June 1, 1973

2	1	Edgar Winter Group--Frankenstein
1	2	Paul McCartney & Wings--My Love
3	3	Elton John--Daniel
6	4	Jim Croce--Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
9	5	Barbara Fairchild--Teddy Bear Song
4	6	Doobie Brothers--Long Train Runnin'
5	7	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
16	8	Bette Midler--Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
7	9	Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
19	10	Paul Simon--Kodachrome
14	11	Tower of Power--So Very Hard to Go
15	12	Albert Hammond--The Free Electric Band
8	13	Sweet--Little Willy
28	14	Billy Preston--Will it Go Round in Circles
13	15	Dr. John--Right Place, Wrong Time
25	16	George Harrison--Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
24	17	Jim Stafford--Swamp Witch
27	18	Three Dog Night--Shambala
10	19	Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
23	20	Sylvia--Pillow Talk
31	21	Alice Cooper--No More Mr. Nice Guy
37	22	Charlie Rich--Behind Closed Doors
11	23	Raspberries--Let's Pretend
39	24	Carpenters--Yesterday Once More
12	25	Barry White--I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
18	26	Michael Jackson--With a Child's Heart
32	27	Perry Como--And I Love You So
33	28	Deep Purple--Smoke on the Water
35	29	Stylistics--You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
38	30	Seals & Crofts--Diamond Girl
---	31	Pink Floyd--Money
---	32	Eagles--Tequila Sunrise
40	33	Osmonds--Goin' Home
17	34	Edward Bear--Close Your Eyes
21	35	New York City--I'm Doin' Fine Now
---	36	Stories--Brother Louie
22	37	Spinners--One of a Kind (Love Affair)
---	38	Manu Dibango--Soul Makossa
20	39	Gilbert O'Sullivan--Out of the Question
---	40	Electric Light Orchestra--Roll Over Beethoven

 

Four of the five debuts will do comparably well here as nationally; the exception is the Eagles’ “Tequila Sunrise,” which only made it to number 64 in Billboard but will get to number 23 on our survey.