POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 15, 1973
1

The Most Beautiful Girl

Charlie Rich

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

2

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

—

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

3

Top Of The World

Carpenters

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 1

4

Just You 'n' Me

Chicago

—

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 4

5

Time In A Bottle

Jim Croce

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 13

6

Hello It's Me

Todd Rundgren

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 8

7

Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress)

Helen Reddy

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

8

Photograph

Ringo Starr

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 5

9

The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

10

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

The Staple Singers

↑ 2

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 12

11

Space Race

Billy Preston

↓ 5

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 6

12

The Love I Lost (Part 1)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↓ 5

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

13

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 9

14

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Barry White

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 16

15

Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 11

16

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 27

17

Rockin' Roll Baby

The Stylistics

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 18 wks • Prev: 20

18

My Music

Loggins & Messina

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

19

Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

20

MIND GAMES

John Lennon

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

21

Come Get To This

Marvin Gaye

↑ 1

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 22

22

Smokin' In The Boy's Room

Brownsville Station

↑ 11

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 33

23

Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat

The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

24

Helen Wheels

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 7

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

25

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

↓ 4

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 21

26

I've Got To Use My Imagination

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 35

27

Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally

Tony Orlando & Dawn

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

28

D'yer Mak'er

Led Zeppelin

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 30

29

Let Me Serenade You

Three Dog Night

↓ 12

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

30

Paper Roses

Marie Osmond

↓ 12

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

31

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 13

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 44

32

Angie

The Rolling Stones

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

33

Me And Baby Brother

War

↑ 5

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

34

Cheaper To Keep Her

Johnnie Taylor

↓ 9

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 25

35

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

Aretha Franklin

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 45

36

You're A Special Part Of Me

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

↓ 8

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 28

38

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↓ 4

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 34

39

When I Fall In Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight

Donny Osmond

↑ 16

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 55

40

Some Guys Have All The Luck

The Persuaders

—

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 40

41

Be

Neil Diamond

↓ 5

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 36

42

I Can't Stand The Rain

Ann Peebles

↑ 6

Peak: 38 • 21 wks • Prev: 48

43

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

↓ 6

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 37

44

All I Know

Garfunkel

↓ 12

Peak: 9 • 14 wks • Prev: 32

45

Painted Ladies

Ian Thomas

↑ 4

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 49

46

Tell Her She's Lovely

El Chicano

↑ 10

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 56

47

This Time I'm Gone For Good

Bobby "Blue" Bland

↑ 10

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 57

48

Nutbush City Limits

Ike & Tina Turner

↓ 7

Peak: 22 • 15 wks • Prev: 41

49

Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)

Cheech & Chong

↑ 16

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 65

50

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

↑ 29

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 79

51

Half-Breed

Cher

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 42

52

I Found Sunshine

The Chi-lites

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

53

Pretty Lady

Lighthouse

↑ 6

Peak: 53 • 8 wks • Prev: 59

54

Walk Like A Man

Grand Funk

↑ 10

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 64

55

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

↑ 18

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 73

56

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↑ 5

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 61

57

Livin' For You

Al Green

↑ 28

Peak: 19 • 11 wks • Prev: 85

58

Fell For You

The Dramatics

↓ 11

Peak: 45 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

59

American Tune

Paul Simon

↑ 13

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

60

Keep Your Head To The Sky

Earth, Wind & Fire

—

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 60

61

Smarty Pants

First Choice

↑ 7

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 68

62

Ooh Baby

Gilbert O'Sullivan

↓ 19

Peak: 25 • 10 wks • Prev: 43

63

A Song I'd Like To Sing

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

↑ 6

Peak: 49 • 10 wks • Prev: 69

64

Never Let You Go

Bloodstone

↓ 12

Peak: 43 • 14 wks • Prev: 52

65

Mammy Blue

Stories

↓ 15

Peak: 50 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

66

River

Joe Simon

↑ 4

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 70

67

Dream On

Aerosmith

↓ 4

Peak: 6 • 29 wks • Prev: 63

68

The River Of Love

B.W. Stevenson

↑ 10

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 78

69

If We Make It Through December

Merle Haggard

↑ 13

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 82

70

I Wanna Know Your Name

The Intruders

↑ 4

Peak: 60 • 13 wks • Prev: 74

71

Rock On

David Essex

↑ 9

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 80

72

Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)

Frank Sinatra

↑ 5

Peak: 63 • 10 wks • Prev: 77

73

Baby Come Close

Smokey Robinson

↑ 11

Peak: 27 • 16 wks • Prev: 84

74

My Old School

Steely Dan

↓ 3

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 71

75

You're Sixteen

Ringo Starr

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 15 wks

76

Blue Collar

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↑ 5

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 81

77

I Love

Tom T. Hall

↑ 20

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 97

78

Love, Reign O'er Me

The Who

↑ 13

Peak: 76 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

79

Ain't Got No Home

The Band

↑ 4

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 83

80

Hangin' Around

Edgar Winter Group

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 7 wks

81

Love Has No Pride

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 11

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 92

82

Come Live With Me

Ray Charles

↑ 7

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

83

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Melanie

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 4 wks

84

Showdown

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 3

Peak: 53 • 18 wks • Prev: 87

85

Last Kiss

Wednesday

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 95

86

Big Time Operator

Keith Hampshire

↑ 4

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 90

87

Love Me For What I Am/there Ain't No Way

Lobo

↓ 1

Peak: 86 • 2 wks • Prev: 86

88

Jim Dandy

Black Oak Arkansas

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 13 wks

89

Stoned To The Bone - Part 1

James Brown

↑ 4

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 93

90

A Fool Such As I

Bob Dylan

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 7 wks

91

Half A Million Miles From Home

Albert Hammond

↑ 5

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

92

This Is Your Song

Don Goodwin

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 8 wks • Prev: 94

93

I Like To Live The Love

B.B. King

↑ 6

Peak: 28 • 16 wks • Prev: 99

94

Love Song

Anne Murray

★ NEW

Peak: 12 • 17 wks

95

It May Be Winter Outside, (But In My Heart It's Spring)

Love Unlimited

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 4 wks

96

I'm A Rocker

Raspberries

↑ 2

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 98

97

Jungle Boogie

Kool & The Gang

↑ 3

Peak: 4 • 22 wks • Prev: 100

98

Somewhere Between Love And Tomorrow

Roy Clark

★ NEW

Peak: 81 • 5 wks

99

Flashback

The 5th Dimension

★ NEW

Peak: 82 • 9 wks

100

Could You Ever Love Me Again

Gary & Dave

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 4 wks

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