Sunday, March 25, 2018

May 5, 1972

2
1
War--Slippin' Into Darkness
1
2
Gallery--Nice to Be With You
11
3
Don McLean--Vincent
12
4
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show--Sylvia's Mother
5
5
Todd Rundgren--I Saw the Light
3
6
Roberta Flack--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
6
7
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen--Hot Rod Lincoln
8
8
Bread--Diary
18
9
Chi-Lites--Oh Girl
4
10
Stylistics--Betcha By Golly, Wow
20
11
Jackson Browne--Doctor My Eyes
7
12
America--A Horse With No Name
17
13
Rolling Stones--Tumbling Dice
9
14
Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
22
15
Neil Young--Old Man
10
16
Aretha Franklin--Day Dreaming
21
17
Al Green--Look What You Done For Me
26
18
Little Jimmy Osmond--Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
34
19
Neil Diamond--Song Sung Blue
19
20
Sammy Davis, Jr.--The Candy Man
16
21
Harry Chapin--Taxi
15
22
June Jackson--Little Dog Heaven
32
23
Carpenters--It's Going to Take Some Time
14
24
David Bowie--Changes
33
25
Wayne Newton--Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
36
26
Cat Stevens--Morning Has Broken
38
27
Staple Singers--I'll Take You There
28
28
Michael Jackson--Rockin' Robin
31
29
Jackson Five--Little Bitty Pretty One
13
30
Dramatics--In the Rain
24
31
Joe Tex--I Gotcha
45
32
5th Dimension--(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
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33
Mouth & MacNeal--How Do You Do?
30
34
Neil Young--Heart of Gold
41
35
Supremes--Automatically Sunshine
23
36
Sugar Bears--You Are the One
37
37
Carly Simon--Legend in Your Own Time
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38
Jimmy Castor Bunch--Troglodyte (Cave Man)
39
39
Moody Blues--Isn't Life Strange
47
40
Derek & the Dominoes--Layla
44
41
Jo Jo Gunne--Run Run Run
50
42
Jerry Wallace--To Get to You
29
43
Malo--Suavecito
25
44
Love Unlimited--Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love
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45
Mal--Mighty Mighty and Roly Poly
27
46
Sonny & Cher--A Cowboy's Work is Never Done
35
47
Wings--Give Ireland Back to the Irish
40
48
Badfinger--Baby Blue
46
49
Ringo Starr--Back Off Boogaloo
42
50
Three Dog Night--Family of Man


Only three debuts, after only four last week. Dutch pop duo Mouth & MacNeal will be number one for two weeks with “How Do You Do?”, a number eight Billboard hit. Funk group the Jimmy Castor Bunch will get to number two with “Troglodyte,” a number six national hit. And popular Italian singer Mal, formerly of the Primitives, had his only US success with “Mighty Mighty and Roly Poly,” which will go to number 22 but was only a number 108 BB hit.

Monday, March 12, 2018

April 28, 1972


2
1
Gallery--Nice to Be With You
3
2
War--Slippin' Into Darkness
1
3
Roberta Flack--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
4
4
Stylistics--Betcha By Golly, Wow
9
5
Todd Rundgren--I Saw the Light
6
6
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen--Hot Rod Lincoln
7
7
America--A Horse With No Name
14
8
Bread--Diary
8
9
Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
5
10
Aretha Franklin--Day Dreaming
15
11
Don McLean--Vincent
13
12
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show--Sylvia's Mother
10
13
Dramatics--In the Rain
11
14
David Bowie--Changes
20
15
June Jackson--Little Dog Heaven
12
16
Harry Chapin--Taxi
21
17
Rolling Stones--Tumbling Dice
30
18
Chi-Lites--Oh Girl
16
19
Sammy Davis, Jr.--The Candy Man
24
20
Jackson Browne--Doctor My Eyes
27
21
Al Green--Look What You Done For Me
32
22
Neil Young--Old Man
28
23
Sugar Bears--You Are the One
22
24
Joe Tex--I Gotcha
25
25
Love Unlimited--Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love
34
26
Little Jimmy Osmond--Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
17
27
Sonny & Cher--A Cowboy's Work is Never Done
26
28
Michael Jackson--Rockin' Robin
18
29
Malo--Suavecito
23
30
Neil Young--Heart of Gold
36
31
Jackson Five--Little Bitty Pretty One
38
32
Carpenters--It's Going to Take Some Time
35
33
Wayne Newton--Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
40
34
Neil Diamond--Song Sung Blue
29
35
Wings--Give Ireland Back to the Irish
19
36
Cat Stevens--Morning Has Broken
42
37
Carly Simon--Legend in Your Own Time
45
38
Staple Singers--I'll Take You There
43
39
Moody Blues--Isn't Life Strange
33
40
Badfinger--Baby Blue
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41
Supremes--Automatically Sunshine
41
42
Three Dog Night--Family of Man
31
43
Bang--Questions
48
44
Jo Jo Gunne--Run Run Run
---
45
5th Dimension--(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
37
46
Ringo Starr--Back Off Boogaloo
---
47
Derek & the Dominoes--Layla
50
48
Buffy Sainte-Marie--Mister Can't You See
39
49
B.J. Thomas--Rock and Roll Lullaby
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50
Jerry Wallace--To Get to You


Not a great deal of movement within the survey, and only four debuts: “Automatically Sunshine” by the Supremes (37BB/19KJR), the 5th Dimension’s “(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All” (8/5), “Layla” by Derek & the Dominoes (10/18), and Jerry Wallace’s “To Get to You” (48/29).