Top 100 of 1972
Charles Board
By request, here are the top 100 singles of 1972 according to
a system I devised to measure chart success on the Billboard
Hot 100. It's limited to songs that acheived their peak positions
during calendar year 1972, so big 1972 hits that peaked in December
'71 (such as Melanie's "Brand New Key") or Jan. '73 (such as Carly
Simon's "You're So Vain") are not included.
Pk.
Rank Mth Peak Score Artist-title
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1. Jan 1 235 Don McLean - American Pie
2. May 2 229 Joe Tex - I Gotcha
3. Jul 1 228 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
4. Apr 1 226 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
5. Nov 1 220 Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
6. Aug 1 218 Looking Glass - Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
7. Feb 1 211 Al Green - Let's Stay Together
8. Dec 1 210 Helen Reddy - I Am Woman
9. Nov 2 209 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
10. Feb 1 207 Nilsson - Without You
11. Jun 1 206 Sammy Davis,Jr. - The Candy Man
12. Sep 1 205 Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
13. Dec 1 205 Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
14. Jul 1 201 Bill Withers - Lean On Me
15. Aug 3 201 Luther Ingram - If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)
16. Aug 4 200 Wayne Newton - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
17. Mar 1 199 America - A Horse With No Name
18. May 1 199 Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
19. Jan 6 198 Dennis Coffey & Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
20. Jun 1 197 Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
21. Mar 1 195 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
22. Dec 2 195 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair
23. Sep 2 194 Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
24. May 3 193 Stylistics - Betcha, By Golly, Wow
25. Mar 3 190 Robert John - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
26. Jul 2 188 Billy Preston - Outa-Space
27. Oct 1 187 Michael Jackson - Ben
28. Oct 1 187 Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
29. Oct 2 186 Elvis Presley - Burning Love
30. Oct 3 186 O'Jays - Back Stabbers
31. Dec 1 184 Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
32. Jul 2 184 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - Too Late Too Turn Back Now
33. Feb 3 184 Climax - Precious And Few
34. Nov 6 184 Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band - Garden Party
35. Oct 3 183 Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool
36. Jan 4 183 Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine
37. Dec 5 183 Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California
38. Jun 4 182 Gallery - Nice To Be With You
39. Apr 2 181 Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
40. Dec 3 180 Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me
41. Jul 1 179 Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue
42. Mar 4 179 Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River
43. Jan 9 179 Stylistics - You Are Everything
44. Oct 5 177 Raspberries - Go All The Way
45. Nov 4 175 Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
46. Sep 3 173 Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
47. Dec 3 173 Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
48. Feb 4 173 Badfinger - Day After Day
49. Jul 8 173 Mouth & MacNeal - How Do You Do
50. May 4 172 Al Green - Look What You Done For Me
51. Oct 9 172 Hot Butter - Popcorn
52. Aug 5 170 Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Where Is The Love
53. May 6 170 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
54. Jun 8 170 Fifth Dimension - (Last Night ) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
55. Feb 2 169 Carpenters - Hurting Each Other
56. Nov 3 169 Spinners - I'll Be Around / How Could I Let You Get Away
57. Mar 5 168 Bread - Everything I Own
58. May 5 168 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
59. Apr 4 167 Paul Simon - Mother & Child Reunion
60. Jan 6 167 Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
61. Jul 6 167 Elton John - Rocket Man
62. Nov 6 167 Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
63. Apr 5 166 Dramatics - In The Rain
64. Oct 2 165 Bill Withers - Use Me
65. Nov 2 165 Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me
66. Apr 3 165 Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
67. Nov 10 165 Fifth Dimension - If I Could Reach You
68. Feb 5 164 Three Dog Night - Never Been To Spain
69. Mar 8 164 Chakachas - Jungle Fever
70. Mar 7 163 Cher - The Way Of Love
71. Aug 5 162 Argent - Hold Your Head Up
72. Feb 6 161 Apollo 100 - Joy
73. Sep 3 159 Chicago - Saturday In The Park
74. Jun 5 159 Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
75. Apr 8 159 Sonny & Cher - A Cowboys Work Is Never Done
76. Sep 8 158 Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim
77. Sep 1 157 Three Dog Night - Black & White
78. Aug 8 157 Nilsson - Coconut
79. Mar 10 157 T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
80. May 16 157 War - Slippin' Into Darkness
81. Jun 6 156 Jimmy Castor Bunch - Trogladyte (Cave Man)
82. Jul 7 156 Alice Cooper - School's Out
83. Aug 10 156 Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
84. Jun 9 154 Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen - Hot Rod Lincoln
85. Aug 11 154 Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A.
86. Sep 15 154 Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday
87. Feb 13 153 Carly Simon - Anticipation
88. Jan 11 152 Joe Simon - Drowning In The Sea Of Love
89. Dec 12 152 Austin Roberts - Something's Wrong With Me
90. Nov 19 151 Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again
91. Jan 7 150 New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
92. May 7 150 Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
93. Nov 11 150 Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
94. Nov 9 149 Danny O'Keefe - Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
95. Nov 9 149 Eagles - Witchy Woman
96. Oct 18 149 Arlo Guthrie - The City Of New Orleans
97. May 8 148 Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
98. Feb 15 147 Beverly Bremers - Don't Say You Don't Remember
99. Jan 9 145 Donny Osmond - Hey Girl / I Knew You When
100. May 12 145 Don McLean - Vincent / Castles In The Air
Daniel J. Doherty
Great list, but could somebody tell me the lyrics to "I Gotcha" by Joe
Tex. It doesn't ring a bell.
