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1
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1
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1
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Michael Jackson--Ben
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2
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1
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11
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Donna Fargo--The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
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3
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1
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1
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Don McLean--American Pie
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4
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1
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1
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Bill Withers--Lean on Me
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5
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1
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1
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America--A Horse With No Name
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6
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1
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3
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Donny Osmond--Puppy Love
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7
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1
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4
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Wayne Newton--Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
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8
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1
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1
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Neil Young--Heart of Gold
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9
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1
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4
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Gallery--Nice to Be With You
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10
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1
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8
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Delegates--Convention '72
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11
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1
|
1
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Three Dog Night--Black & White
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12
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1
|
1
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Melanie--Brand New Key
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13
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2
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1
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Johnny Nash--I Can See Clearly Now
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14
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1
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1
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Looking Glass--Brandy
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15
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2
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3
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Chicago--Saturday in the Park
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16
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3
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1
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Mac Davis--Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
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17
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1
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2
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Lobo--I'd Love You to Want Me
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18
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5
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2
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Joe Tex--I Gotcha
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19
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1
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1
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Nilsson--Without You
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20
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1
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4
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Osmonds--Down By the Lazy River
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21
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2
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2
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Hollies--Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
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22
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6
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11
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Bread--Guitar Man
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23
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2
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9
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Hot Butter--Popcorn
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24
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1
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1
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Roberta Flack--The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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25
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1
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9
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Eagles--Witchy Woman
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26
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2
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3
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Robert John--The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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27
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1
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1
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Gilbert O'Sullivan--Alone Again (Naturally)
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28
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2
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9
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Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen--Hot Rod Lincoln
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29
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3
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2
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Elvis Presley--Burning Love
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30
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4
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3
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Main Ingredient--Everybody Plays the Fool
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31
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4
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15
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Daniel Boone--Beautiful Sunday
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32
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2
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5
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Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--Sylvia's Mother
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33
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1
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21
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Charley Pride--Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
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34
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2
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5
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Three Dog Night--Never Been to Spain
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35
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1
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5
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Albert Hammond--It Never Rains in Southern California
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36
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4
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12
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Sailcat--Motorcycle Mama
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37
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4
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3
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Climax--Precious and Few
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38
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1
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8
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Mouth & MacNeal--How Do You Do?
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39
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4
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15
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B.J. Thomas--Rock and Roll Lullaby
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40
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1
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7
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Gary Glitter--Rock and Roll Part 2
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41
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1
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1
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Chi-Lites--Oh Girl
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42
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9
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1
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Sammy Davis Jr.--The Candy Man
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43
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6
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15
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Bread--Diary
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44
|
2
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6
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Jimmy Castor Bunch--Troglodyte (Cave Man)
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45
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2
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3
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Luther Ingram--(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
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46
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5
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2
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Carpenters--Hurting Each Other
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47
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1
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16
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War--Slippin' Into Darkness
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48
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2
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13/7
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Hillside Singers/New Seekers--I'd Like to Teach the World to
Sing
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49
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2
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52
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Black Sabbath--Iron Man
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50
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2
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2
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Gilbert O'Sullivan--Clair
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First column is position on the year-end chart, second column is peak position on the survey, third column is peak position in Billboard.
There were four records that hit number one during the year that didn't make the year-end list: "Outa-Space" by Billy Preston, "Where is the Love" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul, and "Everything I Own" by Bread. Strange that Bread's biggest hit of the year didn't make it but two that peaked at number six did.
There were earlier year-end Fab 50 charts where number one hits (like Paperback Writer) didn't even make the top 50 for the year. It leads me to believe that whoever did the year-end charts did them off the tops of their heads at the last minute and didn't really think about them or research them very much.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it seems that way.
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