29 April 1972:
1 ( 1 ) Rocket Man - Elton John < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Castles In The Air - Don McLean
3 ( 2 ) Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#1[6])
4 ( 7 ) Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
5 ( 5 ) Run Run Run - Jo Jo Gunne (#4)
6 ( 4 ) Could It Be Forever - David Cassidy (#2[2])
7 ( 8 ) Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
8 ( 6 ) Crying Laughing Loving Lying - Labi Siffre (#5)
9 ( 13 ) The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr
10 ( 23 ) Taxi - Harry Chapin
11 ( 11 ) Radancer - Marmalade
12 ( 9 ) The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack (#7)
13 ( 10 ) Young New Mexican Puppeteer - Tom Jones (#8)
14 ( 16 ) Baby Blue - Badfinger
15 ( 25 ) Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard - Paul Simon
16 ( 19 ) I'll Take You There - Staple Singers
17 ( 15 ) The Family Of Man - Three Dog Night (#15)
18 ( 17 ) Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr (#17)
19 ( 14 ) I Am What I Am - Greyhound (#12)
20 ( 18 ) Stir It Up - Johnny Nash (#18)
21 ( 12 ) Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson (#2[1])
22 ( 26 ) A Thing Called Love - Johnny Cash And The Evangel Temple Choir
23 ( -- ) Tumbling Dice - Rolling Stones
24 ( 24 ) Jump Into The Fire - Nilsson
25 ( 35 ) (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All - 5th Dimension
26 ( 20 ) Turn Your Radio On - Ray Stevens (#16)
27 ( 21 ) I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again - Buffy Sainte-Marie (#10)
28 ( -- ) Oh Babe What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith
29 ( 27 ) Theme From 'Cade's County' - Henry Mancini (#24)
30 ( 22 ) Meet Me On The Corner - Lindisfarne (#2[2])
31 ( 29 ) Day Dreaming - Aretha Franklin (#26)
32 ( 32 ) Iron Horse - Christie (#30)
33 ( 36 ) Lovin' You Ain't Easy - Pagliaro (#19)
34 ( 34 ) Take A Look Around - Temptations (#31)
35 ( -- ) You Could Have Been A Lady - April Wine
36 ( 39 ) A Mother's Prayer - Joe Tex (#23)
37 ( 31 ) Beg Steal Or Borrow - New Seekers (#6)
38 ( 28 ) Blue Is The Colour - Chelsea Football Team (#4)
39 ( 30 ) Brother - CCS (#6)
40 ( 33 ) Say You Don't Mind - Colin Blunstone (#1[2])
-- ( 37 ) Hold Your Head Up - Argent (#7)
-- ( 38 ) Give Ireland Back To The Irish - Wings (#11)
-- ( 40 ) Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon (#2[1])
-- ( -- ) Nice To Be With You - Gallery
-- ( -- ) Leeds United - Leeds United FC
-- ( -- ) Mister Can't You See - Buffy Sainte-Marie
-- ( -- ) Little Piece Of Leather - Donnie Elbert
No change at the top, whilst the Rolling Stones get the highest entry with their single from the album Exile On Main Street, and they're still rocking for now. We'll hear the soft Stones when we reach 1973.
I'm sure Sammy Davis Jr is going to turn up a few times in my 1950s playlists, but he gets a top 10 hit here, and this song which featured in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory was a US #1.
Leeds United will turn up when I do my sporting achievements post of the year but they fail to emulate Chelsea here in the music charts.