| What was happening in the year 1972 ? |
| The Top 40 Singles of 72 1: American Pie Don Mclean 2: Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan 3: Without You Nilsson 4: Brand New Key Melanie 5: I Gotcha Joe Tex 6: Daddy Don't Walk So Fast Wayne Newton 7: Let's Stay Together Al Green 8: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack 9: Brandy Looking Glass 10: Lean On Me Bill Withers 11: If Loving You is Wrong Luther Ingram 12: Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me Mac Davis 13: Heart Of Gold Neal Young 14: The Candy Man Sammy Davis, Jr. 15: Nice To Be With You Gallery 16: The Lion Sleeps Tonigh Robert John 17: Slippin' Into Darkness War 18: I'll Take You There The Staple Singers 19: Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) The Hollies 20: A Horse With No Name America 21: Outa Space Billy Preston 22: Oh Girl Chi-Lites 23: Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond 24: Family Affair Sly and the Family Stone 25: Rockin' Robin Michael Jackson 26: My Ding-A-Ling Chuck Berry 27: Back Stabbers The O'Jays 28: Everybody Plays The Fool The Main Ingredient 29: Last Night (I Didn't Get To Sleep At All) The 5th Dimension 30: Betcha By Golly, Wow The Stylistics 31: Precious And Few Climax 32: Ben Michael Jackson 33: Cherish David Cassidy 34: How Do You Do? Mouth & MacNeal 35: I'm Still In Love With You Al Green 36: Down By The Lazy River The Osmonds 37: Scorpio Dennis Coffey 38: Popcorn Hot Butter 39: Go All The Way Raspberries 40: Too Late To Turn Back Now Corelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| Top 10 Movies Of 72 1: The Godfather 2: The Poseidon Adventure 3: What's Up Doc? 4: Deliverance 5: Jeremiah Johnson 6: The Candidate 7: The Heartbreak Kid 8: Play It Again, Sam 9: Slaughterhouse Five 10: The Concert For Bangla Desh |
| Top 10 Television Shows 1: All In The Family 2: Sanford And Son 3: Hawaii Five-O 4: Maude 5: Bridget Loves Bernie 6: The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie 7: The Mary Tyler Moore Show 8: Gunsmoke 9: The Wonderful World Of Disney 10: Ironside |
| Sports Winners Of 72 Baseball: The Oakland A's beet the Cincinnati Reds 4 games to 3. Football: The Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 in Super Bowl VI on January 16, in New Orleans. Basketball: The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New York Knicks 4 games to 1. Hockey: The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 4 games to 2. |
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