1962 in folk music
Singles
- Baby, Let Me Follow You Down Bob Dylan
- If I Had a Hammer Peter, Paul and Mary
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- Silver Threads and Golden Needles The Springfields
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Kingston Trio
- Walk Right In The Rooftop Singers
- The White Rose of Athens Nana Mouskouri
- Alley Cat Bent Fabric
- Greenfields The Brothers Four
- Lemon Tree Peter, Paul and Mary
- The John Birch Society Chad Mitchell Trio
- Island of Dreams The Springfields
- Trouble of the World Mahalia Jackson
- Pick a Bale of Cotton Lonnie Donegan
- The Ballad of Jed Clampett Flatt and Scruggs
- Chiribim Chiribom The Barry Sisters
- Dear Hearts and Gentle People The Springfields
- That's What He Is to Me The Wright Specials
- I'm Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail The Everly Brothers
- Lizzie Borden Chad Mitchell Trio
- The Lonesome Road Joan Baez
- Call Me Mr. In-Between Burl Ives
- Auf meiner Ranch bin ich König Peter Hinnen
- Mulema Mwam Elimba Dikalo Eboa Lottin
- Jesus Met the Woman at the Well Mahalia Jackson
- Greenback Dollar Hoyt Axton
- Santa Lucia Robertino
- Mary Ann Regrets Burl Ives
- Hear the Whistle Blow a Hundred Miles Flatt and Scruggs
- The Back Door (La Porte En Arrière) D. L. Menard
- Havah Negilah Connie Francis
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour R.H. Harris and His Gospel Paraders
- Won Nse Ko Baje Haruna Ishola
- Fantasia a Launeddas Efisio Melis & Antonio Lara
- Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray The Womack Brothers
- Eh l'amour Lucien Attard et son orchestre
- Burgemeester Matser Mars Fanfarecorps Heyenoord
- Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone The Soul Stirrers
- Upsala Souvenir Schottische Jimmy Shand and His Band
- Harmonica Twist Ernest Ranglin
- Hiawatha Ade Monsbourgh
- Der Schmuggler Maria & Margot Hellwig
- Die Alpenkönigin heisst Edelweiß Maria & Margot Hellwig
Albums
- Lightnin' Strikes Lightnin' Hopkins
- Blues in My Bottle Lightnin' Hopkins
- Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs Big Bill Broonzy
- Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs Woody Guthrie
- Last Session Blind Willie McTell
- Vol. 2: Medicine Show Man Pink Anderson
- Bob Dylan Bob Dylan
- The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
- Mean Ol' Frisco Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- An Evening With Rev. Louis Overstreet: His Guitar, His Four Sons, and the Congregation of St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ Rev. Louis Overstreet
- Amália Rodrigues [Busto] Amália Rodrigues
- Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary
- Odetta and the Blues Odetta
- The Sound of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
- Peace Be Still Reverend James Cleveland
- Inside Folk Songs Shel Silverstein
- The Legend of Sleepy John Estes Sleepy John Estes
- Say No to the Devil Reverend Gary Davis
- Brownie's Blues Brownie McGhee
- Golden Apples of the Sun Judy Collins
- Manouche Partie Jo Privat
- Carolyn Hester (2) Carolyn Hester