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.

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

Number-one artists

See also

• 1973 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1973
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1970s

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.

References

1. "January 6, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
2. "January 13, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
3. "January 20, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
4. "January 27, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
5. "February 3, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
6. "February 10, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
7. "February 17, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
8. "February 24, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
9. "March 3, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
10. "March 10, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
11. "March 17, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
12. "March 24, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
13. "March 31, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
14. "April 7, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
15. "April 14, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
16. "April 21, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
17. "April 28, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
18. "May 5, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
19. "May 12, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
20. "May 19, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
21. "May 26, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
22. "June 2, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
23. "June 9, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
24. "June 16, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
25. "June 23, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
26. "June 30, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
27. "July 7, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
28. "July 14, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
29. "July 21, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
30. "July 28, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
31. "August 4, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
32. "August 11, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
33. "August 18, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
34. "August 25, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
35. "September 1, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
36. "September 8, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
37. "September 15, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
38. "September 22, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
39. "September 29, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
40. "October 6, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
41. "October 13, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
42. "October 20, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
43. "October 27, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
44. "November 3, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
45. "November 10, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
46. "November 17, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
47. "November 24, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
48. "December 1, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
49. "December 8, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
50. "December 15, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
51. "December 22, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.
52. "December 29, 1973". Billboard Hot 100.