1973 in music

none June 2021 June 2013 1973 1973 music radio television film This is a list of music-related events in 1973. right|thumb|Leonard Bernstein in 1973 right|thumb|Foghat's Tony Stevens in 1973 right|thumb|Isaac Hayes in 1973 right|thumb|Dizzy Gillespie in 1973 right|thumb|Joan Baez in 1973 Specific locations 1973 in British music 1973 in Japanese music 1973 in Norwegian music 1973 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1973 in country music 1973 in heavy metal music 1973 in jazz 1973 in progressive rock Events January–April January 8 – British Rail authorities restrict Pipe Major Gordon Speirs to playing his bagpipes just one minute in every fifteen on Liverpool Street station, London, on grounds that his playing (part of a holiday campaign by the Scottish Tourist Board) "interferes with station business".A"Pipe Down, Rail Chiefs Tell Major", The Times issue 58676 (January 9, 1973) January 9 – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour. January 13 - The Sweet release "Block Buster!", their only number one hit in the UK. It stays at the top of the charts for 5 weeks. This is one of the first Glam hits of the decade. The Sweet follow this up with 3 straight number 2 singles:SWEET full Official Chart History Official Charts Company https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14266/sweet/ 2023-06-13 Officialcharts.com "Hell Raiser", "The Ballroom Blitz" and "Teenage Rampage". January 14 Elvis Presley's Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite television special is broadcast in over 40 countries around the world. Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession at his Marin County home. January 18 – The Rolling Stones' benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000. On December 22, 1972, an earthquake destroyed Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. January 21 – The Rolling Stones open their Pacific tour of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand in Honolulu, Hawaii. January 30 – Kiss perform their first concert, at the Coventry Club in Queens, New York City, United States. February 2 – The Midnight Special makes its début as a regular series on US TV channel NBC. Helen Reddy is the featured artist.TV.com http://www.tv.com/the-midnight-special/show/2974/summary.html The Midnight Special TV.com 2013-09-22 August 12, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110812075146/http://www.tv.com/the-midnight-special/show/2974/summary.html dead February 14 – David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden. February 18 – The King Biscuit Flower Hour is first broadcast with performances by Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and new artist Bruce Springsteen. March 1 Leonard Bernstein conducts Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto for the first time in his career, with soloist Isaac Stern and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The Joffrey Ballet's Deuce Coupe Ballet opens. The ballet is set entirely to music by The Beach Boys. Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon, which goes on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. The album debuts on the Billboard 200 on March 17, reaches #1 on April 28, and eventually logs the all-time record of 741 weeks on that chart. Sleeve design is by Hipgnosis. March 5 – Jimi Hendrix's former personal manager, Michael Jeffery, is killed in a plane crash while travelling from Majorca to England; no passengers survive. March 6 – The New York Office of the US Immigration Department cancels John Lennon's visa extension five days after granting it. March 7 – The director of talent acquisition at Columbia Records, John H. Hammond, suffers a non-fatal heart attack following a performance by one of his most recent finds, Bruce Springsteen. March 8 – Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.Harry Bill The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia 2002 Virgin 978-0-7535-0716-2 300–307 March 14 – The singers Stephen Stills and Véronique Sanson are married near Guildford, England. March 24 – Lou Reed is bitten on the buttocks by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, New York. April 2 – Capitol Records releases two collections of The Beatles' greatest hits, The Beatles 1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970 (commonly referred to as the "Red Album" and the "Blue Album", respectively). April 7 – In Luxembourg City, the 18th Eurovision Song Contest is won by Luxembourg for the second consecutive year, this time with "Tu te reconnaîtras", sung by Anne-Marie David. Spain finish in second place with "Eres Tú", sung by Mocedades; the United Kingdom finish third with Cliff Richard singing "Power to All Our Friends". The top three placed songs become international hits. April 8 – Opening of the first La Rochelle Festival of Contemporary Music, under the direction of Claude Samuel. Featured composers include Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis April 15 – Tenth Royan Festival of International Contemporary Art begins, including concerts featuring music by Jean Barraqué and Horațiu Rădulescu, amongst others. April 16 – Paul McCartney's first solo television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on ABC. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings. April 18 – Violinist Jascha Heifetz deposits parts from his prized Guarnerius violin in the newly poured wet concrete of the foundation for the new Virginia Ramo Hall of Music, under construction at the University of Southern California, United States, in order to ensure the building will be "in tune", and to bring luck. May–August May 4 – July 29 – Led Zeppelin embarks on a tour of the United States, during which they set the record for highest attendance for a concert, 56,800, at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The record was previously held by The Beatles. Performances for the movie The Song Remains the Same are also filmed. May 9 – Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by The Rolling Stones' January 18 benefit concert for the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake. May 12 – David Bowie is the first rock artist to perform at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London. May 13 – Daniel Barenboim collapses with a gastric upset during a concert at the Brighton Festival in England, but later had sufficiently recovered to be driven home. May 19 – Première of Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 2 in E minor at the Brighton Dome, performed by the Kensington Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leslie Head.Havergal Brian Memorial Concert Birmingham Daily Post 22 May 1973 26 February 2025 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19730522/043/0002 British Newspaper Archive subscription May 23 – Don Robey sells Duke Records, Peacock Records and Backbeat Records to ABC Dunhill Records. May 25 – Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes the first release on Richard Branson's newly launched Virgin label in the UK. June 1 - Robert Wyatt falls three storeys from a London apartment block, becoming paralized from the waist down. After a six-month stay in hospital, where he composes the material for his Rock Bottom album, he continues his musical career using a wheelchair. June 4 – Ronnie Lane plays his last show with Faces at the Edmonton Sundown in London. Lane had informed the band three weeks earlier that he was quitting. June 15 – The first Istanbul International Music Festival opens. June 16 – Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice, receives its première at Snape Maltings in the UK.Opera Premiere Reviews and Re-assessments: A Listing Mellen Press 1997 24 June 29 – The Scorpions play their first gig with Uli Roth at a festival in Vechta, Germany. Roth was originally intended as a temporary replacement for Michael Schenker, who had just been snapped up by U.F.O. earlier in the month. July 3 – David Bowie 'retires' his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in front of a shocked audience at the Hammersmith Odeon in London at the end of his British tour. July 4 – Slade drummer Don Powell is critically injured in a car crash in Wolverhampton; his 20-year-old girlfriend is killed. With his life in danger, the band's future is left in the balance. Powell recovers after surgery, and is able to join the band ten weeks later in New York, to record "Merry Xmas Everybody". July 13 – The Everly Brothers break up after Phil Everly smashes his guitar on the floor midway through their final show together. July 15 – Ray Davies of The Kinks makes an emotional outburst during a performance at White City Stadium in London, announcing he is quitting the group. He later recants the statement. July 28 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival in New York (state) is attended by 600,000, who see The Allman Brothers Band, The Band and the Grateful Dead. July 30 – Soviet officials grant permission for Gennadi Rozhdestvensky to accept a three-year appointment as chief conductor of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the first time a Soviet orchestra conductor has been allowed to take up such a position outside of the Eastern Bloc."Russia Lets Conductor Take Post in Sweden", The Times, issue 58848 (July 31, 1973): 5 col G. August 6 – Stevie Wonder is seriously injured in a car accident outside Durham, North Carolina, spending the next four days in a coma. I heard that Stevie Wonder lost his sense of smell. Is that true? October 22, 2008 Gavin Edwards Rule Forty Two http://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-1/stevie-wonder-lost-his-sense-of-smell dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090106030029/http://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-1/stevie-wonder-lost-his-sense-of-smell/ January 6, 2009 August 11 – DJ Kool Herc originates the hip-hop genre in New York City.https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/birthplace-of-hip-hop/ Birthplace of Hip Hop History Detectives PBS 2017-08-11 August 20 – The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the Salzburg Festival. August 25 – The Allman Brothers nearly suffer another tragedy when Butch Trucks crashes his car near Macon, Georgia, not far from where Duane Allman was killed two years earlier. Trucks survives with only a broken leg.Rock Movers & Shakers Billboard Publications, Incorporated 1989 9780823076086 12 September–December September 1 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Vienna, Austria. September 6 - "Here he is, the biggest, largest, most gigantic and fantastic man, the co-star of my next movie - Elton John!" That's how John is introduced at the Hollywood Bowl. The concert's emcee is none other than pornographic film star Linda Lovelace. September 20 – Jim Croce, Maury Muehleisen and four others die in a plane crash in Louisiana.