Today’s American Top 40 replay on the 70’s on 7- The Top 40 from June 17th, 1972. Some great classics- and some real rubbish. I”ll Take You There/ Oh Girl/ Lean On Me/ Layla/ Morning Has Broken/ Tumbling Dice/ I Saw The Light/ Rocket Man/ Look What You’ve Done For Me/ Someday Never Comes/ Hot Rod Lincoln/ Taxi etc.. overshadow the crap like Little Jimmy Osmond, David Cassidy, Donnie Osmond, Wayne Newton- a pretty strong week– would have been near perfect if the Osmond’s parents had never met.

1 1 THE CANDY MAN –•– Sammy Davis, Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-15 (2 weeks at #1) (1)  B Pound for pound Sammy was one of the greatest entertainers ever.
2 2 I’LL TAKE YOU THERE –•– The Staple Singers (Stax)-11 (1) A+
3 4 SONG SUNG BLUE –•– Neil Diamond (Uni)-7 (3) B
4 3 OH GIRL –•– The Chi-Lites (Brunswick)-11 (1)  A+
5 6 NICE TO BE WITH YOU –•– Gallery (Sussex)-17 (5)  B+
6 9 OUTA-SPACE / I WROTE A SIMPLE SONG –•– Billy Preston (A&M)-14 (6) B+
7 13 TROGLODYTE (Cave Man) –•– The Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA)-6 (7)  C-
8 10 (Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL –•– The 5th Dimension (Bell)-12 (8) B
9 5 SYLVIA’S MOTHER –•– Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (Columbia)-12 (5) C
10 20 LEAN ON ME –•– Bill Withers (Sussex)-9 (10) A+

11 7 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE –•– Roberta Flack (Atlantic)-16 (1) A
12 12 IT’S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-8 (12) B
13 8 MORNING HAS BROKEN –•– Cat Stevens (A&M)-12 (6)  A+
14 11 TUMBLING DICE –•– The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)-8 (7) A+
15 15 DIARY –•– Bread (Elektra)-9 (15) B-
16 16 I SAW THE LIGHT –•– Todd Rundgren (Bearsville)-11 (16)  A+
17 19 AMAZING GRACE –•– The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (RCA)-5 (17)  B
18 14 WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE –•– Love Unlimited (Uni)-12 (14) D
19 22 I NEED YOU –•– America (Warner Brothers)-5 (19)  B
20 23 ROCKET MAN (I Think It’s Gonna Be A long, Long Time) –•– Elton John (Uni)-7 (20) A

21 18 HOT ROD LINCOLN –•– Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (Paramount)-13 (9)  A
22 17 LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME –•– Al Green (Hi)-12 (4) A+
23 42 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW –•– Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose (United Artists)-4 (23) B+
24 33 LIVING IN A HOUSE DIVIDED –•– Cher (Kapp)-5 (24)  B
25 25 SOMEDAY NEVER COMES –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-7 (25) A+
26 36 DADDY DON’T YOU WALK SO FAST –•– Wayne Newton (Chelsea)-9 (26) D
27 35 HOW CAN I BE SURE –•– David Cassidy (Bell)-5 (27) D
28 24 TAXI –•– Harry Chapin (Elektra)-15 (24)  A
29 29 ISN’T LIFE STRANGE –•– The Moody Blues (Threshold)-9 (29) C
30 27 ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT –•– Millie Jackson (Spring)-13 (27) B

31 32 I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG –•– Frederick Knight (Stax)-9 (31) B
32 44 LAYLA –•– Derek and the Dominos (Atco)-16 (32)  A++
33 38 I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE –•– Michael Jackson (Motown)-4 (33) C
34 50 HOW DO YOU DO –•– Mouth and MacNeal (Philips)-8 (34) B
35 72 TOO YOUNG –•– Donny Osmond (MGM)-2 (35)  D-
36 37 IMMIGRATION MAN –•– Graham Nash and David Crosby (Atlantic)-7 (36)  B-
37 40 AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE –•– The Supremes (Motown)-7 (37)  C
38 39 LONG HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL –•– Little Jimmy Osmond with the Mike Curb Congregation (MGM)-9 (38) F
39 21 LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE –•– Jackson 5 (Motown)-9 (13)  B-
40 49 ALL THE KING’S HORSES –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-3 (40)  B