November 10, 1972

6	1	Albert Hammond--It Never Rains in Southern California
14	2	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Clair
4	3	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
3	4	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
5	5	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
2	6	Michael Jackson--Ben
1	7	Eagles--Witchy Woman
8	8	5th Dimension--If I Could Reach You
9	9	Tower of Power--Down to the Nightclub
7	10	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
16	11	Jim Croce--Operator
12	12	America--Ventura Highway
13	13	Osmonds--Crazy Horses
23	14	Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes--If You Don't Know Me By Now
10	15	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
22	16	Bread--Sweet Surrender
11	17	Spinners--I'll Be Around
17	18	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
26	19	Grand Funk Railroad--Rock 'n Roll Soul
28	20	Joni Mitchell--You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
32	21	Foghat--I Just Want to Make Love to You
25	22	Al Green--You Ought to Be With Me
18	23	Move--Do Ya
29	24	Heywoods--Special Someone
15	25	Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
36	26	Steely Dan--Do it Again
19	27	Temptations--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
31	28	Wackers--Day and Night
30	29	Isley Brothers--Work to Do
20	30	Chi Coltrane--Thunder and Lightning
---	31	Chicago--Dialogue
37	32	Jackson Five--Corner of the Sky
---	33	Billy Paul--Me and Mrs. Jones
35	34	Limmie & Family Cookin'--You Can Do Magic
---	35	Three Dog Night--Pieces of April
39	36	Four Tops--Keeper of the Castle
21	37	Mouth & MacNeal--Hey, You Love
40	38	Neil Diamond--Walk on Water
---	39	J.J. Cale--Lies
---	40	Eric Clapton--Let it Rain

Gilbert O’Sullivan’s “Clair” makes a significant leap.

Five debuts this week, all top 50 in Billboard. Only two will perform significantly here than nationally: Three Dog Night’s “Pieces of April” (19BB/7KJR), and “Let it Rain” by Eric Clapton (48/23).

Quite a few weather-related songs in this week’s survey: “It Never Rains in Southern California,” “Summer Breeze,” “I Can See Clearly Now,” “Thunder and Lightning,” and “Let it Rain.”

November 3, 1972

3	1	Eagles--Witchy Woman
2	2	Michael Jackson--Ben
1	3	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
5	4	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
8	5	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
21	6	Albert Hammond--It Never Rains in Southern California
7	7	Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
6	8	5th Dimension--If I Could Reach You
13	9	Tower of Power--Down to the Nightclub
16	10	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose--Don't Ever Be Lonely
9	11	Spinners--I'll Be Around
19	12	America--Ventura Highway
22	13	Osmonds--Crazy Horses
28	14	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Clair
10	15	Curtis Mayfield--Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
27	16	Jim Croce--Operator
11	17	Emerson, Lake & Palmer--From the Beginning
18	18	Move--Do Ya
17	19	Temptations--Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
20	20	Chi Coltrane--Thunder and Lightning
24	21	Mouth & MacNeal--Hey, You Love
36	22	Bread--Sweet Surrender
38	23	Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes--If You Don't Know Me By Now
12	24	Helen Reddy--I Am Woman
26	25	Al Green--You Ought to Be With Me
32	26	Grand Funk Railroad--Rock 'n Roll Soul
15	27	Mel & Tim--Starting All Over Again
40	28	Joni Mitchell--You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
34	29	Heywoods--Special Someone
30	30	Isley Brothers--Work to Do
39	31	Wackers--Day and Night
37	32	Foghat--I Just Want to Make Love to You
33	33	Sammy Davis Jr.--The People Tree
31	34	Alice Cooper--Elected
35	35	Limmie & Family Cookin'--You Can Do Magic
---	36	Steely Dan--Do it Again
---	37	Jackson Five--Corner of the Sky
14	38	Elvis Presley--Burning Love
---	39	Four Tops--Keeper of the Castle
---	40	Neil Diamond--Walk on Water

“Convention ‘72” drops off from number four.

Just four debuts this week; all were top 20 national hits, and all will be top 20 here: “Do it Again” by Steely Dan (6BB/8KJR), the Jackson Five’s “Corner of the Sky” (18/20), “Keeper of the Castle” by the Four Tops (10/13), and Neil Diamond’s “Walk on Water” (17/14). Neil’s will stay on the survey several weeks longer than the others.