Billboard Hot 100™

Week of March 3, 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 March 3, 1973

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Killing Me Softly With His Song
  Roberta Flack
- 1
- 1
- 6
- - 1
  - 1
  - 6

Producer(s):

J.Dorn, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

2
- Dueling Banjos
  Deliverance/Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
- 2
- 2
- 8
- - 2
  - 2
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

3
- Last Song
  Edward Bear
- 7
- 3
- 12
- - 7
  - 3
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

4
- Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
  The Spinners
- 5
- 4
- 10
- - 5
  - 4
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

5
- Crocodile Rock
  Elton John
- 3
- 1
- 13
- - 3
  - 1
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

6
- You're So Vain
  Carly Simon
- 4
- 1
- 14
- - 4
  - 1
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

7
- Love Train
  The O'Jays
- 9
- 7
- 7
- - 9
  - 7
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

8
- Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
  Deodato
- 18
- 8
- 5
- - 18
  - 8
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

CTI

9
- Rocky Mountain High
  John Denver
- 10
- 9
- 15
- - 10
  - 9
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

10
- Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend
  Lobo
- 8
- 8
- 10
- - 8
  - 8
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Tree

11
- The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"
  Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
- 15
- 11
- 14
- - 15
  - 11
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

12
- Daddy's Home
  Jermaine Jackson
- 12
- 12
- 13
- - 12
  - 12
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

13
- Dancing In The Moonlight
  King Harvest
- 13
- 13
- 19
- - 13
  - 13
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Perception

14
- Do It Again
  Steely Dan
- 6
- 6
- 16
- - 6
  - 6
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

15
- Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?
  Hurricane Smith
- 11
- 3
- 14
- - 11
  - 3
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

16
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  The Blue Ridge Rangers
- 16
- 16
- 14
- - 16
  - 16
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fantasy

17
- I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)
  The Moody Blues
- 22
- 17
- 5
- - 22
  - 17
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Threshold

18
- Do You Want To Dance?
  Bette Midler
- 19
- 18
- 11
- - 19
  - 18
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

19
- Danny's Song
  Anne Murray
- 26
- 19
- 9
- - 26
  - 19
  - 9

Producer(s):

B.Ahern, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

20
- Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 31
- 20
- 6
- - 31
  - 20
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

21
- Dreidel
  Don McLean
- 21
- 21
- 11
- - 21
  - 21
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

22
- Break Up To Make Up
  The Stylistics
- 42
- 22
- 4
- - 42
  - 22
  - 4

Producer(s):

T.Bell, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Avco/Unknown

23
- Peaceful Easy Feeling
  Eagles
- 24
- 23
- 10
- - 24
  - 23
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Asylum

24
- Aubrey
  Bread
- 27
- 24
- 5
- - 27
  - 24
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

25
- Why Can't We Live Together
  Timmy Thomas
- 14
- 3
- 15
- - 14
  - 3
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Glades

26
- Big City Miss Ruth Ann
  Gallery
- 29
- 26
- 10
- - 29
  - 26
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

27
- I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance) (Part 1)
  James Brown
- 28
- 27
- 7
- - 28
  - 27
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

28
- Call Me (Come Back Home)
  Al Green
- 48
- 28
- 3
- - 48
  - 28
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

29
- Superstition
  Stevie Wonder
- 17
- 1
- 16
- - 17
  - 1
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

30
- Hummingbird
  Seals & Crofts
- 33
- 30
- 7
- - 33
  - 30
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

31
- Space Oddity
  David Bowie
- 36
- 31
- 6
- - 36
  - 31
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

David Bowie

Producer(s):

G.Dudgeon

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jones/Tintoretto/Parlophone/Rhino

32
- Give Me Your Love
  Barbara Mason
- 34
- 32
- 8
- - 34
  - 32
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah

33
- Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)
  Four Tops
- 39
- 33
- 5
- - 39
  - 33
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

34
- Dead Skunk
  Loudon Wainwright III
- 40
- 34
- 6
- - 40
  - 34
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

35
- Don't Cross The River
  America
- 37
- 35
- 6
- - 37
  - 35
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

36
- Stir It Up
  Johnny Nash
- 44
- 36
- 4
- - 44
  - 36
  - 4

Producer(s):

J.Nash, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic/Unknown

37
- Living Together, Growing Together
  The 5th Dimension
- 32
- 32
- 9
- - 32
  - 32
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

38
- Kissing My Love
  Bill Withers
- 46
- 38
- 5
- - 46
  - 38
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

