1973

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.

1. Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree — Tony Orlando and Dawn
2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown — Jim Croce
3. Killing Me Softly — Roberta Flack
4. You’re So Vain — Carly Simon
5. Brother Louie — Stories
6. Playground in My Mind — Clint Holmes
7. Delta Dawn — Helen Reddy
8. My Love — Paul McCartney
9. Let’s Get It On — Marvin Gaye
10. The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia — Vicki Lawrence
11. Half-Breed — Cher
12. Love Train — The O’Jays
13. Will It Go ‘Round in Circles? — Billy Preston
14. Midnight Train to Georgia — Gladys Knight & The Pips
15. Neither One of Us — Gladys Knight & The Pips
16. Crocodile Rock — Elton John
17. Pillow Talk — Sylvia
18. Frankenstein — Edgar Winter Group
19. You Are the Sunshine — Stevie Wonder
20. Touch Me in the Morning — Diana Ross
21. Could It Be I’m Falling in Love? — The Spinners
22. We’re an American Band — Grand Funk Railroad
23. Live and Let Die — Paul McCartney & Wings
24. Last Song — Edward Bear
25. Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? — Tony Orlando & Dawn
26. Smoke on the Water — Deep Purple
27. Shambala — Three Dog Night
28. Higher Ground — Stevie Wonder
29. Superstition — Stevie Wonder
30. Me and Mrs. Jones — Billy Paul
31. Dueling Banjos — Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
32. Angie — The Rolling Stones
33. That Lady (Part 1) — The Isley Brothers
34. Loves Me Like a Rock — Paul Simon
35. Stuck in the Middle With You — Stealers Wheel
36. I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Baby — Barry White
37. Drift Away — Dobie Gray
38. Monster Mash — Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
39. Daniel — Elton John
40. Oh Babe, What Would You Say? — “Hurricane” Smith
41. Little Willy — The Sweet
42. Keep On Truckin’ — Eddie Kendricks
43. Rocky Mountain High — John Denver
44. Sing — The Carpenters
45. Natural High — Bloodstone
46. Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I Got) — The Four Tops
47. Clair — Gilbert O’Sullivan
48. Danny’s Song — Anne Murray
49. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) — George Harrison
50. Right Place, Wrong Time — Dr. John