Music
Lindisfarne achieved a belated breakthrough with this catchy slice of whimsical folk-rock, displaying their strong Geordie roots and showasing the songwriting talent of Alan Hull. (more…)
Paul Simon took a new direction for his second solo album, travelling to Jamaica to record Mother And Child Reunion with some of Kingston’s top reggae musicians. (more…)
Don McLean’s eight-and-a-half-minute epic about the death of Buddy Holly – “the day the music died” – was inescapable in 1972 and has gone on to become a standard. (more…)
Chicory Tip claimed the first UK No.1 to prominently feature a synthesiser when future football anthem Son Of My Father topped the charts in February 1972. (more…)
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…)