1973

The following is a list of the number-one singles (main sides only) in the U.S. in 1973, based on a comparison between its three main charts at the time, from Billboard, Cash Box and Record World magazines. 
Issue date 	Song 	Artist(s)
January 6 	"You're So Vain" 	Carly Simon
January 13 	"You're So Vain" 	Carly Simon
January 20 	"Superstition" 	Stevie Wonder
January 27 	"Superstition" 	Stevie Wonder
February 3 	"Crocodile Rock" 	Elton John
February 10 	"Crocodile Rock" 	Elton John
February 17 	"Crocodile Rock" 	Elton John
February 24 	"Dueling Banjos" 	Deliverance
March 3 	"Killing Me Softly with His Song" 	Roberta Flack
March 10 	"Killing Me Softly with His Song" 	Roberta Flack
March 17 	"Killing Me Softly with His Song" 	Roberta Flack
March 24 	"Killing Me Softly with His Song" 	Roberta Flack
March 31 	"Love Train" 	The O'Jays
April 7 	"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"	Gladys Knight & The Pips
April 14 	"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" 	Vicki Lawrence
April 21 	"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" 	Vicki Lawrence
April 28 	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" 	Tony Orlando & Dawn
May 5 	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" 	Tony Orlando & Dawn
May 12 	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" 	Tony Orlando & Dawn
May 19 	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" 	Stevie Wonder
May 26 	"Frankenstein" 	The Edgar Winter Group
June 2 	"My Love" 	Wings
June 9 	"My Love" 	Wings
June 16 	"My Love" 	Wings
June 23 	"My Love" 	Wings
June 30 	"My Love" 	Wings
July 7 	"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" 	George Harrison
July 14 	"Kodachrome" 	Paul Simon
July 21 	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" 	Jim Croce
July 28 	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" 	Jim Croce
August 4 	"Yesterday Once More" 	Carpenters
August 11 	"Touch Me in the Morning" 	Diana Ross
August 18 	"Live and Let Die" 	Wings
August 25 	"Brother Louie" 	Stories
September 1 	"Let's Get It On" 	Marvin Gaye
September 8 	"Let's Get It On" 	Marvin Gaye
September 15	"Delta Dawn" 	Helen Reddy
September 22	"We're an American Band" 	Grand Funk Railroad
September 29	"We're an American Band" 	Grand Funk Railroad
October 6 	"Half-Breed" 	Chér
October 13 	"Half-Breed" 	Chér
October 20 	"Angie" 	The Rolling Stones
October 27 	"Angie" 	The Rolling Stones
November 3 	"Midnight Train to Georgia" 	Gladys Knight & The Pips
November 10 	"Midnight Train to Georgia" 	Gladys Knight & The Pips
November 17 	"Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" 	The DeFranco Family
November 24 	"Photograph" 	Ringo Starr
December 1 	"Top of the World" 	Carpenters
December 8 	"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" 	Elton John
December 15 	"The Most Beautiful Girl" 	Charlie Rich
December 22 	"The Most Beautiful Girl" 	Charlie Rich
December 29 	"The Most Beautiful Girl" 	Charlie Rich