Today we take a look at the music of 1973 another great year. As you know I love most of the songs of the 70’s and 1973 produced a lot of classic songs that didn’t make it to number 1 but not every song can get there. Have a look at this lot and see if they bring back good memories for you.
Songs Of The 70’s A-F
David Bowie – Drive In Saturday 3
David Bowie – Life On Mars 3
Alice Cooper – No More Mr. Nice Guy 10
Roger Daltry – Giving It All Away 5
Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me 4
Detroit Spinners – Ghetto Child 7
Drifters – Like Sister and Brother 7
E.L.O – Roll Over Beethoven 6
David Essex – Rock On 3
Bryan Ferry – A Hard Rains Gonna Fall 10
Focus – Sylvia 4
Free – Wishing Well 7
G-N
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On 31
Geordie – All Because Of You 13
Golden Earing – Radar Love 7
Albert Hammond – Free Electric Band 19
George Harrison – Give Me Love 8
Jimmy Helms – Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse 8
John Lennon – Mind Games 26
Limmie and the Family Cookin’ – You Can Do Magic 3
Medicine Head – One And One Is One 3
Harold Melvin and the Bliuenotes – If You Don’t Know Me By Now 9
Mott The Hoople – All The Way From Memphis 10
Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone 8
Mud – Dynamite 4
Nazareth – Broken Down Angel 9
Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy 10
New York City – I’m Doing Fine Now 20
By the way, if you enjoy looking up 70s artists, I’ve created a free A–Z guide you can download here.
O-R
O’Jays – Love Train 9
Marie Osmond – Paper Roses 2
Billy Paul – Me And Mrs Jones 12
Cozy Powell – Dance With The Devil 3
Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side 10
Cliff Richard – Power To All Our Friends 4
Diana Ross – Touch Me In The Morning 9
Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On 2
Carly Simon – The Right Thing To Do 17
Paul Simon – Take Me To The Mardi Gras 3
Slade – My Friend Stan 2
Alvin Stardust – My Coo-Ca-Choo 2
Ringo Starr – Photograph 8
Songs Of The 70’s S-W
Status Quo – Paper Plane 8
Status Quo – Caroline 5
Stealer’s Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You 8
Rod Stewart – Oh No Not My Baby 6
Strawbs – Part Of The Union 2
Sylistics – Break Up To Make Up 34
Sweet – Hellraiser 2
Sweet – Ballroom Blitz 2
Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone 14
10CC – The Dean And I 10
Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar 6
T.Rex – 20th Century Boy 3
T.Rex – The Groover 4
Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby 23
Stevie Wonder – Superstition 11
Stevie Wonder – You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 7
I hope you enjoyed this post on the songs of 1973.
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