Top 100 songs for April 29, 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, “Little Bitty Pretty One” by Jackson 5 rises from No. 62 to No. 32. 14 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Little Bitty Pretty One — Jackson 5up 30 places, No. 62 → No. 32
- Diary — Breadup 30 places, No. 81 → No. 51
- Isn't Life Strange — The Moody Bluesup 29 places, No. 89 → No. 60
New to this week’s Top 10
- Look What You Done For Me — Al GreenNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Little Bitty Pretty One — Jackson 5No. 32
- You Could Have Been A Lady — April WineNo. 36
- Nice To Be With You — GalleryNo. 37
- Mister Can't You See — Buffy Sainte-MarieNo. 40
First-week entries
- Tumbling Dice — The Rolling StonesNo. 50
- Old Man — Neil YoungNo. 77
- It's Going To Take Some Time — CarpentersNo. 79
- Ain't Wastin' Time No More — The Allman Brothers BandNo. 80
- Amerikan Music — Steve AlaimoNo. 81
- Upsetter — Grand Funk RailroadNo. 82
- Ain't That Peculiar — FannyNo. 87
- Too Beautiful To Last — Engelbert HumperdinckNo. 90
- Speak Softly Love — Al MartinoNo. 92
- I Just Wanna Be Your Friend — LighthouseNo. 93
- How Do You Do? — Mouth & MacNealNo. 97
- We're Free — Beverly BremersNo. 98
- The Young New Mexican Puppeteer — Tom JonesNo. 99
- Where There's A Will There's A Way — Delaney & BonnieNo. 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.