Top ten
entry date
|
Single
|
Artist(s)
|
Peak
|
Peak date
|
Weeks in
top ten
|
| Singles from 1972
|
| December 23
|
"You're So Vain"
|
Carly Simon
|
1
|
January 6
|
11
|
| "Funny Face"
|
Donna Fargo
|
5
|
January 6
|
4
|
| "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
|
Johnny Rivers
|
6
|
January 20
|
6
|
| December 30
|
"Your Mama Don't Dance"
|
Loggins and Messina
|
4
|
January 27
|
6
|
| "Superfly"
|
Curtis Mayfield
|
8
|
January 13
|
4
|
| Singles from 1973
|
| January 6
|
"Superstition"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
1
|
January 27
|
6
|
| January 13
|
"Crocodile Rock"
|
Elton John
|
1
|
February 3
|
9
|
| "Keeper of the Castle"
|
Four Tops
|
10
|
January 13
|
1
|
| January 20
|
"Why Can't We Live Together"
|
Timmy Thomas
|
3
|
February 10
|
5
|
| "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?"
|
Hurricane Smith
|
3
|
February 17
|
5
|
| January 27
|
"Trouble Man"
|
Marvin Gaye
|
7
|
February 3
|
3
|
| "The World Is a Ghetto"
|
War
|
7
|
February 10
|
3
|
| February 3
|
"Do It Again"
|
Steely Dan
|
6
|
February 10
|
4
|
| "Hi, Hi, Hi"
|
Paul McCartney and Wings
|
10
|
February 3
|
1
|
| February 10
|
"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"
|
The Spinners
|
4
|
March 3
|
6
|
| "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"
|
Lobo
|
8
|
February 17
|
4
|
| February 17
|
"Killing Me Softly with His Song"
|
Roberta Flack
|
1
|
February 24
|
9
|
| "Dueling Banjos"
|
Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
|
2
|
February 24
|
6
|
| "Rocky Mountain High"
|
John Denver
|
9
|
March 3
|
4
|
| February 24
|
"Love Train"
|
The O'Jays
|
1
|
March 24
|
6
|
| "Last Song"
|
Edward Bear
|
3
|
March 3
|
6
|
| March 3
|
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
|
Deodato
|
2
|
March 31
|
6
|
| March 10
|
"The Cover of Rolling Stone"
|
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
|
6
|
March 17
|
3
|
| "Daddy's Home"
|
Jermaine Jackson
|
9
|
March 17
|
2
|
| March 17
|
"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
|
Gladys Knight & the Pips
|
2
|
April 7
|
6
|
| "Danny's Song"
|
Anne Murray
|
7
|
April 14
|
6
|
| March 24
|
"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
|
Four Tops
|
4
|
April 7
|
6
|
| "Break Up to Make Up"
|
The Stylistics
|
5
|
April 7
|
4
|
| March 31
|
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
|
Vicki Lawrence
|
1
|
April 7
|
7
|
| "Sing"
|
The Carpenters
|
3
|
April 21
|
6
|
| April 7
|
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
|
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
|
1
|
April 21
|
11
|
| "The Cisco Kid"
|
War
|
2
|
April 28
|
6
|
| April 14
|
"Call Me (Come Back Home)"
|
Al Green
|
10
|
April 14
|
1
|
| April 21
|
"Little Willy"
|
The Sweet
|
3
|
May 5
|
7
|
| "Masterpiece"
|
The Temptations
|
7
|
April 28
|
2
|
| "The Twelfth of Never"
|
Donny Osmond
|
8
|
April 28
|
4
|
| April 28
|
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
1
|
May 19
|
7
|
| "Stuck in the Middle with You"
|
Stealers Wheel
|
6
|
May 12
|
4
|
| May 5
|
"Frankenstein"
|
The Edgar Winter Group
|
1
|
May 26
|
7
|
| "Drift Away"
|
Dobie Gray
|
5
|
May 12
|
4
|
| May 12
|
"Daniel"
|
Elton John
|
2
|
June 2
|
7
|
| May 19
|
"My Love"
|
Paul McCartney and Wings
|
1
|
June 2
|
9
|
| "Pillow Talk"
|
Sylvia
|
3
|
June 9
|
7
|
| "Wildflower"
|
Skylark
|
9
|
May 26
|
2
|
| May 26
|
"Hocus Pocus"
|
Focus
|
9
|
June 2
|
3
|
| June 2
|
"Playground in My Mind"
|
Clint Holmes
|
2
|
June 16
|
8
|
| "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby"
|
Barry White
|
3
|
June 23
|
6
|
| June 9
|
"Long Train Runnin'"
|
The Doobie Brothers
|
8
|
June 30
