CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 SINGLES OF 1972*
Pos.-Title?Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 AMERICAN PIE-DON McLEAN-UNITED ARTIST-JANUARY 2 ALONE AGAIN(NATURALLY)-GILBERT O'SULLIVAN-MAM-August 3 BRAND NEW KEY-MELANIE-NEIGHBORHOOD-January
4 DADDY DON’T WALK SO FAST-WAYNE NEWTON-Chelsea-July
5 WITHOUT YOU-NILSSON-RCA-March
6 I GOTCHA-JOE TEX-Dial-May 7 LET'S STAY TOGETHER-AL GREEN-Hi-February
8 (IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT-Luther Ingram-Koko-July
9 BRANDY-Looking Glass-Epic-August 10 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT-Robert John-Atlantic-March 11 Heart Of Gold-Neil Young-Reprise-March 12 Family Affair-Sly & Family Stone-Epic-January 13 Rockin' Robin-Michael Jackson-Motown-April 14 Lean On Me-Bill Withers-Sussex-July 15 Nice To Be With You-Gallery-Sussex-June 16 Slippin' Into The Darkness-War-United Artists-May 17 Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me-Mac Davis-Columbia-October 18 A Horse With No Name-America-Warner Brothers-April 19 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face-Roberta Flack-Atlantic-April 20 Long Cool Woman(In A Black Dress)-Hollies-Epic-August 21 Back Stabbers-O'Jays-Philadelphia International-October 22 I'll Take You There-Staple Singers-Stax-May 23 Candy Man-Sammy Davis,Jr.-Reprise-June 24 Song Sung Blue-Neil Diamond-Uni-July 25 Cherish-David Cassidy-Bell-January 26 I'm Still In Love With You-Al Green-Hi-August 27 Scorpio-Dennis Coffey-Sussex-January
28 (Last Night)I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All-Fifth Dimension-Bell-July
29 Everybody Plays The Fool-Main Ingredient-RCA-October 30 Down By The Lazy River-Osmonds-MGM-March 31 Precious & Few-Climax-Carousel-February 32 Outa Space-Billy Preston-A&M-June 33 Oh,Girl-Chi Lites-Brunswick-May 34 Sunshine-Jonathan Edwards-Capricorn-February 35 Look What You' Done For Me-Al Green-Hi-May 36 Hurting Each Other-Carpenters-A&M-March 37 A Cowboys Work Is Never Done-Sonny & Cher-Kapp-May
38 Too Late To Turn Back Now-Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose-United Artists-July
39 Go All The Way-Raspberries-Capitol-October 40 My Ding-A-Ling-Chuck Berry-Chess-November 41 Mother And Child Reunion-Paul Simon-Columbia-March 42 Black And White-Three Dog Night-Dunhill-September 43 The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA-Donna Fargo-Dot-August 44 Jungle Fever-Chakachas-Polydor-April 45 Ben-Michael Jackson-Motown-October 46 The Way Of love-Cher-Kapp-April 47 Puppy Love-Donny Osmond-MGM-March 48 Day After Day-Badfinger-Apple-February
49 Betcha By Golly,Wow-Stylistics-Avco-May
50 Rock & Roll Part II-Gary Glitter-Bell-September
51 School's Out-Alice Cooper-Warner Brothers-August 52 Sugar Daddy-Jackson Five-Motown-January 53 You Are Everything-Stylistics-Avco-January 54 How Do You Do?-Mouth & McNeal-Phillips-July 55 In The Rain-Dramatics-Volt-April 56 You Don't Mess Around With Jim-Jim Croce-ABC-August 57 Clean Up Woman-Betty Wright-Alston-January 58 Bang A Gong (Get It On)-T Rex-Reprise-March 59 All I Ever Need Is You-Sonny & Cher-January 60 Hold Your Head Up-Argent-Epic-July 61 Starting All Over Again-Mel & Tim-Stax-November 62 Never Been To Spain-Three Dog Night-Dunhill-February 63 Burning Love-Elvis Presley-RCA-November 64 An Old Fashoined Love Song-Three Dog Night-Dunhill-January 65 Sylvia's Mother-Dr.Hook & The Medicine Show-Columbia-June 66 Day By Day-Godspell-Bell-August 67 Get On The Good Foot:Part I-James Brown-Polydor-October 68 Everything I Own-Bread-Elektra-March 69 Power Of Love-Joe Simon-Spring-September 70 Popcorn-Hot Butter-Musicor-October 71 Saturday In The Park-Chicago-Columbia-September 72 Goodbye To Love-Carpenters-A&M-August 73 Sealed With A Kiss-Bobby Vinton-Epic-August 74 Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love-Love Unlimited-Uni-June 75 Drowning In The Sea Of Love-Joe Simon-Spring-February
76 I MIss You:Part I-Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes-Philadelphia International-August
77 Beautiful Sunday-Daniel Boone-Mercury-October 78 Where Is The Love-Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Atlantic-August 79 Respect Yourself-Staple Singers-Stax-January 80 I Wanna Be Where You Are-Michael Jackson-Motown-July 81 I've Been Lonely For So Long-Fredrick Knight-Stax-July 82 Nights In White Satin-Moody Blues-Deram-November 83 Rocket Man-Elton John-Uni-July 84 Sweet Seasons-Carole King-Ode-February 85 Little Bitty Pretty One-Jackson Five-Motown-June 86 Anticipation-Carly Simon-Elektra-February 87 Coconut-Nilsson-RCA-August 88 Back Off Boogaloo-Ringo Starr-Apple-May 89 One Monkey Don?t Stop No Show (pt. 1)-Honey Cone-Hot Wax-January 90 Roundabout-Yes-Atlantic-April
91 Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)-Detroit Emeralds-Westbound-September
92 Tumbling Dice-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stone-June 93 Vincent-Don McLean-United Artists-May 94 Troglodyte-Jimmy Castor Bunch-RCA-June 95 Need You-America-Warner Brothers-July 96 Doctor My Eyes-Jackson Browne-Assylum-May 97 Run To Me-Bee Gees-Atco-September 98 Take It Easy-Eagles-Asylum-July 99 Rock And Roll Lullaby-B.J. Thomas-Scepter-April 100 Use Me-Bill Withers-Sussex-October * As published in the December 30,1972 issue of Cash Box Magazine