Billboard Hot 100™

Week of February 24, 1973

Billboard Hot 100™

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY FROM DIGITAL MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED BY LUMINATE AND SALES DATA AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

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Killing Me Softly With His Song

Roberta Flack

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Producer(s):

J.Dorn, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

Roberta Flack Can No Longer Sing Due to ALS

Billboard Hot 100™

Week of February 24, 1973

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Killing Me Softly With His Song
  Roberta Flack
- 5
- 1
- 5
- - 5
  - 1
  - 5

Producer(s):

J.Dorn, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

2
- Dueling Banjos
  Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
- 4
- 2
- 7
- - 4
  - 2
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

3
- Crocodile Rock
  Elton John
- 1
- 1
- 12
- - 1
  - 1
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

4
- You're So Vain
  Carly Simon
- 2
- 1
- 13
- - 2
  - 1
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

5
- Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
  The Spinners
- 7
- 5
- 9
- - 7
  - 5
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

6
- Do It Again
  Steely Dan
- 6
- 6
- 15
- - 6
  - 6
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

7
- Last Song
  Edward Bear
- 13
- 7
- 11
- - 13
  - 7
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

8
- Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend
  Lobo
- 8
- 8
- 9
- - 8
  - 8
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Tree

9
- Love Train
  The O'Jays
- 15
- 9
- 6
- - 15
  - 9
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

10
- Rocky Mountain High
  John Denver
- 10
- 10
- 14
- - 10
  - 10
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

11
- Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?
  Hurricane Smith
- 3
- 3
- 13
- - 3
  - 3
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

12
- Daddy's Home
  Jermaine Jackson
- 16
- 12
- 12
- - 16
  - 12
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

13
- Dancing In The Moonlight
  King Harvest
- 14
- 13
- 18
- - 14
  - 13
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Perception

14
- Why Can't We Live Together
  Timmy Thomas
- 9
- 3
- 14
- - 9
  - 3
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Glades

15
- The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"
  Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
- 19
- 15
- 13
- - 19
  - 15
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

16
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  The Blue Ridge Rangers
- 18
- 16
- 13
- - 18
  - 16
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy

17
- Superstition
  Stevie Wonder
- 12
- 1
- 15
- - 12
  - 1
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

18
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
  Deodato
- 25
- 18
- 4
- - 25
  - 18
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

CTI

19
- Do You Want To Dance?
  Bette Midler
- 22
- 19
- 10
- - 22
  - 19
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

20
- The World Is A Ghetto
  War
- 11
- 7
- 15
- - 11
  - 7
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

21
- Dreidel
  Don McLean
- 23
- 21
- 10
- - 23
  - 21
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

22
- I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
  The Moody Blues
- 28
- 22
- 4
- - 28
  - 22
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Threshold

23
- Love Jones
  Brighter Side Of Darkness
- 20
- 16
- 12
- - 20
  - 16
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century

24
- Peaceful Easy Feeling
  Eagles
- 29
- 24
- 9
- - 29
  - 24
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Asylum

25
- Trouble Man
  Marvin Gaye
- 17
- 7
- 11
- - 17
  - 7
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

26
- Danny's Song
  Anne Murray
- 35
- 26
- 8
- - 35
  - 26
  - 8

Producer(s):

B.Ahern, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

27
- Aubrey
  Bread
- 36
- 27
- 4
- - 36
  - 27
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

28
- I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1)
  James Brown
- 30
- 28
- 6
- - 30
  - 28
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

29
- Big City Miss Ruth Ann
  Gallery
- 34
- 29
- 9
- - 34
  - 29
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

30
- Your Mama Don't Dance
  Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina
- 21
- 4
- 16
- - 21
  - 4
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

31
- Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 40
- 31
- 5
- - 40
  - 31
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

32
- Living Together, Growing Together
  The 5th Dimension
- 32
- 32
- 8
- - 32
  - 32
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

33
- Hummingbird
  Seals & Crofts
- 38
- 33
- 6
- - 38
  - 33
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

34
- Give Me Your Love
  Barbara Mason
- 41
- 34
- 7
- - 41
  - 34
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah

35
- Jesus Is Just Alright
  The Doobie Brothers
- 37
- 35
- 11
- - 37
  - 35
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

36
- Space Oddity
  David Bowie
- 42
- 36
- 5
- - 42
  - 36
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

David Bowie

Producer(s):

G.Dudgeon

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jones/Tintoretto/Parlophone/Rhino

