POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 21, 1973
1

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

Jim Croce

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

2

Will It Go Round In Circles

Billy Preston

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

3

Yesterday Once More

Carpenters

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 6

4

Shambala

Three Dog Night

—

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

5

Kodachrome

Paul Simon

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 2

6

Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace On Earth)

George Harrison

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

7

Smoke On The Water

Deep Purple

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

8

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Bette Midler

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 16 wks • Prev: 14

9

Playground In My Mind

Clint Holmes

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 23 wks • Prev: 7

10

Natural High

Bloodstone

↑ 2

Peak: 10 • 19 wks • Prev: 12

11

Diamond Girl

Seals & Crofts

↑ 2

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 13

12

Long Train Runnin'

The Doobie Brothers

↓ 1

Peak: 8 • 18 wks • Prev: 11

13

Right Place Wrong Time

Dr. John

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 20 wks • Prev: 10

14

Money

Pink Floyd

↑ 3

Peak: 13 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

15

Behind Closed Doors

Charlie Rich

↑ 1

Peak: 15 • 19 wks • Prev: 16

16

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 41 wks • Prev: 20

17

Touch Me In The Morning

Diana Ross

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 21

18

So Very Hard To Go

Tower Of Power

↑ 1

Peak: 17 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

19

Feelin' Stronger Every Day

Chicago

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

20

The Morning After

Maureen McGovern

↑ 9

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

21

My Love

Paul McCartney And Wings

↓ 12

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

22

Get Down

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↑ 9

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 31

23

Misdemeanor

Foster Sylvers

↑ 2

Peak: 22 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

24

Brother Louie

Stories

↑ 13

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

25

Doing It To Death

Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s

↓ 3

Peak: 22 • 11 wks • Prev: 22

26

I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)

Johnnie Taylor

↑ 6

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 32

27

If You Want Me To Stay

Sly & The Family Stone

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 34

28

Satin Sheets

Jeanne Pruett

—

Peak: 28 • 15 wks • Prev: 28

29

Live And Let Die

Wings

↑ 15

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

30

Uneasy Rider

Charlie Daniels

↑ 11

Peak: 9 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

31

Where Peaceful Waters Flow

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 2

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 33

32

One Of A Kind (Love Affair)

The Spinners

↓ 9

Peak: 11 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

33

Here I Am Come & Take Me

Al Green

↑ 13

Peak: 10 • 15 wks • Prev: 46

34

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby

Barry White

↓ 19

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 15

35

How Can I Tell Her

Lobo

↑ 8

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 43

36

I'll Always Love My Mama (Part I)

The Intruders

↑ 2

Peak: 36 • 12 wks • Prev: 38

37

Soul Makossa

Manu Dibango

↑ 12

Peak: 35 • 9 wks • Prev: 49

38

Angel

Aretha Franklin

↑ 17

Peak: 20 • 13 wks • Prev: 55

39

Daddy Could Swear, I Declare

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 15

Peak: 19 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

40

Frankenstein

Edgar Winter Group

↓ 13

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 27

41

Delta Dawn

Helen Reddy

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 51

42

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↓ 7

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 35

43

Pillow Talk

Sylvia (r&b)

↓ 25

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 18

44

Roll Over Beethoven

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 6

Peak: 42 • 16 wks • Prev: 50

45

Goin' Home

The Osmonds

↓ 9

Peak: 36 • 8 wks • Prev: 36

46

There's No Me Without You

The Manhattans

↑ 6

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

47

Are You Man Enough

Four Tops

↑ 10

Peak: 15 • 13 wks • Prev: 57

48

Watergrate

Dickie Goodman

↓ 6

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 42

49

Soul Makossa

Afrique

↓ 2

Peak: 47 • 9 wks • Prev: 47

50

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

↑ 24

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 74

51

Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

↑ 17

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 68

52

Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)

