Billboard Magazine’s top 100 songs of 1973 were:
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon - Tony Orlando & Dawn
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
- Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
- Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
- My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings
- Why Me - Kris Kristofferson
- Crocodile Rock - Elton John
- Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston
- You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
- Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
- The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
- Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes
- Brother Louie - Stories
- Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
- Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
- Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
- Drift Away - Dobie Gray
- Little Willy - Sweet
- You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
- Half Breed - Cher
- That Lady - Isley Brothers
- Pillow Talk - Sylvia
- We’re An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
- Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John
- Wildflower - Skylark
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon
- The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
- Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
- Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
- Shambala - Three Dog Night
- Love Train - The O’Jays
- I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More - Barry White
- Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Guy - Tony Orlando & Dawn
- Keep On Truckin’ (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks
- Danny’s Song - Anne Murray
- Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
- Monster Mash - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett
- Natural High - Bloodstone
- Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts
- Long Train Runnin’ - The Doobie Brothers
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) - George Harrison
- If You Want Me To Stay - Sly & The Family Stone
- Daddy’s Home - Jermaine Jackson
- Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Good-bye) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- I’m Doin’ Fine Now - New York City
- Could It Be I’m Falling In Love - Spinners
- Daniel - Elton John
- Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
- The Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook
- Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
- Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins & Messina
- Feelin’ Stronger Every Day - Chicago
- The Cisco Kid - War
- Live And Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings
- Oh, Babe, What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith
- I Believe In You - Johnnie Taylor
- Sing - The Carpenters
- Ain’t No Woman (Like The One I’ve Got) - The Four Tops
- Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mande
- Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) - Al Green
- My Maria - Bw Stevenson
- Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
- Last Song - Edward Bear
- Get Down - Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Reelin’ In The Years - Steely Dan
- Hocus Pocus - Focus
- Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Bette Midler
- Clair - Gilbert O’sullivan
- Do It Again - Steely Dan
- Kodachrome - Paul Simon
- Why Can’t We Live Together - Timmy Thomas
- Do You Want To Dance - Bette Midler
- So Very Hard To Go - Tower Of Power
- Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie - Johnny Rivers
- Ramblin’ Man - The Allman Brothers Band
- Masterpiece - The Temptations
- Peaceful - Helen Reddy
- One Of A Kind (Love Affair) - Spinners
- Funny Face - Donna Fargo
- Funky Worm - Ohio Players
- Angie - The Rolling Stones
- Jambalaya - Blue Ridge Rangers
- Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo
- Break Up To Make Up - Stylistics
- Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk
- Also Sprach Zarathustra - Deodato
- Stir It Up - Johnny Nash
- Money - Pink Floyd
- Gypsy Man - War
- The World Is A Ghetto - War
- Yes We Can Can - Pointer Sisters
- Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group
- Space Oddity - David Bowie
- It Never Rains In Southern California - Albert Hammond
- The Twelfth Of Never - Donny Osmond
- Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Temptations
Next week… 1974!
Previous year… 1972
