• Source: 1972 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1972.




Specific locations


1972 in British music
1972 in Norwegian music




Specific genres


1972 in country music
1972 in heavy metal music
1972 in jazz




Events


January 17 – 12 miles of U.S. Highway 51 in Memphis, Tennessee from South Parkway East to the Tennessee/Mississippi state line is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard."
January 20 – The debut of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical problems. Dark Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the following night, but it would be a full year before the album was released.
January 21 – Keith Richards jumps on stage to jam with Chuck Berry at the Hollywood Palladium, but is ordered off for playing too loud. Berry later claims that he did not recognize Keith and would not have booted him if he did.
January 29–31 – The first Sunbury Music Festival is held in Sunbury, Victoria. Performers include Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Wendy Saddington, Chain and the La De Da's.
January 31 – Over 40,000 mourners file past Mahalia Jackson's open casket to pay their respects in Chicago's Great Salem Baptist Church.
February 9 – Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, make their live debut at the University of Nottingham in England. This is McCartney's first public concert since The Beatles' 1966 US tour.
February 10 – David Bowie introduces his Ziggy Stardust persona at the second show of the 1972–73 Ziggy Stardust Tour, at The Toby Jug pub, Tolworth, Surrey (England).
February 13 – Led Zeppelin's concert in Singapore is canceled when government officials will not let them off the airplane because of their long hair.
February 14–18 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host an entire week of The Mike Douglas Show.
February 15 – The United States gives federal copyright protection to sound recordings. Prior to this, phonograph records were only protected at state level, and not in all states.
February 19
Paul McCartney's single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (inspired by the "Bloody Sunday" massacre in Ireland on January 30, 1972) is banned by the BBC. The controversy caused by the banning only increases the song's popularity and it ends up in the Top 20 in England.
Sammy Davis Jr. makes a guest appearance on the television show All in the Family.
February 23 – Elvis and Priscilla Presley separate.
February 29 – John Lennon's U.S. immigration visa expires, beginning his three-and-a-half-year fight to remain in the country.
March 15
At the 14th Annual Grammy Awards, hosted by Andy Williams, winners include Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Colin Davis, Michel LeGrand, Isaac Hayes, Julian Bream, Vladimir Horowitz, the Juilliard String Quartet and Bill Withers. King wins Album of the Year (for Tapestry), Record of the Year (for "It's Too Late") and Song of the Year (for "You've Got a Friend"), while Carly Simon wins Best New Artist.
L.A. disc jockey Robert W. Morgan plays Donny Osmond's "Puppy Love" non-stop for 90 minutes. Police are called, but no arrests are made.
March 21 – Terry Knight announces he is launching a $5 million lawsuit against Grand Funk's new manager John Eastman, one week after being fired as the band's manager himself. It triggers a series of suits and counter-suits between Knight and the band throughout the coming months.
March 25 – The 17th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland, is won by German-based Greek singer Vicky Leandros, representing Luxembourg with the song "Après Toi". The song is subsequently released around Europe, having been recorded in several languages, including in English as Come What May.
March 31 – Official Beatles fan club closes down.
April 2 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a press conference in New York. The Lennons discuss their appeal against the US Immigration Department's decision to deport John.
April 9 – First solo concert of Valery Leontiev.
April 16 – Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at the Fox and Greyhound pub in Park Lane, Croydon, England.
April 29 – New York City mayor John Lindsay announces that he is supporting John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their fight to remain in the United States.
