Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1973

There were 27 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1973. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 6	You're So Vain	Carly Simon
January 13
January 20
January 27	Superstition	Stevie Wonder
February 3	Crocodile Rock	Elton John
February 10
February 17
February 24	Killing Me Softly With His Song	Roberta Flack
March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24	Love Train	The O'Jays
March 31	Killing Me Softly With His Song	Roberta Flack
April 7	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Vicki Lawrence
April 14	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Vicki Lawrence
April 21	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	Dawn ft. Tony Orlando
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Stevie Wonder
May 26	Frankenstein	The Edgar Winter Group
June 2	My Love	Paul McCartney & Wings
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30	Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)	George Harrison
July 7	Will It Go Round in Circles	Billy Preston
July 14	Will It Go Round in Circles	Billy Preston
July 21	Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	Jim Croce
July 28	Bad, Bad Leroy Brown	Jim Croce
August 4	The Morning After	Maureen McGovern
August 11	The Morning After	Maureen McGovern
August 18	Touch Me in the Morning	Diana Ross
August 25	Brother Louie	Stories
September 1	Brother Louie	Stories
September 8	Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye
September 15	Delta Dawn	Helen Reddy
September 22	Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye
September 29	We're An American Band	Grand Funk
October 6	Half-Breed	Cher
October 13	Half-Breed	Cher
October 20	Angie	The Rolling Stones
October 27	Midnight Train to Georgia	Gladys Knight & the Pips
November 3	Midnight Train to Georgia	Gladys Knight & the Pips
November 10	Keep On Truckin'	Eddie Kendricks
November 17	Keep On Truckin'	Eddie Kendricks
November 24	Photograph	Ringo Starr
December 1	Top of the World	The Carpenters
December 8	Top of the World	The Carpenters
December 15	The Most Beautiful Girl	Charlie Rich
December 22	The Most Beautiful Girl	Charlie Rich
December 29	Time in a Bottle	Jim Croce