1972-03-22 — WMAK 1300 AM ( Nashville, Tennessee )

1300/WMAK
SUPERHIT SURVEY

WEEK BEGINNING
March 22, 1972

TW	LW	ARTIST	TITLE	WKS	NOTES
1	1	America	A Horse With No Name	6
2	5	Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	6
3	2	Neil Young	Heart Of Gold	7
4	9	Michael Jackson	Rockin' Robin	4
5	4	Paul Simon	Mother And Child Reunion
6	10	Jerry Lee Lewis	Chantilly Lace	4	The Killer does the definitive version of the song. He died 36 days ago as I’m typing this.
7	7	Giorgio	Son Of My Father	5
8	3	Bread	Everything I Own
9	11	Joe Tex	I Gotcha	5
10	14	Sonny & Cher	A Cowboys Work Is Never Done	5
11	18	J.J. Cale	Crazy Mama	5
12	6	The Osmonds	Down By The Lazy River	9
13	25	The Stylistics	Betcha By Golly, Wow	4
14	31	Roberta Flack	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	2
15	8	Robert John	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	12	Solomon Linda’s family FINALLY received some of the royalties due him 38 years AFTER he died. And then only because of a (cont i
16	13	B.J. Thomas	Rock And Roll Lullaby
17	26	Yes	Roundabout	3
18	23	The Chakachas	Jungle Fever	5
20	16	Donnie Elbert	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
21	36	Jerry Wallace	To Get To You	2
22	30	The Dramatics	In The Rain	3
26	34	June Jackson	Little Dog Heaven	3	Twb June (J.J.) Jackson, not J.J. Jackson.
27	29	Quincy Jones	Money Runner	4
28	37	Bobby Goldsboro	California Wine	3
30	35	Three Dog Night	The Family Of Man	2
31	33	Jackson Browne	Doctor My Eyes	3	Background vocals by Graham Nash & David Crosby. According to Crosby: “We’re musical junkies. We’ll sing with anyone.”
32	38	Badfinger	Baby Blue	2
33	40	Aretha Franklin	Day Dreaming	2
34	HB	Malo	Suavecito	1
35	39	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Hot Rod Lincoln	2
36	--	Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band	Taurus	1
37	HB	R. Dean Taylor	Taos New Mexico	1
38	--	Ringo Starr	Back Off Boogaloo	1
39	--	Buffy Sainte-Marie	Mister Can't You See	1
40	--	Andy Williams	Love Theme From "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love)	1

Survey notes: Survey missing; recreated from 3/29.
Songs at the missing chart position numbers are unknown.

Hitbounds: (unknown)
Feature Album: (unknown)
Cover: (unknown)

Song note cont:
15. Rolling Stone article by Rian Malan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight
https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/in-the-jungle-inside
-the-long-hidden-genealogy-of-the-lion-sleeps-tonight-108274/