August 25, 1972

1	1	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
3	2	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
2	3	Three Dog Night--Black & White
6	4	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
7	5	Raspberries--Go All the Way
4	6	Hot Butter--Popcorn
8	7	Bread--Guitar Man
5	8	Jackson Five--Lookin' Through the Windows
14	9	Elton John--Honky Cat
9	10	Bee Gees--Run to Me
20	11	O'Jays--Back Stabbers
11	12	Bill Withers--Lean on Me
23	13	Bobby Vinton--Sealed With a Kiss
10	14	Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
21	15	Sammi Smith--I've Got to Have You
17	16	Neil Diamond--Play Me
16	17	Partridge Family--Breaking Up is Hard to Do
24	18	Bill Withers--Use Me
31	19	Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
12	20	Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
26	21	Danny O'Keefe--Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
32	22	Climax--Life and Breath
13	23	Al Green--I'm Still in Love With You
30	24	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
40	25	Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
---	26	David Cassidy--Rock Me Baby
15	27	Looking Glass--Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
18	28	Carpenters--Goodbye to Love
---	29	Billy Preston--That's the Way God Planned it
35	30	Bob Seger--If I Were a Carpenter
---	31	Gallery--I Believe in Music
33	32	Steve & Eydie Featuring the Osmonds--We Can Make it Together
36	33	Michael Murphey--Geronimo's Cadillac
37	34	Tim Davis--Buzzy Brown
---	35	Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager--(They Long to Be) Close to You
---	36	Rod Stewart--You Wear it Well/True Blue
38	37	Jerry Wallace--If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry
22	38	Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
19	39	Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
---	40	King Harvest--Dancing in the Moonlight

“Rock Me Baby” is the last record by either David Cassidy or the Partridge Family that we’ll see on the survey, and like just about every one of the others it’ll do better than it did nationally, number nine versus number 38. Rod Stewart’s “You Wear it Well” and “True Blue” will get to number 16 as a double-sided hit; in Billboard only “You Wear it Well” was listed, getting to number 13. The other debuts, all of which will do better here than in BB, are Billy Preston’s “That’s the Way God Planned It” (65BB/19KJR), “I Believe in Music” by Gallery (22/5), Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager’s remake of the Carpenters’ “Close to You” (91/25), and “Dancing in the Moonlight” by King Harvest (13/4).

August 18, 1972

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

The highest-debuting record of the week is Seattle folkie singer-songwriter Danny O’Keefe’s “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues.” Despite the home-field advantage Danny will only get to number twelve on the survey, not matching his national peak of number nine. “Buzzy Brown” by Tim Davis, an odd, part-spoken, part-sung, part somewhere in between novelty song that got to number 91 in Billboard, will go to number 34, though it will only last three weeks on the survey. Future country star Michael Murphey’s “Geronimo’s Cadillac” will beat its number 37 BB peak and make it to number 22. The other three debuts will wind up real close to their national peaks.