1972 in music

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See also: 1971 in music, other events of 1972, 1973 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd"
• January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts "Dark Side of the Moon" during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money.' Dark Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the next night. It would be a full year before the album was released.
• January 26 - First Sunbury Music Festival held in Sunbury, Victoria
• January 31 - Over 40,000 mourners file past Mahalia Jackson's open casket to pay their respects in Chicago's Great Salem Baptist Church.
• February 8 - Frank Zappa's concert at London's Royal Albert Hall is canceled because of Zappa's obscene lyrics
• February 9 - Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, make their live debut at the University of Nottingham in England
• February 13 - Led Zeppelin's concert in Singapore is canceled when government officials won't let them off the airplane because of their long hair
• February 14 - "Steppenwolf Day" is declared in Los Angeles, California
• Mid February - John Lennon and Yoko Ono cohost an entire week on The Mike Douglas Show.
• February 19 - Paul McCartney's single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (which was inspired by the "Bloody Sunday" massacre in Ireland on January 30, 1972) is banned by the BBC. The controversy caused by the banning only increases the song's popularity and it ends up in the Top 20 in England.
• February 23 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley separate
• February 29 - John Lennon's U.S. immigration visa expires, beginning his three-and-a-half year fight to remain in the country.
• March 31 - Official Beatles fan club closes down.
• April 2 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a press conference in New York. The Lennons discuss their appeal of the US Immigration Department's decision to deport John
• April 28 - Wishbone Ash release their third album, Argus which is named album of the year by readers of Sounds and Melody Maker, ahead of albums by more widely-known artists such as David Bowie and Deep Purple.
• April 29 - New York City mayor John Lindsay announces that he is supporting John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their fight to remain in the United States
• May 2 - Stone the Crows lead guitarist Les Harvey is electrocuted on stage during a show in Swansea, Wales after touching a poorly connected microphone. Harvey died in a hospital a few hours later. The band's lead singer, Maggie Bell, who had been Harvey's longtime girlfriend, was also hospitalized. Bell collapsed on stage after the incident.
• May 8 - Billy Preston becomes the first rock performer to headline at New York's Radio City Music Hall
• June 3 - The Opryland USA country music theme park opens in Nashville, Tennessee
• June 10 - Elvis does the first of four concerts in the Madison Square Garden. He sells out all the shows in one day.
• July 22 - The Eagles release their self-titled debut album.
• November 26 - Family, touring North America as the warmup act for Elton John, play their last concert on U.S. soil in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Unknown dates

• June - Simon and Garfunkel reunite briefly to perform live at Madison Square Garden in New York City for a campaign benefit for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern.
• The Sonny and Cher Show begins airing
• Sammy Davis Jr. makes a guest appearance on the television show All In The Family
• Billy Ray Hearn founds Myrrh Records.

Albums released

• Album III - Loudon Wainwright III
• A Little Bit of Paul Davis - Paul Davis
• All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
• A Meeting Of The Times - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• Argus - Wishbone Ash
• America - America
• American Pie - Don McLean
• The Ballad of Calico - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
• Bandstand - Family
• Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
• Boot Power - Mungo Jerry
• Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan (debut)
• Caravanserai - Santana
• Carl and the Passions - "So Tough" - The Beach Boys
• Catch A Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers
• Catch Bull at Four - Cat Stevens
• Chicago V - Chicago
• Close to the Edge - Yes
• Cold Blue Excursion - Ray Dorset
• Come from the Shadows - Joan Baez
• Dingly Dell - Lindisfarne
• Drama - Maria Bethânia
• Dr. John's Gumbo - Dr. John
• Eat a Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
• Ege Bamyasi - Can
• Ella Loves Cole - Ella Fitzgerald
• Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
• Faust So Far - Faust (band)
• First Take - Roberta Flack
• For the Roses - Joni Mitchell
• Foxtrot - Genesis
• Fragile - Yes (USA Release)
• Free to Be... You and Me - Marlo Thomas & Friends
• Give It Up - Bonnie Raitt
• Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance - Ocean
• Harvest - Neil Young
• *The best selling album of the year in the United States. Features hits such as "Heart of Gold" and "Needle and the Damage Done". The album blends country music and rock and roll and a degree of experimentalism, all led by Young's guitar and songwriting talents.
• He Touched Me - Elvis Presley
• Honky Chateau - Elton John
• I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
• Il faut du temps - Dalida
• Infinite - Kazumi Watanabe
• Into the Purple Valley - Ry Cooder
• Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 - Ella Fitzgerald
• Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus
• Live at Max's Kansas City - The Velvet Underground
• Live in Japan - Chicago
• Living in the Past - Jethro Tull
• Machine Head - Deep Purple
• *This album contains the rock and roll staple "Smoke on the Water". The album is one of the first heavy metal records, as the style would come to be known.
• Made In Japan - Deep Purple
• Madman Across The Water - Elton John
• Manassas - Stephen Stills and Manassas
• Music - Carol King
• Music of My Mind - Stevie Wonder
• Neu! - Neu!
• No Secrets - Carly Simon
• Obscured By Clouds - Pink Floyd
• Olympia 71 - Dalida
• One Man Dog - James Taylor
• Paul Simon - Paul Simon
• Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Pink Moon - Nick Drake
• Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
• Roy Orbison Sings - Roy Orbison
• Roxy Music - Roxy Music
• Sail Away - Randy Newman
• Saint Dominic's Preview - Van Morrison
• Sanctuary - Dion DiMucci
• Seven Separate Fools - Three Dog Night
• Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits - Simon and Garfunkel
• Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
• Squawk - Budgie
• Suit For Late Summer - Dion DiMucci
• Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts
• Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
• The Divine Miss M. - Bette Midler
• The Eagles - The Eagles
• The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa
• The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
• *An early glam rock album. Included the American and British hit "Starman".
• The Soundtrack to Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
• The Unnamables - Magma
• Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
• Toulouse Street - The Doobie Brothers
• Transformer - Lou Reed
• Trilogy - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Trouble At Mill - King Earl Boogie Band
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Top hits on record

