This week, Frank E. Lee. led us back to one of the greatest years in rock. 1972 is the year Chicago's Fine Rock Station debuted on 93.1 FM, The Godfather, The Poseidon Adventure, and What's Up, Doc? were three of the biggest blockbuster movies, PONG debuted and launched the video game industry, and Volkswagen broke the car production record when the 15,007,034th Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany. Here's everything Frank played:
Deep Purple - "Space Truckin'"
T Rex - "Baby Strange"
Bill Withers - "Use Me"
Elton John - "Honky Cat"
O'Jays - "Backstabbers"
Jackson Browne - "Doctor My Eyes"
Joni Mitchell - "You Turn Me On I'm A Radio"
Paul Simon - "Mother And Child Reunion"
Allman Brothers Band - "Ain't Wastin' Time No More"
Hollies - "Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress"
Chi Coltrane - "Thunder And Lightning"
Neil Young - "Heart Of Gold"
Rolling Stones - "Rocks Off"
Pure Prairie League - "Amie"
Steely Dan - "Reelin' In The Years"
Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You"
Raspberries - "Go All The Way"
Kinks - "Celluloid Heroes"
Eagles - "Take It Easy"
War - "The Cisco Kid"
Mott The Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"
Jo Jo Gunne - "Run, Run, Run"
Fleetwood Mac - "Bare Trees"
Moody Blues - "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
David Bowie - "Moonage Daydream"
Leon Russell - "Tight Rope"
Nilsson - "Spaceman"
Humble Pie - "Thirty Days In A Hole"
Van Morrison - "Jackie Wilson Said"
Billy Preston - "Outa-Space"
Chicago - "Saturday In The Park"
Al Green - "Let's Stay Together"
Bonnie Raitt - "Love Me Like A Man"
Doobie Brothers - "Rockin' Down The Highway"
Lou Reed - "Satellite Of Love"
Next week, join Johnny Mars as he gives a spin to music released in 1989 - the year Michael Jackson is named King Of Pop, NASA launches Galileo to explore Jupiter (it took the craft six years to reach Jupiter's outer rings), ground breaks on New Comiskey Park, the Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska spilling 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound, and Nintendo releases the Game Boy for $89.99 (approximately $225 in 2024) with Super Mario Land, Alleyway, Baseball, Tetris, and Tennis games costing around $25 (approximately $63 in 2024) each.