39
- Good Morning Heartache
  Diana Ross
- 41
- 39
- 8
- - 41
  - 39
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

40
- Soul Song
  Joe Stampley
- 43
- 40
- 9
- - 43
  - 40
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot

41
- Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
  Aretha Franklin
- 53
- 41
- 4
- - 53
  - 41
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

42
- Hello Hurray
  Alice Cooper
- 50
- 42
- 5
- - 50
  - 42
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

43
- The World Is A Ghetto
  War
- 20
- 7
- 16
- - 20
  - 7
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

44
- Rosalie
  Sam Neely
- 49
- 44
- 6
- - 49
  - 44
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

45
- Peaceful
  Helen Reddy
- 54
- 45
- 5
- - 54
  - 45
  - 5

Producer(s):

T.Catalano, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

46
- Masterpiece
  The Temptations
- 63
- 46
- 2
- - 63
  - 46
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

47
- Today I Started Loving You Again
  Bettye Swann
- 51
- 47
- 6
- - 51
  - 47
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

48
- A Letter To Myself
  The Chi-lites
- 55
- 48
- 4
- - 55
  - 48
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

49
- Sing
  Carpenters
- 61
- 49
- 2
- - 61
  - 49
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

50
- One Less Set Of Footsteps
  Jim Croce
- 57
- 50
- 5
- - 57
  - 50
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

51
- Control Of Me
  Les Emmerson
- 56
- 51
- 8
- - 56
  - 51
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lion

52
- Cook With Honey
  Judy Collins
- 64
- 52
- 4
- - 64
  - 52
  - 4

Producer(s):

M.Abramson, J.Collins, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/Unknown

53
- Love Jones
  Brighter Side Of Darkness
- 23
- 16
- 13
- - 23
  - 16
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century

54
- The Message
  Cymande
- 59
- 54
- 7
- - 59
  - 54
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Janus

55
- Keep On Singing
  Austin Roberts
- 60
- 55
- 5
- - 60
  - 55
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chelsea

56
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
  Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando
- 68
- 56
- 3
- - 68
  - 56
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

57
- Bitter Bad
  Melanie
- 66
- 57
- 3
- - 66
  - 57
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Neighborhood

58
- Love Is What You Make It
  The Grass Roots
- 62
- 58
- 6
- - 62
  - 58
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill/ABC

59
- The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
  Vicki Lawrence
- 80
- 59
- 4
- - 80
  - 59
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

60
- Little Willy
  The Sweet
- 74
- 60
- 7
- - 74
  - 60
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

61
- Pardon Me Sir
  Joe Cocker
- 72
- 61
- 3
- - 72
  - 61
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

62
- Trouble Man
  Marvin Gaye
- 25
- 7
- 12
- - 25
  - 7
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

63
- Daisy A Day
  Jud Strunk
- 78
- 63
- 3
- - 78
  - 63
  - 3

Producer(s):

B.Gilliland, D.Costa, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM/Unknown

64
- Follow Your Daughter Home
  The Guess Who
- 69
- 64
- 5
- - 69
  - 64
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

65
- Superman
  Donna Fargo
- 73
- 65
- 2
- - 73
  - 65
  - 2

Producer(s):

S.Silver, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot/Unknown

66
- Lost Horizon
  Shawn Phillips
- 70
- 66
- 4
- - 70
  - 66
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

67
- Magic Woman Touch
  The Hollies
- 77
- 67
- 4
- - 77
  - 67
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

68
- How Can I Tell You
  Travis Wammack
- 71
- 68
- 7
- - 71
  - 68
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fame

69
- Step By Step
  Joe Simon
- 76
- 69
- 3
- - 76
  - 69
  - 3

Producer(s):

R.Gerald, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring/Unknown

70
- Do It In The Name Of Love
  Candi Staton
- 75
- 70
- 5
- - 75
  - 70
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fame

71
- One Man Band (Plays All Alone)
  Ronnie Dyson
- 81
- 71
- 3
- - 81
  - 71
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

72
- Walk On The Wild Side
  Lou Reed
- 84
- 72
- 3
- - 84
  - 72
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

L.Reed, David Bowie, M.Ronson

Producer(s):

L.Reed, David Bowie, M.Ronson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

73
- Drift Away
  Dobie Gray
- 85
- 73
- 2
- - 85
  - 73
  - 2

Producer(s):

