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Presenting the Top 20 music chart in the United Kingdom for the week ending 29 July 1972
Still no change at the top of the UK Singles Chart as Donny Osmond accumulated a fourth week at Number 1 with his recording of the Paul Anka composition, Puppy Love.
However, there were several big climbers lining up behind him, one of which would soon successfully challenge for the Number 1 position. That would be the single making the greatest jump within the Top 20, courtesy of Alice Cooper whose recording of School's Out climbed eleven places to Number 6.
Three new records made their first appearance in the Twenty as discs by Hot Butter, The Supremes and Mary Wells replaced recordings by Don McLean, Gilbert O'Sullivan and Michael Jackson.
Donny Osmond at Number 1
The Chart:
- 01 (01) Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
- 02 (03) Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
- 03 (02) Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2
- 04 (07) The Partridge Family - Breaking Up is Hard to Do
- 05 (12) Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle
- 06 (17) Alice Cooper - School's Out
- 07 (05) Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
- 08 (04) The New Seekers - Circles
- 09 (14) Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You
- 10 (18) David Bowie - Starman
- 11 (06) The Sweet - Little Willy
- 12 (20) Hawkwind - Silver Machine
- 13 (09) The Who - Join Together
- 14 (16) Love Unlimited - Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love
- 15 (13) The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly Wow
- 16 (08) Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome
- 17 (25) The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine
- 18 (10) Elvis Presley - American Trilogy
- 19 (41) Hot Butter - Popcorn
- 20 (26) Mary Wells - My Guy
*Previous week in brackets; Climbers denoted in red; New entries in bold
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17: The Supremes: Automatically Sunshine
Written by Motown stalwart Smokey Robinson, Automatically Sunshine became The (reconfigured) Supremes' fifth UK Top 10 hit and the second lifted from the group's album Floy Joy.
Like the previous single, Floy Joy, lead vocals were shared by original Supreme Mary Wilson and Diana Ross's replacement Jean Terrell.
By now, The Supremes were not a priority within the Motown stable and promotion of their new material became conspicuous by its absence.
Consequently, Automatically Sunshine became the group's last US Top 40 entry for four years (#37) and their final UK Top 10 placing (#10).
19: Hot Butter: Popcorn
Originally recorded by its composer Gershon Kingsley in 1969, Popcorn became one of the earliest examples of synthpop and was brought to international attention when covered by Stan Free under the moniker Hot Butter.
Employing substantial use of the Moog synthesizer, Popcorn became one of the earliest hit recordings to be classed as electropop or technopop - or at least a forerunner to those musical terms.
It was a massive global hit, appearing in the charts in Australia and across mainland Europe and Scandinavia. In the US it peaked at Number 9, while in the UK it would rise to Number 5.
20: Mary Wells: My Guy
The third of this week's new entries was not new at all, having previously peaked at Number 5 on the UK chart in 1964.
In a year of re-releases, Mary Wells found herself back in the listing with her classic recording of the Smokey Robinson song, My Guy.
In fact, this would turn out to be the biggest song of Wells's career. It took her to Number 1 in the States in 1964, but would be her final hit for Motown, leaving the company in the same year when she became 21-years-old.
Her follow-up releases at various record labels never managed to have the impact of this much-loved tune.
In the UK, the revival of My Guy achieved a peak of Number 14.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
Download This Week's New Hits:
17: The Supremes: Automatically Sunshine
Like the previous single, Floy Joy, lead vocals were shared by original Supreme Mary Wilson and Diana Ross's replacement Jean Terrell.
By now, The Supremes were not a priority within the Motown stable and promotion of their new material became conspicuous by its absence.
Consequently, Automatically Sunshine became the group's last US Top 40 entry for four years (#37) and their final UK Top 10 placing (#10).
19: Hot Butter: Popcorn
Employing substantial use of the Moog synthesizer, Popcorn became one of the earliest hit recordings to be classed as electropop or technopop - or at least a forerunner to those musical terms.
It was a massive global hit, appearing in the charts in Australia and across mainland Europe and Scandinavia. In the US it peaked at Number 9, while in the UK it would rise to Number 5.
20: Mary Wells: My Guy
In a year of re-releases, Mary Wells found herself back in the listing with her classic recording of the Smokey Robinson song, My Guy.
In fact, this would turn out to be the biggest song of Wells's career. It took her to Number 1 in the States in 1964, but would be her final hit for Motown, leaving the company in the same year when she became 21-years-old.
Her follow-up releases at various record labels never managed to have the impact of this much-loved tune.
In the UK, the revival of My Guy achieved a peak of Number 14.
The UK Number 1 album this week:
- Various Artists: 20 Dynamic Hits
The American Top 10 (Click to play tracks)
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had fast become one of the hottest acts in America, having already secured four Billboard Top 20 hits - among them a Number 1 with I Think I Love You.
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was an American radio and television presenter, probably best known to the US public as a talk-show host during the 1960s and 1970s.
