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  T. Rex :  Telegram Sam
  January 1972
  Label: Ariola / single 10 989 AT
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  from album: "The Slider"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  D  4  CH  4
 
  Slade :  Look Wot You Dun
  February 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 195
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea - Powell
  from album: "Sladest"  1973
  Charts: UK  4  D 14
 
  The Sweet :  Poppa Joe
  February 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16 136
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Sweet's Biggest Hits"  1972
  Charts: UK 11  D  3  CH  2
 
  Elvis Presley :  Until It's Time For You To Go
  February 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-0619
  Music / Text: Buffy Sainte-Marie
  from album: "Elvis Now"  1972
  Charts: UK  5  US 40
 
  Sly & The Family Stone :  Runnin' Away
  February 1972
  Label: Epic / single EPC 7810
  Music / Text: Sylvester Stewart
  from album: "There's A Riot Goin' On"  1971
  Charts: UK 17  US 23
 
  Carpenters :  Hurting Each Other
  February 1972
  Label: A&M / single 1322
  Music / Text: Peter Udell - Gary Geld
  from album: "A Song For You"  1972
  Charts: US  2
 
 
  Ten Years After :  Baby Won't You Let Me Rock'n'Roll You
  Feburary 1972
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHA 102
  Music / Text: Alvin Lee
  from album: "A Space In Time"  1971
  Charts:
 
 
  Traffic :  Rock'n'Roll Stew
  February 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Jim Capaldi
  from album: "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"  1971
  Charts:
 
  Middle Of The Road :  Sacramento
  February 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16 127
  Music / Text: Rubirosa - Mario Capuano - Giosy Capuano - Lally Stott
  from album: "Acceleration"  1971
  Charts: UK 23  D  1  CH  1
 
  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band :  I Saw The Light  /  Grand Ole Opry Song
  February 1972
  Label: United Artists / singles
  Music / Text: Hank Williams  /  Hilo Brown
  from album: "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Bread :  Everything I Own
  February 1972
  Label: Elektra / single 45765
  Music / Text: David Gates
  from album: "Baby I'm - A Want You"  1972
  Charts: UK 32  US  5
 
  Shirley Bassey :  Diamonds Are Forever
  February 1972
  Label: United Artists / single UP 35293
  Music / Text: John Barry - Don Black
  from album: "The Shirley Bassey Singles Album"  1975
  Charts: UK 38  US 57
 
  Joe Tex :  I Gotcha
  February 1972
  Label: Mercury / single 6052 129
  Music / Text: Joe Tex
  from album: "I Gotcha"  1972
  Charts:  US  2  D 33
 
  The Byrds :  America's Great National Pastime
  February 1972
  Label: CBS / single 7712
  Music / Text: Kim Fowley - Skip Battin
  from album: "Farther Along"  1971
  Charts:
 
 
  Vinegar Joe :  Never Met A Dog (That Took To Me)
  February 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Robert Palmer
  from album: "Vinegar Joe"  1972
  Charts:
 
 
  Nick Drake :  Pink Moon  /  Things Behind The Sun
  February 1972
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Nick Drake
  from album: "Pink Moon"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Greyhound :  Moon River
  February 1972
  Label: Trojan / single TR 7848
  Music / Text: Henry Mancini - Johnny Mercer
  from album: "Black And White"  1971
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Black Sabbath :  Iron Man
  February 1972
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Iommi - Butler - Ward - Osbourne
  from album: "Paranoid"  1970
  Charts: US 52
 
  Chicory Tip :  Son Of My Father
  February 1972
  Label: CBS / single 7737
  Music / Text: Michael Holm - Giorgio Moroder - Pete Bellotte
  from album: "Son Of My Father"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  D 18
 
  Supremes :  Floy Joy
  February 1972
  Label: Motown / single 1195
  Music / Text: William "Smokey" Robinson
  from album: "Floy Joy"  1972
  Charts: UK  9  US 16
 
  Robert John :  The Lion Sleeps Tonight
  February 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 10 136
  Music / Text: George David Weiss - Luigi Creatore - Stanton - Paretti
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1992
  Charts: US  3  D 40
 
  Yes :  Roundabout
  February 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single 45-2854
  Music / Text: Jon Anderson - Steve Howe
  from album: "Fragile"  1971
  Charts: US 13
 
  Paul Simon :  Mother And Child Reunion
  February 1972
  Label: CBS / single 7793
  Music / Text: Paul Simon
  from album: "Paul Simon"  1972
  Charts: UK  5  US  4  D 23
 
  David Bowie :  Changes
  February 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-0605
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Hunky Dory"  1971
  Charts: US 66
 
  Mouth & MacNeal :  How Do You Do
  February 1972
  Label: Philips / single 6012 187
  Music / Text: Van Hemert - van Hoof
  from album: "The Singles"  1995
  Charts: US  8  D  5  CH  1
 
  Neil Young :  Heart Of Gold
  February 1972
  Label: Reprise / single REP 14 140
  Music / Text: Neil Young
  from album: "Harvest"  1972
  Charts: US  1  UK 10  D  6
 
  The Hollies :  The Baby
  February 1972
  Label: Hansa / single 12 017 AT
  Music / Text: Chip Taylor
  from album: "The Best Of The Hollies"  1977
Charts: UK 26  D 23
 
  The Osmonds :  Down By The Lazy River
  February 1972
  Label: MGM / single 2006 096
  Music / Text: Alan Osmond - Merrill Osmond - Wayne Osmond
  from album: "The Best Of The Osmonds"  1977
  Charts: US  4  UK 40
 
  Donny Osmond :  Puppy Love
  February 1972
  Label: MGM / single 2006 104
  Music / Text: Paul Anka
  from album: "My Best To You"  1972
  Charts: US  3  UK  1  D 39
 
