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).