| | Pop | R&B | Date | Label | Artist | Song | Composer |
|---|
| | 1 | 1 | Jan-1972 | Hi | Al Green | Let's Stay Together | Green-Jackson-Mitchell |
| | 4 | 2 | Apr-1972 | Hi | Al Green | Look What You Done For Me | Green-Jackson-Mitchell |
| | 3 | 1 | Dec-1972 | Hi | Al Green | You Ought To Be With Me | Green-Jackson-Mitchell |
| | 3 | 1 | Aug-1972 | Hi | Al Green | I'm Still in Love with You | Green-Jackson-Mitchell |
| | 5 | 1 | Apr-1972 | Atlantic | Aretha Franklin | Day Dreaming | Aretha Franklin |
| | 1 | 1 | Jun-1972 | Sussex | Bill Withers | Lean On Me | Bill Withers |
| | 1 | 1 | Oct-1972 | Philly Int'l | Billy Paul | Me & Mrs Jones | Gamble-Huff-Gilbert |
| | 2 | 1 | Jul-1972 | A&M | Billy Preston | Outa-Space | Greene-Preston |
| | 60 | 1 | Jun-1972 | United Art | Bobby Womack | Woman's Gotta Have It | Carter-Womack-Womack |
| | 1 | 1 | Sep-1972 | Chess | Chuck Berry | My Ding-A-Ling | Chuck Berry |
| | 2 | 1 | Jun-1972 | United Art | Cornelius Bros & Sister Rose | It's Too Late to Turn Back Now | E. Cornelius |
| | 4 | 2 | Jul-1972 | Curtom | Curtis Mayfield | Freddie's Dead (Theme from Superfly) | Curtis Mayfield |
| | 8 | 5 | Oct-1972 | Curtom | Curtis Mayfield | Superfly | Curtis Mayfield |
| | 58 | 7 | Jun-1972 | Philly Int'l | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | I Miss You | Gamble-Huff |
| | 3 | 1 | Oct-1972 | Philly Int'l | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | If You Don't Know Me By Now | Gamble-Huff |
| | 40 | 6 | Apr-1972 | Polydor | James Brown | King Heroin | Brown-Bobbit-Matthews-Rosen |
| | 27 | 1 | Feb-1972 | Polydor | James Brown | Talking Loud & Saying Nothing | James Brown-Bobby Byrd |
| | 18 | 1 | Sep-1972 | Polydor | James Brown | Get On The Good Foot | Brown-Wesley-Mims |
| | 44 | 3 | Jul-1972 | Polydor | James Brown | I Got A Bag of My Own | James Brown |
| | 44 | 7 | May-1972 | Polydor | James Brown | Honky Tonk | James Brown |
| | 43 | 4 | Apr-1972 | Polydor | James Brown | There It Is | James Brown |
| | 11 | 1 | Aug-1972 | Spring | Joe Simon | Power of Love | Gamble-Huff-Simon |
| | 2 | 1 | Feb-1972 | Dial | Joe Tex | I Gotcha | Joe Tex |
| | 1 | 38 | Oct-1972 | Epic | Johnny Nash | I Can See Clearly Now | J Nash |
| | 78 | 12 | Sep-1972 | Philly Int'l | Johnny Williams | Slow Motion (Part 1) | Gamble-Huff |
| | 3 | 1 | Jul-1972 | KoKo | Luther Ingram | (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right | Banks-Hampton-Jackson |
| | 3 | 2 | Sep-1972 | RCA | Main Ingredient | Everybody Plays the Fool | Bailey-Clark-Williams |
| | 2 | 2 | Jun-1972 | Motown | Michael Jackson | Rockin Robin | Thomas |
| | 1 | 5 | Sep-1972 | Motown | Michael Jackson | Ben | Black, Scharf |
| | 1 | 4 | Mar-1972 | Atlantic | Roberta Flack | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Ewan MacColl |
| | 5 | 1 | Aug-1972 | Atlantic | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Where is the Love | MacDonald-Slater |
| | 1 | 1 | Apr-1972 | MGM | Sammy Davis Jr. | The Candy Man | Bricusse-Newley |
| | 23 | 14 | Feb-1972 | Epic | Sly & The Family Stone | Running Away | S. Stewart |
| | 1 | 1 | Jan-1972 | Stax | Staple Singers | I'll Take You There | Alvertis Isbell |
| | | | Jul-1972 | Motown/Tamla | Stevie Wonder | You and I (We Can Conquer the World) | Stevie Wonder |
| | 1 | 1 | Apr-1972 | Brunswick | The Chi-Lites | Oh Girl | E Record |
| | 5 | 1 | Mar-1972 | Volt | The Dramatics | In the Rain | Tony Hester |
| | 8 | 28 | Apr-1972 | Bell | The Fifth Dimension | Last Night I Didn't Get Any Sleep At All | T. Macaulay |
| | 57 | 13 | Nov-1972 | Philly Int'l | The O'Jays | 992 Arguments | Gamble-Huff |
| | 3 | 1 | Jul-1972 | Philly Int'l | The O'Jays | Back Stabbers | McFadden-Whitehead-Huff |
| | 3 | 1 | Oct-1972 | Atlantic | The Spinners | I'll Be Around | Bell-Hurtt |
| | 3 | 2 | Mar-1972 | Avco | The Sylistics | Betcha By Golly, Wow | Thom Bell/Linda Creed |
| | 10 | 4 | Oct-1972 | Avco | The Sylistics | I'm Stone In Love With You | Thom Bell/Anthony Bell/Linda Creed |
| | 25 | 6 | Jun-1972 | Avco | The Sylistics | People Make The World Go Round | Thom Bell/Linda Creed |
| | 64 | 17 | Jul-1972 | Buddah | The Trammps | Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart | Baker/Felder/Harris/Young |
