POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 7, 1973
1

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 10

2

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

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

3

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

4

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

Four Tops

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

5

Break Up To Make Up

The Stylistics

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

6

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 13

7

Sing

Carpenters

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

8

Danny's Song

Anne Murray

—

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

9

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Deodato

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 2

10

The Cisco Kid

War

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

11

Call Me (Come Back Home)

Al Green

—

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 11

12

Love Train

The O'Jays

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 4

13

Last Song

Edward Bear

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

14

Masterpiece

The Temptations

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

15

Space Oddity

David Bowie

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

16

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

17

Dead Skunk

Loudon Wainwright III

↓ 1

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

18

The Twelfth Of Never

Donny Osmond

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

19

Dueling Banjos

Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

↓ 7

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

20

Little Willy

The Sweet

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 25

21

The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

↓ 7

Peak: 6 • 20 wks • Prev: 14

22

Hummingbird

Seals & Crofts

↓ 2

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

23

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 26

24

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealers Wheel

↑ 10

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 34

25

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

26

Aubrey

Bread

↓ 11

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 15

27

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

The Spinners

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

28

Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 31

29

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 36

30

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

The Moody Blues

↓ 8

Peak: 12 • 10 wks • Prev: 22

31

Wildflower

Skylark

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 39

32

Cook With Honey

Judy Collins

—

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 32

33

Daddy's Home

Jermaine Jackson

↓ 5

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 28

34

A Letter To Myself

The Chi-lites

↑ 4

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 38

35

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

36

Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)

Aretha Franklin

↓ 3

Peak: 33 • 10 wks • Prev: 33

37

One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

Ronnie Dyson

↑ 7

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

38

Bitter Bad

Melanie

↑ 3

Peak: 36 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

39

Reeling In The Years

Steely Dan

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 49

40

Out Of The Question

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 6

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

41

Superman

Donna Fargo

↑ 1

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 42

42

Step By Step

Joe Simon

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

43

Hallelujah Day

Jackson 5

↑ 9

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

44

Oh La De Da

The Staple Singers

↑ 6

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

45

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me

The New Seekers

↑ 3

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 48

46

Kissing My Love

Bill Withers

↓ 11

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

47

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

↑ 12

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 59

48

Big City Miss Ruth Ann

Gallery

↓ 21

Peak: 23 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

49

"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night

Neil Diamond

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

50

Do You Want To Dance?

Bette Midler

↓ 20

Peak: 17 • 16 wks • Prev: 30

51

I'm Doin' Fine Now

New York City

↑ 7

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 58

52

Down And Out In New York City

James Brown

↑ 5

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 57

53

One Less Set Of Footsteps

Jim Croce

↓ 16

Peak: 37 • 10 wks • Prev: 37

54

Cindy Incidentally

Faces

↑ 6

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 60

55

Hocus Pocus

Focus

↑ 8

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 63

56

Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Rivers

↑ 6

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 62

57

Good Morning Heartache

Diana Ross

↓ 4

Peak: 34 • 13 wks • Prev: 53

58

Who Was It?

Hurricane Smith

↑ 6

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

59

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 19

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 78

60

The Right Thing To Do

Carly Simon

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

61

Armed And Extremely Dangerous

First Choice

↑ 11

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 72

62

Thinking Of You

Loggins & Messina

↑ 17

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 79

63

If You Gotta Break Another Heart

Albert Hammond

↑ 4

Peak: 63 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

64

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

Brownsville Station

↑ 5

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

65

I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)

Glen Campbell

↑ 8

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 73

66

Let's Pretend

Raspberries

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 16 wks • Prev: 76

67

Yesterday I Had The Blues

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 4

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 71

68

Playground In My Mind

Clint Holmes

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 74

69

Hello Hurray

Alice Cooper

↓ 22

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

70

Teddy Bear Song

Barbara Fairchild

↑ 5

Peak: 32 • 19 wks • Prev: 75

71

Hearts Of Stone

The Blue Ridge Rangers

↑ 13

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 84

72

Gudbuy T' Jane

Slade

↑ 5

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 77

73

Pardon Me Sir

Joe Cocker

↓ 5

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

74

Across 110th Street

Bobby Womack & Peace

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

75

The Lord Knows I'm Drinking

Cal Smith

↑ 6

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

76

If We Try

Don McLean

↑ 11

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 87

77

Daniel

Elton John

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 15 wks

78

I Can Understand It

The New Birth

↑ 8

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 86

79

Pillow Talk

Sylvia (r&b)

↑ 13

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 92

80

Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer, Papa Used To Write All Her Songs Part 1

Sonny & Cher

↑ 5

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

81

Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee

Jerry Lee Lewis

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 10 wks

82

Sail On Sailor

The Beach Boys

↓ 2

Peak: 49 • 17 wks • Prev: 80

83

Back When My Hair Was Short

Gunhill Road

↑ 14

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 97

84

Dancing To Your Music

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 4

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 88

85

It Sure Took A Long, Long Time

Lobo

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 11 wks

86

Nobody Wins

Brenda Lee

↑ 8

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 94

87

Leaving Me

The Independents

★ NEW

Peak: 21 • 13 wks

88

Last Tango In Paris

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

↑ 2

Peak: 77 • 8 wks • Prev: 90

89

River Road

Uncle Dog

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

90

Will It Go Round In Circles

Billy Preston

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 99

91

Give It To Me

The J. Geils Band

↑ 7

Peak: 30 • 16 wks • Prev: 98

92

Delta Queen

Don Fardon

↑ 3

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

93

Always

Luther Ingram

★ NEW

Peak: 64 • 5 wks

94

Saw A New Morning

Bee Gees

↑ 2

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 96

95

People Are Changin'

Timmy Thomas

★ NEW

Peak: 75 • 5 wks

96

If I Could Only Be Sure

Nolan Porter

↑ 4

Peak: 89 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

97

Am I Black Enough For You

Billy Paul

★ NEW

Peak: 79 • 5 wks

98

Wish That I Could Talk To You

The Sylvers

↓ 9

Peak: 77 • 10 wks • Prev: 89

99

Only Love

Bill Quateman

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 5 wks

100

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

★ NEW

Peak: 16 • 38 wks

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