| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | Don McLean | American Pie (Parts I & II) | | |
| 2 | 2 | | Jonathan Edwards | Sunshine | | |
| 3 | 3 | | The Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | | |
| 6 | 4 | | Sly & The Family Stone | Family Affair | | |
| 7 | 5 | | Melanie | Brand New Key | | |
| 4 | 6 | | Rock Flowers | Number Wonderful | | |
| 18 | 7 | | Rod Erickson | She Taught Me How To Yodel | | |
| 12 | 8 | | Cher | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves | | |
| 13 | 9 | | Donny Osmond | Hey Girl | | |
| 13 | 9 | | Donny Osmond | I Knew You When | | |
| 8 | 10 | | Rare Earth | Hey Big Brother | | |
| 5 | 11 | | Bullet | White Lies, Blue Eyes | | |
| 22 | 12 | | John Denver | Sunshine On My Shoulders | | LP |
| 14 | 14 | | The Hillside Singers | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | | |
| 9 | 15 | | The Partridge Family | It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love) | | |
| 25 | 16 | | Joan Baez | Let It Be | | |
| 17 | 17 | | The Who | Behind Blue Eyes | | |
| 26 | 18 | | Isaac Hayes | Theme From Shaft | | |
| 11 | 19 | | Badfinger | Day After Day | | |
| 10 | 20 | | Robert John | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | | |
| 19 | 22 | | Aretha Franklin | Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby) | | |
| 29 | 23 | | David Cassidy | Cherish | | |
| 16 | 24 | | Beverly Bremers | Don't Say You Don't Remember | | |
| 31 | 25 | | Lou Rawls | A Natural Man | | |
| 34 | 27 | | Three Dog Night | An Old Fashioned Love Song | | |
| 15 | 28 | | Led Zeppelin | Black Dog | | |
| 41 | 31 | | The Partridge Family | Brown Eyes | | LP |
| 20 | 32 | | Joe Simon | Drowning In The Sea Of Love | | |
| 45 | 33 | | Michael Jackson | Got To Be There | | |
| 21 | 34 | | The Stylistics | You Are Everything | | |
| 27 | 35 | | Edgar Winter's White Trash | Keep Playin' That Rock 'N' Roll | | |
| 23 | 36 | | Three Dog Night | Never Been To Spain | | |
| 32 | 37 | | Donnie Elbert | Where Did Our Love Go | | |
| 24 | 38 | | Carly Simon | Anticipation | | |
| 33 | 39 | | Bobby Vee | Electric Trains And You | | |
| 49 | 40 | | Freddie Hart | Easy Loving | | |
| 30 | 42 | | Gayle McCormick | You Really Got A Hold On Me | | |
| 28 | 43 | | Heaven Bound With Tony Scotti | Five Hundred Miles | | |
| 36 | 44 | | Blue Rose | My Impersonal Life | | |
| 40 | 46 | | Charley Pride | Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' | | |
| 37 | 47 | | Al Green | Let's Stay Together | | |
| 35 | 50 | | Nilsson | Without You | | |
| 50 | -- | | Faces | Stay With Me | | |
| 48 | -- | | Billy Preston | I Wrote A Simple Song | | |
| 47 | -- | | Barry Mann | When You Get Right Down To It | | Survey attributes song to Coasters |
| 46 | -- | | The Coasters | Love Potion Number Nine | | Survey attributes song to D.W. Washburn, the flip side of this Coasters single |
| 44 | -- | | Frank Mills | Love Me, Love Me Love | | |
| 43 | -- | | Betty Wright | Clean Up Woman | | |
| 42 | -- | | T. Rex | Bang A Gong (Get It On) | | |
| 39 | -- | | Carpenters | Hurting Each Other | | |
| 38 | -- | | Climax | Precious And Few | | |
| 46 | -- | | The Coasters | D.W. Washburn | | |