These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1972.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
1 January | "How Do You Do" | Mouth & MacNeal | [1] |
8 January | [2] | ||
15 January | [3] | ||
22 January | "Sacramento (A Wonderful Town)" | Middle of the Road | [4] |
29 January | [5] | ||
5 February | [6] | ||
12 February | [7] | ||
19 February | [8] | ||
26 February | [9] | ||
4 March | [10] | ||
11 March | "Poppa Joe" | The Sweet | [11] |
18 March | [12] | ||
25 March | [13] | ||
1 April | [14] | ||
8 April | "The Talk of All the USA" | Middle of the Road | [15] |
15 April | [16] | ||
22 April | "Après toi" | Vicky Leandros | [17] |
29 April | [18] | ||
6 May | [19] | ||
13 May | [20] | ||
20 May | "Memories" | Earth and Fire | [21] |
27 May | [22] | ||
3 June | "Hello-A" | Mouth & MacNeal | [23] |
10 June | [24] | ||
17 June | [25] | ||
24 June | [26] | ||
1 July | [27] | ||
8 July | [28] | ||
15 July | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | Procol Harum | [29] |
22 July | [30] | ||
29 July | [31] | ||
5 August | "Un canto a Galicia" | Julio Iglesias | [32] |
12 August | "Popcorn" | Hot Butter / The Popcornmakers / Anarchic System / Revolution System | [33] |
19 August | [34] | ||
26 August | [35] | ||
2 September | [36] | ||
9 September | [37] | ||
16 September | [38] | ||
23 September | [39] | ||
30 September | "I'll Never Drink Again" | Alexander Curly | [40] |
7 October | [41] | ||
14 October | "Sugar Me" | Lynsey de Paul | [42] |
21 October | [43] | ||
28 October | [44] | ||
4 November | [45] | ||
11 November | "Ich hab' die Liebe geseh'n" | Vicky Leandros | [46] |
18 November | [47] | ||
25 November | [48] | ||
2 December | [49] | ||
9 December | [50] | ||
16 December | "Crazy Horses" | The Osmonds | [51] |
23 December | [52] | ||
30 December | [53] | ||
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It started as a radio program titled "Veronica Top 40", on the offshore station Radio Veronica in 1965. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting. Joost den Draaijer was the initiator of the Top 40 in the Netherlands. The show is currently aired on Friday from 2 till 6 PM on Qmusic.