Sunday, March 17, 2013

American Top 40 3/17/73

Topping the charts this week in 1973:


  1. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
  2. Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
  3. Love Train - O'Jays
  4. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) – Deodato
  5. Last Song - Edward Bear
  6. Cover of the Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook
  7. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love – Spinners
  8. Neither One Of Us Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye - Gladys Knight and the Pips 
  9. Daddy's Home - Jermaine Jackson
  10. Danny's Song - Anne Murray
"Killing Me Softly With His Song" remains at #1, for a fourthweek.  Top-10 debuts this week: "Neither One Of Us Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye " and "Danny's Song",  Dropping out:  "Crocodile Rock" (after 9 weeks in the Top 10) and " Rocky Mountain High"....

Interesting Top 100 debuts (w/ eventual peak in parenthesis):
  • You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Steve Wonder (1)
  • Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond (31)  Re-entry of 1968 hit.
  • Hallelujah Day - Jackson 5 (28) 
  • Blue Suede Shoes - Johnny Rivers (38)

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