What was the top ten songs of 1972?
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This is a list of Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1972….Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972.
No. | Title | Artist(s) |
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1 | “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” | Roberta Flack |
2 | “Alone Again (Naturally)” | Gilbert O’Sullivan |
3 | “American Pie” | Don McLean |
4 | “Without You” | Harry Nilsson |
What was the most played song in 1972?
Don McLean scored a #1 hit with “American Pie” in 1972. Roberta Flack’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” reached the top spot for six weeks and became the #1 song at year’s end.

What was the number one rock song in 1972?
Top 100 Rock & Roll Songs in 1972
Rank | Song | Title |
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1 | Crocodile Rock Elton John | ► Crocodile Rock |
2 | Layla Derek And The Dominos | ► Layla |
3 | Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone The Temptations | ► Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone |
4 | Heart of Gold Neil Young | ► Heart of Gold |
What was the number one song in July of 1972?
List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972
Issue Date | Song | Artist |
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July 1 | “Song Sung Blue” | Neil Diamond |
July 8 | “Outa-Space” | Billy Preston |
July 15 | “Lean on Me” | Bill Withers |
July 22 |
What was number 1 in the charts in 1972?
See all the 1972 Number One hits from the UK below and find out who had the longest running number one in the UK singles chart….UK Number Ones in 1972.

Artist | Slade |
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Song Title | Take Me Bak Ome |
Weeks at Number One | 1 |
Date | 27-06-1972 |
What was the number one album of 1972?
Top Selling Albums: Early 1972
1 | 1.Roberta Flack First Take (1969) #1 26 weeks |
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2 | 2.Neil Young Harvest (1972) #1 25 weeks |
#1 25 weeks | |
3 | 3.America America (1971) #1 22 weeks *Top 40 Debut* |
#1 22 weeks *Top 40 Debut* |
What was the number one song in August of 1972?
List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972
Issue Date | Song | Artist |
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August 5 | “Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast” | Wayne Newton |
August 12 | “Alone Again (Naturally)” | Gilbert O’Sullivan |
August 19 | ||
August 26 |