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)

The Joker—Steve Miller Band (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. 

2 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for posting this! You are getting into the songs that were playing during my freshman year of college. It brings back such great memories!

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    1. You're welcome, Gene! Thank you. It may seem like I've abandoned things but I promise I'll get through all the surveys I have (which is less than a year left) eventually.

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