Sunday, September 14, 2025

October 19, 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 

Paul Simon--Loves Me Like a Rock

Allman Brothers Band--Ramblin' Man 

Carpenters—Top of the World 

Charlie Rich—The Most Beautiful Girl

Grand Funk--We're an American Band 

 

SECOND TEN 

Art Garfunkel--All I Know 

Jim Croce—I Got a Name

Roberta Flack—Jesse 

Bob Dylan--Knockin' On Heaven's Door 

Marvin Gaye--Let's Get it On 

Gladys Knight & the Pips--Midnight Train to Georgia 

Spirit--Mr. Skin 

B.W. Stevenson--My Maria 

Isley Brothers--That Lady 

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

 

AND

Dottie West—Country Sunshine

Aerosmith—Dream On

Led Zeppelin—D’yer Mak’er 

Todd Rundgren—Hello It’s Me

Johnny Mathis—I’m Coming Home

Eddie Kendricks—Keep on Truckin’ (Part 1)

Elton John--Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Wednesday—Last Kiss (D)

Helen Reddy—Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)

Three Dog Night—Let Me Serenade You

Dobie Gray—Loving Arms

Gilbert O’Sullivan—Ooh Baby

Ian Thomas—Painted Ladies (D)

Loggins & Messina—My Music

Steely Dan—My Old School

Ike & Tina Turner—Nutbush City Limits (D)

Ringo Starr—Photograph 

David Gates—Sail Around the World 

Electric Light Orchestra—Showdown (D)

Brownsville Station—Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room 

Billy Preston—Space Race 

Jim Stafford—Spiders & Snakes

Dr. John—Such a Night (re-entry)

Steve Miller Band—The Joker

Doobie Brothers—Ukiah (D)

Tony Orlando & Dawn—Who’s in the Strawberry Patch With Sally

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye—You’re a Special Part of Me

(D) Debuts

The remake of J. Frank Wilson’s “Last Kiss” by Wednesday was a number 34 national hit which will get to number nine here. “Showdown” by the Electric Light Orchestra was a number 53 hit in Billboard, and will spend six weeks as an “AND” here. And “Ukiah” by the Doobie Brothers was an album cut that KJR decided to play. 

Monday, September 1, 2025

October 12, 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

Marvin Gaye--Let's Get it On

Paul Simon--Loves Me Like a Rock

Allman Brothers Band--Ramblin' Man

Carpenters—Top of the World

Grand Funk--We're an American Band



SECOND TEN

Art Garfunkel--All I Know

Roberta Flack—Jesse

Eddie Kendricks—Keep on Truckin’ (Part 1)

Bob Dylan--Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Gladys Knight & the Pips--Midnight Train to Georgia

Spirit--Mr. Skin

B.W. Stevenson--My Maria

Marie Osmond--Paper Roses

Isley Brothers--That Lady

Charlie Rich—The Most Beautiful Girl



AND

Dottie West—Country Sunshine (D)

Aerosmith—Dream On

Led Zeppelin—D’yer Mak’er

Todd Rundgren—Hello It’s Me

Jim Croce—I Got a Name

Johnny Mathis—I’m Coming Home

Elton John--Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (D)

Helen Reddy—Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) (D)

Three Dog Night—Let Me Serenade You

Dobie Gray—Loving Arms

Gilbert O’Sullivan—Ooh Baby

Loggins & Messina—My Music (D)

Steely Dan—My Old School (D)

Ringo Starr—Photograph

David Gates—Sail Around the World

Brownsville Station—Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room

Billy Preston—Space Race

Jim Stafford—Spiders & Snakes (D)

Steve Miller Band—The Joker

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

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye—You’re a Special Part of Me (D)

Tony Orlando & Dawn—Who’s in the Strawberry Patch With Sally (D)

(D) Debuts

Dottie West’s “Country Sunshine,” a number 49 Billboard pop hit (#2 country), will get to number 17 here when the song-by-song rankings return in a few weeks. And “My Old School” by Steely Dan will get to number 15, while it peaked at number 63 nationally.