The Year in Music

1972

The songs, the screens, the headlines

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack — cover art

1972 in music: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” by Roberta Flack topped the year-end chart; Al Green owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1972

💬 Remember

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack 1972

💬 Remember

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan 1972

American Pie

Without You

The Candy Man

I Gotcha

Lean on Me

Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

Brand New Key

Daddy Don't You Walk so Fast

Let's Stay Together

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

Looking Glass 1972

At the movies

The Godfather
Cabaret
Deliverance

On TV

M*A*S*H premieres
The Price Is Right
Kung Fu

Headlines

Atari releases Pong
Watergate break-in
The last Apollo Moon mission

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