List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1972

The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1972 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through a collaborative effort with my partner-in-crime Jim (a.k.a. "jimct"), we've made our best effort to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.

I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.


Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1972

Addrisi Brothers, The - "We've Got to Get It on Again" (stereo)
America - "A Horse with No Name" (stereo)
America - "I Need You" (stereo)
America - "Ventura Highway" (stereo)
Apollo 100 - "Joy" (stereo)
April Wine - "You Could Have Been a Lady" (mono)
Argent - "Hold Your Head Up" (stereo)
Badfinger - "Baby Blue" (stereo)
Badfinger - "Day After Day" (stereo)
Band, The - "Don't Do It" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
Bee Gees - "Run to Me" (mono)
Bee Gees, The - "Alive" (mono)
Bee Gees, The - "My World" (mono)
Berry, Chuck - "My Ding-a-Ling" (electronically rechanneled stereo)
Boone, Daniel - "Beautiful Sunday" (stereo)
Bread - "Diary" (mono and stereo)
Bread - "Everything I Own" (stereo)
Bread - "The Guitar Man" (stereo)
Bread - "Sweet Surrender" (stereo)
Bremers, Beverly - "Don't Say You Don't Remember" (stereo)
Bremers, Beverly - "We're Free" (stereo)
Brown, James - "Get on the Good Foot-Part 1" (mono)
Brown, James - "Honky Tonk - Part 1" (mono)
Brown, James - "I Got a Bag of My Own" (stereo)
Brown, James - "King Heroin" (mono)
Brown, James - "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - Part I" (mono)
Brown, James - "There It Is" (mono)
Browne, Jackson - "Doctor My Eyes" (mono)
Bullet - "White Lies, Blue Eyes" (mono)
Butler, Jerry, and Brenda Lee Eager - "Ain't Understanding Mellow" (mono)
Cale, J.J. - "Crazy Mama" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Goodbye to Love" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Hurting Each Other" (stereo)
Carpenters - "It's Going to Take Some Time" (stereo)
Cashman & West - "American City Suite" (stereo)
Cassidy, David - "Could It Be Forever" (mono)
Cassidy, David - "How Can I Be Sure" (mono)
Cassidy, David - "Rock Me Baby" (mono)
Castor, Jimmy, Bunch - "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" (mono)
Chakachas, The - "Jungle Fever" (mono)
Chapin, Harry - "Taxi" (stereo)
Cher - "Living in a House Divided" (stereo)
Cher - "The Way to Love" (stereo)
Chicago - "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (stereo)
Chicago - "Saturday in the Park" (stereo)
Chi-Lites, The - "Oh Girl" (stereo)
Climax - "Precious and Few" (mono)
Cocker, Joe - "Feeling Alright" (mono)
Cocker, Joe, and the Chris Stainton Band - "Midnight Rider" (mono)
Coffey, Dennis, and the Detroit Guitar Band - "Scorpio" (mono)
Coffey, Dennis, and the Detroit Guitar Band - "Taurus" (mono)
Coltrane, Chi - "Thunder and Lightning" (stereo)
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln" (stereo)
Cooper, Alice - "Elected" (stereo)
Cooper, Alice - "School's Out" (stereo)
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - "Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)" (stereo)
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - "Too Late to Turn Back Now" (stereo)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Someday Never Comes" (mono)
Croce, Jim - "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" (mono)
Croce, Jim - "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" (mono & stereo)
Davis, Mac - "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" (mono)
Davis, Sammy, Jr., with the Mike Curb Congregation - "The Candy Man" (stereo)
Delegates, The - "Convention '72" (mono)
Derek and the Dominos - "Layla" (mono)
Detroit Emeralds - "Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms)" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
Detroit Emeralds - "You Want It, You Got It" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
Diamond, Neil - "Play Me" (stereo)
Diamond, Neil - "Song Sung Blue" (mono)
Diamond, Neil - "Walk on Water" (stereo)
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - "Sylvia's Mother" (stereo)
Doobie Brothers, The - "Listen to the Music" (stereo)
Dramatics, The - "In the Rain" (mono)
Dylan, Bob - "George Jackson" (stereo)
Eagles - "Take It Easy" (mono)
Eagles - "Witchy Woman" (mono)
Edwards, Jonathan - "Sunshine" (mono)
Elbert, Donnie - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" (mono)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "From the Beginning" (mono)
English Congregation, The - "Softly Whispering I Love You" (mono)
Faces - "Stay with Me" (stereo)
Fargo, Donna - "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." (stereo)
5th Dimension, The - "If I Could Reach You" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Together Let's Find Love" (mono)
Flack, Roberta - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (mono)
Flack, Roberta, & Donny Hathaway - "Where Is the Love" (mono)
Flash - "Small Beginnings" - (stereo)
Franklin, Aretha - "All the King's Horses" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Day Dreaming" (mono)
Gallery - "I Believe in Music" (mono)
Gallery - "Nice to Be with You" (mono)
