PEAK MUSIC 1972

 

This is a series that will attempt to Sport(ify) music by creating a 5 member All-Pro/All League/All Star team (Sort of like the NBA first team all-stars) for each year in Music starting with 1964. It will rely heavily on Top 20 Hits from the year but also take into account Concert Tours, Music awards, Music Videos (MTV Crowd-You Tube), TV, Films, Pop Culture etc….. 

1972

Music in 1972 was undergoing what I always thought what was happening in Baseball. By 1972 Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Eddie Mathews, Harom Killebrew were out or on their way out of the league being replaced by players where the talent was more evenly distributed guys like Boog Powell, Dick Allen, Frank Howard, Johnny Bench, Jeff Burroughs, Fred Lynn just would not attain the statistical numbers of the just mentioned early group.

That is the way music felt in the early 70s when Gods such as the Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin were replaced by lesser musicians –

There was a lot of groups and singers who had only one big hit in 1972 (Nilsson, America, Johnny Nash etc…) and Bill Withers (who had 2 high charting songs but iconic songs by Don McLean and Moddy Blues edged them out.

 

Three Dog night had 4 top twenty hits including number one "Black and White"

Michael Jackson had 3 top 20 hits including ”Ben" (about the rat)

The 5^th Dimension had 2 top ten hits as their time was coming to an end

Don McLean actually hit number with "American Pie" in December of 1971 but it stayed number one in January 1972 and was still a top 20 hit in March of 1972 (So I kind fudged here)

The Moody Blues had only one top twenty hit but it was "Nights in White Satin" which surprisingly only reach number 2.  – This song was actually re- released from 1968

 

 

1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	The Beatles	5th Dimension
4 Seasons	Supremes	Rolling Stones	Monkees	Gary Pucket	3 Dog Night
Supremes	Rolling Stones	Frank Sinatra	Supremes	Simon & Garfunkel	Elvis Presley
Bobby Vinton	Herman Hermits	Beach Boys	Rascals	Aretha Franklin	The Beatles
Johnny Rivers	Byrds	Monkees	The Doors	Supremes	Rolling Stones
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975
Jackson 5	Osmonds	3 Dog Night
The Beatles	Marvin Gaye	Micheal Jackson
Simon & Garfunkel	Temptations	5th Dimension
3 Dog Night	Jackson 5	Don McLean
Guess Who	3 Dog Night	Moody Blues
1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981