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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
Last week
1Weeks at no. 1
4Weeks on chart
10Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic
Billboard Hot 100™
Week of May 6, 1972
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack - 1
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- 10
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic
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2
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I Gotcha
Joe Tex - 3
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- 16
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- 16
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dial
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3
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Betcha By Golly, Wow
The Stylistics Featuring Russell Thompkins,Jr. - 4
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- 11
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- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Avco
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4
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Rockin' Robin
Michael Jackson - 2
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Motown
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5
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Day Dreaming
Aretha Franklin - 6
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- 8
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Atlantic
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6
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A Horse With No Name
America - 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner
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7
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I'll Take You There
The Staple Singers - 18
- 7
- 5
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- 7
- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Stax
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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8
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Doctor My Eyes
Jackson Browne - 9
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Asylum
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Look What You Done For Me
Al Green - 10
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Hi
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10
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Back Off Boogaloo
Ringo Starr - 11
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Apple
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11
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Oh Girl
The Chi-lites - 16
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Brunswick
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12
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The Family Of Man
Three Dog Night - 12
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Dunhill/ABC
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Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)/Castles In The Air
Don McLean - 13
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United Artists
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Baby Blue
Badfinger - 14
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Songwriter(s):
P.Ham
Producer(s):
T.Rundgren
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Apple
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15
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In The Rain
The Dramatics - 7
- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Volt
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A Cowboys Work Is Never Done
Sonny & Cher - 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Kapp
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Hot Rod Lincoln
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - 20
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Paramount
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Suavecito
Malo - 19
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner
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Morning Has Broken
Cat Stevens - 21
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M
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20
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Slippin' Into Darkness
War - 22
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
United Artists
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Puppy Love
Donny Osmond - 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MGM
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22
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Heart Of Gold
Neil Young - 17
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- 14
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise
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Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones - 50
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The Rolling Stones/Rolling Stones
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The Candy Man
Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation - 28
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MGM
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Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Paul Simon - 30
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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Little Bitty Pretty One
Jackson 5 - 32
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Motown
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Run Run Run
Jo Jo Gunne - 29
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Asylum
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28
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(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
The 5th Dimension - 34
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Bell
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Taxi
Harry Chapin - 31
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra
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30
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Jump Into The Fire
Nilsson - 27
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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I Saw The Light
Todd Rundgren - 46
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Bearsville
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32
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Roundabout
Yes - 25
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic
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Help Me Make It Through The Night
Gladys Knight And The Pips - 33
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Soul
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Nice To Be With You
Gallery - 37
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Sussex
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You Could Have Been A Lady
April Wine - 36
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Big Tree
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Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love
Love Unlimited - 41
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Uni
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Sylvia's Mother
Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show - 44
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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Mister Can't You See
Buffy Sainte-Marie - 40
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Vanguard
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Every Day Of My Life
Bobby Vinton - 24
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Epic
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Diary
Bread - 51
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra
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Taurus
Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band - 23
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sussex
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Pool Of Bad Luck
Joe Simon - 42
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Spring
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It's Going To Take Some Time
Carpenters - 79
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M
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Ask Me What You Want
Millie Jackson - 47
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Spring
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45
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Love Theme From "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love)
Andy Williams - 56
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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46
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Hearsay
The Soul Children - 58
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Stax
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47
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Isn't Life Strange
The Moody Blues - 60
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Threshold
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48
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Let's Stay Together
Isaac Hayes - 48
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Enterprise
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49
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Do Your Thing
Isaac Hayes - 45
- 30
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- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Enterprise
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50
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Legend In Your Own Time
Carly Simon - 52
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra
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51
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Be My Lover
Alice Cooper - 49
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner
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You Are The One
Sugar Bears - 54
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Big Tree
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Walk In The Night
Jr. Walker & The All Stars - 57
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Soul
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54
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Lay-Away
The Isley Brothers - 55
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
T-Neck
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Chantilly Lace
Jerry Lee Lewis - 43
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury
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Smilin'
Sly & The Family Stone - 64
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Epic
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Outa-Space
Billy Preston - 65
