Top 20 Hit Singles of 1973

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  1. I DON’T WANNA PLAY HOUSE – Barbara Ray
  2. HEAVEN IS MY WOMAN’S LOVE – Tommy Overstreet
  3. SORROW – David Bowie
  4. I’D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME – Lobo
  5. WE BELIEVE IN TOMORROW – Freddy Breck
  6. CAN’T KEEP IT IN – Cat Stevens
  7. KENTUCKY BLUES – Lauren Copley
  8. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER – Shirley Bassey
  9. CLAP YOUR HANDS AND STAMP YOUR FEET – Maria
  10. TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE – Tony Orlando & Dawn
  11. BABY BLUE – George Baker Selection
  12. TAKE ME TO THE MARDI GRAS – Paul Simon
  13. I NEED YOUR LOVE – Letta Mbulu
  14. WOMAN, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN – Don Gibson
  15. THE LOVE IN YOUR EYES – Vicky Leandros
  16. I’M ON FIRE – Maria
  17. AND I LOVE YOU SO – Perry Como
  18. THAT’S WHY I LOVE YOU – Richard Jon Smith
  19. MAORI LOVE SONG – Double Vision
  20. I WANNA LIVE – Tommy Oliver

Info from Top 40 Magazine, August 1989 and John Samson with help from Kevin Farquharson, September 2000.

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