UK POP CHART HISTORY - AUGUST 1972

Rod Stewart makes his second visit to the UK top 20 with this week's highest new entry at number 7. Rod is hoping to repeat the success of his first hit single 'Maggie May' which spent five weeks at the top of the chart during October and November 1971.

TOP 20 SINGLES W/E August 19th 1972

TW

LW

SONG TITLE

ARTIST

1

1

School's Out

Alice Cooper

2

2

Seaside Shuffle

Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs

3

7

Silver Machine

Hawkwind

4

4

Puppy Love

Donny Osmond

5

6

Popcorn

Hot Butter

6

3

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Partridge Family

7

-

You Wear It Well

Rod Stewart

8

5

Sylvia's Mother

Dr Hook And The Medicine Show

9

19

Run To Me

The Bee Gees

10

16

It's Four In The Morning

Faron Young

11

-

All The Young Dudes

Mott The Hoople

12

9

Rock And Roll - Parts 1 & 2

Gary Glitter

13

-

Layla

Derek And The Dominoes

14

17

10538 Overture

Electric Light Orchestra

15

-

The Locomotion

Little Eva

16

8

I Can See Clearly Now

Johnny Nash

17

12

Automatically Sunshine

The Supremes

18

11

Starman

David Bowie

19

13

Mad About You

Bruce Ruffin

20

-

Working On A Building Of Love

Chairmen Of The Board

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