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).