▸ 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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Top of your year, by vibe
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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
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
Your stats
Your generation
Gen X
1972 belonged to
Al Green
3 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
1972. A driveway-and-streetlights kind of night. You had a Ho Ho, a Fresca, and just enough of the day left to dial a number on the rotary phone.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Scooby-Doo👕 tee →
- Schoolhouse Rock!
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Pink Panther Show
- Hong Kong Phooey
- The Jetsons
- The Flintstones
How well do you remember 1972?
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💬 Memories from 1972
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