MusicSeek.info - Billboard & Cashbox Year End Charts

1972	Billboard	Cashbox
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
1	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ●	Roberta Flack	1(6)	04/15-05/20	19*
2	Alone Again (Naturally) ●	Gilbert O'sullivan	1(6)	07/29-08/19	2*
3	American Pie ●	Don Mclean	1(4)	01/15-02/05	1*
4	Without You ●	Nilsson	1(4)	02/19-03/11	5*
5	The Candy Man ●	Sammy Davis Jnr.	1(3)	06/10-06/24	23*
6	I Gotcha ●	Joe Tex	2(2)		6
7	Lean On Me ●	Bill Withers	1(3)	07/08-07/22	14*
8	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me ●	Mac Davis	1(3)	09/23-10/07	17*
9	Brand New Key ●	Melanie	1(3)	71/12/25-01/08	3*
10	Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast ●	Wayne Newton	4		4*
11	Let's Stay Together ●	Al Green	1	02/12	7*
12	Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) ●	Looking Glass	1	08/26	9*
13	Oh Girl	Chi-Lites	1	05/27	33*
14	Nice To Be With You ●	Gallery	4		15*
15	My Ding-A-Ling ●	Chuck Berry	1(2)	10/21-10/28	40*
16	If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right	Luther Ingram	3(2)		8
17	Heart Of Gold ●	Neil Young	1	03/18	12*
18	Betcha By Golly, Wow ●	Stylistics	3		49
19	I'll Take You There	Staple Singers	1	06/03	22*
20	Ben	Michael Jackson	1	10/14	45
21	The Lion Sleeps Tonight ●	Robert John	3(3)		10
22	Outa-Space ●	Billy Preston	2		32*
23	Slippin' Into Darkness ●	War	16		16
24	Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) ▲	Hollies	2(2)		20*
25	How Do You Do? ●	Mouth & Macneal	8		54
26	Song Sung Blue ●	Neil Diamond	1	07/01	24*
27	A Horse With No Name ●	America	1(3)	03/25-04/08	18*
28	Popcorn	Hot Butter	9		70
29	Everybody Plays The Fool ●	Main Ingredient	3		29*
30	Precious And Few ●	Climax	3(2)		31*
31	(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All ▲	5th Dimension	8		28
32	Nights In White Satin ●	Moody Blues	2(2)		82*
33	Go All The Way ●	Raspberries	5		39
34	Too Late To Turn Back Now ●	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	2(2)		38*
35	Back Stabbers ●	O'Jays	3		21*
36	Down By The Lazy River ●	Osmonds	4		30
37	Sunshine ●	Jonathan Edwards	4		34
38	Starting All Over Again	Mel & Tim	19		61
39	Day After Day ●	Badfinger	4		48
40	Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)	Elton John	6		83
41	Rockin' Robin	Michael Jackson	2(2)		13*
42	Beautiful Sunday	Daniel Boone	15		77
43	Scorpio	Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band	6		27
44	Morning Has Broken	Cat Stevens	6		/
45	The City Of New Orleans	Arlo Guthrie	18		/
46	Garden Party ●	Ricky Nelson	6		/
47	I Can See Clearly Now ●	Johnny Nash	1(4)	11/04-11/28	74('73)*
48	Burning Love ▲	Elvis Presley	2		63*
49	Clean Up Woman ●	Betty Wright	6	01	57
50	Hold Your Head Up	Argent	5		60
51	Jungle Fever ●	Chakachas	8		44
52	Everything I Own	Bread	5		68
53	In The Rain	Dramatics	5		55
54	Look What You Done For Me ●	Al Green	4		35
55	The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. ●	Donna Fargo	11		43
56	Bang A Gong (Get It On)	T. Rex	10		58
57	Mother And Child Reunion	Paul Simon	4		41
58	Where Is The Love ●	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	5		78
59	I'm Still In Love With You ●	Al Green	3(2)		26*
60	Layla	Derek & The Dominos	10		/
61	Day Dreaming ●	Aretha Franklin	5		/
62	The Way Of Love	Cher	7		46
63	Black And White ●	Three Dog Night	1	09/16	42*
64	Sylvia's Mother ●	Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	5		/*
65	Hurting Each Other ●	Carpenters	2(2)		36
66	Coconut	Nilsson	8		87
67	Puppy Love ●	Donny Osmond	3		47
68	You Don't Mess Around With Jim	Jim Croce	8		56
69	Hot Rod Lincoln	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	9		/
