POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 19, 1972
1

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

—

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 1

2

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass

—

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

3

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)

The Hollies

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

4

(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right

Luther Ingram

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

5

I'm Still In Love With You

Al Green

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 7

6

Where Is The Love

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 5

7

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Wayne Newton

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 20 wks • Prev: 4

8

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

↑ 10

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 18

9

Coconut

Nilsson

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

10

Goodbye To Love

Carpenters

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 12

11

The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.

Donna Fargo

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

12

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

13

Too Late To Turn Back Now

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

14

School's Out

Alice Cooper

↓ 4

Peak: 7 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

15

How Do You Do?

Mouth & MacNeal

↓ 6

Peak: 8 • 19 wks • Prev: 9

16

Motorcycle Mama

Sailcat

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

17

The Guitar Man

Bread

↑ 9

Peak: 11 • 10 wks • Prev: 26

18

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Mac Davis

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 27

19

Sealed With A Kiss

Bobby Vinton

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 21

20

Lookin' Through The Windows

Jackson 5

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 10 wks • Prev: 22

21

Rock And Roll Part 2

Gary Glitter

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

22

Happy

The Rolling Stones

↑ 1

Peak: 22 • 8 wks • Prev: 23

23

Join Together

The Who

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

24

Gone

Joey Heatherton

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Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

25

Lean On Me

Bill Withers

↓ 10

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 15

26

Back Stabbers

The O'Jays

↑ 11

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

27

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Detroit Emeralds

↑ 3

Peak: 24 • 17 wks • Prev: 30

28

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

↑ 1

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

29

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 20 wks • Prev: 31

30

Hold Her Tight

The Osmonds

↓ 16

Peak: 14 • 9 wks • Prev: 14

31

Small Beginnings

Flash

↑ 1

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

32

When You Say Love

Sonny & Cher

↑ 1

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 33

33

Saturday In The Park

Chicago

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 40

34

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

↓ 18

Peak: 10 • 25 wks • Prev: 16

35

Day By Day

Godspell

↓ 16

Peak: 13 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

36

Pop That Thang

The Isley Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 41

37

Power Of Love

Joe Simon

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 42

38

Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead

Barbra Streisand

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

39

Popcorn

Hot Butter

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 44

40

Go All The Way

Raspberries

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 45

41

You're Still A Young Man

Tower Of Power

↑ 6

Peak: 29 • 12 wks • Prev: 47

42

I'm Coming Home

Stories

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

43

Run To Me

Bee Gees

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

44

Honky Cat

Elton John

↑ 19

Peak: 8 • 10 wks • Prev: 63

45

This World

The Staple Singers

↑ 6

Peak: 38 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

46

Conquistador

Procol Harum

↓ 12

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 34

47

Black & White

Three Dog Night

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

48

In The Ghetto

Candi Staton

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Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

49

The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

↑ 10

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 59

50

The Coldest Days Of My Life (Part 1)

The Chi-lites

↑ 3

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 53

51

Everybody Plays The Fool

The Main Ingredient

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 56

52

Starting All Over Again

Mel And Tim

↑ 3

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 55

53

Put It Where You Want It

The Crusaders

↑ 1

Peak: 52 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

54

We've Come Too Far To End It Now

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↓ 8

Peak: 46 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

55

Play Me

Neil Diamond

↑ 32

Peak: 11 • 11 wks • Prev: 87

56

A Simple Man

Lobo

↑ 1

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 57

57

Speak To The Sky

Rick Springfield

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

58

Easy Livin

Uriah Heep

↑ 7

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

59

I Miss You (Part I)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↓ 1

Peak: 58 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

60

Duncan

Paul Simon

↓ 8

Peak: 52 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

61

Ben

Michael Jackson

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 75

62

Alabama Wild Man

Jerry Reed

↑ 4

Peak: 62 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

63

Rock Me On The Water

Jackson Browne

↑ 7

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 70

64

My Man, A Sweet Man

Millie Jackson

↑ 12

Peak: 42 • 10 wks • Prev: 76

65

Starman

David Bowie

↑ 3

Peak: 65 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

66

Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart

The Trammps

↑ 1

Peak: 64 • 11 wks • Prev: 67

67

Get On The Good Foot-Part 1

James Brown

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 72

68

That's The Way God Planned It

Billy Preston

↑ 1

Peak: 62 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

69

Nights In White Satin

The Moody Blues

↑ 20

Peak: 2 • 18 wks • Prev: 89

70

America

Yes

↑ 16

Peak: 46 • 7 wks • Prev: 86

71

My Ding-A-Ling

Chuck Berry

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 82

72

Garden Party

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

↑ 16

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 88

73

My Guy

Petula Clark

—

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 73

74

In The Quiet Morning

Joan Baez

↑ 5

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 79

75

Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love

The Supremes

↑ 3

Peak: 59 • 8 wks • Prev: 78

76

If I Were A Carpenter

Bob Seger

↑ 1

Peak: 76 • 9 wks • Prev: 77

77

In Time

Engelbert Humperdinck

↑ 3

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 80

78

I Believe In Music

Gallery

↑ 19

Peak: 22 • 16 wks • Prev: 97

79

What A Wonderful Thing We Have

The Fabulous Rhinestones

↑ 4

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

80

Rip Off

Laura Lee

↓ 9

Peak: 68 • 11 wks • Prev: 71

81

Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar

Commander Cody

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Peak: 81 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

82

Geronimo's Cadillac

Michael Murphey

↑ 3

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 85

83

If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry

Jerry Wallace

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 9 wks

84

Wholy Holy

Aretha Franklin With James Cleveland & The Southern California Community Choir

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 4 wks

85

That's What Friends Are For

B.J. Thomas

↓ 11

Peak: 74 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

86

Melissa

The Allman Brothers Band

↑ 4

Peak: 86 • 2 wks • Prev: 90

87

Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)

Van Morrison

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 6 wks

88

Goodbye Again

John Denver

↑ 3

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 91

89

Love Song

Tommy James

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 6 wks

90

Burning Love

Elvis Presley

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 15 wks

91

How Could I Let You Get Away

The Spinners

★ NEW

Peak: 77 • 4 wks

92

Down By The River

Albert Hammond

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 7 wks • Prev: 93

93

I Could Never Be Happy

The Emotions

↑ 1

Peak: 93 • 5 wks • Prev: 94

94

Summer Sun

Jamestown Massacre

↑ 2

Peak: 90 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

95

Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")

Curtis Mayfield

★ NEW

Peak: 4 • 16 wks

96

Sittin' On A Time Bomb (Waitin' For The Hurt To Come)

The Honey Cone

↑ 2

Peak: 96 • 4 wks • Prev: 98

97

A Sunday Kind Of Love

Lenny Welch

↑ 3

Peak: 96 • 5 wks • Prev: 100

98

He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo

Buffy Sainte-Marie

★ NEW

Peak: 98 • 2 wks

99

Southbound Train

Graham Nash & David Crosby

—

Peak: 99 • 2 wks • Prev: 99

100

Guess Who/Them Changes

B.B. King

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 11 wks

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