January 14, 1972

1	1	Don McLean--American Pie
8	2	Jonathan Edwards--Sunshine
5	3	Chi-Lites--Have You Seen Her
2	4	Hillside Singers/New Seekers--I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
11	5	Climax--Precious and Few
7	6	Badfinger--Day After Day
3	7	Melanie--Brand New Key
18	8	Nilsson--Without You
10	9	T. Rex--Bang a Gong (Get it On)
4	10	Partridge Family--It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)
26	11	Three Dog Night--Never Been to Spain
27	12	Al Green--Let's Stay Together
6	13	Cher--Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
32	14	Carpenters--Hurting Each Other
9	15	Lou Rawls--A Natural Man
17	16	Donnie Elbert--Where Did Our Love Go
14	17	Three Dog Night--An Old Fashioned Love Song
20	18	Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band--Scorpio
13	19	Donny Osmond--Hey Girl/I Knew You When
15	20	Freddie Hart--Easy Loving
31	21	Addrisi Brothers--We've Got to Get it On Again
24	22	Temptations--Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
29	23	Carly Simon--Anticipation
12	24	Michael Jackson--Got to Be There
35	25	Stylistics--You Are Everything
36	26	Apollo 100--Joy
16	27	Bullet--White Lies, Blue Eyes
38	28	Joe Simon--Drowning in the Sea of Love
41	29	Robert John--The Lion Sleeps Tonight
23	30	David Cassidy--Cherish
33	31	Betty Wright--Clean Up Woman
34	32	Heaven Bound--Five Hundred Miles
42	33	Elton John--Levon
43	34	Faces--Stay With Me
44	35	Charley Pride--Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
21	36	Sonny & Cher--All I Ever Need is You
22	37	Staple Singers--Respect Yourself
---	38	Black Sabbath--Iron Man
---	39	Joe Cocker--Feeling Alright
19	40	Sly & the Family Stone--Family Affair
28	41	Grass Roots--Two Divided By Love
45	42	Rare Earth--Hey Big Brother
---	43	Led Zeppelin--Black Dog
50	44	Beverly Bremers--Don't Say You Don't Remember
---	45	Michel LeGrand--Brian's Song
48	46	Redbone--The Witch Queen of New Orleans
---	47	Asylum Choir--Tryin' to Stay 'Live
---	48	Raiders--Country Wine
---	49	J.J. Cale--Crazy Mama
---	50	Edgar Winter's White Trash--Keep Playin' That Rock'n'Roll

Eight debuts. One did not make the BB Hot 100, topping out at number 115 on the Bubbling Under chart: Leon Russell project the Asylum Choir with “Tryin’ to Stay ‘Live,” which we will see get to number 40. The Raiders’ “Country Wine,” a number 51 national hit, will make it to number eleven. But the big story this week is “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath, which will get to number two despite being only a number 52 BB hit.