70	A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done	Sonny & Cher	8		37
71	Joy	Apollo 100	6		/
72	Anticipation	Carly Simon	13	02	86
73	Never Been To Spain	Three Dog Night	5	02	62
74	Kiss An Angel Good Morning	Charlie Pride	21	02	/
75	School's Out	Alice Cooper	7		51
76	Saturday In The Park ●	Chicago	3(2)		71
77	Drowning In The Sea Of Love ●	Joe Simon	11	01	75
78	Use Me ●	Bill Withers	2(2)		100
79	Family Affair ●	Sly & The Family Stone	1(3)	71/12/04-12/18	11*
80	Troglodyte (Cave Man) ●	Jimmy Castor Bunch	6		94
81	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Redbone	21	02	/
82	Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly") ●	Curtis Mayfield	4		/
83	Power Of Love ●	Joe Simon	11		69
84	Ain't Understanding Mellow	Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager	21		/
85	Taxi	Harry Chapin	24		/
86	Don't Say You Don't Remember	Beverly Bremers	15		/
87	Sealed With A Kiss	Bobby Vinton	19		73
88	I Saw The Light	Todd Rundgren	16		/
89	Motorcycle Mama	Sailcat	12		/
90	Day By Day	Godspell	13		66
91	Roundabout	Yes	13		90
92	Doctor My Eyes	Jackson Browne	8		96
93	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ●	New Seekers	7		/
94	Vincent / Castles In The Air	Don Mclean	12		93
95	Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)	Detroit Emeralds	24		91
96	Speak To The Sky	Rick Springfield	14		/
97	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	Hillside Singers	13		/
98	Walking In The Rain With The One I Love ●	Love Unlimited	14		74
99	Get On The Good Foot (Pt. 1) ●	James Brown	18		67
100	Pop That Thang	Isley Bros.	24		/
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	Cherish ●	David Cassidy	9	01	25
-	Rock And Roll (pt. 2)	Gary Glitter	7	09	50
-	Sugar Daddy	The Jackson 5	10		52
-	You Are Everything ●	The Stylistics	9		53
-	All I Ever Need Is You	Sonny & Cher	7		59
-	An Old Fashioned Love Song ●	Three Dog Night	4		64
-	Goodbye To Love	Carpenters	7		72
-	I Miss You (Pt. 1)	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	58		76
-	Respect Yourself ▲	The Staple Singers	12		79
-	I Wanna Be Where You Are	Michael Jackson	16		80
-	I've Been Lonely For So Long	Frederick Knight	27		81
-	Sweet Seasons	Carole King	9		84
-	Little Bitty Pretty One	The Jackson 5	13		85
-	Back Off Boogaloo	Ringo Starr	9		88
-	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Pt. 1)	The Honey Cone	15		89
-	Tumbling Dice	The Rolling Stones	7		92
-	I Need You	America	9		95
-	Run To Me	The Bee Gees	16		97
-	Take It Easy	The Eagles	12		98
-	Rock And Roll Lullaby	B.J. Thomas	15		99
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	I'd Love You To Want Me ●	Lobo	2(2)	12	/*
-	I'll Be Around ●	Spinners	3(2)	11	/*
-	Got To Be There	Michael Jackson	4	01	/*
-	Black Magic Woman	Santana	4	01	/
-	Summer Breeze	Seals & Crofts	6		/
-	Stoned Love	The Supremes	7	01	/
-	Honky Cat	Elton John	8		/
-	Convention '72	Delegates	8		/
-	Ventura Highway	America	8		/
-	Witchy Woman	The Eagles	9		/
-	Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues	Danny O'keefe	9		/
-	Hey Girl ●	Donny Osmond	9		/
-	If I Could Reach You	The 5th Dimension	10		/
-	Keeper Of The Castle	The Four Tops	10		/
-	I'm Stone In Love With You ●	The Stylistics	10		/
-	Listen To The Music	The Doobie Brothers	11		/
-	The Guitar Man	Bread	11		/
-	Something's Wrong With Me	Austin Roberts	12		/
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position). * = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart. Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs. ●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units ▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.