Geils, J., Band - "Looking for a Love" (mono)
Giorgio - "Son of My Father" (stereo)
Glitter, Gary - "I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" (mono)
Glitter, Gary - "Rock and Roll Part 2" (mono)
Godspell - "Day by Day" (mono)
Grand Funk Railroad - "Footstompin' Music" (stereo)
Grand Funk Railroad - "Rock 'n' Roll Soul" (stereo)
Grass Roots, The - "Glory Bound" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "The Runaway" (mono)
Green, Al - "I'm Still in Love with You" (mono)
Green, Al - "Let's Stay Together" (mono)
Green, Al - "Look What You Done for Me" (mono)
Green, Al - "You Ought to Be with Me" (mono and stereo)
Guess Who, The - "Heartbroken Bopper" (stereo)
Guthrie, Arlo - "The City of New Orleans" (stereo)
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - "Daisy Mae" (mono)
Hammond, Albert - "It Never Rains in Southern California" (stereo, though some pressings are electronically rechanneled)
Hayes, Isaac - "Do Your Thing" (mono)
Hayes, Isaac - "Theme from The Men" (stereo)
Heatherton, Joey - "Gone" (stereo)
Hillside Singers, The - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" (stereo)
Hollies, The - "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)" (stereo)
Hollies, The - "Long Dark Road" (stereo)
Honey Cone, The - "The Day I Found Myself" (mono)
Honey Cone, The - "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I" (mono)
Hot Butter - "Popcorn" (stereo)
Ingram, Luther - "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (mono)
Isley Brothers, The - "Pop That Thang" (mono)
Jackson, Michael - "Ben" (mono and stereo)
Jackson, Michael - "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (stereo)
Jackson, Michael - "Rockin' Robin" (mono and stereo)
Jackson, Millie - "Ask Me What You Want" (mono)
Jackson, Millie - "My Man, a Sweet Man" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "Corner of the Sky" (stereo)
Jackson 5, The - "Little Bitty Pretty One" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "Lookin' Through the Windows" (stereo)
Jackson 5, The - "Sugar Daddy" (mono)
John, Elton - "Honky Cat" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Levon" (mono)
John, Elton - "Rocket Man" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Tiny Dancer" (stereo)
John, Robert - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (mono)
Jo Jo Gunne - "Run Run Run" (mono)
King, Carole - "Sweet Seasons" (mono)
Knight, Frederick - "I've Been Lonely for So Long" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To" (mono)
Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog" (stereo)
[Lennon], John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir - "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (stereo)
Lewis, Jerry Lee - "Me and Bobby McGee" (mono)
Lighthouse - "Sunny Days" (mono)
Lobo - "I'd Love You to Want Me" (mono)
Looking Glass - "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" (stereo)
Love Unlimited - "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" (stereo)
Main Ingredient, The - "Everybody Plays the Fool" (stereo)
Malo - "Suavecito" (stereo)
Mayfield, Curtis - "Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly")" (mono)
McLean, Don - "American Pie - Parts I & II" (stereo)
McLean, Don - "Castles in the Air" (stereo)
McLean, Don - "Vincent" (stereo)
Mel and Tim - "Starting All over Again" (mono)
Melanie - "The Nickel Song" (mono)
Melanie - "Ring the Living Bell" (stereo)
Melvin, Harold, and the Blue Notes - "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (stereo)
Moody Blues, The - "Isn't Life Strange" (stereo)
Moody Blues, The - "Nights in White Satin" (mono)
Mott the Hoople - "All the Young Dudes" (stereo)
Mouth & MacNeal - "How Do You Do?" (stereo)
Murphey, Michael - "Geronimo's Cadillac" (mono)
Nash, Graham, & David Crosby - "Immigration Man" (mono)
Nash, Johnny - "I Can See Clearly Now" (stereo)
Neely, Sam - "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" (stereo)
Nelson, Rick, & the Stone Canyon Band - "Garden Party" (stereo)
New Seekers, The - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" (stereo)
Newbury, Mickey - "An American Trilogy" (stereo)
Newton, Wayne - "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" (stereo)
Nilsson - "Coconut" (stereo)
Nilsson - "Jump into the Fire" (stereo)
Nilsson - "Spaceman" (stereo)
Nilsson - "Without You" (stereo)
O'Jays, The - "Back Stabbers" (stereo)
O'Keefe, Danny - "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Hey Girl" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "I Knew You When" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Lonely Boy" (stereo)
Osmond, Donny - "Puppy Love" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Too Young" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Why" (stereo)
Osmond, Little Jimmy, with the Mike Curb Congregation - "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" (stereo)
Osmonds, The - "Crazy Horses" (mono)
Osmonds, The - "Down by the Lazy River" (mono)
Osmonds, The - "Hold Her Tight" (stereo)
O'Sullivan, Gilbert - "Alone Again (Naturally)" (mono)
O'Sullivan, Gilbert - "Clair" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "Breaking up Is Hard to Do" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "It's One of Those Nights (Yes Love)" (mono)
