Here are the top 10 songs of 1973. First are the hits as listed in Billboard magazine: “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” – Tony Orlando and Dawn “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce “Killing Me Softly with His Song” – Roberta Flack “Let’s Get It On” – Marvin Gaye “My …
The last hit song of 1973 was also on the top in early 1974. Jim Croce died in an airplane crash in Sept. 1973. Some DJs started playing his song “Time In A Bottle” as a tribute. His record company then released the song on a 45. It was at #1 on the Billboard Hot …
The biggest hit for Todd Rundgren was “Hello It’s Me” that he released in 1973. It was the first song that he ever wrote and it was recorded by The Nazz in 1968. He was in that group from 1967 to 1969. After that he became a solo artist for a while. He was also …
Chicago had a string of hits starting in the late 1960s. In 1973 their hit was “Just You ‘N’ Me” which was written by Chicago’s trombonist James Pankow. On the lead vocal is Peter Cetera who retired from the group in 1985. The song got up to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two …