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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1962.

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Events

  • November 3 — Billboard renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions.

No dates

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

Date Single Name Artist Wks. No.1 Spec. Note
March 10 Misery Loves Company Porter Wagoner 2

[2]

  • Returns to Number One March 24.
  • Wagoner's first Billboard Number One since "A Satisfied Mind" in 1955.
March 17 That's My Pa Sheb Wooley 1 [C]
March 31 She's Got You Patsy Cline 4 [2], [B]
  • Returns to Number One May 5.
April 28 Charlie's Shoes Billy Walker 1 [2] ,[C]
  • Returns to Number One May 12.
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 2 [2], [A]
  • Returns to Number One on November 17, and then on December 1.
November 10 I've Been Everywhere Hank Snow 1 [2]
  • Returns to Number One November 24.
  • Snow's first Billboard Number One since "Let Me Go, Lover!" in 1954.
December 29 Don't Let Me Cross Over Carl Butler and Pearl 1 [C]
Notes
  • 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
  • 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

Top new album releases

Other top releases

Births

  • January 13 — Trace Adkins, singer-songwriter whose style meshes honky-tonk and dance-influenced rock.
  • February 4 — Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement.
  • February 6 — Richie McDonald, former lead singer of Lonestar.
  • February 7 — Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s.
  • April 2 — Billy Dean, contemporary-styled singer-songwriter who had the peak of his success in the 1990s.
  • May 2 — Ty Herndon, contemporary-styled singer who had most of his success in the mid-to-late 1990s.
  • November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s.

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

  • Best Country and Western Recording — "Funny Way of Laughin'," Burl Ives

Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

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