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 | Dr Hook & The Medicine Show | Sylvia's Mother |
| 5 | The Partridge Family | Breaking Up Is Hard To Do |
| 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 | Electric Light Orchestra | 10538 Overture |
| 18 | The Sweet | Little Willy |
| 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 | Little Eva | The Loco-Motion |
| 25 | Love Unlimited | Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love |
| 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? |