August 11, 1972

1	1	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
2	2	Hot Butter--Popcorn
3	3	Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
15	4	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
11	5	Jackson Five--Lookin' Through the Windows
6	6	Bread--Guitar Man
16	7	Three Dog Night--Black & White
14	8	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
8	9	Bill Withers--Lean on Me
9	10	Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
4	11	Looking Glass--Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
10	12	Carpenters--Goodbye to Love
13	13	Partridge Family--Breaking Up is Hard to Do
5	14	Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
33	15	Bee Gees--Run to Me
7	16	Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
30	17	Raspberries--Go All the Way
34	18	Elton John--Honky Cat
18	19	Barbra Streisand--Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
35	20	Al Green--I'm Still in Love With You
20	21	Argent--Hold Your Head Up
32	22	Sammi Smith--I've Got to Have You
27	23	Lindisfarne--Lady Eleanor
12	24	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Alone Again (Naturally)
23	25	Rick Nelson--Garden Party
36	26	Neil Diamond--Play Me
17	27	Who--Join Together
40	28	Cheech & Chong--The Continuing Adventures of Pedro de Pacas and Man (LP)
19	29	Jim Croce--You Don't Mess Around With Jim
24	30	Crusaders--Put it Where You Want it
---	31	O'Jays--Back Stabbers
---	32	Bobby Vinton--Sealed With a Kiss
28	33	Led Zeppelin--Stairway to Heaven (LP)
25	34	Sailcat--Motorcycle Mama
38	35	Climax--Life and Breath
---	36	Steve & Eydie Featuring the Osmonds--We Can Make it Together
37	37	Bob Seger--If I Were a Carpenter
39	38	Joey Heatherton--Gone
---	39	Bill Withers--Use Me
---	40	Jerry Wallace--If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry

Steve and Eydie’s “We Can Make it Together” was just a number 68 Billboard hit (though it got to number seven on the Easy Listening chart) but will get to number 26 here. “If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry” by Jerry Wallace will get up to number 24 rather than its national peak of 38, and Bobby Vinton’s remake of “Sealed With a Kiss” will make it to ten rather than 19. Bill Withers’ “Use Me,” number two for two weeks in Billboard, will stall at number seven. That leaves the O’Jays’ “Backstabbers,” which will exactly equal its number three national peak.

August 4, 1972

3	1	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
6	2	Hot Butter--Popcorn
9	3	Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
4	4	Looking Glass--Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
2	5	Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
12	6	Bread--Guitar Man
7	7	Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
8	8	Bill Withers--Lean on Me
1	9	Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
16	10	Carpenters--Goodbye to Love
17	11	Jackson Five--Lookin' Through the Windows
5	12	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Alone Again (Naturally)
14	13	Partridge Family--Breaking Up is Hard to Do
20	14	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
18	15	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
26	16	Three Dog Night--Black & White
27	17	Who--Join Together
10	18	Barbra Streisand--Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
25	19	Jim Croce--You Don't Mess Around With Jim
11	20	Argent--Hold Your Head Up
15	21	Nilsson--Coconut
22	22	Alice Cooper--School's Out
28	23	Rick Nelson--Garden Party
36	24	Crusaders--Put it Where You Want it
21	25	Sailcat--Motorcycle Mama
13	26	Tower of Power--You're Still a Young Man
31	27	Lindisfarne--Lady Eleanor
29	28	Led Zeppelin--Stairway to Heaven (LP)
33	29	Wackers--I Hardly Know Her Name
37	30	Raspberries--Go All the Way
24	31	Elton John--Rocket Man
34	32	Sammi Smith--I've Got to Have You
39	33	Bee Gees--Run to Me
---	34	Elton John--Honky Cat
35	35	Al Green--I'm Still in Love With You
---	36	Neil Diamond--Play Me
38	37	Bob Seger--If I Were a Carpenter
40	38	Climax--Life and Breath
---	39	Joey Heatherton--Gone
---	40	Cheech & Chong—The Continuing Adventures of Pedro de Pacas and Man (LP)

Just four debuts this week: Elton John’s “Honky Cat” (8BB/9KJR), “Play Me” by Neil Diamond (11/13), Joey Heatherton’s remake of Ferlin Husky’s 1957 hit “Gone” (24/38), and a skit taken from Cheech and Chong’s Big Bambu album, “The Continuing Adventures of Pedro de Pacas and Man,” which was never released as a single and therefore could not make the Billboard singles chart—it’ll go to number 28 here next week, then drop off the survey.