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Post by doofus67 on Oct 8, 2021 10:11:36 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 7 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 2 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient
| 2 | 1 | LONG COOL WOMAN (in a Black Dress)...The Hollies | 3 | 5 | BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME...Mac Davis | 4 | 4 | HONKY CAT...Elton John | 5 | 10 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries | 6 | --> | USE ME...Bill Withers | 7 | 7 | SATURDAY IN THE PARK...Chicago | 8 | 9 | BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY...Daniel Boone | 9 | --> | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 10 | 3 | BRANDY (You're a Fine Girl)...Looking Glass |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 10, 2021 12:19:32 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 14 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 2 | LONG COOL WOMAN (in a Black Dress)...The Hollies | 3 | 5 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries | 4 | 3 | BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME...Mac Davis | 5 | 6 | USE ME...Bill Withers | 6 | 4 | HONKY CAT...Elton John | 7 | 9 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 8 | 8 | BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY...Daniel Boone | 9 | 7 | SATURDAY IN THE PARK...Chicago | 10 | --> | TIGHT ROPE...Leon Russell |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 17, 2021 12:36:03 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 21 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient [3rd week at #1] | 2 | 3 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries | 3 | 5 | USE ME...Bill Withers | 4 | 4 | BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME...Mac Davis | 5 | 7 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 6 | 2 | LONG COOL WOMAN (in a Black Dress)...The Hollies | 7 | 6 | HONKY CAT...Elton John | 8 | 10 | TIGHT ROPE...Leon Russell | 9 | --> | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 10 | --> | THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...Arlo Guthrie |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 24, 2021 11:41:20 GMT -5
CHART DATE: October 28 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 2 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries | 2 | 1 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient | 3 | 3 | USE ME...Bill Withers | 4 | 5 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 5 | 9 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 6 | --> | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 7 | 8 | TIGHT ROPE...Leon Russell | 8 | 4 | BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME...Mac Davis | 9 | 10 | THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...Arlo Guthrie | 10 | --> | GARDEN PARTY...Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band |
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Post by doofus67 on Oct 31, 2021 11:57:02 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 4 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 4 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 3 | 2 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient | 4 | 5 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 5 | 6 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 6 | 3 | USE ME...Bill Withers | 7 | 7 | TIGHT ROPE...Leon Russell | 8 | 9 | THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS...Arlo Guthrie | 9 | 10 | GARDEN PARTY...Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band | 10 | --> | FREDDIE'S DEAD...Curtis Mayfield |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 7, 2021 12:48:18 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 11 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 3 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient [4th week at #1] | 2 | 2 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 3 | 4 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 4 | 5 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 5 | 1 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries | 6 | 6 | USE ME...Bill Withers | 7 | 9 | GARDEN PARTY...Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band | 8 | 10 | FREDDIE'S DEAD...Curtis Mayfield | 9 | --> | SUMMER BREEZE...Seals & Crofts | 10 | --> | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 14, 2021 13:32:56 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 18 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient [5th week at #1] | 2 | 3 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 3 | 4 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 4 | 2 | LISTEN TO THE MUSIC...The Doobie Brothers | 5 | 10 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 6 | 8 | FREDDIE'S DEAD...Curtis Mayfield | 7 | --> | WITCHY WOMAN...The Eagles | 8 | 9 | SUMMER BREEZE...Seals & Crofts | 9 | 7 | GARDEN PARTY...Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band | 10 | --> | OPERATOR (That's Not the Way It Feels)...Jim Croce |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 27, 2021 4:45:48 GMT -5
CHART DATE: November 25 If you're into early '70s classic soul, this is the FT10 for you. This one almost looks, well, segregated.TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 3 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 2 | 2 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 3 | 1 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient | 4 | 5 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 5 | 7 | WITCHY WOMAN...The Eagles | 6 | 8 | SUMMER BREEZE...Seals & Crofts | 7 | 10 | OPERATOR...Jim Croce | 8 | --> | PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE...The Temptations | 9 | --> | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul | 10 | 6 | FREDDIE'S DEAD...Curtis Mayfield |
