May 1972 on the Music Charts

 Late posting this month, sorry...

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

There were 4 weeks in May of 1972, and there were 54 songs that spent time in the Top 40.  That's pretty much on pace with the rest of the year.  And over those 5 weeks, only 2 songs topped the charts: Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" continued at #1 for the first 3 weeks of May (for 6 weeks total atop the charts).  Tge Chi-lites took over the last week with "Oh Girl".  

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

1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack - 1.5
2. I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers - 4
3. I Gotcha - Joe Tex - 4
4. Oh Girl - The Chi-lites - 4.25
5. Look What You Done To Me - Al Green - 6.25
6. Betcha By Golly, Wow - The Stylistics - 7.5
7. Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin - 9.75
8. Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson - 10.25
9. A Horse With No Name - America - 12
10. Tumbling Dice - Rollinng Stones - 12.25

 Not really that great a Top 10 (IMHO).  But not every week can be awesome.

Meanwhile, Nineteen (19) made their Top 40 debut. And this time there's some great stuff headed up the charts that will be making an impact in June:

• Tumbling Dice - Rollinng Stones - 23
• Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch - 29
• I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren - 31
• Mister Can't You See - Buffy Sainte-Marie - 31
• It's Going To Take Some Time - Carpenters - 34
• Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond - 35
• Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love - Love Unlimited - 36
• Ask Me What You Want - Millir Jackson - 36
• Lean On me - Bill Withers - 36
• Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show - 37
• Love Theme From The Godfather - Andy Williams - 38
• I Need You - America - 38
• Isn't Life Strange - The Moody Blues - 39
• Old Man - Neil Young - 39
• I've Been lonely For So Long - Frederick Knight - 39
• Diary - Bread - 40
• Outa-Space - Billy Preston - 40
• Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 40
• Rocket Man - Elton John - 50