The 50 Best Selling UK Singles of 1972

[@mykola_iegorov]

no autotune, no drum programming, no heavy sampling and rap! good times!

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[@PaulineEdwards-og2im]

So many lovely memories...16 then what a different world we live in now😢

[@eileenlewis303]

My thoughts exactly Pauline!

[@johnhughes8466]

I was 16 tooxx

[@tonycollazorappo]

So very true, a very different world today. I was 11 back in 1972. I rode my bike with my friends, not a care in the world. I had a record collection with all these songs. Today I'm 64 and I'm very sad about what is going on. May we all be protected.

[@maasaigeordie]

This is more like a history lesson than a music channel. Love it!

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[@ValerieBrown-lj5kp]

great music sitting here tapping my feet x

[@Tanzadog1]

yes, lots of facts included, a fair number of which are new, and not the usually rehashed "facts"

[@Mullally57]

Great music from 1972

[@bluediamond8557]

This is a great compilation of hits from a truly wonderful period in time. I'm so glad I lived it.

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[@lindaaitken7679]

This takes me back to my teenage years... bittersweet as i still had my parents and brother in 1972 ❤

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[@piano40s]

A time when pop music was great you never knew what was going to pop up next not like today where every thing is just the same.

[@Gmmaika]

Nein, die im Vordergrund mit ihren (noch) bedeckten Hintern wackeln müssen, damit es gefällt, sind nicht immer diesselben, denn sie werden ja auch älter....

[@billt1954]

Very true. There has been no new youth culture movement in the UK since Brit-pop in the mid 90s. Consequently, there has been nothing to drive music in a new direction. Just the cynical money makers who only want to sell the same sound year after year.

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[@HWR71]

Those were the days, my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way (1968, Mary Hopkin) Wenn die alten Leute sagten, früher war alles besser, haben wir gelacht. Und jetzt sind wir selbst alt und sagen das gleiche. 😊 Thanks a lot for the medley which was also a time journey.

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[@paulhoughton5164]

What a great reminder of the very start of my journey with music firmly in the driving seat. I was 14 in 72 and just becoming aware of music as a powerful force in my life and still is to this day at 67. My tastes may have developed but this reminds me of every Thursday night glued to top of the pops and the chart rundown on radio one. Good times. Innocent times.

[@Keith-s4f]

I loved top of the pops on a Thursday night

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment! Yeah I remember Top Of The Pops on Thursday night and the Chart rundown on Sunday afternoon / evening well!

[@ewaf88]

Great times, great music. I was just 14 back then. Thanks for upload

[@boogieelaine]

yay t.rex sweet some brilliant songs there took me back to happy carefree days

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

I agree, there is some great stuff there

[@sidensvans67]

All our yesterdays , thank you .

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[@stevenedwards2162]

Takes me back to my yesteryear, 70 now crikey moses, all the best songs have already been written compared to todays rubbish.

[@Keith-s4f]

Yeah I agree I am 69 so I know too

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[@MARVELOUDIO-X]

people of today are braindead and have no fun ... they are doomed!

[@jillsommerville7828]

69 here good music, not like today's crap💩

[@HWR71]

73 here and I fully agree. 90% of nowadays music is bullshit. Young people are lowbrow today.

[@pieroconti219]

Nell'anno 1972 ero a Londra e lavoravo come cameriere e mi piaceva ascoltare Top of the pop e questo video mi ha riportato indietro con molta Nostalgia di 52 Anni oggi 01/12/2024 grazie 💽💽💿🇮🇹😁🎸🥁👍🌞

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[@marcusashwell8314]

I was 19, and it seems like yesterday , life is short enjoy it

[@AubMar]

Yes, very short when looking back, seems forever when looking forward!

[@gogoyubari366]

Great artists and songs!

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[@bigbarty8648]

I was 19 in 1972 and if I had to sum up that year in three words they are FUN, FUN, FUN. 😊

[@buffplums]

Oh I loved this… some of those songs took me right to specific parts of my childhood thanks for sharing these track segments.

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[@bolindow176]

I was in High School in 1972. Lot's of memories with these songs. Fun list!

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[@Texeq]

Great list. A lot of pop craftsmanship. Mixed with some silly but fun tracks for the kids. Standouts: Chi-Lites, Johnny Nash, Sweet, Alice Cooper, Elton, Rod, 10 cc, Hurricane Smith, America, The Drifters.

