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