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50 Years Ago: 1972 in Rock Music

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Past the start of 1972, the major artists and styles of the '60s were beginning to give mode to new names that would come to dominate the still-unfolding decade. Artists such equally David Bowie , Elton John , Eagles  and Michael Jackson each had multiple hits this year, and changes were definitely in the air.

Still, in this timeline, you'll see many familiar artists that '60s rock fans had loved, including quondam members of the Beatles and bands similar the Rolling Stones, the Temptations and the Moody Blues. We may accept been looking forward, just that didn't mean we had to say goodbye to the old favorites.

It'southward e'er fun to wait dorsum with the benefit of hindsight and call up what our ears were taking in. That'southward exactly what we've done here: Nosotros've turned back the clock 50 years and compiled a timeline of the year's top events (including anthology releases) in stone music. Then we've listed the bands that formed during that yr, and those that called information technology quits.

Finally, we've compiled a list of the yr'due south superlative singles. Looking at it all now, nosotros have to admit that we were all very lucky to have this music in our lives—and we still are!

Jan. seven—Jamming With Edward, an anthology featuring members of the Rolling Stones and others, is released

Jan. 16—Blueish Öyster Cult releases their debut album; David Seville, the vocalisation of the Chipmunks, dies

Jan. 17—Linda Ronstadt releases her self-titled third solo anthology; role of Highway 51 in Memphis is renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard

January. 20—At a concert in Brighton, England, Pink Floyd debuts the music that would be released a full year later as Dark Side of the Moon. On the same twenty-four hours, Jerry Garcia releases Garcia, his debut solo album.

Jan. 23—Big Maybelle, blues vocaliser, dies

Jan. 24—Albums released on this solar day include Paul Simon'due south cocky-titled second solo anthology, Cass Elliot's self-titled album, Aretha Franklin's Young, Gifted and Black, and Michael Jackson's solo debut, Got to Be There.

Jan. 27—Gospel great Mahalia Jackson dies at age lx

Jan. 31—Al Green releases Let's Stay Together anthology

Jan. ?—These albums were besides released this calendar month: Grin's one+1, Staff of life's Infant I'yard-a Want Yous, Jimi Hendrix'southward posthumous Hendrix in the West,  Ry Cooder'south Into the Imperial Valley, Country Joe McDonald's Incredible! Live!, Jackson Browne's cocky-titled solo debut, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band'due south All the Good Times, Malo'southward self-titled debut, Blackness Oak Arkansas' Continue the Faith, Captain Beefheart's The Spotlight Kid, Crazy Horse'southward Loose, Dave Edmunds' Rockpile, and Leo Kottke's Greenhouse. The Doors compilation Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine was besides released.

February. one—Neil Young's Harvest and Todd Rundgren'southward Something/Anything? are released

February. nine—Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, debuts at the Academy of Nottingham in England

Feb. 10—David Bowie opens his Ziggy Stardust tour in Surrey, England

Feb. 12—The Allman Brothers Band releases Consume a Peach

Related: Our Anthology Rewind of the ii-LP ABB classic

February. 14-eighteen—John Lennon and Yoko Ono spend a week hosting The Mike Douglas Evidence on American TV

Feb. 17—Billie Joe Armstrong, who would later front Green Solar day, is born

Feb. 18—Manfred Mann'southward World Band releases their self-titled debut album

February. 25—Paul McCartney releases "Give Republic of ireland Back to the Irish gaelic." The BBC bans it but it becomes a Acme twenty hitting in the U.Chiliad. On the aforementioned day, Nick Drake releases Pink Moon.

Feb. 29—John Lennon'south U.S. clearing visa expires, and he begins his fight to remain in the country

Feb. ?—These albums were likewise released this month: Eric Andersen's Blueish River, McKendree Spring'due south three, Kris Kristofferson'south Border Lord, Hot Tuna'due south Burgers, Fanny's Fanny Hill, David Cassidy'southward Cherish, Alex Taylor's Dinnertime, Gordon Lightfoot's Don Quixote, John Kay's Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes, the Strawbs' Grave New Earth, Merl Saunders' Heavy Turbulence, Dave Mason's Head Keeper, Scorpions' Lonesome Crow, Savoy Dark-brown's Hellbound Train, Jim Capaldi'due south Oh How We Danced, the Guess Who'due south Rockin', Brinsley Schwarz' Silver Pistol, Michael Nesmith'southward Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1, Jackie Lomax's Three, and Jesse Colin Young'southward Together.