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[@generalpublic3744]

Thank you for the upload, a real memory bomb. The time of glam rock, legends in the making and one hit wonders. A lot made you cringe and made you wonder how they got away with it! 1972 was a golden year for progressive rock which I preferred , but I do admit I bought several of the singles featured in this video!

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[@Slademanxx]

Liking some of them or not, at least we had variety in those days, 1 for your gran & grandad, 1 for your mom & dad, some for the kids, and the rest for us teenagers, today you can't tell one song from another.

[@stevenhorn5106]

What memories you've just rekindled, thank you.😢 Happy tears!

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[@Keith-s4f]

Another trip down memory lane for me . Thank you VERY much

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[@davidcooke8059]

I was 10 in 1972, and bought 19 of the top 50 singles listed here, including 5 of the top 10

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment! That is really good, 19 of the 50 is a fair amount!

[@roxyproton]

Some classics here thanks.

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[@grahamshaw5531]

Bought most of these. Still have them.

[@torchy123]

Best video I’ve watched in ages, thank you.

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[@garypadiham3221]

I was 14 in 1972 and bought many of these as singles. It's great music for a 14 year old. I tried to start a group and dreamed of being on Top of the Pops. The closest I got to earning money from music was working at a food and drinks counter at a stadium during concerts of mega groups. Instead of being a guy who played in stadiums, I was the guy who sold the hamburgers and coke.

[@WilliamStacey-r6i]

Johnny Nash 24 th June the day I joined the Royal Navy at the age of 15 never looked back great year for music 👍

[@alfredagain]

Brilliant side notes. Will have to listen to more music I've never heard. Thankyou!

[@КонстантинСоков-о1ф]

Слишком много Элтона. Слэйд - в зачёт.

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[@cambridge7]

Great memories there. Such a shame the world lost Marc Bolan at a very young age. He was mega IMHO.

[@Catwallager]

His best days as a popstar were well behind him when he died.

[@cambridge7]

@@Catwallager Could say the same eg Tina Turner; look how her fortunes changed in the 80's. MB and T Rex were one of the first big acts of glam rock of the 70's followed by Queen.

[@tedthesailor172]

This was the year I got a steady job and my own pad, so many of the tracks have a special relevance in my memory...

[@MrVulcanbomber]

Pure MAGIC ❤❤❤ this is one perfect time machine 😁

[@alanoneill3065]

A very diverse record buying public in '72

[@hrothgar64]

I know what he did was deplorable, but thank you for not glossing over "He Who Must Not Be Named"'s contribution to the singles charts. He is rarely mentioned in retrospectives of that time period but like it or not, he was an integral part of the UK glam scene.

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment. Yeah difficult one, having him in the chart. Can't just erase that piece of music history though.

[@MARVELOUDIO-X]

@@TheRetroVaultChat Gary Shitter?

[@ianlake7133]

Very well said diplomatically. It was a part of music historically. In South Africa and Rhodesia at the time it was huge.

[@philhawley1219]

@@MARVELOUDIO-X Chuck Berry was on this video too. He was not beyond reproach either.

[@toribioescalona895]

Always make me smile and I thank you for that. Happy 2025.

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[@janicecole9465]

Hawkwind, Bolan, Slade, Alice Cooper, Cassidy❤ Donny, good times, great memories, awesome thank you 👍✨️ The Glitter Band musicians were fab regardless of singer. Where is Bowie ❤?

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment! Glad you like it! No Bowie best selling singles in 1972 but he has quite a few in 1973...

[@jimikidam6022]

Excellent !!! Merci !

[@PrettyNathalie]

Toutes nos meilleurs années Merci.

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[@myoldmate]

4:15. Peter Skellern❤ I was 16 and beginning to appreciate rock and heavy metal the same as were my peers. Secretly, though I would never admit, I loved this song.

[@Davidgoldenswan]

That's a great selection of music 👍

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[@patrickyorke3028]

Perfectly crafted vid, thanks.

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[@mvl6827]

I was 17 at the time . Should remember most of them ..