  Santana :  No One To Depend On
  February 1972
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Escobedo - Carabello
  from album: "Santana III"  1971
  Charts: US 36
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Living Without You
  February 1972
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Randy Newman
  from album: "Manfred Mann's Earth Band"  1972
  Charts: US 69
 
  America :  A Horse With No Name
  February 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Bunnell - Peek
  from album: "America"  1972
  Charts: UK  3  US  1
 
  Michael Jackson :  Rockin' Robin
  March 1972
  Label: Motown / single 1197
  Music / Text: Jimmy Thomas
  from album: "Got To Be There"  1972
  Charts: UK  3  US  2
 
  Alice Cooper :  Be My Lover
  March 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 7568
  Music / Text: Michael Bruce
  from album: "Killer"  1971
  Charts: US 49
 
  The New Seekers :  Beg, Steal Or Borrow
  March 1972
  Label: Philips / single 6006 202
  Music / Text: Tony Cole - Graeme Hall - Steve Wolfe
  from album: "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"  1972
  Charts: UK  2  D  5  CH  5
 
  Deep Purple :  Never Before
  March 1972
  Label: Purple / single 006-93 262
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Gillan - Glover - Lord - Paice
  from album: "Machine Head"  1972
  Charts: UK 35  CH  4  D 20
 
  Todd Rundgren :  I Saw The Light
  March 1972
  Label: Bearsville / single 0003
  Music / Text: Todd Rundgren
  from album: "Something / Anything"  1972
  Charts: US 16  UK 36
 
  Jackson Browne :  Doctor My Eyes
  March 1972
  Label: Asylum / single 11004
  Music / Text: Jackson Browne
  from album: "Jackson Browne"  1972
  Charts: US  8
 
  Aretha Franklin :  Day Dreaming
  March 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single 2866
  Music / Text: Aretha Franklin
  from album: "Young, Gifted And Black"  1972
  Charts: US  5
 
  Engelbert Humperdinck :  Too Beautiful To Last
  March 1972
  Label: Decca / single F 13281
  Music / Text: Paul Francis Webster - Richard Bennett - Johnnie Spence
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 14  US 86
 
  C.C.S. :  Brother
  March 1972
  Label: RAK Records / RAK 126
  Music / Text: John Cameron - Alexis Korner
  from album: "C.C.S. 2"  1972
  Charts: UK 25
 
  Sammy Davis Jr. :  The Candy Man
  March 1972
  Label: MGM / single 2006 095
  Music / Text: Leslie Bricusse - Anthony Newly
  from album: "Now"  1972
  Charts: US  1
 
  Greyhound :  I Am What I Am
  March 1972
  Label: Trojan / single TR 7853
  Music / Text: Scott English - Richard Kerr
  from album: "Black And White - The Best Of Greyhound"  2003
  Charts: UK 20
 
  Canned Heat :  Rockin' With The King
  March 1972
  Label: Liberty / single 15 302
  Music / Text: Richard Penniman - Alan Wilson
  from album: "Historical Figures And Ancient Heads"  1972
  Charts: US 88
 
  Jerry Lee Lewis :  Chantilly Lace
  March 1972
  Label: Mercury / single 6052 141
  Music / Text: J.P. Richardson
  from album: "The Killer Rocks On"  1972
  Charts: US 43
 
  Les Humphries Singers :  Old Man Moses
  March 1972
  Label: Decca / single D 29 144
  Music / Text: Les Humphries
  from album: "Old Man Moses"  1972
  Charts: D 14  CH  4
 
  Nilsson :  Jump Into The Fire
  March 1972
  Label: RCA Victor / single 74-0673
  Music / Text: Harry Nilsson
  from album: "Nilsson Schmilsson"  1971
  Charts: US 27  D 34
 
  Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets :  Sweet Little Rock And Roller
  March 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2058-213
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "Rockin' And Shakin'"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Uriah Heep :  The Wizard
  March 1972
  Label: Bronze / single WIP 6126
  Music / Text: Clark - Hensley
  from album: "Demons And Wizards"  1972
  Charts: CH  8  D 34
 
  April Wine :  You Could Have Been A Lady
  March 1972
  Label: Pye / single
  Music / Text: Tony Wilson - Errol Brown
  from album: "On Record"  1972
  Charts: US 32
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer :  Nutrocker
  March 1972
  Label: Cotillion 44151
  Music / Text: Tchaikovsky - Kim Foley
  from album: "Pictures At An Exhibition"  1971
  Charts: US 70
 
  The Marmalade :  Radancer
  March 1972
  Label: Decca / single
  Music / Text: Hugh Nicholson
  from album: "Reflections Of My Life And Other Great Songs" 1974
  Charts: UK  6  D 31
 
  Led Zeppelin :  Rock And Roll
  March 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 10 156
  Music / Text: Page - Plant - Jones - Bonham
  from album: "Led Zeppelin IV"  1971
  Charts: US 47  D 13
 
  Ringo Starr :  Back Off Boogaloo
  April 1972
  Label: Apple / single 006-05 028
  Music / Text: Richard Starkey
  from album: "Blast From Your Past"  1975
  Charts: UK  2  US  9  D 12  CH  8
 
  Tom Jones :  The Young New Mexican Puppeteer
  April 1972
  Label: Decca / single D 25 505
  Music / Text: Earl Shuman - Leon Carr
  from album: "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer"  1972
  Charts: US 80  UK  6  D 35
 
  Al Green :  Look What You Done For Me
  April 1972
  Label: London / single HL 10369
  Music / Text: Al Green - Willie Mitchell - Jackson
  from album: "I'm Still In Love With You"  1972
  Charts: UK 44  US  4
 
  T. Rex :  Debora / One Inch Rock
  April 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2016 009
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  re-release of 1968 single
  Charts: UK  7  D 45
 
