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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1972.
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin | Live |
Eagles | Eagles | - | |
2 | Obscured by Clouds | Pink Floyd | - |
5 | The Osmonds Live | The Osmonds | Live |
6 | Looking Glass | Looking Glass | - |
9 | Earthbound | King Crimson | Live |
There It Is | James Brown | - | |
10 | Moon Shadow | LaBelle | - |
12 | Some Time in New York City | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | - |
13 | School's Out | Alice Cooper | - |
A Song for You | Carpenters | - | |
14 | Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits | Simon & Garfunkel | Compilation |
16 | Roxy Music | Roxy Music | - |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie | - | |
Together | Golden Earring | - | |
20 | Syreeta | Syreeta | - |
23 | Trilogy | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | - |
Living in the Past | Jethro Tull | Compilation | |
26 | Carney | Leon Russell | - |
- | As Recorded at Madison Square Garden | Elvis Presley | Live |
666 | Aphrodite's Child | - | |
Bless Your Heart | Freddie Hart | - | |
Blues Roots | Ike Turner | - | |
Free at Last | Free | - | |
If an Angel Came to See You, Would You Make Her Feel at Home? | Black Oak Arkansas | - | |
Let Me Tell You About a Song | Merle Haggard | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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4 | American Gothic | David Ackles | - |
5 | Waka/Jawaka | Frank Zappa | - |
7 | The Harder They Come | Jimmy Cliff | Soundtrack |
10 | Chicago V | Chicago | - |
Son of Schmilsson | Harry Nilsson | - | |
11 | Super Fly | Curtis Mayfield | Soundtrack |
17 | Full Circle | The Doors | - |
20 | Long John Silver | Jefferson Airplane | - |
Straight Shooter | James Gang | - | |
21 | I Can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash | - |
Never a Dull Moment | Rod Stewart | - | |
The Slider | T. Rex | - | |
27 | All Directions | The Temptations | - |
Flying High Together | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | - | |
– | Seven Separate Fools | Three Dog Night | - |
Toulouse Street | The Doobie Brothers | - | |
The Academy in Peril | John Cale | - | |
Captain Beyond | Captain Beyond | - | |
Feel Good | Ike & Tina Turner | - | |
Exercises | Nazareth | - | |
Foghat | Foghat | - | |
Music Is the Message | Kool & the Gang | - | |
Saint Dominic's Preview | Van Morrison | - | |
Moods | Neil Diamond | - | |
White Witch | White Witch | - | |
Someplace Else Now | Lesley Gore | - | |
Sparks | Sparks | Debut under final name | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Back Stabbers | The O'Jays | - |
Elf | Elf | - | |
2 | Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 | Ella Fitzgerald | Live |
4 | Ben | Michael Jackson | - |
7 | America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song | Johnny Cash | - |
14 | Play the Blues | Buddy Guy and Junior Wells | - |
15 | Rock of Ages | The Band | Live |
25 | Everybody's in Show-Biz | The Kinks | Double LP; one studio, one live |
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | - | |
28 | 'Ot 'n' Sweaty | Cactus | - |
31 | Styx | Styx | - |
- | And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' | Michael Nesmith | - |
Free Will | Gil Scott-Heron | - | |
Irrlicht | Klaus Schulze | - | |
Live at the Paramount | The Guess Who | Live | |
Roy Buchanan | Roy Buchanan | - | |
Smokin' O.P.'s | Bob Seger | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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8 | Close to the Edge | Yes | [4] |
All the Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople | - | |
9 | Summer Breeze | Seals and Crofts | - |
15 | Foxtrot | Genesis | - |
Below the Salt | Steeleye Span | - | |
Phoenix | Grand Funk Railroad | - | |
Rocky Mountain High | John Denver | - | |
26 | Live Full House | The J. Geils Band | Live |
27 | Catch Bull at Four | Cat Stevens | - |
29 | Glorified Magnified | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | - |
- | Vol. 4 | Black Sabbath | - |
At Home with Their Greatest Hits | The Partridge Family | Compilation | |
Bandstand | Family | - | |
Bright Phoebus | Lal and Mike Waterson | - | |
Give It Up | Bonnie Raitt | - | |
Hot Butter | Hot Butter | - | |
Ladies Love Outlaws | Waylon Jennings | - | |
My Time | Boz Scaggs | - | |
Nervous on the Road | Brinsley Schwarz | - | |
Rolling Thunder | Mickey Hart | - | |
Sandy | Sandy Denny | - | |
Solomon's Seal | Pentangle | - | |
Squawk | Budgie | - | |
Tequila Sunrise | David Clayton-Thomas | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Octopus | Gentle Giant | UK |
8 | Trouble Man | Marvin Gaye | Soundtrack |
9 | Hot August Night | Neil Diamond | Live |
11 | More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) | The Rolling Stones | Compilation |
15 | Piledriver | Status Quo | - |
22 | Made in Japan | Deep Purple | Live |
- | Across 110th Street | Bobby Womack and J.J. Johnson | Soundtrack |
The Best of Top of the Pops '72 | Top of the Poppers | Compilation | |
The Grand Wazoo | Frank Zappa | - | |
Gypsy Cowboy | New Riders of the Purple Sage | - | |
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) | Merle Haggard | - | |
Pleasure | Ohio Players | - | |
R.E.O./T.W.O. | REO Speedwagon | - | |
The Sweet's Biggest Hits | Sweet | Compilation | |
Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? | Jerry Lee Lewis | - | |
World Woven | The Ides of March | - | |
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1972.
