May 18, 1973

 

1	1	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
2	2	Edgar Winter Group--Frankenstein
3	3	Paul McCartney & Wings--My Love
9	4	Doobie Brothers--Long Train Runnin'
7	5	Elton John--Daniel
4	6	Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
6	7	Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
5	8	Sweet--Little Willy
8	9	Raspberries--Let's Pretend
11	10	Edward Bear--Close Your Eyes
19	11	Jim Croce--Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
12	12	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Out of the Question
14	13	Dr. John--Right Place, Wrong Time
13	14	Gunhill Road--Back When My Hair Was Short
28	15	Barbara Fairchild--Teddy Bear Song
22	16	Albert Hammond--The Free Electric Band
17	17	Loggins & Messina--Thinking of You
18	18	Spinners--One of a Kind (Love Affair)
20	19	Barry White--I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
23	20	Michael Jackson--With a Child's Heart
30	21	New York City--I'm Doin' Fine Now
15	22	Stealer's Wheel--Stuck in the Middle With You
25	23	Sylvia--Pillow Talk
29	24	Tower of Power--So Very Hard to Go
16	25	Elvis Presley--Steamroller Blues/Fool
27	26	J. Geils Band--Give it to Me
21	27	War--The Cisco Kid
32	28	Bette Midler--Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
39	29	Jim Stafford--Swamp Witch
31	30	Ohio Players--Funky Worm
35	31	Paul Simon--Kodachrome
38	32	Three Dog Night--Shambala
---	33	Alice Cooper--No More Mr. Nice Guy
34	34	Focus--Hocus Pocus
40	35	George Harrison--Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
37	36	Perry Como--And I Love You So
---	37	Stylistics--You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
24	38	Roberta Flack--Killing Me Softly With His Song
26	39	Carpenters--Sing
---	40	Billy Preston--Will it Go Round in Circles

Vicki Lawrence’s “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” falls off the survey from all the way up at number ten. I guess people suddenly realized they were sick of it.

Only three debuts this week. Alice Cooper’s “No More Mr. Nice Guy” (25BB/7KJR), “You’ll Never Get to Heaven” by the Stylistics (23/27), and Billy Preston’s “Will it Go Round in Circles” (1/2).

The first three 45s I ever bought are now on the survey, at numbers 5, 31, and 33. Not long after that I also bought numbers 3, 28, and 35.