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1973	Billboard	Cashbox
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
1	Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'round The Ole Oak Tree ●	Tony Orlando & Dawn	1(4)	04/21-05/12	1*
2	Bad Bad Leroy Brown ●	Jim Croce	1(2)	07/21-07/28	2*
3	Killing Me Softly With His Song ●	Roberta Flack	1(5)	02/24-03/17 03/31	21*
4	Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye	1(3)	09/08-09/22	11*
5	My Love ●	Paul Mccartney & Wings	1(4)	06/02-06/23	6*
6	Why Me? ●	Kris Kristofferson	16		/
7	Crocodile Rock ▲	Elton John	1(3)	02/03-02/17	4*
8	Will It Go Round In Circles ●	Billy Preston	1(2)	07/07-07/14	20*
9	You're So Vain ●	Carly Simon	1(3)	01/06-01/20	7*
10	Touch Me In The Morning	Diana Ross	1	08/18	5*
11	The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia ●	Vicki Lawrence	1(2)	04/07-04/14	23*
12	Playground In Your Mind ●	Clint Holmes	2(2)		8
13	Brother Louie ●	Stories	1(2)	08/25-09/01	19*
14	Delta Dawn ●	Helen Reddy	1	09/15	3*
15	Me And Mrs Jones ●	Billy Paul	1(3)	72/12/16-12/30	9*
16	Frankenstein ●	Edgar Winter Group	1	05/26	76*
17	Drift Away ●	Dobie Gray	5		18
18	Little Willy ●	Sweet	3(3)		51
19	You Are The Sunshine Of My Life	Stevie Wonder	1	05/19	59*
20	Half Breed ●	Cher	1(2)	10/06-10/13	16*
21	That Lady ●	Isley Brothers	6		24
22	Pillow Talk ●	Sylvia	3(2)		29
23	We're An American Band ●	Grand Funk Railroad	1	09/29	39*
24	Right Place, Wrong Time	Dr. John	9		/
25	Wildflower	Skylark	9		73
26	Superstition	Stevie Wonder	1	01/27	27*
27	Loves Me Like A Rock ●	Paul Simon	2		22*
28	The Morning After	Maureen Mcgovern	1(2)	08/04-08/21	99
29	Rocky Mountain High	John Denver	9		26
30	Stuck In The Middle With You	Stealer's Wheel	6		28
31	Shambala ●	Three Dog Night	3		10*
32	Love Train ●	O'Jays	1	03/24	12*
33	I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More ●	Barry White	3		93
34	Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? ●	Tony Orlando & Dawn	3		17
35	Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)	Eddie Kendricks	1(2)	11/10-11/17	49*
36	Dancing In The Moonlight	King Harvest	13	02	/
37	Danny's Song	Anne Murray	7		25
38	Monster Mash ●	Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers	10		96
39	Natural High ▲	Bloodstone	10		34
40	Diamond Girl	Seals & Croft	6		61
41	Long Train Running	Doobie Brothers	8		/
42	Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)	George Harrison	1	06/30	60*
43	If You Want Me To Stay ●	Sly & The Family Stone	12		/
44	Daddy's Home	Jermaine Jackson	9	03	45
45	Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)	Gladys Knight & The Pips	2(2)		35*
46	I'm Doing Fine Now	New York City	17		97
47	Could It Be I'm Falling In Love ●	Spinners	4	02	46*
48	Daniel ●	Elton John	2		44
49	Midnight Train To Georgia ●	Gladys Knight & The Pips	1(2)	10/27-11/03	15* 100('74)
50	Smoke On The Water ●	Deep Purple	4		52
51	The Cover Of Rolling Stone ●	Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	6		47
52	Behind Closed Doors ▲	Charlie Rich	15		72
53	Your Mama Don't Dance ●	Loggins & Messina	4	01	56
54	Feelin' Stronger Every Day	Chicago	10		82
55	The Cisco Kid ●	War	2(2)	05	67
56	Live And Let Die ●	Wings	2(3)		33*
57	Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?	Hurricane Smith	3		31*
58	I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) ●	Johnnie Taylor	11		90
59	Sing ●	Carpenters	3(2)		42
60	Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) ●	Four Tops	4		38*
61	Dueling Banjos ("Deliverance" Soundtrack) ●	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel	2(4)	01	55*
62	Higher Ground	Stevie Wonder	4		37*
63	Here I Am (Come And Take Me) ●	Al Green	10		/
