Top 100 songs for April 22, 1972
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1972 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack. Meanwhile, “Sylvia's Mother” by Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show rises from No. 78 to No. 53. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Sylvia's Mother — Dr. Hook And The Medicine Showup 25 places, No. 78 → No. 53
- I Saw The Light — Todd Rundgrenup 25 places, No. 80 → No. 55
- Mister Can't You See — Buffy Sainte-Marieup 23 places, No. 64 → No. 41
New to this week’s Top 10
- Doctor My Eyes — Jackson BrowneNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- Little Bitty Pretty One — Jackson 5No. 62
- Telegram Sam — T. RexNo. 78
- Smilin' — Sly & The Family StoneNo. 79
- Diary — BreadNo. 81
- I've Been Lonely For So Long — Frederick KnightNo. 82
- Lean On Me — Bill WithersNo. 83
- I'm Movin' On — John KayNo. 85
- Beg, Steal Or Borrow — The New SeekersNo. 88
- Isn't Life Strange — The Moody BluesNo. 89
- Outa-Space — Billy PrestonNo. 90
- Love Theme From "The Godfather" — Carlo SavinaNo. 95
- Long Haired Lover From Liverpool — Little Jimmy Osmond with The Mike Curb CongregationNo. 98
- Questions — BangNo. 99
- Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast — Wayne NewtonNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.