June 15, 1973

 

1	1	Jim Croce--Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
2	2	Edgar Winter Group--Frankenstein
5	3	Billy Preston--Will it Go Round in Circles
7	4	Bette Midler--Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
3	5	Paul McCartney & Wings--My Love
12	6	Three Dog Night--Shambala
8	7	Tower of Power--So Very Hard to Go
6	8	Barbara Fairchild--Teddy Bear Song
10	9	Paul Simon--Kodachrome
4	10	Elton John--Daniel
16	11	Alice Cooper--No More Mr. Nice Guy
17	12	Carpenters--Yesterday Once More
14	13	George Harrison--Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)
18	14	Charlie Rich--Behind Closed Doors
9	15	Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando--Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
11	16	Albert Hammond--The Free Electric Band
15	17	Jim Stafford--Swamp Witch
25	18	Deep Purple--Smoke on the Water
21	19	Pink Floyd--Money
24	20	Seals & Crofts--Diamond Girl
23	21	Perry Como--And I Love You So
28	22	Stories--Brother Louie
30	23	Osmonds--Goin' Home
13	24	Doobie Brothers--Long Train Runnin'
29	25	Eagles--Tequila Sunrise
19	26	Donny Osmond--The Twelfth of Never
27	27	Stylistics--You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
35	28	Maureen McGovern--The Morning After
34	29	Electric Light Orchestra--Roll Over Beethoven
---	30	Bloodstone--Natural High
---	31	Chicago--Feelin' Stronger Every Day
33	32	Arlo Guthrie--Gypsy Davy
37	33	Manu Dibango--Soul Makossa
20	34	Dr. John--Right Place, Wrong Time
---	35	Tommy Roe--Working Class Hero
39	36	Independents--Leaving Me
38	37	Tom Jones--Letter to Lucille
---	38	Gladys Knight & the Pips--Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
26	39	Clint Holmes--Playground in My Mind
---	40	Sly & the Family Stone--If You Want Me to Stay

 

Four of the five debuts were Top 20 Billboard hits, and four of five will be Top 20 here, but it’s not the same four. Tommy Roe’s “Working Class Hero,” his final Hot 100 hit was number 97 there but will make it to number 19 here, while “Daddy Could Swear, I Declare” by Gladys Knight and the Pips, a number 19 BB hit, will get no higher than its number 38 debut.

The number 9, 10, and 11 records were among the first 45s I bought with my own money--in fact I bought those three as one purchase.