April 7, 1972

3	1	Roberta Flack--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2	2	America--A Horse With No Name
4	3	Dramatics--In the Rain
15	4	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen--Hot Rod Lincoln
1	5	Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
12	6	Stylistics--Betcha By Golly, Wow
5	7	Joe Tex--I Gotcha
10	8	Sonny & Cher--A Cowboy's Work is Never Done
7	9	Michael Jackson--Rockin' Robin
9	10	Sammy Davis, Jr.--The Candy Man
14	11	Wings--Give Ireland Back to the Irish
19	12	Aretha Franklin--Day Dreaming
26	13	Gallery--Nice to Be With You
6	14	Neil Young--Heart of Gold
28	15	Ringo Starr--Back Off Boogaloo
8	16	Frank Mills--Love Me, Love Me Love
22	17	Harry Chapin--Taxi
11	18	B.J. Thomas--Rock and Roll Lullaby
20	19	Three Dog Night--Family of Man
34	20	War--Slippin' Into Darkness
31	21	David Bowie--Changes
39	22	Malo--Suavecito
13	23	Cher--The Way of Love
25	24	Love Unlimited--Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love
30	25	Todd Rundgren--I Saw the Light
17	26	Chakachas--Jungle Fever
21	27	Temptations--Take a Look Around/Smooth Sailing
35	28	Badfinger--Baby Blue
16	29	Giorgio--Son of My Father
41	30	Cat Stevens--Morning Has Broken/I Want to Live in a Wigwam
18	31	Paul Simon--Mother and Child Reunion
---	32	Bread--Diary
23	33	Osmonds--Down By the Lazy River
37	34	Alice Cooper--Be My Lover
43	35	Jackson Browne--Doctor My Eyes
---	36	Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show--Sylvia's Mother
---	37	Don McLean--Vincent
46	38	Sugar Bears--You Are the One
27	39	Grass Roots--Glory Bound
24	40	Bobby Vinton--Every Day of My Life
---	41	Bang--Questions
29	42	Black Sabbath--Iron Man
---	43	Al Green--Look What You Done For Me
45	44	Richard Landis--Natural Causes (LP)
32	45	Mike Kennedy--Louisianna
49	46	Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band--Taurus
44	47	Yes--Roundabout
33	48	Scott English--Brandy
36	49	Bread--Everything I Own
---	50	April Wine--You Could Have Been a Lady

For this week only, Cat Stevens’ entry appears as “Morning Has Broken/flip.” The flip is “I Want to Live in a Wigwam,” which will disappear from the survey next week.

All six of the week’s debuts were Billboard Hot 100 hits, though just barely in the case of “Questions” by Philadelphia hard-rock trio Bang, which peaked at number 90 but will get to number 31 here. Three of the others will do a bit better here than nationally—Bread’s “Diary” (15BB/6KJR), “Sylvia’s Mother” by Dr. Hook (5/2), and Don McLean’s “Vincent” (12/3). That leaves two coming up short—“Look What You Done For Me” by Al Green (4/17) and Nova Scotia rock group April Wine’s only appearance on the Fab 50, “You Could Have Been a Lady” (32/47).

March 31, 1972

1	1	Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
2	2	America--A Horse With No Name
17	3	Roberta Flack--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
8	4	Dramatics--In the Rain
5	5	Joe Tex--I Gotcha
3	6	Neil Young--Heart of Gold
13	7	Michael Jackson--Rockin' Robin
4	8	Frank Mills--Love Me, Love Me Love
11	9	Sammy Davis, Jr.--The Candy Man
14	10	Sonny & Cher--A Cowboy's Work is Never Done
6	11	B.J. Thomas--Rock and Roll Lullaby
20	12	Stylistics--Betcha By Golly, Wow
7	13	Cher--The Way of Love
24	14	Wings--Give Ireland Back to the Irish
31	15	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen--Hot Rod Lincoln
16	16	Giorgio--Son of My Father
12	17	Chakachas--Jungle Fever
9	18	Paul Simon--Mother and Child Reunion
35	19	Aretha Franklin--Day Dreaming
---	20	Three Dog Night--Family of Man
21	21	Temptations--Take a Look Around/Smooth Sailing
34	22	Harry Chapin--Taxi
10	23	Osmonds--Down By the Lazy River
23	24	Bobby Vinton--Every Day of My Life
40	25	Love Unlimited--Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love
48	26	Gallery--Nice to Be With You
18	27	Grass Roots--Glory Bound
39	28	Ringo Starr--Back Off Boogaloo
15	29	Black Sabbath--Iron Man
---	30	Todd Rundgren--I Saw the Light
45	31	David Bowie--Changes
19	32	Mike Kennedy--Louisianna
22	33	Scott English--Brandy
---	34	War--Slippin' Into Darkness
38	35	Badfinger--Baby Blue
29	36	Bread--Everything I Own
42	37	Alice Cooper--Be My Lover
26	38	David Cassidy--Could it Be Forever
---	39	Malo--Suavecito
27	40	Sly & the Family Stone--Runnin' Away
49	41	Cat Stevens--Morning Has Broken
33	42	Supremes--Floy Joy
47	43	Jackson Browne--Doctor My Eyes
30	44	Yes--Roundabout
46	45	Richard Landis--Natural Causes (LP)
---	46	Sugar Bears--You Are the One
25	47	Terry Black & Laurel Ward--Goin' Down (On the Road to L.A.)
50	48	Jerry Lee Lewis--Chantilly Lace
---	49	Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band--Taurus
32	50	Shirley Bassey--Diamonds Are Forever

Its B-side, “Smooth Sailing,” is added to the listing for the Temptations’ “Take a Look Around.” “Smooth Sailing” did not chart nationally.

Three Dog Night’s “Family of Man” returns to the survey after one week off.

“I Saw the Light” by Todd Rundgren and “Slippin’ Into Darkness” by War were both number 16 hits in Billboard; here Todd will get up to number five and War all the way to number one. “Suavecito” by Malo and “Taurus” by Dennis Coffey were both number 18 hits in BB; here Malo will also peak at number 18 while Dennis will stall at number 46. That leaves “You Are the One” by cereal spokesman Sugar Bear and his cartoon band the Sugar Bears, a number 51 national hit that will make it to number 23.