July 21, 1972

3	1	Looking Glass--Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
8	2	Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
1	3	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Alone Again (Naturally)
2	4	Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
5	5	Bill Withers--Lean on Me
10	6	Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
9	7	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
4	8	Tower of Power--You're Still a Young Man
15	9	Argent--Hold Your Head Up
6	10	Nilsson--Coconut
21	11	Barbra Streisand--Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead
7	12	Daniel Boone--Beautiful Sunday
13	13	Sailcat--Motorcycle Mama
22	14	Partridge Family--Breaking Up is Hard to Do
12	15	Beverly Bremers--We're Free
23	16	Alice Cooper--School's Out
17	17	Rolling Stones--Happy
11	18	Elton John--Rocket Man
24	19	Bread--Guitar Man
20	20	Jackson Five--Lookin' Through the Windows
33	21	Hot Butter--Popcorn
26	22	Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
14	23	Donny Osmond--Too Young
29	24	Carpenters--Goodbye to Love
18	25	Frederick Knight--I've Been Lonely For So Long
---	26	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
---	27	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
16	28	Procol Harum--Conquistador
38	29	Rick Nelson--Garden Party
30	30	B.J. Thomas--That's What Friends Are For
27	31	Jim Croce--You Don't Mess Around With Jim
32	32	Led Zeppelin--Stairway to Heaven (LP)
19	33	Wayne Newton--Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
36	34	Sonny & Cher--When You Say Love
35	35	Wackers--I Hardly Know Her Name
39	36	Lindisfarne--Lady Eleanor
37	37	Who--Join Together
---	38	Bob Seger--If I Were a Carpenter
40	39	Stevie Wonder--Superwoman
---	40	Al Green--I'm Still in Love With You

Only four debuts this week: “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me” by Mac Davis (1BB/3KJR), Chicago’s “Saturday in the Park” (3/2), Bob Seger’s version of “If I Were a Carpenter” (76/30), and Al Green’s “I’m Still in Love With You” (3/13).

July 14, 1972

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

The Rolling Stones’ entry drops the Exile on Main Street LP and will remain simply “Happy” for its remaining weeks on the survey.

Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” was of course not a Billboard hit because it was not released as a single, but KJR played it anyway. It’ll spend six weeks on the survey, peaking at number 28.

“Lady Eleanor” by British folk group Lindisfarne was a big hit in the UK but only got to number 82 in the US; here it’ll reach number 23. Rick Nelson’s comeback hit “Garden Party” will also reach number 23, nowhere near its number six national peak.