POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 29, 1973
1

Time In A Bottle

Jim Croce

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 3

2

The Most Beautiful Girl

Charlie Rich

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

3

Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress)

Helen Reddy

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

4

The Joker

The Steve Miller Band

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 6

5

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John

↓ 3

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 2

6

Hello It's Me

Todd Rundgren

↓ 1

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 5

7

Top Of The World

Carpenters

—

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 7

8

Show And Tell

Al Wilson

↑ 3

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 11

9

Smokin' In The Boy's Room

Brownsville Station

↑ 3

Peak: 3 • 19 wks • Prev: 12

10

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up

Barry White

—

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 10

11

Living For The City

Stevie Wonder

↑ 4

Peak: 8 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

12

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)

The Staple Singers

↓ 3

Peak: 9 • 16 wks • Prev: 9

13

Just You 'n' Me

Chicago

↓ 5

Peak: 4 • 19 wks • Prev: 8

14

I've Got To Use My Imagination

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↑ 4

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 18

15

Rockin' Roll Baby

The Stylistics

↓ 1

Peak: 14 • 18 wks • Prev: 14

16

Helen Wheels

Paul McCartney And Wings

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 20

17

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

↑ 7

Peak: 6 • 19 wks • Prev: 24

18

MIND GAMES

John Lennon

↑ 1

Peak: 18 • 13 wks • Prev: 19

19

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

Aretha Franklin

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 21 wks • Prev: 26

20

D'yer Mak'er

Led Zeppelin

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 16 wks • Prev: 22

21

Love's Theme

Love Unlimited Orchestra

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 33

22

The Love I Lost (Part 1)

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

↓ 5

Peak: 7 • 18 wks • Prev: 17

23

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 35

24

Me And Baby Brother

War

↑ 3

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 27

25

When I Fall In Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight

Donny Osmond

↑ 6

Peak: 14 • 13 wks • Prev: 31

26

My Music

Loggins & Messina

↓ 10

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 16

27

You're Sixteen

Ringo Starr

↑ 23

Peak: 1 • 15 wks • Prev: 50

28

Photograph

Ringo Starr

↓ 15

Peak: 1 • 16 wks • Prev: 13

29

Space Race

Billy Preston

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

30

Livin' For You

Al Green

↑ 6

Peak: 19 • 11 wks • Prev: 36

31

Midnight Train To Georgia

Gladys Knight And The Pips

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 23

32

Who's In The Strawberry Patch With Sally

Tony Orlando & Dawn

—

Peak: 27 • 12 wks • Prev: 32

33

Come Get To This

Marvin Gaye

↓ 8

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 25

34

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

↓ 4

Peak: 10 • 17 wks • Prev: 30

35

Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)

