December 15, 1972

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

The Raspberries make a big jump into the top ten.

Five debuts: Everett's Fragile Lime make their second appearance on the survey, with "She Got Me Shakin'," which will peak next week at number 38. It was not a national hit, while the other four debuts were: Jethro Tull’s “Living in the Past (11BB/12KJR), Engelbert Humperdinck’s “I Never Said Goodbye” (61/21), “Why Can’t We Be Lovers” by Holland-Dozier Featuring Lamont Dozier (57/15), and Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” (1/4).

“Why Can’t We Be Lovers” hits the survey one week after “Why Can’t We Live Together.”