 
  Vicky Leandros :  Come What May
  April 1972
  Label: Philips / single 6000 049
  Music / Text: Yves Dessca - Mario Panas - Klaus Munro - Norman Newell
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1973
  Charts: UK  2     German version: Après Toi   D 11  CH  1
 
 
  Daniel Boone :  Beautiful Sunday
  April 1972
  Label: Penny Farthing / single BF 18075
  Music / Text: Daniel Boone - Rod McQueen
  from album: "Beautiful Sunday"  1972
  Charts: UK 21  US 15  D  1  CH  2
 
  The Allman Brothers Band :  Ain't Wastin' Time No More
  April 1972
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Gregg Allman
  from album: "Eat A Peach"  1972
  Charts: US 77
 
  Don McLean :  Vincent
  April 1972
  Label: United Artists / single 35 359
  Music / Text: Don McLean
  from album: "American Pie"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  US 12  D 21
 
  Dr. Hook :  Sylvia's Mother
  April 1972
  Label: CBS / single 7929
  Music / Text: Shel Silverstein
  from album: "Silvia's Mother"  1972
  Charts: UK  2  US  5  D  9  CH  3
 
  Middle Of The Road :  Samson And Delilah
  April 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16 151
  Music / Text: Mario Capuano - Giosy Capuano - Lally Stott
  from album: "Acceleration"  1971
  Charts: UK 26  D  2  CH  3
 
  Elton John :  Rocket Man
  April 1972
  Label: Hansa / single 12 103 AT
  Music / Text: John - Taupin
  from album: "Honky Chateau"  1972
  Charts: UK  2  US  6  D 18
 
  Johnny Cash :  A Thing Called Love
  April 1972
  Label: Columbia / single
  Music / Text: Jerry Reed Hubbard
  from album: "A Thing Called Love"  1972
  Charts: UK  4
 
  Sly & The Family Stone :  Smilin'
  April 1972
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Sylvester Stewart
  from album: "There's A Riot Goin' On"  1971
  Charts: US 42
 
  David Cassidy :  Could It Be Forever / Cherish
  April 1972
  Label: Bell / single 1224
  Music / Text: Farrell - Janssen
  from album: "Cherish"  1972
  Charts: UK  2
 
  The Moody Blues :  Isn't Life Strange
  April 1972
  Label: Threshold / single TH 9
  Music / Text: John Lodge
  from album: "Seventh Sojourn"  1972
  Charts: UK 13  US 29
 
  Procol Harum :  A Whiter Shade Of Pale
  April 1972
  Label: Fly Magnifly / single ECHO 101  (re-issue)
  Music / Text: Keith Reid - Gary Brooker
  from album: "Procol Harum" US-version 1967
  Charts: 1967:  US  1  UK  1  D  1   re-issue 1972: UK 13
 
  Humble Pie :  Hot 'N' Nasty
  April 1972
  Label: A&M / single 12 183 AT
  Music / Text: The Pie - Jerry Shirley - Gregg Ridley - Clem Clempson - Steve Marriott
  from album: "Smokin'"  1972
  Charts: US 52
 
  Bill Withers :  Lean On Me
  April 1972
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7004
  Music / Text: Bill Withers
  from album: "Still Bill"  1972
  Charts: US  1  UK 18
 
  Neil Young :  Old Man
  April 1972
  Label: Reprise / single 1084
  Music / Text: Neil Young
  from album: "Harvest"  1972
  Charts: US 31
 
  Jethro Tull :  Thick As A Brick
  April 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson - C. Bostock
  from album: "Thick As A Brick"  1972
  Charts:
 
 
  Big Star :  In The Street
  May 1972
  Label: Ardent / single
  Music / Text: Chris Bell - Alex Chilton
  from album: "#1 Record"  1972
  Charts:
 
 
  Deep Purple :  Highway Star
  April 1972
  great album track - in some countries released as a single
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Gillan - Glover - Lord - Paice
  from album: "Machine Head"  1972
  Charts:
  
  The Rolling Stones :  Tumbling Dice
  April 1972
  Label: Rolling Stones / single
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Exile On Main Street"  1972
  Charts: UK  5  US  7  D 17
  
  Creedence Clearwater Revival :  Someday Never Comes / Tearin' Up The Country
  May 1972
  Label: Fantasy / single BF 18090
  Music / Text: John Fogerty
  from album: "Mardi Gras"  1972
  Charts: US 25  D 29
 
  Free :  Little Bit Of Love
  May 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Rodgers - Fraser - Kossoff - Kirke
  from album: "Free At Last"  1972
  Charts: UK 13
 
  Elvis Presley :  American Trilogy
  May 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-0672
  Music / Text: Mickey Newbury
  from album: "Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (live)"  1972
  Charts: UK  8  US 66
 

  Little Feat :  Easy To Slip
  May 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB-7553
  Music / Text: Lowell George - Martin Kibbee
  from album: "Sailin' Shoes"  1972
  Charts:
 
  New World :  Sister Jane
  May 1972
  Label: RAK / single 130
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "RAK Rocks"  1974
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Wishbone Ash :  The King Will Come
  May 1972
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Turner - Upton - Turner - Powell
  from album: "Argus"  1972
  Charts:
 
  J.J. Cale :  After Midnight
  May 1972
  Label: Shelter / single
  Music / Text: John J. Cale
  from album: "Naturally"  1972
  Charts: US 42
 
  Jimi Hendrix :  Little Wing
  May 1972
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Jimi Hendrix
  from album: "The Best Of Jimi Hendrix"  1997
  Charts:
 
  John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band :  Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
  May 1972
  Label: Apple / single GE 006 05 062
  Music / Text: John Lennon - Yoko Ono
  from album: "Sometime In New York City"  1972
  Charts: US 57
 
  America :  I Need You
  May 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single
  Music / Text: Gerry Beckley
  from album: "America"  1972
  Charts: US  9
 
