UK POP CHART HISTORY - JULY 1972

The Partridge Family enjoy their third visit to the UK Top 20 with this week's highest new entry at Number 13. This time around the main focus of attention is the TV family's lead singer, David Cassidy (Keith Partridge), who recently enjoyed his first UK solo hit.
The only other new entry this week crawls in at number 20. David Bowie - who hasn't been seen in the top 20 since September 1969 - finally achieves his second UK chart placing with 'Starman'. Amazingly, this is David Bowie's sixteenth 7 inch single to be released in the UK since his first attempt in 1964.
This second hit marks the beginning of a dramatic improvement to his appalling ratio of hits and misses.

TOP 20 SINGLES W/E July 15th 1972

TW

LW

SONG TITLE

ARTIST

1

1

Puppy Love

Donny Osmond

2

2

Rock And Roll - Parts 1 & 2

Gary Glitter

3

3

Take Me Bak Ome

Slade

4

13

Sylvia's Mother

Dr Hook And The Medicine Show

5

6

Circles

The New Seekers

6

4

Little Willy

The Sweet

7

12

I Can See Clearly Now

Johnny Nash

8

5

Vincent

Don McLean

9

9

American Trilogy

Elvis Presley

10

7

Rockin' Robin

Michael Jackson

11

8

Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day

Gilbert O' Sullivan

12

16

Join Together

The Who

13

-

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family

14

10

California Man

The Move

15

11

Mary Had A Little Lamb

Wings

16

19

Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love

Love Unlimited

17

14

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack

18

15

Little Bit Of Love

Free

19

20

Nut Rocker

B. Bumble And The Stingers

20

-

Starman

David Bowie

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