Overview of the events of 1972 in music
Overview of the events of 1972 in music
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This is a listing of notable events in music that took place in the year 1972.
Specific locations [edit]
- 1972 in British music
- 1972 in Norwegian music
Specific genres [edit]
- 1972 in country music
- 1972 in heavy metal music
- 1972 in jazz
Events [edit]
- January 17 – 12 miles of U.S. Highway 51 in Memphis, Tennessee from South Parkway East to the Tennessee/Mississippi state line is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard."
- January 20 – The debut of Pink Floyd'south Night Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties. Nighttime Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the post-obit night, but information technology would be a full year before the album was released.
- Jan 21 – Keith Richards jumps on phase to jam with Chuck Drupe at the Hollywood Palladium, only is ordered off for playing too loud. Drupe later claims that he did not recognize Keith and would not accept booted him if he did.
- January 29–31 – The commencement Sunbury Music Festival is held in Sunbury, Victoria. Performers include Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Wendy Saddington, Chain and The La De Das.
- Jan 31 – Over twoscore,000 mourners file by Mahalia Jackson'due south open catafalque to pay their respects in Chicago's Keen Salem Baptist Church.
- February 9 – Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, make their live debut at the University of Nottingham in England. It'south McCartney's outset public concert since The Beatles' 1966 United states of america bout.
- Feb 10 – David Bowie opens the Ziggy Stardust tour at The Toby Jug pub, Tolworth, Surrey.
- Feb 13 – Led Zeppelin's concert in Singapore is canceled when government officials will not let them off the airplane considering of their long hair.
- February xiv–xviii – John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host an entire week of The Mike Douglas Bear witness.
- February 15 – The United States gives federal copyright protection to audio recordings. Prior to this, phonograph records were only protected at state level, and not in all states.
- February 19
- Paul McCartney's single "Give Ireland Dorsum to the Irish" (inspired by the "Encarmine Sunday" massacre in Ireland on January 30, 1972) is banned by the BBC. The controversy caused by the banning only increases the song'southward popularity and it ends up in the Top 20 in England.
- Sammy Davis, Jr. makes a guest appearance on the television show All in the Family unit.
- February 23 – Elvis and Priscilla Presley separate.
- February 29 – John Lennon'southward U.S. immigration visa expires, beginning his three-and-a-half-yr fight to remain in the state.
- March 15
- At the 14th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Andy Williams, winners include Carole Rex, Kris Kristofferson, Colin Davis, Michel LeGrand, Isaac Hayes, Julian Bream, Vladimir Horowitz, the Juilliard String Quartet and Nib Withers.[i] Male monarch wins Anthology of the Year (for Tapestry), Record of the Year (for "It'due south As well Late") and Vocal of the Year (for "Y'all've Got a Friend"), while Carly Simon wins Best New Creative person.
- L.A. disc jockey Robert Westward. Morgan plays Donny Osmond's "Puppy Honey" non-stop for ninety minutes. Police are called, but no arrests are made.
- March 21 – Terry Knight announces he is launching a $5 million lawsuit against One thousand Funk's new manager John Eastman, ane calendar week after being fired every bit Chiliad Funk'due south managing director. Information technology triggers a serial of suits and counter-suits between Knight and the band throughout the coming months.
- March 25 – The 17th Eurovision Vocal Contest, held in the Conductor Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, is won by German-based Greek singer Vicky Leandros, representing Luxembourg with the vocal Après Toi. The song is subsequently released around Europe, having been recorded in several languages, including in English as Come What May.
- March 31 – Official Beatles fan club closes down.
- Apr two – John Lennon and Yoko Ono concord a press conference in New York. The Lennons hash out their entreatment against the United states Immigration Section's determination to deport John.
- April 9 – First solo concert of Valery Leontiev.
- April sixteen – Electric Light Orchestra brand their live debut at the Trick and Greyhound pub in Park Lane, Croydon, England.
- Apr 29 – New York City mayor John Lindsay announces that he is supporting John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their fight to remain in the United states of america.
- May two – Stone the Crows pb guitarist Les Harvey is electrocuted on phase during a bear witness in Swansea, Wales, by touching a poorly continued microphone. Harvey died in a hospital a few hours later. The band's pb vocalizer, Maggie Bell, Harvey'due south longtime girlfriend, was too hospitalized, having collapsed on stage after the incident.
- May 8 – Billy Preston becomes the first stone performer to headline at New York's Radio City Music Hall
- May 27 – The Opryland The states country music theme park opens in Nashville, Tennessee.
- June – Founding fellow member Roy Wood leaves the Electric Light Orchestra line-upwards just as the ring scores its outset hit unmarried.
- June 3 – The Rolling Stones open their N American tour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- June x – Elvis Presley does the first of four concerts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. He sells out all the shows in one 24-hour interval.
- June 14 – Simon & Garfunkel reunite briefly to perform live at Madison Square Garden at a campaign do good for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. Other performers include Peter, Paul and Mary and Dionne Warwick.
- July 24 – Bobby Ramirez, drummer for Edgar Winter's White Trash, is beaten to death in a Chicago bar fight, reportedly because his pilus was likewise long.
- Baronial five – Clive Davis signs Aerosmith to Columbia Records at Max's Kansas Urban center in New York City.
- Baronial 30 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono headline the "1 To One Concert" at Madison Square Garden to do good mentally handicapped children. Elephant's Memory, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder and Sha Na Na besides perform.
- September 1–7 – Karlheinz Stockhausen directs performances of his works at the Shiraz Arts Festival, including Mantra, Hymnen, an all-day performance of Aus den sieben Tagen, and world premieres of two compositions from Für kommende Zeiten
- September 21 – ABC premieres the new TV serial In Concert. The starting time episode features Alice Cooper.
- September 29 – Miles Davis unveils his new nine-piece band at the Lincoln Heart Philharmonic Hall.
- October 12 – Diana Ross makes her acting debut in the successful film Lady Sings the Dejection, garnering her first Academy Accolade nomination for Best Actress.
- November iii – James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in a tiny ceremony in Simon'south Manhattan flat.
- November 12 – 51,778 fans pack San Diego Stadium for a concert promoted past KGB-AM to meet J. Geils Ring, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Foghat and Dr. Claw and the Medicine Show.
- November 25 – The 1st OTI Song Contest, held in the Congres and Expositions Palace, Madrid, Spain, is won past singers Tobias and Claudia Regina, representing Brazil with the song Diálogo ("Dialogue").
- November 26 – Family, touring Northward America equally the warmup deed for Elton John, play their terminal concert on U.S. soil in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- December 23 – Grand Funk Railroad, completing its 1972 Bout, with a sold-out concert at NYC's Madison Square Garden, with the proceeds from the concert benefiting the Phoenix Firm Drug Rehabilitation Program, and with the evidence being filmed for ABC-TV's "In Concert" Series, the ring is met by a lawsuit taken out by their sometime director, Terry Knight, who attempts to cake the show from going on, attempting to seize their equipment. Fortunately, a court injunction is given later on in the day, allowing the concert to take identify.
- December 31 – The offset New year's day's Rockin' Eve, with host Dick Clark, airs on NBC (before moving to ABC) with Three Canis familiaris Dark as the featured act. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Helen Reddy and Al Greenish likewise perform.
- unknown date
- Herbert Howells becomes a Companion of Honour.
- Billy Ray Hearn founds Myrrh Records.
- Joseph Hoo Kim founds Channel One Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.
