BORN IN 1972

Congratulations if you’re celebrating your 50^th Birthday this year... 1972 was a very interesting year...

There were some amazing tunes at No.1 this year... I hope yours was a classic?

If you're here looking for a unique gift for a 50th Birthday - check out the No.1 on the Day They Were Born, it could make for a fantastic present (if we do say so ourselves 😉)

ALL THE No.1 HITS FROM 1972

308	8 Jan	The New Seekers	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	4
309	5 Feb	T.Rex	Telegram Sam	2
310	19 Feb	Chicory Tip	Son Of My Father	3
311	11 Mar	Nilsson	Without You	5
312	15 Apr	The Pipes & Drums & Military Band of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Amazing Grace	5
313	20 May	T.Rex	Metal Guru	4
314	17 Jun	Don McLean	Vincent	2
315	1 Jul	Slade	Take Me Bak 'Ome	1
316	8 Jul	Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	5
317	12 Aug	Alice Cooper	School's Out	3
318	2 Sep	Rod Stewart	You Wear It Well	1
319	9 Sep	Slade	Mama Weer All Crazee Now	3
320	30 Sep	David Cassidy	How Can I Be Sure	2
321	14 Oct	Lieutenant Pigeon	Mouldy Old Dough	4
322	11 Nov	Gilbert O'Sullivan	Clair	2
323	25 Nov	Chuck Berry	My Ding-A-Ling	4
324	23 Dec	Little Jimmy Osmond	Long Haired Lover From Liverpool	5

1971 - DID YOU KNOW...?

Rangers won the UEFA cup beating Dynamo Moscow 3-2 in the final at Camp Nou. A pitch invasion by their supporters leads to the time being banned from defending the trophy the following season.

The Munich Massacre. 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics are murdered after 8 members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village.

The long running soap opera Emmerdale is broadcast on the UK’s ITV Network for the first time, under the title Emmerdale Farm

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BORN IN 1971

Other sports personalities and celebrities who are clocking up the BIG 5 0 this year:

Mark Owen, Take That Singer

Dwayne Johnson, Actor, former wrestler.

Zinedine Zidane, French footballer, world cup winner

Cameron Diaz, American entrepreneur, producer, author.