• "Most People I Know Think I'm Crazy" - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
• "You've Got The Gun" - Sherbet
• "You're All Woman" - Sherbet
• "Boppin' The Blues" - Blackfeather
• "Gingerman" - Brian Cadd
• "How Do You Do" - Jigsaw
• "Rock Me Baby" - Johnny Farnham
• "Hi Honey Ho - Daddy Cool
• "Superman" - Alison MacCullum
• "Wheat In The Field" - Harry Young + Sabbath
• "People Need Love" - ABBA
• "He Is Your Brother" - ABBA
• "Virginia Plain" - Roxy Music
• "Take It Easy" - The Eagles
• "Jealous Guy" - John Lennon
• "All The Young Dudes" - Mott The Hoople
• "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
• "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard" - Paul Simon
• "Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon
• "Duncan" - Paul Simon
• "America" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "You Wear It Well" - Rod Stewart
• "Ben"- Michael Jackson
• "Parle plus bas (Le Parrain)"- Dalida
• "Les choses de l'amour"- Dalida
• "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" - Mac Davis
• "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "American Pie" - Don McLean
• "Open Up" - Mungo Jerry
• "California Man" - The Move
• "10538 Overture" - Electric Light Orchestra
• "Horse With No Name" - America
• "Ventura Highway" - America
• "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
• "Rocket Man" - Elton John
• "Layla" - Derek & the Dominoes
• "Rock & Roll Part 1 + 2" - Gary Glitter
• "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" - Jim Croce
• "The Candyman" - Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Lean on Me" - Bill Withers
• "Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)" - Curtis Mayfield
• "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes
• "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
• "Without You" - Harry Nilsson
• "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
• "I Don't Believe In Miracles" - Colin Blunstone
• "Brand New Key" - Melanie
• "Signs" - The Drifters
• "My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry
• "Morning Has Broken" - Cat Stevens
• "I Can See Clearly Now" - Johnny Nash
• "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
• "I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers
• "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
• "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" - Hollies
• Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
• "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
• "Old Man" - Neil Young
• "Tumbling Dice" - Rolling Stones
• "Happy" - Rolling Stones
• "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "Nights in White Satin" - The Moody Blues
• "Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays
• "I'm Stone in Love With You" - The Stylistics
• "I Am Woman" - Helen Reddy
• "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
• "Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond
• "The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Starman" - David Bowie
• "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - Robert John
• "Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin
• "Metal Guru" - T.Rex
• "Two Divided By Love" - The Grass Roots
• "Burning Love" - Elvis Presley
• "Joy" - Apollo 100

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1972

Published popular music

• "Alone Again" w.m. Raymond O'Sullivan
• "Alone At A Drive-In Movie"     w.m. Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
• "American Pie" w.m. Don McLean
• "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" w.m. Jim Croce
• "Bein' Green" w.m. Joe Raposo
• "Burning Love"    w.m. Dennis Linde
• "C is for Cookie" w.m. Joe Raposo
• "Come Dream With Me" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen
• "I Can See Clearly Now" w.m. Johnny Nash
• "Liza With A Z" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the television production Liza With A Z
• "Magic To Do" w.m. Stephen Schwartz. Introduced by Ben Vereen in the musical Pippin
• "Maybe This Time" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the musical film Cabaret
• "The Morning After" w.m. Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha from the film The Poseidon Adventure
• "The Old Fashioned Way" w. Charles Aznavour, Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha m.George Garvarentz
• "Ring Them Bells"     w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the television production Liza With A Z
• "Shakin' At The High School Hop"     w.m. Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
• "Speak Softly, Love"      w. Larry Kusik m. Nino Rota from the film The Godfather
• "Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" w.m. L. Russell Brown & Irwin Levine
• "Vincent" w.m. Don McLean
• "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" w.m. Stevie Wonder