- Numa Labinsky (bass singer) and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds plant Nimbus Records, a specialist classical music recording company at Wyastone Leys in Herefordshire, England.
- Heisei Higher of Music is established in Mifune, Kumamoto, Japan.
Bands formed [edit]
- See Musical groups established in 1972
Bands disbanded [edit]
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Jefferson Airplane
- Martha and the Vandellas
- MC5
- Them
- The Velvet Hush-hush
Albums released [edit]
Jan [edit]
| Day | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| 7 | Jamming with Edward! | The Rolling Stones, Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder | 1969 jam |
| 15 | Home Is Where the Music Is | Hugh Masekela | |
| 16 | Blue Öyster Cult | Blueish Öyster Cult | - |
| 17 | Linda Ronstadt | Linda Ronstadt | - |
| twenty | Garcia | Jerry Garcia | - |
| 24 | Cass Elliot | Cass Elliot | - |
| Got to Be In that location | Michael Jackson | - |
| Paul Simon | Paul Simon | - |
| Young, Gifted and Black | Aretha Franklin | - |
| 29 | Phase III | The Osmonds | - |
| 31 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green | - |
| - | 1+ane | Grin | - |
| All the Good Times | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | - |
| Infant I'chiliad-a Want You | Bread | - |
| Beads and Feathers | Carol Hall | - |
| Clever Dogs Chase the Sun | Kenny Young | - |
| Coven | Coven | - |
| Flash | Wink | - |
| Greenhouse | Leo Kottke | - |
| Hands of Jack the Ripper | Screaming Lord Sutch | - |
| Hendrix in the West | Jimi Hendrix | Live 1969–seventy |
| How Much Time | Jake Holmes | - |
| I'm the One | Annette Peacock | - |
| Incredible! Live! | Country Joe | Alive |
| Into the Purple Valley | Ry Cooder | - |
| I've Found Someone of My Own | The Gratis Move | - |
| Jackson Browne | Jackson Browne | - |
| Keep the Faith | Blackness Oak Arkansas | - |
| Loose | Crazy Equus caballus | - |
| Malo | Malo | - |
| Marking-Almond Ii | Marker-Almond | - |
| Peter | Peter Yarrow | - |
| Rockpile | Dave Edmunds | - |
| Sex, Dope, Rock'n'Scroll: Teenage Heaven | Daddy Cool | Australia |
| Solid Rock | The Temptations | - |
| The Spotlight Kid | Captain Beefheart | - |
| The Unnamables | Magma | as Univeria Zekt |
| Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine | The Doors | Compilation |
February [edit]
| Day | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| 1 | Something/Anything? | Todd Rundgren | - |
| one | Harvest | Neil Young | - |
| eight | Root Downwards | Jimmy Smith | - |
| 12 | Consume a Peach | The Allman Brothers Band | - |
| 18 | Manfred Mann'south Earth Band | Manfred Isle of man's Earth Band | - |
| twenty | Elvis Now | Elvis Presley | - |
| 25 | Pink Moon | Nick Drake | - |
| - | 1 | The Crusaders | - |
| three | McKendree Bound | - |
| Blue River | Eric Andersen | - |
| Border Lord | Kris Kristofferson | - |
| Brave Belt II | Brave Chugalug | - |
| Burgers | Hot Tuna | - |
| Cherish | David Cassidy | - |
| Dinnertime | Alex Taylor | - |
| Don Quixote | Gordon Lightfoot | - |
| Fanny Loma | Fanny | - |
| Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes | John Kay | - |
| Adept Hearted Woman | Waylon Jennings | - |
| Grave New Globe | Strawbs | - |
| Greatest Hits | Claret, Sweat & Tears | Compilation |
| Headkeeper | Dave Stonemason | - |
| Heavy Turbulence | Merl Saunders | - |
| Hellbound Railroad train | Savoy Brown | - |
| Lonesome Crow | Scorpions | - |
| Loudwater House | Tony Hazzard | - |
| My Hang-Upwards is You | Freddie Hart | - |
| Ndeda | Quincy Jones | Compilation |
| Oh How Nosotros Danced | Jim Capaldi | - |
| Pain | Ohio Players | - |
| Patti Dahlstrom | Patti Dahlstrom | - |
| Rockin' | The Gauge Who | - |
| Silver Pistol | Brinsley Schwarz | - |
| Tantamount to Treason Vol. 1 | Michael Nesmith | - |
| Three | Jackie Lomax | - |
| Together | Jesse Colin Young | - |
March [edit]
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
| 3 | Black Magic | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | - |
| Glitter | Gary Glitter | - |
| Thick equally a Brick | Jethro Tull | - |
| Music of My Mind | Stevie Wonder | - |
| 10 | Shades of a Blue Orphanage | Sparse Lizzy | - |
| Affect Your Woman | Dolly Parton | - |
| 11 | Heads & Tales | Harry Chapin | - |
| 21 | Love Theme from "The Godfather" | Andy Williams | - |
| 24 | Slade Live! | Slade | Live |
| Striking Information technology Rich | Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks | - |
| 25 | The Kink Kronikles | The Kinks | US; Compilation |
| Automobile Head | Deep Purple | - |
| 26 | Just Another Band from L.A. | Frank Zappa and The Mothers | Live |
| 27 | Seven Separate Fools | Three Dog Night | - |
| - | Alvin Lee and Visitor | Ten Years After | Compilation |
| The Carol of Calico | Kenny Rogers and the Commencement Edition | - |
| Bare Trees | Fleetwood Mac | - |
| Bobby Whitlock | Bobby Whitlock | - |
| Cold Blue Excursion | Ray Dorset | - |
| D&B Together | Delaney and Bonnie | - |
| Drowning in the Sea of Honey | Joe Simon | - |
| Ennea | Hunt | - |
| Feedback | Spirit | - |
| The Killer Rocks On | Jerry Lee Lewis | - |
| Live Cream Volume II | Cream | Live 1968 |
| Powerglide | New Riders of the Imperial Sage | - |
| Pure Prairie League | Pure Prairie League | - |
| Recall the Beginning...A Journey from Eden | Steve Miller Ring | - |
| Roadwork | Edgar Winter's White Trash | - |
| Shopping Purse | The Partridge Family | - |
| Smokin' | Humble Pie | - |
| Space and First Takes | Lee Michaels | - |
| Stories Nosotros Could Tell | The Everly Brothers | - |
| What a Bloody Long Day It's Been | Ashton, Gardner and Dyke | - |
April [edit]
| Day | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| four | Rio Grande Mud | ZZ Summit | - |
| 5 | Graham Nash David Crosby | Crosby & Nash | - |
| 10 | Raspberries | Raspberries | - |
| eleven | Mardi Gras | Creedence Clearwater Revival | - |
| 12 | Manassas | Stephen Stills and Manassas | - |
| fourteen | Three Friends | Gentle Giant | UK |
| 20 | Dr. John'southward Gumbo | Dr. John | - |
| 28 | Argus | Wishbone Ash | - |
