Monday, July 28, 2025

October 5, 1973

TOP TEN 

Rolling Stones—Angie 

Helen Reddy--Delta Dawn 

Cher--Half-Breed 

DeFranco Family--Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat 

Chicago--Just You 'n' Me 

Bob Dylan--Knockin' On Heaven's Door 

Marvin Gaye--Let's Get it On 

Paul Simon--Loves Me Like a Rock 

B.W. Stevenson--My Maria 

Grand Funk--We're an American Band 

 

SECOND TEN 

Art Garfunkel--All I Know 

Cheech & Chong--Basketball Jones 

Roberta Flack—Jesse 

Osmonds—Let Me In 

Gladys Knight & the Pips--Midnight Train to Georgia 

Spirit--Mr. Skin 

Marie Osmond--Paper Roses 

Allman Brothers Band--Ramblin' Man 

Isley Brothers--That Lady 

Charlie Rich—The Most Beautiful Girl

 

MORE MUSIC

5th Dimension--Ashes to Ashes 

Aerosmith—Dream On (D)

Led Zeppelin—D’yer Mak’er 

Bette Midler—Friends 

Todd Rundgren—Hello It’s Me (D)

Jim Croce—I Got a Name

Johnny Mathis—I’m Coming Home

Eddie Kendricks—Keep on Truckin’ (Part 1)

Steve Miller Band--The Joker (D)

Three Dog Night—Let Me Serenade You (D)

Dobie Gray—Loving Arms (D)

Gilbert O’Sullivan—Ooh Baby

Eagles--Outlaw Man 

Ringo Starr—Photograph 

David Gates—Sail Around the World 

Brownsville Station—Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room 

Dr. John--Such a Night 

Billy Preston—Space Race 

Carpenters—Top of the World 

Seals & Crofts--We May Never Pass This Way (Again) 

 

(D) Debuts

“Dream On” by Aerosmith will reach number 11 here (yes, song-by-song rankings are returning soon); nationally it only got to number 59 at this time, though it will reach the Billboard top ten in 1976. Dobie Gray’s “Loving Arms,” a number 61 Billboard hit, will make the second ten here.