[@richardvoogd705]

Some songs and artists that I had forgotten about. 😊

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[@Powerneck]

Great Video Thanks ❤

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[@codzy3532]

im australian and my sister was telling me as we are both baby boomers she was taking her grandaughter to kindy and she was playing son of the father the organ/piano bit she started singing kookaburra sits in an old gum tree lol i cracked up laughin everytime i hear it i mentally see her sitting on the back seat singing the song

[@StephanStein-cu8of]

... perhaps they never will? Don McLean ❤️❤️❤️

[@philgreco4196]

Hi everyone,1972,Just when i was Born in this world 🍺😎💫

[@HWR71]

Youngster 😉

[@philgreco4196]

@HWR71 grazie

[@HWR71]

@@philgreco4196 Di niente! 😉

[@philgreco4196]

@@HWR71 dark side of the Moon

[@alanoneill3065]

shit..I had a broken heart in 72...so many songs resonate with those feelings...hmm

[@AubMar]

Sh1t I have exactly that from 75 with 10CC, but I was!!!

[@brianbanks703]

Interesting background and memories cheers

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[@mauritsvw]

Very nicely done.

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[@MuzzaDemp]

Good stuff , 👍😆 keep it up

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[@Betleyman_7]

I first heard American pie played on Radio Luxembourg while queuing all night to get a ticket to see Stoke City in the League Cup final in March 1972. I was 18.

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[@bsastarfire250]

You poor b'stad .

[@FiveLiver]

2:11 Records like these were called "Revive 45s" by Tony Blackburn. I didn't know why at the time.

[@mickdrury1528]

Bit shocked T.Rex were only 8 and 10 but we had so many good songs back then. lol and plenty of really bad ones that quite often ended up getting to No1!. As a massive T.Rex fan I'll just have to console myself that there's no Bowie, Slade ect in top 10!...😂 The rivalry back then was so fierce at times but so much fun ! Still miss T.Rex but great to here them once again with no less than 3 Christmas ads with their music this year. Luv to all the 'cats' ❤

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[@luciamarina393]

Belo video!❤

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[@Gary.S]

Great chart 📉📈 stuff

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[@piadinus7239]

03/09/1972. Uk single chart #3 all the young dudes - Mott the Hoople

[@atomicrocker]

Number 2 was literally a shock to me in 1972 when I first heard it. Rob Woodward's brutal voice was really "too much" for the airwaves 🙂

[@highdownmartin]

Slade. The glitter band hawkwind. The Coop, Stewart. Pretty good.

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[@terryswinhoe8118]

16 years old and in love with Glenys Dunn xx

[@karlnapp7793]

Please, who is Glenys Dunn?

[@davedoogan6650]

Is he a bumder?

[@FredNerk57]

@@karlnapp7793 If you ever find out tell Wiki.....they've never heard of her either

[@lucius4556]

Do they mean Clive?

[@AubMar]

Did you marry her??? We all want to know!

[@thomaspeitl3959]

Es waren sicherlich viele One Hit Wonder dabei,aber man kann sich noch an jeden einzelnen Song erinnern.Heute merkt man ja oft nicht einmal,wenn ein neues Lied anfängt,weil sich alles gleich anhört,von Hiphop und Rap bekommt man Ohrenschmerzen,aber jedem das Seine.

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[@mickcharles1224]

genau, und trotzdem finde ich nur 7 Songs gut. Ich mochte noch nie diese Hitparaden Musik. Auch 1972 hatten The Who, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Yes, Nazareth und einige andere Bands sehr gute Songs und viele andere die nicht immer so bekannt waren oder wurden.

[@thomaspeitl3959]

j@@mickcharles1224

[@thomaspeitl3959]

du hast total recht,aber dies sind ja die Verkaufscharts und haben mit dem persönlichen Favoriten nichts zu tun

[@mickcharles1224]

@thomaspeitl3959 ich wollte auch niemandem seinen persönlichen Geschmack absprechen. Die folgenden Jahre wurden nicht besser.

[@1AGRIPPINAONE]

Fab !

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[@janis041964]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍👍 One question regarding "Could it be forever" by David Cassidy (Nr. 28 in the list) When and where did this TV appearance take place? Thank you very much!!!!

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment! Just checked the video and I think it was on something called RTVE, a Spanish broadcast

[@janis041964]

@@TheRetroVaultChat Thank you very much!!!!!!!

[@AndreasKress-c1k]

Man,man,da habe ich gerade meine Schule beendet und habe eine Lehre angefangen,war ne schöne Zeit

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment, good memories eh!

[@AndreasKress-c1k]

@TheRetroVaultChat ja,waren schöne Zeiten

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

It took two years after the Beatles broke up for music to descend this low.

