Saturday, September 30, 2023

1973 In Music - September's Almost Made the Charts

 Continuing my look at songs that dropped off the charts during the month, but never made the Top 40.  And for August, I counted a whopping 50.  That's more than triple the normal (since I started logging)


Here they are, with peak position noted:


  • Baby I've Been Missing You - The Independents - 41
  • Sweet Charlie Babe - Jackie Moore - 42
  • Love, Love, Love - Donny Hathaway - 44
  • Clouds - David Gates - 47
  • Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine - Stealers Wheel - 49
  • Don't Let It End ('til You Let It Begin) - The Miracles - 56
  • Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper - 57
  • Bongo Rock - The Incredible Bongo Band - 57
  • Twisting The Night Away - Rod Stewart - 59
  • Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Ronnie Dyson - 60
  • All I Need Is Time - Gladys Knight And The Pips - 61
  • Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan - 61
  • Slick - Willie Hutch - 65
  • Sixty Minute Man/Mother-In-Law - Clarence Carter - 65
  • Top Of The World - Lynn Anderson - 74
  • One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) - Coven - 79
  • The Peacemaker - Albert Hammond - 80
  • Hang Loose - Mandrill - 83
  • They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV - 87
  • Queen Of The Roller Derby - Leon Russell - 89
  • Stay Away From Me - The Sylvers - 89
  • Sylvia - Focus - 89
  • The Long Way Home - Neil Diamond - 91
  • Make Me Twice The Man - New York City - 93
  • Kid Stuff - Barbara Fairchild - 95
  • Until It's Time For You To Go - The New Birth - 97
  • Make Up Your Mind - The J. Geils Band - 98
  • Soul Je T'aime - Sylvia And Ralfi Pagan - 99


Note that "One Tin Soldier" was a re-recording of the 1971 hit that had previously reached #26.
Note that "They're Coming to Take Me Away" is a re-release of the song that hit #3 in 1966. 


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