64	My Maria	B.W. Stevenson	9		79
65	Superfly ●	Curtis Mayfield	8	01	70
66	Get Down ●	Gilbert O'sullivan	7		40
67	Last Song ●	Edward Bear	3(2)	03	14
68	Reelin' In The Years	Steely Dan	11		87
69	Hocus Pocus	Focus	9		58
70	Yesterday Once More ●	Carpenters	2		43*
71	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Bette Midler	8		78
72	Clair ●	Gilbert O'sullivan	2(2)	72/12	13
73	Do It Again	Steely Dan	6	02	/
74	Kodachrome	Paul Simon	2(2)		64
75	Why Can't We Live Together	Timmy Thomas	3		63
76	So Very Hard To Go	Tower Of Power	17		/
77	Do You Want To Dance?	Bette Midler	17		/
78	Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu ●	Johnny Rivers	6	01	30
79	Ramblin' Man	Allman Brothers	2	10	41*
80	Masterpiece ●	Temptations	7		95
81	Peaceful	Helen Reddy	12		/
82	One Of A Kind (Love Affair) ●	Spinners	11		84
83	Funny Face ●	Donna Fargo	5	01	57
84	Funky Worm	Ohio Players	15		/
85	Angie ●	Rolling Stones	1	10/20	69*
86	Jambalaya (On The Bayou)	Blue Ridge Rangers	16		94
87	Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend	Lobo	8	02	75
88	Break Up To Make Up ●	Stylistics	5		/
89	Daisy A Day	Jud Strunk	14		/
90	Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)	Deodato	2		89
91	Stir It Up	Johnny Nash	12		81
92	Money	Pink Floyd	13		85
93	Gypsy Man	War	8		91
94	The World Is A Ghetto ●	War	7		92
95	Yes We Can Can	Pointer Sisters	11		/
96	Free Ride	Edgar Winter Group	14		65
97	Space Oddity	David Bowie	15		/
98	It Never Rains In Southern California ●	Albert Hammond	5	72/12	36
99	The Twelfth Of Never ●	Donny Osmond	8		77
100	Papa Was A Rolling Stone ▲	Temptations	1	72/12/02	53*
Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	You Ought To Be With Me ●	Al Green	3(2)	72/12	32
-	I Am Woman ●	Helen Reddy	1	72/12/09	48*
-	Photograph ●	Ringo Starr	1	11/24	54* 61('74)
-	Just You 'N' Me ●	Chicago	4	12	62* 60('74)
-	Space Race ●	Billy Preston	4		66
-	I Got A Name	Jim Croce	10		68 78('74)
-	Let's Pretend	The Raspberries	35		71
-	Paper Roses ●	Marie Osmond	5		80
-	Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat	The DeFranco Family	3	11	83**
-	If You Don't Know Me By Now	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	3(2)	72/12	86
-	All I Know	Garfunkel	9		88
-	Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting	Elton John	12		98
-	I Wanna Be With You	The Raspberries	16		100
Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts
Rank	Title	Artist	Peak	Date	Rank
-	Trouble Man	Marvin Gaye	7		/
-	If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) ●	The Staple Singers	9		/
-	Uneasy Rider	Charlie Daniels	9		/
-	Call Me (Come Back Home) ●	Al Green	10		/
-	Hi, Hi, Hi	Paul McCartney & Wings	10		/
-	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Bob Dylan	12		/
-	I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)	The Moody Blues	12		/
-	China Grove	The Doobie Brothers	15		/
-	Love Jones ●	The Brighter Side Of Darkness	16		/
-	Dead Skunk	Loudon Wainwright III	16		/
-	Thinking Of You	Loggins & Messina	18		/
-	Mind Games	John Lennon	18		/
Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s). Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position). * = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart. Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs. **On the original chart, position 83 was skipped; this title has been inserted here based on its being listed elsewhere in the same issue of the magazine as the No. 1 record for the month of November that year (and No. 8 for October). ●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units ▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.

