1962 in jazz
Singles:
- My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone
- Comin' Home Baby Mel Tormé
- Desafinado Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
- Soul Bossa Nova Quincy Jones
- Cast Your Fate to the Wind Vince Guaraldi
- Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock
- The Stripper David Rose
- I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) Nina Simone
- I've Got a Woman (Parts I & II) Jimmy McGriff
- Desafinado Ella Fitzgerald