Top 100 Singles in the USA for 1972, according to Billboard magazine:

TITLE; ARTIST(S)
1 THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE - Roberta Flack - no. 1
2 ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) - Gilbert O'Sullivan - no. 1
3 AMERICAN PIE - Don McLean - no. 1
4 WITHOUT YOU - Nilsson - no. 1
5 THE CANDY MAN - Sammy Davis Jnr. - no. 1
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6 I GOTCHA - Joe Tex
7 LEAN ON ME - Bill Withers - no. 1
8 BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME - Mac Davis - no. 1
9 BRAND NEW KEY - Melanie - no. 1
10 DADDY DON'T YOU WALK SO FAST - Wayne Newton
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11 LET'S STAY TOGETHER - Al Green - no. 1
12 BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL) - Looking Glass - no. 1
13 OH GIRL - Chi-Lites - no. 1
14 NICE TO BE WITH YOU - Gallery
15 MY DING-A-LING - Chuck Berry - no. 1
16 IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT - Luther Ingram
17 HEART OF GOLD - Neil Young - no. 1
18 BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW - Stylistics
19 I'LL TAKE YOU THERE - Staple Singers - no. 1
20 BEN - Michael Jackson - no. 1
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21 THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT - Robert John
22 OUTA-SPACE - Billy Preston
23 SLIPPIN' INTO DARKNESS - War
24 LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) - Hollies
25 HOW DO YOU DO? - Mouth and MacNeal
26 SONG SUNG BLUE - Neil Diamond - no. 1
27 A HORSE WITH NO NAME - America - no. 1
28 POPCORN - Hot Butter
29 EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL - Main Ingredient
30 PRECIOUS AND FEW - Climax
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31 LAST NIGHT I DIDN'T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL - 5th Dimension
32 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN - Moody Blues
33 GO ALL THE WAY - Raspberries
34 TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
35 BACK STABBERS - O'Jays
36 DOWN BY THE LAZY RIVER - Osmonds
37 SUNSHINE - Jonathan Edwards
38 STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN - Mel And Tim
39 DAY AFTER DAY - Badfinger
40 ROCKET MAN (I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG, LONG TIME) - Elton John
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41 ROCKIN' ROBIN - Michael Jackson
42 BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY - Daniel Boone
43 SCORPIO - Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band
44 MORNING HAS BROKEN - Cat Stevens
45 THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS - Arlo Guthrie
46 GARDEN PARTY - Rick Nelson
47 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW - Johnny Nash - no. 1
48 BURNING LOVE - Elvis Presley
49 CLEAN UP WOMAN - Betty Wright
50 HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent
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51 JUNGLE FEVER - Chakachas
52 EVERYTHING I OWN - Bread
53 IN THE RAIN - Dramatics
54 LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME - Al Green
55 THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
56 BANG A GONG (GET IT ON) - T-Rex
57 MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION - Paul Simon
58 WHERE IS THE LOVE - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
59 I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU - Al Green
60 LAYLA - Derek & The Dominos
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61 DAY DREAMING - Aretha Franklin
62 THE WAY OF LOVE - Cher
63 BLACK AND WHITE - Three Dog Night - no. 1
64 SYLVIA'S MOTHER - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
65 HURTING EACH OTHER - Carpenters
66 COCONUT - Nilsson
67 PUPPY LOVE - Donny Osmond
68 YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM - Jim Croce
69 HOT ROD LINCOLN - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
70 A COWBOY'S WORK IS NEVER DONE - Sonny & Cher
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71 JOY - Apollo 100
72 ANTICIPATION - Carly Simon
73 NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN - Three Dog Night
74 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING - Charlie Pride
75 SCHOOL'S OUT - Alice Cooper
76 SATURDAY IN THE PARK - Chicago
77 DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE - Joe Simon
78 USE ME - Bill Withers
79 FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone - no. 1
80 TROGLODYTE - Jimmy Castor Bunch
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81 THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS - Redbone
82 FREDDIE'S DEAD - Curtis Mayfield
83 POWER OF LOVE - Joe Simon
84 AIN'T UNDERSTANDING MELLOW - Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
85 TAXI - Harry Chapin
86 DON'T SAY YOU DON'T REMEMBER - Beverly Bremers
87 SEALED WITH A KISS - Bobby Vinton
88 I SAW THE LIGHT - Todd Rundgren
89 MOTORCYCLE MAMA - Sailcat
90 DAY BY DAY - Godspell
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91 ROUNDABOUT - Yes
92 DOCTOR MY EYES - Jackson Browne
93 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING - New Seekers
94 VINCENT / CASTLES IN THE AIR - Don McLean
95 BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (IN MY ARMS) - Detroit Emeralds
96 SPEAK TO THE SKY - Rick Springfield
97 I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING - Hillside Singers
98 WALKING IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE - Love Unlimited
99 GOOD FOOT, PT. 1 - James Brown
100 POP THAT THANG - Isley Bros.