[@waynesworld7804]

Geez, I could have withstood that punch. 😂

[@mandelik6176]

T. Rex ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@hanstun1]

The difference between what is remembered from 1972 and what actually sold in that year is really startling. A couple of great songs on the list but how many classics are not there.

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Yeah it's interesting, for instance there is tons of classic rock stuff from the 1970s that doesn't appear on the best selling singles lists (a lot of the classic rock stuff was more album-oriented I think)

[@LIAMMAGEE-t4i]

Yeah, Starman and Jean Genie by David Bowie, plus Virginia Plain and Pyjamarama by Roxy Music

[@richardervins]

I would enjoy a show where the entries of those days are compared to who and what survived until today. My grand children know about Elton John, but they have no idea who Donny Osmond was. Everyone knows about Mötorhead and Lemmy, but do we know who was in Hawkwind in 1972? 😁

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[@daverain1967]

Cannot understate the influence Slade had on American metal...whether they admit it or not. LOL

[@luizguilhermecardososoares8638]

Muito legal!

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[@Davidgoldenswan]

People don't like gary now 🤔 but he was a great performer singer🤔

[@Slademanxx]

The mighty Slade, best band on the planet in 1972/73, and the best live band ever, plus Alice Coopers Schools out was No 1 the day i left school.

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[@pietrovilla9609]

For me the best single is Silver Machine by Hawkwind.

[@alessandro-p6f]

same for me !!!! great band !!!!

[@philhawley1219]

@@alessandro-p6f Lemmy was still in the band then.

[@kenhorlor5674]

I bought a Slade album once, and I didn't even know who they were, I just liked the album cover, Slade in Flame. I liked the album but had no idea that they had so many hits in the UK.

[@jacknikitos6185]

And I has no a slightest idea who is that Hurricane Smith but Slade is known all around the world.😂

[@ЮрийКозлов-ь2п]

В этой подборке Слэйд - самые лучшие.

[@ianbarnes961]

Slade in Flame has a movie associated with it, too.

[@JackF99]

They were actually a few good ones sprinkled in there

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[@aleshkaemelyanov]

О дальней женщине с плюшевым шармом очей ............ Во тьме, не дающей уснуть, я старею. Она хороша тем, что в ней нет людей. Холодноголосая осень не греет, как мачеха чуждых по духу детей. Пыль серою плесенью выстлала окна. Безлюдные улицы радуют взгляд. Луны не найти в необъятных волокнах и в угольном небе звёзд не отыскать. Свеча на столе в полумгле, как подснежник. Мятежность погоды утихла уже. Кривой, полумокрый и старый валежник, как лежбище высохших мёртвых ужей. Дождливые сумерки всё промочили, засеяв водой тротуарный асфальт, омыв ночь и архитектурные стили, залив черепицы и всю магистраль. В моём семидневье была безотрадность. Сегодня же есть положительность чувств, в которых цветёт молодая парадность и сладкие рифмы, как тысяча люстр. Стальная прохлада на кухне и в спальне. Тепло только лишь от каминных огней. И возле него пишу женщине дальней с кофейным и плюшевым шармом очей.

[@zzubuzz]

#22 Farron Young really surprised me for it to be on this list, since that is a country song all the others are pop/rock. Poor guy committed suicide in '96 after a string of bad fortune incidents.

[@Dborgman]

Mr. Faron Young was cool , The music industry would not recognize his accomplishments

[@Tso007]

all great songs still been played ✊🏻🇬🇧 you couldn't say that about 2024 👎🏻 not even 10 songs 🤷‍♂️

[@Mbase-apollo]

some of these songs were hit's in the US as well.

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[@ianbarnes961]

The Nilsson song sounds different to how I remember. Album track? Also, wasn't that the first song which had a video released alongside it (at least in the UK)?

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Yeah, I think when I did the video I included the demo version as I thought the single version would be blocked (turned out it would have been ok). Ah well its something different. Not sure if its the first song that had a video released. People usually say Bohemian Rhapsody for that, but I don't know which was the first to have what would be officially called a promo video

[@davidglen4559]

AMERICA a horse with no name . now that was good

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Yeah, reminds me of Neil Young

[@thornbird6768]

Love America ❤

[@mrjeh49]

Thank God for Mary Jane. I listened to to all the other great real music.

[@odettewiddicombe4583]

God the hair in thoses days longer the better ❤

[@shanehansen3705]

still is

[@pete6645]

Some great songs here. Quite a few duff ones too. The Top 3 was a bit of an anti-climax.

