UK POP CHART HISTORY - DECEMBER 1972

Marc Bolan's T.Rex enjoy their fifth visit of the year to the top 20 with this week's highest new entry. 'Solid Gold Easy Action' enters this week's chart at number 8.
Just one place below them comes yet another of those pesky Osmonds Clan records. This time it's the youngest sibling who gets in on the act. At just nine years of age, Little Jimmy Osmond gets his first chart entry with 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool'.
We see the recent trend for successful sixties re-issues continue with Roy C Hammond's soul classic, 'Shotgun Wedding', re-entering this week's top 20 at number 16. The final new entry at number 18 this week is 'Help Me Make It Through The Night'. This country standard composed by Kris Kristofferson is given an inimitable re-working by Gladys Knight and the Pips, to give them their second UK top 20 hit record.

TOP 20 SINGLES W/E December 9th 1972

TW

LW

SONG TITLE

ARTIST

1

1

My Ding-A-Ling

Chuck Berry

2

2

Crazy Horses

The Osmonds

3

4

Gudbuy T' Jane

Slade

4

6

Angel / What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)

Rod Stewart

5

5

Crocodile Rock

Elton John

6

3

Why

Donny Osmond

7

16

Ben

Michael Jackson

8

-

Solid Gold Easy Action

T.Rex

9

-

Long Haired Lover From Liverpool

Little Jimmy Osmond

10

9

Lookin' Through The Windows

The Jackson 5

11

18

Rock Me Baby

David Cassidy

12

13

Lay Down

Strawbs

13

12

Stay With Me

Blue Mink

14

7

Clair

Gilbert O' Sullivan

15

10

I'm Stone In Love With You

The Stylistics

16

-

Shotgun Wedding

Roy C

17

17

Hi-Ho Silver Lining

Jeff Beck

18

-

Help Me Make It Through The Night

Gladys Knight And The Pips

19

15

Loop Di Love

Shag

20

8

Leader Of The Pack

The Shangri-Las

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