1962 in country music

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

• September 25 – Loretta Lynn is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at 30 years of age.
• 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.

• Rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles releases his landmark album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The album of pop-styled covers of country standards is vastly influential in the genre.

(as certified by Billboard)

• 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.
• February 11 — Sheryl Crow, pop singer who has also had substantial success as a country singer starting in the 2000s.
• 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.
• July 13 - Victoria Shaw, singer-songwriter since the 1990s.
• August 23 — Emilio Navaira, singer-songwriter of country and Tejano music (died 2016).
• October 13 - John Wiggins, singer-songwriter since the 1990s.
• November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s.
• December 7 - Andy Childs, singer-songwriter since the 1990s.

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• Roy Acuff (1903–1992)

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

• 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.

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

• Country Music Hall of Fame