Slade had their third of their six number one singles in less than a year when Mama Weer All Crazee Now topped the charts for three weeks in September 1972. (more…)

Alice Cooper’s exhortation to carry out every kid’s dream and blow school to pieces helped take School’s Out to No.1 in the summer holidays of 1972.

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David Bowie’s unforgettable performance of Starman was a landmark moment in pop culture and launched him to superstar status. Top of the Pops, 6 July 1972. The day the world changed for ever. For me and, I’m certain, an entire generation of young men and women, girls and boys.
 

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Gary Glitter brought panto-style parody into Glam and this was the song that launched a career that would come to epitomise a meteoric rise and catastrophic fall. (more…)

There was something about Slade, Sweet and T. Rex singles that sets them apart – they seemed to be recorded at twice the volume as any other record. (more…)

David Bowie made his breakthrough in 1972. Routinely rated as one of the best albums of all time, Ziggy was Bowie’s fifth album – but his first to get into the charts.

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Roxy Music’s debut album was not a huge success. It was way too ahead of its time. Almost half a century later it sounds strange and futuristic and experimental. For me it’s one of the greatest debuts ever. (more…)

T. Rex – Metal Guru

20th May 1972 · 1970s, 1972, Glam, Music
Metal Guru was the greatest of all T. Rex’s run of hit singles  and gave them their fourth and final No.1 in May 1972.

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Slade – Look Wot You Dun

19th February 1972 · 1970s, 1972, Glam, Music
Slade’s third single, Look Wot You Dun, an updated pub piano singalong, continued the Black Country band’s rise towards the top as Glam gathered pace. 

T. Rex – Telegram Sam

5th February 1972 · 1970s, 1972, Glam, Music

T. Rex began 1972 the way they signed off from 1971 – with a chart-topping single. Telegram Sam was their third No.1 and confirmed Marc Bolan as the biggest star of the post-Beatles music universe. (more…)