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1973 in British music

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This is a summary of 1973 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

Events

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Number-one records

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Singles

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Date[5] Single Artist
6 January "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" Little Jimmy Osmond
13 January
20 January
27 January "Block Buster!" Sweet
3 February
10 February
17 February
24 February
3 March "Cum On Feel the Noize" Slade
10 March
17 March
24 March
31 March "The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond
7 April "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan
14 April
21 April "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn
28 April
5 May
12 May
19 May "See My Baby Jive" Wizzard
26 May
2 June
9 June
16 June "Can the Can" Suzi Quatro
23 June "Rubber Bullets" 10cc
30 June "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" Slade
7 July
14 July
21 July "Welcome Home" Peters and Lee
28 July "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Gary Glitter
4 August
11 August
18 August
25 August "Young Love" / "A Million to One" Donny Osmond
1 September
8 September
15 September
22 September "Angel Fingers" Wizzard
29 September "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra
6 October
13 October
20 October
27 October "Daydreamer" / "The Puppy Song David Cassidy
3 November
10 November
17 November "I Love You Love Me Love" Gary Glitter
24 November
1 December
8 December
15 December "Merry Xmas Everybody" Slade
22 December
29 December

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Albums

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Date[7] Album Artist
6 January 20 All Time Hits of the 50s Various Artists
13 January Slayed? Slade
20 January Back to Front Gilbert O'Sullivan
27 January Slayed? Slade
3 February
10 February Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John
17 February
24 February
3 March
10 March
17 March
24 March Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper
31 March 20 Flashback Greats of the Sixties Various Artists
7 April
14 April Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin
21 April
28 April Ooh La La The Faces
5 May Aladdin Sane David Bowie
12 May
19 May
26 May
2 June
9 June Pure Gold Various Artists
16 June
23 June
30 June That'll Be the Day Soundtrack
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July
4 August
11 August
18 August We Can Make It Peters and Lee
25 August
1 September Sing It Again Rod Rod Stewart
8 September
15 September
22 September Goat's Head Soup The Rolling Stones
29 September
6 October Sladest Slade
13 October
20 October
27 October Hello! Status Quo
3 November Pin Ups David Bowie
10 November
17 November
24 November
1 December
8 December Stranded Roxy Music
15 December Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes David Cassidy
22 December Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
29 December

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Year-end charts

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Between 2 January and 6 December 1973.

Best-selling singles

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No. Title Artist Peak
position
1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando 1
2 "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra 1
3 "Welcome Home" Peters and Lee 1
4 "Block Buster!" Sweet 1
5 "Cum On Feel the Noize" Slade 1
6 "See My Baby Jive" Wizzard 1
7 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Gary Glitter 1
8 "I Love You Love Me Love" Gary Glitter 1
9 "The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond 1
10 "Spanish Eyes" Al Martino 5
11 "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" David Cassidy 1
12 "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" Little Jimmy Osmond 1
13 "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" Slade 1
14 "And I Love You So" Perry Como 3
15 "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" Gary Glitter 2
16 "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan 1
17 "The Ballroom Blitz" Sweet 2
18 "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)" Gary Glitter 2
19 "Young Love" Donny Osmond 1
20 "Rubber Bullets" 10cc 1
21 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers 3
22 "For the Good Times" Perry Como 7
23 "Dancin' (On a Saturday Night)" Barry Blue 2
24 "Part of the Union" Strawbs 2
25 "Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)" Wizzard 1
26 "Life on Mars?" David Bowie 3
27 "Hell Raiser" Sweet 2
28 "Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters 2
29 "Can the Can" Suzi Quatro 1
30 "My Friend Stan" Slade 2
31 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon 3
32 "Albatross" Fleetwood Mac 2[a]
33 "Rock On" David Essex 3
34 "Nutbush City Limits" Ike & Tina Turner 4
35 "Alright, Alright, Alright" Mungo Jerry 3
36 "Sorrow" David Bowie 3
37 "One and One Is One" Medicine Head 3
38 "You Can Do Magic" Limmie & the Family Cooking 3
39 "Let Me In" The Osmonds 2
40 "The Jean Genie" David Bowie 2
41 "Caroline" Status Quo 5
42 "The Laughing Gnome" David Bowie 6
43 "Feel the Need in Me" The Detroit Emeralds 4
44 "My Coo Ca Choo" Alvin Stardust 2
45 "Power to All Our Friends" Cliff Richard 4
46 "Never Never Never (Grande Grande Grande)" Shirley Bassey 8
47 "20th Century Boy" T. Rex 3
48 "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" The Hotshots 4
49 "I Am a Clown"/"Some Kind of Summer" David Cassidy 3
50 "Paper Roses" Marie Osmond 2

Notes:

  1. ^ Reached number 1 in 1969

Best-selling albums

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The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1973 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1973 is shown in the table below.[10] The most significant changes from the original BMRB chart were that the album previously thought to be the year's best-seller, the soundtrack to the film That'll Be the Day, fell to tenth position, and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John moved up from number four to become the new best-selling album of 1973.

No. Title Artist Peak
position
1 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John 1
2 Aladdin Sane David Bowie 1
3 Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel 3[a]
4 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 2
5 We Can Make It Peters and Lee 1
6 1967–1970 The Beatles 2
7 1962–1966 The Beatles 3
8 And I Love You So Perry Como 3[b]
9 Back to Front Gilbert O'Sullivan 1
10 That'll Be the Day Original Soundtrack 1

Notes:

  1. ^ Reached number 2 in 1972
  2. ^ Reached number 1 in 1974

Classical music: new works

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Opera

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Film and incidental music

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Musical theatre

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Brett, Philip, et al. "Britten, Benjamin", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 12 May 2013 (subscription required)
  2. ^ "SECOND HOUSE: TUBULAR BELLS – MIKE OLDFIELD". Memorable TV. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  3. ^ Private Memorial. "Making Everlasting Memories, worldwide memorialization, establish a living family history". Mem.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
  4. ^ Taverner Consort official website. Accessed 26 April 2014
  5. ^ Official Charts Company - Number One singles(Link redirected to OCC website)
  6. ^ Official Charts Company Number One singles(Link redirected to OCC website)
  7. ^ Official Charts Company - Number One albums (link redirected to OCC website)
  8. ^ Official Charts Company - Number One Albums(Link redirected to OCC website)
  9. ^ "Top Selling Singles for 1973". Sounds. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 4. 5 January 1974.
  10. ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1973". Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007.
  11. ^ Tippett, Michael (1995). Bowen, Meirion (ed.). Tippett on Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816542-0. p 122
  12. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1973 5b 1627 HAMMERSMITH, DoB = 30 Jan 1935
  13. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 256. CN 5585.