| RECORD WORLD 1972 Ain't Understanding Mellow - Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (#29) Alive - Bee Gees (#33) All the King's Horses - Aretha Franklin (#17) All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (#32) Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#1) Am I Losing You - Partridge Family (#35) Amazing Grace - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (#10) America - Yes (#38) American City Suite - Cashman & West (#19) American Pie (Parts 1 & 2) - Don McLean (#1) An American Trilogy - Mickey Newbury (#24) And You And I - Yes (#32) Angel - Rod Stewart (#37) Anticipation - Carly Simon (#15) Ask Me What You Want - Millie Jackson (#17) Baby Blue - Badfinger (#12) Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis (#1) Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms) - Detroit Emeralds (#17) Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (#8) Back Stabbers - The O'Jays (#2) Bang a Gong (Get it On) - T. Rex (#10) Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone (#15) Ben - Michael Jackson (#2) Betcha By Golly, Wow - The Stylistics (#3) Black and White - Three Dog Night (#1) Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (#10) Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (#2) Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - The Partridge Family (#24) Burning Love - Elvis Presley (#2) The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.with the Mike Curb Congregation (#1) Can't You Hear The Song - Wayne Newton (#27) Cherish - David Cassidy (#5) The City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (#17) Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2) Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright (#4) Coconut - Nilsson (#13) The Coldest Day Of My Life - Chi-Lites (# 40) Conquistador - Procol Harum (#17) Convention '72 - The Delegates (#18) Corner of the Sky - The Jackson 5 (#18) Could It Be Forever - David Cassidy (#21) Country Wine - Raiders (#38) A Cowboy's Work is Never Done - Sonny & Cher (#9) Crazy Horses - The Osmonds (#29) Crazy Mama - J.J. Cale (#29) Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton (#1) Daisy Mae - Hamilton, Joe Frank And Reynolds (#32) Day After Day - Badfinger (#1) Day by Day - Godspell (#14) Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin (#6) The Day I Found Myself - The Honey Cone (#21) Dialogue (Parts 1 and 2) - Chicago (#25) Diary - Bread (#11) Do Your Thing - Isaac Hayes (#31) Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne (#10) Don't Do It - The Band (#28) Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me) - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#19) Don't Say You Don't Remember - Beverly Bremers (#13) Down By the Lazy River - The Osmonds (#3) Drowning in the Sea of Love - Joe Simon (#6) Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep (#34) Elected - Alice Cooper (#16) Every Day of My Life - Bobby Vinton (#13) Everybody Loves A Love Song - Mac Davis (#39) Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient (#1) Everything I Own - Bread (#6) The Family of Man - Three Dog Night (#8) Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker (#28) Fire and Water - Wilson Pickett (#22) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (#1) Floy Joy - The Supremes (#18) Footstompin' Music - Grand Funk Railroad (#28) Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield (#5) From the Beginning - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#34) Garden Party - Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (#4) George Jackson - Bob Dylan (#31) Get on the Good Foot (Part 1) - James Brown (#9) Give Ireland Back to the Irish - Wings (#36) Glory Bound - The Grass Roots (#25) Go All the Way - Raspberries (#3) Gone - Joey Heatherton (#23) Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe (#8) Goodbye to Love - Carpenters (#6) The Guitar Man - Bread (#9) Hand Bags And Glad Rags - Rod Stewart (#38) The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo (#7) Happy - The Rolling Stones (#12) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (#28) Hearsay - Soul Children (#40) Heart of Gold - Neil Young (#1) Heartbroken Bopper - Guess Who (#40) Help Me Make It Through the Night - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#31) Hey Big Brother - Rare Earth (#24) Hey Girl / I Knew You When - Donny Osmond (#10) Hold Her Tight - The Osmonds (#10) Hold Your Head Up - Argent (#4) Honky Cat - Elton John (#7) Honky Tonk (Part One) - James Brown (#40) A