Top 100 songs for April 21, 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 “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando. Meanwhile, “Pillow Talk” by Sylvia (r&b) rises from No. 54 to No. 30. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Pillow Talk — Sylvia (r&b)up 24 places, No. 54 → No. 30
- Leaving Me — The Independentsup 21 places, No. 66 → No. 45
- Steamroller Blues/Fool — Elvis Presleyup 20 places, No. 80 → No. 60
New to this week’s Top 10
- Little Willy — The SweetNo. 7
- Masterpiece — The TemptationsNo. 8
- The Twelfth Of Never — Donny OsmondNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Frankenstein — Edgar Winter GroupNo. 25
- Pillow Talk — Sylvia (r&b)No. 30
- Daniel — Elton JohnNo. 35
- "Cherry Cherry" from Hot August Night — Neil DiamondNo. 36
- The Right Thing To Do — Carly SimonNo. 38
- Hocus Pocus — FocusNo. 39
First-week entries
- Long Train Runnin' — The Doobie BrothersNo. 84
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown — Jim CroceNo. 85
- Woman From Tokyo — Deep PurpleNo. 87
- Without You In My Life — Tyrone DavisNo. 90
- Natural High — BloodstoneNo. 92
- It's Hard To Stop (Doing Something When It's Good To You) — Betty WrightNo. 94
- Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation — The DellsNo. 96
- I'm A Stranger Here — Five Man Electrical BandNo. 97
- Cosmic Sea — The Mystic MoodsNo. 98
- First Cut Is The Deepest — Keith HampshireNo. 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.
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