March three—Stevie Wonder releases Music of My Heed

March 10—Thin Lizzy releases Shades of a Blue Orphanage, Jethro Tull releases Thick As a Brick

Related: Our Album Rewind of Thick as a Brick

March 11—Harry Chapin's Heads & Tales released

March 15—Winners at the 14th annual Grammy Awards include Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Pecker Withers and Carly Simon

March 24—Slade Alive! by Slade is released; Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks release Striking Information technology Rich

March 25—The compilation album The Kink Kronikles by the Kinks is released, as is Deep Purple'south Car Caput

March 26—Frank Zappa and the Mothers release Just Another Ring from L.A.

March 27—Three Domestic dog Dark's Seven Separate Fools is released

March ?—These albums were also released this month: Ten Years After's Alvin Lee and Company, Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees, Bobby Whitlock's solo debut, Delaney and Bonnie's D&B Together, Spirit'due south Feedback, Rick Nelson and the Rock Canyon Band'south Garden Party, Jerry Lee Lewis' The "Killer Rocks On, Cream's Live Cream Vol. II, New Riders of the Imperial Sage's Powerglide, Pure Prairie League'due south self-titled debut, Edgar Wintertime'south White Trash's Roadwork, Humble Pie'due south Smokin', the Everly Brothers' Stories We Could Tell, Lee Michaels' Infinite and First Takes, and Styx's self-titled debut.

April 4—ZZ Acme releases their second album, Rio Grande Mud

April 5—Graham Nash and David Crosby release Graham Nash David Crosby

April 10—The Raspberries release their self-titled debut

April xi—Creedence Clearwater Revival releases Mardi Gras

Apr 12—Manassas (with Stephen Stills) releases their self-titled debut

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April 14—Gentle Behemothic releases Three Friends

April 16—The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) makes their debut at Croydon, England (ii months later, founding member Roy Wood leaves the ring)

April 20—Dr. John Releases Gumbo

April 28—Wishbone Ash releases Argus

Apr ?—These albums were too released this month: T. Rex'south Bolan'due south Boogie, Cat Mother and the All-Dark Newsboys' Cat Mother, Quicksilver Messenger Service's Comin' Thru, David Clayton-Thomas' self-titled album, Elvis Presley's He Touched Me, Richard Thompson's Henry the Man Fly, Lou Reed's cocky-titled solo debut, Tom Rush's Merrimack County, Mountain's Live: The Road Goes Always On, April Wine'south On Record, Al Kooper'south A Possible Projection of the Time to come/Childhood's Cease, Procol Harum's Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Johnny Cash's A Affair Called Honey, and Jim Croce's You Don't Mess Effectually With Jim.

May 1—The Jeff Beck Group release their self-titled fourth album

May 2—Les Harvey of the band Rock the Crows is electrocuted onstage in Wales. He dies a few hours subsequently.

May 5—Dejection nifty Rev. Gary Davis dies

May 6—Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway release their self-titled collaboration

May 8—Billy Preston becomes the start rock creative person to headline New York City's Radio Urban center Music Hall

May 11—The Meters release Cabbage Aisle

May 12—The Rolling Stones release Exile on Principal St.

Related: The #1 albums of 1972

May fourteen—Rory Gallagher'southward Live in Europe is released

May xv—The Beach Boys release Carl and the Passions—"So Tough"

May 19—Elton John'due south Honky Chateau, Uriah Heep's Demons and Wizards, and Caravan'southward Waterloo Lily are released

May 22—Funkadelic releases America Eats Its Young

May 26—Weather Report's I Sing the Body Electric and Peter Frampton's Winds of Change are released

May thirty—The Velvet Underground'south Live at Max'due south Kansas City is released

May ?—These albums were likewise released this month: Bob Weir'southward Ace, Bloodrock's Live, Joy of Cooking's Castles, Joan Baez'south Come From the Shadows, Judy Collins' Colors of the Day, Janis Joplin's posthumous In Concert, the Supremes' Floy Joy, the Flight Burrito Brothers' Last of the Reddish Hot Burritos, Roy Orbison'southward Sings, Randy Newman's Sail Abroad, Piffling Feat's Sailin' Shoes, and Bill Withers' Still Neb