In 1972 Bill Withers started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "Lean On Me", his only No.1 hit, it made No.18 in the UK.


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"Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan and originally performed by their band Stealers Wheel, released in 1972. The song was inspired by a real occasion when the record company and producers were conducting business across Rafferty and Egan at a restaurant table. Recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London.

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"Sailing" is a song written by Gavin Sutherland and recorded by The Sutherland Bros. Band (featuring the Sutherland Brothers Gavin and Iain). Released in June 1972, it can be found on their album Lifeboat released in the same year. Rod Stewart also recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, for his 1975 album Atlantic Crossing, and it was subsequently a number 1 hit in the UK in September 1975 for four weeks.

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"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (also called "Long Cool Woman" or "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)") is a song written by Allan Clarke, Roger Cook, and Roger Greenaway and performed by the British rock group The Hollies. Originally appearing on the album Distant Light, it was released as a single in April 1972 (on Parlophone in the United Kingdom), selling 1.5 million copies in the United States and two million worldwide. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 24 song for 1972.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQzW6wz2JQk

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Oh my goodness I love that Song.....

"Stuck in the Middle with You" (sometimes known as "Stuck in the Middle") is a song written by Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan and originally performed by their band Stealers Wheel, released in 1972. The song was inspired by a real occasion when the record company and producers were conducting business across Rafferty and Egan at a restaurant table. Recorded at the Abbey Road Studios in London.

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Gerry Rafferty was a great talent.  Too bad he died so young.

Gerry Rafferty was a great talent.  Too bad he died so young.


I liked his songs in later years such as "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line".

In 1972 Bill Withers started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "Lean On Me", his only No.1 hit, it made No.18 in the UK.

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I hope you saw this too - the picture isn't Bill Withers...  ;D

I hope you saw this too - the picture isn't Bill Withers...  ;D

If so, who is the picture of?

It's a picture of Al Green...

It's a picture of Al Green...
So YouTube has got it wrong?

It's a picture of Al Green...
So it is...

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GxrJ_zENK7Q/maxresdefault.jpg

So YouTube has got it wrong?


I'd say the poster of that video got it wrong  :-\\  but it's not your fault  :)

Here's a better image to go with "Lean on Me":

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LJvUULi51sI/R-JOVXMCzBI/AAAAAAAADX0/fyxsypp4wa4/s400/Bill+Withers.jpg

I'd say the poster of that video got it wrong  :-\\  but it's not your fault  :)


So YouTube do not have editors, checking out the videos?

So an argument over YouTube now develops?  ;D

So an argument over YouTube now develops?  ;D


;D

So YouTube has got it wrong?


Yes they did.

Ok let's clear up this confusion...

Al Green:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHg3VihdRcc

Bill Withers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07tsSjNx00

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Ok let's clear up this confusion...

Al Green:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHg3VihdRcc

Bill Withers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A07tsSjNx00

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"Ventura Highway" is a 1972 song by the band America from their album Homecoming.

