page_title: List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1973
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1973 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: The popular country/western singer Charlie Pride sings to the honored guests during the gala celebration at the Capital Center, on Inauguration Day. (Released to Public)
context_page_description: Hot Country Songs is a record chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1973, 36 different singles topped the chart, at the time published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine. Chart placings were based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.
  At the start of the year, the number one song was "She's Got to Be a Saint" by Ray Price, which had reached number one the previous week, and remained atop the chart for two weeks in 1973. Price returned to the top spot for a single week later in the year with "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". This marked his final appearance at the top of the Hot Country Singles chart, fifteen years after he had been at number one on the very first combined country sales and airplay chart published by Billboard. Conway Twitty spent the highest number of weeks at number one by any artist in 1973 with six, including one week at the top with a duet with Loretta Lynn.
caption: Charley Pride had three number ones in 1973.
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