Billboard Hot 100 — May 20, 1972
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of May 20, 1972. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
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| 1 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack
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| 2 | Oh Girl The Chi-lites
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| 3 | I'll Take You There The Staple Singers
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| 4 | I Gotcha Joe Tex
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| 5 | Look What You Done For Me Al Green
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| 6 | Rockin' Robin Michael Jackson
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| 7 | Betcha By Golly, Wow The Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins,Jr.
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| 8 | Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones
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| 9 | Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr
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| 10 | Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens
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| 11 | Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin
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| 12 | Hot Rod Lincoln Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
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| 13 | The Candy Man Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation
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| 14 | Sylvia's Mother Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
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| 15 | Little Bitty Pretty One Jackson 5
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| 16 | Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)/Castles In The Air Don McLean
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| 17 | Slippin' Into Darkness War
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| 18 | Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne
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| 19 | (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All The 5th Dimension
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| 20 | A Horse With No Name America
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| 21 | Nice To Be With You Gallery
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| 22 | I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren
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| 23 | The Family Of Man Three Dog Night
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| 24 | Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Paul Simon
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| 25 | Diary Bread
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| 26 | Taxi Harry Chapin
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| 27 | Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond
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| 28 | Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love Love Unlimited
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| 29 | It's Going To Take Some Time Carpenters
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| 30 | Suavecito Malo
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| 31 | Baby Blue Badfinger
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| 32 | You Could Have Been A Lady April Wine
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| 33 | Run Run Run Jo Jo Gunne
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| 34 | Outa-Space Billy Preston
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| 35 | Ask Me What You Want Millie Jackson
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| 36 | Isn't Life Strange The Moody Blues
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| 37 | A Cowboys Work Is Never Done Sonny & Cher
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| 38 | Love Theme From "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love) Andy Williams
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| 39 | Old Man Neil Young
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| 40 | Someday Never Comes Creedence Clearwater Revival
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| 41 | In The Rain The Dramatics
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| 42 | Lean On Me Bill Withers
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| 43 | I've Been Lonely For So Long Frederick Knight
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| 44 | Hearsay The Soul Children
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| 45 | Smilin' Sly & The Family Stone
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| 46 | Troglodyte (Cave Man) The Jimmy Castor Bunch
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| 47 | There It Is (Part 1) James Brown
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| 48 | To Get To You Jerry Wallace
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| 49 | Walk In The Night Jr. Walker & The All Stars
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| 50 | Rocket Man Elton John
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| 51 | You Are The One Sugar Bears
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| 52 | I'm Movin' On John Kay
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| 53 | Automatically Sunshine The Supremes
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| 54 | Everything Good Is Bad 100 Proof Aged in Soul
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| 55 | Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast Wayne Newton
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| 56 | Long Haired Lover From Liverpool Little Jimmy Osmond with The Mike Curb Congregation
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| 57 | Lay-Away The Isley Brothers
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| 58 | Immigration Man Graham Nash & David Crosby
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| 59 | Amazing Grace The Pipes And Drums And The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
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| 60 | Mister Can't You See Buffy Sainte-Marie
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| 61 | Legend In Your Own Time Carly Simon
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| 62 | I Need You America
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| 63 | How Can I Be Sure David Cassidy
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| 64 | You're The Man (Part 1) Marvin Gaye
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| 65 | How Do You Do? Mouth & MacNeal
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| 66 | Woman's Gotta Have It (The Preacher) Bobby Womack
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| 67 | Hot 'N' Nasty Humble Pie
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| 68 | I Had It All The Time Tyrone Davis
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| 69 | Love Theme From "The Godfather" Carlo Savina
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| 70 | Telegram Sam T. Rex
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| 71 | An American Trilogy Elvis Presley
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| 72 | Changes David Bowie
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| 73 | Upsetter Grand Funk Railroad
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| 74 | Life And Breath Climax featuring Sonny Geraci
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| 75 | Living In A House Divided Cher
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| 76 | Woman Is The Nigger Of The World John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band With Elephant's Memory
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| 77 | Layla Derek & The Dominos
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| 78 | You Said A Bad Word Joe Tex
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| 79 | Jubilation Paul Anka
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| 80 | Ain't Wastin' Time No More The Allman Brothers Band
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| 81 | Powder Blue Mercedes Queen The Raiders
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| 82 | I Can't Turn You Loose Edgar Winter's White Trash
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| 83 | The Young New Mexican Puppeteer Tom Jones
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| 84 | Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) Stevie Wonder
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| 85 | Speak Softly Love Al Martino
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| 86 | Don't Want To Say Goodbye Raspberries
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| 87 | Giving Up Donny Hathaway
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| 88 | We're Free Beverly Bremers
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| 89 | Francene ZZ Top
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| 90 | Day By Day Godspell
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| 91 | Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) Isaac Hayes & David Porter
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| 92 | Questions Bang
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| 93 | After Midnight J.J. Cale
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| 94 | Just As Long As You Need Me, Part I Independents
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| 95 | Kate Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Three
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| 96 | I Got Some Help I Don't Need B.B. King
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| 97 | I Only Have Eyes For You Jerry Butler
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| 98 | Me And Jesus Tom T. Hall
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| 99 | Bring It Home (And Give It To Me) Hot Sauce
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| 100 | Guns, Guns, Guns The Guess Who
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