POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 5, 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

—

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

3

Little Willy

The Sweet

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 5

4

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 6

5

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 4

6

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 11

7

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealers Wheel

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

8

The Twelfth Of Never

Donny Osmond

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Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

9

Sing

Carpenters

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

10

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

11

Masterpiece

The Temptations

↓ 4

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 7

12

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

13

Wildflower

Skylark

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

14

Daniel

Elton John

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

15

Reeling In The Years

Steely Dan

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 19

16

Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

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Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

17

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

Four Tops

↓ 7

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 10

18

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 21

19

Out Of The Question

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 3

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 22

20

Pillow Talk

Sylvia (r&b)

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 26

21

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 24

22

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

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 10

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

23

Hocus Pocus

Focus

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 27

24

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

↓ 11

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 13

25

The Right Thing To Do

Carly Simon

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

26

My Love

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 36

27

Thinking Of You

Loggins & Messina

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

28

Hallelujah Day

Jackson 5

↑ 1

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 29

29

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me

The New Seekers

↑ 2

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

30

Steamroller Blues/Fool

Elvis Presley

↑ 14

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

31

"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night

Neil Diamond

↑ 4

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 35

32

Playground In My Mind

Clint Holmes

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 43

33

I'm Doin' Fine Now

New York City

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 38

34

Armed And Extremely Dangerous

First Choice

↑ 3

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 37

35

Leaving Me

The Independents

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 40

36

It Sure Took A Long, Long Time

Lobo

↑ 9

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 45

37

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

Barry White

↑ 20

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 57

38

I Can Understand It

The New Birth

↑ 3

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

39

Danny's Song

Anne Murray

↓ 21

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 18

40

Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Rivers

↑ 2

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 42

41

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Alice Cooper

↑ 14

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 55

42

Let's Pretend

Raspberries

↑ 5

Peak: 35 • 16 wks • Prev: 47

43

Super Fly Meets Shaft

John & Ernest

↑ 11

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 54

44

One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

Ronnie Dyson

↓ 16

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

45

Teddy Bear Song

Barbara Fairchild

↑ 6

Peak: 32 • 19 wks • Prev: 51

46

Hearts Of Stone

The Blue Ridge Rangers

↑ 4

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 50

47

Right Place Wrong Time

Dr. John

↑ 11

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 58

48

Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee

Jerry Lee Lewis

↑ 5

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

49

I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)

Glen Campbell

↑ 3

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 52

50

Who Was It?

Hurricane Smith

↓ 1

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 49

51

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

↓ 31

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

52

And I Love You So

Perry Como

↑ 13

Peak: 29 • 16 wks • Prev: 65

53

Break Up To Make Up

The Stylistics

↓ 30

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 23

54

Close Your Eyes

Edward Bear

↑ 6

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

55

Will It Go Round In Circles

Billy Preston

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 62

56

Back When My Hair Was Short

Gunhill Road

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 61

57

Oh La De Da

The Staple Singers

↓ 24

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

58

If We Try

Don McLean

↑ 1

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 59

59

Give It To Me

The J. Geils Band

↑ 4

Peak: 30 • 16 wks • Prev: 63

60

One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

The Spinners

↑ 11

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 71

61

Long Train Runnin'

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 18 wks • Prev: 67

62

Step By Step

Joe Simon

↓ 16

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

63

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 69

64

Always

Luther Ingram

↑ 2

Peak: 64 • 5 wks • Prev: 66

65

Dancing To Your Music

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 3

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 68

66

Cindy Incidentally

Faces

↓ 18

Peak: 48 • 9 wks • Prev: 48

67

You Can't Always Get What You Want

The Rolling Stones

↑ 7

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 74

68

Natural High

Bloodstone

↑ 20

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 88

69

Fencewalk

Mandrill

↑ 4

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 73

70

Everything's Been Changed

The 5th Dimension

↑ 2

Peak: 70 • 4 wks • Prev: 72

71

Daddy Could Swear, I Declare

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 7

Peak: 19 • 15 wks • Prev: 78

72

I' Been Watchin' You

The South Side Movement

↑ 4

Peak: 61 • 10 wks • Prev: 76

73

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 79

74

Only In Your Heart

America

↑ 7

Peak: 62 • 5 wks • Prev: 81

75

People Are Changin'

Timmy Thomas

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Peak: 75 • 5 wks • Prev: 75

76

Isn't It About Time

Stephen Stills-Manassas

↑ 7

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 83

77

Behind Closed Doors

Charlie Rich

↑ 20

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 97

78

Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation

The Dells

↑ 13

Peak: 34 • 16 wks • Prev: 91

79

Am I Black Enough For You

Billy Paul

↑ 3

Peak: 79 • 5 wks • Prev: 82

80

First Cut Is The Deepest

Keith Hampshire

↑ 5

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 85

81

Without You In My Life

Tyrone Davis

↑ 3

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

82

I Like You

Donovan

↑ 4

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 86

83

I'm A Stranger Here

Five Man Electrical Band

↑ 4

Peak: 76 • 7 wks • Prev: 87

84

With A Child's Heart

Michael Jackson

★ NEW

Peak: 50 • 7 wks

85

Roll Over Beethoven

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 5

Peak: 42 • 16 wks • Prev: 90

86

Only Love

Bill Quateman

↑ 3

Peak: 86 • 5 wks • Prev: 89

87

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

Betty Wright

↑ 5

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 92

88

Hey You! Get Off My Mountain

The Dramatics

★ NEW

Peak: 43 • 12 wks

89

The Free Electric Band

Albert Hammond

↑ 11

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 100

90

Cosmic Sea

The Mystic Moods

↑ 5

Peak: 83 • 6 wks • Prev: 95

91

Avenging Annie

Andy Pratt

↑ 3

Peak: 78 • 10 wks • Prev: 94

92

Music Everywhere

Tufano & Giammarese

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 99

93

What A Shame

Foghat

↑ 3

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 96

94

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 41 wks

95

Your Side Of The Bed

Mac Davis

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 6 wks

96

Let Me Down Easy

Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

↑ 2

Peak: 96 • 2 wks • Prev: 98

97

So Very Hard To Go

Tower Of Power

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 18 wks

98

A Little Bit Like Magic

King Harvest

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 4 wks

99

Dueling Tubas

Martin Mull and Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 3 wks

100

Working Class Hero

Tommy Roe

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 4 wks

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