HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” by Neil Sedaka
“Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” by Neil Sedaka finished No. 15 on the year-end Top 100 of 1962, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 151962
Year-end charts11962
ArtistNeil Sedaka6 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1962 was “Stranger On The Shore” by Mr. Acker Bilk. Neil Sedaka had 6 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1962 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1962 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | The Wanderer | Dion | ▶♪ |
| 13 | Duke Of Earl | Gene Chandler | ▶♪ |
| 14 | Palisades Park | Freddy Cannon | ▶♪ |
| 15 | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do | Neil Sedaka | ▶♪ |
| 16 | Wolverton Mountain | Claude King | ▶♪ |
| 17 | Slow Twistin' | Chubby Checker | ▶♪ |
| 18 | It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' | Johnny Tillotson | ▶♪ |
More hits by Neil Sedaka
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughter In The Rain | Neil Sedaka | 1975 #8 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Calendar Girl | Neil Sedaka | 1961 #33 | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Stairway To Heaven | Neil Sedaka | 1960 #76 | ▶♪ |
| 4 | Breaking Up's Hard To Do | Neil Sedaka | 1976 #90 | ▶♪ |
| 5 | Bad Blood | Neil Sedaka | 1975 #93 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.