  The Kinks :  Supersonic Rocket Ship
  May 1972
  Label: RCA / single 2211
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Everybody's In Showbiz"  1972
  Charts: UK 16
 
  Procol Harum :  Conquistador  (live)
  May 1972
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2003
  Music / Text: Keith Reid - Gary Brooker
  from album: "Procol Harum In Concert With The Edmunton Symphony Orchestra" (live)  1972
  Charts: US 16  UK 22
 
  Neil Diamond :  Song Sung Blue
  May 1972
  Label: UNI / single 6073 039
  Music / Text: Neil Diamond
  from album: "Moods"  1972
  Charts: UK 14  US  1  D  6  CH  1
 
  Chicory Tip :  What's Your Name
  May 1972
  Label: CBS / single 8021
  Music / Text: Giorgio Moroder - Pete Bellotte
  from album: "Son Of My Father"  1972
  Charts: UK 13  D 32
 
  T. Rex :  Metal Guru
  May 1972
  Label: Ariola / single 12 158 AT
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  from album: "The Slider"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  D  1
 
  Wishbone Ash :  Throw Down The Sword
  May 1972
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Turner - Upton - Turner - Powell
  from album: "Argus"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Python Lee Jackson (vocals: Rod Stewart) :  In A Broken Dream
  May 1972
  Label: Youngblood / single YB 1002
  Music / Text: David Bentley
  from album: "In A Broken Dream"  1972
  Charts: UK  3  US 56
 
  Shocking Blue :  Ink Pot
  May 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 298
  Music / Text: Robbie Van Leeuwen
  from album: "Ink Pot"  1972
  Charts: D 12
 
  Michael Jackson :  I Wanna Be Where You Are
  May 1972
  Label: Motown / single 1202
  Music / Text: Leon Ware - Arthur Ross
  from album: "Got To Be There"  1972
  Charts: US 16
 
 
  Rory Gallagher :  Bullfrog Blues  /  I Could've Had Religion  (live)
  May 1972
  Label: Polydor  -  great album live tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Rory Gallagher
  from album: "Live In Europe"  1972
  Charts:
 
 

  Stephen Stills' Manassas :  It Doesn't Matter
  May 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single 2876
  Music / Text: Chris Hillman - Rick Roberts - Stephen Stills
  from album: "Manassas"  1972
  Charts: US 61
 
  David Bowie :  Ziggy Stardust
  June 1972
  Label: RCA / single b-side
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Eagles :  Take It Easy
  June 1972
  Label: Asylum / single 006-93 507
  Music / Text: Frey - Browne - Leadon
  from album: "Eagles"  1972
  Charts: US 12
 
  Procol Harum :  Salty Dog  (live)
  June 1972
  great album track - single b-side in US
  Music / Text: Keith Reid - Gary Brooker
  from album: "Procol Harum In Concert With The Edmunton Symphony Orchestra" (live)  1972
  Charts:
 
  Roxy Music :  Re-Make/Re-Model
  June 1972
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry
  from album: "Roxy Music"  1972
  Charts: -
 
  The New Seekers :  Circles
  June 1972
  Label: Philips / single 6000 058
  Music / Text: Harry Chapin
  from album: "Circles"  1972
  Charts: UK  4  US 87
 
  Slade :  Take Me Bak 'Ome
  June 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 231
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea
  from album: "Sladest"  1973
  Charts: UK  1  D 10
 
  Luther Ingram :  If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right)
  June 1972
  Label: KoKo / single 2111
  Music / Text: Homer Banks - Raymond Jackson - Carl Hampton
  from album: "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want To Be Right"  1972
  Charts: US  3
 
  Gary Glitter :  Rock And Roll (Parts 1 & 2)
  June 1972
  Label: Bell / single 1216
  Music / Text: Glitter - Leander
  from album: "Glitter"  1972
  Charts: UK  2  US  7  D  4  CH  4
 
  The Hollies :  Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
  June 1972
  Label: Hansa / single 10 901 AT
  Music / Text: Greenaway - Cook - Clarke - Clarke
  from album: "Distant Light"  1971
  Charts: UK 32  US  2  D 15
 
  David Bowie :  Starman
  June 1972
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars"  1972
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Mouth & MacNeal :  Hello-A
  June 1972
  Label: Philips / single 6012 229
  Music / Text: Hans Van Hemert
  from album: "The Singles"  1995
  Charts: D  1  CH  2
 
  Bobby Vinton :  Sealed With A Kiss
  June 1972
  Label: Epic / single 10861
  Music / Text: Peter Udell - Gary Geld
  from album: "Sealed With A Kiss"  1972
  Charts: US 19
 
  Flamin' Groovies :  Slow Death
  June 1972
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Rob Loney - Cyril Jordan
  from album: "Slow Death"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Johnny Nash :  I Can See Clearly Now
  June 1972
  Label: CBS / single 8113
  Music / Text: Johnny Nash
  from album: "I Can See Clearly Now"  1972
  Charts: US  1  UK  5
 
  Johnny Cash :  Kate
  June 1972
  Label: Columbia / single 45590
  Music / Text: Marty Robbins
  from album: "A Thing Called Love"  1972
  Charts: US 75
 
  Argent :  Hold Your Head Up
  June 1972
  Label: Epic / single 7662
  Music / Text: Rod Argent - Chris White
  from album: "All Together Now"  1972
  Charts: UK  5  US  5
 
  Wishbone Ash :  Blowin' Free
  June 1972
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Turner - Upton - Turner - Powell
  from album: "Argus"  1972
  Charts:
 
  The Sweet :  Little Willy
  June 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16 179
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Sweet's Biggest Hits"  1972
  Charts: UK  4  US  3  D  1  CH  2
 
  The Who :  Join Together
  June 1972
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Pete Townshend
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  9  US 17  D 23  CH  9
 
