September 8, 1972

1	1	Three Dog Night--Black & White
2	2	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
6	3	O'Jays--Back Stabbers
15	4	Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
20	5	Michael Jackson--Ben
3	6	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
11	7	Bill Withers--Use Me
16	8	Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
17	9	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
5	10	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
4	11	Raspberries--Go All the Way
18	12	David Cassidy--Rock Me Baby
19	13	Danny O'Keefe--Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
7	14	Bread--Guitar Man
8	15	Bee Gees--Run to Me
12	16	Hot Butter--Popcorn
27	17	King Harvest--Dancing in the Moonlight
10	18	Bobby Vinton--Sealed With a Kiss
21	19	Billy Preston--That's the Way God Planned it
22	20	Climax--Life and Breath
9	21	Elton John--Honky Cat
37	22	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
25	23	Gallery--I Believe in Music
13	24	Neil Diamond--Play Me
26	25	Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager--(They Long to Be) Close to You
28	26	Steve & Eydie Featuring the Osmonds--We Can Make it Together
33	27	Rod Stewart--You Wear it Well/True Blue
30	28	Michael Murphey--Geronimo's Cadillac
14	29	Jackson Five--Lookin' Through the Windows
31	30	Gladstone--A Piece of Paper
36	31	Jerry Wallace--If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry
23	32	Sammi Smith--I've Got to Have You
24	33	Arlo Guthrie--The City of New Orleans
32	34	Lyn Collins--Think (About it)
40	35	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
---	36	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
39	37	Leon Russell--Tight Rope
---	38	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
---	39	Tommy James--Love Song
---	40	Joe Cocker--Midnight Rider

A lot of shakeup in the top ten.

Only four debuts this week: “Don’t Ever Be Lonely” by the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (23BB/10KJR), “Something’s Wrong With Me” by Austin Roberts (12/5), Tommy James’ “Love Song” (67/39), and Joe Cocker’s version of “Midnight Rider” (27/28).