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19730922&id=NxZKAAAAIBAJ&pg=2941,1273229 The Michigan Daily Rock group killed Associated Press September 22, 1973 2 Ann Arbor September 22 – Benita Valente makes her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, singing Pamina in The Magic Flute.Current Biography Yearbook H.W. Wilson Company 1988 587 September 23 – The Roxy Theatre opens in West Hollywood, California. September 27 – Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is premièred on syndicated television in the United States, including a performance by The Rolling Stones.O'Connor, John J. " 'In Concert' man gathers Stones for new series", The New York Times, September 27, 1973, p. 78 September 29 – Jan Akkerman from the Netherlands was chosen 'Best Guitarist in The World' by the readers of the UK magazine, Melody Maker. October 5 – Genesis releases their 5th studio album Selling England by the Pound, one of their most commercially successful albums. October 6 – Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band become the national brass-band champions of Great Britain by defeating 18 other bands at the Albert Hall in London."Brass Band Champions", The Times issue 58907 (October 8, 1973): 2 col. G. October 13 – Family play their last concert at De Montfort Hall at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) before splitting up for good. A farewell party at a local Holiday Inn after the show ends in a good-natured melée, with people jumping in or pushed into the motel pool. October 17 – The 1973 oil crisis begins, causing shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records. A number of new albums are either delayed or only available in limited quantities until after the holiday season. October 20 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opens Sydney Opera House.Lewis, Wendy Wendy Lewis Balderstone, Simon Bowan, John Events That Shaped Australia 239–243 New Holland 2006 978-1-74110-492-9 November 1 – Kiss becomes the first act signed to Neil Bogart's new label, Casablanca Records. November 5 Cellist Jacqueline du Pré is forced to retire because she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis."Miss du Pré is Forced by Illness to Retire", The Times issue 58931 (November 6, 1973): 1 col. A. Two friends of the recently deceased Gram Parsons hand themselves in to police and confess to having carried out an impromptu cremation of the singer's body at the Joshua Tree National Monument.http://www.gramparsonsproject.com/ Gram Parsons Project, interview with Phil Kaufman Gramparsonsproject.com 2012-06-07 March 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120303043252/http://www.gramparsonsproject.com/ dead November 7 – Harold Holt Ltd., agent for Jacqueline du Pré, deny newspaper reports that she will never perform again, while at the same time confirming she has been diagnosed with "a mild case of multiple sclerosis" and has no definite plans for future performances.Tim Devlin, "Miss du Pré 'Very Ill' Report Denied", The Times, issue 58932 (November 7, 1973): 5 col C. November 10 – The 2nd OTI Festival, held at the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is won by the song "es Qué alegre va María no", written by Celia Bonfil, and performed by Imelda Miller es representing Mexico. November 20 – The Who open their Quadrophenia US tour with a concert at San Francisco's Cow Palace, but drummer Keith Moon passes out and has to be carried off the stage. 19-year old fan Scot Halpin is selected from the audience to finish the show. November 24 – Première of Górecki's Three Dances, Op. 34, in Rybnik. Performed by the Rybnik Philharmonic Orchestra pl Filharmonia Rybnicka conducted by Antoni Szafranek pl Antoni Szafranek.Whitehouse Richard About This Recording: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933–2010) Little Requiem for a Certain Polka Concerto-Cantata • Harpsichord Concerto (piano version) • Three Dances https://www.naxos.com/MainSite/BlurbsReviews/?itemcode=8.572872&catnum=572872&filetype=AboutThisRecording&language=English Naxos.com Naxos Records 8 October 2025 n.d. December – Paul Pena produces his second album, New Train, but due to a dispute with Albert Grossman of Bearsville Records the release was canceled. The album would later be released on Hybrid Recordings in 2000. December 10 – CBGB music club opens in Manhattan. December 15 – Jermaine Jackson marries Hazel Gordy, daughter of Motown Records executive Berry Gordy. December 25 – Universal Pictures releases The Sting, reviving interest in the ragtime music of Scott Joplin. December 31 Brothers Malcolm and Angus Young perform under the name AC/DC at the former Sydney nightclub 'Chequers' for their New Year's Eve party. The second annual New Year's Rockin' Eve airs on NBC, with performances by Tower of Power, Billy Preston and The Pointer Sisters. Unknown dates Musica Antiqua Köln formed. Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music merge to create the Royal Northern College of Music. Seiji Ozawa is appointed musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.Aaron Green http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/conductors/a/conductorseiji.htm Seiji Ozawa – A Profile of the Great Conductor Classicalmusic.about.com January 6, 2016 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212415/http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/conductors/a/conductorseiji.htm The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is launched, with Pablo Casals as its president. U.F.O. signs a contract with Chrysalis Records. Approximate date – Salsa music originates in New York City. The pioneer disco gay nightclub the Tenth Floor closes in Manhattan.Publishing Here The Advocate Here Publishing 1998-07-21 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=imMEAAAAMBAJ 2026-06-01 50 Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1973 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1973 Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey Various Artists -5 Aerosmith Aerosmith Debut Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band Debut8 Approximately Infinite Universe Yoko Ono - Holland The Beach Boys -12 Who Do We Think We Are Deep Purple US Palepoli Osanna -15 Any Old Wind That Blows Johnny Cash -19 Life in a Tin Can Bee Gees - Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra -23 The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman -25 Dixie Chicken Little Feat - The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Compilation of unreleased material26 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John -30 Funky Serenity Ramsey Lewis - - Life and Times Jim Croce - Artificial Paradise The Guess Who- Back in '72 Bob Seger - Doug Sahm and Band Doug Sahm - GP Gram Parsons - Heartbreaker Free - In Concert Derek and the Dominos Live 1970Let Me Touch Your Mind Ike & Tina Turner - Naked Songs Al Kooper - Prelude Eumir Deodato - True Stories and Other Dreams Judy Collins - We the People Ellen McIlwaine - February DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Elvis Presley Livehttps://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ Gold & Platinum Riaa.com April 7, 20267 Raw Power The Stooges -10 Cameo Dusty Springfield -12 We Found It Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton -18 Blueprint Rory Gallagher -21 Masterpiece The Temptations -22 Amabutho Ladysmith Black Mambazo -27 Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper-28 Camel Camel Debut - Tyranny and Mutation Blue Öyster Cult -GreensladeGreensladeDebut All Out Grin - In the Right Place Dr. John - Back Up Against the Wall Atlanta Rhythm Section - The Best of Mountain Mountain Compilation Black Caesar James Brown Soundtrack David Ruffin David Ruffin - Heaven Help the Child Mickey Newbury - Rosie Fairport Convention - Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory Traffic - Solid Air John Martyn - A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing Sparks UK release (released in 1972 in US) March DayAlbumArtistNotes1 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd US; released in UK on 16 March Paris 1919 John Cale - The Singer Liza Minnelli - A Wizard, a True Star Todd Rundgren -2 ELO 2/Electric Light Orchestra II Electric Light Orchestra - The Captain and Me The Doobie Brothers -5 In Deep Argent -6 Closing Time Tom Waits -7 Byrds The Byrds -9 The New Age Canned Heat -16 Tanx T. Rex -23 For Your Pleasure Roxy Music - Larks' Tongues in Aspic King Crimson -26 Beck, Bogert & Appice Beck, Bogert & Appice - Ring Ring ABBA -27 I've Got So Much to Give Barry White -28 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin - My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton -29 Skywriter The Jackson 5 -30 Sextant Herbie Hancock -- Penguin Fleetwood Mac - Ooh La La Faces - Rock and Roll Foghat aka Rock and Roll After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow Hank Williams, Jr. - Atem Tangerine Dream - Cosmic Wheels Donovan - Grand Hotel Procol Harum - Heart Food Judee Sill - A Letter to Myself The Chi-Lites - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Waylon Jennings - Losin' Streak Ray Stevens - My Feet Are Smiling Leo Kottke Live Neither One of Us Gladys Knight & the Pips - No Ruinous Feud Incredible String Band - Raunch 'N' Roll Live Black Oak Arkansas Live Spinners The Spinners - Still Alive and Well Johnny Winter - Sylvester and the Hot Band Sylvester - Twice Removed from Yesterday Robin Trower - Where Are You Now, My Son? Joan Baez - April DayAlbumArtistNotes2 1962-1966 The Beatles Compilation 1967-1970 The Beatles Compilation The Gospel Road Johnny Cash Soundtrack12 Bloodshot The J. Geils Band -13 Catch a Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers - Music & Me Michael Jackson -17 Desperado Eagles -18 Renaissance The Miracles -19 Aladdin Sane David Bowie -23 Down the Road Manassas -30 Red Rose Speedway Paul McCartney and Wings -- Air Cut Curved Air- Bittersweet White Light Cher - The Blue Ridge Rangers John Fogerty - Call Me Al Green - Danny's Song Anne Murray Studio and live Diamond Girl Seals and Crofts - Eat It Humble Pie Double LP; three sides studio, one side live Home Thoughts Clifford T. Ward - Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Arlo Guthrie - Live Songs Leonard Cohen Live The Marshall Tucker Band The Marshall Tucker Band - Ma Rare Earth - Melanie at Carnegie Hall Melanie Live Parcel of Rogues Steeleye Span - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland Jefferson Airplane Live Uriah Heep Live Uriah Heep Live Zarathustra Museo Rosenbach - May DayAlbumArtistNotes5 There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon -7 Daltrey Roger Daltrey https://www.bpi.co.uk/page/certified-awards BRIT Certified Awards Bpi.co.uk April 7, 202611 Space Ritual Hawkwind Live Wishbone Four Wishbone Ash -16 Now & Then Carpenters -17 Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive Debut18 History of The Byrds The Byrds Compilation Yessongs Yes Live21 What's Your Mama's Name Tanya Tucker -25 Flying Teapot Gong - Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield -30 Les Granges Brûlées Jean Michel Jarre - Living in the Material World George Harrison US- Any Day Now Scott Walker - Bananamour Kevin Ayers - Country Casanova Commander Cody - Eddie Kendricks Eddie Kendricks - Head to the Sky Earth, Wind & Fire - Honey in the Rock Charlie Daniels - I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) Glen Campbell - Oora Edgar Broughton Band - The Pointer Sisters Pointer Sisters - Razamanaz Nazareth - Rigor Mortis Sets In John Entwistle - Tower of Power Tower of Power - You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw Spooky Tooth - June DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Touch Me Gary Glitter -4 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Jimmy Buffett -8 Facts of Life Bobby Womack -11 Shotgun Willie Willie Nelson -15 Messin' Manfred Mann's Earth Band -18 Extension of a Man Donny Hathaway - The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get Joe Walsh -19 Smokey Smokey Robinson -22 Touch Me in the Morning Diana Ross -25 Chicago VI Chicago - Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) Aretha Franklin - Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings -30 Never Turn Your Back on a Friend Budgie -- All I Need Is Time Gladys Knight & the Pips - Fresh Sly & the Family Stone - The Plan The Osmonds - 10 The Guess Who - Crossword Puzzle The Partridge Family - Fantasy Carole King - Farewell Andromeda John Denver - Jesus Christ Superstar Various Artists Soundtrack A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night Harry Nilsson and Gordon Jenkins - Roger McGuinn Roger McGuinn - July DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Love and Music Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton -9 Cosmic Slop Funkadelic -13 A Passion Play Jethro Tull - History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) Grateful Dead Live 1970 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Bob Dylan Soundtrack Queen Queen Debut16 Elvis Elvis Presley - We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad -18 Rufus Rufus -20 Genesis Live Genesis Live Love Devotion