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Presenting the Top 20 music chart in the United Kingdom for the week ending 22 July 1972
The top of this week's singles chart remained unchanged as Donny Osmond racked up his third week at Number 1 with his revamp of Paul Anka's Puppy Love.
The song making the biggest leap within the Top 20 was courtesy of another teen heartthrob: David Cassidy, as lead with The Partridge Family, climbing six places to Number 7 with their own remake. This cover of Neil Sedaka's Breaking Up is Hard to Do was on its way to a peak of Number 3.
Five new discs made their first appearances in the Twenty as records by Roberta Flack, The Move, Wings, Free and B. Bumble and the Stingers made way for the latest releases from Hawkwind, Alice Cooper, The Stylistics, Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs and Bruce Ruffin.
Donny Osmond at Number 1
The Chart:
- 01 (01) - Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
- 02 (02) - Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2
- 03 (04) - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
- 04 (05) - The New Seekers - Circles
- 05 (07) - Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
- 06 (06) - The Sweet - Little Willy
- 07 (13) - The Partridge Family - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- 08 (03) - Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome
- 09 (12) - The Who - Join Together
- 10 (09) - Elvis Presley - American Trilogy
- 11 (11) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day
- 12 (29) - Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle
- 13 (25) - The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly Wow
- 14 (23) - Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You
- 15 (10) - Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin
- 16 (16) - Love Unlimited - Walkin' in the Rain With The One I Love
- 17 (44) - Alice Cooper - School's Out
- 18 (20) - David Bowie - Starman
- 19 (08) - Don McLean - Vincent
- 20 (37) - Hawkwind - Silver Machine
*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
Download This Week's New Hits:
12: Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs: Seaside Shuffle
In 1980, Jona Lewie was the vocalist behind the British hits Stop the Cavalry and You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties, but back in the summer of 1972 his voice graced this (eventual) UK No. 2 hit by Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs.
Seaside Shuffle had been released the previous year to little acclaim, but with the marketing clout of Jonathan King behind it, the disc soon climbed the chart upon re-release.
The group only ever appeared in the Top 20 with this song, as subsequent releases were largely ignored by record buyers. The follow-up, On A Saturday Night, managed a Top 50 showing but the next single, She Left; I Died, tanked and the band split not long after.
13: The Stylistics: Betcha By Golly, Wow
The much-covered Betcha By Golly, Wow was the first hit for The Stylistics in the UK - although even their version was not the first release of the song as a single.
Two years earlier, the actress and singer Connie Stevens had recorded the Thom Bell/Linda Creed composition under the title Keep Growing Strong, but it had failed to chart.
With Bell producing The Stylistics' eponymous début album, the vocal group recorded the song for the long player under its original title. When released as a single it hit No. 3 in the US and peaked at No. 13 in the UK, selling over a million copies in the process.
14: Bruce Ruffin: Mad About You
Ruffin was a member of the Jamaican rocksteady group The Techniques for a short period before branching out as a more successful solo artist.
He had already enjoyed some action in the UK Top 20 during 1971 with his cover of the Jose Feliciano song Rain, but it was the reggae-pop of Mad About You which gave Ruffin his biggest commercial achievement in the UK.
A self-penned composition with some quirky instrumentation and backing vocals, it was also Ruffin's final appearance on the UK chart, but his highest at No. 9.
17: Alice Cooper: School's Out
Destined for the No. 1 spot in the UK, School's Out was the début hit for Alice Cooper on the British Top 20 - although the band had already enjoyed some success in the US, particularly with the single I'm Eighteen.
The group's arrival on this side of the Atlantic coincided nicely with the popularity of British glam rock; their make-up, glitter and theatrics dovetailing into the movement with some panache.
Of course, the look and the lyrics won over (or created) many a rebellious teenager who sent School's Out rocketing up the charts.
It finally settled at Number 1 in the UK for three weeks over the summer holidays until reality set in for most school kids upon their return to the classroom.
20: Hawkwind: Silver Machine
With vocals (eventually) by the late, great Lemmie, this was the only appearance in the UK Top 20 by the-then leading purveyors of space rock, Hawkwind.
Originally recorded live at The Roundhouse in London, the final product was mixed in the studio with band member Robert Calvert's inferior vocals overdubbed by those of Lemmie.
It worked. Silver Machine sped up the charts to a peak of No. 3 where it stayed for two weeks. It completed a fifteen week chart run in 1972, but was re-released on three further occasions (in 1976, 1978 and 1982) when it again managed to climb into the Top 75.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
Download This Week's New Hits:
12: Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs: Seaside Shuffle
Seaside Shuffle had been released the previous year to little acclaim, but with the marketing clout of Jonathan King behind it, the disc soon climbed the chart upon re-release.
The group only ever appeared in the Top 20 with this song, as subsequent releases were largely ignored by record buyers. The follow-up, On A Saturday Night, managed a Top 50 showing but the next single, She Left; I Died, tanked and the band split not long after.
13: The Stylistics: Betcha By Golly, Wow
Two years earlier, the actress and singer Connie Stevens had recorded the Thom Bell/Linda Creed composition under the title Keep Growing Strong, but it had failed to chart.
With Bell producing The Stylistics' eponymous début album, the vocal group recorded the song for the long player under its original title. When released as a single it hit No. 3 in the US and peaked at No. 13 in the UK, selling over a million copies in the process.
14: Bruce Ruffin: Mad About You
He had already enjoyed some action in the UK Top 20 during 1971 with his cover of the Jose Feliciano song Rain, but it was the reggae-pop of Mad About You which gave Ruffin his biggest commercial achievement in the UK.
A self-penned composition with some quirky instrumentation and backing vocals, it was also Ruffin's final appearance on the UK chart, but his highest at No. 9.
17: Alice Cooper: School's Out
The group's arrival on this side of the Atlantic coincided nicely with the popularity of British glam rock; their make-up, glitter and theatrics dovetailing into the movement with some panache.
Of course, the look and the lyrics won over (or created) many a rebellious teenager who sent School's Out rocketing up the charts.
It finally settled at Number 1 in the UK for three weeks over the summer holidays until reality set in for most school kids upon their return to the classroom.
20: Hawkwind: Silver Machine
Originally recorded live at The Roundhouse in London, the final product was mixed in the studio with band member Robert Calvert's inferior vocals overdubbed by those of Lemmie.
It worked. Silver Machine sped up the charts to a peak of No. 3 where it stayed for two weeks. It completed a fifteen week chart run in 1972, but was re-released on three further occasions (in 1976, 1978 and 1982) when it again managed to climb into the Top 75.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Various Artists: 20 Dynamic Hits
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
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