September 1972 on the Music Charts

 Moving into the last third of 1973, the continuing series of hits -of-the-month, moving to September1972.  Fifty years ago (Yikes!)

There were 5 weeks in September of 1972, and there were 60 songs that spent time in the Top 40.  That's a tick up from the past couple of months, for what it's worth. And over those 5 weeks, there were 3 songs that topped the charts: Gilbert O'Sullivan's  "Alone Again, Naturally" rebounded to #1, after ending August with a week at #2.   It spent 6 weeks total at the top1.  matching Roberta Flack and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" which was #1 for 6 consecutive weeks in April and May.  Three Dog Night took over the #1 spot for 1 week, with "Black And White", and "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" by Mac Davis topped the last 2 weeks.

Here's the top 10 songs (11 with a tie) of the month, ranked by average chart position over the 5 weeks of the month. 

• Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis - 2.8
• Black And White - Three Dog Night - 5.6
• Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - 5.6
• Back Stabbers - The O'Jays - 5.8
• Saturday In The Park - Chicago - 7
• Go All The Way - Raspberries - 12.6
• Rock And Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter - 12.6
• Honkey Cat - Elton John - 14
• Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) - The Hollies - 14.2
• Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass - 14.6

Very solid Top 10 this month, I have 9 of the 10 in my collection.

Meanwhile, Twenty-Four (24) songs made their Top 40 debut. Here they are, ranked by debut chart position:

• My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry - 31
• Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient - 32
• Ben - Michael Jackson - 32
• Play Me - Neil Diamond - 33
• Use me - Bill Withers - 33
• Garden Party - Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band - 33
• Tight Rope - Leon Russell - 34
• Thunder And Lightnin - Chi Coltrane - 34
• Speak To The Sky - Rick Springfield - 35
• Witchy Woman - Eagles - 35
• The City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie - 36
• Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield - 36
• Get On The Good Foot-Part 1 - James Brown - 37
• Starting All Over Again - Mel And Tim - 37
• Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers - 37
• If I Could Reach You - The 5th Dimension - 37
• Why/Lonely Boy - Donny Osmond - 38
• If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry - Jerry Wallace - 38
• Don't Ever Be Lonely - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose - 38
• Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues - 39
• You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart - 39
• Burning Love - Elvis Presley - 40
• Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep - 40
• Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Danny O'Keefe - 40