POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 12, 1973
1

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

—

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 1

2

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

3

Little Willy

The Sweet

—

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 3

4

The Cisco Kid

War

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 2

5

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 21 wks • Prev: 6

6

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealers Wheel

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

7

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 10

8

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Vicki Lawrence

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 5

9

Daniel

Elton John

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 14

10

The Twelfth Of Never

Donny Osmond

↓ 2

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

11

Reeling In The Years

Steely Dan

↑ 4

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 15

12

Wildflower

Skylark

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 13

13

My Love

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 26

14

Pillow Talk

Sylvia (r&b)

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 20

15

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

16

Sing

Carpenters

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 14 wks • Prev: 9

17

Hocus Pocus

Focus

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 23

18

Out Of The Question

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

19

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 21

20

Walk On The Wild Side

Lou Reed

↓ 4

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 16

21

The Right Thing To Do

Carly Simon

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

22

Thinking Of You

Loggins & Messina

↑ 5

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 27

23

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

↓ 11

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

24

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

Barry White

↑ 13

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

25

Masterpiece

The Temptations

↓ 14

Peak: 7 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

26

Steamroller Blues/Fool

Elvis Presley

↑ 4

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 30

27

Playground In My Mind

Clint Holmes

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 32

28

I'm Doin' Fine Now

New York City

↑ 5

Peak: 17 • 20 wks • Prev: 33

29

It Sure Took A Long, Long Time

Lobo

↑ 7

Peak: 27 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

30

Leaving Me

The Independents

↑ 5

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 35

31

"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night

Neil Diamond

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Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 31

32

Armed And Extremely Dangerous

First Choice

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 34

33

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

Four Tops

↓ 16

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

34

Right Place Wrong Time

Dr. John

↑ 13

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 47

35

Super Fly Meets Shaft

John & Ernest

↑ 8

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 43

36

I Can Understand It

The New Birth

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 13 wks • Prev: 38

37

Teddy Bear Song

Barbara Fairchild

↑ 8

Peak: 32 • 19 wks • Prev: 45

38

Blue Suede Shoes

Johnny Rivers

↑ 2

Peak: 38 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

39

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Alice Cooper

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

40

Let's Pretend

Raspberries

↑ 2

Peak: 35 • 16 wks • Prev: 42

41

Will It Go Round In Circles

Billy Preston

↑ 14

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 55

42

Hearts Of Stone

The Blue Ridge Rangers

↑ 4

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

43

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

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 21

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

44

Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee

Jerry Lee Lewis

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

45

Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me

The New Seekers

↓ 16

Peak: 29 • 13 wks • Prev: 29

46

And I Love You So

Perry Como

↑ 6

Peak: 29 • 16 wks • Prev: 52

47

I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star)

Glen Campbell

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

48

Close Your Eyes

Edward Bear

↑ 6

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

49

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

↓ 25

Peak: 12 • 14 wks • Prev: 24

50

One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

The Spinners

↑ 10

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 60

51

Back When My Hair Was Short

Gunhill Road

↑ 5

Peak: 40 • 15 wks • Prev: 56

52

Give It To Me

The J. Geils Band

↑ 7

Peak: 30 • 16 wks • Prev: 59

53

Hallelujah Day

Jackson 5

↓ 25

Peak: 28 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

54

Long Train Runnin'

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 7

Peak: 8 • 18 wks • Prev: 61

55

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 63

56

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 51

57

You Can't Always Get What You Want

The Rolling Stones

↑ 10

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

58

One Man Band (Plays All Alone)

Ronnie Dyson

↓ 14

Peak: 28 • 13 wks • Prev: 44

59

Daddy Could Swear, I Declare

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 12

Peak: 19 • 15 wks • Prev: 71

60

Who Was It?

Hurricane Smith

↓ 10

Peak: 49 • 9 wks • Prev: 50

61

Dancing To Your Music

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 4

Peak: 61 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

62

Natural High

Bloodstone

↑ 6

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 68

63

If We Try

Don McLean

↓ 5

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

64

Fencewalk

Mandrill

↑ 5

Peak: 52 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

65

Only In Your Heart

America

↑ 9

Peak: 62 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

66

Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation

The Dells

↑ 12

Peak: 34 • 16 wks • Prev: 78

67

I' Been Watchin' You

The South Side Movement

↑ 5

Peak: 61 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

68

Isn't It About Time

Stephen Stills-Manassas

↑ 8

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 76

69

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 73

70

Behind Closed Doors

Charlie Rich

↑ 7

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 77

71

With A Child's Heart

Michael Jackson

↑ 13

Peak: 50 • 7 wks • Prev: 84

72

Without You In My Life

Tyrone Davis

↑ 9

Peak: 64 • 9 wks • Prev: 81

73

Break Up To Make Up

The Stylistics

↓ 20

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

74

First Cut Is The Deepest

Keith Hampshire

↑ 6

Peak: 70 • 13 wks • Prev: 80

75

The Free Electric Band

Albert Hammond

↑ 14

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

76

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

Betty Wright

↑ 11

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 87

77

I Like You

Donovan

↑ 5

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 82

78

Roll Over Beethoven

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 7

Peak: 42 • 16 wks • Prev: 85

79

I'm A Stranger Here

Five Man Electrical Band

↑ 4

Peak: 76 • 7 wks • Prev: 83

80

Hey You! Get Off My Mountain

The Dramatics

↑ 8

Peak: 43 • 12 wks • Prev: 88

81

Diamond Girl

Seals & Crofts

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 18 wks

82

So Very Hard To Go

Tower Of Power

↑ 15

Peak: 17 • 18 wks • Prev: 97

83

Music Everywhere

Tufano & Giammarese

↑ 9

Peak: 68 • 8 wks • Prev: 92

84

Cosmic Sea

The Mystic Moods

↑ 6

Peak: 83 • 6 wks • Prev: 90

85

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Bette Midler

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 16 wks

86

Avenging Annie

Andy Pratt

↑ 5

Peak: 78 • 10 wks • Prev: 91

87

What A Shame

Foghat

↑ 6

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 93

88

Swamp Witch

Jim Stafford

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 12 wks

89

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 41 wks • Prev: 94

90

Your Side Of The Bed

Mac Davis

↑ 5

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 95

91

California Saga (On My Way To Sunny Californ-i-a)

The Beach Boys

★ NEW

Peak: 84 • 4 wks

92

Dueling Tubas

Martin Mull and Orchestra

↑ 7

Peak: 92 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

93

Letter To Lucille

Tom Jones

★ NEW

Peak: 60 • 8 wks

94

A Little Bit Like Magic

King Harvest

↑ 4

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 98

95

Satin Sheets

Jeanne Pruett

★ NEW

Peak: 28 • 15 wks

96

Shambala

B.W. Stevenson

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 8 wks

97

Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music

The Spinners

★ NEW

Peak: 91 • 5 wks

98

Working Class Hero

Tommy Roe

↑ 2

Peak: 97 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

99

Outlaw Man

David Blue

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 4 wks

100

Don't Let It Get You Down

The Crusaders

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 5 wks

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