POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 28, 1973
1

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

The Cisco Kid

War

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 4

3

Sing

Carpenters

—

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

4

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 2

5

Little Willy

The Sweet

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 7

6

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 11

7

Masterpiece

The Temptations

↑ 1

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 8

8

The Twelfth Of Never

Donny Osmond

↑ 2

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 10

9

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealers Wheel

↑ 4

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

10

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

Four Tops

↓ 5

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

11

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 15

12

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

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 6

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

13

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

↓ 1

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

14

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 17

15

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 25

16

Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

17

Wildflower

Skylark

↑ 3

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 20

18

Danny's Song

Anne Murray

↓ 9

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

19

Reeling In The Years

Steely Dan

↑ 3

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

20

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

21

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 24

22

Out Of The Question

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

23

Break Up To Make Up

The Stylistics

↓ 7

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

24

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 26

25

Daniel

Elton John

↑ 10

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 35

26

Pillow Talk

Sylvia (r&b)

↑ 4

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 30

27

Hocus Pocus

Focus

↑ 12

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 39

28

One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

Ronnie Dyson

↑ 1

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

29

Hallelujah Day

Jackson 5

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 31

30

The Right Thing To Do

Carly Simon

↑ 8

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

31

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me

The New Seekers

↑ 2

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 33

32

Thinking Of You

Loggins & Messina

↑ 10

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 42

33

Oh La De Da

The Staple Singers

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

34

Call Me (Come Back Home)

Al Green

↓ 16

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 18

35

"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night

Neil Diamond

↑ 1

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 36

36

My Love

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 26

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 62

37

Armed And Extremely Dangerous

First Choice

↑ 6

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 43

38

I'm Doin' Fine Now

New York City

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 41

39

Space Oddity

David Bowie

↓ 18

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

40

Leaving Me

The Independents

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

41

I Can Understand It

The New Birth

↑ 5

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 46

42

Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Rivers

↑ 5

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

43

Playground In My Mind

Clint Holmes

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 49

44

Steamroller Blues/Fool

Elvis Presley

↑ 16

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

45

It Sure Took A Long, Long Time

Lobo

↑ 8

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 53

46

Step By Step

Joe Simon

↓ 9

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

47

Let's Pretend

Raspberries

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 16 wks • Prev: 51

48

Cindy Incidentally

Faces

—

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

49

Who Was It?

Hurricane Smith

↑ 1

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

50

Hearts Of Stone

The Blue Ridge Rangers

↑ 5

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 55

51

Teddy Bear Song

Barbara Fairchild

↑ 5

Peak: 32 • 19 wks • Prev: 56

52

I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)

Glen Campbell

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

53

Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee

Jerry Lee Lewis

↑ 5

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

54

Super Fly Meets Shaft

John & Ernest

↑ 7

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 61

55

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Alice Cooper

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

56

Across 110th Street

Bobby Womack & Peace

↑ 3

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 59

57

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

Barry White

↑ 15

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 72

58

Right Place Wrong Time

Dr. John

↑ 15

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 73

59

If We Try

Don McLean

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 63

60

Close Your Eyes

Edward Bear

↑ 16

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 76

61

Back When My Hair Was Short

Gunhill Road

↑ 7

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 68

62

Will It Go Round In Circles

Billy Preston

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 67

63

Give It To Me

The J. Geils Band

↑ 12

Peak: 30 • 16 wks • Prev: 75

64

The Lord Knows I'm Drinking

Cal Smith

↑ 5

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

65

And I Love You So

Perry Como

↑ 13

Peak: 29 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

66

Always

Luther Ingram

↑ 4

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 70

67

Long Train Runnin'

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 17

Peak: 8 • 18 wks • Prev: 84

68

Dancing To Your Music

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 3

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 71

69

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

↑ 16

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 85

70

Nobody Wins

Brenda Lee

↑ 4

Peak: 70 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

71

One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

The Spinners

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 15 wks

72

Everything's Been Changed

The 5th Dimension

↑ 7

Peak: 70 • 4 wks • Prev: 79

73

Fencewalk

Mandrill

↑ 8

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 81

74

You Can't Always Get What You Want

The Rolling Stones

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 8 wks

75

People Are Changin'

Timmy Thomas

↑ 5

Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

76

I' Been Watchin' You

The South Side Movement

↑ 7

Peak: 61 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

77

Last Tango In Paris

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

↑ 5

Peak: 77 • 8 wks • Prev: 82

78

Daddy Could Swear, I Declare

Gladys Knight And The Pips

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 15 wks

79

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↑ 12

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 91

80

Woman From Tokyo

Deep Purple

↑ 7

Peak: 60 • 6 wks • Prev: 87

81

Only In Your Heart

America

★ NEW

Peak: 62 • 5 wks

82

Am I Black Enough For You

Billy Paul

↑ 6

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

83

Isn't It About Time

Stephen Stills-Manassas

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 8 wks

84

Without You In My Life

Tyrone Davis

↑ 6

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 90

85

First Cut Is The Deepest

Keith Hampshire

↑ 15

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 100

86

I Like You

Donovan

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 8 wks

87

I'm A Stranger Here

Five Man Electrical Band

↑ 10

Peak: 76 • 7 wks • Prev: 97

88

Natural High

Bloodstone

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 92

89

Only Love

Bill Quateman

↑ 6

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 95

90

Roll Over Beethoven

Electric Light Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 42 • 16 wks

91

Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation

The Dells

↑ 5

Peak: 34 • 16 wks • Prev: 96

92

It's Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You)

Betty Wright

↑ 2

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 94

93

Fool Like You

Tim Moore

—

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 93

94

Avenging Annie

Andy Pratt

★ NEW

Peak: 78 • 10 wks

95

Cosmic Sea

The Mystic Moods

↑ 3

Peak: 83 • 6 wks • Prev: 98

96

What A Shame

Foghat

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 6 wks

97

Behind Closed Doors

Charlie Rich

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 19 wks

98

Let Me Down Easy

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

★ NEW

Peak: 96 • 2 wks

99

Music Everywhere

Tufano & Giammarese

★ NEW

Peak: 68 • 8 wks

100

The Free Electric Band

Albert Hammond

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 11 wks

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