SA Top Hits of 1972

on Jun 26, 2012

This analysis is taken from the weekly Top 20 hit parade listings issued by LM Radio during 1972. The ranking is based on the number of weeks on the charts weighted by chart position.

				Start	No.	Hi
No.	Title	Artist	Start Date	Pos	Wks	Pos
1	Run To Me	The Bee Gees	10-09-72	8	17	1
2	The Guitar Man	Bread	08-10-72	13	13	1
3	Softly Whispering I Love You	The Congregation	30-01-72	9	10	1
4	Someday Never Comes	Creedence Clearwater Revival	18-06-72	9	12	1
5	Heart Of Gold	Neil Young	23-04-72	9	10	1
6	Soley Soley	Middle of the Road	09-01-72	2	10	1
7	How Do You Do?	The Rising Sons	09-04-72	6	9	1
8	Feels Like A Woman	The Troggs	04-06-72	8	15	1
9	I Need You	America	09-07-72	16	14	1
10	You Wear It Well	Rod Stewart	01-10-72	13	14	1
11	I Need Someone	Alan Garrity	28-05-72	17	10	1
12	Mama Papa	Cyan	27-08-72	13	8	1
13	Imagine	John Lennon	02-01-72	7	10	1
14	Dancing In The Sun	Michael Holm	02-01-72	1	8	1
15	American Pie	Don McLean	27-02-72	8	9	1
16	Mother And Child Reunion	Paul Simon	26-03-72	10	9	1
17	Love Theme From ‘The Godfather’	Andy Williams	24-09-72	10	9	1
18	I’d Love You To Want Me	Lobo	03-12-72	6	5	1
19	Little Willy	The Sweet	09-07-72	11	8	1
20	Brand New Key	Melanie	16-01-72	15	9	2
21	Come What May	Vicky Leandros	04-06-72	14	10	1
22	Son Of My Father	Chickory Tip	26-03-72	7	10	2
23	Beg, Steal Or Borrow	The New Seekers	09-04-72	17	8	1
24	Song Sung Blue	Neil Diamond	04-06-72	7	9	2
25	(Is This The Way To) Amarillo	Tony Christie	02-01-72	2	6	1
26	I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing	The New Seekers	06-02-72	11	9	2
27	What’s Your Name	Chickory Tip	16-07-72	9	11	2
28	Play Me	Neil Diamond	24-09-72	6	7	2
29	A Thing Called Love	Johnny Cash	28-05-72	11	8	3
30	Nice To Be With You	The Gallery	23-07-72	13	13	2
31	A Horse With No Name	America	20-02-72	16	9	2
32	Sacramento	Middle of the Road	19-03-72	11	9	4
33	Sunshine	Jonathan Edwards	12-03-72	8	6	2
34	Could It Be Forever	David Cassidy	30-07-72	14	9	2
35	The Baby	The Hollies	21-05-72	6	7	2
36	Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me	Mac Davis	22-10-72	12	6	2
37	Sunday, Monday, Tuesday	Jessica Jones	30-07-72	5	7	3
38	Wake Up Wake Up	Jessica Jones	26-11-72	14	6	2
39	Burning Love	Elvis Presley	24-09-72	7	11	3
40	Mighty Mighty & Roly Poly	Mal	14-05-72	9	8	2
41	Nights In White Satin	The Moody Blues	03-12-72	14	5	3
42	Sunshine Lover	Daniel Boone	10-09-72	7	8	4
43	Diary	Bread	23-07-72	16	9	4
44	Every Day, Every Night	John Edmond	03-09-72	14	6	2
45	Banks Of The Ohio	Olivia Newton-John	16-01-72	12	8	4
46	All I Ever Need Is You	Sonny & Cher	16-01-72	8	10	3
47	Sweet Seasons	Carole King	07-05-72	7	6	3
48	Poppa Joe	The Sweet	26-03-72	17	9	5
49	Clair	Gilbert O’Sullivan	19-11-72	10	7	3
50	Shine A Little Light	The Dominos	22-10-72	8	10	5