On The Charts - October 1973

 Continuing the review of songs that were on the Top 40 (US) charts 50 years ago (1973).  We're on to October; starting to wind it down.  

All of the 1973 music posts can be seen HERE, btw.

Following the normal format, here's the Top 10 songs for October 1973, based on the average chart position (US charts) over the 4 weeks in the month:

• Half-Breed - Cher - 1.75
• Angie - The Rolling Stones - 4
• Ramblin Man - The Allman Brothers Band - 4
• Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye - 4
• Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight And The Pips - 6.25
• That Lady (Part 1) - The Isley Brothers - 6.75
• Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder - 6.75
• Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks - 7.75
• Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds) - 9.75
• We're An American Band - Grand Funk - 10

Three (3) songs topped the charts in October, 1973:  Hilf Breed, by Cher, opened the month at #1 for the first 2 weeks.  Rolling Stones took over the 3rd week of October, with Angie, and Gladys Knight and the Pip's Midnight Train to Georgia closed out the month at the top.  Another interesting month in the top 10, Angie and Midnight Train are 2 of the greatest songs of the 70's.  And Half Breed is solid, but the only song in this top 10 that I don't own.  

There were 53 individual songs on the Top 40 over the course of the 4 weeks in September, which is pretty much average.

18 songs made their Top 40 debut in October, which is pretty typical.  Several are especially notable, a few?  Not so much. Here they are, with their debut rank:  

• Paper Roses - Marie Osmond - 25
• Space Race - Billy Preston - 26
• Just You 'n' Me - Chicago - 28
• All I Know - Garfunkel - 29
• Photograph - Ringo Starr - 29
• We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals and Crofts 31
• Top Of The World Carpenters 31
• Ecstasy - Ohio Players - 34
• You're A Special Part Of Me - Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - 35
• Nutbush City Limits - Ike and Tina Turner - 36
• The Love I Lost (Part 1) - Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes - 37
• Jesse - Roberta Flack - 38
• Let Me In - The Osmonds - 38
• Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor - 38
• Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro - 39
• Funky Stuff - Kool and The Gang - 40
• I Got A Name - Jim Croce - 40
• The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich - 40

So that's it, look for the post later this month of songs that dropped off the Hot 100 in September without having made the Top 40!