M.Williams, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca/Unknown

74
- Boo, Boo, Don't 'Cha Be Blue
  Tommy James
- 82
- 74
- 3
- - 82
  - 74
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roulette

75 NEW
NEW
- One Man Parade
  James Taylor
- -
- 75
- 1
- - -
  - 75
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

76
- Palace Guard
  Rick Nelson And The Stone Canyon Band
- 65
- 65
- 5
- - 65
  - 65
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

77
- Wildflower
  Skylark
- 86
- 77
- 3
- - 86
  - 77
  - 3

Producer(s):

E.Norwegian, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Unknown

78
- Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me
  The New Seekers
- 87
- 78
- 2
- - 87
  - 78
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM/Verve

79 NEW
NEW
- The Cisco Kid
  War
- -
- 79
- 1
- - -
  - 79
  - 1

Producer(s):

J.Goldstein, L.Jordan, H.Scott

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists/Unknown

80
- Dream Me Home
  Mac Davis
- 83
- 80
- 3
- - 83
  - 80
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

81 NEW
NEW
- Out Of The Question
  Gilbert O'Sullivan
- -
- 81
- 1
- - -
  - 81
  - 1

Producer(s):

G.Mills, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mam/Unknown

82 NEW
NEW
- The Twelfth Of Never
  Donny Osmond
- -
- 82
- 1
- - -
  - 82
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM/Kolob

83
- Bell Bottom Blues
  Eric Clapton
- 89
- 83
- 3
- - 89
  - 83
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

Not Listed

Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

84 NEW
NEW
- If You Gotta Break Another Heart
  Albert Hammond
- -
- 84
- 1
- - -
  - 84
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mums

85
- Good Morning
  Michael Redway
- 88
- 85
- 4
- - 88
  - 85
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philips

86 NEW
NEW
- Stuck In The Middle With You
  Stealers Wheel
- -
- 86
- 1
- - -
  - 86
  - 1

Producer(s):

Leiber & Stoller, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/Unknown

87
- Sail On Sailor
  The Beach Boys
- 92
- 87
- 2
- - 92
  - 87
  - 2

Producer(s):

Beach Boys, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Unknown

88 NEW
NEW
- Yesterday I Had The Blues
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
- -
- 88
- 1
- - -
  - 88
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

89
- Wish That I Could Talk To You
  The Sylvers
- 90
- 89
- 5
- - 90
  - 89
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pride

90
- Girl You Need A Change Of Mind (Part 1)
  Eddie Kendricks
- 95
- 90
- 2
- - 95
  - 90
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

91
- Names, Tags, Numbers & Labels
  The Association
- 93
- 91
- 2
- - 93
  - 91
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mums

92
- Funky Worm
  Ohio Players
- 94
- 92
- 2
- - 94
  - 92
  - 2

Producer(s):

Ohio Players, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

93
- Stop, Wait & Listen
  Circus
- 96
- 93
- 2
- - 96
  - 93
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Metromedia

94 NEW
NEW
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
  Brownsville Station
- -
- 94
- 1
- - -
  - 94
  - 1

Producer(s):

D.Morris, E.Stevens, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Tree/Unknown

95
- Teddy Bear Song
  Barbara Fairchild
- 99
- 95
- 2
- - 99
  - 95
  - 2

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

96 NEW
NEW
- I'm Doin' Fine Now
  New York City
- -
- 96
- 1
- - -
  - 96
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chelsea

97
- Love Music
  The Raiders
- 97
- 97
- 5
- - 97
  - 97
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

98 NEW
NEW
- Hocus Pocus
  Focus
- -
- 98
- 1
- - -
  - 98
  - 1

Producer(s):

M.Vernon, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sire/Unknown

99 NEW
NEW
- River Road
  Uncle Dog
- -
- 99
- 1
- - -
  - 99
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

100
- We Did It
  Syl Johnson
- 100
- 100
- 2
- - 100
  - 100
  - 2

Billboard Hot 100™

Week of March 3, 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:

Last Song

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Crocodile Rock

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You're So Vain

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Love Train

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rocky Mountain High

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Daddy's Home

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dancing In The Moonlight

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Do It Again

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Do You Want To Dance?

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Danny's Song

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dreidel

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Break Up To Make Up

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Aubrey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Why Can't We Live Together

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big City Miss Ruth Ann

Imprint/Promotion Label:

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

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Call Me (Come Back Home)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Superstition

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hummingbird

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Space Oddity

Songwriter(s):

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Give Me Your Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)