UK POP CHART HISTORY - APRIL 1972

To this day I have no idea what caused 'The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' rendition of Amazing Grace to come storming into the top twenty from nowhere at number 3. The fact that a 'novelty' record by a military marching band managed to make the top twenty at all is quite remarkable.
I never actually bought this record myself.
None of my friends bought it.
My parents never bought it.
My parent's friends didn't buy it.
My grandparents never bought it
The fact that this particular record turned out to be the biggest selling record of the year...
Now that truly is AMAZING?

TOP 20 SINGLES W/E April 8th 1972

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LW

SONG TITLE

ARTIST

1

1

Without You

Nilsson

2

2

Beg Steal Or Borrow

The New Seekers

3

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Amazing Grace

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

4

3

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O' Sullivan

5

5

Hold Your Head Up

Argent

6

6

Meet Me On The Corner

Lindisfarne

7

4

American Pie

Don McLean

8

15

Sweet Talking Guy

The Chiffons

9

7

Desiderata

Les Crane

10

9

Floy Joy

The Supremes

11

17

Heart Of Gold

Neil Young

12

11

It's One Of Those Nights

The Partridge Family

13

19

The Young New Mexican Puppeteer

Tom Jones

14

8

Mother And Child Reunion

Paul Simon

15

18

Back Off Boogaloo

Ringo Starr

16

20

What Is Life

Olivia Newton-John

17

14

Too Beautiful To Last

Engelbert Humperdinck

18

-

Until It's Time For You To Go

Elvis Presley

19

12

Blue Is The Colour

The Chelsea Football Team

20

-

Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying

Labi Siffre

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