1

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ●

Roberta Flack

1(6)

04/15-05/20

19*

2

Alone Again (Naturally) ●

Gilbert O'sullivan

1(6)

07/29-08/19

2*

3

American Pie ●

Don Mclean

1(4)

01/15-02/05

1*

4

Without You ●

Nilsson

1(4)

02/19-03/11

5*

5

The Candy Man ●

Sammy Davis Jnr.

1(3)

06/10-06/24

23*

6

I Gotcha ●

Joe Tex

2(2)

6

7

Lean On Me ●

Bill Withers

1(3)

07/08-07/22

14*

8

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me ●

Mac Davis

1(3)

09/23-10/07

17*

9

Brand New Key ●

Melanie

1(3)

71/12/25-01/08

3*

10

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast ●

Wayne Newton

4

4*

11

Let's Stay Together ●

Al Green

1

02/12

7*

12

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) ●

Looking Glass

1

08/26

9*

13

Oh Girl

Chi-Lites

1

05/27

33*

14

Nice To Be With You ●

Gallery

4

15*

15

My Ding-A-Ling ●

Chuck Berry

1(2)

10/21-10/28

40*

16

If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right

Luther Ingram

3(2)

8

17

Heart Of Gold ●

Neil Young

1

03/18

12*

18

Betcha By Golly, Wow ●

Stylistics

3

49

19

I'll Take You There

Staple Singers

1

06/03

22*

20

Ben

Michael Jackson

1

10/14

45

21

The Lion Sleeps Tonight ●

Robert John

3(3)

10

22

Outa-Space ●

Billy Preston

2

32*

23

Slippin' Into Darkness ●

War

16

24

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) ▲

Hollies

2(2)

20*

25

How Do You Do? ●

Mouth & Macneal

8

54

26

Song Sung Blue ●

Neil Diamond

1

07/01

24*

27

A Horse With No Name ●

America

1(3)

03/25-04/08

18*

28

Popcorn

Hot Butter

9

70

29

Everybody Plays The Fool ●

Main Ingredient

3

29*

30

Precious And Few ●

Climax

3(2)

31*

31

(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All ▲

5th Dimension

8

28

32

Nights In White Satin ●

Moody Blues

2(2)

82*

33

Go All The Way ●

Raspberries

5

39

34

Too Late To Turn Back Now ●

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

2(2)

38*

35

Back Stabbers ●

O'Jays

3

21*

36

Down By The Lazy River ●

Osmonds

4

30

37

Sunshine ●

Jonathan Edwards

4

34

38

Starting All Over Again

Mel & Tim

19

61

39

Day After Day ●

Badfinger

4

48

40

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)

Elton John

6

83

41

Rockin' Robin

Michael Jackson

2(2)

13*

42

Beautiful Sunday

Daniel Boone

15

77

43

Scorpio

Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band

6

27

44

Morning Has Broken

Cat Stevens

6

/

45

The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

18

/

46

Garden Party ●

Ricky Nelson

6

/

47

I Can See Clearly Now ●

Johnny Nash

1(4)

11/04-11/28

74('73)*　

48

Burning Love ▲

Elvis Presley

2

63*　

49

Clean Up Woman ●

Betty Wright

6

01

57

50

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

5

60

51

Jungle Fever ●

Chakachas

8

44

52

Everything I Own

Bread

5

68

53

In The Rain

Dramatics

5

55

54

Look What You Done For Me ●

Al Green

4

35

55

The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. ●

Donna Fargo

11

43

56

Bang A Gong (Get It On)

T. Rex

10

58

57

Mother And Child Reunion

Paul Simon

4

41

58

Where Is The Love ●

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

5

78

59

I'm Still In Love With You ●

Al Green

3(2)

26*

60

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

10

/

61

Day Dreaming ●

Aretha Franklin

5

/

62

The Way Of Love

Cher

7

46

63

Black And White ●

Three Dog Night

1

09/16

42*

64

Sylvia's Mother ●

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

5

/*

65

Hurting Each Other ●

Carpenters

2(2)

