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It’s February, 1972

Written by

Thomas Scovell

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My how time flies – we’re only 5 years away from my own birth now, as we listen to the songs of February, 1972…

Songs of the month

  • [new] “Ain’t Understanding Mellow” – Jerry Bulter And Brenda Lee Ea
  • “American Pie” – Don Mclean
  • “Anticipation” – Carly Simon
  • [new] “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” – T. Rex
  • “Black Dog” – Led Zeppelin
  • “Brand New Key” – Melanie
  • “Clean Up Woman” – Betty Wright
  • [new] “Daddy’s Home” – Jackson 5
  • “Day After Day” – Badfinger
  • [new] “Don’t Say You Don’t Remember” – Beverly Bremers
  • [new] “Down By The Lazy River” – Osmonds
  • “Drowning In The Sea Of Love” – Joe Simon
  • [new] “Everything I Own” – Bread
  • “Fire And Water” – Wilson Pickett
  • [new] “Floy Joy” – Supremes
  • [new] “Footstompin’ Music” – Grand Funk Railroad
  • [new] “Heart Of Gold” – Neil Young
  • “Hurtin’ Each Other” – Carpenters
  • [new] “I Can’t Help Myself” – Donnie Elbert
  • “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” – Hillside Singers
  • “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing” – New Seekers
  • “Joy” – Apollo 100
  • [new] “Jungle Fever” – Chakachas
  • “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” – Charley Pride
  • “Let’s Stay Together” – Al Green
  • “Levon” – Elton John
  • “Make Me The Woman You Go Home To” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
  • [new] “Mother And Child Reunion” – Paul Simon
  • [new] “My World” – Bee Gees
  • “Never Been To Spain” – Three Dog Night
  • “Precious And Few” – Climax
  • “Scorpio” – Dennis Coffey
  • “Stay With Me” – Faces
  • “Sunshine” – Jonathan Edwards
  • [new] “Sweet Seasons” – Carole King
  • “That’s The Way I Feel About Cha” – Bobby Womack
  • [new] “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – Robert John
  • [new] “The Way Of Love” – Cher
  • “The Witch Queen Of New Orleans” – Redbone
  • “Without You” – Nilsson
  • “You Are Everything” – Stylistics

[new] = New to the chart this week.

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

This month in history

Exactly 5 years before I’m born, on the 10th, David Bowie opened his concert tour with his new alter ego of “Ziggy Stardust”, starting at the Toby Jug Pub in Tolworth.

The next day, as the nationwide strike of British coal miners continued, Secretary for Trade and Industry John Davies told the House of Commons that the government was ordering a massive shutdown of Britain’s industry. Davies added that “Many, many people—perhaps millions—will be laid off.”

Across the Atlantic on the 19th the TV show “All in the Family” first aired what became its most famous episode, which ended with black musician Sammy Davis Jr. giving a kiss on the cheek to America’s ‘most popular bigot’, Archie Bunker.

What’d Sadie think?

A week more at the top for “American Pie” by Don McLean, followed by a week for Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” and then Nilsson gets number one for the remainder with “Without You”.

Loved ’em

  • “Everything I Own” – Bread
  • “Heart Of Gold” – Neil Young
  • “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – Robert John

Liked ’em

  • “Ain’t Understanding Mellow” – Jerry Bulter And Brenda Lee Ea
  • “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” – T. Rex
  • “Daddy’s Home” – Jackson 5
  • “Down By The Lazy River” – Osmonds
  • “Floy Joy” – Supremes
  • “Footstompin’ Music” – Grand Funk Railroad
  • “I Can’t Help Myself” – Donnie Elbert
  • “Jungle Fever” – Chakachas
  • “Mother And Child Reunion” – Paul Simon
  • “My World” – Bee Gees
  • “Sweet Seasons” – Carole King
  • “The Way Of Love” – Cher

Leave ’em

  • “Don’t Say You Don’t Remember” – Beverly Bremers

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

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