JANUARY
Top hit
Brand New Key · Melanie
Top album
Music · Carole King
Enter the Year
Year
1972
Arena Rock and the Dance Floor
Stadium anthems and disco fever trade the spotlight all year long.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
American Pie (Parts I & II) · Don Mclean
Top album
American Pie · Don Mclean
MARCH
Top hit
Without You · Nilsson
Top album
American Pie · Don Mclean
APRIL
Top hit
A Horse With No Name · America
Top album
First Take · Roberta Flack
MAY
Top hit
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face · Roberta Flack
Top album
First Take · Roberta Flack
JUNE
Top hit
I'll Take You There · The Staple Singers
Top album
Thick As A Brick · Jethro Tull
JULY
Top hit
Song Sung Blue · Neil Diamond
Top album
Exile On Main St. · The Rolling Stones
AUGUST
Top hit
Alone Again (Naturally) · Gilbert O'sullivan
Top album
Honky Chateau · Elton John
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Alone Again (Naturally) · Gilbert O'sullivan
Top album
Chicago V · Chicago
OCTOBER
Top hit
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me · Mac Davis
Top album
Chicago V · Chicago
NOVEMBER
Top hit
I Can See Clearly Now · Johnny Nash
Top album
Superfly · Curtis Mayfield
DECEMBER
Top hit
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone · The Temptations
Top album
Catch Bull At Four · Cat Stevens