Dave Newman, Pearls, The New Seekers, Free, Ramsey Lewis and more.
It's 1972 for this week's retro chart with classic hits from The Move, Paul Simon, Elton John, Diana Ross, The Rolling Stones and Don McLean so grab yourself a sherbet dip, lay back and enjoy the chart sounds of 1972!
The 70s music Christmas charts were so important in the 1970s, with not only the prestige of getting a Christmas hit, but a NUMBER One Christmas hit was the icing on the cake, the Christmas Cake.
During this 70s music Christmas Season we look at the music of Christmas Day 1972 and highlight those Christmas records to stir the memory of the 70s music.
Having to use a bit of editorial control here to decide what was a Christmas hit, so if it does not match your criteria, apologies.
This chart comes from the 23rd December 1972.
No.4
A Christmas classic
And the only Christmas style record in the whole of the Top Twenty.
John and Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir
The band was formed in 1969, and this record was recorded in New York City with the help of Phil Spector, and is actually a protest record about the ongoing war in Vietnam at the time. The record was a hit in 1971 in the US but was delayed until 1972 in the UK.
The No.1 that week belonged to
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little Jimmy Osmond
Here are the top ten best selling singles in the UK for 1972.
1Royal Scots Dragoon GuardsAmazing Grace Seven million singles sold and No.1 in many countries for this old song. The Dragoon guards became that in 1971 after merging of other British Army sites.
2Lieutenant PigeonMouldy Old Dough
3Donny OsmondPuppy Love Article about Donny Osmond
4NilssonWithout You
5New SeekersI'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Article about New Seekers
6Chicory TipSon Of My Father
7Gary GlitterRock & Roll Article about Gary Glitter
8T RexMetal Guru Article about T.Rex
9Neil ReidMother Of Mine
10Don MacLeanAmerican Pie
For those that live around Europe (Australia included), once a year since the 1950s the Eurovison Song Contest is held. This contest is to find a group that will be the best of the best in Europe, and is voted by every participating country. Needles to say the politics of the region play very high.
With all its many flaws it brings in a huge live TV audiences of around 100 million people.
The music is so hard to categorise, as almost anything seems to go.