Horse With No Name - America (#1) Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (#6) How Can I Be Sure - David Cassidy (#17) How Do You Do? - Mouth & MacNeal (#8) Hurting Each Other - Carpenters (#1) I Am Woman - Helen Reddy (#1) I Believe In Music - Gallery (#12) I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (#1) I Can't Help Myself - Donnie Elbert (#16) I Didn't Know I Loved You ('Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) - Gary Glitter (#28) I Gotcha - Joe Tex (#2) I Got A Bag Of My Own - James Brown (#35) I Need You - America (#8) I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren (#15) I Wanna Be Where You Are - Michael Jackson (#10) I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The Hillside Singers (#10) I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The New Seekers (#8) I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo (#1) I'll Be Around - Spinners (#1) I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers (#1) I'm Coming Home - The Stories (#28) I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green (#1) I'm Stone in Love with You - The Stylistics (#10) I've Been Lonely for So Long - Frederick Knight (#23) If I Could Reach You - The 5th Dimension (#9) (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right - Luther Ingram (#3) If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (#2) If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry - Jerry Wallace (#40) Immigration Man - David Crosby and Graham Nash (#25) In Heaven There Is No Beer - Clean Living (#31) In the Rain - The Dramatics (#5) Isn't Life Strange - The Moody Blues (#23) It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond (#3) It's Going to Take Some Time - Carpenters (#13) It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love) - The Partridge Family (#14) Join Together - The Who (#20) Joy - Apollo 100 (#8) Jump Into the Fire - Nilsson (#26) Jungle Fever - The Chakachas (#5) King Heroin - James Brown (#35) Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride (#31) (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All - The 5th Dimension (#7) Layla - Derek & The Dominos (#12) Lean On Me - Bill Withers (#1) Let's Stay Together - Al Green (#2) Levon - Elton John (#21) The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (Mbube) - Robert John (#2) Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers (#10) Little Bitty Pretty One - The Jackson 5 (#7) Living in a House Divided - Cher (#22) Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) - The Hollies (#1) Long Dark Road - The Hollies (#24) Look What You Done For Me - Al Green (#3) Lookin' Through the Windows - The Jackson 5 (#19) Looking for a Love - J. Geils Band (#30) Love Me, Love Me, Love - Frank Mills (#35) Love Theme from "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love) - Andy Williams (#32) Loving You Just Crossed My Mind - Sam Neely (#29) Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#24) Man Sized Job - Denise LaSalle (#40) Mary Had a Little Lamb / Little Woman Love - Wings (#38) Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon (#9) Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul (#1) Midnight Rider - Joe Cocker (#26) Mister Can't You See - Buffy Sainte-Marie (#29) Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens (#8) Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon (#4) Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat (#16) My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry (#1) My Man A Sweet Man - Millie Jackson (28) My World - Bee Gees (#15) Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night (#3) Nice To Be With You - Gallery (#4) The Nickel Song - Melanie (#40) Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues (#1) No One to Depend On - Santana (#34) Now Run And Tell That - Denise LaSalle (#32) Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites (#1) Old Man - Neil Young (#33) One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) - The Honey Cone (#14) Once You Understand - Think (#21) Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels) - Jim Croce (#10) Outa-Space - Billy Preston (#1) Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations (#3) People Make the World Go Round - The Stylistics (#16) A Piece Of Paper - Gladstone (#38) Play Me - Neil Diamond (#13) Pool Of Bad Luck - Joe Simon (#32) Pop That Thang - The Isley Brothers (#24) Popcorn - Hot Butter (#7) Power of Love - Joe Simon (#6) Precious and Few - Climax (#1) Puppy Love - Donny