Top Albums:

Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music
Soundtrack - West Side Story
David Rose & Orchestra - The Stripper& Other Fun Songs
Elvis Presley - Pot Luck
Peter, Paul & Mary - Peter, Paul & Mary

Billboard Top 20, 8/25/1962
Rank..Previous .. # Weeks .. Title .. Artist

#1 .. 2 / 9 The Locomotion--------------------------Little Eva
#2 .. 1 / 9 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do---------------Neil Sedaka
#3 .. 6 / 8 Things----------------------------------Bobby Darin
#4 .. 5 / 5 You Don't Know Me-----------------------Ray Charles
#5 .. 12 / 5 Sheila----------------------------------Tommy Roe
#6 .. 3 / 12 Roses Are Red---------------------------Bobby Vinton
#7 .. 11 / 9 Party Lights----------------------------Claudine Clark
#8 .. 13 / 4 She's Not You---------------------------Elvis Presley
#9 .. 7 / 9 Ahab the Arab---------------------------Ray Stevens
#10 .. 8 / 8 Little Diane----------------------------Dion
#11 .. 4 / 12 The Wah Watusi--------------------------The Orlons
#12 .. 17 / 5 Vacation--------------------------------Connie Francis
#13 .. 13 / 8 Bring It On Home To Me------------------Sam Cooke
#14 .. 14 / 11 You'll Lose a Good Thing----------------Barbara Lynn
#15 .. 18 / 8 Heart in Hand---------------------------Brenda Lee
#16 .. 16 / 14 Wolverton Mountain----------------------Claude King
#17 .. 10 / 12 Sealed With a Kiss----------------------Brian Hyland
#18 .. 23 / 7 What's A Matter Baby--------------------Timi Yuro
#19 .. 19 / 6 Call Me Mr. Inbetween-------------------Burl Ives
#20 .. 9 / 11 Speedy Gonzales-------------------------Pat Boone
#21 .. 25 / 6 A Swingin' Safari-----------------------Billy Vaughn
#22 .. 34 / 4 Ramblin' Rose---------------------------Nat King Cole
#23 .. 33 / 5 Devil Woman-----------------------------Marty Robbins
#24 .. 27 / 7 Rinky Dink------------------------------Dave Baby Cortez
#25 .. 31 / 8 Make It Easy On Yourself----------------Jerry Butler
#26 .. 19 / 13 Twist & Shout---------------------------Isley Brothers
#27 .. 15 / 16 The Stripper-----------------------David Rose Orchestra
#28 .. 20 / 10 Girls Were Made To Love-----------------Eddie Hodges
#29 .. 26 / 13 Theme From Dr. Kildare------------Richard Chamberlain
#30 .. 44 / 3 Your Nose Is Gonna Grow-----------------Johnny Crawford
#31 .. 41 / 4 You Belong To Me------------------------The Duprees
#32 .. 39 / 6 Till Death Do Us Part-------------------Bob Braun
#33 .. 35 / 8 The Ballad Of Paladin-------------------Duane Eddy
#34 .. 37 / 6 Shame On Me-----------------------------Bobby Bare
#35 .. 54 / 3 Teenage Idol----------------------------Ricky Nelson
#36 .. 42 / 5 Alley Cat-------------------------------Bent Fabric
#37 .. 48 / 3 Send Me The Pillow You Dream On-----Johnny Tillotson
#38 .. 24 / 14 Johnny Get Angry------------------------Joanie Sommers
#39 .. 58 / 3 You Beat Me To The Punch----------------Mary Wells
#40 .. 51 / 6 Come On Little Angel--------------------The Belmonts

Eva Boyd sang a demo for the song writing team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin and it was pitched to Dee Dee Sharpe who had just made a national hit with "Mashed Potato Time." Sharpe's producers turned it down, but record producer Don Kirshner decided to release Eva's demo on his Dimension label. On August 25th it claimed the top spot in Billboard. Eva had to come up with a dance to match the record.

"Locomotion" replaced "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" in the top spot and "Roses Are Red" was also a former top record. "Sheila" was on its way to the top spot.

The August 25th top twenty showed a great deal of diversity in music tastes as the country sound was well rpresented by "Things" and "Wolverton Mountain." "Party Lights" was pure rock and roll. "You'll Lose a Good Thing" and "Bring It On Home To Me" represented the growing "soul" sound. "Ahab the Arab" showed their was always room for novelty songs. "You Don't Know Me" was the second top ten song from Ray Charles' album "Modern Sounds in Country and Wester Music" which gave soulful interpretations of country songs.

Elvis Presley was still a consistent entry in the top twenty -- "She's Not You" would eventually climb to the #5 position. But Elvis's most recent movie, "Kid Galahad" was a rarity in that no singles from the soundtrack were released.