Billboard Hot 100 — April 21, 1973
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of April 21, 1973. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando climbed from #3 to take over the #1 spot from "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence, which had held it for 2 weeks, on its way to 4 weeks on top. 10 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Long Train Runnin'" by The Doobie Brothers at #84, which would go on to peak at #8. The biggest climber was "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia (r&b), up 24 places from #54 to #30.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando — 1 week at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting February 17, 1973.
- New in the top 10: "Little Willy" by The Sweet (up from #12 to #7); "Masterpiece" by The Temptations (up from #11 to #8); "The Twelfth Of Never" by Donny Osmond (up from #15 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Cook With Honey" by Judy Collins, down 31 places from #35 to #66.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Danny's Song" by Anne Murray, 16 weeks and counting (peak #7).
- Gone from the chart: "Dueling Banjos" by Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell after 14 weeks (peak #2); "Last Song" by Edward Bear after 18 weeks (peak #3); "The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"" by Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show after 20 weeks (peak #6).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | Sing Carpenters |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | The Cisco Kid War |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) Four Tops |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 7 | 12 | 7 | 14 | Little Willy The Sweet |
| 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | Masterpiece The Temptations |
| 9 | 7 | 7 | 16 | Danny's Song Anne Murray |
| 10 | 15 | 10 | 8 | The Twelfth Of Never Donny Osmond |
| 11 | 17 | 11 | 6 | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder |
| 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | Stir It Up Johnny Nash |
| 13 | 19 | 13 | 8 | Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers Wheel |
| 14 | 9 | 1 | 13 | Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack |
| 15 | 21 | 15 | 9 | Drift Away Dobie Gray |
| 16 | 8 | 5 | 11 | Break Up To Make Up The Stylistics |
| 17 | 20 | 17 | 12 | Peaceful Helen Reddy |
| 18 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Call Me (Come Back Home) Al Green |
| 19 | 24 | 19 | 10 | Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed |
| 20 | 26 | 20 | 10 | Wildflower Skylark |
| 21 | 16 | 15 | 13 | Space Oddity David Bowie |
| 22 | 29 | 22 | 7 | Reeling In The Years Steely Dan |
| 23 | 14 | 2 | 12 | Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) Deodato |
| 24 | 27 | 24 | 10 | Daisy A Day Jud Strunk |
| 25 | 41 | 25 | 7 | Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group |
| 26 | 39 | 26 | 9 | Funky Worm Ohio Players |
| 27 | 30 | 27 | 8 | Out Of The Question Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 28 | 18 | 1 | 14 | Love Train The O'Jays |
| 29 | 32 | 29 | 10 | One Man Band (Plays All Alone) Ronnie Dyson |
| 30 | 54 | 30 | 5 | Pillow Talk Sylvia (r&b) |
| 31 | 34 | 31 | 6 | Hallelujah Day Jackson 5 |
| 32 | 22 | 16 | 13 | Dead Skunk Loudon Wainwright III |
| 33 | 37 | 33 | 9 | Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me The New Seekers |
| 34 | 40 | 34 | 7 | Oh La De Da The Staple Singers |
| 35 | 46 | 35 | 3 | Daniel Elton John |
| 36 | 42 | 36 | 6 | "Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night Neil Diamond |
| 37 | 38 | 37 | 10 | Step By Step Joe Simon |
| 38 | 43 | 38 | 4 | The Right Thing To Do Carly Simon |
| 39 | 45 | 39 | 8 | Hocus Pocus Focus |
| 40 | 33 | 33 | 11 | A Letter To Myself The Chi-lites |
| 41 | 47 | 41 | 8 | I'm Doin' Fine Now New York City |
