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It’s July, 1972

Written by

Thomas Scovell

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We’re midway through 1972 in our journey through pop music, so let’s hear the sounds of July…

Songs of the month

  • [new] “All The King’s Horses” – Aretha Franklin
  • [new] “Alone Again Naturally” – Gilbert O’sullivan
  • “Amazing Grace” – Royal Scot Dragoon Guards Band
  • [new] “Brandy” – Looking Glass
  • [new] “Coconut” – Nilsson
  • [new] “Conquistador” – Procol Harum
  • “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” – Wayne Newton
  • [new] “Day By Day” – Godspell
  • [new] “Gone” – Joey Heatherton
  • [new] “Goodbye To Love” – Carpenters
  • [new] “Happiest Girl In The Whole Usa” – Donna Fargo
  • [new] “Hold Her Tight” – Osmonds
  • [new] “Hold Your Head Up” – Argent
  • “How Can I Be Sure” – David Cassidy
  • “How Do You Do” – Mouth And Macneal
  • “I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All” – 5Th Dimension
  • “I Don’t Want To Be Right” – Luther Ingram
  • “I Need You” – America
  • “I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
  • “I’ll Take You There” – Staple Singers
  • [new] “I’m Still In Love With You” – Al Green
  • “I’ve Been Lonely For So Long” – Frederick Knight
  • “Layla” – Derek And The Dominos
  • “Lean On Me” – Bill Withers
  • “Living In A House Divided” – Cher
  • [new] “Long Cool Woman” – Hollies
  • [new] “Mary Had A Little Lamb” – Wings
  • “Morning Has Broken” – Cat Stevens
  • [new] “Motorcycle Mama” – Sailcat
  • “Nice To Be With You” – Gallery
  • “Oh Girl” – Chi-Lites
  • “Outa Space / I Wrote A Simple Song” – Billy Preston
  • [new] “People Make The World Go Round” – Stylistics
  • “Rocket Man” – Elton John
  • [new] “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
  • [new] “Sealed With A Kiss” – Bobby Vinton
  • “Song Sung Blue” – Neil Diamond
  • “Sylvia’s Mother” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  • [new] “Take It Easy” – Eagles
  • “The Candyman” – Sammy Davis Jr.
  • “Too Late To Turn Back Now” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
  • “Too Young” – Donny Osmond
  • “Troglodyte” – Jimmy Castor Bunch
  • [new] “Where Is The Love” – Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway
  • [new] “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” – Jim Croce

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On the 1st Gloria Steinem published the first issue of
Ms. magazine, with Wonder Woman on the cover and the title “Wonder Woman For President”. Steinem wanted to lobby DC comics to display Wonder Woman as a feminist hero because she felt that new images of Wonder Woman in the 1960s objectified her. By including Wonder Woman on the cover of Ms., Steinem was able to encourage Dick Giordano to reinstate Wonder Woman’s truth lasso, bracelets, and her origin story.

Then on the 10th the MK-ULTRA program of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, testing drugs for mind control on unsuspecting people, was terminated after 19 years by the CIA. The existence of the project would not be revealed publicly until 1977 hearings by a U.S. Senate investigative committee

And on the 11th the long anticipated chess match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and United States champion Bobby Fischer, began in Iceland at Reykjavík, nine days and seven minutes after the original start date.

What’d Sadie think?

It’s a week at the top for “Song Sung Blue” by Neil Diamond before July is dominated by Bill Withers and “Lean On Me”.

Loved ’em

It’s mid-term for Sadie, but we’d already introduced her to Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out” the end of her first term of Primary School last month, so its great to hear it on the charts this month.

  • “Alone Again Naturally” – Gilbert O’sullivan
  • “Goodbye To Love” – Carpenters
  • “I’m Still In Love With You” – Al Green
  • “People Make The World Go Round” – Stylistics
  • “School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
  • “Take It Easy” – Eagles
  • “Where Is The Love” – Roberta Flack And Donny Hathaway
  • “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” – Jim Croce

Liked ’em

  • “All The King’s Horses” – Aretha Franklin
  • “Brandy” – Looking Glass
  • “Coconut” – Nilsson
  • “Conquistador” – Procol Harum
  • “Gone” – Joey Heatherton
  • “Happiest Girl In The Whole Usa” – Donna Fargo
  • “Hold Her Tight” – Osmonds
  • “Hold Your Head Up” – Argent
  • “Long Cool Woman” – Hollies
  • “Mary Had A Little Lamb” – Wings
  • “Motorcycle Mama” – Sailcat
  • “Sealed With A Kiss” – Bobby Vinton

Leave ’em

  • “Day By Day” – Godspell

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

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