  David Bowie :  Suffragette City
  June 1972
  Label: RCA / single b-side
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Raspberries :  Go All The Way
  July 1972
  Label: Capitol / single 3348
  Music / Text: Eric Carmen - Wally Bryson
  from album: "Raspberries"  1972
  Charts: US  5
 
  Neil Young & Graham Nash :  War Song
  July 1972
  Label: Reprise / single 14 185
  Music / Text: Neil Young - Graham Nash
  from album: -
  Charts: US 61
 
  Jackson 5 :  Lookin' Through The Windows
  July 1972
  Label: Motown / single
  Music / Text: Clifton Davis
  from album: "Lookin' Through The Windows"  1972
  Charts: US 16  UK  9
 
  Van Morrison :  Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
  July 1972
  Label: Warner / single
  Music / Text: Van Morrison
  from album: "Saint Dominic's Preview"  1972
  Charts: US 61
 
  Golden Earring :  Buddy Joe
  July 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2050 184
  Music / Text: George Kooymans
  from album: "Together"  1972
  Charts: D 12
 
  Jeff Beck Group :  Ice-cream Cakes
  July 1972
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: A. Schroeder - S. Tepper - R. Bennett
  from album: "The Jeff Beck Group"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Leonard Cohen :  The Stranger Song  /  Sisters Of Mercy
  July 1972
  Label: CBS  /  german single
  Music / Text: Leonard Cohen
  from 7"ep: "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Al Green :  I'm Still In Love With You
  July 1972
  Label: London / single HL 10382
  Music / Text: Al Green - Willie Mitchell - Jackson
  from album: "I'm Still In Love With You"  1972
  Charts: UK 35  US  3
 

  Stephen Stills' Manassas :  Rock'n'Roll Crazies
  July 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single 2888
  Music / Text: Stephen Stills - Dallas Taylor
  from album: "Manassas"  1972
  Charts: US 92
 
  Randy Newman :  Sail Away
  July 1972
  Label: Reprise / single
  Music / Text: Randy Newman
  from album: "Sail Away"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Hawkwind :  Silver Machine
  July 1972
  Label: United Artists / single 35 381
  Music / Text: Brock - MacManus - Calvert
  from album: "Roadhawks"  1976
  Charts: UK  3  D  6  CH  1
 
  Jackson Browne :  Rock Me On The Water
  July 1972
  Label: Asylum / single 11006
  Music / Text: Jackson Browne
  from album: "Jackson Browne"  1972
  Charts: US 48
 
  Hot Butter :  Popcorn
  July 1972
  Label: Musicor / single 12 236 AT
  Music / Text: Gordanne - Kingsley - Michaele
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  5  US  9  D  1  CH  1
 
  Michael Jackson :  Ain't No Sunshine
  July 1972
  Label: Tamla Motown / single 006-93 770
  Music / Text: Bill Withers
  from album: "Got To Be There"  1971
  Charts: UK  8
 
  Les Humphries Singers :  Take Care Of Me
  July 1972
  Label: Decca / single D 29 166
  Music / Text: Les Humphries - Michael Reinecke - Alcott
  from album: "Old Man Moses"  1972
  Charts: D 31
 
  Janis Joplin :  Down On Me / Bye Bye Baby (live)
  July 1972
  Label: Columbia / single 45630
  Music / Text: Janis Joplin  /  Powell St. John
  from album: "Janis Joplin In Concert" (live)  1972
  Charts: US 91
 
  The Partridge Family :  Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
  July 1972
  Label: Bell / single 45235
  Music / Text: Sedaka - Greenfield
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1975
  Charts: UK  3  US 28
 
  The Doobie Brothers :  Rockin' Down The Highway
  July 1972
  great album track - single b-side in some countries
  Music / Text: Tom Johnston
  from album: "Toulouse Street"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Randy Newman :  You Can Leave Your Hat On
  July 1972
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Randy Newman
  from album: "Sail Away"  1972
  Charts:
 
  The Rolling Stones :  Happy
  July 1972
  Label: Rolling Stones / single
  Music / Text: Jagger - Richards
  from album: "Exile On Main Street"  1972
  Charts: UK 22
 
  Uriah Heep :  Easy Livin'
  July 1972
  Label: Island / single 12 196
  Music / Text: Ken Hensley
  from album: "Demons And Wizards"  1972
  Charts: US 39  D 15
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer :  Hoedown
  July 1972
  great track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Aaron Copland
  from album: "Trilogy"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  10538 Overture
  July 1972
  Label: Harvest / single HAR 5053
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "First Movement"  1971
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Gentle Giant :  Schooldays  /  Three Friends
  July 1972
  Label: Columbia - great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Ray Shulman - Derek Shulman - Kerry Minnear - Phil Shulman
  from album: "Three Friends"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Rick Nelson :  Garden Party
  July 1972
  Label: Decca / single 32980
  Music / Text: Rick Nelson
  from album: "Garden Party"  1972
  Charts: US  6  UK 41
 
  The Bee Gees :  Run To Me
  July 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 255
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "To Whom It May Concern"  1972
  Charts: US 16  UK  9
 
  Alice Cooper :  School's Out
  July 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16 188
  Music / Text: Cooper - Smith - Bruce - Dunaway - Buxton
  from album: "School's Out"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  US  7  D  4
 
  Elvis Presley :  Burning Love
  August 1972
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Dennis Linde
  from album: "Aloha From Hawaii (live)"  1973
  Charts: UK  7  US  2  D 31
 
  Michael Jackson :  Ben
  August 1972
  Label: Motown / single 1207
  Music / Text: Don Black - Walter Scharf
  from album: "Ben"  1972
  Charts: US  1  UK  7
 
  Neil Diamond :  Play Me
  August 1972
  Label: UNI / single 6073 044
  Music / Text: Neil Diamond
  from album: "Moods"  1972
  Charts: US 11  D 28
 