Related: One yr earlier… 1971 in rock music

June ane—Aretha Franklin releases Astonishing Grace; also, the self-titled debut by Eagles is released

June 2—Pink Floyd'south Obscured by Clouds is released

June 3—The Rolling Stones open their showtime N American tour since 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia

June vi—David Bowie'due south The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is released

Released: Our Album Rewind ofZiggy… When glam-stone went global

June 7—Grease opens on Broadway, beginning a run of more than three,300 shows

June 9—King Crimson releases Earthbound and James Brown releases There It Is

June 10—Elvis Presley begins a four-show run at New York's Madison Foursquare Garden; LaBelle releases Moon Shadow

June 12—John Lennon and Yoko Ono release Some Time in New York City

June thirteen—The Carpenters release A Vocal for Yous

June xiv—Madison Square Garden hosts a do good for presidential candidate George McGovern starring a reunited Simon and Garfunkel, plus Dionne Warwick and Peter, Paul and Mary; Simon and Garfunkel'southward Greatest Hits is released on the same 24-hour interval. Too on this date, the concert film Fillmore, featuring the final days of the San Francisco venue, opens

June 16—Roxy Music's cocky-titled debut is released

June 18—Elvis Presley'southward As Recorded at Madison Square Garden is released

June 23—Jethro Tull's Living in the Past is released

June 26—Leon Russell's Carney is released

June ?—These albums were too released this calendar month: Large Star's #1 Record, Ike Turner'southward Blues Roots, Gratuitous's Gratuitous at Last, Blackness Oak Arkansas' If an Angel Came to Run across You lot, Would You Make Her Feel at Home?, Alice Cooper'south School's Out and Golden Earring'due south Together

July 1—The Doobie Brothers release Toulouse Street

July 3—Blues great Mississippi Fred McDowell dies

July 4—David Ackles' American Gothic is released

July 5—Frank Zappa's Waka/Jawaka is released

July 6—Emerson, Lake and Palmer release Trilogy

July vii—The Jimmy Cliff-led reggae soundtrack to The Harder They Come is released

July 10—Chicago V and Harry Nilsson'due south Son of Schmilsson are released

July 15—Neil Diamond's Moods is released

July 17—The Doors' postal service-Jim Morrison Full Circumvolve album is released

July twenty—Jefferson Airplane's Long John Silver, their final studio album until a 1989 reunion, is released

July 21—Rod Stewart releases Never a Dull Moment and T. Male monarch releases The Slider

July 24—Bobby Ramirez, drummer for Edgar Winter's White Trash, is beaten to decease in a Chicago bar fight

July ?—These albums were too released this month: John Cale's The Academy in Peril, Argent's All Together At present, Johnny Cash's America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song (his 40th anthology), Captain Beyond's self-titled debut, Foghat's self-titled debut, Ike and Tina Turner'due south Feel Good, Nazareth's Exercises, Johnny Nash's I Tin can See Clearly Now, Van Morrison's Saint Dominic'south Preview, the James Gang's Straight Shooter, and Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly.

Aug. ii—Brian Cole of the Association dies

Aug. 4—Michael Jackson releases his Ben album

Aug. 5—Aerosmith signs with Columbia Records

Related: Read well-nigh Aerosmith'due south early days in this book excerpt

Aug. 9—The London production of Jesus Christ Superstar opens

Aug. 14—Buddy Guy and Junior Wells' Play the Dejection is released

Aug. 15—The Band releases Rock of Ages

Aug. 25—The Kinks release Everybody's in Show-Biz

Related: Our Anthology Rewind of Everybody'southward in Evidence-Biz

Aug. 28—Cactus releases 'Ot 'n' Sweaty

Aug. thirty—John Lennon and Yoko Ono headline the "One to Ane" concert for mentally handicapped children at Madison Square Garden, with Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack and others as support acts

Aug. ?—These albums were also released this calendar month: Michael Nesmith's And the Hits Just Proceed on Comin'. The O'Jays' Dorsum Stabbers, Harold Melvin and the Bluish Notes' cocky-titled debut, the Guess Who's Alive at the Paramount, Roy Buchanan'south self-titled 2d album, Bob Seger'south Smokin' O.P.'s, and Seals and Crofts' Summer Breeze.

