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(Let's go from June 1971 to August 1972.  NOTE:  Much of this information was gathered from various web sites--some highly authoritative, like the Oscars website, but others I can't guarantee.  I hope it's all accurate.)

The top 10 TV shows of the 1971-72 season:

1. All in the Family
2. The Flip Wilson Show
3. Marcus Welby, MD
4. Gunsmoke
5. ABC Movie
6. Sanford and Son
7. Mannix
8. Funny Face
9. Adam-12
10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

And the Saturday morning TV schedule?  It included such classics as Bugs Bunny, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and The Jetsons, but also H.R. Pufnstuf, Jackson 5ive (followed at 9:00 by The Osmonds), Josie and the Pussycats, The Brady Kids, Lidsville, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.  And let's not forget Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.

Of course, CBS Saturday mornings included Christopher Glenn bringing us . . .

January 3, 1972  Time Magazine names Richard Nixon its Man of the Year with the headline, "Richard M. Nixon:  Determined to Make a Difference."  The article praised Nixon for his efforts in opening a dialogue with China and embarking on a "dazzling round of summitry," and pursuing "his own slow timetable withdrawing" our troops from Vietnam.  The following year, Time selected Nixon and Henry Kissinger for the honor.

NASA continued the Apollo program, with Apollo 15 and 16 landing on the moon in July '71 and April '72.

The Summer Olympics of Munich provided human drama beyond that from the Wide World of Sports, as 11 athletes from Israel were murdered by terrorists.

And other events:

1971

US planes bomb Vietcong supply routes in Cambodia; fighting in Indochina spreads to Laos and Cambodia; US conducts large-scale bombing raids on N. Vietnam
Maj.-General Idi Amin establishes himself as Ugandan strongman
Women granted right to vote in Switzerland
Lt. William L. Calley, Jr., found guilty of premeditated murder in Mylai massacre
First segments of "Pentagon Papers" appear in the New York Times
26th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, allowing 18 year olds to vote
Nixon orders 90-day freeze on wages and prices and announces other economic measures designed to curb domestic inflation and strengthen the US balance of payments position
US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty banning nuclear weapons on the ocean floor
Erich Segal publishes "Love Story"
Herman Wouk publishes "The Winds of War"
Paul Zindel publishes "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds"
Federal and state aid to parochial schools is ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court
Harold Lloyd, American film star of the 1920s dies (born 1894)
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington, D.C.
Louis Armstrong, a.k.a. Satchmo, American jazz trumpeter dies (born 1900)
Fiddler on the Roof becomes the longest running musical in history in Broadway history
US Apollo 14 and 15 become the third and fourth groups to explore the moon's surface
Three Russian cosmonauts die when their Soyuz 11 capsule develops an air leak while reentering the earth's atmosphere
The U.S. Atomic Energy Agency explodes a hydrogen bomb beneath Amchitka Island, Alaska
Cigarette ads banned from US television
Rolls-Royce, Ltd. declares bankruptcy
Joe Frazier outpoints Muhammad Ali to retain world heavyweight boxing championship
Hank Aaron hits his 600th career home run
Charles Manson and three co-defendants found guilty of Sharon Tate murder
Los Angeles earthquake kills 60 and causes $1 billion in damage
20 bodies found buried in Yorba Linda, California; Juan Corona, a farm labor contractor accused of the murders
10 guards and 32 prisoners are killed when police storm Attica prison following a five day uprising