37
- Don't Cross The River
  America
- 43
- 37
- 5
- - 43
  - 37
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

38
- Hi, Hi, Hi
  Wings
- 24
- 10
- 11
- - 24
  - 10
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple

39
- Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)
  Four Tops
- 46
- 39
- 4
- - 46
  - 39
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

40
- Dead Skunk
  Loudon Wainwright III
- 47
- 40
- 5
- - 47
  - 40
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

41
- Good Morning Heartache
  Diana Ross
- 45
- 41
- 7
- - 45
  - 41
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

42
- Break Up To Make Up
  The Stylistics
- 53
- 42
- 3
- - 53
  - 42
  - 3

Producer(s):

T.Bell, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Avco/Unknown

43
- Soul Song
  Joe Stampley
- 49
- 43
- 8
- - 49
  - 43
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot

44
- Stir It Up
  Johnny Nash
- 50
- 44
- 3
- - 50
  - 44
  - 3

Producer(s):

J.Nash, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

45
- You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio
  Joni Mitchell
- 26
- 25
- 16
- - 26
  - 25
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Asylum

46
- Kissing My Love
  Bill Withers
- 55
- 46
- 4
- - 55
  - 46
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

47
- Reelin' & Rockin'
  Chuck Berry
- 27
- 27
- 13
- - 27
  - 27
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chess

48
- Call Me (Come Back Home)
  Al Green
- 73
- 48
- 2
- - 73
  - 48
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

49
- Rosalie
  Sam Neely
- 52
- 49
- 5
- - 52
  - 49
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

50
- Hello Hurray
  Alice Cooper
- 57
- 50
- 4
- - 57
  - 50
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

51
- Today I Started Loving You Again
  Bettye Swann
- 54
- 51
- 5
- - 54
  - 51
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

52
- Harry Hippie
  Bobby Womack & Peace
- 33
- 31
- 12
- - 33
  - 31
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

53
- Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
  Aretha Franklin
- 63
- 53
- 3
- - 63
  - 53
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

54
- Peaceful
  Helen Reddy
- 61
- 54
- 4
- - 61
  - 54
  - 4

Producer(s):

T.Catalano, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

55
- A Letter To Myself
  The Chi-lites
- 69
- 55
- 3
- - 69
  - 55
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

56
- Control Of Me
  Les Emmerson
- 58
- 56
- 7
- - 58
  - 56
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lion

57
- One Less Set Of Footsteps
  Jim Croce
- 62
- 57
- 4
- - 62
  - 57
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

58
- Superfly
  Curtis Mayfield
- 39
- 8
- 15
- - 39
  - 8
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom

59
- The Message
  Cymande
- 60
- 59
- 6
- - 60
  - 59
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Janus

60
- Keep On Singing
  Austin Roberts
- 65
- 60
- 4
- - 65
  - 60
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chelsea

61 NEW
NEW
- Sing
  Carpenters
- -
- 61
- 1
- - -
  - 61
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

62
- Love Is What You Make It
  The Grass Roots
- 66
- 62
- 5
- - 66
  - 62
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

63 NEW
NEW
- Masterpiece
  The Temptations
- -
- 63
- 1
- - -
  - 63
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

64
- Cook With Honey
  Judy Collins
- 76
- 64
- 3
- - 76
  - 64
  - 3

Producer(s):

M.Abramson, J.Collins, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/Unknown

65
- Palace Guard
  Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band
- 67
- 65
- 4
- - 67
  - 65
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

66
- Bitter Bad
  Melanie
- 79
- 66
- 2
- - 79
  - 66
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Neighborhood

67
- Happy
  Bobby Darin
- 70
- 67
- 8
- - 70
  - 67
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

68
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
  Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando
- 80
- 68
- 2
- - 80
  - 68
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

69
- Follow Your Daughter Home
  The Guess Who
- 72
- 69
- 4
- - 72
  - 69
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

70
- Lost Horizon
  Shawn Phillips
- 75
- 70
- 3
- - 75
  - 70
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

71
- How Can I Tell You
  Travis Wammack
- 74
- 71
- 6
- - 74
  - 71
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fame

72
- Pardon Me Sir
  Joe Cocker
- 85
- 72
- 2
- - 85
  - 72
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

73 NEW
NEW
- Superman
  Donna Fargo
- -
- 73
- 1
- - -
  - 73
  - 1

Producer(s):

