POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 1, 1973
1

Top Of The World

Carpenters

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 3

2

Photograph

Ringo Starr

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 1

3

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

4

Space Race

Billy Preston

—

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 4

5

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

6

Just You 'n' Me

Chicago

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 7

7

Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 6

8

The Love I Lost (Part 1)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

9

Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat

The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco

↓ 4

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 5

10

The Most Beautiful Girl

Charlie Rich

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 12

11

Hello It's Me

Todd Rundgren

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 16

12

Paper Roses

Marie Osmond

↓ 4

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

13

Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress)

Helen Reddy

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 20

14

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

The Staple Singers

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

15

Cheaper To Keep Her

Johnnie Taylor

—

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 15

16

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

↓ 3

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 13

17

Let Me Serenade You

Three Dog Night

↑ 9

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

18

Time In A Bottle

Jim Croce

↑ 30

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 48

19

Angie

The Rolling Stones

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 11

20

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Barry White

↑ 10

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 30

21

You're A Special Part Of Me

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

↓ 7

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 14

22

The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 7

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 29

23

All I Know

Garfunkel

↓ 6

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 17

24

Rockin' Roll Baby

The Stylistics

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 18 wks • Prev: 27

25

Come Get To This

Marvin Gaye

↑ 6

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

26

My Music

Loggins & Messina

↑ 6

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

27

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

↓ 5

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

28

Ooh Baby

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↓ 3

Peak: 25 • 10 wks • Prev: 25

29

Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

↑ 9

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 38

30

MIND GAMES

John Lennon

↑ 11

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 41

31

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↓ 10

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 21

32

Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally

Tony Orlando & Dawn

↑ 12

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

33

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 37

34

Be

Neil Diamond

↑ 1

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 35

35

Half-Breed

Cher

↓ 16

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 19

36

D'yer Mak'er

Led Zeppelin

↑ 4

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 40

37

We May Never Pass This Way (Again)

Seals & Crofts

↓ 13

Peak: 21 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

38

Nutbush City Limits

Ike & Tina Turner

↓ 15

Peak: 22 • 15 wks • Prev: 23

39

Ramblin Man

The Allman Brothers Band

↓ 11

Peak: 2 • 16 wks • Prev: 28

40

Sweet Understanding Love

Four Tops

↓ 7

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 33

41

Smokin' In The Boy's Room

Brownsville Station

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 51

42

Helen Wheels

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 24

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 66

44

Me And Baby Brother

War

↑ 13

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 57

45

Fell For You

The Dramatics

↑ 1

Peak: 45 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

46

Yes We Can Can

The Pointer Sisters

↓ 7

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 39

47

Never Let You Go

Bloodstone

↓ 2

Peak: 43 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

48

Check It Out

Tavares

↓ 6

Peak: 35 • 12 wks • Prev: 42

49

Some Guys Have All The Luck

The Persuaders

↑ 6

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 55

50

I've Got To Use My Imagination

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 24

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 74

51

Mammy Blue

Stories

↑ 2

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

52

Friends/chapel Of Love

Bette Midler

↓ 5

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

53

Painted Ladies

Ian Thomas

↑ 8

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

54

Sail Around The World

David Gates

↓ 4

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

55

I Can't Stand The Rain

Ann Peebles

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 21 wks • Prev: 59

56

"Having A Party" Medley

The Ovations (Featuring Louis Williams)

↑ 7

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 63

57

I Found Sunshine

The Chi-lites

↑ 29

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 86

58

Country Sunshine

Dottie West

↓ 6

Peak: 49 • 11 wks • Prev: 52

59

Dream On

Aerosmith

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 29 wks • Prev: 64

60

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 17

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 77

61

Tell Her She's Lovely

El Chicano

↑ 12

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 73

62

Pretty Lady

Lighthouse

↑ 5

Peak: 53 • 8 wks • Prev: 67

63

My Old School

Steely Dan

↑ 2

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 65

64

This Time I'm Gone For Good

Bobby "Blue" Bland

↑ 6

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

65

It's All Over

The Independents

↑ 6

Peak: 65 • 4 wks • Prev: 71

66

Little Girl Gone

Donna Fargo

↓ 6

Peak: 57 • 10 wks • Prev: 60

67

I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky

Ripple

↑ 1

Peak: 67 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

68

There Ain't No Way

Lobo

↑ 1

Peak: 68 • 5 wks • Prev: 69

69

Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Aretha Franklin

↑ 29

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 98

70

Oh! No Not My Baby

Rod Stewart

↓ 8

Peak: 59 • 8 wks • Prev: 62

71

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 78

72

When I Fall In Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight

Donny Osmond

↑ 15

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 87

73

Rock 'N Roll (I Gave You The Best Years of My Life)

Kevin Johnson

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 4 wks • Prev: 76

74

Keep Your Head To The Sky

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 1

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 75

75

Walk Like A Man

Grand Funk

↑ 15

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 90

76

I Wanna Know Your Name

The Intruders

↑ 3

Peak: 60 • 13 wks • Prev: 79

77

Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)

Cheech & Chong

↑ 7

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 84

78

River

Joe Simon

↑ 13

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 91

79

Frisky

Sly & The Family Stone

↑ 2

Peak: 79 • 2 wks • Prev: 81

80

Smarty Pants

First Choice

—

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 80

81

Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)

Frank Sinatra

↑ 2

Peak: 63 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

82

American Tune

Paul Simon

★ NEW

Peak: 35 • 10 wks

83

A Song I'd Like To Sing

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

↑ 10

Peak: 49 • 10 wks • Prev: 93

84

Rock On

David Essex

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 85

85

Baby Come Close

Smokey Robinson

↑ 10

Peak: 27 • 16 wks • Prev: 95

86

Blue Collar

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

★ NEW

Peak: 68 • 6 wks

87

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 92

88

The River Of Love

B.W. Stevenson

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 7 wks

89

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 22 wks

90

Showdown

Electric Light Orchestra

★ NEW

Peak: 53 • 18 wks

91

Come Live With Me

Ray Charles

↑ 3

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 94

92

If We Make It Through December

Merle Haggard

↑ 5

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 97

93

Ain't Got No Home

The Band

↑ 3

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 96

94

Redneck Friend

Jackson Browne

↓ 5

Peak: 85 • 10 wks • Prev: 89

95

Last Kiss

Wednesday

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 99

96

Stoned To The Bone - Part 1

James Brown

★ NEW

Peak: 58 • 11 wks

97

Love, Reign O'er Me

The Who

★ NEW

Peak: 76 • 5 wks

98

Back For A Taste Of Your Love

Syl Johnson

↓ 26

Peak: 72 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

99

Love Has No Pride

Linda Ronstadt

★ NEW

Peak: 51 • 11 wks

100

Half A Million Miles From Home

Albert Hammond

★ NEW

Peak: 87 • 5 wks

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