| - | Annie | Anne Murray | - |
| Arthur Alexander | Arthur Alexander | - |
| Bolan Boogie | T. Male monarch | Compilation |
| True cat Mother | Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys | - |
| Comin' Thru | Quicksilver Messenger Service | - |
| David Clayton-Thomas | David Clayton-Thomas | - |
| He Touched Me | Elvis Presley | - |
| Henry the Human Wing | Richard Thompson | - |
| Hobo'due south Lullaby | Arlo Guthrie | - |
| The Island of Real | The Rascals | - |
| A Lonely Human | The Chi-Lites | - |
| Lou Reed | Lou Reed | - |
| Merrimack County | Tom Rush | - |
| Moonshot | Buffy Sainte-Marie | - |
| Mountain Live: The Road Goes Always On | Mountain | Alive |
| On Tape | April Wine | - |
| A Possible Project of the Futurity / Childhood'southward End | Al Kooper | - |
| Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | Procol Harum | Live |
| A Thing Chosen Love | Johnny Cash | - |
| You lot Don't Mess Around with Jim | Jim Croce | - |
May [edit]
| Day | Anthology | Artist | Notes |
| i | Jeff Beck Grouping | Jeff Brook | - |
| 2 | Blood brother, Brother, Blood brother | The Isley Brothers | - |
| 6 | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway | - |
| 11 | Cabbage Aisle | The Meters | - |
| 12 | Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | - |
| fourteen | Live in Europe | Rory Gallagher | Alive |
| 15 | Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" | The Embankment Boys | - |
| 19 | Demons and Wizards | Uriah Heep | - |
| Honky Château | Elton John | - |
| Waterloo Lily | Caravan | - |
| 22 | America Eats Its Young | Funkadelic | - |
| 23 | Lookin' Through the Windows | The Jackson 5 | - |
| 26 | I Sing the Body Electric | Atmospheric condition Report | - |
| Wind of Alter | Peter Frampton | - |
| thirty | Live at Max'due south Kansas City | The Velvet Hugger-mugger | Live 1970 |
| Understanding | Bobby Womack | - |
| - | Ace | Bob Weir | - |
| Bloodrock Live | Bloodrock | Live |
| Castles | Joy of Cooking | - |
| Chameleon | The Four Seasons | - |
| Colors of the Day | Judy Collins | Compilation |
| Come from the Shadows | Joan Baez | - |
| Floy Joy | The Supremes | - |
| In Concert | Janis Joplin | Live 1968 and 1970 |
| Final of the Red Hot Burritos | The Flying Burrito Brothers | Live |
| People ... Hold On | Eddie Kendricks | - |
| Roy Orbison Sings | Roy Orbison | - |
| Canvass Away | Randy Newman | - |
| Sailin' Shoes | Little Feat | - |
| Skies of America | Ornette Coleman | - |
| Still Bill | Beak Withers | - |
| Tell Me This Is a Dream | The Delfonics | - |
June [edit]
| Twenty-four hours | Album | Artist | Notes |
| 1 | Amazing Grace | Aretha Franklin | Live |
| Eagles | Eagles | - |
| ii | Obscured by Clouds | Pinkish Floyd | - |
| 5 | The Osmonds Live | The Osmonds | Live |
| 6 | Looking Drinking glass | Looking Glass | - |
| 9 | Earthbound | Rex Crimson | Live |
| There It Is | James Brown | - |
| ten | Moon Shadow | LaBelle | - |
| 12 | Some Time in New York City | John Lennon and Yoko Ono | - |
| 13 | A Song for You lot | Carpenters | - |
| 14 | Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits | Simon & Garfunkel | Compilation |
| 16 | Roxy Music | Roxy Music | - |
| The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie | - |
| xviii | As Recorded at Madison Foursquare Garden | Elvis Presley | Live |
| 23 | Living in the Past | Jethro Tull | Compilation |
| 26 | Carney | Leon Russell | - |
| - | 666 | Aphrodite's Child | - |
| Bless Your Heart | Freddie Hart | - |
| Blues Roots | Ike Turner | |
| Free at Last | Complimentary | - |
| If an Angel Came to See You, Would You Make Her Experience at Home? | Black Oak Arkansas | - |
| Let Me Tell Yous About a Song | Merle Haggard | - |
| Number 1 Tape | Big Star | - |
| School's Out | Alice Cooper | - |
| Syreeta | Syreeta | - |
| Together | Gilt Earring | - |
July [edit]
| Twenty-four hours | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| ane | Toulouse Street | The Doobie Brothers | - |
| 4 | American Gothic | David Ackles | - |
| 5 | Waka/Jawaka | Frank Zappa | - |
| half-dozen | Trilogy | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | - |
| vii | The Harder They Come up | Jimmy Cliff | Soundtrack |
| x | Chicago V | Chicago | - |
| Son of Schmilsson | Harry Nilsson | - |
| fifteen | Moods | Neil Diamond | - |
| 17 | Total Circumvolve | The Doors | - |
| 20 | Long John Silver | Jefferson Aeroplane | - |
| 21 | Never a Dull Moment | Rod Stewart | - |
| The Slider | T. Male monarch | - |
| 27 | All Directions | The Temptations | - |
| Flight Loftier Together | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | - |
| | Someplace Else At present | Lesley Gore | |
| – | The University in Peril | John Cale | - |
| America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song | Johnny Cash | - |
| Captain Beyond | Captain Beyond | - |
| Feel Adept | Ike & Tina Turner | – |
| Exercises | Nazareth | - |
| Foghat | Foghat | - |
| I Tin can See Clearly Now | Johnny Nash | - |
| Music Is the Message | Kool & the Gang | - |
| Saint Dominic's Preview | Van Morrison | - |
| Sofia Rotaru | Sofia Rotaru | USSR |
| Straight Shooter | James Gang | - |
| Super Fly | Curtis Mayfield | Soundtrack |
| White Witch | White Witch | - |
August [edit]
| Day | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| two | Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 | Ella Fitzgerald | Alive |
| four | Ben | Michael Jackson | - |
| 14 | Play the Blues | Buddy Guy and Junior Wells | - |
| fifteen | Rock of Ages | The Band | Live |
| 25 | Everybody'southward in Show-Biz | The Kinks | Double LP; one studio, one alive |
| 28 | 'Ot 'northward' Sweaty | Cactus | - |
| - | And the Hits Merely Go on on Comin' | Michael Nesmith | - |
| Back Stabbers | The O'Jays | - |
| Elf | Elf | - |
| Gratis Volition | Gil Scott-Heron | - |
| Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | - |
| Irrlicht | Klaus Schulze | - |
| Live at the Paramount | The Judge Who | Live |
| Roy Buchanan | Roy Buchanan | - |
| Smokin' O.P.'south | Bob Seger | - |
| Styx | Styx | - |
| Summer Breeze | Seals and Crofts | - |
