Billboard Hot 100 — May 5, 1973
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of May 5, 1973. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando held #1 for a 3rd straight week, on its way to 4 weeks on top. 8 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "With A Child's Heart" by Michael Jackson at #84, which would go on to peak at #50. The biggest climber was "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby" by Barry White, up 20 places from #57 to #37.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando — 3 weeks at the top so far, 12 weeks on the chart since debuting February 17, 1973.
- New in the top 10: "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray (up from #11 to #6); "Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter Group (up from #15 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack, down 31 places from #20 to #51.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Danny's Song" by Anne Murray, 18 weeks and counting (peak #7).
- Gone from the chart: "Call Me (Come Back Home)" by Al Green after 11 weeks (peak #10).
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 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | The Cisco Kid War |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | Little Willy The Sweet |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence |
| 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | Drift Away Dobie Gray |
| 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers Wheel |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | The Twelfth Of Never Donny Osmond |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 11 | Sing Carpenters |
| 10 | 15 | 10 | 9 | Frankenstein Edgar Winter Group |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 | Masterpiece The Temptations |
| 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | Peaceful Helen Reddy |
| 13 | 17 | 13 | 12 | Wildflower Skylark |
| 14 | 25 | 14 | 5 | Daniel Elton John |
| 15 | 19 | 15 | 9 | Reeling In The Years Steely Dan |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | 14 | Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) Four Tops |
| 18 | 21 | 18 | 12 | Daisy A Day Jud Strunk |
| 19 | 22 | 19 | 10 | Out Of The Question Gilbert O'Sullivan |
| 20 | 26 | 20 | 7 | Pillow Talk Sylvia (r&b) |
| 21 | 24 | 21 | 11 | Funky Worm Ohio Players |
| 22 | 12 | 2 | 15 | Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 23 | 27 | 23 | 10 | Hocus Pocus Focus |
| 24 | 13 | 12 | 13 | Stir It Up Johnny Nash |
| 25 | 30 | 25 | 6 | The Right Thing To Do Carly Simon |
| 26 | 36 | 26 | 4 | My Love Paul McCartney And Wings |
| 27 | 32 | 27 | 6 | Thinking Of You Loggins & Messina |
| 28 | 29 | 28 | 8 | Hallelujah Day Jackson 5 |
| 29 | 31 | 29 | 11 | Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me The New Seekers |
| 30 | 44 | 30 | 4 | Steamroller Blues/Fool Elvis Presley |
| 31 | 35 | 31 | 8 | "Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night Neil Diamond |
| 32 | 43 | 32 | 7 | Playground In My Mind Clint Holmes |
| 33 | 38 | 33 | 10 | I'm Doin' Fine Now New York City |
| 34 | 37 | 34 | 9 | Armed And Extremely Dangerous First Choice |
| 35 | 40 | 35 | 5 | Leaving Me The Independents |
| 36 | 45 | 36 | 5 | It Sure Took A Long, Long Time Lobo |
| 37 | 57 | 37 | 4 | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby Barry White |
| 38 | 41 | 38 | 7 | I Can Understand It The New Birth |
| 39 | 18 | 7 | 18 | Danny's Song Anne Murray |
| 40 | 42 | 40 | 8 | Blue Suede Shoes Johnny Rivers |
| 41 | 55 | 41 | 4 | No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper |
| 42 | 47 | 42 | 7 | Let's Pretend Raspberries |
| 43 | 54 | 43 | 4 | Super Fly Meets Shaft John & Ernest |