1

Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'round The Ole Oak Tree ●

Tony Orlando & Dawn

1(4)

04/21-05/12

1*

2

Bad Bad Leroy Brown ●

Jim Croce

1(2)

07/21-07/28

2*

3

Killing Me Softly With His Song ●

Roberta Flack

1(5)

02/24-03/17

03/31

21*

4

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye

1(3)

09/08-09/22

11*

5

My Love ●

Paul Mccartney & Wings

1(4)

06/02-06/23

6*

6

Why Me? ●

Kris Kristofferson

16

/

7

Crocodile Rock ▲

Elton John

1(3)

02/03-02/17

4*

8

Will It Go Round In Circles ●

Billy Preston

1(2)

07/07-07/14

20*

9

You're So Vain ●

Carly Simon

1(3)

01/06-01/20

7*

10

Touch Me In The Morning

Diana Ross

1

08/18

5*

11

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia ●

Vicki Lawrence

1(2)

04/07-04/14

23*

12

Playground In Your Mind ●

Clint Holmes

2(2)

8

13

Brother Louie ●

Stories

1(2)

08/25-09/01

19*

14

Delta Dawn ●

Helen Reddy

1

09/15

3*

15

Me And Mrs Jones ●

Billy Paul

1(3)

72/12/16-12/30

9*

16

Frankenstein ●

Edgar Winter Group

1

05/26

76*

17

Drift Away ●

Dobie Gray

5

18

Little Willy ●

Sweet

3(3)

51

19

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Stevie Wonder

1

05/19

59*

20

Half Breed ●

Cher

1(2)

10/06-10/13

16*

21

That Lady ●

Isley Brothers

6

24

22

Pillow Talk ●

Sylvia

3(2)

29

23

We're An American Band ●

Grand Funk Railroad

1

09/29

39*

24

Right Place, Wrong Time

Dr. John

9

/

25

Wildflower

Skylark

9

73

26

Superstition

Stevie Wonder

1

01/27

27*

27

Loves Me Like A Rock ●

Paul Simon

2

22*

28

The Morning After

Maureen Mcgovern

1(2)

08/04-08/21

99

29

Rocky Mountain High

John Denver

9

26

30

Stuck In The Middle With You

Stealer's Wheel

6

28

31

Shambala ●

Three Dog Night

3

10*

32

Love Train ●

O'Jays

1

03/24

12*

33

I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More ●

Barry White

3

93

34

Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? ●

Tony Orlando & Dawn

3

17

35

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)

Eddie Kendricks

1(2)

11/10-11/17

49*

36

Dancing In The Moonlight

King Harvest

13

02

/

37

Danny's Song

Anne Murray

7

25

38

Monster Mash ●

Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

10

96

39

Natural High ▲

Bloodstone

10

34

40

Diamond Girl

Seals & Croft

6

61

41

Long Train Running

Doobie Brothers

8

/

42

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

George Harrison

1

06/30

60*

43

If You Want Me To Stay ●

Sly & The Family Stone

12

/

44

Daddy's Home

Jermaine Jackson

9

03

45

Neither One Of Us
(Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)

Gladys Knight & The Pips

2(2)

35*

46

I'm Doing Fine Now

New York City

17

97

47

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love ●

Spinners

4

02

46*

48

Daniel ●

Elton John

2

44

49

Midnight Train To Georgia ●

Gladys Knight & The Pips

1(2)

10/27-11/03

15*

100('74)

50

Smoke On The Water ●

Deep Purple

4

52

51

The Cover Of Rolling Stone ●

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

6

47

52

Behind Closed Doors ▲

Charlie Rich

15

72

53

Your Mama Don't Dance ●

Loggins & Messina

4

01

56

54

Feelin' Stronger Every Day

Chicago

10

82

55

The Cisco Kid ●

War

2(2)

05

67

56

Live And Let Die ●

Wings

2(3)

33*

57

Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?