S.Silver, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot/Unknown

74
- Little Willy
  The Sweet
- 77
- 74
- 6
- - 77
  - 74
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

75
- Do It In The Name Of Love
  Candi Staton
- 81
- 75
- 4
- - 81
  - 75
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fame

76
- Step By Step
  Joe Simon
- 86
- 76
- 2
- - 86
  - 76
  - 2

Producer(s):

R.Gerald, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring/Unknown

77
- Magic Woman Touch
  The Hollies
- 82
- 77
- 3
- - 82
  - 77
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

78
- Daisy A Day
  Jud Strunk
- 88
- 78
- 2
- - 88
  - 78
  - 2

Producer(s):

B.Gilliland, D.Costa, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM/Unknown

79
- Don't Burn Me
  Paul Kelly
- 83
- 79
- 5
- - 83
  - 79
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

80
- The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
  Vicki Lawrence
- 90
- 80
- 3
- - 90
  - 80
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

81
- One Man Band (Plays All Alone)
  Ronnie Dyson
- 89
- 81
- 2
- - 89
  - 81
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

82
- Boo, Boo, Don't 'Cha Be Blue
  Tommy James
- 84
- 82
- 2
- - 84
  - 82
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roulette

83
- Dream Me Home
  Mac Davis
- 87
- 83
- 2
- - 87
  - 83
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

84
- Walk On The Wild Side
  Lou Reed
- 92
- 84
- 2
- - 92
  - 84
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

L.Reed, David Bowie, M.Ronson

Producer(s):

L.Reed, David Bowie, M.Ronson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

85 NEW
NEW
- Drift Away
  Dobie Gray
- -
- 85
- 1
- - -
  - 85
  - 1

Producer(s):

M.Williams, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca/Unknown

86
- Wildflower
  Skylark
- 99
- 86
- 2
- - 99
  - 86
  - 2

Producer(s):

E.Norwegian, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

87 NEW
NEW
- Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me
  The New Seekers
- -
- 87
- 1
- - -
  - 87
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM/Verve

88
- Good Morning
  Michael Redway
- 95
- 88
- 3
- - 95
  - 88
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philips

89
- Bell Bottom Blues
  Eric Clapton
- 96
- 89
- 2
- - 96
  - 89
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

Not Listed

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

90
- Wish That I Could Talk To You
  The Sylvers
- 93
- 90
- 4
- - 93
  - 90
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pride

91
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home
  Albert King
- 91
- 91
- 2
- - 91
  - 91
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

92 NEW
NEW
- Sail On Sailor
  The Beach Boys
- -
- 92
- 1
- - -
  - 92
  - 1

Producer(s):

Beach Boys, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Unknown

93 NEW
NEW
- Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
  The Association
- -
- 93
- 1
- - -
  - 93
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mums

94 NEW
NEW
- Funky Worm
  Ohio Players
- -
- 94
- 1
- - -
  - 94
  - 1

Producer(s):

Ohio Players, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

95 NEW
NEW
- Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 1)
  Eddie Kendricks
- -
- 95
- 1
- - -
  - 95
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

96 NEW
NEW
- Stop, Wait & Listen
  Circus
- -
- 96
- 1
- - -
  - 96
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Metromedia

97
- Love Music
  The Raiders
- 98
- 97
- 4
- - 98
  - 97
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

98
- She's Got To Be A Saint
  Ray Price
- 100
- 93
- 4
- - 100
  - 93
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

99 NEW
NEW
- Teddy Bear Song
  Barbara Fairchild
- -
- 99
- 1
- - -
  - 99
  - 1

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

100 NEW
NEW
- We Did It
  Syl Johnson
- -
- 100
- 1
- - -
  - 100
  - 1

Billboard Hot 100™

Week of February 24, 1973

Billboard Hot 100™

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roberta Flack Can No Longer Sing Due to ALS

Billboard Hot 100™

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dueling Banjos

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Crocodile Rock

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You're So Vain

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Do It Again

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Last Song

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Love Train

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rocky Mountain High

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Daddy's Home

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dancing In The Moonlight

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Why Can't We Live Together

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Superstition

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Do You Want To Dance?

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The World Is A Ghetto

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dreidel

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Love Jones

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Trouble Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Danny's Song

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Aubrey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big City Miss Ruth Ann

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Your Mama Don't Dance

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Living Together, Growing Together

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hummingbird

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Give Me Your Love

Imprint/Promotion Label: