April 27, 1973

 

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

 

Four debuts: Sylvia’s “Pillow Talk,” a number three national hit that will only make it to number 20 here; “With a Child’s Heart” by Michael Jackson, which conversely will get to number 18 despite being only a number 50 Billboard hit; “Right Place, Wrong Time” by Dr. John (9BB/13KJR); and “I’m Doin’ Fine Now” by soul vocal group New York City (17/21).