Hurricane Smith

3

31*

58

I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) ●

Johnnie Taylor

11

90

59

Sing ●

Carpenters

3(2)

42

60

Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) ●

Four Tops

4

38*

61

Dueling Banjos ("Deliverance" Soundtrack) ●

Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel

2(4)

01

55*

62

Higher Ground

Stevie Wonder

4

37*

63

Here I Am (Come And Take Me) ●

Al Green

10

/

64

My Maria

B.W. Stevenson

9

79

65

Superfly ●

Curtis Mayfield

8

01

70

66

Get Down ●

Gilbert O'sullivan

7

40

67

Last Song ●

Edward Bear

3(2)

03

14

68

Reelin' In The Years

Steely Dan

11

87

69

Hocus Pocus

Focus

9

58

70

Yesterday Once More ●

Carpenters

2

43*

71

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Bette Midler

8

78

72

Clair ●

Gilbert O'sullivan

2(2)

72/12

13

73

Do It Again

Steely Dan

6

02

/

74

Kodachrome

Paul Simon

2(2)

64

75

Why Can't We Live Together

Timmy Thomas

3

63

76

So Very Hard To Go

Tower Of Power

17

/

77

Do You Want To Dance?

Bette Midler

17

/

78

Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu ●

Johnny Rivers

6

01

30

79

Ramblin' Man

Allman Brothers

2

10

41*

80

Masterpiece ●

Temptations

7

95

81

Peaceful

Helen Reddy

12

/

82

One Of A Kind (Love Affair) ●

Spinners

11

84

83

Funny Face ●

Donna Fargo

5

01

57

84

Funky Worm

Ohio Players

15

/

85

Angie ●

Rolling Stones

1

10/20

69*

86

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Blue Ridge Rangers

16

94

87

Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend

Lobo

8

02

75

88

Break Up To Make Up ●

Stylistics

5

/

89

Daisy A Day

Jud Strunk

14

/

90

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Deodato

2

89

91

Stir It Up

Johnny Nash

12

81

92

Money

Pink Floyd

13

85

93

Gypsy Man

War

8

91

94

The World Is A Ghetto ●

War

7

92

95

Yes We Can Can

Pointer Sisters

11

/

96

Free Ride

Edgar Winter Group

14

65

97

Space Oddity

David Bowie

15

/

98

It Never Rains In Southern California ●

Albert Hammond

5

72/12

36

99

The Twelfth Of Never ●

Donny Osmond

8

77

100

Papa Was A Rolling Stone ▲

Temptations

1

72/12/02

53*

Cashbox year end chart hits which not appear in Billboard year end chart

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

You Ought To Be With Me ●

Al Green

3(2)

72/12

32

-

I Am Woman ●

Helen Reddy

1

72/12/09

48*

-

Photograph ●

Ringo Starr

1

11/24

54*

61('74)

-

Just You 'N' Me ●

Chicago

4

12

62*

60('74)

-

Space Race ●

Billy Preston

4

66

-

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

10

68

78('74)

-

Let's Pretend

The Raspberries

35

71

-

Paper Roses ●

Marie Osmond

5

80

-

Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat

The DeFranco Family

3

11

83**

-

If You Don't Know Me By Now

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

3(2)

72/12

86

-

All I Know

Garfunkel

9

88

-

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting

Elton John

12

98

-

I Wanna Be With You

The Raspberries

16

100

Other major hits of the year which not appear in both Billboard & Cashbox year end charts

Rank

Title

Artist

Peak

Date

Rank

-

Trouble Man

Marvin Gaye

7

/

-

If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) ●

The Staple Singers

9

/

-

Uneasy Rider

Charlie Daniels

9

/

-

Call Me (Come Back Home) ●

Al Green

10

/

-

Hi, Hi, Hi

Paul McCartney & Wings

10

/

-

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

12

/

-

I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

The Moody Blues

12

/

-

China Grove

The Doobie Brothers

15

/

-

Love Jones ●

The Brighter Side Of Darkness

16

/

-

Dead Skunk

Loudon Wainwright III

16

/

-

Thinking Of You

Loggins & Messina

18

/

-

Mind Games

John Lennon

18

/

Rank = Position in year-end chart. Date = Peak date(s).
Peak = The single's highest position during its chart run (Parenthesis indicates weeks on the highest position).
* = A No.1 hit of Cashbox singles chart.
Information in Italic Font indicate possibly underrated singles in year end chart due to the fact of their year-crossing chart runs.
**On the original chart, position 83 was skipped; this title has been inserted here based on its being listed elsewhere in the same issue of the magazine as the No. 1 record for the month of November that year (and No. 8 for October).
●= RIAA certification for sales of 1,000,000 units
▲= RIAA certification for sales of 2,000,000 units, with each additional 2 millions indicated by a numeral following the symbol.