• Arthur Bliss - Metamorphic Variations
• Friedrich Cerha - Spiegel
• George Crumb - Makrokosmos, Volume I for amplified piano
• Mario Davidovsky - Transientes for orchestra
• Paul Le Flem - Symphony No. 4
• Dmitri Kabalevsky - A Letter to the 30th Century (oratorio)
• György Ligeti - Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra
• Theo Loevendie - Horn Concerto, "Orbits"
• George Rochberg - Recordanza (Soliloquy for Cello and Piano)

• Peter Maxwell Davies - Taverner
• Thomas Pasatieri - Black Widow

• Beggar's Opera     Broadway production
• Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill     Broadway revue opened at the Theatre de Lys on October 1 and ran for 152 performances
• Company(Stephen Sondheim) - London production
• Cowardy Custard     London production
• Curly McDimple     Broadway revival
• Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope     Broadway revue opened at the Playhouse Theatre on April 19 and ran for 914 performances
• Don't Play Us Cheap     Broadway production
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway revival
• Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) - London production opened at the Palace Theatre on August 9 and ran for 3358 performances
• Grease     Broadway production
• Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lloyd Webber & Rice) - London production opened at The Roundhouse on November 8 and ran for 43 performances
• Man of La Mancha     Broadway revival
• Pippin     Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 23 and ran for 1944 performances
• Rebbitzen from Israel     Broadway production
• Sugar     Broadway production
• The Sunshine Train     Broadway production

• Cabaret
• Man of La Mancha

Musical television productions

• Liza With A Z

Births

• January - Aqualung, singer-songwriter
• February 2 - Dana International, Eurovision-winning singer
• February 11 - Craig Jones, sampler/keyboardist for Slipknot
• February 14 - Rob Thomas, matchbox twenty
• February 17 - Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day
• February 20 - K-os, musician
• February 24 - Chris Fehn, percussionist/backing vocalist for Slipknot
• March 10 - Douglas Ardito, Puddle Of Mudd
• March 11 - UA, singer
• March 15 - Mark Hoppus, Blink-182
• March 17 - Melissa Auf der Maur, Hole
• April 8 - Paul Gray, bassist for Slipknot
• May 4 - Mike Dirnt, Green Day
• May 19 - Jenny Berggren, Ace Of Base
• May 21 - The Notorious BIG
• May 27 - Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian female singer
• June 12 - Bounty Killer, singer
• June 26 - Garou, singer
• August 6 - Geri Halliwell
• August 8 - Lüpüs Thünder, The Bloodhound Gang
• August 9 - A-Mei, singer
• September 4 - Carlos Ponce, singer and composer
• September 26 - Shawn Stockman, Boyz II Men
• October 17 - Clef Jean, The Fugees
• October 17 - Eminem
• October 19 - Pras Michel, The Fugees
• December 1 - Greg Upchurch, Puddle Of Mudd
• December 9 - Tre Cool, Green Day
• December 10 - Scot Alexander, Dishwalla
• December 16 - Michael McCary, Boyz II Men
• December 22 - Vanessa Paradis, singer and actress
• December 27 - Matt Slocum, Sixpence None The Richer
• December 31 - Joe McIntyre, New Kids On The Block

Deaths

• January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor
• January 16 - David Seville, voice of the Chipmunks
• January 19 - Michael Rabin
• January 24 - Gene Austin, singer-songwriter
• January 27 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer
• February 21 – Marie Dubas, French music-hall singer
• March 27 - Sharkey Bonano
• April 4 - Stefan Wolpe, composer
• May 2 - Les Harvey, Stone the Crows, electrocuted, 25 years old
• July 3 - "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, blues musician
• August 2 - Brian Cole, bass player The Association
• August 14 - Oscar Levant
• August 29 - Lale Andersen, Danish singer
• November 3 - Harry Richman, US singer, actor and composer
• November 6 - Billy Murcia, drummer New York Dolls
• November 11 - Berry Oakley, bass player Allman Brothers Band
• November 12 - Rudolf Friml Rose-Marie composer
• November 18 - Danny Whitten, guitarist Crazy Horse
• November 28 - Havergal Brian, composer

Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1972
• *Grammy Album of the Year: The Concert for Bangla Desh
• *Grammy Best New Artist: America
• *Grammy Best Pop Duo or Group: "Where Is the Love" - Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
• *Grammy Best Pop Female Vocal: "I Am Woman" - Helen Reddy
• *Grammy Best Pop Male Vocal: "Without You" - Harry Nilsson
• *Grammy Record of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
• *Grammy Song of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack

• Eurovision Song Contest 1972

External Charts

• [Pop Culture Madness 1972 Pop Music Chart]

 

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