UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (22nd April 1972)

 UK Singles Chart 22nd April 1972

01 (01) The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard - Amazing Grace 

02 (02) Nilsson - Without You 

03 (04) Ringo Starr - Back Off Boogaloo 

04 (05) The Chiffons - Sweet Talking Guy 

05 (19) Elvis Presley - Until It's Time For You to Go 

06 (03) The New Seekers - Beg, Steal or Borrow 

07 (07) Tom Jones - The Young New Mexican Puppeteer 

08 (06) Argent - Hold Your Head Up 

09 (17) Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 

10 (08) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) 

11 (10) Neil Young - Heart of Gold 

12 (09) Les Crane - Desiderata 

13 (11) Labi Siffre - Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying 

14 (26) Vicky Leandros - Come What May 

15 (12) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora / One Inch Rock 

16 (14) The Supremes - Floy Joy 

17 (18) Olivia Newton-John - What Is Life? 

18 (21) Marmalade - Radancer 

19 (24) Johnny Nash - Stir It Up 

20 (34) David Cassidy - Could It Be Forever

Just as Beg, Steal or borrow by The New Seekers - the UK Eurovision entry for 1972 - was beginning to drop down the chart, Vicky Leandros arrived in the Top 20 with the English version of the winning song that year, "Come What May".

She had performed it at the final held on March 25 at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh and history shows that it was the favourite song with the two UK jurors who awarded the entry the maximum ten points.

As it turned out, 1972's Contest was quite a close run thing between the UK's New Seekers and Ms Leandros' entry for Luxembourg. Once the final votes had been announced, Come What May had amassed a winning margin of just fourteen points.

One thing that stands out about the charts in the 1970s was how long records hung around in the Top 20.