List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1973 explained

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973. The longest running number one single of 1973 is "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack which stayed at the top spot for five non-consecutive weeks.

That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as Carly Simon, Elton John, The O'Jays, Vicki Lawrence, The Edgar Winter Group, Wings, Jim Croce, Maureen McGovern, Stories, Grand Funk, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Charlie Rich. Jim Croce is the third person to hit number one posthumously after his death in September 1973. Eddie Kendricks and Ringo Starr, despite having hit number one with The Temptations and The Beatles, respectively, earn their first number one songs as solo acts. Stevie Wonder and Jim Croce were the only acts to hit number one with more than one song, each having two.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1973 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	287	January 6	"You're So Vain"	Carly Simon	^[1]
January 13	^[2]
January 20	^[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	288	January 27	"Superstition"	Stevie Wonder	^[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	289	February 3	"Crocodile Rock"	Elton John	^[5]
February 10	^[6]
February 17	^[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	290	February 24	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Roberta Flack	^[8]
March 3	^[9]
March 10	^[10]
March 17	^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	291	March 24	"Love Train"	The O'Jays	^[12]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	re	March 31	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Roberta Flack	^[13]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	292	April 7	"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"	Vicki Lawrence	^[14]
April 14	^[15]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	293	April 21	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="4"	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"		^[16]
April 28	^[17]
May 5	^[18]
May 12	^[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	294	May 19	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"	Stevie Wonder	^[20]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	295	May 26	"Frankenstein"	The Edgar Winter Group	^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	296	June 2	"My Love"	Paul McCartney & Wings	^[22]
June 9	^[23]
June 16	^[24]
June 23	^[25]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	297	June 30	"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"	George Harrison	^[26]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	298	July 7	"Will It Go Round in Circles"	Billy Preston	^[27]
July 14	^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	299	July 21	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"	Jim Croce	^[29]
July 28	^[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	300	August 4	"The Morning After"	Maureen McGovern	^[31]
August 11	^[32]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	301	August 18	"Touch Me in the Morning"	Diana Ross	^[33]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	302	August 25	"Brother Louie"	Stories	^[34]
September 1	^[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	303	September 8	"Let's Get It On"	Marvin Gaye	^[36]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	304	September 15	"Delta Dawn"	Helen Reddy	^[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	re	September 22	"Let's Get It On"	Marvin Gaye	^[38]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	305	September 29	"We're an American Band"	Grand Funk	^[39]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	306	October 6	"Half-Breed"	Cher	^[40]
October 13	^[41]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	307	October 20	"Angie"	The Rolling Stones	^[42]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	308	October 27	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	^[43]
November 3	^[44]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	309	November 10	"Keep on Truckin'"	Eddie Kendricks	^[45]
November 17	^[46]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	310	November 24	"Photograph"	Ringo Starr	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	311	December 1	"Top of the World"	The Carpenters	^[48]
December 8	^[49]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	312	December 15	"The Most Beautiful Girl"	Charlie Rich	^[50]
December 22	^[51]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=1	313	December 29	"Time in a Bottle"	Jim Croce	^[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Roberta Flack	5
2	Dawn featuring Tony Orlando	4
	Paul McCartney & Wings
4	Carly Simon	3
	Elton John
	Jim Croce
7	Vicki Lawrence	2
	Stevie Wonder
	Billy Preston
	Maureen McGovern
	Stories
	Marvin Gaye
	Cher
	Gladys Knight & the Pips
	Eddie Kendricks
	The Carpenters
	Charlie Rich
18	The O'Jays	1
	The Edgar Winter Group
	George Harrison
	Diana Ross
	Helen Reddy
	Grand Funk
	The Rolling Stones
	Ringo Starr

See also

• 1973 in music
• Lists of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1973
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 6, 1973. .
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40. Web site: October 6, 1973. .
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43. Web site: October 27, 1973. .
44. Web site: November 3, 1973. .
45. Web site: November 10, 1973. .
46. Web site: November 17, 1973. .
47. Web site: November 24, 1973. .
48. Web site: December 1, 1973. .
49. Web site: December 8, 1973. .
50. Web site: December 15, 1973. .
51. Web site: December 22, 1973. .
52. Web site: December 29, 1973. .