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Presenting the Top 20 music chart in the United Kingdom for the week ending 12 August, 1972
The boyish charisma of a young Donny Osmond had finally given up its stranglehold on the top of the UK charts, yielding to something altogether different in the form of the Alice Cooper band. The controversial rockers climbed to Number 1 with their first major international hit, School's Out.
In addition to that track, just six other records were climbing within the Top 20 - the biggest leap coming from Hot Butter with their electronic instrumental Popcorn, rising five places to Number 6.
Elsewhere, the listing was very light on new entries with only two songs breaking into the Top 20. These were courtesy of US country music star Faron Young, as well as a welcome return by the Brothers Gibb with a track from the album, To Whom It May Concern.
Alice Cooper at Number 1
The Chart:
- 01 (02) - Alice Cooper - School's Out
- 02 (04) - Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle
- 03 (05) - The Partridge Family - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- 04 (01) - Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
- 05 (03) - Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
- 06 (11) - Hot Butter - Popcorn
- 07 (07) - Hawkwind - Silver Machine
- 08 (08) - Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
- 09 (06) - Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2
- 10 (09) - The New Seekers - Circles
- 11 (12) - David Bowie - Starman
- 12 (10) - The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine
- 13 (13) - Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You
- 14 (16) - The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly Wow
- 15 (14) - Mary Wells - My Guy
- 16 (24) - Faron Young - It's Four in the Morning
- 17 (20) - Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture
- 18 (15) - The Who - Join Together
- 19 (26) - The Bee Gees - Run to Me
- 20 (17) - The Sweet - Little Willy
*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
Download This Week's New Hits:
16: Faron Young: It's Four in the Morning
The highest new entry to the 20 was an unusual occurrence in the British charts: an old-style Country song that was usually reserved for an audience at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
However, Faron Young's It's Four in the Morning found traction in the UK, selling phenomenally well and becoming a major smash hit.
It was already in week five of a twenty-three week chart run, where it would peak at Number 3 and go on to shift in excess of a half a million copies.
In the States however, although it would rise to the top of the Hot Country Singles Chart, It's Four in the Morning made little impression on the pop listing only rising to a lowly Number 92.
19: The Bee Gees: Run to Me
The early 1970s was a fairly barren period for the Bee Gees as far as major singles success in the UK was concerned.
Their last Top 10 hit had been Don't Forget to Remember in late 1969 and, despite two Top Three hits in the States, their British chart stats were at one their lowest ebbs.
Neither of the aforementioned American hits had made much impression on the UK Top 40 and it wasn't until the release of My World earlier this year that The Bee Gees had, once again, featured in the Top 20.
Run to Me would become the trio's highest placed single for three years, peaking at Number 9. Equally, it was the only real bright spot in a period of six years which would see the brothers absent from the British Top 10.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
Download This Week's New Hits:
16: Faron Young: It's Four in the Morning
However, Faron Young's It's Four in the Morning found traction in the UK, selling phenomenally well and becoming a major smash hit.
It was already in week five of a twenty-three week chart run, where it would peak at Number 3 and go on to shift in excess of a half a million copies.
In the States however, although it would rise to the top of the Hot Country Singles Chart, It's Four in the Morning made little impression on the pop listing only rising to a lowly Number 92.
19: The Bee Gees: Run to Me
Their last Top 10 hit had been Don't Forget to Remember in late 1969 and, despite two Top Three hits in the States, their British chart stats were at one their lowest ebbs.
Neither of the aforementioned American hits had made much impression on the UK Top 40 and it wasn't until the release of My World earlier this year that The Bee Gees had, once again, featured in the Top 20.
Run to Me would become the trio's highest placed single for three years, peaking at Number 9. Equally, it was the only real bright spot in a period of six years which would see the brothers absent from the British Top 10.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Various Artists: 20 Fantastic Hits
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
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