  Chicago :  Saturday In The Park
  August 1972
  Label: Columbia / single 45657
  Music / Text: Robert Lamm
  from album: "Chicago V"  1972
  Charts: US  3
 
  Three Dog Night :  Black & White
  August 1972
  Label: Dunhill / single 4317
  Music / Text: David Arkin - Earl Robinson
  from album: "Seven Seperate Fools"  1972
  Charts: US  1  D 24
 
  Lynsey De Paul :  Sugar Me
  August 1972
  Label: MAM / single 81
  Music / Text: Linsey De Paul - Barry Ian Green
  from album: "Surprise"  1973
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Curtis Mayfield :  Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
  August 1972
  Label: Curtom / single 1975
  Music / Text: Curtis Mayfield
  from album: "Superfly" (soundtrack)   1972
  Charts: US  4
 
  James Brown :  Get On The Good Foot
  August 1972
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Brown - Mims
  from album: "The Godfather Of Soul"  1977
  Charts: US 18
 
  Mott The Hoople :  All The Young Dudes
  August 1972
  Label: CBS / single 8271
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "All The Young Dudes"  1972
  Charts: UK  3  US 37
 
  Rick Springfield :  Speak To The Sky
  August 1972
  Label: Capitol / single 3340
  Music / Text: Rick Springfield
  from album: "Beginnings"  1972
  Charts: US 14
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer :  From The Beginning
  August 1972
  Label: Cotillion 44158
  Music / Text: Greg Lake
  from album: "Trilogy"  1972
  Charts: US 39
 
  Roxy Music :  Virginia Plain
  August 1972
  Label: Island / single 12 291 AT
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: UK  4  D 20
 
  The Moody Blues :  Nights In White Satin
  August 1972
  Label: Deram / single DM 161
  Music / Text: Justin Hayward
  from album: "Days Of Future Passed"  1968
  Charts: 1968  UK 19  CH  6  D 18    re-entry 1972  UK  9  US  2
 
  Rod Stewart :  You Wear It Well
  August 1972
  Label: Mercury / single 6052 171
  Music / Text: Stewart - Quittenton
  from album: "Never A Dull Moment"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  US 13  D 35
 
  Chi Coltrane :  Thunder And Lightning
  September 1972
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Chi Coltrane
  from album: "Chi Coltrane"  1972
  Charts: US 17
 
  Randy California :  Downer  /  I Don't Want Nobody
  September 1972
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Randy Calfornia  /  James Brown
  from album: "Kaptain Kopter And The (Fabuous) Twirly"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Eagles :  Witchy Woman
  September 1972
  Label: Asylum / single 006-93 756
  Music / Text: Leadon - Henley
  from album: "Eagles"  1972
  Charts: US  9
 
  The Doobie Brothers :  Listen To The Music
  September 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16 208
  Music / Text: Tom Johnston
  from album: "Toulouse Street"  1972
  Charts: UK 29  US 11
 
  David Bowie :  John, I'm Only Dancing
  September 1972
  Label: RCA / single 2263
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "The Best Of David Bowie"  1980
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Slade :  Mama Weer All Crazee Now
  September 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 274
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea
  from album: "Slayed?"  1973
  Charts: UK  1  D  6  CH  5
 
  David Cassidy :  How Can I Be Sure
  September 1972
  Label: Bell / single
  Music / Text: Cavaliere - Brigati
  from album: "Cherish"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  US 25  D 33
 
  T. Rex :  Children Of The Revolution
  September 1972
  Label: Ariola / single 12 325 AT
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  from album: "Great Hits"  1973
  Charts: UK  2  D  4
 
  Gary Glitter :  I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll)
  September 1972
  Label: Bell / single 1259
  Music / Text: Glitter - Leander
  from album: "Glitter"  1972
  Charts: UK  4  D 12
 
  Family :  Burlesque
  September 1972
  Label: Reprise / single K 14196
  Music / Text: Charlie Whitney - Roger Chapman
  from album: "Bandstand"  1972
  Charts: UK 13
 
  Les Humphries Singers :  Mexico
  September 1972
  Label: Decca / single D 29 171
  Music / Text: Humphries - Goldy - Siroski
  from album: "Mexico"  1972
  Charts: D  2  CH  1
 
  Simon & Garfunkel :  For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her  /  America
  Sepember 1972
  Label: CBS / single 8336
  Music / Text: Paul Simon
  from album: "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme"  1966  /  "Bookends"  1968
  Charts: a-side US 53  b-side US 97    UK: a-side "America"  UK 25
 
  Lieutenant Pigeon :  Mouldy Old Dough
  September 1972
  Label: Decca / single DL 25 530
  Music / Text: Robert Woodward - Nigel Fletcher
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  1  D  9  CH  2
 
  Lobo :  I'd Love You To Want Me
  September 1972
  Label: Phillips / single 6073 814
  Music / Text: Kent LaVoie
  from album: "Of A Simple Man"  1972
  Charts: US  1    1973  D  1  CH  1    1974  UK  5
 
  10cc :  Donna
  September 1972
  Label: Decca / single DL 25 532
  Music / Text: Godley - Creme
  from album: "10cc"  1973
  Charts: UK  2
 
  Peter Skellern :  You're A Lady
  September 1972
  Label: Decca / single DL 25 541
  Music / Text: Peter Skellern
  from album: "You're A Lady"  1972
  Charts: UK  3  US  50  D 23
 
  Geordie :  Don't Do That
  September 1972
  Label: Bellaphon / single BF 18 136
  Music / Text: Vic Malcolm
  from album: "Hope You Like It"  1973
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes :  If You Don't Know Me By Now
  September 1972
  Label: CBS / single 8496
  Music / Text: Leon Huff - Kenny Gamble
  from album: "Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes"  1972
  Charts: UK  9  US  3
 
  Black Sabbath :  Tomorrow's Dream
  September 1972
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 061
  Music / Text: Osbourne - Iommi - Ward - Butler
  from album: "Black Sabbath Vol. 4"  1972
  Charts:
 