Related: Our feature story on Seals and Crofts

Sept. 8—Mott the Hoople releases All the Immature Dudes

Sept. xiii—Yes releases Close to the Edge

Sept. xv—M Funk Railroad releases Phoenix, and John Denver releases Rocky Mount High

Sept. 21—Liam Gallagher, later of the British band Oasis, is born

Sept. 22—Jefferson Airplane plays their last gig, at San Francisco's Winterland. They will reunite in 1989 for one tour and album.

Sept. 25—Black Sabbath releases Vol. 4

Sept. 26—The J. Geils Ring releases Live Full House

Sept. 27—Cat Stevens releases Catch Bull at Four

Sept. 28—British musician Rory Tempest dies

Sept. 29—Manfred Mann's Earth Band releasesGlorified Magnified

Sept. ?—These albums were also released this calendar month: Bonnie Raitt's Give It Up, Family unit'due south Bandstand, Boz Scaggs' My Fourth dimension, Brinsley Schwarz' Nervous on the Road, Mickey Hart's Rolling Thunder, Sandy Denny's Sandy, Pentangle's Solomon's Seal, Budgie'south Squawk, and David Clayton-Thomas' Tequila Sunrise

Oct. 1—Jimi Hendrix'due south War Heroes is released posthumously

Oct. two—Nuggets, a compilation album of mid-'60s psychedelic singles, which would influence punk-stone bands, is released by Elektra Records

October. half-dozen—Genesis releases Foxtrot

October. viii—Billy Preston releases Music Is My Life

October. 11—Santana releases Caravanserai

October. 12—The film Lady Sings the Blues, starring Diana Ross, premieres. She is later on nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

October. 23—Al Green releases I'm Still in Beloved With You lot

Oct. 28—Stevie Wonder's Talking Volume is released

Oct. ?—These albums were also released this month: Joe Walsh's Barnstorm, Helm Beefheart'south Clear Spot, Pure Prairie League'due south Bustin' Out, Tim Buckley'south Greetings from L.A., Staff of life's Guitar Man, Diana Ross' Lady Sings the Blues, Barbra Streisand's Live Concert at the Forum, Rita Coolidge's The Lady's Not for Sale, Savoy Brown's Lion's Share, Loggins and Messina'south cocky-titled second anthology, Chuck Berry's The London Sessions, Diminutive Rooster'due south Made in England, James Gang'south Passin' Thru,  Carole Rex's Rhymes & Reasons, Ten Years After'due south Rock & Curl Music to the Globe, Harry Chapin's Sniper and Other Honey Songs, Stealers Wheel's self-titled debut, the Bee Gees' To Whom It May Business, and Pete Townshend's Who Came First.

Nov. ane—James Taylor releases I Man Domestic dog, the Hollies release Romany, and Slade releases Slayed?

November. 3—James Taylor and Carly Simon are wed in New York

Nov. 5—The Grateful Dead'south Europe '72 is released

Nov. 6—Billy Murcia of the New York Dolls dies

November. 7—Bette Midler releases The Divine Miss Thou, Neil Young releases Journey Through the Past

Nov. viii—Lou Reed releases Transformer

November. 10—Barclay James Harvest releases Babe James Harvest

November. 11—Drupe Oakley of the Allman Brothers Band dies

November. 13—The Raspberries release Fresh

Nov. 15—America releases Homecoming

November. 17—The Moody Blues release Seventh Sojourn

Related: Our Album Rewind of Seventh Sojourn

November. 18—Danny Whitten of Crazy Equus caballus dies

Nov. 20—James Brown releases Get on the Good Pes

Nov. 24—Hawkwind releases Doremi Fasol Latido

Nov. 25—Poco releases A Good Feelin' to Know

Nov. ?—These albums were also released this calendar month: Ry Cooder's Boomer's Story, Joni Mitchell'south For the Roses, Steely Dan's Tin can't Purchase a Thrill, Don McLean'south self-titled tertiary anthology, Can's Ege Bamyasi, Kris Kristofferson's Jesus Was a Capricorn, Joe Cocker's self-titled tertiary album, Uriah Heep'southward The Wizard's Altogether, Carly Simon's No Secrets, Gordon Lightfoot's Old Dan's Records, Bloodrock's Passage, the Supremes' Produced and Bundled by Jimmy Webb, Edgar Winter Group's They But Come Out at Dark, Joan Armatrading'southward Whatever'south for Us, War's The World is a Ghetto, and W, Bruce and Laing's Why Dontcha.