September [edit]
| Day | Anthology | Artist | Notes |
| eight | All the Young Dudes | Mott the Hoople | - |
| 13 | Close to the Edge | Aye | - |
| 15 | Phoenix | Grand Funk Railroad | - |
| Rocky Mountain High | John Denver | - |
| 25 | Vol. iv | Black Sabbath | - |
| 26 | Live Full House | The J. Geils Band | Live |
| 27 | Catch Bull at 4 | Cat Stevens | - |
| 29 | Glorified Magnified | Manfred Isle of man'south Globe Band | - |
| - | At Home with Their Greatest Hits | The Partridge Family | Compilation |
| Bandstand | Family unit | - |
| Below the Salt | Steeleye Span | - |
| Bright Phoebus | Lal and Mike Waterson | - |
| Crazy Horses | The Osmonds | - |
| Give It Up | Bonnie Raitt | - |
| Hot Butter | Hot Butter | - |
| Ladies Love Outlaws | Waylon Jennings | - |
| My Time | Boz Scaggs | - |
| Nervous on the Road | Brinsley Schwarz | - |
| Rolling Thunder | Mickey Hart | - |
| Sandy | Sandy Denny | - |
| Solomon's Seal | Pentangle | - |
| Squawk | Budgie | - |
| Tequila Sunrise | David Clayton-Thomas | - |
October [edit]
| Day | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| ane | War Heroes | Jimi Hendrix | - |
| 4 | Willie Remembers | Rare Globe | - |
| 6 | Foxtrot | Genesis | - |
| 8 | Music Is My Life | Billy Preston | - |
| 9 | Heavy Cream | Cream | Compilation |
| 11 | Caravanserai | Santana | - |
| On the Corner | Miles Davis | - |
| fourteen | Crazy Horses | The Osmonds | - |
| 23 | I'yard Still in Love with Y'all | Al Green | - |
| 28 | Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | - |
| 29 | My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner | Dolly Parton | - |
| - | At Crooked Lake | Crazy Horse | - |
| Barnstorm | Joe Walsh | - |
| Bustin' Out | Pure Prairie League | - |
| Clear Spot | Helm Beefheart | - |
| Expectations | Keith Jarrett | - |
| Glen Travis Campbell | Glen Campbell | - |
| Got the All-Overs for You | Freddie Hart | - |
| Greetings from L.A. | Tim Buckley | - |
| Guitar Human | Bread | - |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Diana Ross | Soundtrack |
| The Lady's Not for Auction | Rita Coolidge | - |
| King of beasts's Share | Savoy Brown | - |
| Live Concert at the Forum | Barbra Streisand | Live |
| Loggins and Messina | Loggins and Messina | - |
| The London Chuck Drupe Sessions | Chuck Drupe | - |
| Made in England | Atomic Rooster | - |
| Mom'southward Apple tree Pie | Mom's Apple Pie | - |
| The Moviegoer | Scott Walker | - |
| New Blood | Blood, Sweat & Tears | - |
| Passin' Thru | James Gang | - |
| Rhymes & Reasons | Carole King | - |
| Stone & Curlicue Music to the Globe | Ten Years After | - |
| Round 2 | The Stylistics | - |
| Sniper and Other Love Songs | Harry Chapin | - |
| Stealers Cycle | Stealers Wheel | - |
| To Whom It May Concern | Bee Gees | - |
| Who Came First | Pete Townshend | - |
November [edit]
| Solar day | Album | Creative person | Notes |
| 1 | Burning Honey and Hits from His Movies, Book 2 | Elvis Presley | Compilation |
| One Homo Dog | James Taylor | - |
| Romany | The Hollies | - |
| Slayed? | Slade | - |
| five | Europe '72 | Grateful Dead | Live |
| seven | The Divine Miss M | Bette Midler | - |
| Journey Through the Past | Neil Immature | Soundtrack |
| eight | Transformer | Lou Reed | - |
| 10 | Baby James Harvest | Barclay James Harvest | - |
| The Best of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II | The Byrds | Compilation |
| See All Her Faces | Dusty Springfield | - |
| thirteen | Fresh | Raspberries | - |
| xv | Homecoming | America | - |
| 17 | 7th Sojourn | The Moody Blues | - |
| 20 | Get on the Proficient Foot | James Chocolate-brown | - |
| 24 | Doremi Fasol Latido | Hawkwind | - |
| 25 | A Skilful Feelin' to Know | Poco | - |
| 27 | Garden Political party | Ricky Nelson | - |
| - | Boomer's Story | Ry Cooder | - |
| Can't Buy a Thrill | Steely Dan | - |
| Don McLean | Don McLean | - |
| Ege Bamyasi | Can | - |
| Ennismore | Colin Blunstone | - |
| For the Roses | Joni Mitchell | - |
| Free to Be... You and Me | Marlo Thomas & Friends | - |
| Skillful Times | Kool & the Gang | - |
| International Superstar | Johnny Cash | Compilation |
| Jesus Was a Capricorn | Kris Kristofferson | - |
| Joe Cocker | Joe Cocker | - |
| The Johnny Cash Family Christmas | Johnny Cash | Christmas |
| Killer Joe | Picayune Jimmy Osmond | - |
| Life Goes On | Paul Williams | - |
| The Magician's Birthday | Uriah Heep | - |
| No Secrets | Carly Simon | - |
| Not till Tomorrow | Ralph McTell | - |
| Sometime Dan's Records | Gordon Lightfoot | - |
| Passage | Bloodrock | - |
| The Partridge Family Notebook | The Partridge Family | - |
| The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb | The Supremes | - |
| They Simply Come Out at Night | Edgar Winter Group | - |
| Tigers Volition Survive | Ian Matthews | - |
| Any's for U.s. | Joan Armatrading | - |
| Why Dontcha | Due west, Bruce and Laing | - |
| The Globe Is a Ghetto | War | - |
December [edit]
| Twenty-four hours | Anthology | Artist | Notes |
| ane | Octopus | Gentle Giant | UK |
| eight | Trouble Man | Marvin Gaye | Soundtrack |
| 9 | Hot August Dark | Neil Diamond | Live |
| eleven | More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) | The Rolling Stones | Compilation |
| 15 | Piledriver | Status Quo | - |
| 16 | Across 110th Street | Bobby Womack and J.J. Johnson | Soundtrack |
| - | The Best of Top of the Pops '72 | Top of the Poppers | Compilation |
| The Chiliad Wazoo | Frank Zappa | - |
| Gypsy Cowboy | New Riders of the Majestic Sage | - |
| Information technology's Not Love (But Information technology's Non Bad) | Merle Haggard | - |
| Made in Japan | Deep Purple | Live |
| Pleasure | Ohio Players | - |
| R.East.O./T.Due west.O. | REO Speedwagon | - |
| The Sweetness's Biggest Hits | Sweet | Compilation |
| Who's Gonna Play This One-time Piano? | Jerry Lee Lewis | - |
| World Woven | The Ides of March | - |
Release date unknown [edit]
- 360 Degrees of Billy Paul - Billy Paul
- Akilah! - Melvin Sparks
- Album III – Loudon Wainwright Iii
- All I Ever Demand Is Y'all - Sonny & Cher
- All the Male monarch's Horses - Grover Washington Jr.