[@rexfreeman4981]

Hurricane Smith here is the same Norman Smith that produced early Pink Floyd albums and engineered for the Beatles. Yes he was.

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Indeed the very same!

[@saxsot]

Nice but where is David Robert Jones????

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

1973 was his year, he didn't have any of the biggest sellers in 1972. Starman peaked at No 10, John I'm Only Dancing peaked at No 12 and The Jean Genie was released in December but only reached No 16 by the end of the year - it went on to reach No 2 in January 1973 and is included in the 1973 list, along with 3 others!

[@oldhippiejon]

Just confirms my thought that excellent charts finished in 69

[@FiveLiver]

A bit harsh, some classics here.. Remember many of these are live performances not the the same quality as the record.

[@RonnieSpam]

Could have done without Gary Glitter on here.

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

He had a couple of the biggest sellers of the year so they had to be included unfortunately.

[@AubMar]

Sadly we didn't know stuff then, if only.....

[@WideCuriosity]

Disgust at his unacceptable behaviour should not be reflected on his musical successes. They are separate issues.

[@pequeuxdarleux1480]

“I want to be elected”, Kamala Harris' favorite song.

[@thornbird6768]

😂😂

[@janicecole9465]

Alice is still rocking it 🤟

[@EgoShredder]

Good old Kabbalah Harris! 😁

[@johnmiller0000]

What about Long Haired Lover from Liverpool - #1 for 5 weeks.

[@marycaine8874]

That was Christmas No.1 that year so it probably went into 1973.

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Just checked on that and it is #12 in the 1973 video. I still think this isn't fully representative though - it was No. 1 for 2 weeks at the end of 1972, and 3 weeks at the start of 1973. Looks like too late in 1972 as the Official Chart company took the count before then, but still surprised it is not higher in the list for 1973.

[@78lisajane]

I thought Roxy music would be there 🎸

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks for the comment! Roxy Music show up in 1975, 1979 and 1981

[@drychaf]

@@TheRetroVaultChat Virginia Plain got to no4 in '72, and Pyjamarama got to no10 in '73.

[@smokikee]

I think I have bubble gum stuck to my shoes.

[@FredNerk57]

If you live in Melbourne Australia, you'll prob recognise the melody of Hot Butter from one of the local football team's theme songs

[@JohnPereira-nl7hu]

I give up.Which one?

[@JohnPereira-nl7hu]

Not Carlton?

[@FredNerk57]

@@JohnPereira-nl7hu Carlton beat this team in that year's Prelim Final

[@FredNerk57]

Oh when the Saints!/Go marchin In...

[@JohnPereira-nl7hu]

@@FredNerk57 Have to listen again. Didn't pick that one.👍

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Amazed Elton John wasn't way higher.

[@bosshogg1915]

Give the third one a wide berth 😂

[@FredNerk57]

What's wrong with Hurricane Smith???? (#48)

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

Apart from the soul, most of these tracks are pure torture. No wonder everyone stopped listening to singles and bought albums for the next 10 years.

[@tizianov4211]

NO!!NO!! Non ci siamo,musica "'leggera""spacciata x ROCK.Non sono questi i gruppi che hanno dato capolavori in quegli anni.

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

But they are the songs that were the 50 biggest selling UK singles of 1972.

[@jacquelinemarypiper]

Love Sweet

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Yeah I didn't know how many hits they had until I started pulling these videos together!

[@СергейКононов-ч9н]

Sweet FA- один из лучших альбомов современности, Т.Rex- одна из моих самых любимых групп, но безусловный лидер-Slade, лучшие из лучших!

[@loveisthething]

I was 2

[@lucius4556]

I was a bit older, when Elton sang crocodile rock I always pictured a rock with a Croc on it, still do lol !

[@auldfouter8661]

Neil Reid was from Motherwell god help us. Eve Graham , the brunette in The New Seekers was from Perth (the Scottish one that is). Crazy Horses by the Osmonds makes me feel ill.

[@shanehansen3705]

crazy horses was a total surprise and the bet thing the Osmond's did good album

[@TheRetroVaultChat]

Thanks! Crazy Horses is unique

[@hrothgar64]

The Osmonds wanted to be a rock band and do more songs like Crazy Horses, but their father, who was also their manager, told them they had to stick to soppy ballads.