This is amazing that we get to listen to this in 2023! Thank you for uploading this part of our history. It’s so nice throwing it on in the background and vibing.

Includes some of the best songs of 1962. I don't know if I did go to a local Kmart on that day, but I do know there were plenty of sales and doorbuster specials going on to celebrate.
Songs are:
Peppermint Twist--Joey Dee and the Starliters
Havin' a Party--Sam Cooke
Things--Bobby Darin
Sheila--Tommy Roe
Do You Love Me--The Contours
Good Luck Charm--Elvis Presley
Breaking Up is Hard to Do--Neil Sedaka
Make it Easy on Yourself--Jerry Butler
Big Girls Don't Cry--Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
If I Had a Hammer--Peter, Paul and Mary
You Beat Me to the Punch--Mary Wells
Dream Baby--Roy Orbison
Johnny Angel--Shelley Fabares
The Wanderer--Dion
Roses Are Red (My Love)--Bobby Vinton
Let's Dance--Chris Montez
He's a Rebel--The Crystals
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--Gene Pitney
Palisades Park--Freddy Cannon
Green Onions--Booker T. & the MG's
Johnny Get Angry--Joanie Sommers
Twist and Shout--The Isley Brothers
Soldier Boy--The Shirelles
Rinky Dink--Dave "Baby" Cortez
The Twist--Chubby Checker
Duke of Earl--Gene Chandler
Party Lights--Claudine Clark
Surfin' Safari--The Beach Boys
The Loco-Motion--Little Eva
You Belong to Me--The Duprees
Baby, It's You--The Shirelles
Ramblin' Rose--Nat King Cole

My favorite kmart tape great selection of musuc

I'm just starting my journey into Kmart-muzak and and I will never thank you enough for keeping these tapes and making them available. This is an incredible document.

A tremendous service has been done in preserving this true slice of authentic Americana. I can recall the music played in stores going back to age four (circa 1965)...and it helped make me a better musician. It turned me on to big band swing...and some "out" Blue Note...It would be great to learn of other preservation/archival in-store music catalogs.

This is fantastic! Putting it on for sunday cleaning around the house :-) Great mix, and hysterical to have the flashback announcements between songs.
Thanks for uploading!