1972

U.S. returns Okinawa to Japan
President Nixon visits China and Russia
District of Columbia police arrest five men inside Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate complex - beginning of the "Watergate" affair; Republicans deny Democratic charges that the raid was sanctioned by Nixon campaign officials; John N. Mitchell resigns as director of CREEP (Committee to Reelect the President); cover-up continues as trial of original defendants begins before Judge John J. Sirica
Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, is shot by Arthur Bremer and partially paralyzed
Richard Nixon reelected as President of the US in near-record landslide
J. Edgar Hoover, F.B.I. director since 1924, dies (born 1895)
Vietnam: Paris peace talks continue; US mines N. Vietnamese parts; Henry
Kissinger makes his "peace is at hand statement" right before the November election
Arab terrorists kill two Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich; take nine others hostage; all nine are killed during a shoot-out with West German police and soldiers
By the end of the year, fewer than 24,000 US troops remain in Vietnam
Harry S. Truman, 33rd president dies (born 1884)
US petroleum products shortage first becomes apparent
Tom O'Horgan (director): "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens on Broadway
Tom Moore (director): "Grease" opens on Broadway
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively prohibits capital punishment pending new legislation from the states
Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer dies (born 1912)
Max Fleischer, cartoonist who created "Popeye" dies (born 1883)
The Tasadays, a Stone Age tribe, are discovered living in caves in southern Philippines, later revealed to be a hoax
Richard Leaky and Glynn Isaac discover a 2.5 million year old human skull in northern Kenya
Soviet space craft, Venus 8, soft-lands on Venus
American swimmer Mark Spitz takes a record 7 gold medals in summer olympics, event marred by deaths of 11 Israli athletes at the hands of Arab terrorists.
Pro baseball players strike over pension rights, delaying season opening by 13 days
Hurricane Agnes causes an estimated $1.7 billion damage to the eastern US
Bobby Fischer (US) wins world chess title from Boris Spassky (USSR)
The military draft is phased out in the US; armed forces become all-volunteer
Jackie Robinson, first black to play major league baseball dies (born 1919)
The Dow Jones reaches above 1,000 for the first time
"Life" magazine ceases publication

1972 Academy Awards (45th)

  1971 Academy Awards (44th)

The National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees:

On the field, the Baltimore Orioles completed a spectacular 1971 season, with four 20-game-winning pitchers, only to lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates, led by Roberto Clemente, in a seven-game World Series.

The Washington Senators, on the other hand, completed their season in less spectacular fashion.  Upon entering the stadium, fans were given copies of Ted Williams' book, My Turn At Bat.  Since owner Bob Short had decided to move the team to Texas after the season, the fans didn't want the team leaving on a high note.   With the Senators leading in the top of the ninth, the fans began throwing their copies of the book onto the field, then stormed the field, causing the Nats to forfeit the game.

In January 1972, Bernice Gera won her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971. Mrs. Gera wanted  to break the gender barrier and become the first woman to umpire men's professional baseball.  She was slated to start in the New York-Pennsylvania League in June.

In the 1971 season, the Redskins (9-4-1) finished second to the Cowboys in the NFC East, and the Baltimore Colts (10-4-0) finished second to the Dolphins.  The 'Skins lost to the 49ers in the first round of the playoffs, 24-20.  The Colts took the first round game from the Browns, 20-3, but lost to the Dolphins in the conference championship.

In Super Bowl VI, the Dallas Cowboys dominated the Dolphins. Dallas produced 352 yards to the Dolphins' 185 and racked up 13 more first downs. Miami running backs "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" , Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, combined for only 80 yards on 19 carries. Cowboys QB Roger Staubach completed 12 of 19 passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns—including the final score of the game to future Bears coach Mike Ditka. Trumpeter Al Hirt appeared in his third Super Bowl halftime show in six years. FInal score was Dallas 24, Miami 3.

The Basketball Hall of Fame inductees:

Julius Erving from the University of Massachusetts was the NBA's 12th draft pick, drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks.  Ahead of Dr. J that year were such immortals as LaRue Martin and Corky Calhoun.

On the hardboard, UCLA defeated Florida State, 81-76, to win the NCAA crown and Maryland crushed Niagara, 100-69, to win the NIT title. 

In the NBA finals it was the Los Angeles Lakers over the New York Knicks four games to one.  The Baltimore Bullets didn't make it that year, nor did the Milwaukee Bucks, who had the league MVP in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Programming note:  Did any of us pay attention to hockey in 1971-72?

"American Pie" by Don McLean became one of the biggest hits of the year and now holds the number 3 position on Billboard's list of songs with food in the title.

"A Horse With No Name" by America is number 4 on the Billboard animal-songs list.

Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"  is the seventh-biggest body-parts song.

The Complete 1971 and 1972 Top 40 Lists.  This is a list of all songs that made the Top 40 each year.  (Number in parentheses is the song's peak position).  From Lyrics World,http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/.

(Do The) Push and Pull (Part 1) - Rufus Thomas (#25)
(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go - Curtis Mayfield (#29)
(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People - The Chi-Lites (#26)
(I Know) I'm Losing You - Rod Stewart with Faces (#24)
(Theme from) Love Story - Henry Mancini & His Orchestra (#13) (instrumental)
A Natural Man - Lou Rawls (#17)
Absolutely Right - Five Man Electrical Band (#26)
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers (#3)
Ain't Understanding Mellow - Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (#21)
Albert Flasher - The Guess Who (#29)
All Day Music - War (#35)
All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher (#7)
American Pie (Parts 1 & 2) - Don McLean (#1)
An American Trilogy - Mickey Newbury (#26)
An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night (#4)
Another Day - Paul McCartney (#5)
Anticipation - Carly Simon (#13)
Ask Me No Questions - B.B. King (#40)
Baby I'm-a Want You - Bread (#3)
Baby Let Me Kiss You - King Floyd (#29)
Bangla-Desh - George Harrison (#23)
Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley - C Company featuring Terry Nelson (#37)
Beginnings - Chicago (#7)
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (#34)
Birds of a Feather - Raiders (#23)
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (#15)
Blue Money - Van Morrison (#23)
Booty Butt - Ray Charles Orchestra (#36) (instrumental)
Brand New Key - Melanie (#1)
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin (#6)
Bring the Boys Home - Freda Payne (#12)
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones (#1)
Can I Get a Witness - Lee Michaels (#39)
Charity Ball - Fanny (#40)
Cherish - David Cassidy (#9)
Chicago / We Can Change the World - Graham Nash (#35)
Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) - Daddy Dewdrop (#9)
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Mac & Katie Kissoon (#20)
Clean Up Woman - Betty Wright (#6)
Cool Aid - Paul Humphrey & his Cool Aid Chemists (#29) (instrumental)
Country Road - James Taylor (#37)
Cried Like a Baby - Bobby Sherman (#16)
D.O.A. - Bloodrock (#36)
Day After Day - Badfinger (#4)
Desiderata - Les Crane (#8)
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (#6)
Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted - The Partridge Family (#6)
Don't Change On Me - Ray Charles (#36)
Don't Knock My Love (Part 1) - Wilson Pickett (#13)
Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett (#17)
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (#4)
Double Barrel - Dave & Ansil Collins (#22)
Double Lovin' - The Osmonds (#14)
Draggin' the Line - Tommy James (#4)
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) - Glen Campbell (#31)
Drowning in the Sea of Love - Joe Simon (#11)
Easy Loving - Freddie Hart (#17)
Eighteen - Alice Cooper (#21)
Escape-ism (Part 1) - James Brown (#35)
Everybody's Everything - Santana (#12)
Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone (#1)
Fire and Water - Wilson Pickett (#24)
For All We Know - Carpenters (#3)
Free - Chicago (#20)
Friends - Elton John (#34)
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of the End (#15)
George Jackson - Bob Dylan (#33)
Get It On - Chase (#24)
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Part 1) - James Brown (#34)
Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond (#1)
Go Down Gamblin' - Blood, Sweat & Tears (#32)
Got to Be There - Michael Jackson (#4)
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher (#1)
Hallelujah - Sweathog (#33)
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#8)
Have You Seen Her - The Chi-Lites (#3)
Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) - The Staple Singers (#27)
Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith (#8)
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - The Fortunes (#15)
Here Comes the Sun - Richie Havens (#16)
Hey Big Brother - Rare Earth (#19)
High Time We Went - Joe Cocker (#22)
Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants - James Brown (#15)
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees (#1)
I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond (#4)