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"Sylvia's Mother" was a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show and the group's first hit song. It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the Billboard singles chart, as well as #1 in Ireland and #2 in the United Kingdom. It also spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Australian music charts, making it the 15th ranked single in Australia for 1972.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMrcnqKSbw8&feature=kp

Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
On March 15th 1972, DJ Robert W. Morgan played the Donny Osmond version of 'Puppy Love' for 90 minutes on the radio station KHJ in Los Angeles. LAPD mistakenly raided the station studios after receiving numerous calls from listeners, confused, the officers left without making any arrests.

Eye Level is a 1972 single by the Simon Park Orchestra. It was produced originally for the De Wolfe Music Library and selected by Thames Television to be the theme tune for their Netherlands based detective series, Van der Valk.

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"Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, and recorded by the Eagles with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the band's first single, released on May 1, 1972. It peaked at No. 12 on the July 22, 1972 Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also was the opening track on the band's debut album Eagles and it has become one of their signature songs, included on all of their live and compilation albums. It is listed as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was a major hit for The Andrews Sisters and an iconic World War II tune. It can be considered an early jump blues recording. The song is ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century. Bette Midler's 1972 recording of the song reached the top ten on the U.S. pop singles chart.

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"My Ding-a-Ling" is the title of a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. In 1972 it was covered by Chuck Berry and became Berry's only U.S. number-one single on the pop charts. Later that year, in a longer unedited form, it was included on the album The London Chuck Berry Sessions. Two members of the Average White Band, guitarist Onnie McIntyre and drummer Robbie McIntosh, played on the single. Nic Potter of Van der Graaf Generator played bass on the track.


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Black Sabbath - Supernaut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xFc86tzFG4

"You're So Vain" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon and released in November 1972. The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover about whom Simon asserts "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you." The title subject's identity has long been a matter of speculation, with Simon stating that the song refers to three men, only one of whom she has named publicly, actor Warren Beatty. The song is ranked at #82 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time. "You're So Vain" was voted #216 in RIAA's Songs of the Century, and in August 2014, the UK's Official Charts Company crowned it the ultimate song of the 1970s.

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"An American Trilogy" is a song arranged by country songwriter Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis Presley, who began including the song as part of his regular concert routine in the 1970s, thereby making the song a showstopper. It is a medley of three 19th century songs:

"Dixie", a blackface minstrel song that has become an unofficial anthem of the Confederacy;
"All My Trials", originally a Bahamian lullaby, but closely related to African American spirituals, and well-known through folk music revivalists; and
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the marching song of the Union Army during the Civil War.

Newbury first recorded the song on his 1971 album Frisco Mabel Joy, and the song featured prominently on his first concert album Live At Montezuma Hall released in 1973.
Presley began performing the song in concert in 1972—a February recording was released by RCA Records as a single. He performed it in the 1972 documentary, Elvis on Tour, and in his 1973 international satellite telecast "Elvis—Aloha from Hawaii".

Over 465 versions of "An American Trilogy" have been recorded by different artists.

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"Virginia Plain" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as their debut single in August 1972. Written by Roxy frontman Bryan Ferry, "Virginia Plain" was recorded by his band in July 1972 at London's Command Studios. As a single the song became a Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number four. Former art student Bryan Ferry took the title "Virginia Plain" from one of his own paintings, featuring an image of cigarette packaging - "Virginia Plain" is a variety of cigarette tobacco. The name "Robert E. Lee" refers to music industry lawyer Robert Lee, practising at law firm Harbottle & Lewis at the time. Warhol superstar Baby Jane Holzer is also referenced in the lyrics "Baby Jane's in Acapulco / We are flying down to Rio" and "can't you see that Holzer mane?".

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"Time in a Bottle" is a hit single by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant, in December 1970. It appeared on his 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. ABC originally did not intend to release the song as a single; but when Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song's lyrics, dealing with mortality and the wish to have more time, had additional resonance. The song subsequently received a large amount of airplay as an album track and demand for a single release built. When it was eventually issued as a 7", it became his second and final No. 1 hit. After the single had finished its two-week run at the top in early January 1974, the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim became No. 1 for five weeks. In 1977, "Time in a Bottle" was used as the title for a compilation album of Croce's love songs.