May 2 – Stone the Crows lead guitarist Les Harvey is electrocuted on stage during a show in Swansea, Wales, by touching a poorly connected microphone. Harvey dies in a hospital a few hours later. The band's lead singer, Maggie Bell, Harvey's longtime girlfriend, is also hospitalized, having collapsed on stage after the incident.
May 8 – Billy Preston becomes the first rock performer to headline at New York's Radio City Music Hall
May 27 – The Opryland USA country music theme park opens in Nashville, Tennessee.
June – Founding member Roy Wood leaves the Electric Light Orchestra line-up just as the band scores its first hit single.
June 3 – The Rolling Stones open their North American tour in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
June 10 – Elvis Presley does the first of four concerts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. He sells out all the shows in one day.
June 14 – Simon & Garfunkel reunite briefly to perform live at Madison Square Garden at a campaign benefit for Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. Other performers include Peter, Paul and Mary and Dionne Warwick.
July 24 – Bobby Ramirez, drummer for Edgar Winter's White Trash, is beaten to death in a Chicago bar fight, reportedly because his hair is too long.
August 5 – Clive Davis signs Aerosmith to Columbia Records at Max's Kansas City in New York City.
August 30 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono headline the "One To One Concert" at Madison Square Garden to benefit mentally handicapped children. Elephant's Memory, Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder and Sha Na Na also perform.
September 1–7 – Karlheinz Stockhausen directs performances of his works at the Shiraz Arts Festival, including Mantra, Hymnen, an all-day performance of Aus den sieben Tagen, and world premieres of two compositions from Für kommende Zeiten
September 21 – ABC premieres the new TV series In Concert. The first episode features Alice Cooper.
September 29 – Miles Davis unveils his new nine-piece band at the Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall.
October 12 – Diana Ross makes her acting debut in the successful film Lady Sings the Blues, garnering her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
November 3 – James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in a tiny ceremony in Simon's Manhattan apartment.
November 12 – 51,778 fans pack San Diego Stadium for a concert promoted by KGB-AM to see J. Geils Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Foghat and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.
November 25 – The 1st OTI Song Contest, held in the Congres and Expositions Palace, Madrid, Spain, is won by singers Tobias and Claudia Regina, representing Brazil with the song Diálogo ("Dialogue").
November 26 – Family, touring North America as the warmup act for Elton John, play their last concert on U.S. soil in St. Petersburg, Florida.
December 23 – Grand Funk Railroad, completing its 1972 Tour, with a sold-out concert at NYC's Madison Square Garden, with the proceeds from the concert benefiting the Phoenix House Drug Rehabilitation Program, and with the show being filmed for ABC-TV's "In Concert" Series, the band is met by a lawsuit taken out by their former manager, Terry Knight, who attempts to block the show from going on, attempting to seize their equipment. A court injunction is given later in the day, allowing the concert to take place.
December 31 – The first New Year's Rockin' Eve, with host Dick Clark, airs on NBC (before moving to ABC) with Three Dog Night as the featured act. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Helen Reddy and Al Green also perform.
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Herbert Howells becomes a Companion of Honour.
Billy Ray Hearn founds Myrrh Records.
Joseph Hoo Kim founds Channel One Studios in Kingston, Jamaica.
Numa Labinsky (bass singer) and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds found Nimbus Records, a specialist classical music recording company at Wyastone Leys in Herefordshire, England.
Heisei College of Music is established in Mifune, Kumamoto, Japan.