Carl Ratner
In article <4vi0lg$r...@brtph500.bnr.ca> cnc...@bnr.ca (Charles Board) writes:
>From: cnc...@bnr.ca (Charles Board)
>Subject: Top 100 of 1972
>Date: 22 Aug 1996 16:08:16 GMT
>By request, here are the top 100 singles of 1972 according to
>a system I devised to measure chart success on the Billboard
>Hot 100. It's limited to songs that acheived their peak positions
>during calendar year 1972, so big 1972 hits that peaked in December
>'71 (such as Melanie's "Brand New Key") or Jan. '73 (such as Carly
>Simon's "You're So Vain") are not included.
A great big THANK YOU to Charles Board. Does this ever bring back
great memories!
-- Carl
Kent Parks
: Great list, but could somebody tell me the lyrics to "I Gotcha" by Joe
You're not missing anything...it was almost a 'rap' song (long before that
term or style appeared); bascially just him saying in a 'jive' style, "I
gotcha! Uh-HUH, -HUH, ya try to sneak by me now, didn't you...uh-HUH,
uh-HUH, -HUH..." and then the 'verse' started, something like, "Promised
me the day that you quit your boyfriend...that I'd be the next one to
ease<?> on you..." That's all I can remember, but it was a HORRIBLE
record!
Kent
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I didn't get it!!
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Johlt
In article <4vl84d$5...@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>, ddoh...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
(Daniel J. Doherty) writes:
>Great list, but could somebody tell me the lyrics to "I Gotcha" by Joe
>Tex. It doesn't ring a bell.
Not really a reply, but the Chicago Tribune used to have a feature in its
Sunday paper where they would print the lyrics and the guitar chords to a
current song every week. I remember this one being one of them. Wish I
had kept those....
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Charles Board
In article <4vtr0l$m...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jo...@aol.com (Johlt) writes:
|> In article <4vl84d$5...@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>, ddoh...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
|> (Daniel J. Doherty) writes:
|>
|> >Great list, but could somebody tell me the lyrics to "I Gotcha" by Joe
|> >Tex. It doesn't ring a bell.
Snippets I remember in no particular order...
I gotcha, uh-huh huh
Thought I didn't see ya now didn't ya
Uh-huh huh
Tried to sneak now by me now didn't ya,
Give it on here - I GOTCHA!
Made me a promise
and you're gonna stick to it.
You shouldn't a promised
If you wasn't gonna do it
Saw me and ran in the other direction
I'll teach you to play with my affection
Give it here (never shoulda promised to me)
Give it here (don't say nuthin' - just)
Give it here (ease up on it now...)
Give it here - owwwwwww - I GOTCHA!
Sort of sounded like "Chick-A-Boom" meets the Staple Singers.
It spent 21 weeks on the Hot 100 (one of, if not the, longest runs
in 1972) with a full half of that (10 weeks) in the Top 10. Sixteen
weeks in the Top 40.
Charles Board
In article <4vuv4r$h...@brtph500.bnr.ca>, cnc...@bnr.ca (Charles Board) writes:
[about "I Gotcha"]
|> Sort of sounded like "Chick-A-Boom" meets the Staple Singers.
On second thought, more like "Chick-A-Boom" meets James Brown
Brian Carling
How about posting themagain for those of us who missed this?
Is there a web site somewhere for all of this stuff?
art...@bway.net (Carl Ratner) scribbled eloquently:
|In article <4vi0lg$r...@brtph500.bnr.ca> cnc...@bnr.ca (Charles Board) writes:
|>From: cnc...@bnr.ca (Charles Board)
|>Subject: Top 100 of 1972
|>Date: 22 Aug 1996 16:08:16 GMT
|>By request, here are the top 100 singles of 1972 according to
|>a system I devised to measure chart success on the Billboard
|>Hot 100. It's limited to songs that acheived their peak positions
|>during calendar year 1972, so big 1972 hits that peaked in December
|>'71 (such as Melanie's "Brand New Key") or Jan. '73 (such as Carly
|>Simon's "You're So Vain") are not included.
|A great big THANK YOU to Charles Board. Does this ever bring back
|great memories!
|-- Carl
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