“10538 Overture” – Electric Light Orchestra
“A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done” – Sonny & Cher
“A Horse with No Name” – America
“All the Young Dudes” – Mott the Hoople
“Alone Again (Naturally)” – Gilbert O’Sullivan
“Amazing Grace” – Pipes and Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
“America” – Simon & Garfunkel
“American Pie” – Don McLean
“Anticipation” – Carly Simon
“Apache” – The Shadows (re-issue)
“Baby Blue” – Badfinger
“Baby, Don’t Get Hooked on Me” – Mac Davis
“Back Off Boogaloo” – Ringo Starr
“Back Stabbers” – The O’Jays
“Bang a Gong” – T. Rex
“Beautiful Sunday” – Daniel Boone
“Been to Canaan” – Carole King
“Beg, Steal or Borrow” – The New Seekers
“Ben” – Michael Jackson
“Best Thing” – Styx
“Betcha By Golly, Wow” – The Stylistics
“Black and White” – Three Dog Night
“Black Dog”- Led Zeppelin
“A Brand New Song” – Cliff Richard
“Brand New Key” – Melanie
“Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” – Looking Glass
“Burning Love” – Elvis Presley
“California Man” – The Move
“The Candy Man” – Sammy Davis, Jr.
“Children of the Revolution” – T.Rex
“Circles” – The New Seekers
“The Cisco Kid” – War
“The City Of New Orleans” – Arlo Guthrie
“Clair” – Gilbert O’Sullivan
“Clean Up Woman” – Betty Wright
“Coconut” – Harry Nilsson
“Changes” – David Bowie
“Come What May (Après Toi)” – Vicky Leandros
“Conquistador” – Procol Harum
“The Cover of the Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
“Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
“Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast” – Wayne Newton
“Day After Day” – Badfinger
“Day by Day” – Godspell
“The Day I Found Myself” – Honey Cone
“Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin
“Diary” – Bread
“Do It Again” – Steely Dan
“Doctor My Eyes” – Jackson Browne
“Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” – James Taylor
“Don’t Say You Don’t Remember” – Beverly Bremers
“Drowning in the Sea of Love” – Joe Simon
“Easy Livin'” – Uriah Heep
“Everybody Plays the Fool” – The Main Ingredient
“Everything I Own” – Bread
“Eye Level” – Simon Park Orchestra
“Family Affair” – Sly & the Family Stone
“The Family of Man” – Three Dog Night
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Roberta Flack
“Footstompin’ Music” – Grand Funk Railroad
“Freddie’s Dead (Theme From Superfly)” – Curtis Mayfield
“Garden Party” – Rick Nelson
“Geronimo’s Cadillac” – Michael Martin Murphy
“Get on the Good Foot pt.1” – James Brown
“Give Ireland Back to the Irish” – Wings
“Go All the Way” – Raspberries
“Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues” – Danny O’Keefe
“Goodbye to Love” – The Carpenters
“Got to Be There” – Michael Jackson
“Gudbuy T’Jane” – Slade
“Guitar Man” – Bread
“The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA” – Donna Fargo
“Happy” – The Rolling Stones
“Happy the Man” – Genesis
“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” – John Lennon & Yoko Ono, the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir
“He Is Your Brother” – ABBA
“Heart of Gold” – Neil Young
“Hi, Hi, Hi”/”C Moon” – Wings
“Hold Your Head Up” – Argent
“Honky Cat” – Elton John
“Hot Rod Lincoln” – Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
“How Do You Do” – Mouth & MacNeal
“Hurting Each Other” – The Carpenters
“I Am Woman” – Helen Reddy
“I Can See Clearly Now” – Johnny Nash
“I Get the Sweetest Feeling” – Jackie Wilson
“I Gotcha” – Joe Tex
“I Need You” – America
“I Saw The Light” – Todd Rundgren
“I Wanna Be Where You Are” – Michael Jackson
“I Want To Be With You” – Raspberries
“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” – The New Seekers
“I’d Love You to Want Me” – Lobo
“I’ll Be Around” – The Spinners
“I’ll Take You There” – The Staple Singers
“I’m Still in Love with You” – Al Green
“I’m Stone in Love With You” – The Stylistics
“I’ve Been Lonely for So Long” – Frederick Knight
“(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want To Be Right” – Luther Ingram
“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
“Immigration Man” – Crosby & Nash
“In the Rain” – The Dramatics
“Isn’t Life Strange” – The Moody Blues
“It Never Rains in Southern California” – Albert Hammond
