Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962
Compilation album by various artists
Released	1988 (original release); 1993 (re-release)
Genre	Pop, Rock
Length	23:38 (original 1988 release); 24:04 (1993 re-release)
Label	Rhino Records
Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1962.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The album includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining two tracks both reached the Hot 100's Top 5, with "The Wanderer" coming in at No. 2 and "Palisades Park" peaking at No. 3. The 1993 re-issue replaced the track "Big Girls Don't Cry" by the 4 Seasons with "Green Onions", a No. 3 song by Booker T & the M.G.'s, thus bringing the number of chart toppers down to seven on this release. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 16, 1996.[2]

Track listing

Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[3]

1988 original release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	Bob Crewe Bob Gaudio	The Four Seasons	2:29
2.	"Duke of Earl"	Earl Edwards Bernice Williams Gene Chandler	Gene Chandler	2:27
3.	"Soldier Boy"	Florence Greenberg Luther Dixon	The Shirelles	2:44
4.	"Sheila"	Tommy Roe	Tommy Roe	2:03
5.	"Peppermint Twist – Part 1"	Joey Dee Henry Glover	Joey Dee & the Starliters	2:02
6.	"The Loco-Motion"	Gerry Goffin Carole King	Little Eva	2:29
7.	"The Wanderer"	Ernie Maresca	Dion	2:50
8.	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield	Neil Sedaka	2:18
9.	"Johnny Angel"	Lyn Duddy Lee Pockriss	Shelley Fabares	2:24
10.	"Palisades Park"	Chuck Barris	Freddy Cannon	1:52
Total length:				23:38

1993 reissue, replacement tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Green Onions"	Booker T. Jones Steve Cropper Al Jackson Jr. Lewis Steinberg	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	2:55
Total length:				24:04

References

Koda, Cub. Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962 at AllMusic
RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Billboard albums. RIAA.com.
Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits: 1962 (liner notes). Various artists. Rhino. 1988.CS1 maint: others (link)

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[AM-1] Koda, Cub. Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1962 at AllMusic

[2] RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Billboard albums. RIAA.com.

[BB-3] Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits: 1962 (liner notes). Various artists. Rhino. 1988.CS1 maint: others (link)