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      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


      See Musical groups established in 1972


      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 1 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
      January 3 – Nichole Nordeman, American singer
      January 5 - Jang Seo-hee, South Korean actress
      January 15 - Chung Il-mi, South Korean goffer
      Yang Yong-eun, South Korean goffer
      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 21 - Seo Taiji, South Korean singer (Seo Taiji and Boys)
      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 7 - Jang Dong-gun, South Korean actor
      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 16 - John Cho, South Korean actor
      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 28 - Yum Jung-ah, South Korean actress
      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
      Bae Yong-joon, South Korean actor and businessman
      September 4 – Carlos Ponce, Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer
      September 6 – Idris Elba, English actor, producer, musician and DJ
      Oh Yong-ran, South Korean handball player
      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 6 - Ko So-young, South Korean actress and model
      October 8 - Kim Myung-min, South Korean actor
      October 10 – Tor Erik Hermansen, American record producer and songwriter of the team Stargate (music producers)
      October 14 - Nick Fyffe, English bassist (Jamiroquai)
      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
      October 29 - Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress
      November 9 - Christian Scharnweber, German trance Disc Jockey
      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

      =
      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


      = Country Music Association Awards

      =


      = Eurovision Song Contest

      =
      Eurovision Song Contest 1972


      = Leeds Piano Competition

      =
      Murray Perahia


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    The Best Songs Of 1972: 66 Classic Tunes

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