- All Over You – Chilliwack
- All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
- All Together Now - Silverish
- Lone Again (Naturally) – Andy Williams
- Already Here – Redbone
- Antonym - Gypsy
- The Artistry of Glen Campbell – Glen Campbell
- Attica Blues – Archie Shepp
- The Award Winning Country Gentlemen - The State Gentlemen
- Azteca - Azteca
- Aztec 2-Step – Aztec Ii-Step
- Baby Won't You Alter Your Mind - Blackness Ivory
- Dorsum Door - Dorsum Door
- Backroads – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
- Back to Front – Gilbert O'Sullivan
- Banco del Mutuo Soccorso – Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
- Be Altitude: Respect Yourself – The Staple Singers
- Be Adept to Yourself at To the lowest degree Once a Day - Homo
- Biting Sweet - The Primary Ingredient
- Blackness Heat - Blackness Heat
- Blacknuss – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- Bloodstone - Bloodstone
- Blackness Widow 3 – Black Widow
- Blue Moses - Randy Weston
- Bluesmith - Jimmy Smith
- Bob Mosley – Bob Mosley
- Bootleg Him – Alexis Korner – Compilation
- Boot Power – Mungo Jerry
- Staff of life Winners – Jack Jones
- The Bridge in Blue – The Brooklyn Bridge (equally The Bridge)
- Bugger Off! - Stack Waddy
- Impenetrable - Hard Stuff
- Crash-land City - Tower of Power
- Carnival in Babylon – Amon Düül II
- Changes - Catapilla
- Blood-red - Stanley Turrentine
- Celebration – El Chicano
- Climax – Climax
- Cluster 2 – Cluster
- Cochran – Wayne Cochran
- Coming together - New Nativity
- Cosmo - Doug Clifford
- Crossings – Herbie Hancock
- Cymande - Cymande
- Night Circular the Edges – Dark
- Dave Clark and Friends – Dave Clark
- Expressionless Forever... - Buffalo
- Demolition Derby – Sandy Bull
- Demon in Disguise – David Bromberg
- Diamonds in the Crude - John Prine
- Dig This! - Bobbi Humphrey
- Dingly Dell – Lindisfarne
- Discover America - Van Dyke Parks
- Don't Information technology Drag On - Chris Smither
- Double Dubliners – The Dubliners
- Drama – Maria Bethânia
- Duane & Greg Allman - Duane and Gregg Allman
- Earthspan – Incredible Cord Band
- Electric Shocks – Roger Ruskin Spear
- Ella Loves Cole – Ella Fitzgerald
- Emergency Ward – Nina Simone
- Ethiopian Knights - Donald Byrd
- Everything Stops for Tea - Long John Baldry
- Face to Face with the Truth - The Undisputed Truth
- Faces – Shawn Phillips
- Faro Annie – John Renbourn
- Faust So Far – Faust
- Fifth - Soft Motorcar
- Filthy! - Papa John Creach
- Beginning Base - Babe Ruth
- First Gustation of Sin – Cold Blood
- Fly Dude - Jimmy McGriff
- Focus 3 – Focus
- Foxy Lady - Cher
- Framed – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Expressway Madness - Pretty Things
- Friendliness - Stackridge
- Garden in the City – Melanie
- The Gentle Giant - Yusef Lateef
- Genya Ravan – Genya Ravan
- Geronimo Black – Geronimo Black
- Geronimo's Cadillac - Michael Martin Murphey
- Requite Tomorrow's Children One More Take chances – Bounding main
- Goin' Downward Slow - Sonny Stitt
- Got My Own Bag of Tricks – Bo Diddley
- Hard Assail - Dust
- Heads – Osibisa
- The Heatin' System - Jimmy McGriff
- Help Me Make it Through the Nighttime - Hank Crawford
- High, Depression and In Between – Townes van Zandt
- Hogwash – The Groundhogs
- Abode - Habitation
- Home Gratis – Dan Fogelberg
- Hometown! – The Dubliners (live)
- Honky-Tonk Stardust Cowboy - Jonathan Edwards
- Hoodoo Man – Birth Control
- Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
- Howard Tate – Howard Tate
- Hush 'N' Thunder - Yusef Lateef
- I Am – Pete Townshend
- I Am Woman - Helen Reddy
- I'll Play the Blues for Yous - Albert Male monarch
- If four (a.k.a. Waterfall) – If
- I Got Some – Billy Garner
- I Gotcha – Joe Tex
- I'll Make You lot Music – Beverly Bremers
- Imagination Lady – Chicken Shack
- I'm Satisfied – John Paul Hammond
- Infinite – Kazumi Watanabe
- In Search of Amelia Earhart - Plainsong
- ...In Spite of Harry's Toenail - Gnidrolog
- Instant Decease - Eddie Harris
- Intensity - Charles Earland
- It Never Rains in Southern California – Albert Hammond
- It's Just Begun - Jimmy Castor
- Jackie - Jackie DeShannon
- Jermaine - Jermaine Jackson
- Jo Jo Gunne – Jo Jo Gunne
- John David Souther - J.D. Souther
- Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds – Randy California
- Keeper of the Castle – Four Tops
- Kongos – John Kongos
- Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit – Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit
| - Kraftwerk 2 - Kraftwerk
- La Población – Víctor Jara
- Lady Lake - Gnidrolog
- Lark - Linda Lewis
- Last Autumn'southward Dream – Jade Warrior
- Last Days and Fourth dimension - Earth, Air current & Burn
- The Tardily Bully Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
- Allow's Make Up and Be Friendly – Bonzo Canis familiaris Doo-Dah Band
- Let My Children Hear Music – Charles Mingus
- Messages - Jimmy Webb
- A Little Fleck of Paul Davis – Paul Davis
- Little Jimmy Osmond – Jimmy Osmond
- Live – Donny Hathaway – Live
- Live in Tokyo – Weather Report – Live
- Living – Judy Collins
- The London Muddy Waters Sessions – Muddied Waters
- Love Unlimited - Love Unlimited
- Marking, Don & Mel: 1969–71 – Yard Funk Railroad – Compilation
- Marlena (Marlena Shaw album) - Marlena Shaw
- Mandrill Is – Mandrill
- Matching Mole - Matching Mole
- Matching Mole'southward Little Red Tape - Matching Mole
- Maxoom - Mahogany Rush
- Me & Chet - Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
- Mediterranean Tales - Triumvirat
- A Meeting of the Times – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- A Message from the People – Ray Charles
- Millie Jackson - Millie Jackson
- Mississippi Gambler – Herbie Mann
- Mournin' – Night Sun
- Morning Bugle - John Hartford
- Morning Star - Hubert Laws
- Move Along - The Grass Roots
- Mustang – The Shadows
- Myrrh - Robin Williamson
- Neither I of Us – Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Neu! – Neu!
- Never Become Out of These Dejection Alive – John Lee Hooker
- Side by side Album - Sonny Rollins
- A Night on the Town – Brownsville Station
- The Dark is Notwithstanding Young – Sha Na Na
- Nitzinger – John Nitzinger
- O'Keefe - Danny O'Keefe
- Of Rivers and Religion - John Fahey
- Offer - Larry Coryell
- Olympia 71 – Dalida – Live
- Ontinuous Performance – Stone the Crows
- Orange - Al Stewart
- The Osmonds Alive – The Osmonds – Live
- Painted Caput – Tim Hardin
- Phantasmagoria - Curved Air
- Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 – Chick Corea
- Portrait of Donny – Donny Osmond
- Pancho and Lefty – Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
- Prologue – Renaissance
- Prosperous – Christy Moore
- Ratchell II – Ratchell
- Raw Velvet - Bobby Whitlock
- Recycling The Dejection & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal
- Red Bounding main - Warhorse
- Return to Forever – Return to Forever
- Reunion: Live at Madison Square Garden – Dion and the Belmonts
- Route - Road
- The Road Is No Place for a Lady - Cass Elliot
- Rock Me Baby – David Cassidy
- Roforofo Fight - Fela Kuti
- Sahara - McCoy Tyner
- Sanctuary – Dion DiMucci
- Science Fiction - Ornette Coleman
- Scraps – NRBQ
- Screaming Target – Large Youth
- Vii Bridges Road - Steve Young
- 70-Second Brave - Keef Hartley
- Shakara – Fela Kuti
- Shearwater - Martin Carthy
- Sloppy Seconds – Dr. Hook and the Medicine Bear witness
- Smokestack Lightning – Mike Harrison
- Sonic Seasonings - Wendy Carlos
- A Song for You – Jack Jones
- Sort Of – Slapp Happy
- Soul Is... Pretty Purdie - Bernard Purdie
- Space Shanty - Khan
- Speech - Steamhammer
- Spring - American Bound
- Standing Ovation – Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Stardancer - Tom Rapp
- Stoneground Words – Melanie
- Stratavarious - Ginger Baker
- Suite for Late Summer – Dion DiMucci
- Sunday Morning Coming Downward – Johnny Cash
- The Sweet Life - Reuben Wilson
- Sweetness Revival - Ronnie Foster
- The Sylvers - The Sylvers
- A Tab in the Sea – Nektar
- Talk to the People - Les McCann
- Te John, Grease, & Wolfman - Charlie Daniels
- Tell Me This Is a Dream - The Delfonics
- Texas Cannonball - Freddie King
- Three – Jackie Lomax
- Through the Optics of Love – Ray Charles
- Tim Rose – Tim Rose
- Together – Jesse Colin Young
- As well Young – Donny Osmond
- The Train I'm On - Tony Joe White
- Trouble at Factory – King Earl Boogie Band
- Understanding - Bobby Womack
- Uomo di pezza – Le Orme
- Vindicator - Arthur Lee
- Walking the Dejection - Otis Spann
- Nosotros Got a Good Thing Going - Hank Crawford
- We the People - The Soul Searchers
- What a Bunch of Sweeties - Pink Fairies
- Whatcha See Is Whatcha Become – The Dramatics
- Who Will Save the World? – The Groundhogs
- Where Information technology All Began – Bo Diddley
- ...Where the Groupies Killed the Blues - Lucifer's Friend
- Whistle Rymes - John Entwistle
- White Rabbit - George Benson
- Whole Oats - Hall & Oates
- Wild Flower - Hubert Laws
- Wild Horses Rock Steady - Johnny "Hammond" Smith
- Wild Ane – The Guess Who
- Willis Alan Ramsey – Willis Alan Ramsey
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- The Willie Way - Willie Nelson
- Wolf City – Amon Düül 2
- World Galaxy – Alice Coltrane
- You lot Are the Music...We're Simply the Band – Trapeze
- You Want It, You Got Information technology – The Detroit Emeralds
- Zeit - Tangerine Dream
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Biggest hit singles [edit]
The following songs achieved the highest nautical chart positions in the charts of 1972.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | State | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Don McLean | "American Pie" | 1972 |  | United states Billboard 1 for xix weeks, Canada RPM ane for 5 weeks, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks, Commonwealth of australia 1 for 5 weeks, UK 2 for sixteen weeks |
| 2 | Harry Nilsson | "Without You" | 1972 | | UK i for twenty weeks, Commonwealth of australia 1 for 5 weeks, Us Billboard i for 19 weeks, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks |
| 3 | Hot Butter | "Popcorn" | 1972 | | Holland i for 15 weeks, France 1 for 5 weeks, Switzerland 1 for 17 weeks, Norway 1 for 20 weeks, Frg 1 for v months, UK 5 for 19 weeks, US Billboard 9 for xviii weeks |
| 4 | Neil Young | "Center of Golden" | 1972 |  | US Billboard 1 for fourteen weeks, Canada ane for 12 weeks, French republic 2 for viii weeks, Kingdom of norway 4 for eleven weeks, Germany 4 for 4 months, |
| 5 | The Moody Blues | "Nights in White Satin" | 1972 | | US Billboard 2 for xviii weeks, Canada 2 for 12 weeks, France 1 for 9 weeks, Kingdom of the netherlands ii for 14 weeks, |
Other selected singles (US, Uk) [edit]
- "10538 Overture" – Electric Light Orchestra
- "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" – Sonny & Cher
- "A Horse with No Name" – America
- "Ain't Understanding Mellow" – Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager
- "All the Young Dudes" – Mott the Hoople
- "Alone Once again (Naturally)" – Gilbert O'Sullivan
- "Amazing Grace" – Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Imperial Scots Dragoon Guards
- "America" – Simon & Garfunkel
- "American Pie" – Don McLean
- "Anticipation" – Carly Simon
- "Apache" – The Shadows (reissue)
- "Babe Blue" – Badfinger
- "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" – Mac Davis
- "Babe Allow Me Accept You (In My Arms)" – The Detroit Emeralds
- "Back Off Boogaloo" – Ringo Starr
- "Dorsum Stabbers" – The O'Jays
- "Bang a Gong (Get Information technology On)" – T. Rex
- "Cute Sunday" – Daniel Boone
Published pop music [edit]
- "Alone Again (Naturally)" w.thousand. Raymond O'Sullivan
- "Alone at a Drive-In Film" w.m. Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
- "American Pie" due west.m. Don McLean
- "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" w.m. Jim Croce
- "Cute Through and Through" w. Bob Merrill 1000. Jule Styne from the musical Carbohydrate
- "Dazzler School Dropout" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
- "The Beauty That Drives Men Mad" w. Bob Merrill grand. Jule Styne from the musical Sugar
- "Bein' Green" w.grand. Joe Raposo from the television series Sesame Street.
- "Blues for Newport" grand. Dave Brubeck
- "Born to Hand Jive" due west.chiliad. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
- "Burning Dear" w.m. Dennis Linde
- "C is for Cookie" due west.m. Joe Raposo
- "Clair" w.grand. Raymond O'Sullivan
- "Come up Dream With Me" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen
- "Corner of the Sky" west.m. Stephen Schwartz from the musical Pippin
- "For Emily, Whenever I May Discover Her" – Simon & Garfunkel
- "Greased Lightning" w.thousand. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
- "I Tin can See Clearly Now" westward.m. Johnny Nash
- "Killing Me Softly with His Song" w. Norman Gimbel grand. Charles Fob
- "Liza with a Z" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the television production Liza with a Z
- "Magic To Practise" w.m. Stephen Schwartz. Introduced by Ben Vereen in the musical Pippin
- "Peradventure This Fourth dimension" w. Fred Ebb thou. John Kander from the musical film Cabaret
- "Mooning" west.1000. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
- "The Morning After" due west.m. Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha from the motion picture The Poseidon Adventure
- "No Fourth dimension at All" westward.1000. Stephen Schwartz from the musical Pippin
- "The Old Fashioned Style" west. Charles Aznavour, Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha m. George Garvarentz
- "Ring Them Bells" due west. Fred Ebb chiliad. John Kander from the television set production Liza with a Z
- "Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin
- "Shakin' at the High School Hop" w.one thousand. Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
- "Sing" w.m. Joe Raposo. Introduced by Bob McGrath on Sesame Street
- "Speak Softly, Love" w. Larry Kusik m. Nino Rota from the motion picture The Godfather
- "Summer Nights" due west.thousand. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
- "Taxi (song)" — Harry Chapin
- "At that place Are Worse Things I Could Practice" w.g. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
- "Necktie a Yellow Ribbon Circular the Ole Oak Tree" west.m. L. Russell Chocolate-brown & Irwin Levine
- "Vincent" w.one thousand. Don McLean
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" westward.m. Stevie Wonder
Other notable songs (earth) [edit]
- "Caro Mozart" – Sylvie Vartan (French republic)
- "Holidays" – Michel Polnareff (France)
Classical music [edit]
- Arthur Bliss – Metamorphic Variations
- Friedrich Cerha – Spiegel
- George Crumb – Makrokosmos, Volume I for amplified piano
- Mario Davidovsky – Transientes for orchestra
- Paul Le Flem – Symphony No. 4
- Karel Goeyvaerts
- Bélise dans un jardin
- Nachklänge aus dem Theater I–II, for record
- Piano Quartet
- Hans Werner Henze – Heliogabalus imperator
- Klaus Huber
- ...Ausgespannt..., sacred music for baritone, v instrumental groups, loudspeakers, 2 two-track tapes, and organ
- Ein Hauch von Unzeit I: Plainte sur la perte de la réflexion musicale – quelques madrigaux cascade flûte seule ou flûte avec quelques instruments quelquonques...
- Ein Hauch von Unzeit II: Plainte sur la perte de la réflexion musicale pour pianoforte à une principal et demie... , for piano
- Ein Hauch von Unzeit III, for 2–seven players (variable instrumentation)
- Dmitri Kabalevsky – A Letter to the 30th Century (oratorio)
- Wojciech Kilar – Prelude and Carol for 4 oboes and strings
- György Ligeti – Double Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra
- Theo Loevendie – Horn Concerto, "Orbits"
- Yves Prin – Actions-Simultanées 2, for orchestra
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Cantus Arcticus, for orchestra
- Canto 3 – A Portrait of the Creative person at a Certain Moment, for cord orchestra
- Credo, for mixed chorus
- Book of Life (Elämän kirja), choral suite
- Steve Reich – Clapping Music
- George Rochberg – Recordanza (Soliloquy for Cello and Pianoforte)
- Peter Ruzicka – Bewegung
- Karlheinz Stockhausen –
- Alphabet für Liège, for soloists and duos, Nr. 36
- Ylem, for variable ensemble of 19 or more players, Nr. 37
- Toru Takemitsu – Distance
- Veljo Tormis – Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)
Opera [edit]
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Taverner (12 July, Covent Garden, London)
- Kiyoshige Koyama – Sansho Dayu
- Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh
- Thomas Pasatieri
- Black Widow
- The Trial of Mary Lincoln
- Charles Wilson – Héloise and Abelard
Jazz [edit]
Musical theater [edit]
- Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill – Off-Broadway revue opened at the Theatre de Lys on October 1 and ran for 152 performances
- Visitor (Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on January 18 and ran for 344 performances
- Cowardy Custard – London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on July x and ran for 405 performances
- Don't Bother Me, I Tin can't Cope – London production opened at the Playhouse Theatre on April 19 and ran for 914 performances
- Don't Play Us Cheap – Broadway product opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on May sixteen and ran for 164 performances
- A Funny Affair Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway revival
- The Practiced Quondam, Bad Old Days (Music, Lyrics & Book: Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse) London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on Dec 20 and ran for 309 performances
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on August 9 and ran for 3358 performances
- Grease – Broadway production ran for 3388 performances, the longest run ever at that fourth dimension
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lloyd Webber & Rice) – London production opened at The Roundhouse on Nov 8 and ran for 43 performances
- Man of La Mancha Broadway revival
- Pippin – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 23 and ran for 1944 performances
- Sugar – Broadway product opened at the Kajestic Theatre and ran for 505 performances
Musical films [edit]
- Baharo Phool Barsao
- Cabaret
- Fillmore (musical documentary)
- Jawani Diwani
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Man of La Mancha
- Propala Hramota
- Journey Dorsum to Oz, with music by Walter Scharf, and songs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn[2]
- Seeta Aur Geeta (music by R. D. Burman)[3]
Musical television productions [edit]
Births [edit]
- January 3 – Nichole Nordeman, American singer
- January 17 – Aqualung, English language songwriter, musician and record producer
- January xix – Angham, Egyptian vocaliser, tape producer and actress
- January 26 – Christopher Boykin, American rapper
- January 27
- Wynne Evans, Welsh tenor
- Mark Owen, British vocaliser (Accept That)
- Feb eleven – Craig Jones, American heavy metal sampler/keyboardist (Slipknot)
- February xiv – Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter, musician, multi instrumentalist and advocate (Matchbox Twenty)
- February sixteen – Taylor Hawkins, American rock drummer (Foo Fighters) (d. 2022)
- February 17
- Billie Joe Armstrong, American rock musician, playwright, activist, advocate, actor and vocalizer-songwriter (Green 24-hour interval)
- Yuki Isoya, Japanese vocaliser
- February 20 – K-os, Canadian alternative rapper, vocalizer-songwriter and tape producer
- February 24
- Teodor Currentzis, Greek orchestral conductor
- Chris Fehn, American heavy metal percussionist/bankroll singer (Slipknot)
- March 4 – Alison Wheeler, British vocalist (The Beautiful South)
- March 6 – Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling for Soup)
- March viii – Angie Hart, Australian popular singer
- March 9 – AZ, American rapper
- March ten – Timbaland, American record producer, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (Ginuwine, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake)
- March xi – UA, Japanese singer-songwriter
- April 12 – Şebnem Ferah, Turkish vocalizer-songwriter
- March xiii – Common, American rapper and actor
- March 15 – Mark Hoppus, American rock musician (glimmer-182)
- March 17 – Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole)
- March 20 – Alexander Kapranos, British rock vocalizer and guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
- Apr 1 – Sukshinder Shinda, British bhangra vocalizer-songwriter and record producer
- April 8 – Paul Greyness, American heavy metallic bass guitarist (Slipknot)
- Apr ten – Sami Yli-Sirniö, Finnish rock and metallic guitarist
- April 12 – Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer-songwriter
- Apr 13 – Aaron Lewis, American nu metal musician (Staind)
- Apr twenty
- Željko Joksimović, Serbian singer, composer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
- Marko Kon, Serbian composer, producer and singer
- Stephen Marley, Jamaican-American musician
- April 23 – Amira Medunjanin, vocalizer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- April 24 – Corey Cerovsek, Canadian violinist and pianist
- April 28 – Violent J, American rapper
- April 29 – Fredrik Kempe, Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer
- May 3 – Marking Morrison, British R&B vocaliser
- May 4
- Mike Dirnt American musician, songwriter and composer. (Light-green Mean solar day)
- Chris Tomlin, American contemporary Christian musician (CCM)
- May 7 – Felix da Housecat, American firm music DJ and record producer
- May 14 – Salaam Remi, American tape producer
- May 19 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
- May 20 – Busta Rhymes, American hip hop recording artist, actor, tape producer and tape executive
- May 21
- The Notorious B.I.M., American rapper (d. 1997)
- Mitch Allen, American tape producer, songwriter and musician.
