February 25, 1972

2	1	Neil Young--Heart of Gold
4	2	Black Sabbath--Iron Man
3	3	Osmonds--Down By the Lazy River
7	4	Nilsson--Jump Into the Fire
1	5	Bread--Everything I Own
10	6	America--A Horse With No Name
6	7	Robert John--The Lion Sleeps Tonight
8	8	Carole King--Sweet Seasons
20	9	Frank Mills--Love Me, Love Me Love
5	10	Charley Pride--Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
19	11	B.J. Thomas--Rock and Roll Lullaby
12	12	Nilsson--Without You
27	13	Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
11	14	Raiders--Country Wine
13	15	Led Zeppelin--Black Dog
9	16	Faces--Stay With Me
18	17	David Cassidy--Could it Be Forever
23	18	Paul Simon--Mother and Child Reunion
14	19	Carpenters--Hurting Each Other
15	20	Three Dog Night--Never Been to Spain
16	21	Cher--The Way of Love
17	22	English Congregation--Softly Whispering I Love You
22	23	Apollo 100--Joy
30	24	Joe Tex--I Gotcha
24	25	Climax--Precious and Few
32	26	Grass Roots--Glory Bound
46	27	Bobby Vinton--Every Day of My Life
---	28	Chakachas--Jungle Fever
34	29	Yes--Roundabout
39	30	Mike Kennedy--Louisianna
21	31	Jonathan Edwards--Sunshine
25	32	Supremes--Floy Joy
33	33	Stylistics--You Are Everything
48	34	Sammy Davis, Jr.--The Candy Man
36	35	Bee Gees--My World
---	36	Temptations--Take a Look Around
26	37	J.J. Cale--Crazy Mama
45	38	Lunar Funk--Mr. Penguin - Pt. 1
38	39	Carly Simon--Anticipation
37	40	Don McLean--American Pie
42	41	Blue Rose--My Impersonal Life
---	42	Buckwheat--Simple Song of Freedom
29	43	Redbone--The Witch Queen of New Orleans
35	44	Al Green--Let's Stay Together
49	45	Scott English--Brandy
---	46	David Bowie--Changes
31	47	Melanie--Ring the Living Bell
41	48	Addrisi Brothers--We've Got to Get it On Again
28	49	Rod Stewart--Handbags and Gladrags
---	50	Terry Black & Laurel Ward--Goin' Down (On the Road to L.A.)

LA pop group Buckwheat’s version of Bobby Darin composition “Simple Song of Freedom” is the third version we’ve seen on the survey (Tim Hardin 1969, Spirit of Us 1970). It only made number 84 in Billboard and will inch up to number 41 here next week. David Bowie makes his first appearance on our survey and on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Changes,” which will get up to number eleven here versus only number 66 nationally. Canadian married couple Terry Black and Laurel Ward had a number 57 BB hit with “Goin’ Down (On the Road to L.A.),” which will make it to number 25 here.

That leaves two more debuts, “Jungle Fever,” a Belgian funk record by studio group the Chakachas (8BB/9KJR), and the Temptations’ “Take a Look Around” (30/21).

February 18, 1972

5	1	Bread--Everything I Own
8	2	Neil Young--Heart of Gold
1	3	Osmonds--Down By the Lazy River
10	4	Black Sabbath--Iron Man
2	5	Charley Pride--Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
4	6	Robert John--The Lion Sleeps Tonight
7	7	Nilsson--Jump Into the Fire
3	8	Carole King--Sweet Seasons
11	9	Faces--Stay With Me
26	10	America--A Horse With No Name
14	11	Raiders--Country Wine
6	12	Nilsson--Without You
19	13	Led Zeppelin--Black Dog
12	14	Carpenters--Hurting Each Other
9	15	Three Dog Night--Never Been to Spain
28	16	Cher--The Way of Love
24	17	English Congregation--Softly Whispering I Love You
20	18	David Cassidy--Could it Be Forever
27	19	B.J. Thomas--Rock and Roll Lullaby
39	20	Frank Mills--Love Me, Love Me Love
13	21	Jonathan Edwards--Sunshine
16	22	Apollo 100--Joy
30	23	Paul Simon--Mother and Child Reunion
15	24	Climax--Precious and Few
29	25	Supremes--Floy Joy
32	26	J.J. Cale--Crazy Mama
---	27	Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
46	28	Rod Stewart--Handbags and Gladrags
17	29	Redbone--The Witch Queen of New Orleans
35	30	Joe Tex--I Gotcha
33	31	Melanie--Ring the Living Bell
36	32	Grass Roots--Glory Bound
18	33	Stylistics--You Are Everything
40	34	Yes--Roundabout
21	35	Al Green--Let's Stay Together
37	36	Bee Gees--My World
22	37	Don McLean--American Pie
45	38	Carly Simon--Anticipation
---	39	Mike Kennedy--Louisianna
47	40	Kinks--20th Century Man
23	41	Addrisi Brothers--We've Got to Get it On Again
---	42	Blue Rose--My Impersonal Life
42	43	Grand Funk Railroad--Footstompin' Music
44	44	Santana--No One to Depend On
---	45	Lunar Funk--Mr. Penguin - Pt. 1
48	46	Bobby Vinton--Every Day of My Life
25	47	Joe Simon--Drowning in the Sea of Love
---	48	Sammy Davis, Jr.--The Candy Man
---	49	Scott English--Brandy
38	50	Beverly Bremers--Don't Say You Don't Remember

One non-Billboard debut this week: “My Impersonal Life” by Blue Rose, a song that would soon be covered as an LP track by Three Dog Night. It’ll creep to number 41 next week, then drop off. One other will just barely be a Hot 100 hit, singer-songwriter Scott English’s “Brandy,” which Barry Manilow later changed into “Mandy;” a number 91 national hit, it will get to number 22 here.  German Mike Kennedy had been the lead singer of Los Bravos, and his “Louisianna” was a number 62 BB hit that we’ll see go to number 14. “Mr. Penguin” by Lunar Funk sounds kind of what you’d expect it to, and it will get to number 35 versus its number 63 national peak. Sammy Davis Jr.’s “The Candy Man” was number one in Billboard for three weeks, but here it’ll stop at number nine, though it will spend 14 weeks on the survey. And since I’ve mentioned all the other debuts I might as well mention Donny Osmond’s version of Paul Anka’s “Puppy Love,” number three in BB, number one for two weeks here at KJR.

It seems to me that if you heard the top five songs here on the radio consecutively it would be kind of jarring.