List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1973
These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973. The longest running number one single of 1973 is "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack which stayed at the top spot for five non-consecutive weeks.
That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as Carly Simon, Elton John, The O'Jays, Vicki Lawrence, The Edgar Winter Group, Wings, Jim Croce, Maureen McGovern, Stories, Grand Funk, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Charlie Rich. Jim Croce is the third person to hit number one posthumously after his death in September 1973. Eddie Kendricks and Ringo Starr, despite having hit number one with The Temptations and The Beatles, respectively, earn their first number one songs as solo acts. Stevie Wonder and Jim Croce were the only acts to hit number one with more than one song, each having two.
| The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1973 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |
| No. | Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 287 | January 6 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | |
| January 13 | ||||
| January 20 | ||||
| 288 | January 27 | "Superstition" | Stevie Wonder | |
| 289 | February 3 | "Crocodile Rock" | Elton John | |
| February 10 | ||||
| February 17 | ||||
| 290 | February 24 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | |
| March 3 | ||||
| March 10 | ||||
| March 17 | ||||
| 291 | March 24 | "Love Train" | The O'Jays | |
| re | March 31 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | |
| 292 | April 7 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Vicki Lawrence | |
| April 14 | ||||
| 293 | April 21 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando | |
| April 28 | ||||
| May 5 | ||||
| May 12 | ||||
| 294 | May 19 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder | |
| 295 | May 26 | "Frankenstein" | The Edgar Winter Group | |
| 296 | June 2 | "My Love" | Paul McCartney & Wings | |
| June 9 | ||||
| June 16 | ||||
| June 23 | ||||
| 297 | June 30 | "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" | George Harrison | |
| 298 | July 7 | "Will It Go Round in Circles" | Billy Preston | |
| July 14 | ||||
| 299 | July 21 | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | Jim Croce | |
| July 28 | ||||
| 300 | August 4 | "The Morning After" | Maureen McGovern | |
| August 11 | ||||
| 301 | August 18 | "Touch Me in the Morning" | Diana Ross | |
| 302 | August 25 | "Brother Louie" | Stories | |
| September 1 | ||||
| 303 | September 8 | "Let's Get It On" | Marvin Gaye | |
| 304 | September 15 | "Delta Dawn" | Helen Reddy | |
| re | September 22 | "Let's Get It On" | Marvin Gaye | |
| 305 | September 29 | "We're an American Band" | Grand Funk | |
| 306 | October 6 | "Half-Breed" | Cher | |
| October 13 | ||||
| 307 | October 20 | "Angie" | The Rolling Stones | |
| 308 | October 27 | "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | |
| November 3 | ||||
| 309 | November 10 | "Keep on Truckin'" | Eddie Kendricks | |
| November 17 | ||||
| 310 | November 24 | "Photograph" | Ringo Starr | |
| 311 | December 1 | "Top of the World" | The Carpenters | |
| December 8 | ||||
| 312 | December 15 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" | Charlie Rich | |
| December 22 | ||||
| 313 | December 29 | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce | |
Sources
- Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
- Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.