Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Top 20 Song Chart for December 16, 1972

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1 1   Papa Was A Rollin' Stone  
  The Temptations
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5 2   Me And Mrs. Jones 1  
  Billy Paul
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2 3   I Am Woman 1  
  Helen Reddy
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6 4   Clair 3  
  Gilbert O'Sullivan
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8 5   It Never Rains In Southern California  
  Albert Hammond
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4 6   You Ought To Be With Me 4  
  Al Green
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10 7   Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu 5  
  Johnny Rivers
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3 8   I Can See Clearly Now 1  
  Johnny Nash
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11 9   Ventura Highway 7  
  America
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13 10   Superfly 8  
  Curtis Mayfield
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- 11   You're So Vain 1  
  Carly Simon
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9 12   I'm Stone In Love With You 9  
  The Stylistics
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19 13   Sweet Surrender  
  Bread
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16 14   Walk On Water  
  Neil Diamond
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17 15   Something's Wrong With Me  
  Austin Roberts
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- 16   Your Mama Don't Dance 5  
  Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina
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- 17   Superstition 1  
  Stevie Wonder
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20 18   Separate Ways 17  
  Elvis Presley
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- 19   Funny Face 5  
  Donna Fargo
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- 20   Keeper Of The Castle 14  
  The Four Tops
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The Temptations and Papa Was A Rollin' Stone fill the top chart song spot this week. Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul finds the runner-up spot. I Am Woman by Helen Reddy comes in at number three.


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