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It’s December, 1972

Written by

Thomas Scovell

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And here we are at the end of another year in pop music history, December, 1972!

Songs of the month

  • [new] “And You And I” – Yes
  • [new] “Angel” – Rod Stewart
  • [new] “Anthem” – Wayne Newton
  • [new] “Been To Canaan” – Carole King
  • [new] “Big City Miss Ruth Ann” – Gallery
  • “Clair” – Gilbert O’sullivan
  • “Convention ’72” – Delegates
  • “Corner Of The Sky” – Jackson 5
  • [new] “Cover Of Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  • “Crazy Horses” – Osmonds
  • [new] “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
  • [new] “Daddy’s Home” – Jermaine Jackson
  • [new] “Daytime Night Time” – Keith Hampshire
  • “Dialogue” – Chicago
  • [new] “Do You Want To Dance” – Bette Midler
  • [new] “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” – James Taylor
  • [new] “Dreidel” – Don Mclean
  • [new] “Everybody Loves A Love Song” – Mac Davis
  • “Freddie’s Dead” – Curtis Mayfield
  • “Funny Face” – Donna Fargo
  • “Garden Party” – Rick Nelson
  • [new] “Good Times Sally” – Rare Earth
  • [new] “Hi Hi Hi” – Wings
  • “I Am Woman” – Helen Reddy
  • “I Can See Clearly Now” – Johnny Nash
  • [new] “I Can’t Stand To See You Cry” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
  • [new] “I Just Want To Make Love To You” – Foghat
  • [new] “I Wanna Be With You” – Raspberries
  • “I’d Love You To Want Me” – Lobo
  • “I’ll Be Around” – Spinners
  • [new] “I’ll Be Your Shelter” – Luther Ingram
  • [new] “I’m Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore” – Cornelius Brothers And Sister Rose
  • “I’m Stone In Love With You” – Stylistics
  • “If I Could Reach You” – 5Th Dimension
  • “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” – Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
  • [new] “Ing In Love” – Spinners
  • “It Never Rains In Southern California” – Albert Hammond
  • [new] “Jesus Is Just Alright” – Doobie Brothers
  • [new] “Jesus Was A Capricorn” – Kris Kristofferson
  • [new] “Keeper Of The Castle” – Four Tops
  • [new] “Knock Knock Who’s There” – Mary Hopkin
  • [new] “Last Song” – Edward Bear
  • [new] “Lies” – J.J. Cale
  • [new] “Living In The Past” – Jethro Tull
  • [new] “Long Dark Road” – Hollies
  • [new] “Looking Through The Eyes Of Love” – Partridge Family
  • [new] “Lucky Man” – “Emerson Lake & Palmer”
  • [new] “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” – Slade
  • “Me And Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
  • [new] “Me And My Baby Got A Good Thing Going” – Lyn Collins
  • [new] “Mr And Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
  • “Nights In White Satin” – Moody Blues
  • [new] “Oh No Not My Baby” – Merry Clayton
  • [new] “One Last Time” – Glen Campbell
  • [new] “One Way Out” – Allman Brothers Band
  • “Operator” – Jim Croce
  • “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” – Temptations
  • [new] “Peaceful Easy Feeling” – Eagles
  • [new] “Pieces Of April” – Three Dog Night
  • [new] “Remember” – Nilsson
  • “Rock N Roll Soul” – Grand Funk Railroad
  • “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” – Johnny Rivers
  • [new] “Silly Wasn’t I” – Valerie Simpson
  • [new] “Sitting” – Cat Stevens
  • “Something’s Wrong With Me” – Austin Roberts
  • [new] “Songman” – Cashman And West
  • “Summer Breeze” – Seals And Crofts
  • [new] “Superfly” – Curtis Mayfield
  • [new] “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder
  • “Sweet Surrender” – Bread
  • [new] “The Jean Genie” – David Bowie
  • [new] “To Be Your Friend” – Lobo
  • “Ventura Highway” – America
  • [new] “Walk On Water” – Neil Diamond
  • [new] “What My Baby Needs Now Is A Little More Lovin’” – James Brown-Lyn Collins
  • [new] “Why Can’t We Live Together” – Timmy Thomas
  • “Witchy Woman” – Eagles
  • [new] “You Can Do Magic” – Limmie & Family Cookin’
  • “You Ought To Be With Me” – Al Green
  • [new] “You’re A Lady” – Dawn Ft Tony Orlando
  • [new] “You’re So Vain” – Carly Simon
  • [new] “You’ve Got To Take It” – Main Ingredient
  • [new] “Your Mama Don’t Dance” – Kenny Loggins And Jim Messina

[new] = New to the chart this week.

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

This month in history

On December 15, American astronaut Eugene Cernan climbed into the lunar module Challenger becoming the last person to have set foot on the Moon to date.

On the 30th The “Christmas Bombing” of North Vietnam was halted by order of U.S. President Nixon, after the North Vietnamese agreed to resume negotiations with Henry Kissinger beginning on January 8.  A total of 20,370 tons of bombs were dropped on North Vietnam over eleven days. We’ve largely avoided a decade of stories on the war, because…well it’s depressing. But hoorah, it’s over.

And on the last day of the year, another leap second (23:59:60) was added, making 1972 the only year to have two leap seconds, and thus the longest year in human history.

What’d Sadie think?

It’s a week for “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” by the Temptations then for “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy before Billy Paul’s “Mr And Mrs. Jones” rides high for 3 weeks.

It’s one of those months where I must have scraped the top 30 not the top 20 for each week so we have a huge list of new tunes!

We’ll stick to those we really loved…

  • “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
  • “Do You Want To Dance” – Bette Midler
  • “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” – Slade
  • “Me And My Baby Got A Good Thing Going” – Lyn Collins
  • “Mr And Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
  • “Peaceful Easy Feeling” – Eagles
  • “Superfly” – Curtis Mayfield
  • “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder
  • “The Jean Genie” – David Bowie
  • “You’re So Vain” – Carly Simon

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

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