40 Year Itch: Checking the Charts

Checking in with the charts at the end of of April 1972:


USA #1
 FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Roberta Flack
Top US Debut
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME The Carpenters
 R and B #1
 DAYDREAMING Aretha Franklin
Adult Contemporary #1
 FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE Roberta Flack 
USA #1 album
FIRST CHAPTER Roberta Flack




 WLS RADIO TOP TEN
 1. The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face -Roberta Flack
 2. Rockin' Robin - Michael Jackson
 3. Baby Blue - Badfinger
 4. Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
 5. A Horse With No Name - America
 6. Daydreaming - Aretha Franklin
 7. In The Rain - The Dramatics
 8. A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done - Sonny and Cher
 9. The Family Of Man - Three Dog Night
10. Betcha By Golly Wow - The Stylistics


 KQV Radio Top Ten
1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE (6th Week) Roberta Flack
 2 HORSE WITH NO NAME America
 3 I GOTCHA Joe Tex
 4 SLIPPIN' IN THE DARKNESS War
 5 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW ! ** Stylistics
 6 CANDY MAN Sammy Davis, Jr.
 7 PUPPY LOVE Donny Osmond
 8 HEART OF GOLD Neil Young
 9 IN THE RAIN Dramatics
 10 COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE ** Sonny and Cher


UK Pop Chart
 1 Amazing Grace The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
 2 Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr
 3 Without You Nilsson
 4 Sweet Talking Guy The Chiffons
 5 Come What May Vicky Leandros
 6 The Young New Mexican Puppeteer Tom Jones
 7 Debora Tyrannosaurus Rex
 8 Run Run Run Jo Jo Gunne
 9 Radancer Marmalade
 10 Until It's Time For You To Go Elvis Presley

#1 UK album
 T Rex - My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows


Australia Album chart
 1. AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
 2. LED ZEPPELIN IV Led Zeppelin
 3. TEASER AND THE FIRECAT Cat Stevens
 4. A NOD'S AS GOOD AS A WINK TO A BLIND HORSE The Faces
 5. BEST OF THE BEE GEES Bee Gees

 Australia Singles Chart'
 1. WITHOUT YOU Nilsson
 2. AMERICAN PIE Don McLean
 3. JOY Apollo 100
 4. A HORSE WITH NO NAME America
 5. RANGER'S WALTZ The Mom And Dads