US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 10th June, 1972
TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart
1 4 THE CANDY MAN –•– Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-14 (1 week at #1)
2 1 I’LL TAKE YOU THERE –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-10
3 2 OH GIRL –•– The Chi-Lites (Brunswick)-10
4 12 SONG SUNG BLUE –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-6
5 5 SYLVIA’S MOTHER –•– Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (Columbia)-11
6 8 NICE TO BE WITH YOU –•– Gallery (Sussex)-16
7 3 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE –•– Roberta Flack (Atlantic)-15
8 6 MORNING HAS BROKEN –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-11
9 17 OUTA-SPACE / I WROTE A SIMPLE SONG –•– Billy Preston (A&M)-13
10 11 (Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-11
11 7 TUMBLING DICE –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-7
12 15 IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-7
13 19 TROGLODYTE (Cave Man) –•– The Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA)-5
14 14 WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE –•– Love Unlimited (Uni)-11
15 16 DIARY –•– Bread (Elektra)-8
16 18 I SAW THE LIGHT –•– Todd Rundgren (Bearsville)-10
17 10 LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE FOR ME –•– Al Green (Hi)-11
18 9 HOT ROD LINCOLN –•– Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount)-12
19 23 AMAZING GRACE –•– The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (RCA)-4
20 26 LEAN ON ME –•– Bill Withers (Sussex)-8
21 13 LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-8
22 27 I NEED YOU –•– America (Warner Brothers)-4
23 32 ROCKET MAN (I Think It’s Gonna Be A long, Long Time) –•– Elton John (Uni)-6
24 24 TAXI –•– Harry Chapin (Elektra)-14
25 28 SOMEDAY NEVER COMES –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-6
26 20 I GOTCHA / A MOTHER’S PRAYER –•– Joe Tex (Dial)-21
27 29 ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT –•– Millie Jackson (Spring)-12
28 21 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW –•– The Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins Jr. (Avco)-16
29 30 ISN’T LIFE STRANGE –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-8
30 22 ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD –•– Paul Simon (Columbia)-10
31 31 OLD MAN –•– Neil Young (Reprise)-7
32 33 I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG –•– Frederick Knight (Stax)-8
33 37 LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED –•– Cher (Kapp)-4
34 34 LOVE THEME FROM “THE GODFATHER” (Speak Softly Love) –•– Andy Williams (Columbia)-10
35 43 HOW CAN I BE SURE –•– David Cassidy (Bell)-4
36 42 DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST –•– Wayne Newton (Chelsea)-8
37 41 IMMIGRATION MAN –•– Graham Nash and David Crosby (Atlantic)-6
38 49 I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE –•– Michael Jackson (Motown)-3
39 39 LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL / MOTHER OF MINE –•– Little Jimmy Osmond with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-8
40 40 AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-6