Bands formed


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Bands disbanded


Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jefferson Airplane
Martha and the Vandellas
MC5
Them
The Velvet Underground




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Biggest hit singles


The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
in the charts of 1972.




Top 40 Chart hit singles






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"Apache" – The Shadows (reissue)
"Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" – Mac Davis
"Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" – The Detroit Emeralds
"Back Off Boogaloo" – Ringo Starr
"Back Stabbers" – The O'Jays
"Bang a Gong (Get It On)" – T. Rex
"Beautiful Sunday" – Daniel Boone




Notable singles






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"Hoochie Koochie Lady" b/w "First Avenue" - Elf
"When You Say Love" - Sonny & Cher




Published popular music


"Alone Again (Naturally)" w.m. Raymond O'Sullivan
"Alone at a Drive-In Movie" w.m. Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
"American Pie" w.m. Don McLean
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" w.m. Jim Croce
"Beautiful Through and Through" w. Bob Merrill m. Jule Styne from the musical Sugar
"Beauty School Dropout" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
"The Beauty That Drives Men Mad" w. Bob Merrill m. Jule Styne from the musical Sugar
"Bein' Green" w.m. Joe Raposo from the television series Sesame Street.
"Blues for Newport" m. Dave Brubeck
"Born to Hand Jive" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
"Burning Love" w.m. Dennis Linde
"C is for Cookie" w.m. Joe Raposo
"Clair" w.m. Raymond O'Sullivan
"Come Dream With Me" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen
"Corner of the Sky" w.m. Stephen Schwartz from the musical Pippin
"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" – Simon & Garfunkel
"Greased Lightning" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
"I Can See Clearly Now" w.m. Johnny Nash
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" w. Norman Gimbel m. Charles Fox
"Liza with a Z" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the television production Liza with a Z
"Magic To Do" w.m. Stephen Schwartz. Introduced by Ben Vereen in the musical Pippin
"Maybe This Time" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the musical film Cabaret
"Mooning" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
"The Morning After" w.m. Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha from the film The Poseidon Adventure
"No Time at All" w.m. Stephen Schwartz from the musical Pippin
"The Old Fashioned Way" w. Charles Aznavour, Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha m. George Garvarentz
"Ring Them Bells" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander from the television production Liza with a Z
"Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin
"Shakin' at the High School Hop" w.m. Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
"Sing" w.m. Joe Raposo. Introduced by Bob McGrath on Sesame Street
"Speak Softly, Love" w. Larry Kusik m. Nino Rota from the film The Godfather
"Summer Nights" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
"Taxi (song)" — Harry Chapin
"There Are Worse Things I Could Do" w.m. Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs from the musical Grease
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" w.m. L. Russell Brown & Irwin Levine
"Vincent" w.m. Don McLean
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" w.m. Stevie Wonder




Other notable songs (world)


"Caro Mozart" – Sylvie Vartan (France)
"Holidays" – Michel Polnareff (France)




Classical music


Arthur Bliss – Metamorphic Variations
Friedrich Cerha – Spiegel
George Crumb – Makrokosmos, Volume I for amplified piano
Mario Davidovsky – Transientes for orchestra
Paul Le Flem – Symphony No. 4
Karel Goeyvaerts
Bélise dans un jardin
Nachklänge aus dem Theater I–II, for tape
Piano Quartet
Hans Werner Henze – Heliogabalus imperator
Klaus Huber
...Ausgespannt..., sacred music for baritone, five instrumental groups, loudspeakers, two two-track tapes, and organ
Ein Hauch von Unzeit I: Plainte sur la perte de la réflexion musicale – quelques madrigaux pour flûte seule ou flûte avec quelques instruments quelquonques...
Ein Hauch von Unzeit II: Plainte sur la perte de la réflexion musicale pour piano à une main et demie... , for piano
Ein Hauch von Unzeit III, for 2–7 players (variable instrumentation)
Dmitri Kabalevsky – A Letter to the 30th Century (oratorio)
Wojciech Kilar – Prelude and Carol for 4 oboes and strings
György Ligeti – Double Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra
Theo Loevendie – Horn Concerto, "Orbits"
Yves Prin – Actions-Simultanées II, for orchestra
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Cantus Arcticus, for orchestra
Canto III – A Portrait of the Artist at a Certain Moment, for string orchestra
Credo, for mixed chorus
Book of Life (Elämän kirja), choral suite
Steve Reich – Clapping Music
George Rochberg – Recordanza (Soliloquy for Cello and Piano)
Peter Ruzicka – Bewegung
Karlheinz Stockhausen –
Alphabet für Liège, for soloists and duos, Nr. 36
Ylem, for variable ensemble of 19 or more players, Nr. 37
Toru Takemitsu – Distance
Veljo Tormis – Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)




Opera


Peter Maxwell Davies – Taverner (12 July, Covent Garden, London)
Kiyoshige Koyama – Sansho Dayu
Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh
Thomas Pasatieri
Black Widow
The Trial of Mary Lincoln
Charles Wilson – Héloise and Abelard




Jazz






Musical theater


Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill – Off-Broadway revue opened at the Theatre de Lys on October 1 and ran for 152 performances
Company (Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on January 18 and ran for 344 performances
Cowardy Custard – London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on July 10 and ran for 405 performances
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope – London production opened at the Playhouse Theatre on April 19 and ran for 914 performances
Don't Play Us Cheap – Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on May 16 and ran for 164 performances
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway revival
The Good Old, Bad Old Days (Music, Lyrics & Book: Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse) London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on December 20 and ran for 309 performances
Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on August 9 and ran for 3358 performances
Grease – Broadway production ran for 3388 performances, the longest run ever at that time
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lloyd Webber & Rice) – London production opened at The Roundhouse on November 8 and ran for 43 performances
Man of La Mancha Broadway revival
Pippin – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 23 and ran for 1944 performances
Sugar – Broadway production opened at the Kajestic Theatre and ran for 505 performances




Musical films


Baharo Phool Barsao
Cabaret
Fillmore (musical documentary)
Jawani Diwani
Lady Sings the Blues
Man of La Mancha
Propala Hramota
Elvis on Tour starring Elvis Presley
Journey Back to Oz, with music by Walter Scharf, and songs by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn
Seeta Aur Geeta (music by R. D. Burman)




Musical television productions


Liza with a Z




Births


January 3 – Nichole Nordeman, American singer
January 17 – Aqualung, English songwriter, musician and record producer
January 19 – Angham, Egyptian singer, record producer and actress
January 21
Cat Power, American singer-songwriter and musician
Jesse van Ruller, Dutch jazz guitarist and composer
January 24 - Beth Hart, American singer, songwriter and musician
January 26 – Christopher Boykin, American rapper
January 27
Wynne Evans, Welsh tenor
Mark Owen, British singer (Take That)
Bibi Gaytán, Mexican singer
January 29 – Coumba Gawlo, Senegalese singer
February 1 – Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican rapper and singer
February 2 - Zoë Keating, Canadian-American cellist and composer
February 11 – Craig Jones, American heavy metal sampler/keyboardist (Slipknot)
February 14 – Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter, musician, multi instrumentalist and advocate (Matchbox Twenty)
February 16 – Taylor Hawkins, American rock drummer (Foo Fighters) (d. 2022)
February 17
Billie Joe Armstrong, American rock musician, playwright, activist, advocate, actor and singer-songwriter (Green Day)
Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer
February 20 – K-os, Canadian alternative rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
February 24
Teodor Currentzis, Greek orchestral conductor
March 4
Alison Wheeler, British singer (The Beautiful South)
Ivy Queen, Puerto Rican singer, rapper and songwriter
March 6 – Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling for Soup)
March 8 – Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
March 9 – AZ, American rapper
March 10 – Timbaland, American record producer, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ (Ginuwine, Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake)
March 11 – UA, Japanese singer-songwriter
March 13 – Common, American rapper and actor
March 15 – Mark Hoppus, American rock musician (blink-182)
March 17 – Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole)
March 20 – Alexander Kapranos, British rock singer and guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
April 1 – Sukshinder Shinda, British bhangra singer-songwriter and record producer
April 4
Vladimir Jurowski, Russian conductor
Jill Scott, American soul singer and songwriter
April 8 – Paul Gray, American heavy metal bass guitarist (Slipknot)
April 10 – Sami Yli-Sirniö, Finnish rock and metal guitarist
April 12 – Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer-songwriter
April 13 – Aaron Lewis, American nu metal musician (Staind)
April 20
Željko Joksimović, Serbian singer, composer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
Marko Kon, Serbian composer, producer and singer
Stephen Marley, Jamaican-American musician
April 21 – Severina (singer), Croatian singer
April 23 – Amira Medunjanin, singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
April 24 – Corey Cerovsek, Canadian violinist and pianist
April 28 – Violent J, American rapper
April 29 – Fredrik Kempe, Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer
May 3 – Mark Morrison, British R&B singer
May 4
Mike Dirnt American musician, songwriter and composer. (Green Day)
Chris Tomlin, American contemporary Christian musician (CCM)
May 7 – Felix da Housecat, American house music DJ and record producer
May 8 - Dino Bardot, British guitarist band (Franz Ferdinand, The Yummy Fur)
Darren Hayes, Australian singer (Savage Garden)
May 14 – Salaam Remi, American record producer
May 16 – Hideki Naganuma, Japanese DJ and video game composer
May 19 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
May 20 – Busta Rhymes, American hip hop recording artist, actor, record producer and record executive
May 21
The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (d. 1997)
Mitch Allan, American record producer, songwriter and musician.
May 26 – Ahmad Dhani, Indonesian rock musician, songwriter, arranger, producer and politician
May 27 – Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian female singer
May 29 – Stanislas, French singer
May 31 - Christian McBride, American jazz bassist, composer, artistic director
June 4 – Stoja, Serbian pop-folk singer
June 5
Paweł Kotla, Polish conductor
Toni Pearen, Australian singer-songwriter, TV host, dancer and actor
June 6 – Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
June 12 – Bounty Killer, reggae/dancehall singer
June 13 - Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler
June 17 – Rik Rok, Jamaican singer
