On The Charts - November 1973

Continuing the review of songs that were on the Top 40 (US) charts 50 years ago (1973).  We're on to November; the penultimate month of 1973.  

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

Following the normal format, here's the Top 10 songs for November1973, based on the average chart position (US charts) over the 4 weeks in the month:

• Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks - 1.75
• Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight And The Pips - 2.75
• Heartbeat It's A Lovebeat - The DeFranco Family - 4.5
• Photograph - Ringo Starr - 5.5
• Paper Roses - Marie Osmond - 6
• Angie - The Rolling Stones - 6
• Space Race - Billy Preston - 6.25
• Top Of The World - Carpenters - 8.25
• Just You 'n' Me - Chicago - 11.25
• Half-Breed - Cher - 11.25

Three (3) songs topped the charts in November, 1973:  Gladys Knight and the Pips' Midnight Train to Georgia started the month, continuing from the last week of October. Keep On Truckin' was #1 for the middle 2 weeks of November, and Ringo Staar closed out the month with Photograph.  There's a couple of songs in this Top 10 that I see as real stinkers, and a couple of really good songs.  I own 7 of the 10, can you guess which ones? 

There were 55 individual songs on the Top 40 over the course of the 4 weeks in November, which is pretty much average.

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

• Leave Me Alone (ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy - 29
• Let Me Serenade You - Three Dog Night - 32
• My Music - Loggins and Messina - 32
• Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan - 33
• Rockin' Roll Baby - The Stylistics - 34
• Be - Neil Diamond - 35
• Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren - 36
• The Joker - The Steve Miller Band - 37
• Show And Tell - Al Wilson - 37
• If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) - The Staple Singers - 38
• Check It Out - Tavares - 38
• Sweet Understanding Love - Four Tops - 38
• Living For The City - Stevie Wonder - 38
• Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye - 39
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John - 40
• Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White - 40
• D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin - 40
• Friends - Bette Midler - 40

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