Top 50 of 1972
As heard on WRCT-FM (88.3) on Dec. 31, 2012. List calculated based on rankings from Billboard, Cash Box and radio station charts. Special thanks to Jeff Roteman for his KQV tribute website!
- American Pie – Don McLean
- Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Without You – Harry Nilsson
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
- Brand New Key – Melanie
- I Gotcha – Joe Tex
- Lean on Me – Bill Withers
- Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast – Wayne Newton
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Nice to Be With You – Gallery
- Brandy – Looking Glass
- The Candy Man – Sammy Davis Jr.
- (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right – Luther Ingram
- Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight – Robert John
- Heart of Gold – Neil Young
- Slippin’ Into Darkness – War
- I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers
- Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) – The Hollies
- A Horse With No Name – America
- Oh! Girl – Chi-Lites
- Song Sung Blue – Neil Diamond
- Rockin’ Robin – Michael Jackson
- Outa-Space – Billy Preston
- My Ding-a-Ling – Chuck Berry
- Back-Stabbers – The O’Jays
- (Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All – The 5th Dimension
- Everybody Plays the Fool – The Main Ingredient
- Precious and Few – Climax
- Ben – Michael Jackson
- Down By the Lazy River – The Osmonds
- Betcha By Golly, Wow – The Stylistics
- Scorpio – Dennis Coffey
- Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards
- It’s Too Late to Turn Back Now – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- Go All The Way – The Raspberries
- How Do You Do? – Mouth & Macneal
- I’m Still in Love With You – Al Green
- Day After Day – Badfinger
- I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
- Family Affair – Sly & The Family Stone
- Jungle Fever – The Chakachas
- Mother and Child Reunion – Paul Simon
- The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. – Donna Fargo
- Popcorn – Hot Butter
- Starting All Over Again – Mel & Tim
- Black & White – Three Dog Night
- Hurting Each Other – The Carpenters
- Clean Up Woman – Betty Wright
- A Cowboy’s Work is Never Done – Sonny & Cher