Dec. 1—Gentle Behemothic releases Octopus

Dec. 8—Marvin Gaye releases Trouble Human being

December. 9—Neil Diamond releases Hot Baronial Night

Dec. xv—Status Quo releases Piledriver

Dec. sixteen—Soundtrack anthology for Across 110th Street, featuring Bobby Womack, is released

Dec. ?—These albums were likewise released this month: Frank Zappa's The Grand Wazoo, New Riders of the Regal Sage's Gypsy Cowboy, Deep Regal'southward Fabricated in Japan, and REO Speedwagon's R.E.O./T.Westward.O.

Dec. 23—Grand Funk Railroad performs a sold-out concert at Madison Foursquare Garden

Lookout man a clip from Grand Funk Railroad'due south Madison Foursquare Garden concert

Dec. 31—New year's day's Rockin' Eve, hosted past Dick Clark, debuts on Television set. It will continue under that name fifty-fifty later on his decease.

More 1972 albums, release dates unknown

Loudon Wainwright Three'due south Anthology 3, Aztec 2-Stride'due south self-titled anthology, the Staple Singers' Be Distance: Respect Yourself, Climax'south self-titled LP, David Bromberg's Demon in Disguise, Focus' iii, Geronimo Blackness'southward self-titled album, Townes Van Zandt'south Loftier, Low and In Betwixt,  Dan Fogelberg's Home Free, Albert Hammond'southward It Never rains in Southern California, Jo Jo Gunne's self-titled album, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Ring's Let's Make Up and Be Friendly, Donny Hathaway'south Live, Dirty Waters' The London Sessions, Mandrill's Is, Gladys Knight and the Pips' Neither I of U.s.a., Brownsville Station's A Night on the Boondocks, Tim Hardin'southward Painted Head, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson'southward Pancho and Lefty, Renaissance's Prologue, Taj Mahal'south Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff, Return to Forever's cocky-titled debut, Dion and the Belmonts' Reunion: Live at Madison Square Garden, NRBQ'southward Scraps,  Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show'due south Sloppy Seconds, Johnny Greenbacks's Sunday Forenoon Coming Downwardly, Nektar's A Tab in the Body of water, Charlie Daniels' To John, Grease, & Wolfman, Jackie Lomax's Iii, Tim Rose's self-titled anthology, the Dramatics' Whatcha See Is Whatcha Become, the Gauge Who's Wild One, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Volition the Circle Exist Unbroken.

Abba (L-R) Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog and Bjorn Ulvaeus

Bands That Formed in 1972

ABBA
Ace
Average White Band
Be-Bop Deluxe
Beck, Bogert & Appice
Yje Captain and Tennille
Ducks Deluxe
The E Street Band
Graham Central Station
The Jam
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
The Real Kids
Render to Forever
Stealers Wheel
Styx
The Tubes
Twisted Sis
Van Halen
West, Bruce and Laing
XTC

Bands That Broke Up in 1972

Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jefferson Airplane
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
MC5
Them
The Velvet Underground

And finally, a selection of the twelvemonth's notable U.S./U.K. hit singles and popular songs (alphabetically by artist)…

America—"A Horse With No Proper noun," "Ventura Highway"

Silvery—"Concord Your Head Up"
Badfinger—"Babe Bluish," "Day Afterward 24-hour interval"
The Bee Gees—"Run to Me"
Chuck Berry—"My Ding-a-Ling"
David Bowie—"Changes," "John, I'thou Only Dancing," "Starman," "The Jean Genie"

James Brown—"Get on the Practiced Foot"
Jackson Browne—"Md My Eyes"
Jimmy Castor Bunch—"Troglodyte (Cavern Homo)"
Harry Chapin—"Taxi"
The Chi-Lites—"Oh Girl"
Chicago—"Saturday in the Park"
Climax—"Precious and Few"
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen—"Hot Rod Lincoln"
Alice Cooper—"School'due south Out"
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose—"Too Late to Turn Back At present"
Jim Croce—"Operator"
Crosby and Nash—"Clearing Human"
Mac Davis—"Baby, Don't Become Hooked on Me"
Sammy Davis Jr.—"The Processed Man"
Deep Majestic—"Highway Star"
Derek and the Dominos—"Layla"
Neil Diamond—"Vocal Sung Blue"
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show—"The Cover of the Rolling Stone," "Sylvia'due south Female parent"
The Doobie Brothers—"Jesus is Just Alright," "Heed to the Music"
The Dramatics—"In the Rain"
Eagles—"Take It Like shooting fish in a barrel," "Witchy Adult female"

Jonathan Edwards—"Sunshine"
Faces—"Stay With Me"
The Fifth Dimension—"(Terminal Night) I Didn't Get to Slumber at All"
Roberta Flack—"The Start Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Robert Flack and Donny Hathaway—"Where Is the Love?"

