UK POP CHART HISTORY - AUGUST 1972

Alice Cooper and his band take over the top spot this week with their first successful UK single, 'School's Out'. After failing to chart with their previous two singles, School's Out' marks the beginning of a change in fortune for Alice Cooper. The album 'School's Out' will become their first to chart in the UK, peaking at number 4. The follow up single 'Elected' will also get to number 4 in the UK singles chart before the year is out.

TOP 20 SINGLES W/E August 12th 1972

TW

LW

SONG TITLE

ARTIST

1

2

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2

4

Seaside Shuffle

Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs

3

5

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family

4

1

Puppy Love

Donny Osmond

5

3

Sylvia's Mother

Dr Hook And The Medicine Show

6

11

Popcorn

Hot Butter

7

7

Silver Machine

Hawkwind

8

8

I Can See Clearly Now

Johnny Nash

9

6

Rock And Roll - Parts 1 & 2

Gary Glitter

10

9

Circles

The New Seekers

11

12

Starman

David Bowie

12

10

Automatically Sunshine

The Supremes

13

13

Mad About You

Bruce Ruffin

14

16

Betcha By Golly Wow

The Stylistics

15

14

My Guy

Mary Wells

16

-

It's Four In The Morning

Faron Young

17

20

10538 Overture

Electric Light Orchestra

18

15

Join Together

The Who

19

-

Run To Me

The Bee Gees

20

17

Little Willy

The Sweet

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