{"id":776327,"date":"2026-07-21T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776327\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:35:18","slug":"4-pop-songs-from-1972-that-make-baby-boomers-feel-like-time-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776327\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Pop Songs From 1972 That Make Baby Boomers Feel Like Time Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baby boomers everywhere likely remember at least a few of the pop hit songs that graced the radio in 1972. And some of those songs are so memorable, so catchy, so era-defining, that you probably feel like a time traveler every time you listen to them. I think the following four songs fit that bill, don\u2019t you? Let\u2019s travel back in time to 1972!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d by Roberta Flack from \u2018First Take\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784658916_399_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This soulful jazz tune was a pretty huge pop hit back in 1972. \u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d was recorded by the legendary Roberta Flack and written by Ewan MacColl. It was recorded by quite a few singers over the years, but Flack\u2019s version will probably always be the most well-known. Her stunning, soulful rendition of \u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face\u201d hit No. 1 in the US, Canada, and Australia. It also won two Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Can See Clearly Now\u201d by Johnny Nash from \u2018I Can See Clearly Now\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784658917_230_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Is there a chorus from a 1972 song more memorable than this one? I\u2019m not so sure. \u201cI Can See Clearly Now\u201d by Johnny Nash was a reggae-soul smash that year, peaking at No. 1 in the US and Canada. Written by Johnny Nash himself, \u201cI Can See Clearly Now\u201d would go on to become a pop standard. Tons of artists have covered it in the years since, from Jimmy Cliff to Willie Nelson to Ray Charles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen\u201d by Michael Jackson from \u2018Ben\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784658917_521_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson was just a kid when \u201cBen\u201d became a smash hit in 1972. This pop classic would become MJ\u2019s first No. 1 hit as a solo artist, kicking off a long and fruitful career as the King of Pop. Interestingly enough, \u201cBen\u201d was written for fellow young pop star Donny Osmond, but he was on tour and unavailable to record it. It\u2019s a good thing it went to Jackson, as I really can\u2019t imagine anyone else singing this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPuppy Love\u201d by Donny Osmond from \u2018Portrait Of Donny\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784658918_144_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/donny-osmond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donny Osmond<\/a>, like MJ, he was just a kid when \u201cPuppy Love\u201d became a smash hit in 1972. This entry on our list of pop songs from 1972 that make baby boomers travel back in time was originally a Paul Anka song from 1960. Osmond\u2019s version took over the charts, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 in Canada and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Len Trievnor\/Express\/Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baby boomers everywhere likely remember at least a few of the pop hit songs that graced the radio&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2616,88,216,17172],"class_list":["post-776327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1970s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-pop-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}