| 42 | 53 | 42 | 4 | Thinking Of You Loggins & Messina |
| 43 | 52 | 43 | 7 | Armed And Extremely Dangerous First Choice |
| 44 | 36 | 36 | 10 | Bitter Bad Melanie |
| 45 | 66 | 45 | 3 | Leaving Me The Independents |
| 46 | 59 | 46 | 5 | I Can Understand It The New Birth |
| 47 | 49 | 47 | 6 | Blue Suede Shoes Johnny Rivers |
| 48 | 51 | 48 | 7 | Cindy Incidentally Faces |
| 49 | 56 | 49 | 5 | Playground In My Mind Clint Holmes |
| 50 | 55 | 50 | 6 | Who Was It? Hurricane Smith |
| 51 | 57 | 51 | 5 | Let's Pretend Raspberries |
| 52 | 50 | 50 | 7 | Down And Out In New York City James Brown |
| 53 | 64 | 53 | 3 | It Sure Took A Long, Long Time Lobo |
| 54 | 60 | 54 | 6 | I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) Glen Campbell |
| 55 | 61 | 55 | 4 | Hearts Of Stone The Blue Ridge Rangers |
| 56 | 65 | 56 | 9 | Teddy Bear Song Barbara Fairchild |
| 57 | 58 | 57 | 8 | Let Your Yeah Be Yeah Brownsville Station |
| 58 | 70 | 58 | 3 | Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 59 | 62 | 59 | 5 | Across 110th Street Bobby Womack & Peace |
| 60 | 80 | 60 | 2 | Steamroller Blues/Fool Elvis Presley |
| 61 | 76 | 61 | 2 | Super Fly Meets Shaft John & Ernest |
| 62 | 73 | 62 | 2 | My Love Paul McCartney And Wings |
| 63 | 67 | 63 | 4 | If We Try Don McLean |
| 64 | 48 | 41 | 9 | Superman Donna Fargo |
| 65 | 85 | 65 | 2 | No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper |
| 66 | 35 | 32 | 11 | Cook With Honey Judy Collins |
| 67 | 75 | 67 | 4 | Will It Go Round In Circles Billy Preston |
| 68 | 72 | 68 | 4 | Back When My Hair Was Short Gunhill Road |
| 69 | 71 | 69 | 7 | The Lord Knows I'm Drinking Cal Smith |
| 70 | 78 | 70 | 3 | Always Luther Ingram |
| 71 | 74 | 71 | 6 | Dancing To Your Music Archie Bell & The Drells |
| 72 | 90 | 72 | 2 | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby Barry White |
| 73 | 82 | 73 | 2 | Right Place Wrong Time Dr. John |
| 74 | 79 | 74 | 4 | Nobody Wins Brenda Lee |
| 75 | 81 | 75 | 4 | Give It To Me The J. Geils Band |
| 76 | 84 | 76 | 2 | Close Your Eyes Edward Bear |
| 77 | 77 | 77 | 5 | Mama Was A Rock And Roll Singer, Papa Used To Write All Her Songs Part 1 Sonny & Cher |
| 78 | 88 | 78 | 2 | And I Love You So Perry Como |
| 79 | 87 | 79 | 2 | Everything's Been Changed The 5th Dimension |
| 80 | 89 | 80 | 3 | People Are Changin' Timmy Thomas |
| 81 | 97 | 81 | 2 | Fencewalk Mandrill |
| 82 | 83 | 82 | 7 | Last Tango In Paris Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
| 83 | 93 | 83 | 2 | I' Been Watchin' You The South Side Movement |
| 84 | NEW | 84 | 1 | Long Train Runnin' The Doobie Brothers |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 1 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce |
| 86 | 91 | 86 | 5 | Delta Queen Don Fardon |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | Woman From Tokyo Deep Purple |
| 88 | 94 | 88 | 3 | Am I Black Enough For You Billy Paul |
| 89 | 92 | 89 | 4 | If I Could Only Be Sure Nolan Porter |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Without You In My Life Tyrone Davis |
| 91 | 99 | 91 | 3 | Why Me Kris Kristofferson |
| 92 | NEW | 92 | 1 | Natural High Bloodstone |
| 93 | 95 | 93 | 2 | Fool Like You Tim Moore |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | It's Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You) Betty Wright |
| 95 | 96 | 95 | 3 | Only Love Bill Quateman |
| 96 | NEW | 96 | 1 | Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation The Dells |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | I'm A Stranger Here Five Man Electrical Band |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | Cosmic Sea The Mystic Moods |
| 99 | 100 | 99 | 2 | Friend And A Lover The Partridge Family Starring Shirley Jones Featuring David Cassidy |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | First Cut Is The Deepest Keith Hampshire |
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