April 20, 1973

1	1	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
2	2	Vicki Lawrence--The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
4	3	Sweet--Little Willy
3	4	Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
5	5	Stealer's Wheel--Stuck in the Middle With You
6	6	Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
7	7	Steely Dan--Reeling in the Years
20	8	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Out of the Question
11	9	Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
10	10	Stevie Wonder--You Are the Sunshine of My Life
8	11	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
16	12	Raspberries--Let's Pretend
9	13	War--The Cisco Kid
13	14	Carpenters--Sing
15	15	Gladys Knight & the Pips--Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
12	16	Dobie Gray--Drift Away
14	17	Lou Reed--Walk on the Wild Side
18	18	Skylark--Wildflower
30	19	Paul McCartney & Wings--My Love
36	20	Doobie Brothers--Long Train Runnin'
26	21	Blue Ridge Rangers--Hearts of Stone
25	22	Carly Simon--The Right Thing to Do
28	23	Edward Bear--Close Your Eyes
29	24	Elton John--Daniel
34	25	Edgar Winter Group--Frankenstein
17	26	Carly Simon--You're So Vain
33	27	Gunhill Road--Back When My Hair Was Short
24	28	Helen Reddy--Peaceful
22	29	David Bowie--Space Oddity
38	30	Lobo--It Sure Took a Long, Long Time--
19	31	Neil Diamond--"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night
32	32	Hypnotics--Beware of the Stranger
---	33	Loggins & Messina--Thinking of You
40	34	Elvis Presley--Steamroller Blues
21	35	Jud Strunk--Daisy a Day
---	36	Barry White--I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
27	37	O'Jays--Love Train
23	38	Stylistics--Break Up to Make Up
37	39	Johnny Nash--Stir it Up
---	40	Spinners--One of a Kind (Love Affair)

 

The top seven are virtually unchanged from last week.

Only three debuts: “Thinking of You” by Loggins and Messina (18BB/17KJR), Barry White’s debut hit “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby” (3/12), and “One of a Kind (Love Affair)” by the Spinners (11/18). 

April 13, 1973

 

2	1	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
1	2	Vicki Lawrence--The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
3	3	Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
4	4	Sweet--Little Willy
6	5	Stealer's Wheel--Stuck in the Middle With You
5	6	Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
8	7	Steely Dan--Reeling in the Years
7	8	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show--The Cover of "Rolling Stone"
13	9	War--The Cisco Kid
15	10	Stevie Wonder--You Are the Sunshine of My Life
14	11	Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
10	12	Dobie Gray--Drift Away
9	13	Carpenters--Sing
12	14	Lou Reed--Walk on the Wild Side
11	15	Gladys Knight & the Pips--Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
20	16	Raspberries--Let's Pretend
16	17	Carly Simon--You're So Vain
22	18	Skylark--Wildflower
21	19	Neil Diamond--"Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night
31	20	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Out of the Question
23	21	Jud Strunk--Daisy a Day
17	22	David Bowie--Space Oddity
19	23	Stylistics--Break Up to Make Up
30	24	Helen Reddy--Peaceful
26	25	Carly Simon--The Right Thing to Do
27	26	Blue Ridge Rangers--Hearts of Stone
18	27	O'Jays--Love Train
32	28	Edward Bear--Close Your Eyes
40	29	Elton John--Daniel
38	30	Paul McCartney & Wings--My Love
33	31	Temptations--Masterpiece
34	32	Hypnotics--Beware of the Stranger
35	33	Gunhill Road--Back When My Hair Was Short
---	34	Edgar Winter Group--Frankenstein
24	35	Four Tops--Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
---	36	Doobie Brothers--Long Train Runnin'
28	37	Johnny Nash--Stir it Up
---	38	Lobo--It Sure Took a Long, Long Time
37	39	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell--Dueling Banjos
---	40	Elvis Presley--Steamroller Blues

 

All four of the week’s debuts will do approximately as well here as nationally: the Edgar Winter Group’s instrumental “Frankenstein” (1BB/1KJR), “Long Train Runnin’” by the Doobie Brothers (8/4), “It Sure Took a Long, Long Time” by Lobo (27/30), and Elvis Presley’s “Steamroller Blues” (17/16).