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M
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I've Been Lonely For So Long
Frederick Knight - 69
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Stax
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59
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Old Man
Neil Young - 77
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise
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60
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Everything Good Is Bad
100 Proof Aged in Soul - 63
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Hot Wax
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I Had It All The Time
Tyrone Davis - 62
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- 7
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dakar
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62
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To Get To You
Jerry Wallace - 66
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Decca
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63
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What'd I Say
Rare Earth - 61
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rare Earth
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64
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I'm Movin' On
John Kay - 70
- 64
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- 64
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dunhill/ABC
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65
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Jubilation
Paul Anka - 68
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Buddah
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66
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Am I Losing You
The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy - 59
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Bell
- 67 NEW
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- NEW
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Song Sung Blue
Neil Diamond - -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Uni
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68
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Telegram Sam
T. Rex - 74
- 68
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- 68
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise
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69
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Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
Little Jimmy Osmond With The Mike Curb Congregation - 96
- 69
- 3
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- 69
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MGM
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70
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Changes
David Bowie - 72
- 70
- 4
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- 70
- 4
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Songwriter(s):
David Bowie
Producer(s):
K.Scott
Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
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71
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Lean On Me
Bill Withers - 75
- 71
- 3
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- 75
- 71
- 3
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Songwriter(s):
W.Withers, Jr., R.Jackson
Producer(s):
W.Withers, Jr., R.Jackson, J.Gadson, M.Dunlap, B.Blackman
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sussex
- 72 NEW
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Someday Never Comes
Creedence Clearwater Revival - -
- 72
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Fantasy
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73
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Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Wayne Newton - 88
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- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Chelsea
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74
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Love Theme From "The Godfather"
Carlo Savina - 78
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- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Paramount
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75
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Iko Iko
Dr. John - 71
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atco
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76
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Upsetter
Grand Funk Railroad - 82
- 76
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- 76
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
- 77 NEW
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Automatically Sunshine
The Supremes - -
- 77
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Motown
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78
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Ain't Wastin' Time No More
The Allman Brothers Band - 80
- 78
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- 78
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capricorn
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79
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Amerikan Music
Steve Alaimo - 81
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Entrance
- 80 NEW
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- NEW
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Rocket Man
Elton John - -
- 80
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- 80
- 1
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Songwriter(s):
B.J.P.Taupin, E.John
Producer(s):
G.Dudgeon
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Uni
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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81
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Beg, Steal Or Borrow
The New Seekers - 86
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- 3
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- 86
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- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra
- 82 NEW
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Hot 'N' Nasty
Humble Pie - -
- 82
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M
- 83 NEW
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Life And Breath
Climax featuring Sonny Geraci - -
- 83
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rocky Road
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84
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Vahevala
Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina - 85
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia
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85
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Ain't That Peculiar
Fanny - 87
- 85
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- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise
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86
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Speak Softly Love
Al Martino - 92
- 86
- 2
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- 92
- 86
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
- 87 NEW
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I Can't Turn You Loose
Edgar Winter's White Trash - -
- 87
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- -
- 87
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Epic
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88
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Too Beautiful To Last
Engelbert Humperdinck - 90
- 88
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- 90
- 88
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Parrot
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89
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Love's Street And Fool's Road
Solomon Burke - 89
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- 4
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- 89
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
MGM
- 90 NEW
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Immigration Man
Graham Nash & David Crosby - -
- 90
- 1
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- -
- 90
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic
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91
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The Young New Mexican Puppeteer
Tom Jones - 99
- 91
- 2
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- 99
- 91
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Parrot
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92
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How Do You Do?
Mouth & MacNeal - 97
- 92
- 2
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- 97
- 92
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Philips
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93
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I Just Wanna Be Your Friend
Lighthouse - 93
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- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Evolution
- 94 NEW
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Woman's Gotta Have It
(The Preacher) Bobby Womack - -
- 94
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
United Artists
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95
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Questions
Bang - 95
- 95
- 3
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- 95
- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Capitol
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96
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We're Free
Beverly Bremers - 98
- 96
- 2
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- 98
- 96
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Scepter
- 97 NEW
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- NEW
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An American Trilogy
Elvis Presley - -
- 97
- 1
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- -
- 97
- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
RCA Victor
- 98 NEW
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I Got Some Help I Don't Need
B.B. King - -
- 98
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- -
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- 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
ABC
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99
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Where There's A Will There's A Way
Delaney & Bonnie - 100
- 99
- 2
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- 99
- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atco
- 100 NEW
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There It Is (Part 1)
James Brown - -
- 100
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Polydor
