1972 The Year DH Turned 13
Howdy-hi, folks! I’m the kind of person who needs inspiration to build playlists. I started this series using my parents as a bench mark to know where I wanted to go and I’m going to keep the same theme line by choosing the year of particular family members when they became a teenager. Today, I’m using DH. He turned 13 in 1972 and here are the top 10 songs I used from The US Top 40 Singles list.
Top Ten Songs playlist tracks:
- Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me ~Mac Davis
- Black and White ~Three Dog Night
- Saturday in the Park ~Chicago
- Back Stabbers ~The O’Jays
- Alone Again (Naturally) ~Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Ben ~Michael Jackson
- Everybody Plays the Fool ~The Main Ingredient
- Honky Cat ~Elton John
- Go All the Way ~The Raspberries
- Rock n’ Roll (Part 2) ~Gary Glitter
I was 10-years old most of 1972 but I remember these songs and they got a lot of airtime for much of the 70s. The songs that resonate more freshly in my mind are tracks 1, 2, and 8. How about you, which of these song come to the forefront of your memories?
Let’s build a playlist together! Leave a high charting song from 1972 in comments and if I use it, then I’ll give you credit for the contribution.
In times past I’ve joined Stacy’s Tuesday Random Thoughts and Sandee’s Happy Tuesday. I’m trying to figure how I want to add these back into my blogging routine and while I may not participate, I plan to visit these lovely ladies today. I hope you’ll grab your coffee and follow my lead.
That’s it for today. Join me tomorrow for my newest edition of Wild Wednesdays, the party where just about anything goes! X💋X💋, Cathy
15 Comments
angelswhisper2011
Oh, we love this mewsic. Granny was 14 at the end of 1972, but all these songs are still etched in her head😸Pawkisses for a Happy Day and hope all went well at the MRI🐾😽💞
messymimi's meanderings
Nice memories, thanks!
-Eugi ☕️
Love all these songs, Cathy! I’m not tellin’ how old I was in 1972, so there! 😎
Brian
Good playlist! I was still in college in 1972, playing in a band and working as a roadie.
15andmeowing
I was 3 in 1972, but I have heard 1, 3 and 8 many times. 🙂
John Holton
I was 16 and remember all of these well…
Birgit
I love that you picked when your hubby turned 13. I turned 13 in 1977! I was really enjoying this list but it stopped right after chicago as it won’t play since I am a Canadian. Bummer.
Sandee
I was 21 and I remember all these songs. Music as so good back then. Not that it isn’t now, but when you’re young music is so very important.
Have a fabulous day, Cathy. Big hug. ♥
Cathy Kennedy
Sandee,
I think the music of yesterday is a lot better than anything that’s come out today and you’re right the music we listened to when we were young was important.
Natasha
Darling Cathy,
Thank you for your warm messages on my blog while I was away.
I loved Mac Davis, and though this one is from the year I was born; i love the soul in his voice. There was something about the music from the 60s and 70s that I cant have enough of. 🙂
Thank you for the music.
Spent the day putting together #WW, and this is balm to my soul.
See you around, there is a bit of a news on my blog. 🙂
Hugs and love my sweet friend.
And if Marie happens to read this I send her my love and hugs to her too. 🙂
Cathy Kennedy
Natasha,
Thank you for popping by. You’re a couple of years younger than my sister. I’m certain growing up you heard many of these songs during those early years and no doubt have stuck with you. There is something magical about one’s childhood experiences with music and the influence it has to shaping ones listening pleasure. I delight in know you like today’s selection. I’ll be sure to link up with you tomorrow when my Wild Wednesday publishes. Have a joyful day, my dear!
Thomas Anderson
Hi, Cathy!
Happy Top Ten Tuesday, dear friend! I hope your week is off to a great start.
It was nice of you to put together a play list of major hits from 1972, the year DH entered his teens. I’m ten years older than your hubby because I turned 23 late that same year. I know every one of these songs and enjoyed running through them again this morning. A while back, as you might recall, I posted a video of The O’Jays performing “Back Stabbers” on Soul Train. There’s some interesting trivia about the soul group The Main Ingredient. The lead singer, whose voice you hear on their biggest hit, the Grammy nominated song “Everybody Plays The Fool,” was Cuba Gooding Sr., father of Cuba Gooding Jr., the actor famous for his roles in the movies Boyz n the Hood, A Few Good Men, The Tuskegee Airmen, Outbreak and Jerry Maguire, and for playing O.J. Simpson on television in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story. In the spring of 2017, Gooding Sr. had just turned age 72 when he was found dead in his car. An autopsy determined his death was due to natural causes. There are also interesting tidbits about Gary Glitter, the English glam rocker who scored an international hit with “Rock and Roll Part 2.” Beginning in the late 1990s, Glitter ran afoul of the law, arrested for owning child pornography and for child sex abuse. Glitter served time in prison, became a hated figure in the UK, and his historic performances on Top Of The Pops have been deleted from reruns of the show.
While I enjoyed them all and vividly recall them all, my favorite songs in your 1972 block party are “Saturday In The Park,” “Go All the Way” and “Rock n’ Roll (Part 2).” For my contribution to your 1972 playlist, I’d like to name the chart-topper: “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl” by Looking Glass.
Have a happy Tuesday, dear friend Cathy. I’ll see you tamale on Wild, Wacky and Almost Wordless Wednesday!
Cathy Kennedy
Tom,
WOW, I didn’t know the voice of “Everybody Plays The Fool” belonged to Cuba Gooding Jr’s dad. I had no idea. Jr sure does looks like his pops! Oh, man I didn’t know this about Gary Glitter. I can see how his public life to a nose dive with such an ugly dirty secret. That blows my mind! I so appreciate your music lessons. You always share such interesting trivia. 🙂 Oh yeah, “Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)” is an excellent hit from 1972 and was one of my favorites, still is. Thanks for pulling that one off the shelf, my friend. Have a terrific Tuesay!
Gary
Graduated from Dartmouth in 1972. My song was by the Hollies – “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress”. Great lyrics. It’s on my little IPOD and it brings a smile to my face every time I listen to it. Give it a listen Cathy.
Gary
Cathy Kennedy
Gary,
I knew the song title right off but I couldn’t place the Hollies doing it but then I got to poking around YouTube I noticed another song title, “The Air That I Breathe” which was another fabulous song from the 70s. I don’t know why I didn’t know the Hollies did both of these songs but…that was in the day when I did put a lot of emphasis on knowing the bands. I don’t worry so much about what today’s stuff because let’s face it music being made to day probably won’t be remembered 50+ years from now. I did a quick sample of the Hollies music noticing their style changed from the 60s to the 70s. I may have to do a feature on them. They truly were an awesome group!
I found an old blog that you co-author using your email address. Do you still blog or are you just a reader these days? Thanks for joining me once again and a have a terrific Tuesday, my friend.