The Pipes And Drums And
The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
2
4
5.
(4)
MORNING HAS BROKEN/I
WANT TO LIVE IN A WIGWAM
Cat Stevens
8
4
6.
(5)
AMERICAN PIE
Don McLean
14
1
7.
(6)
MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION
Paul Simon
8
5
8.
(7)
RANGER'S WALTZ
The Mom And Dads
20
2
9.
(9)
JOY
Apollo 100
10
3
10.
(10)
DAY AFTER DAY
Badfinger
11
7
11.
(11)
SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE
YOU
The Congregation
11
11
12.
(13)
SON OF MY FATHER
Chicory Tip
5
12
13.
(16)
LIVE WITH FRIENDS
Russell Morris
7
13
•
14.
(-)
THE FIRST TIME EVER I
SAW YOUR FACE
Roberta Flack
1
14
•
15.
(25)
HOW DO YOU DO?
Jigsaw
4
15
16.
(15)
SUPERMAN
Allison MacCallum
9
12
17.
(18)
HEART OF GOLD
Neil Young
4
17
18.
(21)
GIVE IRELAND BACK TO
THE IRISH
Wings
5
18
19.
(14)
MY WORLD
Bee Gees
14
4
20.
(20)
HURTING EACH OTHER
The Carpenters
6
18
21.
(22)
TELEGRAM SAM
T. Rex
6
20
22.
(19)
FOLLOW YOUR DRUM
Don Fardon
9
16
23.
(23)
SHAME AND SCANDAL
Johnny Chester
15
13
24.
(17)
BRANDY
Scott English
11
15
•
25.
(-)
VINCENT
Don McLean
1
25
•
26.
(34)
CRAZY MAMA
J. J. Cole
2
26
27.
(12)
PASADENA
John Young
7
12
•
28.
(35)
A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE
Sonny And Cher
3
28
29.
(29)
THEME FROM SHAFT
Isaac Hayes
19
10
•
30.
(37)
THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT
Robert John
2
30
31.
(33)
YOU ARE EVERYTHING
Stylistics
3
31
32.
(27)
PEOPLE CALL ME COUNTRY
Digby Richards
3
27
33.
(24)
BLACK DOG
Led Zeppelin
13
11
•
34.
(-)
HOW DO YOU DO?
Mouth & MacNeal
1
34
35.
(30)
ROLL AWAY THE STONE
Leon Russell
2
30
•
36.
(-)
COULD IT BE FOREVER?
David Cassidy
1
36
37.
(26)
SWEET SEASONS
Carole King
8
19
38.
(36)
ESMERELDA
Murtceps
2
36
•
39.
(-)
MORNING GOOD MORNING
The La De Das
1
39
•
40.
(-)
MARSHALL'S PORTABLE MUSIC MACHINE
Robin Jolley
1
40
Go-Set cover this week
Number one album this week
20
May 1972
this
week
last
week
1.
(1)
AMERICAN PIE
Don McLean
2.
(5)
NILSSON SCHMILSSON
Nilsson
3.
(3)
TEASER AND THE FIRECAT
Cat Stevens
4.
(4)
A NOD'S AS GOOD AS A WINK TO A BLIND HORSE
The Faces
5.
(2)
LED ZEPPELIN IV
Led Zeppelin
6.
(9)
HARVEST
Neil Young
7.
(-)
AMERICA
America
8.
(-)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
Original Recording
9.
(8)
AZTECS LIVE
The Aztecs
10.
(12)
MUSIC
Carole King
11.
(10)
PAUL SIMON
Paul Simon
12.
(6)
THE ESSENTIAL BEATLES
The Beatles
13.
(-)
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
14.
(-)
E. PLURIBUS FUNK
Grand Funk Railroad
15.
(-)
GODSPELL
Australian Cast Recording
16.
(-)
CHARLIE GIRL
Australian Cast Recording
17.
(15)
TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN
Cat Stevens
18.
(-)
LEON RUSSELL
Leon Russell
19.
(18)
BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2
Bob Dylan
20.
(-)
SURF'S UP
Beach Boys
Charts
calculated by Go-Set magazine's chart compiler, Ed Nimmervoll, in 1972
No year end top 40 for 1972 was published in Go-Set.
These charts are copied from the original charts as
printed in Go-Set, although efforts have been made to correct mistakes,
some minor errors in the chart data as originally published may remain.