Cheech & Chong

↑ 6

Peak: 24 • 12 wks • Prev: 41

36

Walk Like A Man

Grand Funk

↑ 8

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 44

37

Painted Ladies

Ian Thomas

↑ 6

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 43

38

Spiders & Snakes

Jim Stafford

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 46

39

Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat

The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco

↓ 11

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 28

40

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 29

41

Let Me Serenade You

Three Dog Night

↓ 7

Peak: 17 • 12 wks • Prev: 34

42

I Can't Stand The Rain

Ann Peebles

↓ 4

Peak: 38 • 21 wks • Prev: 38

43

American Tune

Paul Simon

↑ 6

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

44

This Time I'm Gone For Good

Bobby "Blue" Bland

↑ 1

Peak: 42 • 13 wks • Prev: 45

45

Tell Her She's Lovely

El Chicano

↓ 5

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

46

Paper Roses

Marie Osmond

↓ 9

Peak: 5 • 16 wks • Prev: 37

47

I Found Sunshine

The Chi-lites

↑ 1

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 48

48

Some Guys Have All The Luck

The Persuaders

↓ 9

Peak: 39 • 11 wks • Prev: 39

49

A Song I'd Like To Sing

Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge

↑ 6

Peak: 49 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

50

If We Make It Through December

Merle Haggard

↑ 15

Peak: 28 • 11 wks • Prev: 65

52

Rock On

David Essex

↑ 12

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 64

53

Keep Your Head To The Sky

Earth, Wind & Fire

↑ 3

Peak: 52 • 11 wks • Prev: 56

54

Jungle Boogie

Kool & The Gang

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 22 wks • Prev: 66

55

The River Of Love

B.W. Stevenson

↑ 3

Peak: 53 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

56

Smarty Pants

First Choice

↑ 1

Peak: 56 • 8 wks • Prev: 57

57

I Love

Tom T. Hall

↑ 13

Peak: 12 • 16 wks • Prev: 70

58

Love Has No Pride

Linda Ronstadt

↑ 10

Peak: 51 • 11 wks • Prev: 68

59

Baby Come Close

Smokey Robinson

↑ 2

Peak: 27 • 16 wks • Prev: 61

60

I Wanna Know Your Name

The Intruders

↑ 3

Peak: 60 • 13 wks • Prev: 63

61

Put Your Hands Together

The O'Jays

↑ 10

Peak: 10 • 16 wks • Prev: 71

62

"Joy" Pt. I

Isaac Hayes

↑ 10

Peak: 30 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

63

Let Me Try Again (Laisse Moi Le Temps)

Frank Sinatra

↑ 4

Peak: 63 • 10 wks • Prev: 67

64

River

Joe Simon

↓ 2

Peak: 62 • 7 wks • Prev: 62

65

Let Your Hair Down

The Temptations

↑ 21

Peak: 27 • 9 wks • Prev: 86

66

Jim Dandy

Black Oak Arkansas

↑ 12

Peak: 25 • 13 wks • Prev: 78

67

Showdown

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 9

Peak: 53 • 18 wks • Prev: 76

68

Blue Collar

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

↑ 1

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 69

69

A Fool Such As I

Bob Dylan

↑ 5

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 74

70

Love Song

Anne Murray

↑ 19

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 89

71

Hangin' Around

Edgar Winter Group

↑ 4

Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 75

72

Midnight Rider

Gregg Allman

↑ 13

Peak: 19 • 12 wks • Prev: 85

73

Ain't Got No Home

The Band

—

Peak: 73 • 7 wks • Prev: 73

74

Last Kiss

Wednesday

↑ 10

Peak: 34 • 18 wks • Prev: 84

75

I Like To Live The Love

B.B. King

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 16 wks • Prev: 79

76

Love, Reign O'er Me

The Who

↑ 1

Peak: 76 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

77

It Doesn't Have To Be That Way

Jim Croce

★ NEW

Peak: 64 • 5 wks

78

Stoned To The Bone - Part 1

James Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 58 • 11 wks • Prev: 80

79

My Old School

Steely Dan

↑ 2

Peak: 63 • 9 wks • Prev: 81

80

Please, Daddy

John Denver

↑ 16

Peak: 69 • 5 wks • Prev: 96

81

Big Time Operator

Keith Hampshire

↑ 2

Peak: 81 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

82

Will You Love Me Tomorrow?

Melanie

—

Peak: 82 • 4 wks • Prev: 82

83

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

Love Unlimited

↑ 7

Peak: 83 • 4 wks • Prev: 90

84

Teenage Lament '74

Alice Cooper

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 8 wks

85

Somewhere Between Love And Tomorrow

Roy Clark

↑ 8

Peak: 81 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

86

This Is Your Song

Don Goodwin

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 8 wks • Prev: 88

87

I Shall Sing

Garfunkel

★ NEW

Peak: 38 • 9 wks

88

Wang Dang Doodle

The Pointer Sisters

↑ 11

Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 99

89

Raised On Robbery

Joni Mitchell

↑ 6

Peak: 65 • 8 wks • Prev: 95

90

One Tin Soldier, The Legend of Billy Jack

Coven

★ NEW

Peak: 26 • 18 wks

91

Flashback

The 5th Dimension

↑ 6

Peak: 82 • 9 wks • Prev: 97

92

Trying To Hold On To My Woman

Lamont Dozier

↑ 6

Peak: 15 • 18 wks • Prev: 98

93

Could You Ever Love Me Again

Gary & Dave

↓ 1

Peak: 92 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

94

Half A Million Miles From Home

Albert Hammond

↓ 7

Peak: 87 • 5 wks • Prev: 87

95

Abra-Ca-Dabra

The De Franco Family

★ NEW

Peak: 32 • 12 wks

96

Fell For You

The Dramatics

↓ 37

Peak: 45 • 10 wks • Prev: 59

97

Last Kiss

J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers

↑ 3

Peak: 2 • 15 wks • Prev: 100

98

What It Comes Down To

The Isley Brothers

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 11 wks

99

Life Is A Song Worth Singing

Johnny Mathis

★ NEW

Peak: 54 • 12 wks

100

Can't Say Nothin'

Curtis Mayfield

★ NEW

Peak: 88 • 5 wks

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