Billboard Hot 100 – 1973

Billboard Magazine’s top 100 songs of 1973 were:

1. Tie A Yellow Ribbon – Tony Orlando & Dawn
2. Bad Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
3. Killing Me Softly With His Song – Roberta Flack
4. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
5. My Love – Paul McCartney & Wings
6. Why Me – Kris Kristofferson
7. Crocodile Rock – Elton John
8. Will It Go Round In Circles – Billy Preston
9. You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
10. Touch Me In The Morning – Diana Ross
11. The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia – Vicki Lawrence
12. Playground In My Mind – Clint Holmes
13. Brother Louie – Stories
14. Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy
15. Me And Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul
16. Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group
17. Drift Away – Dobie Gray
18. Little Willy – Sweet
19. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder
20. Half Breed – Cher
21. That Lady – Isley Brothers
22. Pillow Talk – Sylvia
23. We’re An American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
24. Right Place, Wrong Time – Dr. John
25. Wildflower – Skylark
26. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
27. Loves Me Like A Rock – Paul Simon
28. The Morning After – Maureen McGovern
29. Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
30. Stuck In The Middle With You – Stealers Wheel
31. Shambala – Three Dog Night
32. Love Train – The O’Jays
33. I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More – Barry White
34. Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Guy – Tony Orlando & Dawn
35. Keep On Truckin’ (Part 1) – Eddie Kendricks
36. Danny’s Song – Anne Murray
37. Dancing In The Moonlight – King Harvest
38. Monster Mash – Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett
39. Natural High – Bloodstone
40. Diamond Girl – Seals & Crofts
41. Long Train Runnin’ – The Doobie Brothers
42. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) – George Harrison
43. If You Want Me To Stay – Sly & The Family Stone
44. Daddy’s Home – Jermaine Jackson
45. Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Good-bye) – Gladys Knight & The Pips
46. I’m Doin’ Fine Now – New York City
47. Could It Be I’m Falling In Love – Spinners
48. Daniel – Elton John
49. Midnight Train To Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips
50. Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
51. The Cover Of The Rolling Stone – Dr. Hook
52. Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich
53. Your Mama Don’t Dance – Loggins & Messina
54. Feelin’ Stronger Every Day – Chicago
55. The Cisco Kid – War
56. Live And Let Die – Paul McCartney & Wings
57. Oh, Babe, What Would You Say – Hurricane Smith
58. I Believe In You – Johnnie Taylor
59. Sing – The Carpenters
60. Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got) – The Four Tops
61. Dueling Banjos – Eric Weissberg & Steve Mande
62. Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder
63. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) – Al Green
64. My Maria – Bw Stevenson
65. Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
66. Last Song – Edward Bear
67. Get Down – Gilbert O’Sullivan
68. Reelin’ In The Years – Steely Dan
69. Hocus Pocus – Focus
70. Yesterday Once More – The Carpenters
71. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Bette Midler
72. Clair – Gilbert O’sullivan
73. Do It Again – Steely Dan
74. Kodachrome – Paul Simon
75. Why Can’t We Live Together – Timmy Thomas
76. Do You Want To Dance – Bette Midler
77. So Very Hard To Go – Tower Of Power
78. Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie – Johnny Rivers
79. Ramblin’ Man – The Allman Brothers Band
80. Masterpiece – The Temptations
81. Peaceful – Helen Reddy
82. One Of A Kind (Love Affair) – Spinners
83. Funny Face – Donna Fargo
84. Funky Worm – Ohio Players
85. Angie – The Rolling Stones
86. Jambalaya – Blue Ridge Rangers
87. Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend – Lobo
88. Break Up To Make Up – Stylistics
89. Daisy A Day – Jud Strunk
90. Also Sprach Zarathustra – Deodato
91. Stir It Up – Johnny Nash
92. Money – Pink Floyd
93. Gypsy Man – War
94. The World Is A Ghetto – War
95. Yes We Can Can – Pointer Sisters
96. Free Ride – Edgar Winter Group
97. Space Oddity – David Bowie
98. It Never Rains In Southern California – Albert Hammond
99. The Twelfth Of Never – Donny Osmond
100. Papa Was A Rolling Stone – The Temptations

Next week… 1974!

Previous year… 1972

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