Badeaux & Louisiana Aces; vocal - D.L. Menard

 

'Poppin' Popeye' - Link Wray


(re-recorded in 1965 as 'Ace of Spades')

 

John Coltrane Quartet ‎– Ballads

 

James Bond Theme – John Barry Orchestra
Surfin’ Safari – The Beach Boys
Green Onions – Booker T. and the MG’s
Duke Of Earl – Gene Chandler
Pipeline – The Chantays
He’s a Rebel – The Crystals
The Wanderer – Dion
Up on the Roof – The Drifters
Song to Woody – Bob Dylan
Summertime, Summertime – The Jamies
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) – Peter, Paul and Mary
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance – Gene Pitney

One of my all-time favorites: The Loco-Motion – Little Eva

I go by the year they charted on radio station WLS. That's the place where I heard all my music. The Jamies song was a re-release.

 

For their version of “Bye Bye Blackbird” alone -


And coming in a close second -

 

I'll Try Something New[The Miracles]..Sherry[The Four Seasons]..Never Let Me Go[The Impressions]..Dream Come True[The Temptations]..Soldier Boy[The Shirelles]..You Can Run[Jerry Butler].

 

“Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?”

 

'Homework' - Otis Rush

 

'I just don't know what to do with myself' - Tommy Hunt

 

'Always Accused' - Willie Tee

 

'All These Things' - Art Neville

 

'The One Who Really Loves You' - Mary Wells


followed by 'You Beat Me to the Punch' and 'Two Lovers' - three Top Ten hits that year written and produced by Smokey

 

'Mama Didn't Lie' - Jan Bradley


(released in late 1962; hit in early 1963)

 

'You'll Lose a Good Thing' - Barbara Lynn

 

He’s a Rebel – The Crystals

One of my Top Three Spector songs (along with "Be My Baby" and "River Deep Mountain High")
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I only discovered this one a couple of years ago -

Louise Cordet, In a Matter of Moments: