TEREN DELVON JONES aka DEL THE FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN = American hip-hop artist
DEMIR DEMIRKAN = Turkish rock musician and songwriter
15 August:MIKEY GRAHAM Irish singer, member of Boyzone
16 August:EMILY ROBISON = American country music performer, member of Dixie Chicks
27 August:JIMMY POP = American musician, member of Bloodhound Gang
4 September:CARLOS PONCE = Puerto Rican singer and composer
21 September:LIAM GALLAGHER = British singer, member of Oasis
23 September:JERMAINE DUPRI MAULDIN pka JERMAINE DUPRI = American hip hop recording artist, record producer, songwriter and rapper
26 September:SHAWN STOCKMAN = American singer, member of Boyz II Men
30 September:SHANTANU MUKHERJEE pka SHAAN = Indian singer
6 October:ANDERS IWERS = Swedish musician
17 October
MARSHALL BRUCE MATHERS III bka EMINEM = American rapper
TARKAN TEVETOĞLU pka TARKAN = Turkish singer
19 October:PRAKAZREL SAMUEL MICHEL pka PRAS = American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor, founding member of The Fugees {1992–97, 2004–06}
28 October:BRAD PAISLEY = American country music performer
17 November:KIMYA DAWSON = American singer/songwriter
28 November:JESPER STRÖMBLAD = Swedish musician
9 December:FRANK EDWIN WRIGHT III pka TRÉ COOL = American drummer, member of Green Day
10 December:
SCOT ALEXANDER = American musician, member of Dishwalla
BRIAN MOLKO = British rock singer, member of Placebo
11 December:EASTHER BENNETT = British singer, member of Eternal
13 December:
NIKI EVANS = English actress and singer
MARK MORTON = American musician
16 December:BEN KOWALEWICZ = Canadian rock lead singer witb Billy Talent
18 December:LEORS DIMANT bka DJ LETHAL = Latvian-born rock musician, member of Limp Bizkit {1996–2006, 2009-2013} and House of Pain {1991-1996}
19 December:ALYSSA MILANO = American actress, producer and former singer
22 December:VANESSA PARADIS = French singer and actress
27 December:MATT SLOCUM = American musician, member of Sixpence None the Richer
31 December:JOEY MCINTYRE = American singer, member of New Kids on the Block
Timeline of Musical Events
17 January: Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd"
20 January: Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money'. Dark Side of the Moon would be played in its entirety the next night. It would be a full year before the album was released.
21 January: Keith Richards jumps onstage 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.
29-31 January: The first Sunbury Music Festival is held in Sunbury, Victoria. Performers include Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, Wendy Saddington, Chain and The La De Das.
31 January: Over 40,000 mourners file past Mahalia Jackson's open casket to pay their respects in Chicago's Great Salem Baptist Church.
9 February: Paul McCartney's new band, Wings, make their live debut at the University of Nottingham in England. It's McCartney's first public concert since The Beatles' 1966 US tour.
13 February: Led Zeppelin's concert in Singapore is canceled when government officials will not let them off the airplane because of their long hair.
14 February: "Steppenwolf Day" is declared in Los Angeles, California.
14-18 February: John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host an entire week of The Mike Douglas Show.
15 February: 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.
19 February:
Paul McCartney's single "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (which was 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.
23 February: Elvis and Priscilla Presley separate.
29 February: John Lennon's U.S. immigration visa expires, beginning his three-and-a-half year fight to remain in the country.
15 March: 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.
21 March: Terry Knight announces he is launching a $5 million lawsuit against Grand Funk's new manager John Eastman, one week after being fired as Grand Funk's manager. It triggers a series of suits and counter-suits between Knight and the band throughout the coming months.
25 March: 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.
31 March: Official Beatles fan club closes down.
2 April: John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a press conference in New York. The Lennons discuss their appeal of the US Immigration Department's decision to deport John.
9 April: First solo concert of Valery Leontiev.
16 April: Electric Light Orchestra make their live debut at the Fox and Greyhound pub in Park Lane, Croydon, England.
28 April: Wishbone Ash release their third album, Argus which is named album of the year by readers of Sounds and Melody Maker, ahead of albums by more widely-known artists such as David Bowie and Deep Purple.
29 April: 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.
2 May: Stone the Crows lead guitarist Les Harvey is electrocuted on stage during a show in Swansea, Wales after touching a poorly connected microphone. Harvey died in a hospital a few hours later. The band's lead singer, Maggie Bell, Harvey's longtime girlfriend, was also hospitalized. Bell collapsed on stage after the incident.
8 May: Billy Preston becomes the first rock performer to headline at New York's Radio City Music Hall
27 May: The Opryland USA country music theme park opens in Nashville, Tennessee.
June: Founding member Roy Wood exits the Electric Light Orchestra line-up just as the band scores its first hit single.
3 June: The Rolling Stones open their North American tour in Vancouver, Canada.
10 June: Elvis does the first of four concerts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. He sells out all the shows in one day.
