f 1962 reflect the virtuosity of Ray Charles, who started the year with the boss nova based “Unchain My Heart” and ruled the rest of the year with his modern sounds in
The Essential Songs of 1962 reflect the virtuosity of Ray Charles, who started the year with the boss nova based “Unchain My Heart” and ruled the rest of the year with his modern sounds in country and western music. In other news, the Wall of Sound became a commercial reality, the house band for the Stax Record label hit the charts, and a teenager named Little Eva started a new dance craze.
Anna (Go to Him), Arthur Alexander
Big Girls Don’t Cry, The Four Seasons
Bring It On Home to Me, Sam Cooke
Crazy, Patsy Cline
Do You Love Me, The Contours
Duke of Earl, Gene Chandler
Green Onions, Booker T. and the M.G.s
Having A Party, Sam Cooke
He’s A Rebel, The Crystals
I’ve Been Everywhere, Hank Snow
The Locomotion, Little Eva
Love Me Do, The Beatles
Night Train, James Brown and His Famous Flames
Return to Sender, Elvis Presley
She Thinks I Still Care, George Jones
Sherry, The Four Seasons
She’s Got You, Patsy Cline
Soldier Boy, The Shirelles
Success, Loretta Lynn
Tell Him, The Exciters
These Arms of Mine, Otis Redding
Twisting the Night Away, Sam Cooke
Unchain My Heart, Ray Charles
Up on the Roof, The Drifters
What Time Is It, The Jive Five
You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover, Bo Diddley
You Don’t Know Me, Ray Charles
You Really Got A Hold on Me, The Miracles