I Love #1's - 1973

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The clear favourite at the start, Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' topped the pops in 1989 with 39 ticks. Cor! 'Ferry Cross The Mersey' on the other hand, got fewer ticks than either of the Jive Bunny megamixes, oh dear. Today's year was so good, er... James Blunt wrote a song about it? Perhaps he was a big fan of G4ry Gl1tt3r? Behold! It's 1973.

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(If you haven't been following them, check out freakytigger's Popular entries for 1973!)

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[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

1973 in America:

Carly Simon - "You're So Vain"
Stevie Wonder - "Superstition"
Elton John - "Crocodile Rock"
Roberta Flack - "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
The O'Jays - "Love Train"
Vicki Lawrence - "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Dawn - "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
Stevie Wonder - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Edgar Winter Group - "Frankenstein"
Paul McCartney & Wings - "My Love"
George Harrison - "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"
Billy Preston - "Will It Go Round in Circles?"
Jim Croce - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Maureen McGovern - "The Morning After"
Diana Ross - "Touch Me in the Morning"
Stories - "Brother Louie"
Marvin Gaye - "Let's Get It On"
Helen Reddy - "Delta Dawn"
Grand Funk - "We're an American Band"
Cher - "Half-Breed"
The Rolling Stones - "Angie"
Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Eddie Kendricks - "Keep on Truckin' (Part One)"
Ringo Starr - "Photograph"
The Carpenters - "Top of the World"
Charlie Rich - "The Most Beautiful Girl"
Jim Croce - "Time in a Bottle"

I'd have to call this a pretty clear win for America, though in fairness I have not heard around half the songs I didn't tick on the Brit list. (I ticked "Blockbuster", "Cum on Feel the Noize", and "Merry Xmas Everybody").

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Carly Simon - "You're So Vain"

I thought this was from the Eighties! Was there a UK re-release? I'm sure I remember this being on the radio all the time when I was little.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think every year since the DAWN OF TIME has been a clear win for America!