60 YEARS OF ROCK. This update: 1972 (Winners). Tomorrow: 1973.

60 YEARS OF

ROCK

BEST OF 1972

-WINNERS-

TOP VOCAL PERFORMANCE 1972

CROCODILE ROCK Elton John

WITHOUT YOU Harry Nilsson

LET’S STAY TOGETHER Al Green

HURTING EACH OTHER The Carpenters

I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOU Carly Simon

WHERE IS THE LOVE Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

VINCENT Don McLean

BEN Michael Jackson

PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE The Temptations

BACKSTABBERS The O’Jays

TOP MUSICAL PERFORMANCE 1972

A HORSE WITH NO NAME America

MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION Paul Simon

VIRGINIA PLAIN Roxy Music

TAKE IT EASY The Eagles

LAYLA Derek & The Dominos

SUPERFLY Curtis Mayfield

SATURDAY IN THE PARK Chicago

TAXI Harry Chapin

OUTA-SPACE Billy Preston

TINY DANCER Elton John

TOP SONG 1972

VNCENT Don McLean

A HORSE WITH NO NAME America

ROCKET MAN Elton John

AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

WITHOUT YOU Harry Nilsson

LEVON Elton John

I AM WOMAN Helen Reddy

LET’S STAY TOGETHER Al Green

LAYLA Derek & The Dominos

TINY DANCER Elton John

TOP ALBUM 1972

MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER Elton John

ROBERTA FLACK & DONNY HATHAWAY Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

YOUNG, GIFTED AND BLACK Aretha Franklin

TALKING BOOK Stevie Wonder

TOP GROUP 1972

T. REX

CHICAGO

THE CARPENTERS

THE EAGLES

THE STYLISTICS

TOP MALE 1972

ELTON JOHN

DON McLEAN

MICHAEL JACKSON

AL GREEN

GILBERT O’SULLIVAN

TOP FEMALE 1972

CHER

CARLY SIMON

ROBERTA FLACK

HELEN REDDY

ARETHA FRANKLIN

RECORDING OF THE YEAR 1972

SCHOOL’S OUT Alice Cooper

PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE The Temptations

CROCODILE ROCK Elton John

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS [LP]

David Bowie

AMERICAN PIE Don McLean

ROCK AND ROLL (Part 2) Gary Glitter

I AM WOMAN Helen Reddy

LET’S STAY TOGETHER Al Green

LAYLA Derek & The Dominos

BEN Michael Jackson

ACT OF THE YEAR 1972

ELTON JOHN

DAVID BOWIE

CURTIS MAYFIELD

GARY GLITTER

MICHAEL JACKSON

DON McLEAN

HELEN REDDY

ALICE COOPER

ROBERTA FLACK

NEIL YOUNG

BEST LYRICS OF THE YEAR 1972

AMERICAN PIE- Don McLean

LEAN ON ME

TAXI

ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

I AM WOMAN

INDUSTRY FIGURE/s OF THE YEAR 1972

THOM BELL & LINDA CREED