I Don't Blame You At All - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#18)
I Don't Know How To Love Him - Helen Reddy (#13)
I Don't Want to Do Wrong - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#17)
I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King (#1)
I Hear You Knockin' - Dave Edmunds (#4)
I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth (#7)
I Likes to Do It - People's Choice (#38) (instrumental)
I Love You for All Seasons - The Fuzz (#21)
I Play and Sing - Dawn (#25)
I Woke Up in Love This Morning - The Partridge Family (#13)
I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The Hillside Singers (#13)
I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - The New Seekers (#7)
I'd Love To Change the World - Ten Years After (#40)
I'll Meet You Halfway - The Partridge Family (#9)
I'm a Greedy Man (Part 1) - James Brown (#35)
I'm Comin' Home - Tommy James (#40)
I'm Leavin' - Elvis Presley (#36)
I've Found Someone of My Own - The Free Movement (#5)
If - Bread (#4)
If Not for You - Olivia Newton-John (#25)
If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (#8)
Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (#3)
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation ) - Raiders (#1)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye (#9)
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr (#4)
It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love) - The Partridge Family (#20)
It's Too Late - Carole King (#1)
Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone - Johnnie Taylor (#28)
Joy to the World - Three Dog Night (#1)
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) - The Temptations (#1)
Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) - Four Tops (#40)
K-Jee - The Nite-Liters (#39) (instrumental)
Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride (#21)
Let Your Love Go - Bread (#28)
Let's Stay Together - Al Green (#1)
Levon - Elton John (#24)
Liar - Three Dog Night (#7)
Long Ago and Far Away - James Taylor (#31)
Looking for a Love - J. Geils Band (#39)
Love Her Madly - The Doors (#11)
Love Means (You Never Have to Say You're Sorry) - Sounds of Sunshine (#39)
Love Story (Where Do I Begin) - Andy Williams (#9)
Love the One You're With - The Isley Brothers (#18)
Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes - The 5th Dimension (#19)
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Kris Kristofferson (#26)
Lowdown - Chicago (#35)
MacArthur Park (Part 2) - Four Tops (#38)
Maggie May - Rod Stewart (#1)
Make It Funky (Part 1) - James Brown (#22)
Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#27)
Mama's Pearl - The Jackson 5 (#2)
Maybe Tomorrow - The Jackson 5 (#20)
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (#1)
Me and Bobby McGee - Jerry Lee Lewis (#40)
Me and My Arrow - Nilsson (#34)
Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo (#5)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye (#4)
Mighty Clouds Of Joy - B.J. Thomas (#34)
Moon Shadow - Cat Stevens (#30)
Mother Freedom - Bread (#37)
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight (#2)
Nathan Jones - The Supremes (#16)
Never Been to Spain - Three Dog Night (#5)
Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5 (#2)
Never Ending Song Of Love - Delaney & Bonnie and Friends (#13)
Never My Love - The 5th Dimension (#12)
No Love At All - B.J. Thomas (#16)
Once You Understand - Think (#23)
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds (#1)
One Fine Morning - Lighthouse (#24)
One Man Band - Three Dog Night (#19)
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1) - The Honey Cone (#15)
One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) - Coven (#26)
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley (#10)
Only You Know and I Know - Delaney & Bonnie and Friends (#20)
Oye Como Va - Santana (#13)
Peace Train - Cat Stevens (#7)
Power to the People - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (#11)
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner (#4)
Puppet Man - Tom Jones (#26)
Put Your Hand in The Hand - Ocean (#2)
Questions 67 And 68 - Chicago (#24)
Rags to Riches - Elvis Presley (#33)
Rain Dance - The Guess Who (#19)
Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters (#2)
Reach Out I'll Be There - Diana Ross (#29)
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (#12)
Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton, Gardner & Dyke (#40)
Resurrection Shuffle - Tom Jones (#38)
Riders On the Storm - The Doors (#14)
Right on the Tip of My Tongue - Brenda & The Tabulations (#23)
Rings - Cymarron (#17)
Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin (#9)
Saturday Morning Confusion - Bobby Russell (#28)
Scorpio - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band (#6) (instrumental)
She's a Lady - Tom Jones (#2)
She's All I Got - Freddie North (#39)
She's Not Just Another Woman - The 8th Day (#11)
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band (#3)
Sit Yourself Down - Stephen Stills (#37)
Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth (#3)
So Far Away - Carole King (#14)
Somebody's Been Sleeping - 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) (#30)
Sooner or Later - The Grass Roots (#9)
Soul Power (Part 1) - James Brown (#29)
Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin (#2)
Stagger Lee - Tommy Roe (#25)
Stay Awhile - The Bells (#7)
Stick-Up - The Honey Cone (#11)
Stones - Neil Diamond (#14)
Stop, Look, Listen (to Your Heart) - The Stylistics (#39)
Sugar Daddy - The Jackson 5 (#10)
Summer Sand - Dawn (#33)
Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards (#4)
Superstar - Carpenters (#2)
Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) - The Temptations (#18)
Surrender - Diana Ross (#38)
Sweet And Innocent - Donny Osmond (#7)
Sweet City Woman - Stampeders (#8)
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#6)
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (#2)
That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha - Bobby Womack & Peace (#27)
That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon (#10)
The Breakdown (Part 1) - Rufus Thomas (#31)
The Drum - Bobby Sherman (#29)
The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind) - The Dells (#30)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez (#3)
The Story in Your Eyes - The Moody Blues (#23)
The Witch Queen of New Orleans - Redbone (#21)
Theme from "Love Story" - Francis Lai & His Orchestra (#31) (instrumental)
Theme from "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes (#1)
Theme from "Summer of '42" - Peter Nero & His Orchestra (#21) (instrumental)
Thin Line Between Love and Hate - The Persuaders (#15)
Timothy - The Buoys (#17)
Tired of Being Alone - Al Green (#11)
Toast and Marmalade for Tea - Tin Tin (#20)
Trapped by a Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle (#13)
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#3)
Two Divided by Love - The Grass Roots (#16)
Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney (#1)
Want Ads - The Honey Cone (#1)
We Can Work It Out - Stevie Wonder (#13)
Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Paul Stookey (#24)
What Are You Doing Sunday - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (#39)
What Is Life - George Harrison (#10)
What The World Needs Now Is Love / Abraham, Martin and John - Tom Clay (#8)
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (#2)
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - The Dramatics (#9)
When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed (#9)
Where Did Our Love Go - Donnie Elbert (#15)
Where Did They Go, Lord? - Elvis Presley (#33)
Where You Lead - Barbra Streisand (#40)
White Lies, Blue Eyes - Bullet (#28)
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones (#28)
Wild Night - Van Morrison (#28)
Wild World - Cat Stevens (#11)
Women's Love Rights - Laura Lee (#36)
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (#15)
Woodstock - Matthews' Southern Comfort (Ian Matthews) (#23)
Yo-Yo - The Osmonds (#3)
You Are Everything - The Stylistics (#9)
You're All I Need To Get By - Aretha Franklin (#19)
You've Got a Friend - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#29)
You've Got a Friend - James Taylor (#1)
You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk) - The 8th Day (#28)
Your Move / (I've Seen) All Good People - Yes (#40)

