Top ten
entry date
|
Single
|
Artist(s)
|
Peak
|
Peak date
|
Weeks in
top ten
|
| Singles from 1971
|
| December 18
|
"American Pie"
|
Don McLean
|
1
|
January 15
|
11
|
| December 25
|
"Scorpio"
|
Dennis Coffey
|
6
|
January 8
|
6
|
| "Hey Girl"/"I Knew You When"
|
Donny Osmond
|
9
|
January 15
|
4
|
| Singles from 1972
|
| January 1
|
"Sunshine"
|
Jonathan Edwards
|
4
|
January 15
|
6
|
| January 8
|
"Let's Stay Together"
|
Al Green
|
1
|
February 12
|
9
|
| "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)"
|
The New Seekers
|
7
|
January 15
|
3
|
| January 15
|
"Clean Up Woman"
|
Betty Wright
|
6
|
January 29
|
3
|
| January 22
|
"Day After Day"
|
Badfinger
|
4
|
February 5
|
4
|
| "You Are Everything"
|
The Stylistics
|
9
|
January 22
|
2
|
| "Sugar Daddy"
|
The Jackson 5
|
10
|
January 22
|
2
|
| January 29
|
"Never Been to Spain"
|
Three Dog Night
|
5
|
February 12
|
4
|
| February 5
|
"Without You"
|
Nilsson
|
1
|
February 19
|
9
|
| "Hurting Each Other"
|
The Carpenters
|
2
|
February 26
|
6
|
| "Precious and Few"
|
Climax
|
3
|
February 26
|
7
|
| "Joy"
|
Apollo 100
|
6
|
February 26
|
4
|
| February 12
|
"Down by the Lazy River"
|
The Osmonds
|
4
|
March 4
|
6
|
| February 19
|
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
|
Robert John
|
3
|
March 11
|
8
|
| "Everything I Own"
|
Bread
|
5
|
March 4
|
6
|
| February 26
|
"Sweet Seasons"
|
Carole King
|
9
|
March 4
|
2
|
| March 4
|
"Heart of Gold"
|
Neil Young
|
1
|
March 18
|
8
|
| "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
|
T. Rex
|
10
|
March 4
|
2
|
| March 11
|
"A Horse with No Name"
|
America
|
1
|
March 25
|
10
|
| "The Way of Love"
|
Cher
|
7
|
March 25
|
3
|
| March 18
|
"Puppy Love"
|
Donny Osmond
|
3
|
April 1
|
5
|
| "Mother and Child Reunion"
|
Paul Simon
|
4
|
April 1
|
4
|
| March 25
|
"I Gotcha"
|
Joe Tex
|
2
|
May 6
|
10
|
| "Jungle Fever"
|
The Chakachas
|
8
|
March 25
|
3
|
| April 1
|
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
|
Roberta Flack
|
1
|
April 15
|
11
|
| "Rockin' Robin"
|
Michael Jackson
|
2
|
April 22
|
8
|
| April 8
|
"In the Rain"
|
The Dramatics
|
5
|
April 22
|
4
|
| April 15
|
"Betcha by Golly, Wow"
|
The Stylistics
|
3
|
May 6
|
6
|
| "Day Dreaming"
|
Aretha Franklin
|
5
|
May 6
|
5
|
| "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"
|
Sonny & Cher
|
8
|
April 29
|
3
|
| April 22
|
"Doctor My Eyes"
|
Jackson Browne
|
8
|
May 6
|
3
|
| April 29
|
"Look What You Done for Me"
|
Al Green
|
4
|
May 27
|
6
|
| May 6
|
"I'll Take You There"
|
The Staple Singers
|
1
|
June 3
|
8
|
| "Back Off Boogaloo"
|
Ringo Starr
|
9
|
May 13
|
3
|
| May 13
|
"Oh Girl"
|
The Chi-Lites
|
1
|
May 27
|
7
|
| May 20
|
"Morning Has Broken"
|
Cat Stevens
|
6
|
May 27
|
4
|
| "Tumbling Dice"
|
The Rolling Stones
|
7
|
May 27
|
3
|
| May 27
|
"The Candy Man"
|
Sammy Davis Jr.
