UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (19th August 1972)

UK Singles Chart 19th August 1972

01 (01) - Alice Cooper - School's Out 

02 (02) - Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs - Seaside Shuffle 

03 (07) - Hawkwind - Silver Machine 

04 (04) - Donny Osmond - Puppy Love 

05 (06) - Hot Butter - Popcorn 

06 (03) - The Partridge Family - Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 

07 (23) - Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well 

08 (05) - Dr Hook and the Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother 

09 (19) - The Bee Gees - Run to Me 

10 (16) - Faron Young - It's Four in the Morning 

11 (22) - Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes 

12 (09) - Gary Glitter - Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2 

13 (25) - Derek and the Dominos - Layla 

14 (17) - The Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture 

15 (21) - Little Eva - The Loco-Motion 

16 (08) - Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now 

17 (12) - The Supremes - Automatically Sunshine 

18 (11) - David Bowie - Starman 

19 (13) - Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You 

20 (24) - Chairmen of the Board - Working on a Building of Love

The top 2 remain the same for a second week, which means another week at number 1 for Alice Cooper, whilst at number 2 we have Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs, with "Seaside Shuffle". Hawkwing make the top 3, climbing from number 7.

5 records enter the top 20 this week, including tracks by Rod Stewart, "You Wear It Well" and Mott The Hoople, "All The Young Dudes", a track written by David Bowie. The Bee Gees climb 10 places to number 9 with "Run To Me".