Jay Thurber’s Radio 9 Top 50 of 1973, as heard on WRCT-FM (88.3) on Jan. 1, 2014.
List calculated based on Billboard, Cash Box and radio station playlists.
- Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree — Tony Orlando and Dawn
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown — Jim Croce
- Killing Me Softly — Roberta Flack
- You’re So Vain — Carly Simon
- Brother Louie — Stories
- Playground in My Mind — Clint Holmes
- Delta Dawn — Helen Reddy
- My Love — Paul McCartney
- Let’s Get It On — Marvin Gaye
- The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia — Vicki Lawrence
- Half-Breed — Cher
- Love Train — The O’Jays
- Will It Go ‘Round in Circles? — Billy Preston
- Midnight Train to Georgia — Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Neither One of Us — Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Crocodile Rock — Elton John
- Pillow Talk — Sylvia
- Frankenstein — Edgar Winter Group
- You Are the Sunshine — Stevie Wonder
- Touch Me in the Morning — Diana Ross
- Could It Be I’m Falling in Love? — The Spinners
- We’re an American Band — Grand Funk Railroad
- Live and Let Die — Paul McCartney & Wings
- Last Song — Edward Bear
- Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? — Tony Orlando & Dawn
- Smoke on the Water — Deep Purple
- Shambala — Three Dog Night
- Higher Ground — Stevie Wonder
- Superstition — Stevie Wonder
- Me and Mrs. Jones — Billy Paul
- Dueling Banjos — Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
- Angie — The Rolling Stones
- That Lady (Part 1) — The Isley Brothers
- Loves Me Like a Rock — Paul Simon
- Stuck in the Middle With You — Stealers Wheel
- I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Baby — Barry White
- Drift Away — Dobie Gray
- Monster Mash — Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
- Daniel — Elton John
- Oh Babe, What Would You Say? — “Hurricane” Smith
- Little Willy — The Sweet
- Keep On Truckin’ — Eddie Kendricks
- Rocky Mountain High — John Denver
- Sing — The Carpenters
- Natural High — Bloodstone
- Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I Got) — The Four Tops
- Clair — Gilbert O’Sullivan
- Danny’s Song — Anne Murray
- Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) — George Harrison
- Right Place, Wrong Time — Dr. John