| TW | LW | | ARTIST | TITLE | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | | Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band | Garden Party | 5 | (Decca) |
| 2 | 5 | | Eagles | Witchy Woman | 5 | (Asylum) |
| 3 | 1 | | Elton John | Honky Cat | | (Uni) |
| 4 | 4 | | Three Dog Night | Black And White | | (Dunhill) Written in '54 in response to Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case |
| 5 | 8 | | The Raspberries | Go All The Way | | (Capitol) |
| 6 | 7 | | Danny O'Keefe | Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues | | (Signpost) |
| 7 | 6 | | Gary Glitter | Rock And Roll Part 1 | 6 | (Bell) |
| 7 | 6 | | Gary Glitter | Rock And Roll Part 2 | 6 | (Bell) |
| 8 | 2 | | Gladstone | A Piece Of Paper | | (Dunhill) |
| 9 | 9 | | Bill Withers | Use Me | 5 | (Sussex) |
| 10 | 15 | | Leon Russell | Tight Rope | | (Shelter) |
| 11 | 13 | | Rod Stewart | You Wear It Well | 6 | (Mercury) |
| 11 | 13 | | Rod Stewart | True Blue | 6 | (Mercury) Not the Madonna song |
| 12 | 12 | | Helen Reddy | I Am Woman | | (Capitol) |
| 13 | 11 | | The Who | Join Together | | (Decca) |
| 14 | 18 | | The Main Ingredient | Everybody Plays The Fool | 5 | (RCA) |
| 15 | 10 | | Chicago | Saturday In The Park | | (Columbia) |
| 16 | 24 | | David Bowie | Moonage Daydream | | (RCA) Film in theaters as I type this 10.4.22 |
| 17 | 21 | | Johnny Nash | I Can See Clearly Now | 2 | (Epic) |
| 18 | 22 | | The Moody Blues | Nights In White Satin | 2 | (Deram) |
| 19 | 25 | | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles | Them Changes | | (Columbia) |
| 20 | 20 | | Danny Holien | Colorado | | (Tumbleweed) |
| 21 | 17 | | The Hollies | Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) | 13 | (Epic) |
| 22 | 14 | | Bread | The Guitar Man | | (Elektra) |
| 23 | 26 | | Arlo Guthrie | The City Of New Orleans | | (Reprise) |
| 24 | 16 | | Jim Croce | You Don't Mess Around With Jim | | (ABC) |
| 25 | 29 | | Joe Cocker And The Chris Stainton Band | Midnight Rider | 2 | (A&M) |
| 26 | 30 | | Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me) | 2 | (UA) |
| 27 | -- | | Tony Cole | Suite: Man And Woman | 1 | (20th Century) LW: NS; Branko Bernard Miler, Australian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Cole_(musician) |
| 28 | -- | | Michael Murphey | Geronimo's Cadillac | 1 | (A&M) LW: NS |
| 29 | -- | | Grand Funk Railroad | Rock 'N Roll Soul | 1 | (Grand Funk) LW: NS |
| 30 | -- | | The Chi-Lites | A Lonely Man | 1 | (Brunswick) LW: NS |
| -- | | | Lighthouse | Sunny Days | | (Stereo Dimension) I’m sure Sonny was disappointed, once he realized it wasn’t about him |
| -- | | | The Who | Let's See Action | | (Track) |
| -- | | | The Who | When I Was A Boy | | (Track) |
| TW | LW | | ARTIST | ALBUM | WKS | NOTES |
|---|
| -- | 7 | | Alice Cooper | School's Out | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Atomic Rooster | Made In England | | (Elektra) Included Carl Palmer & Ginger Baker at different times |
| -- | -- | | Bobby Keys | Bobby Keys | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Capability Brown | From Scratch | | (Charisma) |
| 2 | 3 | | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles | Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! | | (Columbia) |
| -- | -- | | Cashman & West | A Song Or Two | | (Dunhill) |
| -- | 9 | | Cheech & Chong | Big Bambu | | (A&M) |
| 6 | 6 | | Chicago | Chicago V | | (Columbia) |
| -- | -- | | Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen | Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites | | (Paramount) |
| -- | -- | | Curtis Mayfield | "Superfly" Movie Soundtrack | | (Curtom) |
| -- | -- | | Curved Air | Phantasmagoria | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks | Striking It Rich | | (Blue Thumb) |
| 4 | 2 | | Elton John | Honky Chateau | | (Uni) |
| -- | -- | | Emerson, Lake And Palmer | Trilogy | | (Cotillion) |
| -- | -- | | Help Yourself | Strange Affair | 1 | (UA) LW: NA |
| -- | -- | | Jefferson Airplane | Long John Silver | | (Grunt) |
| -- | 8 | | Jethro Tull | Thick As A Brick | 19 | (Wartner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Jimi Hendrix | War Heroes | 1 | (Barclay) LW: NA; import Posthumous release |
| -- | -- | | Joe Walsh | Barnstorm | 1 | (Dunhill) LW: NA |
| -- | -- | | John David Souther | John David Souther | | (Asylum) |
| -- | -- | | John McLaughlin | Extrapolation | 1 | (Polydor) LW: NA (see note #6 3/3/73) |
| 1 | 1 | | Leon Russell | Carney | | (Shelter) |
| -- | -- | | National Lampoon | Radio Dinner | 1 | (Blue Thumb) Typist obivi had never heard of the Lampoon |
| -- | -- | | Nilsson | Son Of Schmilsson | | (RCA) |
| -- | -- | | Python Lee Jackson | In A Broken Dream | | (Crescendo) |
| 3 | 4 | | Rod Stewart | Never A Dull Moment | | (Mercury) |
| -- | -- | | Seals & Crofts | Summer Breeze | | (Warner Bros.) |
| -- | -- | | Simon & Garfunkel | Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits | | (Columbia) |
| -- | -- | | Slade | Slade Alive! | 1 | (Polydor) LW: NA |
| -- | -- | | The Allman Brothers Band | Eat A Peach | | (Capricorn) |
| 8 | 10 | | The Band | Rock Of Ages | | (Capitol) |
| -- | -- | | The Beach Boys | Wow! Great Concert! | | (Capitol) Pickwick abridged reissue of the 1964 Capitol album "Beach Boys Concert |
| -- | -- | | The Kinks | Everybody's In Show-Biz | | (RCA) |
| 9 | 5 | | The Rolling Stones | Exile On Main St. | | (Rolling Stones) |
| 7 | -- | | Three Dog Night | Seven Separate Fools | | (Dunhill) |
| -- | -- | | Tim Buckley | Greetings From L.A. | | (Warner Bros.) |
| 5 | -- | | Uriah Heep | Demons And Wizards | | (Mercury) |
| 10 | -- | | Van Morrison | Saint Dominic's Preview | | (Warner Bros.) |