Top 40 Trends

Every song, artist & show from Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 and Casey’s Top 40.

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American Top 40 — May 6, 1972

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 40

The May 6, 1972 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 40 songs. #1 was The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack. 6 songs debuted this week. 5 songs were in their final week on the chart.

On this show

  1. 40
    Diary Bread
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #15
  2. 39
    Every Day Of My Life Bobby Vinton
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #24
  3. 38
    Mister, Can't You See Buffy Sainte Marie
    Week 2 of 2 · Peaks #38
  4. 37
    Sylvia's Mother Dr. Hook
    Week 1 of 9 · Peaks #5
  5. 36
    Walking In The Rain With The One I Love Love Unlimited
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #14
  6. 35
    You Could Have Been A Lady April Wine
    Week 2 of 5 · Peaks #32
  7. 34
    Nice To Be With You Gallery
    Week 2 of 12 · Peaks #4
  8. 33
    Help Me Make It Through The Night Gladys Knight & The Pips
    Week 5 of 6 · Peaks #33
  9. 32
    Roundabout Yes
    Week 10 of 10 · Peak #13
  10. 31
    I Saw The Light Todd Rundgren
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #16
  11. 30
    Jump Into The Fire Nilsson
    Week 5 of 6 · Peak #27
  12. 29
    Taxi Harry Chapin
    Week 3 of 9 · Peaks #24
  13. 28
    (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All Fifth Dimension
    Week 2 of 11 · Peaks #8
  14. 27
    Run Run Run Jo Jo Gunne
    Week 4 of 6 · Peaks #27
  15. 26
    Little Bitty Pretty One Jackson Five
    Week 2 of 8 · Peaks #13
  16. 25
    Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard Paul Simon
    Week 3 of 8 · Peaks #22
  17. 24
    Candy Man Sammy Davis, Jr.
    Week 4 of 15 · Peaks #1
  18. 23
    Tumbling Dice Rolling Stones
    Week 1 of 7 · Peaks #7
  19. 22
    Heart Of Gold Neil Young
    Week 12 of 12 · Peak #1
  20. 21
    Puppy Love Donny Osmond
    Week 10 of 10 · Peak #3
  21. 20
    Slippin' Into Darkness War
    Week 6 of 10 · Peaks #16
  22. 19
    Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens
    Week 3 of 10 · Peaks #6
  23. 18
    Suavecito Malo
    Week 6 of 8 · Peaks #18
  24. 17
    Hot Rod Lincoln Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
    Week 4 of 11 · Peaks #9
  25. 16
    A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done Sonny & Cher
    Week 9 of 11 · Peak #8
  26. 15
    In The Rain Dramatics
    Week 10 of 11 · Peak #5
  27. 14
    Baby Blue Badfinger
    Week 5 of 7 · Peaks #14
  28. 13
    Castles In The Air Don McLean
    Week 1 of 4 · Peaks #13
  29. 12
    Family of Man Three Dog Night
    Week 6 of 8 · Peaks #12
  30. 11
    Oh, Girl Chi-Lites
    Week 4 of 12 · Peaks #1
  31. 10
    Back Off Boogaloo Ringo Starr
    Week 4 of 7 · Peaks #9
  32. 9
    Look What You Done For Me Al Green
    Week 5 of 10 · Peaks #5
  33. 8
    Doctor My Eyes Jackson Browne
    Week 5 of 9 · Peaks #8
  34. 7
    I'll Take You There Staple Singers
    Week 4 of 13 · Peaks #1
  35. 6
    A Horse With No Name America
    Week 10 of 12 · Peak #1
  36. 5
    Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin
    Week 7 of 11 · Peaks #5
  37. 4
    Rockin' Robin Michael Jackson
    Week 8 of 11 · Peak #2
  38. 3
    Betcha By Golly, Wow Stylistics
    Week 9 of 14 · Peaks #3
  39. 2
    I Gotcha Joe Tex
    Week 10 of 15 · Peaks #2
  40. 1
    The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack
    Week 7 of 14 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history