Billboard Hot 100 — May 6, 1972
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of May 6, 1972. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack held #1 for a 4th straight week, on its way to 6 weeks on top. 12 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Song Sung Blue" by Neil Diamond at #67, which would go on to peak at #1. The biggest climber was "It's Going To Take Some Time" by Carpenters, up 36 places from #79 to #43.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack — 4 weeks at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting March 4, 1972.
- New in the top 10: "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers (up from #18 to #7); "Back Off Boogaloo" by Ringo Starr (up from #11 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Taurus" by Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band, down 18 places from #23 to #41.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex, 16 weeks and counting (peak #2).
- Gone from the chart: "Mother And Child Reunion" by Paul Simon after 13 weeks (peak #4).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | I Gotcha Joe Tex |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Betcha By Golly, Wow The Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins,Jr. |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Rockin' Robin Michael Jackson |
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | A Horse With No Name America |
| 7 | 18 | 7 | 5 | I'll Take You There The Staple Singers |
| 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne |
| 9 | 10 | 9 | 6 | Look What You Done For Me Al Green |
| 10 | 11 | 10 | 6 | Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr |
| 11 | 16 | 11 | 5 | Oh Girl The Chi-lites |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | The Family Of Man Three Dog Night |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)/Castles In The Air Don McLean |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | Baby Blue Badfinger |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | 11 | In The Rain The Dramatics |
| 16 | 8 | 8 | 11 | A Cowboys Work Is Never Done Sonny & Cher |
| 17 | 20 | 17 | 7 | Hot Rod Lincoln Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen |
| 18 | 19 | 18 | 10 | Suavecito Malo |
| 19 | 21 | 19 | 6 | Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens |
| 20 | 22 | 20 | 16 | Slippin' Into Darkness War |
| 21 | 15 | 3 | 11 | Puppy Love Donny Osmond |
| 22 | 17 | 1 | 14 | Heart Of Gold Neil Young |
| 23 | 50 | 23 | 2 | Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones |
| 24 | 28 | 24 | 9 | The Candy Man Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation |
| 25 | 30 | 25 | 5 | Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Paul Simon |
| 26 | 32 | 26 | 3 | Little Bitty Pretty One Jackson 5 |
| 27 | 29 | 27 | 8 | Run Run Run Jo Jo Gunne |
| 28 | 34 | 28 | 6 | (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All The 5th Dimension |
| 29 | 31 | 29 | 9 | Taxi Harry Chapin |
| 30 | 27 | 27 | 8 | Jump Into The Fire Nilsson |
| 31 | 46 | 31 | 5 | I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren |
| 32 | 25 | 13 | 13 | Roundabout Yes |
| 33 | 33 | 33 | 7 | Help Me Make It Through The Night Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 34 | 37 | 34 | 11 | Nice To Be With You Gallery |
| 35 | 36 | 35 | 7 | You Could Have Been A Lady April Wine |
| 36 | 41 | 36 | 6 | Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love Love Unlimited |
| 37 | 44 | 37 | 6 | Sylvia's Mother Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show |
| 38 | 40 | 38 | 6 | Mister Can't You See Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| 39 | 24 | 24 | 15 | Every Day Of My Life Bobby Vinton |
| 40 | 51 | 40 | 3 | Diary Bread |
| 41 | 23 | 18 | 12 | Taurus Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band |
| 42 | 42 | 42 | 7 | Pool Of Bad Luck Joe Simon |
