April 1972 on the Music Charts

  Continuing the series of hits -of-the-month, moving to April 1972.  Fifty years ago (Yikes!)

There were 5 weeks in April of 1972, and there were 59 songs that spent time in the Top 40.  That's pretty much on pace with January's 60 (5 weeks), February's 54 (4 weeks) and March's 56 (4 weeks).  And over those 5 weeks, only 2 songs topped the charts:  America's "A Horse With No Name" continued at #1 for the first 2 weeks (3 total), followed by Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" over the last 3 weeks of April.

Here's the top 10 songs of the month, ranked by average chart position over the 4 weeks of the month:  

1. A Horse With No Name - America - 2.6
2. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack - 3.2
3. I Gotcha - Joe Tex - 3.8
4. Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson - 4.4
5. Heart Of Gold - Neil Young - 6.8
6. In The Rain - The Dramatics - 7.6
7. Puppy Love - Donnie Osmond - 8.4
8. Betcha By Golly, Wow - The Stylistics - 8.6
9. Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin - 10.6
10. A Cowboys Work Is Never Done - Sonny and Cher - 11.2

Sort of a mixed bag in the Top 10 this month, not that many classics (in my humble opinion).

Meanwhile, Twenty-two (22) made their Top 40 debut. Againm a but of a mixed bag  Here they are (listed by entering position):

• Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens - 27
• Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr - 31
• Suavecito - Malo - 32
• Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson - 32
• Little Bitty Pretty One - Jackson 5 - 32
• Look What You Done To Me - Al Green - 33
• Vincent (Starry Starry Night) - Don McLean - 35
• Oh Girl - The Chi-lites - 35
• The Family Of Man - Three Dog Night - 36
• You Colud Have Been A Lady - April Wine - 36
• Me And Julio Down By The School Yard - Paul Simon - 36
• I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers - 37
• Nice To Be With You - Gallery - 37
• Help Me Make It Through The Night - Gladys Knight And The Pips - 38
• The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr. - 38
• Taxi - Harry Chapin - 38
• Slippin' Into Darkness - War - 39
• Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - 39
• Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne - 40
• (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All - The 5th Dimension - 40
• King Heroin - James Brown - 40
• Mister Can't You See - Buffy Sainte-Marie - 40

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