- May 26 – Ahmad Dhani, Indonesian rock musician, songwriter, arranger, producer and politician
- May 27 – Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian female singer
- May 29 – Stanislas, French singer
- June 5
- Paweł Kotla, Polish conductor
- Toni Pearen, Australian vocalist-songwriter, TV host, dancer and histrion
- June 6 – Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
- June 12 – Bounty Killer, reggae/dancehall singer
- June 23 – Fredwreck, Palestinian American music artist and record producer
- June 25 – Mike Kroeger, Canadian rock bass guitarist (Nickelback)
- June 26 – Garou, French Canadian vocalist
- July 1
- Sunshine Becker, American backing singer (Furthur)
- Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist (BPM and CAB)
- July 4 – Rogue, American dark wave lead singer (The Crüxshadows)
- July 10 – Tilo Wolff, High german musician
- July 12 – Brett Reed, drummer (Rancid)
- July 17
- Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
- Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X and Redemption)
- July 20 – Vitamin C, American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (Eve's Plum)
- July 26 – Wayne Wonder, reggae vocalizer
- July 29 – Anssi Kela, Finnish rock musician
- August 6 – Geri Halliwell, British singer, clothes designer, author and actress (Spice Girls)
- Baronial 8 – Lüpüs Thünder (Bloodhound Gang)
- August ix – A-mei, Taiwanese Puyuma vocalist-songwriter
- Baronial 12
- Del tha Funky Homosapien, American hip-hop creative person
- Demir Demirkan, Turkish rock musician and songwriter
- August fifteen – Mikey Graham, Irish vocalizer (Boyzone)
- August 16 – Emily Robison, American country music performer (Dixie Chicks)
- August 18
- Leo Ku, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer (Globe)
- August 27 – Jimmy Pop, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
- September four – Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer
- September vi – Idris Elba, English actor, producer, musician and DJ
- September 21 – Liam Gallagher, British vocalist (Oasis)
- September 23 – Jermaine Dupri, American rapper, record producer, musician
- September 26 – Shawn Stockman, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- September 30 – Shaan, Indian vocalizer
- October 10 – Tor Erik Hermansen, American record producer and songwriter of the team Stargate (music producers)
- October 17
- Eminem, American rapper, producer, record producer, musician, business human (D12 and Soul Intent (group))
- Tarkan, Turkish vocaliser
- October 6 – Anders Iwers, Swedish heavy metal guitarist
- October nineteen – Pras (Michél), American rapper, hip hop musician, record producer, songwriter and actor (Fugees)
- Oct xx – Stephan Moccio, Canadian pianist, composer, producer, arranger and conductor
- Oct 27 – Elissa, Lebanese singer
- October 28 – Brad Paisley, American country music performer
- November 17 – Kimya Dawson, American singer/songwriter
- November 25 – Marker Morton, American heavy metal guitarist (Lamb of God)
- November 28 – Jesper Strömblad, Swedish expiry metal guitarist
- Dec 1 – Greg Upchurch, American rock drummer (Pool of Mudd, 3 Doors Down)
- December 9 – Tré Absurd, German-built-in American musician, drummer and composer (Light-green 24-hour interval)
- Dec 10
- Scot Alexander, American alternative rock bass guitarist (Dishwalla)
- Brian Molko, British rock singer (Placebo)
- Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, American songwriter and producer of the team Stargate (music producers)
- Dec 11 – Easther Bennett, British singer (Eternal)
- Dec 12 – Kevin Parent, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
- December xiii – Niki Evans, English extra and singer
- December 16 – Ben Kowalewicz, Canadian stone lead singer (Billy Talent)
- December 18 – DJ Lethal, Latvian-born rock musician (Limp Bizkit, Business firm of Pain)
- Dec nineteen – Alyssa Milano, American activist, advocate, producer, singer and actress
- December 22 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer and extra
- Dec 27 – Matt Slocum, American popular guitarist-composer and multi-instrumentalist (Sixpence None the Richer)
- Dec 31 – Joey McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Cake)
Deaths [edit]
- January i – Maurice Chevalier, 83, French singer and thespian
- Jan 16 – David Seville, 52, voice of the Chipmunks
- January xix – Michael Rabin, 35, violinist (fell downstairs)
- January 20 – Jean Casadesus, 44, French pianist (auto accident)
- January 23 – Big Maybelle, 47, singer and pianist
- January 24 – Gene Austin, 69, singer-songwriter
- January 27 – Mahalia Jackson, 61, gospel vocalist
- January 29 – Margherita Grandi, 77, operatic soprano
- February 8 – Markos Vamvakaris, 66, Greek composer
- Feb eleven – Rudi Gfaller, Austrian operetta singer and composer (b. 1882)
- February 19 – Lee Morgan, 33, difficult bop trumpeter
- February 21 – Marie Dubas, 77, French music-hall vocalist
- March two – Erna Sack, 74, coloratura soprano (cancer)
- March 17 – Linda Jones, 27, soul singer (diabetic coma)
- March 27 – Sharkey Bonano, 67, jazz musician and bandleader
- April iii – Ferde Grofé, lxxx, composer, arranger, and pianist
- April 4 – Stefan Wolpe, 69, composer
- May 2 – Les Harvey, 27, guitarist (Stone the Crows) (electrocuted on stage)
- May 5 – Reverend Gary Davis, 76, blues and gospel vocaliser and guitarist
- May 12 – David Hughes, 43, operatic tenor (center failure)
- June 8 – Jimmy Rushing, 70, dejection and jazz singer
- June xiii – Clyde McPhatter, 39, R&B vocalizer
- July 3 – "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, 68, blues musician
- July 9 – Robert Weede, 69, operatic baritone
- July x – Lovie Austin, 84, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
- July 24 – Bobby Ramirez, drummer (Edgar Wintertime's White Trash)
- July 28 – Helen Traubel, 73, operatic soprano
- August two
- Brian Cole, 29, bass histrion in The Association (drug overdose)
- Rudolph Ganz, 95, Swiss pianist, usher and composer
- Baronial 14 – Oscar Levant, 65, pianist and composer
- August 21 – Yvonne Gall, 87, operatic soprano
- August 29 – Lale Andersen, 67, Danish singer
- August 31 – Dalva de Oliveira, 55, Brazilian singer (internal bleeding)
- September xix – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer, 73
- September 24 – Alfred Kalmus, music publisher, 93
- September 28 – Rory Storm, 33, English singer (appendicitis)
- September 30 – Grigore Cugler, 69, Romanian riter, artist, composer and violinist
- October three – Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, 71, Norwegian pianist and music teacher
- October 24 – Thelma Votipka, 67, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Nov 3 – Harry Richman, 77, US vocaliser, thespian and composer
- Nov 6 – Billy Murcia, 21, drummer of New York Dolls (suffocation)
- November 11 – Berry Oakley, 24, bass histrion (The Allman Brothers Band) (motorcycle blow)
- Nov 12 – Rudolf Friml, 92, Rose-Marie composer
- Nov 18 – Danny Whitten, 29, guitarist (Crazy Horse) (drug overdose)
- November 28 – Havergal Brian, 96, English classical composer
- December 3 – Bill Johnson, 100, African American Dixieland jazz double-bassist
Awards [edit]
Grammy Awards [edit]
- Grammy Awards of 1972
- Grammy Album of the Year: The Concert for Bangladesh
- Grammy Best New Artist: America
- Grammy All-time Album Design: "School's Out" – Alice Cooper
- Grammy Best Popular Duo or Grouping: "Where Is the Love" – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
- Grammy Best Pop Female Vocal: "I Am Woman" – Helen Reddy
- Grammy Best Pop Male Vocal: "Without You" – Harry Nilsson
- Grammy Best R&B Duo or Group: "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" – The Temptations
- Grammy Best R&B Female Vocal: "Young, Gifted And Black" – Aretha Franklin
- Grammy Best R&B Male Vocal: "Me And Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul
- Grammy Tape of the Year: "The Commencement Fourth dimension Always I Saw Your Face up" – Roberta Flack
- Grammy Song of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Confront" – Roberta Flack
Country Music Association Awards [edit]
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Eurovision Song Contest [edit]
- Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Leeds Piano Competition [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "1971 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- ^ Osborne, Jerry (2003). Movie/Tv soundtracks & original cast recordings price & reference guide. Port Townsend, WA: Osborne Enterprises. p. 1982. ISBN9780932117373.
- ^ Jha, Subhash (2006). The essential guide to Bollywood. New Delhi: Lustre Press Roli Books. p. 51. ISBN9788174363787.
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