  The Sweet :  Wig-Wam Bam
  October 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16 209
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "The Sweet's Biggest Hits"  1972
  Charts: UK  4  D  1  CH  2
 
  Alice Cooper :  Elected
  October 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 16 214
  Music / Text: Cooper - Smith - Bruce - Dunaway - Buxton
  from album: "Billion Dollar Babies"  1973
  Charts: UK  4  US 26  D  3
 
  Tim Buckley :  Move With Me  /  Nighthawkin'
  October 1972
  Label: Warners / single
  Music / Text: Tim Buckley - Jerry Goldstein
  from album: "Greetings From L.A."  1972
  Charts:
 
  J. Geils Band :  Pack Fair And Square
  October 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Walter Travis Price
  from album: "Live - Full House"  (live)  1972
  Charts:
 
  J.J. Cale :  Lies
  October 1972
  Label: Shelter / single
  Music / Text: John J. Cale
  from album: "Really"  1972
  Charts: US 42
 
  The Temptations :  Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
  October 1972
  Label: Tampla Motown / single 006-93908
  Music / Text: Barret Strong - Norman Whitfield
  from album: "All Directions"  1972
  Charts: US  1  UK 14  D 11
 
  The Osmonds :  Crazy Horses
  October 1972
  Label: MGM / single 2006 142
  Music / Text: Alan Osmond - Merrill Osmond - Wayne Osmond
  from album: "Crazy Horses"  1972
  Charts: US 14  UK  2  D  2  CH  5
 
  Chi Coltrane :  Go Like Elijah
  October 1972
  Label: CBS / single 1116
  Music / Text: Chi Coltrane
  from album: "Chi Coltrane"  1972
  Charts:
 
  J. Geils Band :  Hard Drivin' Man
  October 1972
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Seth Justman - Peter Wolf
  from album: "Live - Full House"  (live)  1972
  Charts:
 
  Gilbert O'Sullivan :  Clair
  October 1972
  Label: MAM / single 84
  Music / Text: Gilbert O'Sullivan
  from album: "I'm A Writer Not A Figther"  1973
  Charts: UK  1  US  2  D 12
 
  Al Green :  You Ought To Be With Me
  October 1972
  Label: London / single DL 20 946
  Music / Text: Al Green - Willie Mitchell - Jackson
  from album: "Call Me"  1973
  Charts: US  3
 
  America :  Ventura Highway
  October 1972
  Label: Warner Bros. / single K 16219
  Music / Text: Deway Bunnell
  from album: "Homecoming"  1972
  Charts: US  8  UK 43
 
  Chuck Berry :  My Ding-A-Ling  (live)
  October 1972
  Label: Chess / single 2131
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "The London Sessions" (live)  1972
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D 40
 
  Buddy Guy :  I'm Ready
  October 1972
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Willie Dixon
  from album: "Hold That Plane"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Genesis :  Supper's Ready
  October 1972
  great album track (22:58 Min.) - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Banks - Collins - Rutherford - Gabriel - Hackett
  from album: "Foxtrot"  1972
  Charts: -
 
  Hot Chocolate :  You'll Always Be A Friend
  October 1972
  Label: RAK / single RAK 139 (UK)
  Music / Text: Brown - Wilson
  from album: "14 Greatest Hits"  1976
  Charts: UK 23
 
  Tim Buckley :  Make It Right  /  Sweet Surrender
  October 1972
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Tim Buckley - Jerry Goldstein - Larry Beckett - Joe Falsia  /  Tim Buckley
  from album: "Greetings From L.A."  1972
  Charts:
 
  Strawbs :  Lay Down
  October 1972
  Label: A&M / single
  Music / Text: Dave Cousins
  from album: "Bursting At The Seams"  1973
  Charts: UK 12
 
  Jimmy Cliff :  The Harder They Come
  October 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Jimmy Cliff
  from album: "The Harder They Come" (Filmsoundtrack)  1972
  Charts:
 
  Albert Hammond :  It Never Rains In Southern California
  October 1972
  Label: Epic / single EPC 8499
  Music / Text: Hammond - Hazlewood
  from album: "It Never Rains In Southern California"  1972
  Charts: US  5  D  9  CH  5
 
  Elton John :  Crocodile Rock
  November 1972
  Label: DJM / single 12 392 AT
  Music / Text: John - Taupin
  from album: "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player"  1973
  Charts: UK  5  US  1  D  3  CH  1
 
 
  Vinegar Joe :  Rock'n Roll Gypsies
  November 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: S. Davies - Sr. Tillison
  from album: "Rock'n'Roll Gypsies"  1972
  Charts:
 
 
  Stevie Wonder :  Superstition
  November 1972
  Label: Motown / single
  Music / Text: Stevie Wonder
  from album: "Talking Book"  1972
  Charts: UK 11  US  1  D 21
 
  War :  The World Is A Ghetto
  November 1972
  Label: United Artists / single 50975
  Music / Text: Brown - Miller - Scott - Oscar - Jordan - Allen - Dickerson
  from album: "The World Is A Ghetto"  1972
  Charts: US  7
 
  Jimi Hendrix :  Izabella  /  Star Spangled Banner
  November 1972
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Jimi Hendrix
  from album: "War Heroes"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Steely Dan :  Do It Again
  November 1972
  Label: abc / single 11 338
  Music / Text: Fagen - Becker
  from album: "Can't Buy A Thrill"  1972
  Charts: US  6  D 33
 
  Loggins & Messina :  Your Mama Don't Dance
  November 1972
  Label: Columbia / single 45719
  Music / Text: Kenny Loggins - Jim Messina
  from album: "Loggins & Messina"  1972
  Charts: US  4
 