| 43 | 79 | 43 | 2 | It's Going To Take Some Time Carpenters |
| 44 | 47 | 44 | 7 | Ask Me What You Want Millie Jackson |
| 45 | 56 | 45 | 5 | Love Theme From "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love) Andy Williams |
| 46 | 58 | 46 | 8 | Hearsay The Soul Children |
| 47 | 60 | 47 | 3 | Isn't Life Strange The Moody Blues |
| 48 | 48 | 48 | 6 | Let's Stay Together Isaac Hayes |
| 49 | 45 | 30 | 11 | Do Your Thing Isaac Hayes |
| 50 | 52 | 50 | 7 | Legend In Your Own Time Carly Simon |
| 51 | 49 | 49 | 9 | Be My Lover Alice Cooper |
| 52 | 54 | 52 | 9 | You Are The One Sugar Bears |
| 53 | 57 | 53 | 6 | Walk In The Night Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
| 54 | 55 | 54 | 6 | Lay-Away The Isley Brothers |
| 55 | 43 | 43 | 10 | Chantilly Lace Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 56 | 64 | 56 | 3 | Smilin' Sly & The Family Stone |
| 57 | 65 | 57 | 3 | Outa-Space Billy Preston |
| 58 | 69 | 58 | 3 | I've Been Lonely For So Long Frederick Knight |
| 59 | 77 | 59 | 2 | Old Man Neil Young |
| 60 | 63 | 60 | 6 | Everything Good Is Bad 100 Proof Aged in Soul |
| 61 | 62 | 61 | 7 | I Had It All The Time Tyrone Davis |
| 62 | 66 | 62 | 8 | To Get To You Jerry Wallace |
| 63 | 61 | 61 | 5 | What'd I Say Rare Earth |
| 64 | 70 | 64 | 3 | I'm Movin' On John Kay |
| 65 | 68 | 65 | 7 | Jubilation Paul Anka |
| 66 | 59 | 59 | 6 | Am I Losing You The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 67 | NEW | 67 | 1 | Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond |
| 68 | 74 | 68 | 3 | Telegram Sam T. Rex |
| 69 | 96 | 69 | 3 | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool Little Jimmy Osmond with The Mike Curb Congregation |
| 70 | 72 | 70 | 4 | Changes David Bowie |
| 71 | 75 | 71 | 3 | Lean On Me Bill Withers |
| 72 | NEW | 72 | 1 | Someday Never Comes Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 73 | 88 | 73 | 3 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Wayne Newton |
| 74 | 78 | 74 | 3 | Love Theme From "The Godfather" Carlo Savina |
| 75 | 71 | 71 | 4 | Iko Iko Dr. John |
| 76 | 82 | 76 | 2 | Upsetter Grand Funk Railroad |
| 77 | NEW | 77 | 1 | Automatically Sunshine The Supremes |
| 78 | 80 | 78 | 2 | Ain't Wastin' Time No More The Allman Brothers Band |
| 79 | 81 | 79 | 2 | Amerikan Music Steve Alaimo |
| 80 | NEW | 80 | 1 | Rocket Man Elton John |
| 81 | 86 | 81 | 3 | Beg, Steal Or Borrow The New Seekers |
| 82 | NEW | 82 | 1 | Hot 'N' Nasty Humble Pie |
| 83 | NEW | 83 | 1 | Life And Breath Climax featuring Sonny Geraci |
| 84 | 85 | 84 | 4 | Vahevala Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina |
| 85 | 87 | 85 | 2 | Ain't That Peculiar Fanny |
| 86 | 92 | 86 | 2 | Speak Softly Love Al Martino |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | I Can't Turn You Loose Edgar Winter's White Trash |
| 88 | 90 | 88 | 2 | Too Beautiful To Last Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 89 | 89 | 89 | 4 | Love's Street And Fool's Road Solomon Burke |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Immigration Man Graham Nash & David Crosby |
| 91 | 99 | 91 | 2 | The Young New Mexican Puppeteer Tom Jones |
| 92 | 97 | 92 | 2 | How Do You Do? Mouth & MacNeal |
| 93 | 93 | 93 | 2 | I Just Wanna Be Your Friend Lighthouse |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Woman's Gotta Have It (The Preacher) Bobby Womack |
| 95 | 95 | 95 | 3 | Questions Bang |
| 96 | 98 | 96 | 2 | We're Free Beverly Bremers |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | An American Trilogy Elvis Presley |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | I Got Some Help I Don't Need B.B. King |
| 99 | 100 | 99 | 2 | Where There's A Will There's A Way Delaney & Bonnie |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | There It Is (Part 1) James Brown |
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