Surrender Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin - Mott Mott the Hoople -23 Long Hard Climb Helen Reddy -26 Tres Hombres ZZ Top -27 New York Dolls New York Dolls -- Foreigner Cat Stevens - 10cc 10cc - African Herbsman The Wailers Compilation Barry Manilow Barry Manilow - Boulders Roy Wood - Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan - Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Janis Joplin Compilation Styx II Styx - The Morning After Maureen McGovern - The Sweet Sweet US-only compilation and debut Unlucky Boy Chicken Shack - Whatever Turns You On West, Bruce and Laing - August DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack -3 Innervisions Stevie Wonder -7 3 + 3 The Isley Brothers - Pressure Cookin' Labelle -10 Sing It Again Rod Rod Stewart Compilation13 (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd -17 And I Love You So Perry Como -23 Body Talk George Benson -28 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye -31 Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones - Legend Henry Cow Debut- Moontan Golden Earring - 41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti Various Artists Soundtrack Bio Chuck Berry - Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers Band - Chi-Lites The Chi-Lites - Deliver the Word War - Future Days Can - Hard Nose the Highway Van Morrison - Kindling Gene Parsons - Live at Montezuma Hall Mickey Newbury Live Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur - No Sweat Blood, Sweat & Tears - Valley Hi Ian Matthews - Volcanic Rock Buffalo - Yeah! Brownsville Station - September DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Sweet Freedom Uriah Heep - Johnny Cash and His Woman Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -5 Buckingham Nicks Buckingham Nicks -7 Over-Nite Sensation Frank Zappa -10 Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert Eric Clapton Live Side 3 Raspberries -11 Angel Clare Art Garfunkel -14 Bubbling Over Dolly Parton -21 In a Glass House Gentle Giant - Vagabonds of the Western World Thin Lizzy - Faust IV Faust - G.I.T.: Get It Together The Jackson 5 - Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music Billy Preston -24 Milestones Roy Orbison - Super Fly T.N.T. Osibisa Soundtrack28 Hello! Status Quo - Sladest Slade Compilation - Back into the Future Man LiveCommunicationJunipher Greene Bang James Gang - Call of the Wild Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes - Crazy Eyes Poco - Don't Call Me Mama Anymore Cass Elliot Live Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I Leon Russell - Ecstasy Ohio Players From the Depths of My Soul Marlena Shaw - Full Moon Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - Half-Breed Cher - I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter Gilbert O'Sullivan - It's Only a Movie Family -Live! The World of Ike & TinaIke & Tina TurnerLive Mine Dolly Parton Compilation Nice 'n' Greasy Atomic Rooster - Paper Roses Marie Osmond - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash Michael Nesmith - Song for Juli Jesse Colin Young - Show Your Hand Average White Band Debut Ten Years Are Gone John Mayall - Where My Heart Is Ronnie Milsap - Wild and Peaceful Kool & the Gang - October DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Raised on Rock Elvis Presley - Spectrum Billy Cobham - Don't Cry Now Linda Ronstadt -2 Stone Gon' Barry White -5 Berlin Lou Reed - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Caravan - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John -Selling England by the PoundGenesis These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry Solo Debut9 Cyan Three Dog Night - Imagination Gladys Knight & the Pips -10 Inside Eloy -13 Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back Frank Sinatra -14 Jackie Jackson Jackie Jackson -15 For Everyman Jackson Browne - Moondog Matinee The Band - Mystery to Me Fleetwood Mac - Time Fades Away Neil Young Live Wake of the Flood Grateful Dead -16 Live in Europe Creedence Clearwater Revival Live17 Montrose Montrose -19 Burnin' Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Joker Steve Miller Band - Jonathan Livingston Seagull Neil Diamond - Pin Ups David Bowie Covers album23 High on the Hog Black Oak Arkansas -25 Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings -26 Quadrophenia The Who Richie Unterberger Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia Jawbone Press 2011 978-1-906002-75-6 232 Diana & Marvin Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - Hat Trick America - Head Hunters Herbie Hancock -29 It's Like You Never Left Dave Mason - - Ashes Are Burning Renaissance - At the Rainbow Focus Live The Adventures of Panama Red New Riders of the Purple Sage - All American Boy Rick Derringer - Bodacious DF Bodacious DF - Bulletin Board The Partridge Family - Cyborg Klaus Schulze - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes David Cassidy - Earth Vangelis - Five & Dime David Ackles - Full Sail Loggins and Messina - Gone Crazy Grin - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Return to Forever - Inside Out John Martyn - It's Been a Long Time The New Birth - I Remember Hank Williams Glen Campbell - Laid Back Gregg Allman - Marjory Razorblade Kevin Coyne - Nine Fairport Convention - On the Road Traffic Live Playin' Favorites Don McLean - Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz -Ralf und FlorianKraftwerk - Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro - Sweet Revenge John Prine - Takin' My Time Bonnie Raitt - You've Got It Bad Girl Quincy Jones - November DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Stranded Roxy Music -2 Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments Barbra Streisand - On the Road to Freedom Alvin Lee - Ringo Ringo Starr -5 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen -9 Ladies Invited The J. Geils Band - Loud 'n' Proud Nazareth UK (No Pussyfooting) Robert Fripp and Brian Eno Debut Welcome Santana -14 Piano Man Billy Joel -16 Back Street Crawler Paul Kossoff - Bette Midler Bette Midler - Between Nothingness and Eternity Mahavishnu Orchestra Live Mind Games John Lennon - Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Preservation Act 1 The Kinks -19 The Beach Boys in Concert The Beach Boys Live Dylan Bob Dylan Outtakes recorded 1969–'7020 Muscle of Love Alice Cooper -23 Feeling the Space Yoko Ono -26 Ass Badfinger -30Sabbath Bloody SabbathBlack Sabbath Solar Fire Manfred Mann's Earth Band - - Tattoo Rory Gallagher- Abandoned Luncheonette Hall & Oates - Bedside Manners Are Extra Greenslade - Rockin' with Curly Leads The Shadows - Electric Jewels April Wine - Friends and Legends Michael Stanley - The Human Menagerie Cockney Rebel - John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver Compilation Live Dates Wishbone Ash LiveNutbush City Limits (album) Ike & Tina Turner - On the Third Day Electric Light Orchestra US Ship Ahoy The O'Jays - Quiet Places Buffy Sainte-Marie - Stretch Scott Walker - Viva Terlingua Jerry Jeff Walker Live Witness Spooky Tooth - Wovoka Redbone - December DayAlbumArtistNotes I Got a Name Jim Croce Posthumous 6 Last Time I Saw Him Diana Ross - Livin' for You Al Green -7 1990 The Temptations - Angel's Egg Gong - Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings Brain Salad Surgery Emerson, Lake & Palmer Freedom for the Stallion The Hues Corporation Debut Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes Double album21 Ridin' the Storm Out REO Speedwagon -- Short Stories Harry Chapin - Comin' Atcha Madeline Bell - Bachman–Turner Overdrive II Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Essence to Essence Donovan - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Virtuoso Joe Pass - Release date unknown 8th Street Nites - Back Door 953 West - Siegel-Schwall Band Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere – Perigeo Afrodisiac – Fela Kuti Afrodisiac - The Main Ingredient After the Ball - John Fahey The Alchemist - Home Andy Pratt - Andy Pratt Anthenagin - Art Blakey Aquashow – Elliott Murphy Arbeit macht frei – Area Astral Traveling - Lonnie Liston Smith Attempted Mustache – Loudon Wainwright III Back to the World – Curtis Mayfield Bad Dreams - Ike Turner Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun - Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, and David Freiberg Basic Miles: The Classic Performances of Miles Davis – Miles Davis Be What You Are - The Staple Singers Beans and Fatback - Link Wray Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich Betty Davis – Betty Davis Black & Blue - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Black Byrd - Donald Byrd Bongo Rock - Incredible Bongo Band Both Feet on the Ground - Kenny Burrell Brenda - Brenda Lee Bummm! 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The New Quartet - Gary Burton Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall – Ella Fitzgerald Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) - George Jones October - Claire Hamill One Man Band - Ronnie Dyson Oooh So Good 'n Blues – Taj Mahal Our Lady of Late – Meredith Monk Outside the Dream Syndicate - Tony Conrad and Faust Over the Rainbow - Livingston Taylor Penny Arcade - Joe Farrell Pipedream – Alan Hull (solo début) Plain and Simple – The Dubliners Planxty – Planxty (début) The Power of Joe Simon - Joe Simon Really – J.J. Cale Right Now! – Little Richard Rock On – David Essex Rockin' Duck – Grimms Sings in Italian for You – Dalida Solitaire – Andy Williams Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne – Keith Jarrett Songs That Made America Famous – Patrick Sky Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis – Jerry Lee Lewis Starring Rosi – Ash Ra Tempel Studio One Presents Burning Spear - Burning Spear Super Natural – Edwin Birdsong The Supremes Live! In Japan – Supremes – Live The Táin – Horslips Tango – Tanguito There's No Me Without You – The Manhattans The Three Degrees – The Three Degrees Take Love Easy – Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle – Lee Perry Viva Chile! – Inti-Illimani The Way – The Way The Well Below the Valley – Planxty Wizzard Brew – Wizzard (début) Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1973. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 The Rolling Stones Angie 1973 UK US BB 1 – Sep 1973, Canada 1 – Sep 1973, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1973, France 1 – Sep 1973, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1973, Norway 1 – Oct 1973, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1974, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1973, Europe 3 of the 1970s, Germany 4 – Jan 1974, Belgium 4 of all time, UK 5 – Sep 1973, Italy 6 of 1974, Austria 8 – Oct 1973, DDD 11 of 1973, Australia 19 of 1973, RYM 27 of 1973, Poland 43 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of ballad, US CashBox 69 of 1973, OzNet 71, Germany 190 of the 1970s, WXPN 571, Acclaimed 1093 2 Tony Orlando & Dawn Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree 1973 US UK 1 – Mar 1973, US BB 1 – Mar 1973, US CashBox 1 of 1973, Canada 1 – Mar 1973, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1973, Norway 1 – May 1973, Australia 1 of 1973, Éire 1 – Apr 1973, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1973, Australia Goset 1 – May 1973, Austria 2 – Jun 1973, France 3 – Apr 1973, Germany 10 – Jun 1973, South Africa 10 of 1973, US BB 11 of 1973, TOTP 14, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1973, POP 36 of 1973, DDD 88 of 1973 3 Sweet The Ballroom Blitz 1973 1975 (us)UK Canada 1 – Aug 1975, France 1 – Oct 1973, Éire 1 – Sep 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Nov 1973, UK 2 – Sep 1973, Norway 2 – Oct 1973, Switzerland 3 – Sep 1973, Germany 3 – Jan 1974, Netherlands 4 – Sep 1973, US BB 5 – Aug 1975, Austria 5 – Nov 1973, Australia 9 of 1974, Scrobulate 9 of glam rock, US BB 11 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1973, POP 30 of 1975, US CashBox 46 of 1975, DDD 51 of 1973, Germany 137 of the 1970s, TheQ 188, OzNet 217, Acclaimed 