“It’s Going to Take Some Time” – The Carpenters
“Jesus” – Cliff Richard
“Jesus Is Just Alright” – The Doobie Brothers
“John, I’m Only Dancing” – David Bowie
“Join Together” – The Who
“Joy” – Apollo 100
“Jump Into the Fire” – Harry Nilsson
“Jungle Fever” – The Chakachas (Roland Klywger under an assumed group name)
“(Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep At All” – The 5th Dimension
“Layla” – Derek and the Dominos
“Lean on Me” – Bill Withers
“Legend In Your Own Time” – Carly Simon
“Let’s Stay Together” – Al Green
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” – Robert John
“Listen to the Music” – The Doobie Brothers
“Living in Harmony” – Cliff Richard
“Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)” – The Hollies
“Look What You Done For Me” – Al Green
“Loop di Love” – Shag [Jonathan King under a pseudonym]
“Love Theme From “The Godfather” – Andy Williams
“Mama Weer All Crazee Now” – Slade
“Mary Had a Little Lamb” – Wings
“Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” – Paul Simon
“Me and Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
“Metal Guru” – T.Rex
“Mother and Child Reunion” – Paul Simon
“Motorcycle Mama” – Sailcat
“Mouldy Old Dough” – Stavely Makepeace Enterprises dba “Lieutenant Pigeon” (classic Dortmund Breakbeat track)
“My Ding-a-Ling” – Chuck Berry
“Never Been to Spain” – Three Dog Night
“Nice to Be With You” – Gallery
“No One to Depend On” – Santana
“Oh Girl” – The Chi-Lites
“Old Man” – Neil Young
“One Monkee Don’t Stop No Show” – Honey Cone
“Operator” – Jim Croce
“Outa-Space” – Billy Preston
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” – The Temptations
“Paper Plane” – Status Quo
“People Need Love” – ABBA (in Japan)
“Pieces of April” – Three Dog Night
“Precious and Few” – Climax
“Puppy Love” – Donny Osmond
“Respect Yourself” – The Staple Singers
“Rock and Roll Part 1 + 2” – Gary Glitter
“Rock Me Baby” – Sacha Distel (dubbed)
“Rocket Man” – Elton John
“Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” – Johnny Rivers
“Rockin’ Robin” – Michael Jackson
“Roundabout” – Yes
“Run to Me” – Bee Gees
“Saturday In the Park” – Chicago
“School’s Out” – Alice Cooper
“Scorpio” – Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
“Seaside Shuffle” – Terry Dactyl & the Dinosaurs
“Signs” – The Drifters
“Small Beginnings” – Flash
“Solid Gold Easy Action” – T.Rex
“Someday Never Comes” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Something’s Wrong With Me” – Austin Roberts.
“Song Sung Blue” – Neil Diamond
“Spaceman” – Harry Nilsson
“Speak To The Sky” – Rick Springfield
“Starman” – David Bowie
“Stay with Me” – Faces
“Suavecito” – Malo
“Sugar Daddy” – The Jackson 5
“Summer Breeze” – Seals and Crofts
“Sunshine” – Jonathan Edwards
“Superstition” – Stevie Wonder
“Sweet Seasons” – Carole King
“Sweet Surrender” – Bread
“Sylvia’s Mother” – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
“Take It Easy” – Eagles
“Take Me Bak ‘Ome” – Slade
“Taxi” – Harry Chapin
“Telegram Sam” – T.Rex
“Thunder and Lightning” – Chi Coltrane
“Tight Rope” – Leon Russell
“Tiny Dancer” – Elton John
“Too Late to Turn Back Now” – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
“Top of the World” – The Carpenters (in Japan; it became a hit in the U.S. and the UK the following year)
“Troglodyte (Cave Man)” – Jimmy Castor Bunch
“Trouble Man” – Marvin Gaye
“Tumbling Dice” – The Rolling Stones
“Two Divided By Love” – The Grass Roots
“Use Me” – Bill Withers
“Ventura Highway” – America
“Vincent” – Don McLean
“Virginia Plain” – Roxy Music
“Walkin’ in the Rain With the One I Love” – Love Unlimited
“The Way of Love” – Cher
“Where Is the Love?” – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
“Without You” – Harry Nilsson
“Witchy Woman” – Eagles
“Woman Is the Nigger of the World” – John Lennon
“You Are Everything” – The Stylistics
“You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” – Jim Croce
“You Ought to be With Me” – Al Green
“You Turn Me On I’m a Radio” – Joni Mitchell
“You Wear It Well” – Rod Stewart
“You’re So Vain” – Carly Simon
“Your Mama Don’t Dance” – Loggins and Messina
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_in_music