Shirley Bassey

↓ 4

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

53

Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out

Bobby Womack

—

Peak: 29 • 15 wks • Prev: 53

54

And I Love You So

Perry Como

↓ 9

Peak: 29 • 16 wks • Prev: 45

55

The Plastic Man

The Temptations

↓ 15

Peak: 40 • 8 wks • Prev: 40

56

Hey You! Get Off My Mountain

The Dramatics

—

Peak: 43 • 12 wks • Prev: 56

57

Over The Hills And Far Away

Led Zeppelin

↑ 5

Peak: 51 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

58

Swamp Witch

Jim Stafford

↓ 19

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 39

59

Time To Get Down

The O'Jays

↑ 1

Peak: 33 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

60

The Hurt

Cat Stevens

↑ 12

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

61

Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation

The Dells

—

Peak: 34 • 16 wks • Prev: 61

62

I'd Rather Be A Cowboy

John Denver

↑ 3

Peak: 62 • 10 wks • Prev: 65

63

Finder's Keepers

Chairman Of The Board

↑ 3

Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

64

Tequila Sunrise

Eagles

↑ 5

Peak: 64 • 8 wks • Prev: 69

65

Clouds

David Gates

↑ 6

Peak: 47 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

66

Gypsy Man

War

★ NEW

Peak: 8 • 13 wks

67

You Light Up My Life/Believe In Humanity

Carole King

↑ 17

Peak: 28 • 9 wks • Prev: 84

68

That Lady (Part 1)

The Isley Brothers

↑ 21

Peak: 6 • 20 wks • Prev: 89

69

A Million To One/Young Love

Donny Osmond

↑ 14

Peak: 23 • 11 wks • Prev: 83

70

Sixty Minute Man/Mother-In-Law

Clarence Carter

↑ 5

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 75

71

You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)

The Stylistics

↓ 12

Peak: 23 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

72

I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In

Don Covay

↑ 18

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 90

73

Be What You Are

The Staple Singers

↓ 6

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 67

74

Love, Love, Love

Donny Hathaway

↑ 2

Peak: 44 • 9 wks • Prev: 76

75

He Did With Me

Vicki Lawrence

↑ 4

Peak: 75 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

76

Sweet Charlie Babe

Jackie Moore

↑ 11

Peak: 42 • 12 wks • Prev: 87

77

My Merry-go-round

Johnny Nash

—

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

78

It's Forever

The Ebonys

↑ 17

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 95

79

Blockbuster

The Sweet

↑ 2

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 81

80

There You Go

Edwin Starr

↑ 2

Peak: 80 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

81

Bongo Rock

The Incredible Bongo Band

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 7 wks

82

Lord, Mr. Ford

Jerry Reed

↑ 11

Peak: 68 • 7 wks • Prev: 93

83

Roland The Roadie And Gertrude The Groupie

Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show

↑ 2

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 85

84

Didn't I

Sylvia (r&b)

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 5 wks

85

Future Shock

Curtis Mayfield

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 10 wks

86

Sweet Harmony

Smokey Robinson

↑ 6

Peak: 48 • 13 wks • Prev: 92

87

Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine

Stealers Wheel

↑ 4

Peak: 49 • 8 wks • Prev: 91

88

Darling Come Back Home

Eddie Kendricks

—

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 88

89

Baby I've Been Missing You

The Independents

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 8 wks

90

Friend Of Mine

Bill Withers

↓ 10

Peak: 80 • 5 wks • Prev: 80

91

Sunshine

Mickey Newbury

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 3 wks

92

Top Of The World

Lynn Anderson

↑ 2

Peak: 74 • 10 wks • Prev: 94

93

Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

Looking Glass

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 15 wks

94

Brother's Gonna Work It Out

Willie Hutch

↓ 24

Peak: 67 • 10 wks • Prev: 70

96

Giving It All Away

Roger Daltrey

↑ 3

Peak: 83 • 7 wks • Prev: 99

97

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)

Commander Cody

↑ 1

Peak: 94 • 5 wks • Prev: 98

98

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando

↓ 44

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 54

99

Black Byrd

Donald Byrd

↓ 2

Peak: 88 • 6 wks • Prev: 97

100

You Were Always There

Donna Fargo

↓ 4

Peak: 93 • 7 wks • Prev: 96

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