POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 14, 1973
1

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

—

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 1

2

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

Gladys Knight And The Pips

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Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 2

3

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 6

4

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

Four Tops

—

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

5

Sing

Carpenters

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

6

The Cisco Kid

War

↑ 4

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

7

Danny's Song

Anne Murray

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 8

8

Break Up To Make Up

The Stylistics

↓ 3

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

9

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 3

10

Call Me (Come Back Home)

Al Green

↑ 1

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 11

11

Masterpiece

The Temptations

↑ 3

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 14

12

Little Willy

The Sweet

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 20

13

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

14

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Deodato

↓ 5

Peak: 2 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

15

The Twelfth Of Never

Donny Osmond

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

16

Space Oddity

David Bowie

↓ 1

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 15

17

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

18

Love Train

The O'Jays

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

19

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealers Wheel

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 24

20

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

21

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

↑ 8

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 29

22

Dead Skunk

Loudon Wainwright III

↓ 5

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 17

23

Last Song

Edward Bear

↓ 10

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

24

Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 28

25

The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 20 wks • Prev: 21

26

Wildflower

Skylark

↑ 5

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 31

27

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

↑ 8

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

28

Hummingbird

Seals & Crofts

↓ 6

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

29

Reeling In The Years

Steely Dan

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 39

30

Out Of The Question

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 40

31

Dueling Banjos

Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

32

One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

Ronnie Dyson

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 37

33

A Letter To Myself

The Chi-lites

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 11 wks • Prev: 34

34

Hallelujah Day

Jackson 5

↑ 9

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 43

35

Cook With Honey

Judy Collins

↓ 3

Peak: 32 • 11 wks • Prev: 32

36

Bitter Bad

Melanie

↑ 2

Peak: 36 • 10 wks • Prev: 38

37

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me

The New Seekers

↑ 8

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

38

Step By Step

Joe Simon

↑ 4

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

39

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

↑ 8

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 47

40

Oh La De Da

The Staple Singers

↑ 4

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 44

41

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 18

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 59

42

"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night

Neil Diamond

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

43

The Right Thing To Do

Carly Simon

↑ 17

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

44

Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)

Aretha Franklin

↓ 8

Peak: 33 • 10 wks • Prev: 36

45

Hocus Pocus

Focus

↑ 10

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 55

46

Daniel

Elton John

↑ 31

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 77

47

I'm Doin' Fine Now

New York City

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 51

48

Superman

Donna Fargo

↓ 7

Peak: 41 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

49

Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Rivers

↑ 7

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

50

Down And Out In New York City

James Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

51

Cindy Incidentally

Faces

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 54

52

Armed And Extremely Dangerous

First Choice

↑ 9

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

53

Thinking Of You

Loggins & Messina

↑ 9

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 62

54

Pillow Talk

Sylvia (r&b)

↑ 25

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 79

55

Who Was It?

Hurricane Smith

↑ 3

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 58

56

Playground In My Mind

Clint Holmes

↑ 12

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 68

57

Let's Pretend

Raspberries

↑ 9

Peak: 35 • 16 wks • Prev: 66

58

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

Brownsville Station

↑ 6

Peak: 57 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

59

I Can Understand It

The New Birth

↑ 19

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 78

60

I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)

Glen Campbell

↑ 5

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

61

Hearts Of Stone

The Blue Ridge Rangers

↑ 10

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 71

62

Across 110th Street

Bobby Womack & Peace

↑ 12

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 74

63

Yesterday I Had The Blues

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 4

Peak: 63 • 7 wks • Prev: 67

64

It Sure Took A Long, Long Time

Lobo

↑ 21

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 85

65

Teddy Bear Song

Barbara Fairchild

↑ 5

Peak: 32 • 19 wks • Prev: 70

66

Leaving Me

The Independents

↑ 21

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 87

67

If We Try

Don McLean

↑ 9

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 76

68

Gudbuy T' Jane

Slade

↑ 4

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

69

Aubrey

Bread

↓ 43

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 26

70

Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee

Jerry Lee Lewis

↑ 11

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

71

The Lord Knows I'm Drinking

Cal Smith

↑ 4

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

72

Back When My Hair Was Short

Gunhill Road

↑ 11

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 83

73

My Love

Paul McCartney And Wings

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 18 wks

74

Dancing To Your Music

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 10

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

75

Will It Go Round In Circles

Billy Preston

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 90

76

Super Fly Meets Shaft

John & Ernest

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 11 wks

77

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

Sonny & Cher

↑ 3

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

78

Always

Luther Ingram

↑ 15

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

79

Nobody Wins

Brenda Lee

↑ 7

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 86

80

Steamroller Blues/Fool

Elvis Presley

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 12 wks

81

Give It To Me

The J. Geils Band

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 16 wks • Prev: 91

82

Right Place Wrong Time

Dr. John

★ NEW

Peak: 9 • 20 wks

83

Last Tango In Paris

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

↑ 5

Peak: 77 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

84

Close Your Eyes

Edward Bear

★ NEW

Peak: 37 • 12 wks

85

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Alice Cooper

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 12 wks

86

River Road

Uncle Dog

↑ 3

Peak: 86 • 7 wks • Prev: 89

87

Everything's Been Changed

The 5th Dimension

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 4 wks

88

And I Love You So

Perry Como

★ NEW

Peak: 29 • 16 wks

89

People Are Changin'

Timmy Thomas

↑ 6

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

90

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

Barry White

★ NEW

Peak: 3 • 18 wks

91

Delta Queen

Don Fardon

↑ 1

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 92

92

If I Could Only Be Sure

Nolan Porter

↑ 4

Peak: 89 • 4 wks • Prev: 96

93

I' Been Watchin' You

The South Side Movement

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 10 wks

94

Am I Black Enough For You

Billy Paul

↑ 3

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

95

Fool Like You

Tim Moore

★ NEW

Peak: 93 • 3 wks

96

Only Love

Bill Quateman

↑ 3

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 99

97

Fencewalk

Mandrill

★ NEW

Peak: 52 • 10 wks

98

Mr. Magic Man

Wilson Pickett

★ NEW

Peak: 98 • 1 wks

99

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 100

100

Friend And A Lover

The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy

★ NEW

Peak: 99 • 2 wks

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