| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | | Don McLean | American Pie (Parts I & II) | | |
| 2 | 2 | | Melanie | Brand New Key | | |
| 3 | 5 | | The Jackson 5 | Sugar Daddy | | |
| 4 | 8 | | Al Green | Let's Stay Together | | |
| 5 | 10 | | Nilsson | Without You | | |
| 6 | 6 | | Joe Simon | Drowning In The Sea Of Love | | |
| 7 | 11 | | Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band | Scorpio | | |
| 8 | 3 | | The Hillside Singers | I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) | | |
| 9 | 9 | | The Partridge Family | It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love) | | |
| 10 | 15 | | Badfinger | Day After Day | | |
| 11 | 4 | | Sly & The Family Stone | Family Affair | | |
| 12 | 7 | | David Cassidy | Cherish | | |
| 13 | 13 | | Michael Jackson | Got To Be There | | |
| 14 | 14 | | Donny Osmond | Hey Girl | | |
| 15 | 20 | | Betty Wright | Clean Up Woman | | |
| 16 | 12 | | Jonathan Edwards | Sunshine | | |
| 17 | 27 | | Climax | Precious And Few | | |
| 18 | 29 | | Led Zeppelin | Black Dog | | |
| 19 | 18 | | The Staple Singers | Respect Yourself | | |
| 20 | 30 | | Three Dog Night | Never Been To Spain | | |
| 21 | 26 | | Carly Simon | Anticipation | | |
| 22 | 17 | | Peter Nero | Theme From "Summer Of '42" | | |
| 23 | 21 | | The Stylistics | You Are Everything | | |
| 24 | 16 | | Three Dog Night | An Old Fashioned Love Song | | |
| 25 | 35 | | The Supremes | Floy Joy | | |
| 26 | 37 | | Elton John | Levon | | |
| 27 | 46 | | Faces | Stay With Me | | |
| 28 | 44 | | Carroll O'Connor And Jean Stapleton (As The Bunkers) | Those Were The Days | | |
| 29 | 53 | | T. Rex | Bang A Gong (Get It On) | | |
| 30 | 51 | | Apollo 100 | Joy | | |
| 31 | 45 | | Wilson Pickett | Fire And Water | | |
| 32 | 19 | | The Chi-Lites | Have You Seen Her | | |
| 33 | 22 | | Neil Diamond | Stones | | |
| 34 | 23 | | The Temptations | Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) | | |
| 35 | 31 | | Les Crane | Desiderata | | |
| 36 | 24 | | Isaac Hayes | Theme From Shaft | | |
| 37 | 40 | | Bobby Vinton | Every Day Of My Life | | |
| 38 | 25 | | The Honey Cone | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I | | |
| 39 | 49 | | Beverly Bremers | Don't Say You Don't Remember | | |
| 40 | 41 | | Joe Cocker | Feeling Alright | | |
| 41 | 55 | | Bobby Womack & Peace | That's The Way I Feel About Cha | | |
| 42 | 60 | | Ray Zeiner | I Had A Girl | | |
| 43 | 43 | | Donnie Elbert | Where Did Our Love Go | | |
| 44 | 57 | | Robert John | The Lion Sleeps Tonight | | |
| 45 | -- | | The Bee Gees | My World | | |
| 46 | 28 | | Rare Earth | Hey Big Brother | | |
| 47 | 32 | | Think | Once You Understand | | |
| 48 | 48 | | Wings | Love Is Strange | | |
| 49 | 33 | | James Last | Music From Across The Way | | |
| 50 | 56 | | The 5th Dimension | Together Let's Find Love | | |
| 51 | 54 | | The Chakachas | Jungle Fever | | |
| 52 | 52 | | Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds | Daisy Mae | | |
| 53 | -- | | Van Morrison | Tupelo Honey | | |
| 54 | 42 | | Buddy Miles | Give Away None Of My Love | | |
| 55 | 58 | | Redbone | The Witch Queen Of New Orleans | | |
| 56 | -- | | Carole King | Sweet Seasons | | |
| 57 | -- | | The Free Movement | The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get) | | |
| 58 | -- | | Mardi Gras | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | | (a re-entry from July 1971) |
| 59 | 59 | | George McCannon III | Old Messiah | | |
| 60 | -- | | Black Sabbath | Iron Man | | |
| HB | | | Donnie Elbert | I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) | | |
| HB | | | Carpenters | Hurting Each Other | | |