October 20, 1972

1	1	Delegates--Convention '72
2	2	Michael Jackson--Ben
4	3	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
3	4	Eagles--Witchy Woman
5	5	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
6	6	Helen Reddy--I Am Woman
8	7	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
7	8	Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
15	9	5th Dimension--If I Could Reach You
19	10	Spinners--I'll Be Around
12	11	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
13	12	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
17	13	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
9	14	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
10	15	Mel & Tim--Starting All Over Again
11	16	King Harvest--Dancing in the Moonlight
14	17	Gallery--I Believe in Music
20	18	Temptations--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
16	19	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
26	20	America--Ventura Highway
18	21	Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
22	22	Move--Do Ya
29	23	Osmonds--Crazy Horses
23	24	Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
28	25	Mouth & MacNeal--Hey, You Love
32	26	Chi Coltrane--Thunder and Lightning
36	27	Tower of Power--Down to the Nightclub
38	28	Al Green--You Ought to Be With Me
21	29	Danny Holien--Colorado
30	30	Billy Lee Riley--I Got a Thing About You Baby
24	31	Alice Cooper--Elected
33	32	Grand Funk Railroad--Rock 'n Roll Soul
40	33	Isley Brothers--Work to Do
---	34	Albert Hammond--It Never Rains in Southern California
31	35	Three Dog Night--Black & White
---	36	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Clair
---	37	Jim Croce--Operator
25	38	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
---	39	Heywoods--Special Someone
27	40	Bill Withers--Use Me

Not much jumping around, especially at the top.

Only four debuts: Albert Hammond’s “It Never Rains in Southern California” (5BB/1KJR), “Clair” by Gilbert O’Sullivan (2/2), Jim Croce’s “Operator” (17/11), and “Special Someone” by the Heywoods, later Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods, (64/24).

October 13, 1972

37	1	Delegates--Convention '72
1	2	Michael Jackson--Ben
7	3	Eagles--Witchy Woman
8	4	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
6	5	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
13	6	Helen Reddy--I Am Woman
15	7	Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
2	8	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
3	9	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
12	10	Mel & Tim--Starting All Over Again
4	11	King Harvest--Dancing in the Moonlight
20	12	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
11	13	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
5	14	Gallery--I Believe in Music
26	15	5th Dimension--If I Could Reach You
9	16	Chicago--Saturday in the Park
17	17	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
10	18	Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
29	19	Spinners--I'll Be Around
23	20	Temptations--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
27	21	Danny Holien--Colorado
31	22	Move--Do Ya
14	23	Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
34	24	Alice Cooper--Elected
16	25	Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
32	26	America--Ventura Highway
21	27	Bill Withers--Use Me
33	28	Mouth & MacNeal--Hey, You Love
---	29	Osmonds--Crazy Horses
35	30	Billy Lee Riley--I Got a Thing About You Baby
18	31	Three Dog Night--Black & White
40	32	Chi Coltrane--Thunder and Lightning
---	33	Grand Funk Railroad--Rock 'n Roll Soul
24	34	Bulldog--No
22	35	Danny O'Keefe--Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
---	36	Tower of Power--Down to the Nightclub
25	37	O'Jays--Back Stabbers
---	38	Al Green--You Ought to Be With Me
19	39	Lyn Collins--Think (About it)
---	40	Isley Brothers--Work to Do

Huge leap for “Convention ’72,” biggest we’ve seen in quite some time.

I’ve always thought of Tower of Power’s “Down to the Nightclub” as a big hit, which it was at KJR, as we’ll be seeing it get to number five, but nationally it only got to number 66. On the other hand, Al Green’s “You Ought to Be With Me,” a number three Billboard hit, will stop at number 20. “Rock ‘n Roll Soul” by Grand Funk (29BB/17KJR) and “Work to Do” by the Isley Brothers (51/29) will both do a bit better here than in BB. That just leaves the Osmonds’ hard-rockin’ “Crazy Horses” (14/10).