Songs that Made the Top 40 List in 1972

 (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right - Luther Ingram (#3)
(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All - The 5th Dimension (#8)
A Cowboy's Work is Never Done - Sonny & Cher (#8)
A Horse With No Name - America (#1)
Alive - Bee Gees (#34)
All the King's Horses - Aretha Franklin (#26)
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (#37)
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#1)
Amazing Grace - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (#11) (instrumental)
American City Suite - Cashman & West (#27)
Angel - Rod Stewart (#40)
Ask Me What You Want - Millie Jackson (#27)
Automatically Sunshine - The Supremes (#37)
Baby Blue - Badfinger (#14)
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis (#1)
Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms) - Detroit Emeralds (#24)
Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (#9)
Back Stabbers - The O'Jays (#3)
Bang a Gong (Get it On) - T. Rex (#10)
Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone (#15)
Been to Canaan - Carole King (#24)
Ben - Michael Jackson (#1)
Betcha By Golly, Wow - The Stylistics (#3)
Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (#23)
Black and White - Three Dog Night (#1)
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (#1)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - The Partridge Family (#28)
Burning Love - Elvis Presley (#2)
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.with the Mike Curb Congregation (#1)
The City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie (#18)
Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#2)
Coconut - Nilsson (#8)
Conquistador - Procol Harum (#16)
Convention '72 - The Delegates (#8)
Corner of the Sky - The Jackson 5 (#18)
Could It Be Forever - David Cassidy (#37)
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love - Spinners (#4)
The Cover of "Rolling Stone" - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (#6)
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds (#14)
Crazy Mama - J.J. Cale (#22)
Crocodile Rock - Elton John (#1)
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton (#4)
Daddy's Home - Jermaine Jackson (#9)
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest (#13)
Day by Day - Godspell (#13)
Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin (#5)
The Day I Found Myself - The Honey Cone (#23)
Dialogue (Parts 1 and 2) - Chicago (#24)
Diary - Bread (#15)
Do It Again - Steely Dan (#6)
Do You Want To Dance? - Bette Midler (#17)
Do Your Thing - Isaac Hayes (#30)
Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne (#8)
Don't Do It - The Band (#34)
Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me) - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#23)
Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend - Lobo (#8)
Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor (#14)
Don't Say You Don't Remember - Beverly Bremers (#15)
Down By the Lazy River - The Osmonds (#4)
Dreidel - Don McLean (#21)
Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep (#39)
Elected - Alice Cooper (#26)
Every Day of My Life - Bobby Vinton (#24)
Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient (#3)
Everything I Own - Bread (#5)
The Family of Man - Three Dog Night (#12)
Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker (#33)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (#1)
Floy Joy - The Supremes (#16)
Footstompin' Music - Grand Funk Railroad (#29)
Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield (#4)
From the Beginning - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (#39)
Funny Face - Donna Fargo (#5)
Garden Party - Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (#6)
Geronimo's Cadillac - Michael Martin Murphey (#37)
Get on the Good Foot (Part 1) - James Brown (#18)
Give Ireland Back to the Irish - Wings (#21)
Glory Bound - The Grass Roots (#34)
Go All the Way - Raspberries (#5)
Gone - Joey Heatherton (#24)
Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe (#9)
Goodbye to Love - Carpenters (#7)
The Guitar Man - Bread (#11)
The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo (#11)
Happy - The Rolling Stones (#22)
Harry Hippie - Bobby Womack & Peace (#31)
Heart of Gold - Neil Young (#1)
Help Me Make It Through the Night - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#33)
Hey Girl - Donny Osmond (#9)
Hi, Hi, Hi - Paul McCartney & Wings (#10)
Hold Her Tight - The Osmonds (#14)
Hold Your Head Up - Argent (#5)
Honky Cat - Elton John (#8)
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (#9)
How Can I Be Sure - David Cassidy (#25)
How Do You Do? - Mouth & MacNeal (#8)
Hurting Each Other - Carpenters (#2)
I Am Woman - Helen Reddy (#1)
I Believe In Music - Gallery (#22)
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (#1)
I Can't Help Myself - Donnie Elbert (#22)
I Didn't Know I Loved You ('Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) - Gary Glitter (#35)
I Gotcha - Joe Tex (#2)
I Need You - America (#9)
I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren (#16)
I Wanna Be Where You Are - Michael Jackson (#16)
I Wanna Be with You - Raspberries (#16)
I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo (#2)
I'll Be Around - Spinners (#3)
I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time of Storm) - Luther Ingram (#40)
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers (#1)
I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#37)
I'm Still In Love With You - Al Green (#3)
I'm Stone in Love with You - The Stylistics (#10)
I've Been Lonely for So Long - Frederick Knight (#27)
If I Could Reach You - The 5th Dimension (#10)
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (#3)
If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry - Jerry Wallace (#38)
Immigration Man - David Crosby and Graham Nash (#36)
In the Rain - The Dramatics (#5)
Isn't Life Strange - The Moody Blues (#29)
It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond (#5)
It's Going to Take Some Time - Carpenters (#12)
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Blue Ridge Rangers (#16)
Jesus is Just Alright - The Doobie Brothers (#35)
Join Together - The Who (#17)
Joy - Apollo 100 (#6) (instrumental)
