Neil Reid – Mother Of Mine 01/1972
America – Horse With No Name 12/1971
Holly Sherwood – Day By Day 02/1972
Les Crane – Desiderata 02/1972
Pagliaro – Loving You Ain’t Easy 02/1972
Peter Straker And The Hands Of Dr Teleny – The Spirit Is Willing 02/1972
Blue Haze – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 03/1972
Jo Jo Gunne – Run Run Run 03/1972
Ramsey Lewis – Wade In The Water 04/1972
Dave Newman – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) 04/1972
Angelettes – Don’t Let Him Touch You 05/1972
Chakachas – Jungle Fever 05/1972
Frederick Knight – I’ve Been Lonely For So Long 06/1972
Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs – Sea Side Shuffle 07/1972
Faron Young – It’s Four In The Morning 07/1972
Hot Butter – Popcorn 07/1972
Derek And The Dominoes – Layla 08/1972
Mardi Gras – Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 08/1972
Duncan Browne – Journey 08/1972
Seashells – Maybe I Know 09/1972
Parchment – Light Up The Fire 09/1972
Python Lee Jackson – In A Broken Dream 09/1972
Harley Quinne – New Orleans 10/1972
Holland-Dozier – Why Can’t We Be Lovers 10/1972
Bobby Crush – Borsalino 11/1972
Jeff Collins – Only You 11/1972
Listen to: America – Horse With No Name
Hot Butter – Popcorn
Derek And The Dominoes – Layla
Python Lee Jackson – In A Broken Dream
I’d have love to been there in ’72 to hear “Popcorn” for the first time. It sounds like nothing else from this list. To today’s ears, it’s far too primitive to be impressive but back then it must have been like something from another world. Mad. “Horse With No Name”? Classic. “Layla”? One of the greatest songs of all time. “In A Broken Dream”? A uncredited Rod Stewart crooning over a cool Aussie effort. But “Popcorn”? Come on. I really don’t have much to say about the rest of the list other than I bagsy Terry Dactyl for my drag name.
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