  The Hollies :  Long Dark Road
  November 1972
  Label: Hansa / single 13 246 AT
  Music / Text: Lynch - Tony Hicks
  from album: "Distant Light"  1971
  Charts: US 26
 
 
  Ten Years After :  Rock & Roll Music To The World
  November 1972
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Alvin Lee
  from album: "Rock & Roll Music To The World"  1972
  Charts:
 
 
  Curtis Mayfield :  Superfly
  November 1972
  Label: Curtom / single 1978
  Music / Text: Curtis Mayfield
  from album: "Superfly" (soundtrack)   1972
  Charts: US  8
 
  Jethro Tull :  Living In The Past
  November 1972
  Label: Chrysalis / single 2006
  Music / Text: Ian Anderson
  from album: "Living In The Past"  1972
  Charts: US 11   /  1969  UK  3
 
  Rod Stewart :  Angel
  November 1972
  Label: Mercury / single 6052 196
  Music / Text: Jimi Hendrix
  from album: "Never A Dull Moment"  1972
  Charts: UK  4  US 40
 
  Slade :  Gudbuy T'Jane
  November 1972
  Label: Polydor / single 2058 312
  Music / Text: Holder - Lea
  from album: "Slayed?"  1973
  Charts: UK  2  D  3  CH  4
 
  Cat Stevens :  Sitting
  November 1972
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Cat Stevens
  from album: "Catch Bull At Four"  1972
  Charts: US 16
 
  The Kinks :  Celluloid Heroes
  November 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16233
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Everybody's In Showbiz"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Jimmy Osmond :  Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
  November 1972
  Label: MGM / single 2006 109
  Music / Text: Chris Kingsley - Chris Dowden
  from album: "Killer Joe"  1972
  Charts: UK  1  US 38  D 35
 
  David Cassidy :  Rock Me Baby
  November 1972
  Label: Bell / single 2008 097
  Music / Text: Cymbal - Clinger
  from album: "Rock Me Baby"  1972
  Charts: UK 11  US 38  D  9
 
  Julio Iglesias :  Un Canto A Galicia
  November 1972
  Label: Decca / single DL 25 528
  Music / Text: Julio Iglesias
  from album: "The 24 Greatest Songs"  1979
  Charts: D 12
 
  Kincade :  Dreams Are Ten A Penny (Jenny Jenny)
  November 1972
  Label: Penny Farthing / single BF 18134
  Music / Text: John Carter - Gillian Shakespeare
  from album: "Kincade"  1973
  Charts: D  2
 
  Wings :  Hi, Hi, Hi
  December 1972
  Label: Apple / single
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "Wings Greatest"  1978
  Charts: UK  5  US 10  D 16
 
  Free :  Wishing Well
  December 1972
  Label: Ariola / single 12475 AT
  Music / Text: Rodgers - Kossoff - Kirke - Yamauchi - Bundrick
  from album: "Heartbreaker"  1973
  Charts: UK  7
 
  Deep Purple :  Child In Time  /  Lazy  /  Space Truckin'
  December 1972
  great live versions - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Blackmore - Gillan - Glover - Lord - Paice
  from album: "Made In Japan"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Dr. Hook :  The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"
  December 1972
  Label: Columbia / single 45 732
  Music / Text: Shel Silverstein
  from album: "Sloppy Seconds"  1972
  Charts: US  6
 
  Frank Zappa :  The Grand Wazoo  /  Eat That Question
  December 1972
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Frank Zappa
  from album: "The Grand Wazoo"  1972
  Charts:
 
  Chuck Berry :  Reelin' And Rockin'  (live)
  December 1972
  Label: Chess / single 2136
  Music / Text: Chuck Berry
  from album: "The London Sessions" (live)  1972
  Charts: UK 18  US 27
 
  Gentle Giant :  Knots  /  Think Of Me With Kindness
  December 1972
  Label: Columbia - great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Ray Shulman - Derek Shulman - Kerry Minnear - Phil Shulman
  from album: "Octopus"  1972
  Charts:
 
 
  Carly Simon :  You're So Vain
  December 1972
  Label: Elektra / single ELK 12 077
  Music / Text: Carly Simon
  from album: "No Secrets"  1972
  Charts: US  1  UK  3  D  8
 
 
  Elvis Presley :  Separate Ways / Always On My Mind
  December 1972
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: James - Christopher - Thompson
  from album: "That's The Way It Is" (live)  1970
  Charts: UK  9  US 20
 
  Bay City Rollers :  Mañana
  December 1972
  Label: Bell / single 2008 105
  Music / Text: Ken Howard - Alan Blaikley
  from album: "The Bay City Rollers Story"  1980
  Charts: D 26
 
  Cat Stevens :  Can't Keep It In
  December 1972
  Label: Island / single 12429 AT
  Music / Text: Cat Stevens
  from album: "Catch Bull At Four"  1972
  Charts: UK 13
 
  David Bowie :  The Jean Genie
  December 1972
  Label: RCA / single 74-16238
  Music / Text: David Bowie
  from album: "Aladdin Sane"  1973
  Charts: UK  2  D 37
 
  Mike Brant :  C'est Ma Priere
  December 1972
  Label: CBS / single 8423
  Music / Text: Richard Seff - Mike Brant
  from album: "20ème Anniversaire"  1995
  Charts: CH  2
 


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  Eagles :  Peaceful Easy Feeling
  December 1972
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Jack Tempchin
  from album: "Eagles"  1972
  Charts: US 22
 
  T. Rex :  Solid Gold Easy Action
  December 1972
  Label: Ariola / single 12 461 AT
  Music / Text: Marc Bolan
  from album: "Great Hits"  1973
  Charts: UK  2  D  6
 
  John & Yoko / The Plastic Ono Band :  Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  December 1972
  Label: Apple / single R-5970
  Music / Text: John Lennon
  from album: "Shaved Fish"  1975
  Charts: UK  4  D 45
 

 

 

 

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