|
3
|
| June 16
|
"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"
|
George Harrison
|
1
|
June 30
|
7
|
| "Will It Go Round in Circles"
|
Billy Preston
|
1
|
July 7
|
8
|
| "Kodachrome"
|
Paul Simon
|
2
|
July 7
|
7
|
| June 23
|
"Right Place, Wrong Time"
|
Dr. John
|
9
|
June 30
|
4
|
| June 30
|
"Shambala"
|
Three Dog Night
|
3
|
July 28
|
6
|
| July 7
|
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
|
Jim Croce
|
1
|
July 21
|
8
|
| "Yesterday Once More"
|
The Carpenters
|
2
|
July 28
|
6
|
| July 14
|
"Smoke on the Water"
|
Deep Purple
|
4
|
July 28
|
5
|
| July 21
|
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
|
Bette Midler
|
8
|
July 21
|
2
|
| "Natural High"
|
Bloodstone
|
10
|
July 21
|
1
|
| July 28
|
"The Morning After"
|
Maureen McGovern
|
1
|
August 4
|
6
|
| "Diamond Girl"
|
Seals and Crofts
|
6
|
July 28
|
2
|
| August 4
|
"Touch Me in the Morning"
|
Diana Ross
|
1
|
August 18
|
8
|
| "Brother Louie"
|
Stories
|
1
|
August 25
|
8
|
| "Live and Let Die"
|
Paul McCartney and Wings
|
2
|
August 11
|
7
|
| August 11
|
"Let's Get It On"
|
Marvin Gaye
|
1
|
September 8
|
13
|
| "Uneasy Rider"
|
Charlie Daniels
|
9
|
August 11
|
3
|
| "Monster Mash"
|
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
|
10
|
August 11
|
1
|
| August 18
|
"Delta Dawn"
|
Helen Reddy
|
1
|
September 15
|
8
|
| "Get Down"
|
Gilbert O'Sullivan
|
7
|
August 18
|
3
|
| "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
|
Chicago
|
10
|
August 18
|
2
|
| August 25
|
"Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"
|
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
|
3
|
September 15
|
6
|
| September 1
|
"Loves Me Like a Rock"
|
Paul Simon
|
2
|
October 6
|
7
|
| September 8
|
"We're an American Band"
|
Grand Funk Railroad
|
1
|
September 29
|
6
|
| "Gypsy Man"
|
War
|
8
|
September 15
|
2
|
| "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
|
Al Green
|
10
|
September 8
|
2
|
| September 22
|
"Half-Breed"
|
Cher
|
1
|
October 6
|
8
|
| "Higher Ground"
|
Stevie Wonder
|
4
|
October 13
|
6
|
| "That Lady"
|
The Isley Brothers
|
6
|
October 6
|
6
|
| September 29
|
"Ramblin' Man"
|
The Allman Brothers Band
|
2
|
October 13
|
6
|
| "My Maria"
|
B. W. Stevenson
|
9
|
September 29
|
1
|
| October 6
|
"Angie"
|
The Rolling Stones
|
1
|
October 20
|
7
|
| "Keep On Truckin'"
|
Eddie Kendricks
|
1
|
November 10
|
10
|
| October 13
|
"Midnight Train to Georgia"
|
Gladys Knight & the Pips
|
1
|
October 27
|
8
|
| October 20
|
"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat"
|
The DeFranco Family
|
3
|
November 17
|
7
|
| "Paper Roses"
|
Marie Osmond
|
5
|
November 3
|
6
|
| November 3
|
"Space Race"
|
Billy Preston
|
4
|
November 24
|
6
|
| "All I Know"
|
Art Garfunkel
|
9
|
November 10
|
2
|
| November 10
|
"Photograph"
|
Ringo Starr
|
1
|
November 24
|
6
|
| "Top of the World"
|
The Carpenters
|
1
|
December 1
|
8
|
| November 17
|
"Just You 'n' Me"
|
Chicago
|
4
|
December 8
|
6
|
| "I Got a Name"
|
Jim Croce
|
10
|
November 17
|
1
|
| November 24
|
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
|
Elton John
|
2
|
December 8
|
7
|
| "The Love I Lost"
|
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
|
7
|
December 8
|
3
|
| December 1
|
"The Most Beautiful Girl"
|
Charlie Rich
|
1
|
December 15
|
6
|
| December 8
|
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)"
|
Helen Reddy
|
3
|
December 29
|
5
|
| "Hello It's Me"
|
Todd Rundgren
|
5
|
December 22
|
4
|
| December 15
|
"Time in a Bottle"
|
Jim Croce
|
1
|
December 29
|
7
|
| "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)"
|
The Staple Singers
|
9
|
December 22
|
2
|