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Post by doofus67 on Nov 28, 2021 12:53:51 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 2 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 4 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 3 | 2 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 4 | 6 | SUMMER BREEZE...Seals & Crofts | 5 | 5 | WITCHY WOMAN...The Eagles | 6 | 7 | OPERATOR...Jim Croce | 7 | 9 | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul | 8 | 8 | PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE...The Temptations | 9 | --> | VENTURA HIGHWAY...America | 10 | 3 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 11, 2021 10:59:17 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 9 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners [3rd week at #1] | 2 | 2 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 3 | 7 | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul | 4 | 4 | SUMMER BREEZE...Seals & Crofts | 5 | 6 | OPERATOR...Jim Croce | 6 | 9 | VENTURA HIGHWAY...America | 7 | 8 | PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE...The Temptations | 8 | 3 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 9 | 5 | WITCHY WOMAN...The Eagles | 10 | --> | I AM WOMAN...Helen Reddy |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 18, 2021 11:11:43 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 16 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 3 | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul | 2 | 1 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 3 | 2 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 4 | 6 | VENTURA HIGHWAY...America | 5 | 5 | OPERATOR...Jim Croce | 6 | 4 | SUMMER BREEZE...Seals & Crofts | 7 | 7 | PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE...The Temptations | 8 | --> | LIVING IN THE PAST...Jethro Tull | 9 | 10 | I AM WOMAN...Helen Reddy | 10 | --> | YOU'RE SO VAIN...Carly Simon |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 25, 2021 14:45:04 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 23 TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 1 | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul [2nd week at #1] | 2 | 4 | VENTURA HIGHWAY...America | 3 | 10 | YOU'RE SO VAIN...Carly Simon | 4 | 2 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 5 | 3 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 6 | 5 | OPERATOR...Jim Croce | 7 | 7 | PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE...The Temptations | 8 | 8 | LIVING IN THE PAST...Jethro Tull | 9 | 9 | I AM WOMAN...Helen Reddy | 10 | --> | IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...Albert Hammond |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 31, 2021 3:22:56 GMT -5
CHART DATE: December 30 If you still believe that the title of #8 is more than just a metaphor, you should have been out here this past week. It seemed like it never stopped!TW | LW | Title and artist | 1 | 3 | YOU'RE SO VAIN...Carly Simon | 2 | 1 | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul | 3 | 2 | VENTURA HIGHWAY...America | 4 | 4 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 5 | 5 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 6 | 8 | LIVING IN THE PAST...Jethro Tull | 7 | 6 | OPERATOR...Jim Croce | 8 | 10 | IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...Albert Hammond | 9 | --> | SUPERSTITION...Stevie Wonder | 10 | --> | DON'T LET ME BE LONELY TONIGHT...James Taylor |
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Post by doofus67 on Dec 31, 2021 3:41:06 GMT -5
TOP 20 OF 1972 Compiled using the point scale devised by Dann Isbell and Bill Carroll for the book Ranking the '70s Survey period: 1/1/72 through 12/30/72# | Title and artist | Score | Peak and date | 1 | LEAN ON ME...Bill Withers | 10,225 | #1, July 8 | 2 | DOCTOR MY EYES...Jackson Browne | 9,656 | #1, May 20 | 3 | AMERICAN PIE...Don McLean | 8,696 | #1, Jan 8 | 4 | EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL...The Main Ingredient | 8,491 | #1, Oct 7 | 5 | MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION...Paul Simon | 8,130 | #1, Mar 11 | 6 | BRANDY (You're a Fine Girl)...Looking Glass
| 7,883 | #1, Aug 26 | 7 | LET'S STAY TOGETHER...Al Green | 7,585 | #1, Feb 19 | 8 | I'LL BE AROUND...The Spinners | 6,851 | #1, Nov 25 | 9 | ROUNDABOUT...Yes | 6,675 | #1, April 29 | 10 | I SAW THE LIGHT...Todd Rundgren | 6,458 | #1, June 17 | 11 | ME AND MRS. JONES...Billy Paul | 5,573 | #1, Dec 16 | 12 | WHERE IS THE LOVE...Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway | 5,569 | #1, Aug 12 | 13 | LONG COOL WOMAN (in a Black Dress)...The Hollies | 5,234 | #1, Sept 23 | 14 | SUNSHINE...Jonathan Edwards | 4,787 | #2, Jan 15 | 15 | ALONE AGAIN (Naturally)...Gilbert O'Sullivan | 4,706 | #2, Aug 5 | 16 | IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW...Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 4,700 | #2, Dec 2 | 17 | GO ALL THE WAY...The Raspberries | 4,567 | #1, Oct 28 | 18 | HOLD YOUR HEAD UP...Argent | 4,532 | #2, Sept 2 | 19 | BANG A GONG (Get It On)...T. Rex | 4,468 | #1, April 1 | 20 | I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW...Johnny Nash | 4,451 | #2, Nov 18 |
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