Sunday, February 10, 2013

American Top 40, 2/10/73




Topping the charts this week in 1973:

  1. Crocodile Rock - Elton John
  2. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
  3. Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas
  4. Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith
  5. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
  6. Do It Again - Steely Dan
  7. The World is A Ghetto - War
  8. Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye
  9. Don't Expect Me To be Your Friend - Lobo
  10. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners
Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" drops from #1, replaced by "Crocodile Rock".  Two Top-10 debuts this week: "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend" and "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love".  Dropping out:  "Your Mama Don't Dance", and "Hi, Hi, Hi"....

  And a bunch of Top 100 debuts, with eventual peak in parenthesis:
  • The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (1)
  • Breakup To Make Up - Stylistics (5)
  • Stir It Up - Johnny Nash (12)
  • Cook With Honey - Judy Collins (32)
  • Master Of Eyes - Aretha Franklin (33)
  • A Letter To Myself - Chi Lites (33)
  • Magic Woman Touch - Hollies (60)
  • Lost Horizon - Shawn Phillips (83)
  • Good Morning - Michael Redway (85)
  • Tossing And Turning - Bunny Sigler (97)

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