Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of July 28, 1973

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)

Johnnie Taylor

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of July 28, 1973

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1
- I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)
  Johnnie Taylor
- 1
- 1
- 6
- - 1
  - 1
  - 6

2
- Doing It To Death
  Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s
- 2
- 1
- 12
- - 2
  - 1
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

People

3
- Are You Man Enough
  Four Tops
- 5
- 3
- 6
- - 5
  - 3
  - 6

Producer(s):

S.Barri, D.Lambert, B.Potter

4
- Angel
  Aretha Franklin
- 9
- 4
- 4
- - 9
  - 4
  - 4

Producer(s):

Q.Jones II, A.Franklin, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Unknown

5
- Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out
  Bobby Womack
- 8
- 5
- 7
- - 8
  - 5
  - 7

Producer(s):

B.Womack, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

6
- Where Peaceful Waters Flow
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 6
- 6
- 6
- - 6
  - 6
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah

7
- There's No Me Without You
  The Manhattans
- 3
- 3
- 10
- - 3
  - 3
  - 10

Producer(s):

B.Martin, Not Listed

8
- Touch Me In The Morning
  Diana Ross
- 11
- 8
- 8
- - 11
  - 8
  - 8

Producer(s):

T.Baird, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

9
- Here I Am Come & Take Me
  Al Green
- 19
- 9
- 4
- - 19
  - 9
  - 4

Producer(s):

W.Mitchell, Not Listed

10
- If You Want Me To Stay
  Sly & The Family Stone
- 14
- 10
- 5
- - 14
  - 10
  - 5

Producer(s):

S.Stone, Not Listed

11
- Misdemeanor
  Foster Sylvers
- 7
- 7
- 11
- - 7
  - 7
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

12
- Time To Get Down
  The O'Jays
- 4
- 2
- 11
- - 4
  - 2
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

13
- You're Getting A Little Too Smart
  Detroit Emeralds
- 10
- 10
- 9
- - 10
  - 10
  - 9

Producer(s):

Not Listed

14
- It's Forever
  The Ebonys
- 16
- 14
- 10
- - 16
  - 14
  - 10

Producer(s):

Gamble-huff, Not Listed

15
- So Very Hard To Go
  Tower Of Power
- 17
- 15
- 7
- - 17
  - 15
  - 7

Producer(s):

Tower Of Power, Not Listed

16
- Let's Get It On
  Marvin Gaye
- 31
- 16
- 3
- - 31
  - 16
  - 3

Producer(s):

M.Gaye, E.Townsend, Not Listed

RIAA Certification: Gold

17
- I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In
  Don Covay
- 24
- 17
- 5
- - 24
  - 17
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

18
- Sweet Charlie Babe
  Jackie Moore
- 21
- 18
- 8
- - 21
  - 18
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

19
- Black Byrd
  Donald Byrd
- 23
- 19
- 5
- - 23
  - 19
  - 5

Producer(s):

L.Mizell, Not Listed

20
- Be What You Are
  The Staple Singers
- 18
- 18
- 7
- - 18
  - 18
  - 7

Producer(s):

Not Listed

21
- Love, Love, Love
  Donny Hathaway
- 30
- 21
- 5
- - 30
  - 21
  - 5

Producer(s):

A.Mardin, Not Listed

22
- Soul Makossa
  Manu Dibango
- 28
- 22
- 6
- - 28
  - 22
  - 6

Producer(s):

Not Listed

23
- That Lady (Part 1)
  The Isley Brothers
- 33
- 23
- 4
- - 33
  - 23
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

24
- Mother-In-Law/Sixty Minute Man
  Clarence Carter
- 25
- 24
- 7
- - 25
  - 24
  - 7

25
- Friend Of Mine
  Bill Withers
- 34
- 25
- 4
- - 34
  - 25
  - 4

Producer(s):

W.Withers, Jr., M.Dunlap

26
- Street Dance
  The Fatback Band
- 32
- 26
- 6
- - 32
  - 26
  - 6

27
- Can't Understand It
  Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
- 27
- 27
- 6
- - 27
  - 27
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

28
- Baby I've Been Missing You
  The Independents
- 39
- 28
- 3
- - 39
  - 28
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wand

29
- The Plastic Man
  The Temptations
- 12
- 8
- 7
- - 12
  - 8
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

30
- Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 15
- 2
- 13
- - 15
  - 2
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

31
- Natural High
  Bloodstone
- 22
- 4
- 16
- - 22
  - 4
  - 16

Producer(s):

M.Vernon, Not Listed

RIAA Certification: Platinum

32
- Gypsy Man
  War
- 43
- 32
- 2
- - 43
  - 32
  - 2

Producer(s):

J.Goldstein, Not Listed

33
- Didn't I
  Sylvia (r&b)
- 41
- 33
- 3
- - 41
  - 33
  - 3

Producer(s):

Sylvia, M.Burton, Not Listed

34
- Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation
  The Dells
- 20
- 3
- 16
- - 20
  - 3
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cadet

35
- Finder's Keepers
  Chairman Of The Board
- 29
- 7
- 12
- - 29
  - 7
  - 12

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, General Johnson, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

36
- Future Shock
  Curtis Mayfield
- 63
- 36
- 3
- - 63
  - 36
  - 3

Producer(s):

C.Mayfield, Not Listed

37
- I'll Always Love My Mama (Part I)
  The Intruders
- 13
- 6
- 12
- - 13
  - 6
  - 12

Producer(s):

Gamble-huff, Not Listed

38
- Ain't Nothing For A Man In Love/You Never Know What's On A Woman's Mind
  Archie Bell & The Drells
- 38
- 38
- 2
- - 38
  - 38
  - 2

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of July 28, 1973

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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I Believe In You (You Believe In Me)

Doing It To Death

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Are You Man Enough

Producer(s):

Angel

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Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out

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Where Peaceful Waters Flow

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There's No Me Without You

Producer(s):

Touch Me In The Morning

Producer(s):

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Here I Am Come & Take Me

Producer(s):

If You Want Me To Stay

Producer(s):

Misdemeanor

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Time To Get Down

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You're Getting A Little Too Smart

Producer(s):

It's Forever

Producer(s):

So Very Hard To Go

Producer(s):

Let's Get It On

Producer(s):

I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sweet Charlie Babe

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Black Byrd

Producer(s):

Be What You Are

Producer(s):

Love, Love, Love

Producer(s):

Soul Makossa

Producer(s):

That Lady (Part 1)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mother-In-Law/Sixty Minute Man

Friend Of Mine

Producer(s):

Street Dance

Can't Understand It

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Baby I've Been Missing You

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The Plastic Man

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Daddy Could Swear, I Declare

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Natural High

Producer(s):

Gypsy Man

Producer(s):

Didn't I

Producer(s):

Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Finder's Keepers

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Future Shock

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