These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1972. Here is the end of year singles based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
- Puppy Love – Donny Osmond
- Without You – Nilsson
- Popcorn – Hot Butter
- American Pie – Don McLean
- The Rangers Waltz – The Moms and Dads
- Boppin’ The Blues – Blackfeather*
- Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast – Wayne Newton
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
- Cherish – David Cassidy
- Amazing Grace – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
- Brand New Key – Melanie
- Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy) – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs*
- Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Long Haired Lover From Liverpool – Little Jimmy Osmond
- Sylvia’s Mother – Dr Hook & The Medicine Show
- Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress – The Hollies
- Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) – Benny Hill
- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do – The Partridge Family
- Imagine – John Lennon
- Rock and Roll (Parts 1 & 2) – Gary Glitter
- Day By Day – Colleen Hewitt*
- A Horse With No Name – America
- Hurting Each Other – The Carpenters
- The Candy Man – Sammy Davis Jr
- Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me – Mac Davis
Top 10 Australian Hits
- Boppin’ The Blues – Blackfeather
- Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy) – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
- Day By Day – Colleen Hewett
- Captain Zero – The Mixtures
- So Tough – Johnny O’Keefe
- Shame and Scandal – Johnny Chester
- Ginger Man – Brian Cadd
- Marshall’s Portable Music Machine – Robin Jolley
- How Do Yo Do? – Jigsaw
- Run To Me – The Bee Gees
Gibbos pick for 1972 is Johnny O’Keefe with “So Tough”
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
I was thinking that Puppy Love was actually sung by Donny’s baby brother Jimmy Osmond, only my sister was in love with Donny so i had no choice but to grow up listening to the osmonds…not 100% certain but food for thought.
Looking under Australan Bands starting with “B”—no BeeGees ? What’s up with that ?
Sorry Kurt, they are on the list! Perhaps, if you are a fan, you’d consider writing a listing for them yourself? We are always looking for contributors. Check the “Contributors Wanted” link at the top of this page.
Thanks, Mark
Maxine Im pretty sure Donny did puppy love and “Little Jimmy Osmond” did Long haired lover from Liverpool. Not that I would like to admit I know that
“Day By Day” by Colleen Hewett was my fondest memory of 1972, What a beautiful track that is !. At the time (as a 12y old) i used to sell ‘fake’ lottery tickets from door to door in my neighbourhood (in Mooroolbark, a Melbourne suburb) at 20c a ticket ..
. And my price was buying a few singles … Colleen Hewett being one of them. (Don’t tell any further please 
(in the end i collected about 10 dollars, buying me about 4 singles at the time… and i’ve never been dishonest since ! 
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The price they could win was a full Encyclopedia
Sometimes the love of music goes very far for a 12y old kido
Cheers.