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What was the number one song in July 1972?

What was the number one song in July 1972?

List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972

Issue Date Song Artist
July 1 “Song Sung Blue” Neil Diamond
July 8 “Outa-Space” Billy Preston
July 15 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers
July 22

What was the number one song on this day 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 number one in the charts in 1972?

Amazing Grace
Best-selling singles

No. Title Artist
1 “Amazing Grace” The Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
2 “Mouldy Old Dough” Lieutenant Pigeon
3 “Puppy Love” Donny Osmond
4 “Without You” Nilsson

What were the top 20 songs in 1972?

Top Songs of 1972

  • The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Roberta Flack.
  • Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O’Sullivan.
  • American Pie. Don McLean.
  • Without You. Harry Nilsson.
  • The Candy Man. Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • I Gotcha. Joe Tex.
  • Lean on Me. Bill Withers.
  • Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me. Mac Davis.

What was the number one movie in 1972?

The Godfather
Highest-grossing films (U.S.)

Rank Title Distributor
1 The Godfather Paramount
2 The Poseidon Adventure 20th Century Fox
3 What’s Up, Doc? Warner Bros.
4 Deliverance

What were the top ten songs in 1972?

Top 10 Songs of 1972

  • ‘Tumbling Dice’ The Rolling Stones.
  • ‘Heart of Gold’ Neil Young.
  • ‘Ziggy Stardust’ David Bowie.
  • ‘School’s Out’ Alice Cooper.
  • ‘All the Young Dudes’ Mott the Hoople.
  • ‘Rocket Man’ Elton John.
  • ‘You Wear It Well’ Rod Stewart.
  • ‘Smoke on the Water’ Deep Purple.

What was the number one hit in 1973?

Tony Orlando and Dawn’s “Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree” reached #1 in 1973 and became the #1 song at year’s end.

What was the biggest hit of 1972?

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1972

No. Title Artist(s)
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 top 10 songs of 1972?

Top 10 Songs of 1972

  • ‘Smoke on the Water’ Deep Purple.
  • ‘You Wear It Well’ Rod Stewart.
  • ‘Rocket Man’ Elton John.
  • ‘All the Young Dudes’ Mott the Hoople.
  • ‘School’s Out’ Alice Cooper.
  • ‘Ziggy Stardust’ David Bowie.
  • ‘Heart of Gold’ Neil Young.
  • ‘Tumbling Dice’ The Rolling Stones.

What was the number one movie in December 1972?

Domestic Box Office For December 1972

Rank Release Distributor
1 The Poseidon Adventure Twentieth Century Fox