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It's our 1972 Special!

What we鈥檙e gonna do is go back, way back, back into time鈥 to 1972 this week.

Fifty years have passed since this truly vibrant period in music, so let鈥檚 celebrate it!

What we鈥檙e gonna do is go back, way back, back into time鈥 to 1972 this week.

Fifty years have passed since this truly vibrant period in music, so let鈥檚 celebrate it!

This was the era that Glam Rock started to take shape as Roxy Music made their chart debut with an instant classic, Marc Bolan built on his enormous success the previous year, Alice Cooper arrived on Top Of The Pops and then caused outrage with his elaborate stage show, and 25-year-old David Bowie recorded a four-song session for Johnnie鈥檚 lunchtime Radio 1 show, oblivious to the cultural impact he was about have on impressionable kids and teens across the land.

Geordie boys Lindisfarne had one of the year鈥檚 biggest and best-loved albums, the UK鈥檚 first no.1 synth hit was brought to us when Chicory Tip covered a Giorgio Moroder song, and an instrumental funk classic helped Isaac Hayes bag an Oscar.

There was room on the chart for plenty of old-timers too including Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Drifters, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Plus, The Carpenters took easy-listening into a whole new realm when young Tony Peluso picked up his electric guitar to deliver a solo that divided Karen and Richard鈥檚 loyal fans.

Johnnie鈥檚 going to expertly guide you through this wonderful twelve months in rock and pop with stories and events from This Year In Music, and Sounds of the 70s listener Jim Sharp selects a soul classic as our first addition to Johnnie鈥檚 Jukebox for this new year.

Get in touch anytime for a mention on one of our future shows: walker@bbc.co.uk

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1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • Elton John

    Crocodile Rock

    • Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player.
  • The Drifters

    Saturday Night At The Movies

    • Single - Atlantic K 10148.
  • Pink Floyd

    Breathe In The Air

    • The Dark Side Of The Moon.
  • Don McLean

    Vincent

    • American Pie.
  • Ringo Starr

    Back Off Boogaloo

    • Single - Apple 5944.
  • Free

    Little Bit Of Love

    • Single - Island WIP 6129.
  • Chicory Tip

    Son Of My Father

    • Single - CBS 7737.
  • The Chi鈥怢ites

    Have You Seen Her?

    • Single - MCA MU 1146.
  • Hawkwind

    Silver Machine

    • Single - United Artists UP 35381.
  • Isaac Hayes

    The Theme From 'Shaft'

    • Shaft - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
  • David Cassidy

    How Can I Be Sure?

    • Single - Bell 1258.
  • America

    A Horse With No Name

    • Single - Warner Brothers K 16128.
  • Lindisfarne

    Fog On The Tyne

    • Fog On The Tyne.
  • The New Seekers

    I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

    • Single - Polydor 2058 184.
  • T. Rex

    Metal Guru

    • Single - EMI MARC 1.
  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Me & Bobby McGee

    • The Killer Rocks On.
  • Mott the Hoople

    All The Young Dudes

    • Single - CBS 8271.
  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

    • Single - Warner Brothers K 16188.
  • Python Lee Jackson

    In A Broken Dream

    • Single - Young Blood YB 1002.
  • The Faces

    Stay With Me

    • Single - Warner Brothers K 16136.
  • David Bowie

    Starman

    • Recorded in session for Johnnie Walker's Radio 1 lunchtime show: 22/5/72.
  • David Bowie

    Changes

    • Recorded in session for Johnnie Walker's Radio 1 lunchtime show: 22/5/72.
  • Carpenters

    Goodbye To Love

    • A Song For You.
  • Johnny Cash

    A Thing Called Love

    • Single - CBS 7797.
  • Roxy Music

    Virginia Plain

    • Single - Island WIP 6144.
  • Elvis Presley

    Burning Love

    • Single - RCA 2267.
  • Chuck Berry

    My Ding-A-Ling

    • Single - Chess 6145 019.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jan 2022 15:00