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List of <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 number ones of 1973

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1973

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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.

Tony Orlando and Dawn's "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" reached #1 in 1973 and became the #1 song at year's end.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1973 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
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Number-one artists

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See also

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.

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