September 29, 1972

1	1	Michael Jackson--Ben
2	2	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
4	3	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
5	4	King Harvest--Dancing in the Moonlight
3	5	Three Dog Night--Black & White
11	6	Gallery--I Believe in Music
6	7	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
13	8	Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
9	9	Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
10	10	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
14	11	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
7	12	Bill Withers--Use Me
15	13	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
26	14	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
12	15	Danny O'Keefe--Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
20	16	Lyn Collins--Think (About it)
17	17	Eagles--Witchy Woman
8	18	O'Jays--Back Stabbers
30	19	Mel & Tim--Starting All Over Again
32	20	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
18	21	David Cassidy--Rock Me Baby
31	22	Helen Reddy--I Am Woman
19	23	Bread--Guitar Man
23	24	Raspberries--Go All the Way
36	25	Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
25	26	Bee Gees--Run to Me
40	27	Temptations--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
16	28	Rod Stewart--You Wear it Well/True Blue
29	29	Bulldog--No
37	30	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
34	31	Wayne Newton--Can't You Hear the Song?
22	32	Michael Murphey--Geronimo's Cadillac
33	33	Danny Holien--Colorado
21	34	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
35	35	Move--Do Ya
39	36	Alice Cooper--Elected
---	37	Spinners--I'll Be Around
24	38	Jerry Wallace--If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry
---	39	Mouth & MacNeal--Hey, You Love
---	40	5th Dimension--If I Could Reach You

Only three debuts. The Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around,” starting off their period of greatest popularity, was a number three Billboard hit that will get to number nine here. Mouth & MacNeal’s follow-up to “How Do You Do,” “Hey, You Love,” only made number 87 nationally but will go to number 21. And “If I Could Reach You,” the 5^th Dimension’s final top ten hit that just made it to number ten in BB, will make it to number six.

September 22, 1972

1	1	Michael Jackson--Ben
3	2	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
2	3	Three Dog Night--Black & White
5	4	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
11	5	King Harvest--Dancing in the Moonlight
6	6	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
7	7	Bill Withers--Use Me
8	8	O'Jays--Back Stabbers
4	9	Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
10	10	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
17	11	Gallery--I Believe in Music
14	12	Danny O'Keefe--Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
13	13	Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
22	14	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
24	15	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
18	16	Rod Stewart--You Wear it Well/True Blue
31	17	Eagles--Witchy Woman
9	18	David Cassidy--Rock Me Baby
19	19	Bread--Guitar Man
21	20	Lyn Collins--Think (About it)
12	21	Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
23	22	Michael Murphey--Geronimo's Cadillac
15	23	Raspberries--Go All the Way
25	24	Jerry Wallace--If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry
16	25	Bee Gees--Run to Me
32	26	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
27	27	Billy Preston--That's the Way God Planned it
28	28	Joe Cocker--Midnight Rider
29	29	Bulldog--No
34	30	Mel & Tim--Starting All Over Again
40	31	Helen Reddy--I Am Woman
33	32	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
---	33	Danny Holien--Colorado
37	34	Wayne Newton--Can't You Hear the Song?
---	35	Move--Do Ya
---	36	Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
---	37	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
38	38	National Lampoon--Deteriorata
---	39	Alice Cooper--Elected
---	40	Temptations--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

Two of the six debuts will do significantly better here than nationally: “Colorado” by folkie singer/songwriter Danny Holien (66BB/21KJR) and the Move’s original version of “Do Ya” (93/18). On the other hand, “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” by the Temptations, a number one Billboard hit, will only get to number 17.