Paul, Billy - "Me and Mrs. Jones" (stereo)
Pickett, Wilson - "Fire and Water" (mono)
Pipes and Drums and the Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The - "Amazing Grace" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Burning Love" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Until It's Time for You to Go" (stereo)
Preston, Billy - "Outa-Space" (mono)
Pride, Charley - "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" (stereo)
Procol Harum - "Conquistador" (stereo)
Rare Earth - "Hey Big Brother" (mono)
Raspberries - "Go All the Way" (stereo)
Redbone - "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" (mono)
Reddy, Helen - "I Am Woman" (stereo)
Roberts, Austin - "Something's Wrong with Me" (stereo)
Rolling Stones, The - "Happy" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "Tumbling Dice" (mono and stereo)
Rundgren, Todd - "I Saw the Light" (stereo)
Russell, Leon - "Tight Rope" (stereo)
Sailcat - "Motorcycle Mama" (stereo)
Sainte-Marie, Buffy - "Mister Can't You See" (mono)
Santana - "No One to Depend On" (stereo)
Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze" (stereo)
Simon, Carly - "Anticipation" (stereo)
Simon, Joe - "Drowning in the Sea of Love" (mono)
Simon, Joe - "Power of Love" (mono)
Simon, Paul - "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" (stereo)
Simon, Paul - "Mother and Child Reunion" (stereo)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Runnin' Away" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - Smilin'" (mono)
Sonny & Cher - "A Cowboys Work Is Never Done" (stereo)
Sonny & Cher - "When You Say Love" (stereo)
Soul Children, The - "Hearsay" (mono)
Spinners - "I'll Be Around" (mono)
Springfield, Rick - "Speak to the Sky" (stereo)
Staple Singers, The - "I'll Take You There" (mono)
Staple Singers, The - "This World" (stereo)
Starr, Ringo - "Back off Boogaloo" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Morning Has Broken" (stereo)
Stewart, Rod - "Angel" (stereo)
Stewart, Rod - "Handbags and Gladrags" (stereo)
Stewart, Rod - "You Wear It Well" (stereo)
Streisand, Barbra - "Sweet Inspiration/Where You Lead" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "I'm Stone in Love with You" (mono)
Stylistics, The - "People Make the World Go Round" (mono)
Stylistics, The - "You Are Everything" (mono)
Stylistics, The, featuring Russell Thompkins, Jr. - "Betcha by Golly, Wow" (mono)
Supremes, The - "Automatically Sunshine" (mono)
Supremes, The - "Floy Joy" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Take a Look Around" (mono)
Tex, Joe - "I Gotcha" (mono)
Tex, Joe - "You Said a Bad Word" (mono)
Think - "Once You Understand" (stereo)
Thomas, B.J. - "Rock and Roll Lullaby" (stereo)
Three Dog Night - "Black & White" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "The Family of Man" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Never Been to Spain" (mono)
Tower of Power - "You're Still a Young Man" (stereo)
T. Rex - "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (stereo)
Uriah Heep - "Easy Livin" (stereo)
Vinton, Bobby - "Every Day of My Life" (stereo)
Vinton, Bobby - "Sealed with a Kiss" (stereo)
Wallace, Jerry - "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" (stereo)
War - "Slippin' into Darkness" (mono)
Who, The - "Join Together" (stereo)
Williams, Andy - "Love Theme from "The Godfather" (Speak Softly Love)" (stereo)
Wings - "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (stereo)
Wings - "Little Woman Love" (stereo)
Wings - "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (stereo)
Withers, Bill - "Lean on Me" (mono)
Withers, Bill - "Use Me" (mono)
Womack, Bobby, & Peace - "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (stereo)
Wright, Betty - "Clean up Woman" (mono)
Yes - "Roundabout" (mono)
Yost, Dennis, and the Classics IV - "What Am I Crying For?" (stereo)
Young, Neil - "Heart of Gold" (mono)
Young, Neil - "Old Man" (mono)


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Edited by Todd Ireland

Todd, as I was quickly scanning your new 1972 list, I see you accidently
included Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man" on it. It should be deleted. This song
was actually from 1970, and it does already correctly appear under your list
for that year. Once again, great job!

OMG! Stereo is spreading faster than the plague!   :)


Great detective work again, Todd (and Jim)! Many thanks.

Isn't it true that 1972 was the first year that 45s had to be designated on the label as stereo or mono (and that prior to then, very few 45s had a stereo or mono indication on the label?) I sort of remember 1972 being a critical year for the beginning of the designations and was wondering if anyone can fill us in.

I think this is so. Do remember that you have a hit or two from this era on a normally mono label which does get a Stereo pressing run (Normally happens when there's a Stereo side on the Promo single and they need new stampers). At least one run of Vicki Lawrence's "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" exists that way and one Tom Jones single also does. On reissues, the reverse sometimes happens.