Jump Into the Fire - Nilsson (#27)
Jungle Fever - The Chakachas (#8) (instrumental)
Keeper of the Castle - Four Tops (#10)
King Heroin - James Brown (#40)
Last Song - Edward Bear (#3)
Layla - Derek & The Dominos (#10)
Lean On Me - Bill Withers (#1)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) (Mbube) - Robert John (#3)
Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers (#11)
Little Bitty Pretty One - The Jackson 5 (#13)
Living in a House Divided - Cher (#22)
Living in the Past - Jethro Tull (#11)
Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress) - The Hollies (#2)
Long Dark Road - The Hollies (#26)
Long Haired Lover from Liverpool - Little Jimmy Osmond (#38)
Look What You Done For Me - Al Green (#4)
Lookin' Through the Windows - The Jackson 5 (#16)
Looking Through the Eyes Of Love - The Partridge Family (#39)
Love Jones - Brighter Side of Darkness (#16)
Love Theme from "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love) - Andy Williams (#34)
Loving You Just Crossed My Mind - Sam Neely (#29)
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Wings (#28)
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon (#22)
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul (#1)
Midnight Rider - Joe Cocker (#27)
Mister Can't You See - Buffy Sainte-Marie (#38)
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens (#6)
Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon (#4)
Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat (#12)
My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry (#1)
My World - Bee Gees (#16)
Nice To Be With You - Gallery (#4)
The Nickel Song - Melanie (#35)
Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues (#2)
No One to Depend On - Santana (#36)
Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites (#1)
Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith (#3)
Old Man - Neil Young (#31)
Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels) - Jim Croce (#17)
Outa-Space - Billy Preston (#2) (instrumental)
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations (#1)
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles (#22)
People Make the World Go Round - The Stylistics (#25)
Pieces of April - Three Dog Night (#19)
Play Me - Neil Diamond (#11)
Pop That Thang - The Isley Brothers (#24)
Popcorn - Hot Butter (#9) (instrumental)
Power of Love - Joe Simon (#11)
Precious and Few - Climax (#3)
Puppy Love - Donny Osmond (#3)
Reelin' & Rockin' - Chuck Berry (#27)
The Relay - The Who (#39)
Ring the Living Bell - Melanie (#31)
Rock 'N' Roll Soul - Grand Funk Railroad (#29)
Rock and Roll (Part 2) - Gary Glitter (#7) (instrumental)
Rock and Roll Lullaby - B.J. Thomas (#15)
Rock Me Baby - David Cassidy (#38)
Rocket Man - Elton John (#6)
Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu - Johnny Rivers (#6)
Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson (#2)
Rocky Mountain High - John Denver (#9)
Roundabout - Yes (#13)
Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne (#27)
Run To Me - Bee Gees (#16)
Runnin' Away - Sly & The Family Stone (#23)
The Runway - The Grass Roots (#39)
Saturday in the Park - Chicago (#3)
School's Out - Alice Cooper (#7)
Sealed with a Kiss - Bobby Vinton (#19)
Separate Ways - Elvis Presley (#20)
Sitting - Cat Stevens (#16)
Slippin' into Darkness - War (#16)
Small Beginnings - Flash (#29)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Blue Haze (#27)
Softly Whispering I Love You - The English Congregation (#29)
Someday Never Comes - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#25)
Something's Wrong With Me - Austin Roberts (#12)
Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond (#1)
Spaceman - Nilsson (#23)
Speak to the Sky - Rick Springfield (#14)
Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim (#19)
Stay with Me - Faces (#17)
Suavecito - Malo (#18)
Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts (#6)
Sunny Days - Lighthouse (#34)
Superfly - Curtis Mayfield (#8)
Superstition - Stevie Wonder (#1)
Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You?) - Stevie Wonder (#33)
Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead - Barbra Streisand (#37)
Sweet Seasons - Carole King (#9)
Sweet Surrender - Bread (#15)
Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (#5)
Take a Look Around - The Temptations (#30)
Take It Easy - Eagles (#12)
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing (Part 1) - James Brown (#27)
Taurus - Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band (#18) (instrumental)
Taxi - Harry Chapin (#24)
The Theme from "The Men" - Isaac Hayes (#38) (instrumental)
This World - The Staple Singers (#38)
Thunder and Lightning - Chi Coltrane (#17)
Tight Rope - Leon Russell (#11)
Together Let's Find Love - The 5th Dimension (#37)
Too Late To Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#2)
Too Young - Donny Osmond (#13)
Troglodyte (Cave Man) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (#6)
Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (#7)
Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones (#7)
Until It's Time for You to Go - Elvis Presley (#40)
Use Me - Bill Withers (#2)
Ventura Highway - America (#8)
Vincent - Don McLean (#12)
Walk On Water - Neil Diamond (#17)
Walkin' In the Rain With the One I Love - Love Unlimited (#14)
The Way of Love - Cher (#7)
We're Free - Beverly Bremers (#40)
We've Got to Get It On Again - The Addrisi Brothers (#25)
What Am I Crying For? - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost (#39)
When You Say Love - Sonny & Cher (#32)
Where Is the Love - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (#5)
Why - Donny Osmond (#13)
Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (#3)
Witchy Woman - Eagles (#9)
Without You - Nilsson (#1)
The World Is a Ghetto - War (#7)
You Could Have Been A Lady - April Wine (#32)
You Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce (#8)
You Ought To Be With Me - Al Green (#3)
You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio - Joni Mitchell (#25)
You Want It, You Got It - Detroit Emeralds (#36)
You Wear it Well - Rod Stewart (#13)
You're Still A Young Man - Tower of Power (#29)
Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina (#4)