▸ the year you arrived
1972
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You will be 54 this year — a child of the '70s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Your generation
Gen X
1972 belonged to
Al Green
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1972
- 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
- 5
The Candy Man (Live)
Sammy Davis, Jr.
- 6
I Gotcha
Joe Tex
- 7
Lean On Me
Bill Withers
- 8
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
Mac Davis
- 9
Brand New Key
Melanie
- 10
Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast
Wayne Newton
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsStevie Wonder — Talking Book
David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust
Neil Young — Harvest
At the MoviesThe Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance
On TVM*A*S*H premieres
The Price Is Right
Kung Fu
In the HeadlinesAtari releases Pong
Watergate break-in
The last Apollo Moon mission
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