December 8, 1972

1	1	Billy Paul--Me and Mrs. Jones
2	2	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Clair
4	3	Albert Hammond--It Never Rains in Southern California
12	4	Donna Fargo--Funny Face
3	5	Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes--If You Don't Know Me By Now
6	6	Johnny Rivers--Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu
10	7	Three Dog Night--Pieces of April
7	8	Michael Jackson--Ben
9	9	Steely Dan--Do it Again
5	10	Tower of Power--Down to the Nightclub
18	11	Carly Simon--You're So Vain
13	12	Foghat--I Just Want to Make Love to You
14	13	Four Tops--Keeper of the Castle
22	14	Neil Diamond--Walk on Water
8	15	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
11	16	America--Ventura Highway
26	17	Blue Haze--Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
15	18	Bread--Sweet Surrender
27	19	Stylistics--I'm Stone in Love With You
16	20	Joni Mitchell--You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
30	21	Raspberries--I Wanna Be With You
17	22	Eagles--Witchy Woman
33	23	Cat Stevens--Sitting
37	24	Clean Living--In Heaven There is No Beer
20	25	Jackson Five--Corner of the Sky
23	26	Grand Funk Railroad--Rock 'n Roll Soul
38	27	Elton John--Crocodile Rock
32	28	James Taylor--Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
19	29	Chicago--Dialogue
---	30	Timmy Thomas--Why Can't We Live Together
31	31	Eric Clapton--Let it Rain
39	32	Hurricane Smith--Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?
34	33	O'Jays--992 Arguments
24	34	Wackers--Day and Night
---	35	Loggins & Messina--Your Mama Don't Dance
40	36	Peter Skellern--You're a Lady
28	37	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
---	38	Paul McCartney--Hi, Hi, Hi
---	39	Blue Ridge Rangers--Jambalaya
---	40	Curtis Mayfield--Superfly

Curtis Mayfield’s “Superfly,” a number eight national hit, will get to number 16 here; that’s not a huge difference, but it’s more of one than for any of the other debuts, all of which are very close matches (3/4, 4/6, 10/7, and 16/17).

December 1, 1972

4	1	Billy Paul--Me and Mrs. Jones
2	2	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Clair
3	3	Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes--If You Don't Know Me By Now
1	4	Albert Hammond--It Never Rains in Southern California
5	5	Tower of Power--Down to the Nightclub
29	6	Johnny Rivers--Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu
6	7	Michael Jackson--Ben
8	8	Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
11	9	Steely Dan--Do it Again
25	10	Three Dog Night--Pieces of April
7	11	America--Ventura Highway
27	12	Donna Fargo--Funny Face
13	13	Foghat--I Just Want to Make Love to You
20	14	Four Tops--Keeper of the Castle
14	15	Bread--Sweet Surrender
16	16	Joni Mitchell--You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
10	17	Eagles--Witchy Woman
32	18	Carly Simon--You're So Vain
22	19	Chicago--Dialogue
21	20	Jackson Five--Corner of the Sky
9	21	5th Dimension--If I Could Reach You
30	22	Neil Diamond--Walk on Water
17	23	Grand Funk Railroad--Rock 'n Roll Soul
24	24	Wackers--Day and Night
15	25	Osmonds--Crazy Horses
36	26	Blue Haze--Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
40	27	Stylistics--I'm Stone in Love With You
12	28	Austin Roberts--Something's Wrong With Me
19	29	Jim Croce--Operator
34	30	Raspberries--I Wanna Be With You
23	31	Eric Clapton--Let it Rain
39	32	James Taylor--Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
---	33	Cat Stevens--Sitting
37	34	O'Jays--992 Arguments
35	35	Hollies--Long Dark Road
18	36	Seals & Crofts--Summer Breeze
---	37	Clean Living--In Heaven There is No Beer
---	38	Elton John--Crocodile Rock
---	39	Hurricane Smith--Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?
---	40	Peter Skellern--You're a Lady

The top five are the same as last week, in a slightly different order, but Johnny Rivers has come from nowhere to knock on the door.

The five debuts will all perform about as well here as they did nationally, with one exception: country-rock group Clean Living’s novelty record “In Heaven There is No Beer,” a number 49 Billboard hit that we will see get to number four.