Terpene October 14, 2016October 24, 2016 thcscience_admin These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 Singles chart in 1972 as published in Cash Box magazine. Issue Date Song Artist January 1 "Got to Be There" Michael Jackson January 8 "American Pie" Don McLean January 15 "Brand New Key" Melanie January 22 "American Pie" Don McLean January 29 February 5 February 12 "Let's Stay Together" Al Green February 19 February 26 "Precious and Few" Climax March 4 "Without You" Nilsson March 11 March 18 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young March 25 "A Horse with No Name" America April 1 April 8 April 15 "Rockin Robin" Michael Jackson April 22 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack April 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers May 27 June 3 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites June 10 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis, Jr. June 17 "Sylvia's Mother" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show June 24 "Nice to Be with You" Gallery July 1 "Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond July 8 "Outa-Space" Billy Preston July 15 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers July 22 July 29 "Too Late to Turn Back Now" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose August 5 "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" Wayne Newton August 12 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan August 19 August 26 September 2 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass September 9 "I'm Still in Love with You" Al Green September 16 "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" The Hollies September 23 "Back Stabbers" The O'Jays September 30 "Black and White" Three Dog Night October 7 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" Mac Davis October 14 "Everybody Plays the Fool" Main Ingredient October 21 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry October 28 November 4 "Nights in White Satin" The Moody Blues November 11 "Burning Love" Elvis Presley November 18 "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash November 25 "I'll Be Around" The Spinners December 2 "I'd Love You to Want Me" Lobo December 9 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations December 16 "I Am Woman" Helen Reddy December 23 "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul December 30 See also[edit] 1972 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972 (U.S.) References[edit] http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny3/cashbox/1972.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130305035647/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1972.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080101114729/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1972.htm Cash Box number-one singles1950–1969 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1989 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–1996 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996