TOP PERFORMING SINGLES
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No 10
Single: Lean on me - Bill Withers
B-Side: Better Off Dead
From the Album: Still Bill
Released: April 21, 1972
Recorded: 1972
Studio: –
Genre: Soul
Length: 3:10 (album) – 3:45 (single)
Label: Sussex (Sussex 235)
Songwriter(s): Bill Withers
Producer(s): Bill Withers
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No 9
Single: Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night
B-Side: One by One
From the Album: Looking Glass
Released: May 18, 1972
Recorded: 1972
Studio: –
Genre: Soft Rock
Length: 3:10 (album) – 2:55 (single)
Label: Epic (Epic 10874)
Songwriter(s): Elliot Lurie
Producer(s): Mike Gershman, Bob Liftin and the Looking Glass
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No 8
Single: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
B-Side: Trade Winds
From the Album: First Take
Released: March 7, 1972
Recorded: February 1969
Studio: –
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz
Length: 5:22 – 4:15 (1972 radio edit)
Label: Epic (Epic 10874)
Songwriter(s): Ewan MacColl
Producer(s): Joel Dorn
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No 7
Single: Let's Stay Together - Al Green
B-Side: Tomorrow’s Dream
From the Album: Let’s Stay together
Released: November 1971
Recorded: 1971
Studio: –
Genre: Soul
Length: 3:18
Label: Hi (Hi 2202)
Songwriter(s): Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr.
Producer(s): Al Green, Willie Mitchell
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No 6
Single:Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton
B-Side: Echo Valley 2-6809 (U.S.) – Walking in the Sand (Intl.)
From the Album: Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast
Released: April 8, 1972
Recorded: –
Studio: –
Genre: Pop
Length: 3:18
Label: Chelsea Records (Chelsea 0100)
Songwriter(s): Peter Callander, Geoff Stephens
Producer(s): Wes Farrell
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No 5
Single: I Gotcha - Joe Tex
B-Side: A Mother’s Prayer
From the Album: I Gotcha
Released: January 1972
Recorded: 1971
Studio: American Sound Studio Memphis,TN
Genre: Funk
Length: 2:18
Label: Dial Records (Dial 1010)
Songwriter(s): Joe Tex
Producer(s): Buddy Killen
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No 4
Single: Brand New Key - Melanie
B-Side: Some Say (I Got Devil)
From the Album: Gather Me
Released: October 1971
Recorded: –
Studio: –
Genre: Funk, pop, soft pop
Length: 2:26
Label: Neighborhood (Neighborhood 4201)
Songwriter(s): Melanie Safka
Producer(s): Peter Schekeryk
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No 3
Single: Without You - Nilsson
B-Side: Gotta Get Up
From the Album: Nilsson Schmilsson
Released: 11 October 1971
Recorded:1971
Studio: Island, London
Genre: Soft pop
Length: 3:17
Label: RCA (RCA 0604)
Songwriter(s): Pete Ham, Tom Evans
Producer(s): Richard Perry
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No 2
Single: Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
B-Side: Save It
From the Album: Nilsson Schmilsson
Released: 18 February 1972 (UK) – May 1972 (US)
Recorded: 1971
Studio: –
Genre: Soft pop
Length: 3:36
Label: MAM (MAM 3619)
Songwriter(s): Gilbert O’Sullivan
Producer(s): Gordon Mills
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No 1 (Best Performing Single)
Single:American Pie - Don McLean
B-Side: Empty Chairs (promo) – American Pie part 2 (first release)
From the Album: American Pie
Released: October 1971 (original), November 1991 (re-release)
Recorded: May 26, 1971
Studio: –
Genre: Folk Rock
Length: 8:42 (LP), 4:11 (single part 1), 4:31 (single part 2)
Label: United Artists (United Artists 50856)
Songwriter(s): Don McLean
Producer(s): Ed Freeman