Top 100 songs for March 10, 1973
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1973 and the 1970s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack. Meanwhile, “Sing” by Carpenters rises from No. 49 to No. 31. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Sing — Carpentersup 18 places, No. 49 → No. 31
- Walk On The Wild Side — Lou Reedup 18 places, No. 72 → No. 54
- Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) — Four Topsup 13 places, No. 33 → No. 20
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Sing — CarpentersNo. 31
- Masterpiece — The TemptationsNo. 34
- Hello Hurray — Alice CooperNo. 38
- Master Of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes) — Aretha FranklinNo. 39
- Peaceful — Helen ReddyNo. 40
First-week entries
- Oh La De Da — The Staple SingersNo. 80
- Reeling In The Years — Steely DanNo. 82
- Cindy Incidentally — FacesNo. 83
- Down And Out In New York City — James BrownNo. 85
- Gudbuy T' Jane — SladeNo. 88
- The Lord Knows I'm Drinking — Cal SmithNo. 94
- Armed And Extremely Dangerous — First ChoiceNo. 97
- Frankenstein — Edgar Winter GroupNo. 98
- Last Tango In Paris — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana BrassNo. 99
- Rosanna — Dennis Yost And The Classics IVNo. 100
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.