Osmond (#2) Put It Where You Want It - Crusaders (#37) Ring the Living Bell - Melanie (#21) Rock 'N' Roll Soul - Grand Funk Railroad (#24) Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin (#38) Rock and Roll (Part 2) - Gary Glitter (#6) Rock and Roll Lullaby - B.J. Thomas (#11) Rock Me Baby - David Cassidy (#29) Rocket Man - Elton John (#6) Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu - Johnny Rivers (#4) Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson (#2) Roundabout - Yes (#11) Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne (#27) Run To Me - Bee Gees (#9) Runnin' Away - Sly & The Family Stone (#17) The Runway - The Grass Roots (#36) Saturday in the Park - Chicago (#3) School's Out - Alice Cooper (#7) Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band (#6) Sealed with a Kiss - Bobby Vinton (#15) Slaughter - Billy Preston (#40) Slippin' into Darkness - War (#17) Small Beginnings - Flash (#26) Smilin' - Sly & The Family Stone (#27) Softly Whispering I Love You - The English Congregation (#25) Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#27) Something's Wrong With Me - Austin Roberts (#9) Son Of My Father - Giorgio (#37) Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond (#1) Spaceman - Nilsson (#22) Speak to the Sky - Rick Springfield (#14) Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim (#16) Stay With Me - Faces (#11) Suavecito - Malo (#14) Sugar Daddy - The Jackson 5 (#7) Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (#7) Sunny Days - Lighthouse (#29) Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards (#3) Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You?) - Stevie Wonder (#38) Sweet Caroline / Bobby Womack (#39) Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead - Barbra Streisand (#30) Sweet Seasons - Carole King (#9) Sweet Surrender - Bread (#15) Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (#2) Take a Look Around - The Temptations (#25) Take It Easy - Eagles (#6) Talking Loud and Saying Nothing (Part 1) - James Brown (#34) Taurus - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band (#24) Taxi - Harry Chapin (#22) That's How Love Goes - Jermaine Jackson (#39) That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha - Bobby Womack & Peace (#18) The Theme from "The Men" - Isaac Hayes (#34) This World - The Staple Singers (#28) Thunder and Lightning - Chi Coltrane (#14) Tight Rope - Leon Russell (#9) Tiny Dancer - Elton John (#32) Together Let's Find Love - The 5th Dimension (#27) Too Late To Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#1) Too Young - Donny Osmond (#12) Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (#5) Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones (#4) Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison (#40) Until It's Time for You to Go - Elvis Presley (#38) Use Me - Bill Withers (#3) Ventura Highway - America (#7) Vincent - Don McLean (#11) Walk On Water - Neil Diamond (#14) Walkin' In the Rain With the One I Love - Love Unlimited (#9) The Way of Love - Cher (#11) We're On Our Way - Chris Hodge (#35) We've Got to Get It On Again - The Addrisi Brothers (#20) What Am I Crying For? - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost (#30) When You Say Love - Sonny & Cher (#35) Where Is the Love - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#5) White Lies, Blue Eyes - Bullet (#22) Why - Donny Osmond (#14) The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone (#17) Witchy Woman - Eagles (#8) Without You - Nilsson (#1) Woman Don't Go Astray - King Floyd (#38) You Are Everything - The Stylistics (#10) You Could Have Been A Lady - April Wine (#26) You Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce (#7) You Ought To Be With Me - Al Green (#1) You Said A Bad Word - Joe Tex (#36) You Want It, You Got It - Detroit Emeralds (#29) You Wear it Well - Rod Stewart (#12) You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power (#27) You're The Man - Marvin Gaye (#35) BOLDFACE BLACK = TOP TEN BOLDFACE BLUE = DID NOT CHART BB TOP 40 (Top 40 hit in RW & CB) BOLDFACE RED = CHARTED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE RW TOP 40 (Sans BB-CB) These songs made the Billboard Top 40 but failed in RW: Automatically Sunshine - The Supremes (#47) Geronimo's Cadillac - Michael Martin Murphey (#48) Long Haired Lover from Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond (#48) Me and Bobby McGee - Jerry Lee Lewis (#48) We're Free - Beverly Bremers (#48) |
| RECORD WORLD TOP FORTY 1972 |