November 11, 1972

----- DROPOUTS -----
Midnight Rider - Joe Cocker & The Chris Stainton Band ----- 27 / 5
Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me) - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose ----- 23 / 7
Popcorn - Hot Butter ----- 9 / 12
The City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie ----- 18 / 9
Tight Rope - Leon Russell ----- 11 (2) / 7
Everybody Plays The Fool - The Main Ingredient ----- 3 / 10


13 40 --- Use Me - Bill Withers
25 39 --- Why / Lonely Boy - Donny Osmond
 38 --- Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu - Johnny Rivers (44)
40 37 --- All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
 36 --- Clair - Gilbert O'Sullivan (53)
36 35 --- Rock 'N Roll Soul - Grand Funk Railroad
34 34 --- Don't Do It - The Band
 33 --- Something's Wrong With Me - Austin Roberts (46)
 32 --- Crazy Horses - The Osmonds (50)
 31 --- Funny Face - Donna Fargo (45)

35 30 --- Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) - Jim Croce
29 29 --- Loving You Just Crossed My Mind - Sam Neely
30 28 --- American City Suite - Cashman & West
39 27 --- It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond
28 26 --- Elected - Alice Cooper
 25 --- I'm Stone In Love With You - The Stylistics (41)
37 24 --- Ventura Highway - America
24 23 --- Spaceman - Nilsson
22 22 --- I Believe In Music - Gallery
31 21 --- You Ought To Be With Me - Al Green

27 20 --- If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
19 19 --- Starting All Over Again - Mel & Tim
18 18 --- Thunder And Lightning - Chi Coltrane
10 17 --- Ben - Michael Jackson    
21 16 --- Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts
09 15 --- Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Danny O'Keefe
05 14 --- Burning Love - Elvis Presley
17 13 --- Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
14 12 --- If I Could Reach You - The 5th Dimension
11 11 --- Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers

15 10 --- Witchy Woman - The Eagles
26 09 --- Convention '72 - The Delegates
12 08 --- I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
03 07 --- My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry      
06 06 --- Garden Party - Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band
07 05 --- I'll Be Around - The Spinners
04 04 --- Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly") - Curtis Mayfield
08 03 --- I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo
02 02 --- Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
01 01 --- I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash      


Making his first Top 40 debut this week is Austin Roberts.

I was just leaving my teenage years and went to New Orleans to be a 'flower child' with the hippies in 1968/69. Many times I traveled from my home in south Mssissippi back and forth, mostly weekends on The City Of New Orleans. I KNEW the train. Even today, with Amtrak, it is still called that. In the last few years, as an entertainment journalist, I traveled my beloved train to do work with the likes of Clarence 'Frogman' Henry or Percy Sledge and Vince Vance.
Arlo Grutrie did an incredible job of his father Woody's song..............I seldom hear it now......but.........the memories when I do.
Nitesoulflyer

R1 SINGLES CHART - 11-17 November 1972

01 02 CLAIR Gilbert O'Sullivan *
02 01 MOULDY OLD DOUGH Lieutenant Pigeon ****
03 03 DONNA 10cc
04 05 ELECTED Alice Cooper
05 07 LOOP DI LOVE Shag
06 23 MY DING-A-LING Chuck Berry
07 04 IN A BROKEN DREAM Python Lee Jackson
08 06 LEADER OF THE PACK The Shangri-La's
09 11 GOODBYE TO LOVE The Carpenters
10 13 HALLELUJAH FREEDOM Junior Campbell

11 24 HERE I GO AGAIN Archie Bell and the Drells
12 10 THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS Johnny Nash
13 14 BURLESQUE Family
14 09 BURNING LOVE Elvis Presley
15 19 LET'S DANCE Chris Montez
16 08 YOU'RE A LADY Peter Skellern
17 12 I DIDN'T KNOW I LOVED YOU ('TIL I SAW YOU ROCK N ROLL) Gary Glitter
18 15 BIG SIX Judge Dread
19 31 I'M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU The Stylistics
20 -- CROCODILE ROCK Elton John

21 -- WHY? Donny Osmond
22 32 HI-HO SILVER LINING Jeff Beck
23 21 NEW ORLEANS Harley Quinne
24 20 GUITAR MAN Bread
25 17 WIG-WAM BAM The Sweet
26 26 OH CAROL / BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO / LITTLE DEVIL Neil Sedaka
27 -- CRAZY HORSES The Osmonds
28 16 JOHN, I'M ONLY DANCING David Bowie
29 38 WHY CAN'T WE BE LOVERS? Holland-Dozier
30 25 TOO YOUNG Donny Osmond

31 34 LAY DOWN The Strawbs
32 22 ELMO JAMES Chairmen of the Board
33 35 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A FRIEND Hot Chocolate
34 27 AMERICA Simon & Garfunkel
35 18 HOW CAN I BE SURE? David Cassidy **
36 30 BACK STABBERS The O'Jays
37 28 IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING Faron Young
38 -- BABY, DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME Mac Davis
39 29 CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION T-Rex
40 -- LOOKIN' THROUGH THE WINDOWS The Jackson Five

-- 33 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN The Animals
-- 36 COME ON OVER TO MY PLACE The Drifters
-- 37 BORSALINO Bobby Crush
-- 39 MAMA, WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW Slade ***
-- 40 SUZANNE, BEWARE OF THE DEVIL Dandy Livingstone


Making a debut here is Mac Davis