Sunday, October 28, 2018

July 7, 1972

1
1
Bill Withers--Lean on Me
2
2
Gilbert O'Sullivan--Alone Again (Naturally)
3
3
Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
7
4
Nilsson--Coconut
11
5
Tower of Power--You're Still a Young Man
6
6
Daniel Boone--Beautiful Sunday
16
7
Looking Glass--Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
4
8
Sailcat--Motorcycle Mama
8
9
Wayne Newton--Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
12
10
Beverly Bremers--We're Free
5
11
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway--Where is the Love
13
12
Elton John--Rocket Man
10
13
Rolling Stones--Happy/Exile on Main Street LP
14
14
Donny Osmond--Too Young
21
15
Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
9
16
Billy Preston--Outa-Space
24
17
Procol Harum--Conquistador
18
18
Frederick Knight--I've Been Lonely For So Long
20
19
Osmonds--Hold Her Tight
15
20
Gordon Lightfoot--Beautiful
19
21
Eagles--Take it Easy
26
22
Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
29
23
Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
34
24
Partridge Family--Breaking Up is Hard to Do
25
25
Michael Jackson--I Wanna Be Where You Are
33
26
Argent--Hold Your Head Up
30
27
Alice Cooper--School's Out
35
28
Jim Croce--You Don't Mess Around With Jim
17
29
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Too Late to Turn Back Now
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30
Jackson Five--Lookin' Through the Windows
31
31
Neil Diamond--Song Sung Blue
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32
Barbra Streisand--Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
38
33
B.J. Thomas--That's What Friends Are For
39
34
Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
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35
Carpenters--Goodbye to Love
37
36
Neil Young & Graham Nash--War Song
23
37
Mouth & MacNeal--How Do You Do?
40
38
Sonny & Cher--When You Say Love
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39
Wackers--I Hardly Know Her Name
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40
Who--Join Together


The Rolling Stones’ entry changes from “Tumblin’ Dice/Exile on Main Street LP” to “Happy/Exile on Main Street LP.”

Folkish-California-rock-band-that-moved-to-Montreal the Wackers didn’t make Billboard with their “I Hardly Know Her Name,” but it’ll spend five weeks on our survey, peaking at number 29. Also worth mentioning are Barbara Streisand’s “Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead” medley, a number 37 BB hit that will reach number ten, and the Jackson Five’s “Lookin’ Through the Windows,” number 16 nationally and number five in Seattle.

Monday, October 1, 2018

June 30, 1972

7
1
Bill Withers--Lean on Me
2
2
Gilbert O'Sullivan--Alone Again (Naturally)
3
3
Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
5
4
Sailcat--Motorcycle Mama
1
5
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway--Where is the Love
4
6
Daniel Boone--Beautiful Sunday
14
7
Nilsson--Coconut
8
8
Wayne Newton--Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
6
9
Billy Preston--Outa-Space
9
10
Rolling Stones--Exile on Main Street LP/Tumbling Dice
19
11
Tower of Power--You're Still a Young Man
12
12
Beverly Bremers--We're Free
22
13
Elton John--Rocket Man
15
14
Donny Osmond--Too Young
10
15
Gordon Lightfoot--Beautiful
29
16
Looking Glass--Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
11
17
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Too Late to Turn Back Now
16
18
Frederick Knight--I've Been Lonely For So Long
17
19
Eagles--Take it Easy
24
20
Osmonds--Hold Her Tight
34
21
Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
13
22
Danyel Gerard--Butterfly
18
23
Mouth & MacNeal--How Do You Do?
38
24
Procol Harum--Conquistador
28
25
Michael Jackson--I Wanna Be Where You Are
33
26
Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
36
27
Mandrill--I Refuse to Smile
20
28
5th Dimension--(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
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29
Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
30
30
Alice Cooper--School's Out
23
31
Neil Diamond--Song Sung Blue
32
32
Wings--Little Woman Love/Mary Had a Little Lamb
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33
Argent--Hold Your Head Up
35
34
Partridge Family--Breaking Up is Hard to Do
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35
Jim Croce--You Don't Mess Around With Jim
37
36
Godspell--Day By Day
39
37
Neil Young & Graham Nash--War Song
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38
B.J. Thomas--That's What Friends Are For
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39
Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
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40
Sonny & Cher--When You Say Love


Six debuts, all of which were Top 40 Billboard hits except for B.J. Thomas’ “That’s What Friends Are For,” which only got to number 74 nationally but will make it to number 30 here. Also worth mentioning are Jim Croce’s first hit, “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim,” a number eight BB hit that will stop at number 19 here, and Arlo Guthrie’s “The City of New Orleans,” which will peak at number three in its twelve weeks on our survey but only got to number 18 nationally.