14 June: 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.
24 July: Bobby Ramirez, the drummer for Edgar Winter's White Trash, is beaten to death in a Chicago bar fight, reportedly because his hair was too long.
5 August: Clive Davis signs Aerosmith to Columbia Records at Max's Kansas City in New York, NY.
30 August: 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.
21 September: ABC premieres the new TV series In Concert. The first episode features Alice Cooper.
29 September: Miles Davis unveils his new nine-piece band at the Lincoln Center Philharmonic Hall.
12 October: Diana Ross has her acting debut in the wildly successful film Lady Sings the Blues and garners her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
16 October: Creedence Clearwater Revival announces it is breaking up.
3 November: James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in a tiny ceremony in Simon's Manhattan apartment.
12 November: 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.
26 November: Family, touring North America as the warmup act for Elton John, play their last concert on U.S. soil in St. Petersburg, Florida.
31 December: The first New Year's Rockin' Eve, with host Dick Clark, airs on ABC with Three Dog Night as the featured act. Blood, Sweat & Tears, Helen Reddy and Al Green also perform.
Also in 1972:
Herbert Howells becomes a Companion of Honour.
Billy Ray Hearn founds Myrrh Records.
Joseph Hoo Kim founds Channel One Studios in Kingston, Jamaica
Published Popular Music
"Alone Again (Naturally)" = lyrics & music by RAYMOND O'SULLIVAN
"Alone At A Drive-In Movie" = lyrics & music by JIM JACOBS & WARREN CASEY
"American Pie" = lyrics & music by DON McLEAN
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" = lyrics & music by JIM CROCE
"Beautiful Through and Through" = lyrics by BOB MERRILL; music by JULE STYNE from the musical 'Sugar'
"Beauty School Dropout" = lyrics & music by WARREN CASEY & JIM JACOBS from the musical 'Grease'
"The Beauty That Drives Men Mad" = lyrics by BOB MERRILL; music by JULE STYNE from the musical 'Sugar'
"Bein' Green" = lyrics & music by JOE RAPOSO from the television series 'Sesame Street'
"Blues for Newport" = music by DAVE BRUBECK
"Born to Hand Jive" = lyrics & music by WARREN CASEY & JIM JACOBS from the musical 'Grease'
"Burning Love" = lyrics & music by DENNIS LINDE
"C is for Cookie" = lyrics & music by JOE RAPOSO
"Clair" = lyrics & music by RAYMOND O'SULLIVAN
"Come Dream With Me" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Corner of the Sky" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ from the musical 'Pippin'
"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" = by Simon & Garfunkel
"Greased Lightning" = lyrics & music by WARREN CASEY & JIM JACOBS from the musical 'Grease'
"I Can See Clearly Now" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY NASH
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" = lyrics by NORMAN GIMBEL; music by CHARLES FOX
"Liza With A Z" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER from the television production 'Liza With A Z'
"Magic To Do" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ. Introduced by BEN VEREEN in the musical 'Pippin'
"Maybe This Time" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER from the musical film 'Cabaret'
"Mooning" = lyrics & music by WARREN CASEY & JIM JACOBS from the musical 'Grease'
"The Morning After" = lyrics & music by JOEL HIRSCHHORN & AL KASHA from the film 'The Poseidon Adventure'
"No Time at All" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ from the musical 'Pippin'
"The Old Fashioned Way" = lyrics by CHARLES AZNAVOUR, JOEL HIRSCHHORN & AL KASHA; music by GEORGE GARVARENTZ
"Ring Them Bells" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER from the television production 'Liza with a Z'
"Rock and Roll" = by Led Zeppelin
"Shakin' at the High School Hop" = lyrics & music by JIM JACOBS & WARREN CASEY
"Sing" = lyrics & music by JOE RAPOSO. Introduced by BOB McGRATH on 'Sesame Street'
"Speak Softly, Love" = lyrics by LARRY KUSIK; music by NINO ROTA from the film 'The Godfather'
"Summer Nights" = lyrics & music by WARREN CASEY & JIM JACOBS from the musical 'Grease'
"There Are Worse Things I Could Do" = lyrics & music by WARREN CASEY & JIM JACOBS from the musical 'Grease'
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree" = lyrics & music by L. RUSSELL BROWN & IRWIN LEVINE
"Vincent" = lyrics & music by DON McLEAN
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" = lyrics & music by STEVIE WONDER
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
DMITRI KABALEVSKY
A Letter to the 30th Century (oratorio)
GYÖRGY LIGETI
Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra
THEO LOEVENDIE
Horn Concerto, "Orbits"
GEORGE ROCHBERG
Recordanza (Soliloquy for Cello and Piano)
VELJO TORMIS
Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)
Opera
PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Taverner
THOMAS PASATIERI
Black Widow
CHARLES WILSON
Héloise and Abelard
Musical Theatre
BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL
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
DON'T BOTHER ME, I CAN'T COPE
Broadway revue 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
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
(Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim 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
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Mark Chard BSc
Page created: 25th August 2011
Last edited: 20th February 2024