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"Time in a Bottle" is a hit single by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant, in December 1970. It appeared on his 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. ABC originally did not intend to release the song as a single; but when Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song's lyrics, dealing with mortality and the wish to have more time, had additional resonance. The song subsequently received a large amount of airplay as an album track and demand for a single release built. When it was eventually issued as a 7", it became his second and final No. 1 hit. After the single had finished its two-week run at the top in early January 1974, the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim became No. 1 for five weeks. In 1977, "Time in a Bottle" was used as the title for a compilation album of Croce's love songs.

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I am surprise no one has posted this classic song before!

"Time in a Bottle" is a hit single by singer-songwriter Jim Croce...

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Love Jim Croce!

Badfinger's last Top 40 smash arrived in 1972.  This gem was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Badfinger - Baby Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53QAuOoSgc

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"Always on My Mind" is a song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson, recorded first by Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always On My Mind") and Brenda Lee in 1972. The song has been a crossover hit, charting in both the country and western and pop categories.

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"Always on My Mind" is a song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson, recorded first by Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always On My Mind") and Brenda Lee in 1972. The song has been a crossover hit, charting in both the country and western and pop categories.

The same song by Elvis Presley again in 1972.

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Speaking of Elvis...

This 1972 smash was Elvis' last Top 10 Billboard hit, and it was a biggie

Elvis Presley - Burning Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLvarYjmJVQ

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"Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1954 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos," which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle." The song was made famous by the 1972 film Deliverance, which also led to a successful lawsuit by the song's composer, as it was used in the film without Smith's permission. The film version was arranged and recorded by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, but only credited to Weissberg on a single subsequently issued in December 1972. It went to #2 for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.

From the soundtrack of "Deliverance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhnAZFR1po

Studio Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK1FaXcqUgc

"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is Wings' version of the traditional nursery rhyme. The song was released as a single on 12 May 1972 in the UK, moved back from its original planned date of the 5th. The US release occurred on 29 May. On 25 May, the band mimed a performance of the song for BBC TV's Top of the Pops TV show.

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"Dueling Banjos" is an instrumental composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith. The song was composed in 1954 by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos," which contained riffs from "Yankee Doodle." The song was made famous by the 1972 film Deliverance, which also led to a successful lawsuit by the song's composer, as it was used in the film without Smith's permission. The film version was arranged and recorded by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, but only credited to Weissberg on a single subsequently issued in December 1972. It went to #2 for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.



Kind of an interesting instrumental record. O0

Mouth & MacNeal "How Do You Do?"...Loved this song as an 11 year old kid at the time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA

Mouth & MacNeal "How Do You Do?"...Loved this song as an 11 year old kid at the time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNMKZ90jtA
A song from my childhood too!

Not included in this topic?

"American Pie" is a song by American singer and songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was the number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972 and also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In the UK, the single reached number 2, where it stayed for 3 weeks, on its original 1971 release while a reissue in 1991 reached No. 12. The song was listed as the No. 5 song on the RIAA project Songs of the Century.

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Duncan Browne's biggest hit in the UK was the song "Journey" (UK number 23), and was as televised on Top of the Pops in 1972. The song was included on Browne's second album Duncan Browne in 1973.

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"Tiny Dancer" is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Bernie Taupin. It appears on John's fourth album, Madman Across the Water, and was released as a single in 1972. Due to the song’s lengthy run time, it was initially a non-starter as a single in the US, reaching only #41 on the U.S. pop chart, and was not even released as a single in the UK. The song fared better in Canada, where John had much of his early commercial breakthrough success, peaking at #19. It was also a hit in Australia, peeking at #13. Eventually, the song slowly became one of John's most popular songs even in the territories that initially failed to embrace it, and the full-length version is now a fixture on North American, UK and Australian adult contemporary and rock radio stations. The song also received a boost of popularity after having been prominently featured in the 2000 film Almost Famous.

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"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head, and chronicles the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino and the resulting derailment of the band's plans and schedule for recording the album.

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"Say You Don't Mind" is a song written and originally recorded by English musician Denny Laine. It was a top 20 hit for Colin Blunstone in 1972.

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