According to 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 hits', these were the #1 songs of 1972:
Date | Weeks |
Title |
Artist |
|
1/15 | 4 |
American Pie - Parts I & II |
Don McLean |
|
2/12 | 1 |
Let's Stay Together |
Al Green |
|
2/19 | 4 |
Without You |
Nilsson |
|
3/18 | 1 |
Heart of Gold |
Neil Young |
|
3/25 | 3 |
A Horse With No Name |
America |
|
4/15 | 6 |
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
Roberta Flack |
|
5/27 | 1 |
Oh Girl |
Chi-Lites |
|
6/03 | 1 |
I'll Take You There |
The Staple Singers |
|
6/10 | 3 |
The Candy Man |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
|
7/01 | 1 |
Song Sung Blue |
Neil Diamond |
|
7/08 | 3 |
Lean On Me |
Bill Withers |
|
7/29 | 6 |
Alone Again (Naturally) |
Gilbert O'Sullivan |
|
8/26 | 1 |
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) |
Looking Glass |
|
9/16 | 1 |
Black & White |
Three Dog Night |
|
9/23 | 3 |
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me |
Mac Davis |
|
10/14 | 1 |
Ben |
Michael Jackson |
|
10/21 | 2 |
My Ding-A-Ling |
Chuck Berry |
|
11/04 | 4 |
I Can See Clearly Now |
Johnny Nash |
|
12/02 | 1 |
Pappa Was A Rollin' Stone |
The Temptations |
|
12/09 | 1 |
I Am Woman |
Helen Reddy |
|
12/16 | 3 |
Me And Mrs. Jones |
Billy Paul |
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