POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 3, 1973
1

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

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Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

2

Dueling Banjos

Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

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Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

3

Last Song

Edward Bear

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

4

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

The Spinners

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

5

Crocodile Rock

Elton John

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

6

You're So Vain

Carly Simon

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

7

Love Train

The O'Jays

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

8

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Deodato

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 18

9

Rocky Mountain High

John Denver

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 10

10

Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend

Lobo

↓ 2

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

11

The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

↑ 4

Peak: 6 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

12

Daddy's Home

Jermaine Jackson

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Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

13

Dancing In The Moonlight

King Harvest

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Peak: 13 • 22 wks • Prev: 13

14

Do It Again

Steely Dan

↓ 8

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

15

Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?

Hurricane Smith

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 11

16

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

The Blue Ridge Rangers

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Peak: 16 • 16 wks • Prev: 16

17

I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

The Moody Blues

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 22

18

Do You Want To Dance?

Bette Midler

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

19

Danny's Song

Anne Murray

↑ 7

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 26

20

Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 31

21

Dreidel

Don McLean

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Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 21

22

Break Up To Make Up

The Stylistics

↑ 20

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 42

23

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Eagles

↑ 1

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

24

Aubrey

Bread

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 27

25

Why Can't We Live Together

Timmy Thomas

↓ 11

Peak: 3 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

26

Big City Miss Ruth Ann

Gallery

↑ 3

Peak: 23 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

27

I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1)

James Brown

↑ 1

Peak: 27 • 8 wks • Prev: 28

28

Call Me (Come Back Home)

Al Green

↑ 20

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

29

Superstition

Stevie Wonder

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 17

30

Hummingbird

Seals & Crofts

↑ 3

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 33

31

Space Oddity

David Bowie

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 36

32

Give Me Your Love

Barbara Mason

↑ 2

Peak: 31 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

33

Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)

Four Tops

↑ 6

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 39

34

Dead Skunk

Loudon Wainwright III

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 40

35

Don't Cross The River

America

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 37

36

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

↑ 8

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

37

Living Together, Growing Together

The 5th Dimension

↓ 5

Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 32

38

Kissing My Love

Bill Withers

↑ 8

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

39

Good Morning Heartache

Diana Ross

↑ 2

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

40

Soul Song

Joe Stampley

↑ 3

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 43

41

Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)

Aretha Franklin

↑ 12

Peak: 33 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

42

Hello Hurray

Alice Cooper

↑ 8

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

43

The World Is A Ghetto

War

↓ 23

Peak: 7 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

44

Rosalie

Sam Neely

↑ 5

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 49

45

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

↑ 9

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 54

46

Masterpiece

The Temptations

↑ 17

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 63

47

Today I Started Loving You Again

Bettye Swann

↑ 4

Peak: 46 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

48

A Letter To Myself

The Chi-lites

↑ 7

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

49

Sing

Carpenters

↑ 12

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

50

One Less Set Of Footsteps

Jim Croce

↑ 7

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

51

Control Of Me

Les Emmerson

↑ 5

Peak: 51 • 9 wks • Prev: 56

52

Cook With Honey

Judy Collins

↑ 12

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 64

53

Love Jones

Brighter Side Of Darkness

↓ 30

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

54

The Message

Cymande

↑ 5

Peak: 48 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

55

Keep On Singing

Austin Roberts

↑ 5

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 60

56

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 68

57

Bitter Bad

Melanie

↑ 9

Peak: 36 • 10 wks • Prev: 66

58

Love Is What You Make It

The Grass Roots

↑ 4

Peak: 55 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

59

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

↑ 21

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 80

60

Little Willy

The Sweet

↑ 14

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 74

61

Pardon Me Sir

Joe Cocker

↑ 11

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

62

Trouble Man

Marvin Gaye

↓ 37

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 25

63

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

↑ 15

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

64

Follow Your Daughter Home

The Guess Who

↑ 5

Peak: 61 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

65

Superman

Donna Fargo

↑ 8

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 73

66

Lost Horizon

Shawn Phillips

↑ 4

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 70

67

Magic Woman Touch

The Hollies

↑ 10

Peak: 60 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

68

How Can I Tell You

Travis Wammack

↑ 3

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

69

Step By Step

Joe Simon

↑ 7

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 76

70

Do It In The Name Of Love

Candi Staton

↑ 5

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

71

One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

Ronnie Dyson

↑ 10

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 81

72

Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

↑ 12

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 84

73

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

↑ 12

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 85

74

Boo, Boo, Don't 'Cha Be Blue

Tommy James

↑ 8

Peak: 70 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

75

One Man Parade

James Taylor

★ NEW

Peak: 67 • 4 wks

76

Palace Guard

Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band

↓ 11

Peak: 65 • 5 wks • Prev: 65

77

Wildflower

Skylark

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 86

78

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me

The New Seekers

↑ 9

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 87

79

The Cisco Kid

War

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 15 wks

80

Dream Me Home

Mac Davis

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 83

81

Out Of The Question

Gilbert O'Sullivan

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 15 wks

82

The Twelfth Of Never

Donny Osmond

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

83

Bell Bottom Blues

Eric Clapton

↑ 6

Peak: 78 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

84

If You Gotta Break Another Heart

Albert Hammond

★ NEW

Peak: 63 • 6 wks

85

Good Morning

Michael Redway

↑ 3

Peak: 85 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

86

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealers Wheel

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 18 wks

87

Sail On Sailor

The Beach Boys

↑ 5

Peak: 49 • 17 wks • Prev: 92

88

Yesterday I Had The Blues

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

★ NEW

Peak: 63 • 7 wks

89

Wish That I Could Talk To You

The Sylvers

↑ 1

Peak: 77 • 10 wks • Prev: 90

90

Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

↑ 5

Peak: 87 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

91

Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels

The Association

↑ 2

Peak: 91 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

92

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 94

93

Stop, Wait & Listen

Circus

↑ 3

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

94

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

Brownsville Station

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 8 wks

95

Teddy Bear Song

Barbara Fairchild

↑ 4

Peak: 32 • 19 wks • Prev: 99

96

I'm Doin' Fine Now

New York City

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 20 wks

97

Love Music

The Raiders

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Peak: 97 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

98

Hocus Pocus

Focus

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 19 wks

99

River Road

Uncle Dog

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 7 wks

100

We Did It

Syl Johnson

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Peak: 95 • 3 wks • Prev: 100

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