PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1973*
https://playback.fm/year/1973 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 ANGIE-THE ROLLING STONES-NOVEMBER 2 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLE OAK TREE-TONY ORLANDO & DAWN-May 3 CROCODILE ROCK-ELTON JOHN-February 4 KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG-ROBERTA FLACK-March 5 YOU'RE SO VAIN-CARLY SIMON-January 6 THE BALLROOM BLITZ-THE SWEET-December 7 I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME-LOBO-February 8 GET DOWN-Gilbert O'Sullivan-August 9 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-Elton John-December 10 SUPERSTITION-Stevie Wonder-January 11 Photograph-Ringo Starr-November 12 Can The Can-Suzi Quatro-October 13 Top Of The World-The Carpenters-December 14 Blockbuster!-The Sweet-February 15 Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye-September 16 Daniel-Elton John-June 17 Goodbye,My Love,Goodbye-Demis Roussos-July 18 Smoke On The Water-Deep Purple-August 19 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life-Stevie Wonder-May 20 Yesterday Once More-The Carpenters-July 21 Space Oddity-David Bowie-March 22 The Morning After-Maureen McGovern-August 23 Stuck In The Middle With You-Stealer's Wheel-May 24 My Love-Paul McCartney & Wings-June 25 Live & Let Die-Paul McCartney & Wings-August 26 Brother Louie-Stories-August 27 Midnight Train To Georgia-Gladys Knight & The Pips-November 28 Delta Dawn-Helen Reddy-September 29 Why Can't We Live Together?-Timothy Thomas-February 30 Me & Mrs.Jones-Billy Paul-January 31 Nutbush City Limits-Ike & Tina Turner-October 32 48 Crash-Suzi Quatro-December 33 Bad,Bad Leroy Brown-Jim Croce-July 34 Money-Pink Floyd-July 35 Walk On The Wild Side-Lou Reed-March 36 Frankenstein-Edgar Winter Group-April 37 Love Train-The O'Jays-March 38 Half Breed-Cher-October 39 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)-George Harrison-June 40 Long Train Runnin'-The Doobie Brothers-June 41 Free Electric Band-Albert Hammond-August 42 Rock On-David Essex-December 43 Superfly-Curtis Mayfield-January 44 Cisco Kid-War-April 45 Hell Raiser-The Sweet-May 46 Behind Closed Doors-Charlie Rich-July 47 Mama Loo-Les Humphries Singers-April 48 Skweeze Me Pleeze Me-Slade-July 49 Kodachrome-Paul Simon-July 50 Touch Me In The Morning-Diana Ross-August 51 Shambala-Three Dog Night-Dunhill-July 52 Drift Away-Dobbie Gray-April 53 Knockin' On Heaven's Door-Bob Dylan-November 54 Will It Go Round In Circles-Billy Preston-July 55 The Twelfth Of Never-Donny Osmond-April 56 Power To All Our Friends-Cliff Richard-March 57 We're An American Band-Grand Funk Railroad-September 58 Leave Me Alone-Helen Reddy-December 59 Could It Be I'm Falling In Love-The Spinners-March 60 I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More-Barry White-June 61 Cum On Feel The Noize-Slade-July 62 Hello It's Me-Todd Rundgren-December 63 See My Baby Jive-Wizzard-October 64 Time In A Bottle-Jim Croce-December 65 Higher Ground-Stevie Wonder-October 66 Dueling Banjos-Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel-March 67 Oh,Babe What Would You Say-Hurricane Smith-March 68 Merry Xmas Everybody-Slade-December 69 Do It Again-Steely Dan-February 70 Der Junge Mit Der Mundharmonika-Bernd Cluver-July 71 The Last Song-Edward Bear-February 72 Say,Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?-Tony Orlando & Dawn-September 73 Paper Roses-Maria Osmond-MGM-November 74 Ramblin' Man-The Allman Brothers Band-October 75 Playground In My Mind-Clint Holmes-June 76 Gudbuy T'Jane-Slade-January 77 Neither One of Us (Wants to be The First to Say Goodbye)-Gladys Knight & The Pips-April 78 My Friend Stan-Slade-October 79 Forever & Ever-Demis Roussos-August 80 The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia-Vicki Lawrence-April 81 I Love You Love Me Love-Gary Glitter-November 82 Sorrow-David Bowie-November 83 Ring Ring-Abba-December 84 I'm The Leader Of The Gang-Gary Glitter-November 85 That Lady-The Isley Brothers-October 86 Also Sprach Zarathustra(2001)-Eumir Deodato-March 87 Hi Hi Hi-Paul McCartney & Wings-January 88 Never,Never,Never(Grande,Grande,Grande)-Shirley Bassey-April 89 Yellow Boomerang-Middle of The Road-July 90 Whiskey In The Jar-Thin Lizzy-February 91 La Paloma Ade-Mireille Mathieu-July 92 Just You 'n' Me-Chicago-December 93 Rubber Bullets-10cc-November 94 Your Mama Don't Dance-Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina-January 95 Ooh Baby-Gilbert O'Sullivan-November 96 Sing-The Carpenters-April 97 Schines Maedchen Aus Arcadia-Demis Roussos-August 98 Reelin' in the Years-Steely Dan-Dunhill-May 99 Keep On Truckin'-Eddie Kendricks-November 100 Loves Me Like A Rock-Paul Simon-October *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA,UK and Australia).