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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1 | Don McLean | "American Pie" | 1972 | US Billboard 1 for 19 weeks, Canada RPM 1 for 5 weeks, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks, Australia 1 for 5 weeks, UK 2 for 16 weeks | |
2 | Harry Nilsson | "Without You" | 1972 | UK 1 for 20 weeks, Australia 1 for 5 weeks, US Billboard 1 for 19 weeks, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks | |
3 | Hot Butter | "Popcorn" | 1972 | Holland 1 for 15 weeks, France 1 for 5 weeks, Switzerland 1 for 17 weeks, Norway 1 for 20 weeks, Germany 1 for 5 months, UK 5 for 19 weeks, US Billboard 9 for 18 weeks | |
4 | Neil Young | "Heart of Gold" | 1972 | US Billboard 1 for 14 weeks, Canada 1 for 12 weeks, France 2 for 8 weeks, Norway 4 for 11 weeks, Germany 4 for 4 months, | |
5 | The Moody Blues | "Nights in White Satin" | 1972 | US Billboard 2 for 18 weeks, Canada 2 for 12 weeks, France 1 for 9 weeks, Holland 2 for 14 weeks, |
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | US | UK | Highest chart position | Other Chart Performance(s) |
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"10538 Overture" | Electric Light Orchestra | June 1972 | n/a | 9 | 9 (United Kingdom) | 24 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) |
"A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" | Sonny & Cher | February 1972 | 8 | n/a | 3 (Canada) | See chart entry performance |
"A Horse with No Name" | America | January 1972 | 1 | 3 | 1 (Canada, Finland, United States) | See chart performance entry |
"Ain't Understanding Mellow" | Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager | January 1970 | 21 | n/a | 21 (United States | 3 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) |
"All the Young Dudes" | Mott the Hoople | July 1972 | 37 | 3 | 3 (United Kingdom | 4 (Ireland) - 13 (New Zealand) - 31 (Canada) - 32 (U.S. Record World) - 34 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) |
"Alone Again (Naturally)" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | February 1972 | 1 | 3 | 1 (Canada, France, United States) | See chart performance entry |
"Amazing Grace" | Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards | April 1972 | n/a | 1 | 1 (Australia, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom) | n/a |
"America" | Simon & Garfunkel | July 1972 | 97 | 25 | 25 (United Kingdom) | n/a |
"American Pie" | Don McLean | January 1972 | 1 | 2 | 1 (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) | See chart performance entry [1971 single release overlapped into 1972] |
"Anticipation" | Carly Simon | January 1972 | 13 | n/a | 9 (Canada) | 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 10 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 64 (Australia) |
"Baby Blue" | Badfinger | March 1972 | 14 | n/a | 3 (Malaysia) | 7 (Canada) - 9 (New Zealand, U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 12 (U.S. Record World Top 100) - 14 (Sweden) - 16 (Australia) - 18 (South Africa) - 30 (West Germany) |
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | Other Chart Performance(s) |
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"Starman" | David Bowie | April 1972 | See chart performance entry |
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