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US Top 40 Singles Week Ending 8th July, 1972

These are all the US Top 40 singles for the week ending July 8th, 1972.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1970s here.

You can also check the complete 1972 Top Singles here.

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TW LW TITLE Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart

1 4 LEAN ON ME –•– Bill Withers (Sussex)-12 (1 week at #1)
2 3 OUTA-SPACE / I WROTE A SIMPLE SONG –•– Billy Preston (A&M)-17
3 1 SONG SUNG BLUE –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-10
4 5 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW –•– Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (United Artists)-7
5 2 CANDY MAN –•– Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-18
6 6 TROGLODYTE (Cave Man) –•– The Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA)-9
7 8 ROCKET MAN (I Think It’s Gonna Be A long, Long Time) –•– Elton John (Uni)-10
8 10 DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST –•– Wayne Newton (Chelsea)-12
9 9 I NEED YOU –•– America (Warner Brothers)-8
10 14 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT –•– Luther Ingram (KoKo)-6

11 7 NICE TO BE WITH YOU –•– Gallery (Sussex)-20
12 27 BRANDY (You’re a Fine Girl) –•– Looking Glass (Epic)-4
13 19 HOW DO YOU DO –•– Mouth and MacNeal (Philips)-11
14 18 TOO YOUNG –•– Donny Osmond (MGM)-5
15 16 LAYLA –•– Derek and the Dominoes (Atco)-19
16 23 SCHOOL’S OUT –•– Alice Cooper (Warner Borthers)-6
17 20 TAKE IT EASY –•– The Eagles (Asylum)-6
18 21 I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE –•– Michael Jackson (Motown)-7
19 26 WHERE IS THE LOVE –•– Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (Atlantic)-7
20 34 ALONE AGAIN (Naturally) –•– Gilbert O’Sullivan (MAM)-4

21 11 AMAZING GRACE –•– The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scot Dragoon Guards (RCA)-8
22 30 CONQUISTADOR –•– Procol Harum (A&M)-7
23 13 (Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-15
24 15 OH GIRL –•– The Chi-Lites (Brunswick)-14
25 12 I’LL TAKE YOU THERE –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-14
26 29 ALL THE KING’S HORSES –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-6
27 28 I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG –•– Frederick Knight (Stax)-12
28 32 DAY BY DAY –•– Godspell (Bell)-8
29 17 SYLVIA’S MOTHER –•– Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (Columbia)-15
30 22 LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED –•– Cher (Kapp)-8

31 39 PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND –•– The Stylistics (Avco)-8
32 25 HOW CAN I BE SURE –•– David Cassidy (Bell)-8
33 50 LONG COOL WOMAN (In a Black Dress) –•– The Hollies (Epic)-3
34 44 COCONUT –•– Nilsson (RCA)-5
35 46 HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. –•– Donna Fargo (Dot)-7
36 49 SEALED WITH A KISS –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-5
37 38 SUPERWOMAN (Where Were You When I Needed You) –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-8
38 43 MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB / LITTLE WOMAN LOVE –•– Wings (Apple)-4
39 76 HOLD HER TIGHT –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-2
40 56 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP –•– Argent (Epic)-4

OFF THE CHARTS

53 37 I SAW THE LIGHT –•– Todd Rundgren (Bearsville)-14

POWER PLAYS

41 42 YOU SAID A BAD WORD –•– Joe Tex (Dial)-8
42 45 AFTER MIDNIGHT –•– J.J. Cale (Shelter)-8
43 48 WE’RE FREE –•– Beverly Bremers (Scepter)-11
44 47 WE’RE ON OUR WAY –•– Chris Hodge (Apple)-6
45 53 THE RUNWAY –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-4
46 51 GONE –•– Joey Heatherton (MGM)-7
47 67 MOTORCYCLE MAMA –•– Sailcat (Elektra)-4
48 61 BROWN EYED GIRL –•– El Chicano (Kapp)-4
49 57 BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms) –•– The Detroit Emeralds (Westbound)-6
50 60 YOU DON’T MESS AROUND WITH JIM –•– Jim Croce (ABC)-2

DEBUTS THIS WEEK

57 — I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU –•– Al Green (Hi)-1
74 — DUNCAN –•– Paul Simon (Columbia)-1
79 — LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA –•– Ray Charles (ABC / TRC)-1
83 — STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN –•– Mel and Tim (Stax)-1
89 — POPCORN –•– Hot Butter (Musicor)-1
90 — A SIMPLE MAN –•– Lobo (Big Tree)-1
92 — ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART –•– The Trammps (Buddah)-1
94 — POWER OF LOVE –•– Joe Simon (Spring)-1
98 — THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT –•– Billy Preston (Apple)-7
99 — WHEN YOU SAY LOVE –•– Sonny and Cher (Kapp)-1
100 — COUNTRY WOMAN –•– Magic Lanterns (Charisma)-1

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