Gallery—"Dainty to Be With You"
Marvin Gaye—"Trouble Man"
Gary Glitter—"Rock and Ringlet Role 1 + 2"
The Grass Roots—"2 Divided By Love"
Al Green—"I'm Still in Beloved With You," "Let's Stay Together"
Arlo Guthrie—"City of New Orleans"
Albert Hammond—"It Never Rains in Southern California"
The Hollies—"Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)"
Honey Cone—"Ane Monkey Don't Stop No Show"
Luther Ingram—"(If Loving You Is Incorrect) I Don't Want to Be Right"
Michael Jackson—"Ben," "Got to Exist There," "Rockin' Robin"
Elton John—"Crocodile Rock," "Honky Cat," "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer"
Led Zeppelin—"Black Dog"
John Lennon and Yoko Ono—"Happy Xmas (War is Over)"
Loggins and Messina—"Your Mama Don't Dance"
Looking Glass—"Brandy (Y'all're a Fine Daughter")

Related: Read the backstory of Looking Glass' "Brandy"

The Primary Ingredient—"Everybody Plays the Fool"
Malo—"Suavecito"
Curtis Mayfield—"Freddie'southward Expressionless"
Don McLean—"American Pie," "Vincent"

Melanie—"Brand New Key"
Joni Mitchell—"Yous Turn Me On I'grand a Radio"
The Moody Dejection—"Nights in White Satin" (re-release)
Mott the Hoople—"All the Young Dudes"
Johnny Nash—"I Can See Clearly Now"
Rick Nelson—"Garden Party"
The New Seekers—"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
Harry Nilsson—"Without You," "Kokosnoot"
The O'Jays—"Back Stabbers"

Danny O'Keefe—"Skilful Time Charlie's Got the Blues"
Gilbert O'Sullivan—"Alone Again, Naturally"
Donny Osmond—"Puppy Love"
Baton Paul—"Me and Mrs. Jones"
Elvis Presley—"Burning Love"
Baton Preston—"Outa-Space"
Procol Harum—"Conquistador"
Raspberries—"Become All the Fashion"
Helen Reddy—"I Am Woman"
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers—"Roadrunner"
Johnny Rivers—"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"
The Rolling Stones—"Happy," "Tumbling Dice"
Roxy Music—"Virginia Plain"
Todd Rundgren—"I Saw the Light"
Leon Russell—"Tightrope"
Santana—"No One to Depend On"
Seals and Crofts—"Summer Breeze"
Carly Simon—"Anticipation," "Yous're So Vain"

Paul Simon—"Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard," "Mother and Child Reunion"
Simon and Garfunkel—"America"
Slade—"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
Sly and the Family Rock—"Family Affair"
The Spinners—"I'll Exist Around"
Ringo Starr—"Dorsum Off Boogaloo"
Steely Dan—"Do It Again," "Reelin' in the Years"

The Staple Singers—"I'll Have You In that location," "Respect Yourself"
Rod Stewart—"Y'all Wearable It Well"
The Stylistics—"Betcha by Golly, Wow," "Y'all Are Everything"
T. King—"Bang a Gong," "Metal Guru," "Telegram Sam"
The Temptations—"Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
Joe Tex—"I Gotcha"
Three Dog Night—"Blackness and White," "Never Been to Espana"
War—"The Cisco Kid," "Slippin' Into Darkness"
The Who—"Join Together"
Wings—"Give Ireland Back to the Irish gaelic," "Hello Hello Hi"
Bill Withers—"Lean on Me," "Apply Me"
Stevie Wonder—"Superstition"
Betty Wright—"Clean Upward Woman"
Aye—"Roundabout"
Neil Young—"Heart of Gold," "Erstwhile Man"

Related: Summit radio hits of 1972

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