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It’s November, 1972

Written by

Thomas Scovell

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Only two weeks till xmas! Which is typically when we get some downtime and do some upgrades to 4xlife – if any listeners have suggestions, please do email. In the meanwhile listen to the tunes of November, 1972…

Songs of the month

  • [new] “American City Suite” – Cashman And West
  • “Ben” – Michael Jackson
  • “Burning Love” – Elvis Presley
  • [new] “Clair” – Gilbert O’sullivan
  • [new] “Convention ’72” – Delegates
  • [new] “Corner Of The Sky” – Jackson 5
  • [new] “Crazy Horses” – Osmonds
  • [new] “Dialogue” – Chicago
  • [new] “Elected” – Alice Cooper
  • “Everybody Plays The Fool” – Main Ingredient
  • “Freddie’s Dead” – Curtis Mayfield
  • [new] “Funny Face” – Donna Fargo
  • “Garden Party” – Rick Nelson
  • “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues” – Danny O’keefe
  • “I Am Woman” – Helen Reddy
  • “I Believe In Music” – Gallery
  • “I Can See Clearly Now” – Johnny Nash
  • “I’d Love You To Want Me” – Lobo
  • “I’ll Be Around” – Spinners
  • [new] “I’m Stone In Love With You” – Stylistics
  • “If I Could Reach You” – 5Th Dimension
  • [new] “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” – Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
  • [new] “It Never Rains In Southern California” – Albert Hammond
  • “Listen To The Music” – Doobie Brothers
  • “Loving You Just Crossed My Mind” – Sam Neely
  • [new] “Me And Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
  • “My Ding-A-Ling” – Chuck Berry
  • “Nights In White Satin” – Moody Blues
  • [new] “Operator” – Jim Croce
  • [new] “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” – Temptations
  • [new] “Rock N Roll Soul” – Grand Funk Railroad
  • [new] “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” – Johnny Rivers
  • [new] “Something’s Wrong With Me” – Austin Roberts
  • “Space Man” – Nilsson
  • “Starting All Over Again” – Mel And Tim
  • “Summer Breeze” – Seals And Crofts
  • [new] “Sweet Surrender” – Bread
  • “The City Of New Orleans” – Arlo Guthrie
  • “Thunder And Lightning” – Chi Coltrane
  • “Tight Rope” – Leon Russell
  • “Use Me” – Bill Withers
  • [new] “Ventura Highway” – America
  • “Why” – Donny Osmond
  • “Witchy Woman” – Eagles
  • [new] “You Ought To Be With Me” – Al Green

[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 the groundbreaking, made-for-television film, “That Certain Summer” appeared as the ABC Wednesday Night Movie. Actors Hal Holbrook and Martin Sheen addressed the, then very, controversial topic, portraying an adult gay couple in the Golden Globe winning movie.

On the 8th HBO (Home Box Office), the first “pay cable” television channel, was launched in the United States. The first evening of programming was a National Hockey League (NHL) game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks from Madison Square Garden (part of a long-term agreement to broadcast sports events based at the Manhattan arena), followed by the film “Sometimes a Great Notion”, and was broadcast to a massive 365 subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Each household paid an additional $6.00 per month to Service Electric Cable TV for the service.

And on the 29th Atari, Inc. released the seminal arcade version of Pong, the first such game to achieve commercial success.

What’d Sadie think?

It’s a month dominated by a single song, Johnny Nash’s, “I Can See Clearly Now”.  And a month of real classics, check them out…

Loved ’em

  • “Funny Face” – Donna Fargo
  • “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” – Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
  • “It Never Rains In Southern California” – Albert Hammond
  • “Me And Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
  • “Operator” – Jim Croce
  • “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” – Temptations
  • “Ventura Highway” – America
  • “You Ought To Be With Me” – Al Green

Liked ’em

  • “Clair” – Gilbert O’sullivan
  • “Corner Of The Sky” – Jackson 5
  • “Crazy Horses” – Osmonds
  • “Dialogue” – Chicago
  • “Elected” – Alice Cooper
  • “I’m Stone In Love With You” – Stylistics
  • “Rock N Roll Soul” – Grand Funk Railroad
  • “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” – Johnny Rivers
  • “Something’s Wrong With Me” – Austin Roberts
  • “Sweet Surrender” – Bread

Leave ’em

  • “American City Suite” – Cashman And West
  • “Convention ’72” – Delegates

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

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