POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 22, 1973
1

The Most Beautiful Girl

Charlie Rich

—

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

2

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

—

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

3

Time In A Bottle

Jim Croce

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 5

4

Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress)

Helen Reddy

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

5

Hello It's Me

Todd Rundgren

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 6

6

The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 9

7

Top Of The World

Carpenters

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 3

8

Just You 'n' Me

Chicago

↓ 4

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 4

9

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

The Staple Singers

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

10

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Barry White

↑ 4

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 14

11

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 16

12

Smokin' In The Boy's Room

Brownsville Station

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 22

13

Photograph

Ringo Starr

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 8

14

Rockin' Roll Baby

The Stylistics

↑ 3

Peak: 14 • 18 wks • Prev: 17

15

Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 19

16

My Music

Loggins & Messina

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 18

17

The Love I Lost (Part 1)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↓ 5

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

18

I've Got To Use My Imagination

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 8

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 26

19

MIND GAMES

John Lennon

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

20

Helen Wheels

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 24

21

Space Race

Billy Preston

↓ 10

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 11

22

D'yer Mak'er

Led Zeppelin

↑ 6

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 28

23

Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 15

24

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 7

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 31

25

Come Get To This

Marvin Gaye

↓ 4

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 21

26

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

Aretha Franklin

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 35

27

Me And Baby Brother

War

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 33

28

Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat

The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

29

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

↓ 16

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 13

30

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

↓ 5

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

31

When I Fall In Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight

Donny Osmond

↑ 8

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

32

Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally

Tony Orlando & Dawn

↓ 5

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 27

33

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

↑ 17

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 50

34

Let Me Serenade You

Three Dog Night

↓ 5

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 29

35

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

↑ 20

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 55

36

Livin' For You

Al Green

↑ 21

Peak: 19 • 11 wks • Prev: 57

37

Paper Roses

Marie Osmond

↓ 7

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 30

38

I Can't Stand The Rain

Ann Peebles

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 21 wks • Prev: 42

39

Some Guys Have All The Luck

The Persuaders

↑ 1

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 40

40

Tell Her She's Lovely

El Chicano

↑ 6

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 46

41

Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)

Cheech & Chong

↑ 8

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 49

42

You're A Special Part Of Me

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

↓ 6

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

43

Painted Ladies

Ian Thomas

↑ 2

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

44

Walk Like A Man

Grand Funk

↑ 10

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

45

This Time I'm Gone For Good

Bobby "Blue" Bland

↑ 2

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 47

46

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 56

48

I Found Sunshine

The Chi-lites

↑ 4

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

49

American Tune

Paul Simon

↑ 10

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

50

You're Sixteen

Ringo Starr

↑ 25

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 75

51

Cheaper To Keep Her

Johnnie Taylor

↓ 17

Peak: 15 • 11 wks • Prev: 34

52

Why Me

Kris Kristofferson

↓ 14

Peak: 16 • 38 wks • Prev: 38

53

Angie

The Rolling Stones

↓ 21

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 32

54

Be

Neil Diamond

↓ 13

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

55

A Song I'd Like To Sing

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

↑ 8

Peak: 49 • 10 wks • Prev: 63

56

Keep Your Head To The Sky

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 4

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 60

57

Smarty Pants

First Choice

↑ 4

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

58

The River Of Love

B.W. Stevenson

↑ 10

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 68

59

Fell For You

The Dramatics

↓ 1

Peak: 45 • 10 wks • Prev: 58

60

Pretty Lady

Lighthouse

↓ 7

Peak: 53 • 8 wks • Prev: 53

61

Baby Come Close

Smokey Robinson

↑ 12

Peak: 27 • 16 wks • Prev: 73

62

River

Joe Simon

↑ 4

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 66

63

I Wanna Know Your Name

The Intruders

↑ 7

Peak: 60 • 13 wks • Prev: 70

64

Rock On

David Essex

↑ 7

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 71

65

If We Make It Through December

Merle Haggard

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 69

66

Jungle Boogie

Kool & The Gang

↑ 31

Peak: 4 • 22 wks • Prev: 97

67

Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)

Frank Sinatra

↑ 5

Peak: 63 • 10 wks • Prev: 72

68

Love Has No Pride

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 13

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

69

Blue Collar

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↑ 7

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 76

70

I Love

Tom T. Hall

↑ 7

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 77

71

Put Your Hands Together

The O'Jays

★ NEW

Peak: 10 • 16 wks

72

"Joy" Pt. I

Isaac Hayes

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 9 wks

73

Ain't Got No Home

The Band

↑ 6

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 79

74

A Fool Such As I

Bob Dylan

↑ 16

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 90

75

Hangin' Around

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 5

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 80

76

Showdown

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 8

Peak: 53 • 18 wks • Prev: 84

77

Love, Reign O'er Me

The Who

↑ 1

Peak: 76 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

78

Jim Dandy

Black Oak Arkansas

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 13 wks • Prev: 88

79

I Like To Live The Love

B.B. King

↑ 14

Peak: 28 • 16 wks • Prev: 93

80

Stoned To The Bone - Part 1

James Brown

↑ 9

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 89

81

My Old School

Steely Dan

↓ 7

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 74

82

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Melanie

↑ 1

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

83

Big Time Operator

Keith Hampshire

↑ 3

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 86

84

Last Kiss

Wednesday

↑ 1

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 85

85

Midnight Rider

Gregg Allman

★ NEW

Peak: 19 • 12 wks

86

Let Your Hair Down

The Temptations

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 9 wks

87

Half A Million Miles From Home

Albert Hammond

↑ 4

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 91

88

This Is Your Song

Don Goodwin

↑ 4

Peak: 86 • 8 wks • Prev: 92

89

Love Song

Anne Murray

↑ 5

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 94

90

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

Love Unlimited

↑ 5

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 95

91

Come Live With Me

Ray Charles

↓ 9

Peak: 82 • 6 wks • Prev: 82

92

Could You Ever Love Me Again

Gary & Dave

↑ 8

Peak: 92 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

93

Somewhere Between Love And Tomorrow

Roy Clark

↑ 5

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 98

94

I'm A Rocker

Raspberries

↑ 2

Peak: 94 • 3 wks • Prev: 96

95

Raised On Robbery

Joni Mitchell

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 8 wks

96

Please, Daddy

John Denver

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 5 wks

97

Flashback

The 5th Dimension

↑ 2

Peak: 82 • 9 wks • Prev: 99

98

Trying To Hold On To My Woman

Lamont Dozier

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 18 wks

99

Wang Dang Doodle

The Pointer Sisters

★ NEW

Peak: 61 • 8 wks

100

Last Kiss

J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers

★ NEW

Peak: 2 • 15 wks

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