Satan was working overtime in ’73, loading the pop charts with demonic material by Tony Orlando and Down, the Carpenters, and Marie Osmond. However, during Beelzebub’s lunch breaks, the New York Dolls and Bruce Springsteen and Iggy Pop pushed some timeless goodies into the marketplace. Southern rock was represented by the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyd, Robert Plant was learning how to dance, and Stevie Wonder was laying down the funk. 1973 – you probably think that year was about you.
Angie, The Rolling Stones
Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich
Call Me (Come Back Home), Al Green
Cum on Feel the Noize, Slade
Dancing Days, Led Zeppelin
Dixie Chicken, Little Feat
Drift Away, Dobie Gray
Free Ride, The Edgar Winter Group
Hello It’s Me, Todd Rundren
Here I Am (Come and Take Me), Al Green
Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder
I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train, Billy Joe Shaver
If We Make It Through December, Merle Haggard
Jessica, The Allman Brothers Band
Killing Me Softly, Roberta Flack
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, Bob Dylan
Let’s Get It On, Marvin Gaye
Live and Let Die, Paul McCartney and Wings
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man, Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Love Train, The O’Jays
Loves Me Like a Rock, Paul Simon
Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips
Mind Games, John Lennon
No More Mr. Nice Guy, Alice Cooper
Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You), George Jones
Personality Crisis, New York Dolls
Radar Love, Golden Earring
Ramblin’ Man, The Allman Brothers Band
Reeling in the Years, Steely Dan
Right Place, Wrong Time, Dr. John
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Bruce Springsteen
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting, Elton John
Search and Destroy, Iggy and the Stooges
Stuck in the Middle With You, Stealers Wheel
Superstition, Stevie Wonder
The Swimming Song, Loudon Wainwright III
Tuesday’s Gone, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed
Will it Go Round in Circles, Billy Preston
You’re So Vain, Carly Simon