Top 40 Hits of Early August 1972
 | 1 | Alice Cooper | School's Out |
 | 2 | Donny Osmond | Puppy Love |
 | 3 | Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs | Seaside Shuffle |
 | 4 | The Partridge Family | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do |
 | 5 | Dr Hook & The Medicine Show | Sylvia's Mother |
 | 6 | Hawkwind | Silver Machine |
 | 7 | Gary Glitter | Rock And Roll Parts 1 And 2 |
 | 8 | Hot Butter | Popcorn |
 | 9 | Johnny Nash | I Can See Clearly Now |
 | 10 | The New Seekers | Circles |
 | 11 | The Supremes | Automatically Sunshine |
 | 12 | David Bowie | Starman |
 | 13 | Bruce Ruffin | Mad About You |
 | 14 | Mary Wells | My Guy |
 | 15 | The Stylistics | Betcha By Golly Wow |
 | 16 | The Who | Join Together |
 | 17 | The Sweet | Little Willy |
 | 18 | Electric Light Orchestra | 10538 Overture |
 | 19 | Faron Young | It's Four In The Morning |
 | 20 | The Bee Gees | Run To Me |
 | 21 | Slade | Take Me Bak 'Ome |
 | 22 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day |
 | 23 | Chairmen Of The Board | Working On A Building Of Love |
 | 24 | Love Unlimited | Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love |
 | 25 | Little Eva | The Loco-Motion |
 | 26 | Elvis Presley | American Trilogy |
 | 27 | Michael Jackson | Rockin' Robin |
 | 28 | Judy Collins | Amazing Grace |
 | 29 | Middle Of The Road | Samson And Delilah |
 | 30 | Labi Siffre | Watch Me |
 | 31 | Don McLean | Vincent |
 | 32 | Jackie Wilson | I Get The Sweetest Feeling |
 | 33 | Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face |
 | 34 | The Drifters | At The Club / Saturday Night At The Movies |
 | 35 | B Bumble & The Stingers | Nut Rocker |
 | 36 | Pipes & Drums & The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard | Amazing Grace |
 | 37 | The Move | California Man |
 | 38 | Procol Harum | Conquistador |
 | 39 | Mardi Gras | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby |
 | 40 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Where Is The Love? |