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1972

TOP PERFORMING SINGLES

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No 10
No 10

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

No 9
No 9

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

No 8
No 8

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

No 7
No 7

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

No 6
No 6

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

No 5
No 5

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

No 4
No 4

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

No 3
No 3

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

No 2
No 2

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

No 1 (Best Performing Single)
No 1 (Best Performing Single)

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

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