# List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1973

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1973. The longest running number one single of 1973 is "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack which stayed at the top spot for five non-consecutive weeks.
That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as Carly Simon, Elton John, The O'Jays, Vicki Lawrence, The Edgar Winter Group, Wings, Jim Croce, Maureen McGovern, Stories, Grand Funk, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Charlie Rich. Jim Croce is the third person to hit number one posthumously after his death in September 1973. Eddie Kendricks and Ringo Starr, despite having hit number one with The Temptations and The Beatles, respectively, earn their first number one songs as solo acts. Stevie Wonder and Jim Croce were the only acts to hit number one with more than one song, each having two.

## Chart history

Key :
* The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1973 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) |
| 287 | January 6 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon |
| 287 | January 13 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon |
| 287 | January 20 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon |
| 288 | January 27 | "Superstition" | Stevie Wonder |
| 289 | February 3 | "Crocodile Rock" | Elton John |
| 289 | February 10 | "Crocodile Rock" | Elton John |
| 289 | February 17 | "Crocodile Rock" | Elton John |
| 290 | February 24 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack |
| 290 | March 3 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack |
| 290 | March 10 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack |
| 290 | March 17 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack |
| 291 | March 24 | "Love Train" | The O'Jays |
| re | March 31 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack |
| 292 | April 7 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Vicki Lawrence |
| 292 | April 14 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Vicki Lawrence |
| 293 | April 21 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
| 293 | April 28 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
| 293 | May 5 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
| 293 | May 12 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando |
| 294 | May 19 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder |
| 295 | May 26 | "Frankenstein" | The Edgar Winter Group |
| 296 | June 2 | "My Love" | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 296 | June 9 | "My Love" | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 296 | June 16 | "My Love" | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 296 | June 23 | "My Love" | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 297 | June 30 | "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" | George Harrison |
| 298 | July 7 | "Will It Go Round in Circles" | Billy Preston |
| 298 | July 14 | "Will It Go Round in Circles" | Billy Preston |
| 299 | July 21 | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | Jim Croce |
| 299 | July 28 | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | Jim Croce |
| 300 | August 4 | "The Morning After" | Maureen McGovern |
| 300 | August 11 | "The Morning After" | Maureen McGovern |
| 301 | August 18 | "Touch Me in the Morning" | Diana Ross |
| 302 | August 25 | "Brother Louie" | Stories |
| 302 | September 1 | "Brother Louie" | Stories |
| 303 | September 8 | "Let's Get It On" | Marvin Gaye |
| 304 | September 15 | "Delta Dawn" | Helen Reddy |
| re | September 22 | "Let's Get It On" | Marvin Gaye |
| 305 | September 29 | "We're an American Band" | Grand Funk |
| 306 | October 6 | "Half-Breed" | Cher |
| 306 | October 13 | "Half-Breed" | Cher |
| 307 | October 20 | "Angie" | The Rolling Stones |
| 308 | October 27 | "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| 308 | November 3 | "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Gladys Knight & the Pips |
| 309 | November 10 | "Keep on Truckin'" | Eddie Kendricks |
| 309 | November 17 | "Keep on Truckin'" | Eddie Kendricks |
| 310 | November 24 | "Photograph" | Ringo Starr |
| 311 | December 1 | "Top of the World" | The Carpenters |
| 311 | December 8 | "Top of the World" | The Carpenters |
| 312 | December 15 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" | Charlie Rich |
| 312 | December 22 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" | Charlie Rich |
| 313 | December 29 | "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce |

## Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one :
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
| 1 | Roberta Flack | 5 |
| 2 | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando | 4 |
| 2 | Paul McCartney & Wings | 4 |
| 4 | Carly Simon | 3 |
| 4 | Elton John | 3 |
| 4 | Jim Croce | 3 |
| 7 | Vicki Lawrence | 2 |
| 7 | Stevie Wonder | 2 |
| 7 | Billy Preston | 2 |
| 7 | Maureen McGovern | 2 |
| 7 | Stories | 2 |
| 7 | Marvin Gaye | 2 |
| 7 | Cher | 2 |
| 7 | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 2 |
| 7 | Eddie Kendricks | 2 |
| 7 | The Carpenters | 2 |
| 7 | Charlie Rich | 2 |
| 18 | The O'Jays | 1 |
| 18 | The Edgar Winter Group | 1 |
| 18 | George Harrison | 1 |
| 18 | Diana Ross | 1 |
| 18 | Helen Reddy | 1 |
| 18 | Grand Funk | 1 |
| 18 | The Rolling Stones | 1 |
| 18 | Ringo Starr | 1 |