36

66

Coconut

Nilsson

8

87

67

Puppy Love ●

Donny Osmond

3

47

68

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

8

56

69

Hot Rod Lincoln

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

9

/

70

A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done

Sonny & Cher

8

37

71

Joy

Apollo 100

6

/

72

Anticipation

Carly Simon

13

02

86

73

Never Been To Spain

Three Dog Night

5

02

62

74

Kiss An Angel Good Morning

Charlie Pride

21

02

/

75

School's Out

Alice Cooper

7

51

76

Saturday In The Park ●

Chicago

3(2)

71

77

Drowning In The Sea Of Love ●

Joe Simon

11

01

75

78

Use Me ●

Bill Withers

2(2)

100

79

Family Affair ●

Sly & The Family Stone

1(3)

71/12/04-12/18

11*

80

Troglodyte (Cave Man) ●

Jimmy Castor Bunch

6

94

81

The Witch Queen Of New Orleans

Redbone

21

02

/

82

Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly") ●

Curtis Mayfield

4

/

83

Power Of Love ●

Joe Simon

11

69

84

Ain't Understanding Mellow

Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager

21

/

85

Taxi

Harry Chapin

24

/

86

Don't Say You Don't Remember

Beverly Bremers

15

/

87

Sealed With A Kiss

Bobby Vinton

19

73

88

I Saw The Light

Todd Rundgren

16

/

89

Motorcycle Mama

Sailcat

12

/

90

Day By Day

Godspell

13

66

91

Roundabout

Yes

13

90

92

Doctor My Eyes

Jackson Browne

8

96

93

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing ●

New Seekers

7

/

94

Vincent / Castles In The Air

Don Mclean

12

93

95

Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)

Detroit Emeralds

24

91

96

Speak To The Sky

Rick Springfield

14

/

97

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

Hillside Singers

13

/

98

Walking In The Rain With The One I Love ●

Love Unlimited

14

74

99

Get On The Good Foot (Pt. 1) ●

James Brown

18

67

100

Pop That Thang

Isley Bros.

24

/

Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

Cherish ●

David Cassidy

9

01

25

-

Rock And Roll (pt. 2)

Gary Glitter

7

09

50

-

Sugar Daddy

The Jackson 5

10

52

-

You Are Everything ●

The Stylistics

9

53

-

All I Ever Need Is You

Sonny & Cher

7

59

-

An Old Fashioned Love Song ●

Three Dog Night

4

64

-

Goodbye To Love

Carpenters

7

72

-

I Miss You (Pt. 1)

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

58

76

-

Respect Yourself ▲

The Staple Singers

12

79

-

I Wanna Be Where You Are

Michael Jackson

16

80

-

I've Been Lonely For So Long

Frederick Knight

27

81

-

Sweet Seasons

Carole King

9

84

-

Little Bitty Pretty One

The Jackson 5

13

85

-

Back Off Boogaloo

Ringo Starr

9

88

-

One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Pt. 1)

The Honey Cone

15

89

-

Tumbling Dice

The Rolling Stones

7

92

-

I Need You

America

9

95

-

Run To Me

The Bee Gees

16

97

-

Take It Easy

The Eagles

12

98

-

Rock And Roll Lullaby

B.J. Thomas

15

99

Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

I'd Love You To Want Me ●

Lobo

2(2)

12

/*

-

I'll Be Around ●

Spinners

3(2)

11

/*

-

Got To Be There

Michael Jackson

4

01

/*

-

Black Magic Woman

Santana

4

01

/

-

Summer Breeze

Seals & Crofts

6

/

-

Stoned Love

The Supremes

7

01

/

-

Honky Cat

Elton John

8

/

-

Convention '72

Delegates

8

/

-

Ventura Highway

America

8

/

-

Witchy Woman

The Eagles

9

/

-

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

Danny O'keefe

9

/

-

Hey Girl ●

Donny Osmond

9

/

-

If I Could Reach You

The 5th Dimension

10

/

-

Keeper Of The Castle

The Four Tops

10

/

-

I'm Stone In Love With You ●

The Stylistics

10

/

-

Listen To The Music

The Doobie Brothers

11

/

-

The Guitar Man

Bread

11

/

-

Something's Wrong With Me

Austin Roberts

12

/

Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.