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Presenting the Top 20 music chart in the United Kingdom for the week ending 5 August, 1972
Donny Osmond continued his reign with the best selling single in the UK this week in 1972, accruing a fifth week at the top of the charts with his cover of the 1960 minor British hit from Paul Anka, Puppy Love.
Meanwhile, several singles were challenging for the Number One spot and were beginning to line up behind him. Most notably Alice Cooper whose recording of School's Out leapt a further four places to Number 2 and who would soon replace the American teen idol at the top.
One of last week's new entries recorded the biggest climb within the Top 20 as Popcorn by Hot Butter moved up eight places to Number 11. Elsewhere, the chart was somewhat bereft of new songs with only Gilbert O'Sullivan briefly returning to the Twenty, although a significant twenty-five place rise saw The Electric Light Orchestra register their first UK Top 20 hit with the now-classic 10538 Overture.
Donny Osmond at Number 1
The Chart:
- 01 (01) - Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
- 02 (06) - Alice Cooper - School's Out
- 03 (02) - Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
- 04 (05) - Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle
- 05 (04) - The Partridge Family - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- 06 (03) - Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2
- 07 (12) - Hawkwind - Silver Machine
- 08 (07) - Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
- 09 (08) - The New Seekers - Circles
- 10 (17) - The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine
- 11 (19) - Hot Butter - Popcorn
- 12 (10) - David Bowie - Starman
- 13 (09) - Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You
- 14 (20) - Mary Wells - My Guy
- 15 (13) - The Who - Join Together
- 16 (15) - The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly Wow
- 17 (11) - The Sweet - Little Willy
- 18 (16) - Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome
- 19 (21) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day (Re)
- 20 (45) - The Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture
*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
Download This Week's New Hit:
20: The Electric Light Orchestra: 10538 Overture
The only new entry to this week's Top 20 was the first ever single release by the recently formed Electric Light Orchestra - a concept originated by The Move's Roy Wood together with new band mate, Jeff Lynne.
Written by Lynne, 10538 Overture was originally intended as a B-Side for The Move. However, with Wood and Lynne more interested in the ELO project, the song became the new band's first song.
Consequently, The Move folded and the Electric Light Orchestra became the pair's focus, giving birth to one of the classic rock/pop bands of the era.
This track would go on to peak at Number 9, but all was not well in the ELO camp. Roy Wood left the group during 10538 Overture's chart run, re-emerging some months later with his band, Wizzard. This left Jeff Lynne to take the reins as the creative force behind ELO, leading it through the 1970s and beyond.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
Download This Week's New Hit:
20: The Electric Light Orchestra: 10538 Overture
Written by Lynne, 10538 Overture was originally intended as a B-Side for The Move. However, with Wood and Lynne more interested in the ELO project, the song became the new band's first song.
Consequently, The Move folded and the Electric Light Orchestra became the pair's focus, giving birth to one of the classic rock/pop bands of the era.
This track would go on to peak at Number 9, but all was not well in the ELO camp. Roy Wood left the group during 10538 Overture's chart run, re-emerging some months later with his band, Wizzard. This left Jeff Lynne to take the reins as the creative force behind ELO, leading it through the 1970s and beyond.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Various Artists: 20 Dynamic Hits
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
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