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US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 24th June, 1972

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending June 24th, 1972.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1970s here.

Curious to see the entire chart for this year? View the 1972 US Top Singles here.

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TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 1 THE CANDY MAN –•– Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-16 (3 weeks at #1)
2 3 SONG SUNG BLUE –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-8
3 6 OUTA-SPACE / I WROTE A SIMPLE SONG –•– Billy Preston (A&M)-15
4 5 NICE TO BE WITH YOU –•– Gallery (Sussex)-18
5 2 I’LL TAKE YOU THERE –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-12
6 7 TROGLODYTE (Cave Man) –•– The Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA)-7
7 10 LEAN ON ME –•– Bill Withers (Sussex)-10
8 8 (Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-13
9 4 OH GIRL –•– The Chi-Lites (Brunswick)-12
10 23 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW –•– Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (United Artists)-5

11 9 SYLVIA’S MOTHER –•– Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (Columbia)-13
12 17 AMAZING GRACE –•– The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scot Dragoon Guards (RCA)-6
13 19 I NEED YOU –•– America (Warner Brothers)-6
14 20 ROCKET MAN (I Think It’s Gonna Be A long, Long Time) –•– Elton John (Uni)-8
15 26 DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST –•– Wayne Newton (Chelsea)-10
16 16 I SAW THE LIGHT –•– Todd Rundgren (Bearsville)-12
17 13 MORNING HAS BROKEN –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-13
18 11 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE –•– Roberta Flack (Atlantic)-17
19 41 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-4
20 15 DIARY –•– Bread (Elektra)-10

21 18 WALKING IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE –•– Love Unlimited (Uni)-13
22 24 LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED –•– Cher (Kapp)-6
23 32 LAYLA –•– Derek and the Dominoes (Atco)-17
24 14 TUMBLING DICE –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-9
25 12 IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-9
26 27 HOW CAN I BE SURE –•– David Cassidy (Bell)-6
27 33 I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE –•– Michael Jackson (Motown)-5
28 35 TOO YOUNG –•– Donny Osmond (MGM)-3
29 34 HOW DO YOU DO –•– Mouth and MacNeal (Philips)-9
30 31 I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG –•– Frederick Knight (Stax)-10

31 21 HOT ROD LINCOLN –•– Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount)-14
32 40 ALL THE KING’S HORSES –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-4
33 57 WHERE IS THE LOVE –•– Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (Atlantic)-5
34 42 CONQUISTADOR –•– Procol Harum (A&M)-5
35 46 TAKE IT EASY –•– The Eagles (Asylum)-4
36 36 IMMIGRATION MAN –•– Graham Nash and Daivd Crosby (Atlantic)-8
37 44 DAY BY DAY –•– Godspell (Bell)-6
38 45 SUPERWOMAN (Where Were You When I Needed You) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-6
39 29 ISN’T LIFE STRANGE –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-10
40 53 SCHOOL’S OUT –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Borthers)-4

OFF THE CHARTS

41 25 SOMEDAY NEVER COMES –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-8
44 30 ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT –•– Millie Jackson (Spring)-14
46 28 TAXI –•– Harry Chapin (Elektra)-16
48 37 AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-8
50 38 LONG-HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL / MOTHER OF MINE –•– Little Jimmy Osmond with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-10

POWER PLAYS

42 43 YOU SAID A BAD WORD –•– Joe Tex (Dial)-6
43 47 PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND –•– The Stylistics (Avco)-6
45 68 BRANDY (You’re a Fine Girl) –•– Looking Glass (Epic)-2
47 55 AFTER MIDNIGHT –•– J.J. Cale (Shelter)-6
49 67 COCONUT –•– Nilsson (RCA)-3

DEBUTS THIS WEEK

74 — HONKY TONK (Part 1) –•– The James Brown Soul Train (Polydor)-1
75 — LONG COOL WOMAN (In a Black Dress) –•– The Hollies (Epic)-1
81 — SWEET INSPIRATION / WHERE YOU LEAD (Medley) –•– Barbra Streisand (Columbia)-1
86 — IN THE GHETTO –•– Candi Staton (Fame)-1
88 — WE’VE COME TOO FAR TO END IT NOW –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-1
93 — IT’S THE SAME OLD LOVE –•– The Courtship (Tamla)-1
95 — SMALL BEGINNINGS –•– Flash (Capitol)-1
96 — TELL ME THIS IS A DREAM –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-1
98 — VAYA CON DIOS –•– Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando (Bell)-1
99 — I AM WOMAN –•– Helen Reddy (Capitol)-1
100 — HUSHABYE –•– Robert John (Atlantic)-1

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