|
1
|
June 10
|
7
|
| "Sylvia's Mother"
|
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
|
5
|
June 3
|
4
|
| "Hot Rod Lincoln"
|
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
|
9
|
June 3
|
2
|
| June 3
|
"Nice to Be with You"
|
Gallery
|
4
|
June 24
|
5
|
| June 10
|
"Song Sung Blue"
|
Neil Diamond
|
1
|
July 1
|
6
|
| "Outa-Space"
|
Billy Preston
|
2
|
July 8
|
6
|
| "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"
|
The 5th Dimension
|
8
|
June 17
|
3
|
| June 17
|
"Lean on Me"
|
Bill Withers
|
1
|
July 8
|
7
|
| "Troglodyte (Cave Man)"
|
The Jimmy Castor Bunch
|
6
|
June 24
|
4
|
| June 24
|
"Too Late to Turn Back Now"
|
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
|
2
|
July 15
|
8
|
| July 1
|
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"
|
Wayne Newton
|
4
|
August 5
|
8
|
| "Rocket Man"
|
Elton John
|
6
|
July 15
|
4
|
| "I Need You"
|
America
|
9
|
July 1
|
2
|
| July 8
|
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"
|
Luther Ingram
|
3
|
August 5
|
8
|
| July 15
|
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
|
Gilbert O'Sullivan
|
1
|
July 29
|
11
|
| "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"
|
Looking Glass
|
1
|
August 26
|
10
|
| "Where Is the Love"
|
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
|
5
|
August 12
|
6
|
| July 22
|
"School's Out"
|
Alice Cooper
|
7
|
July 29
|
4
|
| "How Do You Do"
|
Mouth & MacNeal
|
8
|
July 22
|
4
|
| July 29
|
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
|
The Hollies
|
2
|
September 2
|
8
|
| August 5
|
"Layla"
|
Derek and the Dominos
|
10
|
August 5
|
1
|
| August 12
|
"I'm Still in Love with You"
|
Al Green
|
3
|
September 2
|
6
|
| August 19
|
"Hold Your Head Up"
|
Argent
|
5
|
August 26
|
3
|
| "Goodbye to Love"
|
The Carpenters
|
7
|
August 26
|
3
|
| "Coconut"
|
Nilsson
|
8
|
August 26
|
2
|
| August 26
|
"Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"
|
Mac Davis
|
1
|
September 23
|
9
|
| "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"
|
Jim Croce
|
8
|
September 2
|
3
|
| September 2
|
"Back Stabbers"
|
The O'Jays
|
3
|
October 7
|
7
|
| "Rock and Roll Part 2"
|
Gary Glitter
|
7
|
September 9
|
4
|
| September 9
|
"Black and White"
|
Three Dog Night
|
1
|
September 16
|
5
|
| "Saturday in the Park"
|
Chicago
|
3
|
September 23
|
4
|
| September 16
|
"Honky Cat"
|
Elton John
|
8
|
September 23
|
2
|
| September 23
|
"Ben"
|
Michael Jackson
|
1
|
October 14
|
7
|
| "Everybody Plays the Fool"
|
The Main Ingredient
|
3
|
October 14
|
6
|
| "Go All the Way"
|
Raspberries
|
5
|
October 7
|
5
|
| September 30
|
"Use Me"
|
Bill Withers
|
2
|
October 14
|
5
|
| "Burning Love"
|
Elvis Presley
|
2
|
October 28
|
6
|
| "Popcorn"
|
Hot Butter
|
9
|
October 21
|
4
|
| October 7
|
"My Ding-a-Ling"
|
Chuck Berry
|
1
|
October 21
|
6
|
| October 14
|
"Nights in White Satin"
|
The Moody Blues
|
2
|
November 4
|
7
|
| October 21
|
"Garden Party"
|
Rick Nelson
|
6
|
November 4
|
4
|
| October 28
|
"I Can See Clearly Now"
|
Johnny Nash
|
1
|
November 4
|
8
|
| "Freddie's Dead"
|
Curtis Mayfield
|
4
|
November 4
|
4
|
| "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"
|
Danny O'Keefe
|
9
|
November 4
|
2
|
| November 4
|
"I'd Love You to Want Me"
|
Lobo
|
2
|
November 18
|
5
|
| "I'll Be Around"
|
The Spinners
|
3
|
November 18
|
5
|
| November 11
|
"I Am Woman"
|
Helen Reddy
|
1
|
December 9
|
8
|
| "Convention '72"
|
The Delegates
|
8
|
November 18
|
2
|
| "Witchy Woman"
|
Eagles
|
9
|
November 18
|
2
|
| November 18
|
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
|
The Temptations
|
1
|
December 2
|
6
|
| "Summer Breeze"
|
Seals and Crofts
|
6
|
November 25
|
3
|
| November 25
|
"If You Don't Know Me by Now"
|
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
|
3
|
December 9
|
5
|
| "You Ought to Be with Me"
|
Al Green
|
3
|
December 23
|
7
|
| "If I Could Reach You"
|
The 5th Dimension
|
10
|
November 25
|
1
|
| December 2
|
"It Never Rains in Southern California"
|
Albert Hammond
|
5
|
December 16
|
6
|
| "Ventura Highway"
|
America
|
8
|
December 9
|
3
|
| December 9
|
"Me and Mrs. Jones"
|
Billy Paul
|
1
|
December 16
|
8
|
| "Clair"
|
Gilbert O'Sullivan
|
2
|
December 30
|
7
|
| "I'm Stone in Love with You"
|
The Stylistics
|
10
|
December 9
|
2
|