| 44 | 28 | 28 | 12 | One Man Band (Plays All Alone) Ronnie Dyson |
| 45 | 51 | 45 | 11 | Teddy Bear Song Barbara Fairchild |
| 46 | 50 | 46 | 6 | Hearts Of Stone The Blue Ridge Rangers |
| 47 | 58 | 47 | 4 | Right Place Wrong Time Dr. John |
| 48 | 53 | 48 | 5 | Drinking Wine Spo-dee O'dee Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 49 | 52 | 49 | 8 | I Knew Jesus (Before He Was A Star) Glen Campbell |
| 50 | 49 | 49 | 8 | Who Was It? Hurricane Smith |
| 51 | 20 | 1 | 15 | Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack |
| 52 | 65 | 52 | 4 | And I Love You So Perry Como |
| 53 | 23 | 5 | 13 | Break Up To Make Up The Stylistics |
| 54 | 60 | 54 | 4 | Close Your Eyes Edward Bear |
| 55 | 62 | 55 | 6 | Will It Go Round In Circles Billy Preston |
| 56 | 61 | 56 | 6 | Back When My Hair Was Short Gunhill Road |
| 57 | 33 | 33 | 9 | Oh La De Da The Staple Singers |
| 58 | 59 | 58 | 6 | If We Try Don McLean |
| 59 | 63 | 59 | 6 | Give It To Me The J. Geils Band |
| 60 | 71 | 60 | 2 | One Of A Kind (Love Affair) The Spinners |
| 61 | 67 | 61 | 3 | Long Train Runnin' The Doobie Brothers |
| 62 | 46 | 37 | 12 | Step By Step Joe Simon |
| 63 | 69 | 63 | 3 | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce |
| 64 | 66 | 64 | 5 | Always Luther Ingram |
| 65 | 68 | 65 | 8 | Dancing To Your Music Archie Bell & The Drells |
| 66 | 48 | 48 | 9 | Cindy Incidentally Faces |
| 67 | 74 | 67 | 2 | You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones |
| 68 | 88 | 68 | 3 | Natural High Bloodstone |
| 69 | 73 | 69 | 4 | Fencewalk Mandrill |
| 70 | 72 | 70 | 4 | Everything's Been Changed The 5th Dimension |
| 71 | 78 | 71 | 2 | Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight And The Pips |
| 72 | 76 | 72 | 4 | I' Been Watchin' You The South Side Movement |
| 73 | 79 | 73 | 5 | Why Me Kris Kristofferson |
| 74 | 81 | 74 | 2 | Only In Your Heart America |
| 75 | 75 | 75 | 5 | People Are Changin' Timmy Thomas |
| 76 | 83 | 76 | 2 | Isn't It About Time Stephen Stills-Manassas |
| 77 | 97 | 77 | 2 | Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich |
| 78 | 91 | 78 | 3 | Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation The Dells |
| 79 | 82 | 79 | 5 | Am I Black Enough For You Billy Paul |
| 80 | 85 | 80 | 3 | First Cut Is The Deepest Keith Hampshire |
| 81 | 84 | 81 | 3 | Without You In My Life Tyrone Davis |
| 82 | 86 | 82 | 2 | I Like You Donovan |
| 83 | 87 | 83 | 3 | I'm A Stranger Here Five Man Electrical Band |
| 84 | NEW | 84 | 1 | With A Child's Heart Michael Jackson |
| 85 | 90 | 85 | 2 | Roll Over Beethoven Electric Light Orchestra |
| 86 | 89 | 86 | 5 | Only Love Bill Quateman |
| 87 | 92 | 87 | 3 | It's Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You) Betty Wright |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | Hey You! Get Off My Mountain The Dramatics |
| 89 | 100 | 89 | 2 | The Free Electric Band Albert Hammond |
| 90 | 95 | 90 | 3 | Cosmic Sea The Mystic Moods |
| 91 | 94 | 91 | 2 | Avenging Annie Andy Pratt |
| 92 | 99 | 92 | 2 | Music Everywhere Tufano & Giammarese |
| 93 | 96 | 93 | 2 | What A Shame Foghat |
| 94 | NEW | 1 | 18 | Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers |
| 95 | NEW | 95 | 1 | Your Side Of The Bed Mac Davis |
| 96 | 98 | 96 | 2 | Let Me Down Easy Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 97 | NEW | 97 | 1 | So Very Hard To Go Tower Of Power |
| 98 | NEW | 98 | 1 | A Little Bit Like Magic King Harvest |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Dueling Tubas Martin Mull and Orchestra |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Working Class Hero Tommy Roe |
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