This weeks American Top 40 replay on the 70’s on 7- is from the week of April 1, 1972. Odd that Neil Young is at #2 with Heart of Gold- while the Neil Young sounding “Horse With No Name” is at #1. Of course being 1971 Donny Osmond pollutes the chart at #3 and The Osmonds at #18. Not an exceptional week but not a bad one either.
1 1 A HORSE WITH NO NAME –•– America (Warner Brothers)-7 (2 weeks at #1) (1) A
2 2 HEART OF GOLD –•– Neil Young (Reprise)-9 (1) A
3 4 PUPPY LOVE –•– Donny Osmond (MGM)-6 (3) F
4 5 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION –•– Paul Simon (Columbia)-9 (4) A
5 3 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT (Wimoweh) –•– Robert John (Atlantic)-14 (3) A
6 10 I GOTCHA –•– Joe Tex (Dial)-11 (6) B
7 6 WITHOUT YOU –•– Nilsson (RCA)-16 (1) A
8 8 JUNGLE FEVER –•– The Chakachas (Polydor)-12 (8) D
9 14 ROCKIN’ ROBIN –•– Michael Jackson (Motown)-4 (9) B+
10 17 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE –•– Roberta Flack (Atlantic)-5 (10) A
11 13 IN THE RAIN –•– The Dramatics (Volt)-6 (11) B
12 9 EVERYTHING I OWN –•– Bread (Elektra)-10 (5) B
13 7 THE WAY OF LOVE –•– Cher (Kapp)-10 (7) C
14 18 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW –•– The Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins, Jr. (Avco)-6 (14) A
15 16 ROCK AND ROLL LULLABY –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-8 (15) C
16 19 A COWBOY’S WORK IS NEVER DONE –•– Sonny and Cher (Kapp)-6 (16) B+
17 20 ROUNDABOUT –•– Yes (Atlantic)-8 (17) A-
18 11 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER –•– The Osmonds (MGM)-11 (4) F
19 32 DAY DREAMING –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-3 (19) A
20 12 PRECIOUS AND FEW –•– Climax (Carousel / Rocky Road)-14 (3) C
21 15 BANG A GONG (Get It On) –•– T. Rex (Reprise)-14 (10) A+
22 37 GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH –•– Wings (Apple)-4 (22) B
23 21 AIN’T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW –•– Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury)-17 (21) B
24 38 THE DAY I FOUND MYSELF –•– The Honey Cone (Hot Wax)-7 (24) B
25 26 CRAZY MAMA –•– J.J. Cale (Shelter)-10 (25) C
26 31 TAURUS –•– Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (Sussex)-7 (26) B
27 25 WE’VE GOT TO GET IT ON AGAIN –•– The Addrisi Brothers (Columbia)-11 (25) C
28 23 RUNNIN’ AWAY –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-9 (23) A
29 35 EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-10 (29) D
30 33 TAKE A LOOK AROUND –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-5 (30) B
31 40 DO YOUR THING –•– Isaac Hayes (Enterprise)-6 (31) B
32 49 SUAVECITO –•– Malo (Warner Brothers)-5 (32) B
33 24 HURTING EACH OTHER –•– The Carpenters (A&M)-12 (2) B+
34 34 GLORY BOUND –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-8 (34) B-
35 53 VINCENT / CASTLES IN THE AIR –•– Don McLean (United Artists)-3 (35) A+
36 79 THE FAMILY OF MAN –•– Three Dog Night (Dunhill)-2 (36) C
37 39 COULD IT BE FOREVER –•– David Cassidy (Bell)-7 (37) C
38 36 NO ONE TO DEPEND ON –•– Santana (Columbia)-8 (36) B+
39 41 SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS –•– War (United Artists)-11 (39) B+
40 44 KING HEROIN –•– James Brown (Polydor)-5 (40) B
slicethelife 
Not bad at all. I had the Joe Tex single at my home…don’t know where it came from…I remember the “Dial Records” label. I didn’t know the America song and Neil Young was on the charts at the same time…much less one and two.
Since I saw the list above, I have been downloading some Bread songs which I haven’t heard in eons. I already had ‘The Goodbye Girl’ (which is also a great movie by the way), but I’d forgotten of ‘If’, ‘Aubrey’ and ‘Everything I own’. I would hazard a guess you’re not a big fan of ‘Bread’. But it’s just an inkling..
Not a fan- but will admit they had their moments.
Yeh, it’s more for nostalgia sake.
Nothing wrong with that!
Pretty good songlist. Bobby Vinton still on the charts wow.
Puppy Love was cute when I was six. Now…🤮
Paul Simon, BJ Thomas…interesting mix.
I did like THAT Osmond song…Lazy River.
Couldn’t stand the Osmonds or Jackson, I remember being amused by the Wings offering, I thought it was clunky. And America! Surely, if you’d ridden a horse that long with no name – you’d give it one 🙂 Loved Young’s song, and Nilsson’s, T-rex, I was studying at high school at the time, so it filled the gaps.