The 20th of February 1972
Official U.K. Albums Chart results from Sunday the 20th to Saturday the 26th of February 1972
Cut-off for sales figures was up to the end of Saturday the 19th of February
Results counted from Sunday the 20th,
announced on Tuesday the 22nd,
and broadcast on B.B.C. Radio 1 on Sunday the 27th of February 1972.
Elvis Presley
That’s The Way It Is
At No.15, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart” on the day I am born, is Elvis Presley with “That’s The Way It Is”.
For such a big music icon as Elvis,..
…this album, which had released at the end of 1970, had an astonishingly quiet start to its UK Album Chart journey.
The album, which today is heralded as one his most important records in his career, first entered the chart over a year before on the 24th of January 1971 where it went straight in at No.15…and stayed for a grand total of one week!
But, it was back again in February, jumping back into the chart at No.28 on the 7th of that month and this time stayed….for one week again.
Third time lucky, and very soon he’s back again, this time entering the chart at No.24 on the 21st of the same month…but no, he’s gone again.
The next time this album makes an appearance, it’s the end of March but, by the time the week is out at the beginning of April,…there he goes again.
Honestly, this album had more fade-outs than Suspicious Minds.
It wouldn’t be until May of that year, the 16th to be exact, that this album would have any longer stay than 1 solitary week in the chart at all, and when it did, it hung in there for a much more satisfying 13 straight weeks, not leaving again until mid-August.
And that would be it for 1971.
As we move closer to this chart in February the following year in 1972, we find him first stalling for yet another week long stay in the first week in January.
Then it’s another 13 week stretch where, a few weeks before this chart, he hits his highest position at No.12.
This time he carries on through until mid-April, leaving again for a week and finally carries on for another 2 until the beginning of May. And that’s how much this album gets during his lifetime.
This album will return briefly for 2 more posthumous visits.
The first one of those lasts a fortnight, just over a month after his passing, from late September to the first week of October 1977.
The other week long stay will happen in the 21st Century where it will enter the (now) Top 100 at No.75, on the 37th anniversary of his death, in August 2014.
Just as a point of thought, in August in the year of 1972 he will only be 37 years old.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for both Sides 1 and 2 of this album with the correct versions (I hope) and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
Many thanks go to the Elvis Presley’s Official YouTube channel (@elvispresley) for providing the chance to hear the tracks so that together we can experience both sides of this album release, as it was intended, once again.
Please show your support by visiting his channel.
Listen to “The Official Top 50 UK Singles Chart: 20th February 1972” Playlist here:
Grab Your Binoculars, Come Follow Me…
What is it…?
Why am I…?
How do I…?
When am I…?
