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 The two Rogers perform their hits on Cilla Black's BBC TV show.
The Hillside Singers release I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, an adapted version of the commercial jingle Buy The World A Coke (Elektra
45762  ). It climbs to No.13 in the USA charts.
 The New Seekers release I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing,
(Polydor 2058
184
). It moves to the No.1 spot in the UK charts (January 1972) and No.7 in the USA, providing the songwriting team of Cook and Greenaway their first No.1.
Cook and Greenaway have three numbers simultaneously in the UK's top 10. At No.1, I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing by The New Seekers
(Polydor 2058 184 ).
At No.2, Softly Whispering I Love You by The Congregation (DB8830 ).
And at No.4, Something Tells Me Something's Gonna Happen Tonight by Cilla Black (Parlophone R5924
).
The Fortunes release Storm In A Teacup (Capitol CL 15707). Penned by Lynsey De Paul
and Barry Blue. With musical arrangements by Lew Warburton and produced by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, it climbs to No.7 in the UK charts
Roger Cook, along with Blue Mink
, start a two-week live session at London's "Talk Of The Town."
The New Seekers perform I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing at the White House at the special request of President Nixon.
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