June 23 – Fredwreck, Palestinian American music artist and record producer
June 25 – Mike Kroeger, Canadian rock bass guitarist (Nickelback)
June 26 – Garou, French Canadian singer
June 29 – DJ Shadow, American DJ and record producer
July 1
Sunshine Becker, American backing singer (Furthur)
Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist (BPM and CAB)
July 4 – Rogue, American dark wave lead singer (The Crüxshadows)
July 10 – Tilo Wolff, German musician
July 12 – Brett Reed, drummer (Rancid)
July 17
Elizabeth Cook, American singer and guitarist
Jason Rullo, American drummer (Symphony X and Redemption)
July 20 – Vitamin C, American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (Eve's Plum)
July 26 – Wayne Wonder, reggae singer
July 29 – Anssi Kela, Finnish rock musician
August 4 - John Paul White, is an American singer-songwriter, and was a member of the Grammy Award-winning duo The Civil Wars.
August 6 – Geri Halliwell, British singer, clothes designer, author and actress (Spice Girls)
August 8 – Lüpüs Thünder (Bloodhound Gang)
August 9 – A-mei, Taiwanese Puyuma singer-songwriter
August 12
Del tha Funky Homosapien, American hip-hop artist
Demir Demirkan, Turkish rock musician and songwriter
August 15 - Yoo Jae-suk, South Korean comedian and television personality
August 15 – Mikey Graham, Irish singer (Boyzone)
August 16 – Emily Robison, American country music performer (Dixie Chicks)
August 18
Leo Ku, Hong Kong actor and singer
Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer (Globe)
August 19 – Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
August 27 – Jimmy Pop, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
August 29 - Amanda Marshall, Canadian singer-songwriter
September 4 – Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer
September 6 – Idris Elba, English actor, producer, musician and DJ
September 13 – Kelly Chen, Hong Kong singer and actress
September 21 – Liam Gallagher, British singer (Oasis)
September 23 – Sam Bettens, Belgian musician (K's Choice)
September 23 – Jermaine Dupri, American rapper, record producer, musician
September 27 – Lhasa de Sela, American-Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
September 26 – Shawn Stockman, American singer (Boyz II Men)
September 28
Dita Von Teese, American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, businesswoman and singer (worked with Sebastien Tellier)
Kevin MacLeod, American composer and music producer
September 30 – Shaan, Indian singer
October 3 - G. Love, American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce)
October 10 – Tor Erik Hermansen, American record producer and songwriter of the team Stargate (music producers)
October 17
Eminem, American rapper, producer, record producer, musician, business man (D12 and Soul Intent (group))
Tarkan, Turkish singer
October 6 – Anders Iwers, Swedish heavy metal guitarist
October 19 – Pras (Michél), American rapper, hip hop musician, record producer, songwriter and actor (Fugees)
October 20 – Stephan Moccio, Canadian pianist, composer, producer, arranger and conductor
October 21 - Matthew Friedberger, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (The Fiery Furnaces)
October 27 – Elissa, Lebanese singer
October 28 – Brad Paisley, American country music performer
November 10 – Justin Trosper, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (Unwound)
November 17 – Kimya Dawson, American singer/songwriter
November 25 – Mark Morton, American heavy metal guitarist (Lamb of God)
November 28 – Jesper Strömblad, Swedish death metal guitarist
December 1 – Greg Upchurch, American rock drummer (Puddle of Mudd, 3 Doors Down)
December 9 – Tré Cool, German-born American musician, drummer and composer (Green Day)
December 10
Scot Alexander, American alternative rock bass guitarist (Dishwalla)
Brian Molko, British rock singer (Placebo)
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, American songwriter and producer of the team Stargate (music producers)
December 11 – Easther Bennett, British singer (Eternal)
December 12 – Kevin Parent, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
December 13 – Niki Evans, English actress and singer
December 15, Jason Nevins, American songwriter, record producer and remixer
December 16 – Ben Kowalewicz, Canadian rock lead singer (Billy Talent)
December 18 – DJ Lethal, Latvian-born rock musician (Limp Bizkit, House of Pain)
December 19 – Alyssa Milano, American activist, advocate, producer, singer and actress
December 22 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer and actress
December 23 - Morgan (singer), Italian musician and singer
December 25 - Josh Freese, American rock drummer
December 27 – Matt Slocum, American pop guitarist-composer and multi-instrumentalist (Sixpence None the Richer)
December 31 – Joey McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Block)




