Top Selling Singles of 1972

Here are the top ten best selling singles in the UK for 1972.


   1 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Amazing 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.

   2 Lieutenant Pigeon Mouldy Old Dough
   3 Donny Osmond Puppy Love Article about Donny Osmond
   4 Nilsson Without You
   5 New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Article about New Seekers
   6 Chicory Tip Son Of My Father
   7 Gary Glitter Rock & Roll Article about Gary Glitter
   8 T Rex Metal Guru Article about T.Rex
   9 Neil Reid Mother Of Mine
   10 Don MacLean American Pie

In The 1970s Chicory Tip

Formed in Maidstone kent in 1967 Chicory Tip had their first big hit with the Georgio Morodor and Peter Bellotte composition called Son Of My Father. The song was the first single to get to No. 1 using a  Moog Synthesizer and was a gold disc too.

The song was originally published in German as "Nachts scheint die Sonne" (In the Night Shines the Sun), written by Giorgio Moroder with German lyrics by Michael Holm in 1971. The song is notable as the first UK number one single to prominently feature a synthesizer, in this case a Moog synthesizer, programmed by Chris Thomas. 

The next small hit was Whats Your Name and the big hit was Good Grief Christina in 1973. The vocalist was Peter Hewson with guitarists Richard Foster and Barry Mayger.