2373 4 Elton John Crocodile Rock 1972 UK US BB 1 – Dec 1972, Canada 1 – Dec 1972, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1973, Italy 1 of 1973, Australia Goset 2 – Jan 1973, Norway 3 – Feb 1973, US CashBox 4 of 1973, Germany 4 – Jan 1973, UK 5 – Nov 1972, Australia 5 of 1973, Austria 6 – Feb 1973, France 9 – Dec 1972, POP 9 of 1973, Netherlands 12 – Dec 1972, OzNet 12, US BB 16 of 1973, RYM 26 of 1972, DDD 27 of 1972, Germany 223 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 2325 5 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song 1973 US US BB 1 – Feb 1973, Canada 1 – Feb 1973, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Nov 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Mar 1973, Grammy in 1973, Netherlands 3 – Feb 1973, Norway 4 – Aug 1973, France 5 – Apr 1973, UK 6 – Feb 1973, DDD 8 of 1973, Australia 17 of 1973, Austria 19 – Dec 1973, US CashBox 21 of 1973, RYM 25 of 1973, Switzerland 32 – Oct 1996, RIAA 101, Rolling Stone 360, Acclaimed 631, OzNet 863 Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "5:15" The Who September 1973 45 20 20 (United Kingdom) n/a "48 Crash" Suzi Quatro July 1973 n/a 3 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry "20th Century Boy" T. Rex March 1973 n/a 3 1 (Ireland) 8 (West Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 28 (Spain) - 57 (Australia) "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" Bryan Ferry September 1973 n/a 10 10 (United Kingdom) 13 (Ireland) - 34 (Australia) "A Love Song" Anne Murray December 1973 12 n/a 1 (Canada) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs) - 88 (Australia) "After the Goldrush" Prelude November 1973 22 21 21 (United Kingdom) 51 (Australia) Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) Four Tops January 1973 4 n/a 4 (United States) 1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 2 (U.S Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 11 (Canada) - 14 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "All I Know" Art Garfunkel August 1973 9 n/a 1 (Canada) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 6 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 7 (Canada) - 17 (New Zealand) - 36 (Australia) "All the Way from Memphis" Mott the Hoople July 1973 n/a 10 10 (United Kingdom) n/a "Alright Alright Alright" Mungo Jerry June 1973 n/a 3 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Single Top 100]) 4 (Ireland) - 12 (Belgium [Flanders], Germany) - 16 (Belgium [Wallonia]) - 26 (Australia) "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" Deodato January 1973 2 7 2 (United States) 3 (Canada) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Easy Listening) - 22 (Canadian RPM AC Chart) "Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)" Wizzard September 1979 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 7 (Ireland) - 42 (Australia) "Angie" The Rolling Stones August 1973 1 5 1 (9 countries) See chart performance entry "Are You Man Enough" The Four Tops June 1973 15 55 15 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) 2 (U.S Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 35 (Canada) "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" First Choice March 1973 28 16 16 (United Kingdom) 1 (UK Blues & Soul magazine chart) - 11 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 19 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 55 (Canada) "Baby, I Love You" Dave Edmunds January 1973 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) n/a "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce March 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 2 (Canada) - 7 (New Zealand) - 34 (Australia) "Basketball Jones" Cheech & Chong August 1973 15 n/a 15 (United States) n/a "Be" Neil Diamond October 1973 34 n/a 34 (United States) 2 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich January 1973 15 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) 15 (United States) - 8 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Blinded by the Light" Bruce Springsteen February 1973 n/a n/a n/a n/a "Block Buster!" Sweet January 1973 73 1 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Bette Midler May 1973 8 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 8 (United States) "Born to Be with You" Dave Edmunds June 1973 96 5 2 (Netherlands) 5 (United Kingdom) - 12 (Ireland) - 59 (Australia) "Brother Louie" Hot Chocolate March 1973 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "Brother Louie" Stories June 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 1 (Canada) - 1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 22 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Call Me (Come Back Home)" Al Green February 1973 10 n/a 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 10 (United States) - 60 (Canada) "Can the Can" Suzi Quatro May 1973 56 1 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry "Candle in the Wind" Elton John October 1973 n/a 11 11 (United Kingdom) 5 (Ireland) - 34 (Australia) "Caroline" Status Quo August 1973 n/a 5 5 (United Kingdom) 7 (Ireland) - 36 (Germany) "C'est pour toi" Mocedades March 1973 n/a n/a n/a French language release of "Eres tú" "China Grove" The Doobie Brothers July 1973 15 n/a 15 (United States) 7 (Canada) - 61 (Australia) "Cindy Incidentally" Faces February 1973 58 2 2 (United Kingdom) 4 (Ireland) "Close Your Eyes" Edward Bear February 1973 37 n/a 3 (Canada) 37 (United States) - 11 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The Spinners December 1972 4 12 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 4 (United States) - 12 (United Kingdom) - 12 (Canada) "Cum on Feel the Noize" Slade February 1973 98 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 8 (GSA) - 18 (Australia) "Daddy's Home" Jermaine Jackson November 1972 9 n/a 3 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 9 (United States) "Daisy a Day" Jud Strunk February 1973 14 n/a 1 (Australia) 14 (United States) - 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" Barry Blue April 1973 93 2 2 (United Kingdom) 2 (Australia) - 3 (Ireland) - 14 (Germany) "Dancing in the Moonlight" King Harvest July 1972 13 n/a 5 (Canada) 13 (United States) - 22 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "Daniel" Elton John March 1973 2 4 1 (Canada) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (United States) - 4 (United Kingdom) - 7 (Australia) "Daydreamer" / "The Puppy Song" David Cassidy October 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 3 (South Africa) - 10 (Australia) "Delta Dawn" Helen Reddy June 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 1 (Canada) - 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 34 (Australia) "Diamond Girl" Seals and Crofts April 1973 6 n/a 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 6 (United States) - 5 (Canada) "Do It Again" Steely Dan November 1972 6 39 6 (United States) 6 (Canada) - 60 (Australia) "Do You Wanna Dance" Barry Blue October 1973 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) 14 (Australia) "Do You Wanna Dance?" Bette Midler November 1972 17 n/a 17 (United States) 6 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" Gary Glitter January 1973 n/a 2 2 (United Kingdom) 9 (Australia) - 11 (Ireland) "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" Lobo November 1972 8 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 8 (United States) - 3 (Canada) "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" James Taylor November 1972 14 n/a 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 14 (United States) - 18 (Canada) "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" The Rolling Stones December 1973 15 n/a 15 (United States) 5 (Canada) "Dream On" Aerosmith June 1973 59 n/a 59 (United States) n/a "Drive-In Saturday" David Bowie April 1973 n/a 3 3 (United Kingdom) 4 (Ireland) - 16 (Finland) "D'yer Mak'er" Led Zeppelin September 1973 20 n/a 20 (United States) 7 (Canada) "Everything's Been Changed" The 5th Dimension April 1973 70 n/a 18 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 70 (United States) "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra August 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 3 (South Africa) - 6 (Australia) - 23 (Germany) "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" Chicago June 1973 10 n/a 10 (United States) 4 (Canada) "For Your Love" Gwen McCrae April 1973 n/a n/a n/a n/a "Frankenstein" The Edgar Winter Group February 1973 1 18 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan March 1973 7 1 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison May 1973 1 8 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Goin' Home" The Osmonds June 1973 36 4 4 (United Kingdom) 36 (United States) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John October 1973 2 6 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Gypsy Man" War June 1973 8 n/a 6 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) 8 (United States) - 6 (Canada) "Half-Breed" Cher July 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 1 (Canada) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 4 (Australia) "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" DeFranco Family August 1973 3 n/a 1 (Canada) 3 (United States) - 58 (Australia) "Helen Wheels" Paul McCartney & Wings October 1973 10 12 7 (Australia) 10 (United States) - 12 (United Kingdom) "Hell Raiser" Sweet April 1973 n/a 2 1 (Germany) 2 (United Kingdom) - 2 (Ireland) - 4 (Switzerland) - 11 (Australia) "Hello Hooray" Alice Cooper January 1973 35 6 6 (United Kingdom) 6 (Ireland) - 13 (Germany) - 14 (Canada) - 95 (Australia) "Hello It's Me" Todd Rundgren September 1973 5 n/a 5 (United States) 17 (Canada) "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" Gary Glitter March 1973 n/a 2 2 (United Kingdom) 2 (Ireland) - 10 (Australia) - 12 (Germany) "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Al Green June 1973 10 n/a 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 10 (United States) - 19 (Canada) "Hi, Hi, Hi" / "C Moon" Wings December 1972 10 5 1 (Canada) 5 (United Kingdom) - 7 (Australia) - 16 (Germany) "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder July 1973 4 29 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 4 (United States) - 9 (Canada) - 62 (Australia) "Hocus Pocus" Focus February 1973 9 20 9 (United States) 15 (Australia) - 18 (Canada) "Hummingbird" Seals and Crofts October 1972 20 n/a 12 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 20 (United States) - 46 (Canada) "Hurting Each Other" The Carpenters December 1971 2 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 2 (United States) - 2 (Canada) - 4 (Australia) "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" Johnnie Taylor June 1973 11 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 11 (United States) - 36 (Canada) "I Got a Name" Jim Croce September 1973 10 n/a 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 10 (United States) - 6 (Canada) "I Love You Love Me Love" Gary Glitter November 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 2 (Australia) - 11 (Germany) "I Wanna Be with You" Raspberries November 1972 16 n/a 16 (United States) 15 (Canada) "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" Wizzard November 1973 n/a 4 4 (United Kingdom) 6 (Ireland) "If You Don't Know Me by Now" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes September 1972 3 9 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 3 (United States) - 9 (United Kingdom) "I'm Doin' Fine Now" New York City February 1973 17 20 14 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 17 (United States) - 20 (United Kingdom) - 11 (Canada) "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" Barry White April 1973 3 23 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 3 (United States) - 23 (United Kingdom) - 14 (Canada) "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" The Moody Blues January 1973 12 36 8 (Canada) 12 (United States) - 36 (United Kingdom) - 39 (Australia) "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Gary