Deaths


January 1 – Maurice Chevalier, 83, French singer and actor
January 16 – David Seville, 52, voice of the Chipmunks
January 19 – Michael Rabin, 35, violinist (fell downstairs)
January 20 – Jean Casadesus, 44, French pianist (car accident)
January 23 – Big Maybelle, 47, singer and pianist
January 24 – Gene Austin, 69, singer-songwriter
January 27 – Mahalia Jackson, 61, gospel singer
January 29 – Margherita Grandi, 77, operatic soprano
February 8 – Markos Vamvakaris, 66, Greek composer
February 11 – Rudi Gfaller, Austrian operetta singer and composer (b. 1882)
February 19 – Lee Morgan, 33, hard bop trumpeter
February 21 – Marie Dubas, 77, French music-hall singer
March 2 – Erna Sack, 74, coloratura soprano (cancer)
March 17 – Linda Jones, 27, soul singer (diabetic coma)
March 27 – Sharkey Bonano, 67, jazz musician and bandleader
April 3 – Ferde Grofé, 80, composer, arranger, and pianist
April 4 – Stefan Wolpe, 69, composer
May 2 – Les Harvey, 27, guitarist (Stone the Crows) (electrocuted on stage)
May 5 – Reverend Gary Davis, 76, blues and gospel singer and guitarist
May 12 – David Hughes, 43, operatic tenor (heart failure)
June 8 – Jimmy Rushing, 70, blues and jazz singer
June 13 – Clyde McPhatter, 39, R&B singer
July 3 – "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, 68, blues musician
July 9 – Robert Weede, 69, operatic baritone
July 10 – Lovie Austin, 84, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
July 15 –Francisco González Gamarra, 82, composer and painter
July 24 – Bobby Ramirez, drummer (Edgar Winter's White Trash)
July 28 – Helen Traubel, 73, operatic soprano
August 2
Brian Cole, 29, bass player in The Association (drug overdose)
Rudolph Ganz, 95, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer
August 14 – Oscar Levant, 65, pianist and composer
August 21 – Yvonne Gall, 87, operatic soprano
August 29 – Lale Andersen, 67, Danish singer
August 31 – Dalva de Oliveira, 55, Brazilian singer (internal bleeding)
September 19 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer, 73
September 24 – Alfred Kalmus, music publisher, 93
September 28 – Rory Storm, 33, English singer (appendicitis)
September 30 – Grigore Cugler, 69, Romanian riter, artist, composer and violinist
October 3 – Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, 71, Norwegian pianist and music teacher
October 24 – Thelma Votipka, 67, operatic mezzo-soprano
November 3
Harry Richman, 77, US singer, actor and composer
Lucile Crews, 84, American composer
November 6 – Billy Murcia, 21, drummer of New York Dolls (suffocation)
November 11 – Berry Oakley, 24, bass player (The Allman Brothers Band) (motorcycle accident)
November 12 – Rudolf Friml, 92, Rose-Marie composer
November 18 – Danny Whitten, 29, guitarist (Crazy Horse) (drug overdose)
November 28 – Havergal Brian, 96, English classical composer
December 3 – Bill Johnson, 100, African American Dixieland jazz double-bassist




Awards






= Grammy Awards

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Grammy Awards of 1972
Grammy Album of the Year: The Concert for Bangladesh
Grammy Best New Artist: America
Grammy Best Album Design: "School's Out" – Alice Cooper
Grammy Best Pop Duo or Group: "Where Is the Love" – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
Grammy Best Pop Female Vocal: "I Am Woman" – Helen Reddy
Grammy Best Pop Male Vocal: "Without You" – Harry Nilsson
Grammy Best R&B Duo or Group: "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" – The Temptations
Grammy Best R&B Female Vocal: "Young, Gifted And Black" – Aretha Franklin
Grammy Best R&B Male Vocal: "Me And Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul
Grammy Record of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack
Grammy Song of the Year: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Roberta Flack




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= Eurovision Song Contest

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Eurovision Song Contest 1972




= Leeds Piano Competition

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Murray Perahia




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