Glitter July 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 9 (Germany) - 11 (Australia) "I've Got to Use My Imagination" Gladys Knight & the Pips November 1973 4 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 4 (United States) - 11 (Canada) "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" John Fogerty January 1973 16 n/a 5 (Canada) 16 (United States) "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" Looking Glass July 1973 33 n/a 33 (United States) 19 (Canada) "Just You 'n' Me" Chicago September 1973 4 n/a 1 (Canada) 4 (United States) - 7 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 67 (Australia) "Keep On Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks August 1973 1 18 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 18 (United Kingdom) - 6 (Canada) "Keeper of the Castle" Four Tops October 1972 10 n/a 7 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 10 (United States) - 35 (Canada) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack January 1973 1 6 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry "Kodachrome" Paul Simon May 1973 2 n/a 1 (Canada) 2 (United States) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 12 (Australia) "Lamplight" David Essex November 1973 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "Last Song" Edward Bear September 1972 3 n/a 1 (Canada) 3 (United States) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 4 (Australia) "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" Helen Reddy October 1973 3 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 3 (United States) - 2 (Australia) - 1 (Canada) "Let It Ride" Bachman–Turner Overdrive November 1973 23 n/a 3 (Canada) 23 (United States) "Let Me Be There" Olivia Newton-John September 1973 6 n/a 2 (Canada) 6 (United States) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 7 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) - 11 (Australia) "Let Me In" The Osmonds August 1973 36 2 2 (United Kingdom) 5 (Ireland) - 36 (United States) "Let Me Serenade You" Three Dog Night October 1973 17 n/a 17 (United States) 12 (Canada) "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye June 1973 1 31 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 31 (United Kingdom) - 11 (Canada) "Life on Mars?" David Bowie June 1973 n/a 3 3 (United Kingdom) 4 (Ireland) - 39 (Germany) "Live and Let Die" Wings June 1973 2 9 2 (United States) 2 (Canada) - 5 (Australia) - 9 (United Kingdom) "Living for the City" Stevie Wonder November 1973 8 15 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 8 (United States) - 15 (United Kingdom) - 17 (Canada) "Living Together, Growing Together" The 5th Dimension January 1973 32 n/a 5 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 32 (United States) "Long Train Runnin'" The Doobie Brothers March 1973 8 n/a 8 (United States) 8 (Canada) - 58 (Australia) "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" ABBA June 1973 n/a n/a n/a n/a "Love Train" The O'Jays December 1972 1 9 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 9 (United Kingdom) - 15 (Canada) - 91 (Australia) "Loves Me Like a Rock" Paul Simon July 1973 2 39 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 2 (United States) - 1 (Canada) - 39 (United Kingdom) "Mama Loo" Les Humphries Singers February 1973 n/a n/a 1 (Germany) 1 (Austria) - 1 (Switzerland) "Masterpiece" The Temptations February 1973 7 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 7 (United States) - 15 (Canada) "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul September 1972 1 12 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 12 (United Kingdom) - 14 (Canada) "Merry Xmas Everybody" Slade December 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 4 (Germany) - 55 (Australia) "Midnight Rider" Gregg Allman November 1973 19 n/a 19 (United States) 17 (Canada) "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips August 1973 1 10 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 10 (United Kingdom) - 19 (Canada) "Mind Games" John Lennon October 1973 18 26 11 (Canada) 18 (United States) - 26 (United Kingdom) - 16 (Australia) "Money" Pink Floyd May 1973 13 n/a 6 (Canada) 13 (United States) - 10 (Austria) "Muskrat Love" America June 1973 67 n/a 11 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 67 (United States) "My Coo Ca Choo" Alvin Stardust November 1973 n/a 2 1 (Australia) 2 (United Kingdom) - 1 (Ireland) - 3 (Germany) "My Friend Stan" Slade September 1973 n/a 2 1 (Ireland) 2 (United Kingdom) - 5 (Germany) - 44 (Australia) "My Love" Paul McCartney & Wings March 1973 1 9 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "My Maria" B. W. Stevenson August 1973 9 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 9 (United States) - 7 (Canada) "Natural High" Bloodstone April 1973 10 40 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 10 (United States) - 40 (United Kingdom) "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips December 1972 2 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 2 (United States) - 15 (Canada) "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" ABBA October 1973 n/a n/a 8 (Austria) n/a "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Alice Cooper March 1973 25 10 10 (United Kingdom) 25 (United States) - 38 (Canada) - 50 (Australia) "Nutbush City Limits" Ike & Tina Turner August 1973 22 4 1 (Austria) 4 (United Kingdom) - 2 (Germany) - 14 (Australia) - 22 (United States) "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" Hurricane Smith May 1972 3 4 1 (Canada) 3 (United States) - 4 (United Kingdom) - 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "One and One Is One" Medicine Head April 1973 n/a 3 3 (United Kingdom) 14 (Germany) "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" The Spinners April 1973 11 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 11 (United States) - 19 (Canada) "Painted Ladies" Ian Thomas August 1973 34 n/a 4 (Canada) 34 (United States) "Paper Plane" Status Quo November 1972 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) 11 (Ireland) "Paper Roses" Marie Osmond August 1973 5 2 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) 5 (United States) - 2 (United Kingdom) - 1 (Canada) "Photograph" Ringo Starr September 1973 1 8 1 (United States) 1 (Canada) - 1 (Australia) - 8 (United Kingdom) "Pick Up the Pieces" Hudson Ford July 1973 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) n/a "Pillow Talk" Sylvia March 1973 3 14 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 3 (United States) - 14 (United Kingdom) "Playground in My Mind" Clint Holmes June 1972 2 n/a 1 (Canada) 2 (United States) - 7 (Australia) "Power to All Our Friends" Cliff Richard March 1973 109 4 1 (Malaysia) 4 (United Kingdom) - 2 (Ireland) - 4 (Germany) "Pretty Lady" Lighthouse September 1973 53 n/a 9 (Canada) 53 (United States) "Radar Love" Golden Earring August 1973 13 7 1 (Netherlands) 7 (United Kingdom) - 13 (United States) - 10 (Australia) "Ramblin' Man" The Allman Brothers Band August 1973 2 n/a 2 (United States) 7 (Canada) - 41 (Australia) "Randy" Blue Mink June 1973 n/a 9 9 (United Kingdom) n/a "Reelin' in the Years" Steely Dan March 1973 11 n/a 11 (United States) 15 (Canada) - 62 (Australia) "Right Place, Wrong Time" Dr. John April 1973 9 n/a 9 (United States) 6 (Canada) "Ring Ring" ABBA February 1973 n/a 32 1 (Sweden) 32 (United Kingdom) - 92 (Australia) "Rock On" David Essex August 1973 5 3 1 (Canada) 3 (United Kingdom) - 5 (United States) "Rocky Mountain High" John Denver October 1972 9 n/a 3 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 9 (United States) - 8 (Canada) "Rocky Mountain Way" Joe Walsh June 1973 23 n/a 23 (United States) n/a "Roll Away the Stone" Mott the Hoople November 1973 n/a 8 4 (Ireland) 8 (United Kingdom) - 68 (Australia) "Roll Over Beethoven" Electric Light Orchestra January 1973 42 6 6 (United Kingdom) 42 (United States) - 19 (Canada) - 53 (Australia) "Rubber Bullets" 10cc May 1973 73 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 3 (Australia) "Sail On, Sailor" The Beach Boys February 1973 79 n/a 79 (United States) n/a "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" Elton John June 1973 12 7 7 (United Kingdom) 12 (United States) - 13 (Ireland) - 31 (Australia) "See My Baby Jive" Wizzard April 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 5 (Germany) - 12 (Australia) "Send a Little Love My Way" Anne Murray July 1973 72 n/a 10 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 72 (United States) - 25 (Canadian RPM AC) "Shambala" Three Dog Night May 1973 3 n/a 1 (Canada) 3 (United States) - 3 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "Show and Tell" Al Wilson October 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 10 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 2 (Canada) "Sing" The Carpenters February 1973 3 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 3 (United States) - 4 (Canada) - 24 (Australia) "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" Slade June 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 3 (Germany) - 25 (Australia) "Smarty Pants" First Choice June 1973 56 9 9 (United Kingdom) 25 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 56 (United States) "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple May 1973 4 21 2 (Canada) 4 (United States) - 21 (United Kingdom) - 54 (Australia) "Solitaire" Andy Williams September 1973 n/a 4 4 (United Kingdom) 23 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) "Sorrow" David Bowie October 1973 n/a 3 1 (Australia) 3 (United Kingdom) - 2 (Ireland) - 1 (New Zealand) "Soul Makossa" Manu Dibango June 1973 35 n/a 21 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) 35 (United States) - 14 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) "Space Race" Billy Preston September 1973 4 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 4 (United States) - 3 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) "Stir It Up" Johnny Nash November 1972 12 13 11 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) 12 (United States) - 13 (United Kingdom) - 26 (Australia) "Stuck in the Middle with You" Stealers Wheel January 1973 6 8 2 (Canada) 6 (United States) - 8 (United Kingdom) - 28 (Australia) "Sunday Sunrise" Brenda Lee July 1973 n/a n/a 6 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) 8 (Canada Country Tracks) "Superstition" Stevie Wonder October 1972 1 11 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 11 (United Kingdom) - 6 (Canada) "Sweet Understanding Love" Four Tops August 1973 33 29 10 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 33 (United States) - 29 (United Kingdom) "Sylvia" Focus January 1973 89 4 4 (United Kingdom) 89 (United States) "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" Paul Simon June 1973 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) n/a "Teenage Lament '74" Alice Cooper November 1973 48 12 12 (United Kingdom) 48 (United States) - 16 (Ireland) "That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2" The Isley Brothers July 1973 6 14 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 6 (United States) - 14 (United Kingdom) - 15 (Canada) "The Ballroom Blitz" Sweet September 1973 5 2 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry "The Cisco Kid" War February 1973 2 n/a 2 (United States) 5 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 20 (Canada) "The Cover of "Rolling Stone"" Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show November 1972 6 n/a 2 (Canada) 6 (United States) - 11 (Australia) "The Dean and I" 10cc August 1973 n/a 10 10 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) "The Free Electric Band" Albert Hammond April 1973 48 19 19 (United Kingdom) 48 (United States) - 32 (Canada) - 9 (Australia) "The Groover" T. Rex June 1973 n/a 4 4 (United Kingdom) 11 (Ireland) - 50 (Australia) "The Jean Genie" David Bowie November 1972 71 2 2 (United Kingdom) 71 (United States) - 22 (Canada) - 42 (Australia) "The Joker" Steve Miller Band October 1973 1 1 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "The Morning After" Maureen McGovern May 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 6 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 2 (Canada) - 34 (Australia) "The Most Beautiful Girl" Charlie Rich September 1973 1 2 1 (3 countries) See chart performance entry "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Vicki Lawrence January 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 1 (Canada) - 6 (Australia) "The Old Fashioned Way" Charles Aznavour July 1973 n/a 38 38 (United Kingdom) n/a "The Right Thing to Do" Carly Simon March 1973 17 17 4 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 17 (United States) - 17 (United Kingdom) - 20 (Canada) "The World Is a Ghetto" War November 1972 7 n/a 3 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 7 (United States) - 23 (Canada) "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando February 1973 1 1 1 (8 countries) See chart performance entry "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce November 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 1 (Canada) - 60 (Australia) "Top of the World" The Carpenters September 1973 1 5 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross May 1973 1 9 1 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 9 (United Kingdom) - 5 (Canada) "Trouble Man" Marvin Gaye November 1972 7 n/a 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 7 (United States) - 21 (Canada) "Welcome Home" Peters and Lee May 1973 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 12 (Australia) "We're an American Band" Grand Funk Railroad July 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 4 (Canada) - 87 (Australia) "What About Me" Anne Murray March 1973 64 n/a 2 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 64 (United States) - 22 (Canada) "Whisky in the Jar" Thin Lizzy November 1972 n/a 6 1 (Ireland) 6 (United Kingdom) - 7 (Germany) "Why Me" Kris Kristofferson February 1973 16 n/a 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles) 16 (United States) - 9 (Australia) "Wildflower" Skylark February 1973 9 n/a 1 (Canada) 9 (United States) "Will It Go Round in Circles" Billy Preston March 1973 1 n/a 1 (United States) 10 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) - 2 (Canada) "Wonderful Dream (Tu Te Reconnaîtras)" Anne-Marie David April 1973 n/a n/a 2 (Belgium) 3 (Netherlands) - 6 (Germany) "Won't Somebody Dance with Me" Lynsey de Paul October 1973 n/a 14 14 (United Kingdom) 3 (Ireland) - 17 (Netherlands) "Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters May 1973 2 2 1 (3 countries) See chart performance entry "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder March 1973 1 7 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "Young Love" Donny Osmond August 1973 23 1 1 (United Kingdom) 1 (Ireland) - 23 (United States) - 45 (Australia) "Your Mama Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina November 1972 4 n/a 4 (United States) 17 (Canada) "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" The Detroit Emeralds June 1973 101 n/a 10 (U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles) 101 (United States) "You're So Vain" Carly Simon November 1972 1 3 1 (3 countries) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "All the Way from Memphis" – Mott the Hoople (# 10 UK) "Baby, I Love You – Dave Edmunds "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" – Jim Croce "The Ballroom Blitz" – Sweet "Basketball Jones" – Cheech and Chong "Be" – Neil Diamond "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich (#15 US) "Blinded By the Light" – Bruce Springsteen "Blockbuster!" – Sweet "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" – Bette Midler "Born To Be With You – Dave Edmunds "Brother Louie" – Hot Chocolate "Brother Louie" – Stories "Call Me (Come Back Home)" – Al Green "Candle in the Wind" – Elton John "Can the Can" – Suzi Quatro "Caroline" – Status Quo "C'est pour toi" (French version of "Touch the Wind") – Mocedades "China Grove" – The Doobie Brothers "Cindy Incidentally" – Faces "The Cisco Kid" – War (#2 US) "Close Your Eyes" – Edward Bear "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – The Spinners "The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"" – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show "Cum on Feel the Noize" – Slade "Daddy's Home" – Jermaine Jackson "Daisy a Day" – Jud Strunk (#14 US) "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" – Barry Blue "Dancing in the Moonlight" – King Harvest "Daniel" – Elton John "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" – David Cassidy "The Dean and I" – 10cc "Delta Dawn" – Helen Reddy "Diamond Girl" – Seals and Crofts (#6 US) "Do It Again" – Steely Dan "Do You Wanna Dance" – Barry Blue "Do You Wanna Dance?" – Bette Midler "Do You Wanna Touch Me" – Gary Glitter "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" – Lobo "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" – The Rolling Stones "Dream On" – Aerosmith "Drive-In Saturday" – David Bowie (#3 UK) "D'yer Mak'er" – Led Zeppelin "Everything's Been Changed" – The 5th Dimension "Eye Level" – Simon Park Orchestra "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" – Chicago "For Your Love" – Gwen McCrae "Frankenstein" – Edgar Winter Group "The Free Electric Band" – Albert Hammond "Get Down" – Gilbert O'Sullivan "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" – George Harrison "Goin' Home" – The Osmonds "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – Elton John "The Groover" – T.Rex "Gypsy Man" – War "Half-Breed" – Cher "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" – Bryan Ferry "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" – DeFranco Family "Helen Wheels" – Paul McCartney and Wings "Hell Raiser" – Sweet "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" – Gary Glitter "Hello Hooray" – Alice Cooper "Hello It's Me" – Todd Rundgren (#5 US) "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" – Al Green "Hi, Hi, Hi"/"C Moon" – Wings "Higher Ground" – Stevie Wonder "Hocus Pocus" – Focus "Hummingbird" – Seals and Crofts "Hurting Each Other" – The Carpenters "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" – Johnny Taylor "I Got a Name" – Jim Croce "I Love You Love Me Love" – Gary Glitter "I Wanna Be With You" – Raspberries "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" – Wizzard "I'm Doin' Fine Now" – New York City "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" – Barry White "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" – The Moody Blues "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" – Gary Glitter "I've Got to Use My Imagination" – Gladys Knight & The Pips "If You Don't Know Me By Now" – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" – John Fogerty "The Jean Genie" – David Bowie "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" – Looking Glass "The Joker" – Steve Miller Band "Just You 'N' Me" – Chicago "Keep On Truckin'" – Eddie Kendricks (#1 US) "Keeper of the Castle" – The Four Tops "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack "Kodachrome" – Paul Simon "Lamplight" – David Essex "Last Song" – Edward Bear "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" – Helen Reddy "Let It Ride" – Bachman–Turner Overdrive "Let Me Serenade You" – Three Dog Night "Let's Get It On" – Marvin Gaye "Let Me Be There" – Olivia Newton-John "Let Me In" – The Osmonds "Life on Mars?" – David Bowie "Live and Let Die" – Wings "Living For the City" – Stevie Wonder "Living Together, Growing Together" – The 5th Dimension "Long Train Runnin'" – The Doobie Brothers "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" – ABBA "Love Train" – The O'Jays "Loves Me Like a Rock" – Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds) "A Love Song" – Anne Murray "Mama Loo" – Les Humphries Singers "Masterpiece" – The Temptations (#7 US) "Me and Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul "Merry Xmas Everybody" – Slade "Midnight Train to Georgia" – Gladys Knight and The Pips "Midnight Rider" – Gregg Allman "Mind Games" – John Lennon "Money" – Pink Floyd "The Morning After" – Maureen McGovern "The Most Beautiful Girl" – Charlie Rich "Muskrat Love" – America "My Coo-Ca-Choo" – Alvin Stardust "My Friend Stan" – Slade "My Love" – Paul McCartney & Wings "My Maria" – B. W. Stevenson "Natural High" – Bloodstone "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" – Vicki Lawrence "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" – ABBA "No More Mr. Nice Guy" – Alice Cooper "Nutbush City Limits – Ike & Tina Turner "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" – Hurricane Smith "One and One is One" – Medicine Head "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" – The Spinners "Painted Ladies" – Ian Thomas "Paper Plane" – Status Quo "Paper Roses" – Marie Osmond "Photograph" – Ringo Starr (#1 US) "Pick Up the Pieces" – Hudson Ford "Pillow Talk" – Sylvia "Playground in My Mind" – Clint Holmes "Pretty Lady" – Lighthouse "Power to All Our Friends" – Cliff Richard "Radar Love" – Golden Earring "Ramblin' Man" – Allman Brothers Band "Randy" – Blue Mink "Reelin' in the Years" – Steely Dan "Right Place, Wrong Time" – Dr. John "The Right Thing to Do" – Carly Simon "Ring Ring" – ABBA "Rock On" – David Essex "Rocky Mountain High" – John Denver "Rocky Mountain Way" – Joe Walsh "Roll Away the Stone" – Mott the Hoople "Roll Over Beethoven" – Electric Light Orchestra "Rubber Bullets" – 10cc "Sail On, Sailor" – The Beach Boys "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – Elton John "See My Baby Jive" – Wizzard "Send a Little Love My Way" – Anne Murray "Shambala" – Three Dog Night "Show and Tell" – Al Wilson "Sing" – The Carpenters "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" – Slade "Smarty Pants" – First Choice "Smoke on the Water" – Deep Purple "Solitaire" – Andy Williams "Sorrow" – David Bowie "Soul Makossa" – Manu Dibango "Space Race" – Billy Preston "Stir It Up" – Johnny Nash "Stuck in the Middle with You" – Stealers Wheel "Sunday Sunrise" – Brenda Lee "Superstition" – Stevie Wonder "Sweet Understanding Love" – The Four Tops "Sylvia" – Focus "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" – Paul Simon "Teenage Lament '74" – Alice Cooper "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Dawn featuring Tony Orlando "Time in a Bottle" – Jim Croce "That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2" – The Isley Brothers "The Old Fashioned Way" – Charles Aznavour "Top of the World" – The Carpenters "Touch Me in the Morning" – Diana Ross "Trouble Man" – Marvin Gaye "Welcome Home" – Peters and Lee "We're an American Band" – Grand Funk Railroad "What About Me" – Anne Murray "Whisky in the Jar" – Thin Lizzy "Why Me" – Kris Kristofferson "Wildflower" – Skylark "Will It Go Round in Circles" – Billy Preston "Wonderful Dream (Tu Te Reconnaîtras)" – Anne-Marie David (Eurovision winner) "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" – Lynsey de Paul "The World Is a Ghetto" – War "Yesterday Once More" – The Carpenters (#2 US) "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" – The Detroit Emeralds "You're So Vain" – Carly Simon (#1 US) "Young Love" – Donny Osmond "Your Mama Don't Dance" – Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina Notable singles thumb|New York Dolls on TopPop in 1973 Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s) "Jet Boy" b/w "Vietnamese Baby" New York Dolls April 1973 n/a "Life on Mars" b/w "The Man Who Sold the World" David Bowie June 1973 3 (UK Singles Chart) - 39 (West Germany) "Personality Crisis" b/w "Looking for a Kiss" New York Dolls July 1973 n/a "Search and Destroy" Iggy and the Stooges June 1973 n/a "Shake Appeal" b/w "Search and Destroy" Iggy and the Stooges 1973 n/a "Trash" b/w "Personality Crisis" New York Dolls July 1973 n/a Other Notable singles "Ashes to Ashes" - The 5th Dimension "Daddy" b/w "It Was Written Down" - Toots and the Maytals Published popular music "And I Love You So" w.m. Don McLean "Candle in the Wind" w. Bernie Taupin m. Elton John "Empty Tables" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Frank Sinatra "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" w.m. Jim Croce "I've Got to Use My Imagination"      w.m. Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg "Last Song" w.m. Lawrence Wayne Evoy "Liaisons" w.m. Stephen Sondheim from the musical A Little Night Music "Midnight Train to Georgia"     w.m. Jim Weatherly "Misdemeanor" w.m. Foster Sylvers "Nadia's Theme" m. Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr., from the TV soap opera The Young and the Restless "(Say Has Anybody Seen) My Sweet Gypsy Rose"     w.m. Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown "Piano Man" w.m. Billy Joel "Send in the Clowns"     w.m. Stephen Sondheim from the musical A Little Night Music "Stuck in the Middle with You"     w.m. Joe Egan & Gerry Rafferty "There Used To Be A Ballpark" w.m. Joe Raposo "Top of the World" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter "The Way We Were" w. Alan and Marilyn Bergman m. Marvin Hamlisch from the film The Way We Were "WOLD (song)" – Harry Chapin "Yesterday Once More" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter Other notable songs (world) "Desert Of Passion" – The Peanuts (Japan) "Fusil Contra Fusil" – Silvio Rodríguez (Cuba) "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye" – Demis Roussos (Europe-wide) "I Love You Because" – Michel Polnareff (France) "J'ai un probleme" – Sylvie Vartan (France) "Mistero" – Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy) Classical music Jean Absil – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 William Alwyn – Fantasy Sonata for flute and harp Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 7 Günter Bialas – Trois Moments Musicaux, for piano Luciano Berio Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Still, for orchestra Linea for Two Pianos, Marimba and Vibraphone John Cage Etcetera, for small orchestra, tape and, optionally, three conductors Exercise, for an orchestra of soloists (based on Etcetera) Carlos Chávez Estudio a Rubinstein, for piano Paisajes mexicanos, for orchestra Partita, for timpani Sonante, for orchestra Gloria Coates – Music on Open Strings (Symphony No. 1) George Crumb – Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano Morton Feldman String Quartet and Orchestra For Frank O'Hara, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello Voices and Cello, for 2 female voices and cello Alberto Ginastera – String Quartet No. 3 Lou Harrison – Organ Concerto with Percussion Anthony Iannaccone – Rituals Ben Johnston "I'm Goin' Away", for SATB choir String Quartet No. 3, "Vergings" String Quartet No. 4, "Ascent" ("Amazing Grace") Paul Lansky – Mild und leise (computer music) Bruno Maderna – Oboe Concerto No. 3Daniel Stolper, Tom Stacy, Ned Rorem and a New ConcertoJune 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes , The Double Reed, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1992 Frank Martin – Requiem Donald Martino – Notturno, for piccolo/flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, 'cello, piano, and percussion (awarded the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in Music) Akira Miyoshi – Nocturne Luigi Nono – Canto per il Vietnam Carl Orff – De temporum fine comoedia Arvo Pärt – Ukuaru valss Walter Piston – Three Counterpoints, for violin, viola, and cello Henri Pousseur – Vue sur les Jardins interdits, for saxophone quartet Dmitri Shostakovich – Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, Op. 143 Eduard Tubin – Symphony No. 10 Henryk Górecki - Three Dances for Orchestra, Op. 34 right|thumb|Maria Callas farewell tour, 1973 Opera Robert Beadell – Napoleon (2 February, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) Nikolai Korndorf – Feast in the Time of Plague Jazz 1973 in jazz Musical theater Gigi (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production (adaptation of the film version) Grease – London production Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on May 29 starring Angela Lansbury, Barrie Ingham and Zan Charisse Irene – Broadway revival The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London revival La Révolution Française (Claude-Michel Schönberg, Raymond Jeannot, Alain Boublil and Jean-Max Rivière) – Original production opened at the Palais des Sports de Paris.Nathan Hurwitz Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre: A Style Guide for Singers Taylor & Francis 2016 9781317428336 263 A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 601 performances No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) – London revival The Pajama Game (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) – Broadway revival Pippin – London production Raisin – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 847 performances The Rocky Horror Show (Richard O'Brien) – London production Seesaw – Broadway production opened at the Uris Theatre on March 18 and ran for 296 performances Treasure Island London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on December 17. Starred Bernard Miles, Jonathan Scott Taylor and Spike Milligan. Two Gentleman of Verona – London production Musical films Allá en el Norte Andrea Charlotte's Web Godspell Jaal Jesus Christ Superstar Lost Horizon Maria d'Oro und Bello Blue Robin Hood Tom Sawyer Births January 1 – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish guitarist and linguist January 7 – Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer January 9 – Sean Paul, reggae and dancehall artist January 12 Hande Yener, Turkish singerhttps://www.turktelekommuzik.com/artist/Hande_Yener/591226/biyografi Hande Yener Türk Telekom Müzik 3 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170103212213/https://www.turktelekommuzik.com/artist/Hande_Yener/591226/biyografi 3 January 2017 Matt Wong (Reel Big Fish) January 13 - Juan Diego Flórez, Peruvian operatic tenor January 14 – Katie Griffin, Canadian actress and singer January 17 – Ari Lasso, Indonesian singer January 19 – Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist January 23 – Masha Katz, Russian singer February 1 – Joe Wilson, English musician and record producer (Sneaker Pimps) February 2 - Latino, Brazilian singer-songwriter February 4 – Brett Hestla, American guitarist and lead singer (Dark New Day) February 7 – Kate Thornton, English television presenter and journalist February 8 – Project Pat, American rapper February 11 – Jeon Do-yeon, South Korean actress February 21 Heri Joensen, Faroese musician (Týr) Justin Sane, singer, guitarist and songwriter February 22 Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Brazilian guitarist Scott Phillips, drummer February 23 – Corey Lowery (Seether) February 24 – Chris Fehn, American rock percussionist (Slipknot) February 26 André Tanneberger, German DJ Anders and Jonas Björler, Swedish rock guitarists February 27 – Peter Andre, English-born Australian singer-songwriter, businessman and television personality March 1 – Ryan Peake, Canadian rock musician (Nickelback) March 6 – Peter Lindgren, Swedish musician March 8 – Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer and guitarist March 10 Dan Swanö, Swedish musician John LeCompt, American guitarist (We Are the Fallen, Evanescence) March 13 – David Draiman, American vocalist (Disturbed (band)) March 17 – Caroline Corr, Irish drummer (The Corrs) March 19 – Bun B, American rapper March 22 – Beverley Knight, English actress and singer-songwriter March 25 – Anders Fridén, Swedish vocalist March 28 – Matt Nathanson, American folk/rock singer-songwriter March 30 – DJ AM, American DJ (d. 2009) April 3 Marija Gluvakov, pianist Andreas Carlsson, Swedish music producer, composer and pop songwriter April 4 – Kelly Price, soul singer April 5 – Pharrell Williams, American rapper, singer-songwriter and record and film producer (The Neptunes, N.E.R.D, Chad Hugo) April 16 – Akon, American singer-songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor April 20 – Gabry Ponte, Italian musician, DJ, and record producer (Eiffel 65) April 22 – Jung Woo-sung, South Korean actor April 24 – Brian Marshall, American musician and songwriter (Creed) April 25 – Fredrik Larzon, Swedish rock musician (Millencolin) April 27 – Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish guitarist April 28 Alejandro Ibarra, Mexican actor and singer Big Gipp, American rapper (Ali & Gipp) April 29 – Mike Hogan, Irish bassist (The Cranberries) April 30 – Jeff Timmons, American singer May 2 – Justin Burnett, film score composer May 3 – Brad Martin, American country musician (died 2022)https://www.murrayfettro.com/obituary/bradley-martin Bradley Curtis Martin 1973 - 2022 Obituary August 13, 2022 Murrayfettro.com May 5 – Casino Versus Japan, electronic musician May 8 – Kim Ji-hoon, South Korean singer (Two Two) (d. 2013) May 13 – Eric Lewis, jazz pianist May 14 Natalie Appleton, British singer (All Saints) Shanice, American singer Sinéad O'Carroll, Irish singer (B*Witched) May 16 – Sonny Sandoval, American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter (P.O.D.) May 17 Joshua Homme, guitarist and vocalist of Queens of the Stone Age Stefanie Ridel, American R&B singer and actress (Wild Orchid) May 20 – Elsa Lunghini, French singer and actress May 21 – Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter May 23 Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian musician Emperor Magus Caligula, Swedish musician Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and record producer May 24 Dermot O'Leary, English-Irish broadcaster Ruslana, Ukrainian singer-songwriter Jill Johnson, Swedish country and pop singer May 26 - Magdalena Kožená, Czech mezzo-soprano May 31 – Cadaveria, Italian singer (Opera IX) June 1 – Jason Truby, American guitarist (Living Sacrifice, P.O.D.) June 5 - Michelle Leonard, German / British singer and songwriter June 9 – Jana Sýkorová, Czech operatic contralto June 10 Faith Evans, singer-songwriter, record producer and actress Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper June 13 Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, American singer (SWV) Kasia Kowalska, Polish singer, songwriter and actress June 14 – Ceca, Serbian folk singer June 17 – Krayzie Bone, American rapper and producer (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) June 19 – Jörg Widmann, German clarinetist and composer June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) June 20 – Chino Moreno, American singer-songwriter (Deftones, Team Sleep, and Crosses) June 22 – Chris Traynor, American musician, songwriter and producer (Bush) June 23 – Marija Naumova, Latvian Eurovision-winning singer June 24 – Lee Sang-min, South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer and television personality (Roo'ra) June 25 – Nuno Resende, Portuguese singer June 26 – Gretchen Wilson, American singer June 28 DJ Vlad, American hip-hop interviewer Frost, Norwegian drummer June 30 – Chan Ho Park, South Korean baseball July 1 – Brenton Brown, South African-American Christian musician and worship leader July 4 – Gackt, singer-songwriter and musician July 5 Joe, American R&B singer Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans) Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter and record producer July 8 – Jack Knight, American songwriter July 11 – Andrew Bird, singer-songwriter July 15 Buju Banton, reggae/dancehall artist John Dolmayan, Lebanese-born rock drummer for the band System of a Down July 17 – Tony Dovolani, Albanian-American dancer and actor July 22 Aleksey Igudesman, Russian violinist, composer, conductor and actor Daniel Jones, English-Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer (Savage Garden) Petey Pablo, American rapper and actor Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer July 23 Fran Healy, British singer (Travis) Monica Lewinsky, American activist July 25 – Dani Filth, Israeli-born musician (Cradle of Filth) July 29 Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) Amy S. Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter and author July 30 – Sonu Nigam, Indian singer August 4 – Taj Jackson, American R&B singer (3T) August 6 – Vera Farmiga, American actress August 7 – Zane Lowe, New Zealand born radio and TV presenter, DJ and record producer August 8 – Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed) August 9 Meg Okura, American jazz violinist, Erhu player and composer Oleksandr Ponomariov, Ukrainian singer August 12 – Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer August 12 – Amir El-Falaki, Danish group (Toy-Box) August 13 - Gregory Vajda, Hungarian clarinetist, conductor and composer August 15 – Adnan Sami, British born singer, music composer, pianist August 21 – Mickey Joe Harte, Irish singer-songwriter August 22 Beenie Man, reggae/dancehall artist Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys) August 30 – Maino, American rapper and radio personality September 1 – J.D. Fortune, Canadian rock singer (INXS) September 3 Jennifer Paige, American singer-songwriter Utt Panichkul, Thai-American actor and TV presenter September 5 – Rose McGowan, American actress, model, singer and author September 7 – Tara Slone, Canadian singer (Joydrop) September 10 – Nancy Coolen, Dutch singer and television presenter (Twenty 4 Seven) September 12 - Dorota Miśkiewicz, Polish singer-songwriter, composer and violinist September 14 – Nas, American rapper September 15 – Indira Levak, Croatian lead vocalist of Colonia September 17 – Amy Black, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2009) September 18 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer September 19 David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer Amil, American rapper and singer September 22 Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress Martin Owen (BBC Symphony Orchestra) September 26 Julienne Davis, American actress/model/singer Ras Kass, American rapper September 27 – Lee Brennan, English singer (911) September 29 Alfie Boe, operatic tenor Rie Eto, Japanese singer October 1 – Christian Borle, American actor and singerU.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. October 2 Proof American Rapper and member of D12 (died 2006) Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian musician, singer-songwriter and actress (Aqua) Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian pop star October 3 – LaTocha Scott, American R&B singer-songwriter and actress (Xscape) October 4 – Craig Robert Young, English actor October 9 Steve Burns, American actor, musician, voice actor, singer and television host Brad Kane, American actor, singer, producer and screenwriter Jen Cloher, Australian singer/songwriter/musician Fabio Lione, Italian singer Rimi Natsukawa, Japanese singer Charles Burton, American wrestler October 11 – Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, TheStart, Limp Bizkit) October 24 Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter Madlib, American record producer, rapper, songwriter and disc jockey (Lootpack) October 25 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (died 2005) October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, screenwriter, producer, director and singer October 27 – Jessica Andersson, Swedish singer and songwriter (Fame) October 30 – Maurizio Lobina, Italian musician and singer (Eiffel 65) November 2 Wildchild, American rapper (Lootpack) Stevie J, American DJ, record producer and television personality November 3 Sticky Fingaz, American rapper (onyx) Mick Thomson, guitarist of Slipknot November 6 – Rumi Shishido, Japanese voice actress and singer November 9 Nick Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees) Maija Vilkkumaa, Finnish pop rock singer November 10 Jacqui Abbott, English singer (The Beautiful South) Róbert Gulya, Hungarian composer November 11 – Jason White, American rock musician (Green Day) November 12 – Mayte Garcia, American actress, singer, author and dancer November 17 – Leslie Bibb, American actress and model November 19 Billy Currington, American country singer Savion Glover, American tap dancer, actor and choreographer November 27 – Twista, American rapper and record producer November 28 – Jade Puget (AFI) December 4 Kate Rusby, English folk singer-songwriter Tyra Banks, American model and TV personality December 5 Neil Codling, English musician and singer (Suede) Nature, American rapper (The Firm) December 7 Chantelle Barry, Australian singer-songwriter and actress Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer December 8 – Corey Taylor, vocalist of Slipknot December 9 - Bárbara Padilla, operatic soprano December 11 – Mos Def, rapper December 16 – Mariza, fado singer December 17 – Eddie Fisher, pop rock drummer and songwriter (OneRepublic) December 21 – Karmen Stavec, Slovenian musician and singer December 22 – Sarina Paris, Canadian singer December 27 – Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer December 29 – Pimp C, American rapper (d. 2007)https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/arts/music/05pimpc.html Pimp C, Southern Hip-Hop Rapper, Dies at 33 Kelefa Sanneh New York Times December 5, 2007 December 30 – Jon Theodore, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age) unknown date – Xian Zhang, Chinese-born orchestral conductor Deaths January 16 – Clara Ward, gospel singer, 48 (stroke)1954–1955 Social Security Death Index Social Security Administration Baltimore, Maryland 182-30-7100 January 23 – Kid Ory, jazz trombonist and bandleader, 86The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-580-8 309/310 February 3 – Andy Razaf, composer, poet and lyricist, 77The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-939-0 2050/1 February 5 – Kathleen Riddick, British conductor, 65The Musical Times Orpheus 1973 415 February 7 – Pixinguinha, choro composer and woodwind player, 75 February 19 Joseph Szigeti, violinist, 80 Leon Washington, jazz saxophonist, 63 (leukemia) February 24 – Manolo Caracol, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1909) February 28 – Terig Tucci, Argentine composer, violinist, pianist and mandolinist, 75 March 5 – Michael Jeffery, English personal manager of Jimi Hendrix, 39 (air crash) March 8 – Ron Pigpen McKernan, American musician and songwriter (Grateful Dead), 27 (stomach hemorrhage) March 14 – Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer, 65 March 19 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-born American Wagnerian tenor, 82Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 31996). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. March 26 Safford Cape, American composer and musicologist, 66 Noël Coward, English composer and dramatist, 73"Obituary: Sir Noël Coward", The Times, 27 March 1973, p. 18 March 28 – Gertrude Johnson, Australian coloratura soprano, 78 April 2 – Achim Stoia, Romanian composer and conductor, 62Grove Music Online 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45003 2001 Octavian Cosma Ruxandra Arzoiu Stoia, Achim April 16 Nino Bravo, Spanish singer, 28 (car accident)https://www.cope.es/programas/la-manana-fin-de-semana/noticias/nino-bravo-una-voz-inolvidable-eterna-20190803_473159 Nino Bravo: una voz inolvidable y eterna Juan Andrés Rubert 3 August 2019 4 August 2019 Cadena COPE es Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor, 43 (drowned)"Obituary for István Kertész," The Musical Times 114, No. 1564 (1973), p. 632. April 18 – Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist, 79 May 9 Owen Brannigan, singerEvelyn Mack Truitt Who was who on screen Bowker 1977 9780835209144 49 Mark Wessel, pianist and composer, 79 May 21 – Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader, 61 May 27 – Ilona Kabos, Hungarian-British pianist and teacher, 79 May 29 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer, 44 (heart attack)https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19730530-1.2.108 Malay movie idol Ramlee dies after heart attack The Straits Times 30 May 2010 17 August 2018 17 June 4 – Murry Wilson, musician and record producer, 55 June 8 – Tubby Hayes, jazz musician, 38 (during heart surgery)GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1973 5b 1627 HAMMERSMITH, DoB = 30 January 1935 June 29 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (hepatitis) July 2 – Betty Grable, US actress and singer, 56 (lung cancer) July 3 – Karel Ančerl, conductor, 65 July 6 – Otto Klemperer, conductor, 88 July 11 – Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer, 72 July 15 – Clarence White, guitarist (The Byrds), 29 (road accident) August 2 – Rosetta Pampanini, operatic soprano, 76 August 4 – Eddie Condon, jazz banjoist and guitarist, 67 August 6 – Memphis Minnie, blues singer and guitarist, 76 August 16 – Astra Desmond, operatic contralto, 80 August 17 Jean Barraqué, French classical composer, 45Page Tim 24 November 1986 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/24/arts/music-prism-orchestra-in-barraque-premiere.html Music: Prism Orchestra in Barraqué Premiere The New York Times 18 April 2017 Paul Williams, baritone singer and co-founder of the Motown group, The Temptations, 34 (suicide by gunshot) August 19 – Brew Moore, jazz saxophonist, 49 (fell downstairs) September 1 – Graziella Pareto, operatic soprano, 84 September 6 – Sir William Henry Harris, organist and composer, 90 September 10 – Allan Gray, composer, 71 September 11 – Martha Angelici, operatic soprano, 66 September 16 – Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, 40 (murdered) September 17– Hugo Winterhalter, US conductor and arranger, 53 September 19 – Gram Parsons, guitarist/vocalist, 26 (drug overdose)The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches By Jeremy Simmonds p. 66 September 20 Jim Croce, 30, singer-songwriter and Maury Muehleisen, 24, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (plane crash)https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0&print=1 NTSB Identification: FTW74AF017; 14 CFR Part 135 Nonscheduled operation of ROBERT AIRWAYS; Aircraft: BEECH E18S, registration: N50JR 1973-09-20 NTSB.gov dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111208152047/http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0&print=1 December 8, 2011 mdy Ben Webster, jazz saxophonist, 64 October 9 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer, 581974 Rosetta Nubin (Sister) Tharpe https://www.jstor.org/stable/1214272 The Black Perspective in Music 2 2 227 1214272 0090-7790 October 16 Gene Krupa, drummer, 64 Jorge Peña Hen, composer, 45 October 22 – Pablo Casals, cellist, 95 October 27 – Norman Allin, English singer, 88 October 28 – Mária Gyurkovics, Hungarian soprano, 582014 Gyurkovics, Mária Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O007766 Péter P. Várnai November 10 Zeke Zettner (The Stooges), 25 (heroin overdose) David "Stringbean" Akeman, country banjo player and comedian, 57 (murdered) November 18 – Alois Hába, composer, 80 November 23 – De De Pierce, jazz trumpeter, 69 November 26 – Edith Mason, operatic soprano, 81 November 27 – Frank Christian, jazz trumpeter, 85 December 13 – Fanny Heldy, operatic soprano, 85 December 20 – Bobby Darin, American singer and actor, 37 (heart failure)December 21, 1973 Bobby Darin, Pop Singer, Dies at 37 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/21/archives/bobby-darin-pop-singer-dies-at-37-young-man-in-a-hurry-became-adult.html December 24, 2020 0362-4331 December 31 – Emile Christian, jazz trombonist, 78 date unknown – Cäwdät Fäyzi, Tatar composer and folklorist Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1973 Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year: Roy Clark Male Vocalist of the Year: Charlie Rich Female Vocalist of the Year: Loretta Lynn Song of the Year: Kenny O'Dell – "Behind Closed Doors" Album of the Year: Behind Closed Doors The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum The Encyclopedia of Country Music Oxford University Press 2012 9780199920839 623 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1973 References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year