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Music
100 Greatest Songs From 1973
Songs listed are from Rock 'n' Roll and related sub-genres. Rankings are based on initial and lasting popularity and on acclaim received from critics and musicians.
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1 |
Free Bird |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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2 |
Let's Get It On |
Marvin Gaye |
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3 |
Midnight Train To Georgia |
Gladys Knight and the Pips |
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4 |
Dream On |
Aerosmith |
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5 |
Living For The City |
Stevie Wonder |
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6 |
Money |
Pink Floyd |
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7 |
Piano Man |
Billy Joel |
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8 |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
Roberta Flack |
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9 |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Elton John |
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10 |
That Lady |
Isley Brothers |
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11 |
Angie |
Rolling Stones |
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12 |
Bennie And The Jets |
Elton John |
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13 |
The Joker |
Steve Miller Band |
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14 |
Radar Love |
Golden Earring |
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15 |
Drift Away |
Dobie Gray |
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16 |
Higher Ground |
Stevie Wonder |
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17 |
Knockin' On Heaven's Door |
Bob Dylan |
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18 |
Get Up, Stand Up |
Wailers |
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19 |
Takin' Care Of Business |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
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20 |
Ramblin' Man |
Allman Brothers Band |
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21 |
Time |
Pink Floyd |
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22 |
Were An American Band |
Grand Funk |
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23 |
Band On The Run |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
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24 |
Natural High |
Bloodstone |
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25 |
When Will I See You Again |
Three Degrees |
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26 |
The Payback |
James Brown |
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27 |
Until You Come Back To Me |
Aretha Franklin |
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28 |
Long Train Runnin' |
Doobie Brothers |
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29 |
Over the Hills and Far Away |
Led Zeppelin |
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30 |
You Make Me Feel Brand New |
Stylistics |
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31 |
La Grange |
ZZ Top |
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32 |
Desperado |
Eagles |
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33 |
Jessica |
Allman Brothers Band |
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34 |
Candle In the Wind |
Elton John |
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35 |
Rosalita |
Bruce Springsteen |
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36 |
Live And Let Die |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
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37 |
Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up |
Barry White |
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38 |
I Shot The Sheriff |
Wailers |
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39 |
Daniel |
Elton John |
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40 |
Jet |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
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41 |
Love's Theme |
Love Unlimited Orchestra |
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42 |
Rock The Boat |
Hues Corporation |
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43 |
Ballroom Blitz |
The Sweet |
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44 |
Jungle Boogie |
Kool and the Gang |
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45 |
Bad Bad Leroy Brown |
Jim Croce |
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46 |
Kodachrome |
Paul Simon |
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47 |
Seasons In The Sun |
Terry Jacks |
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48 |
Jolene |
Dolly Parton |
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49 |
Hooked On A Feeling |
Blue Swede |
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50 |
If You Want Me To Stay |
Sly and the Family Stone |
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51 |
Come And Get Your Love |
Redbone |
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52 |
For The Love Of Money |
O'Jays |
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53 |
She's Gone |
Daryl Hall and John Oates |
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54 |
Nutbush City Limits |
Ike and Tina Turner |
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55 |
Search And Destroy |
Stooges |
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56 |
Simple Man |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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57 |
Us And Them |
Pink Floyd |
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58 |
Dancing Machine |
Jackson 5 |
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59 |
Tequila Sunrise |
Eagles |
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60 |
20th Century Boy |
T. Rex |
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61 |
Yesterday Once More |
Carpenters |
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62 |
I Can't Stand The Rain |
Ann Peebles |
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63 |
Tubular Bells |
Mike Oldfield |
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64 |
The Way We Were |
Barbra Streisand |
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65 |
Can't You See |
Marshall Tucker Band |
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66 |
Rocky Mountain Way |
Joe Walsh |
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67 |
The Love I Lost |
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes |
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68 |
Rock On |
David Essex |
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69 |
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) |
MFSB featuring the Three Degrees |
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70 |
China Grove |
Doobie Brothers |
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71 |
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me |
Gladys Knight and the Pips |
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72 |
Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding |
Elton John |
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73 |
Call Me |
Al Green |
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74 |
D'Yer Maker |
Led Zeppelin |
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75 |
Keep On Truckin' |
Eddie Kendricks |
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76 |
I Got A Name |
Jim Croce |
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77 |
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing |
Stevie Wonder |
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78 |
No Quarter |
Led Zeppelin |
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79 |
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
Alice Cooper |
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80 |
Give Me Love |
George Harrison |
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81 |
Here I Am (Come And Take Me) |
Al Green |
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82 |
Cum On Feel the Noize |
Slade |
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83 |
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting |
Elton John |
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84 |
I've Got To Use My Imagination |
Gladys Knight and the Pips |
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85 |
Personality Crisis |
New York Dolls |
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86 |
My Love |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
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87 |
Mind Games |
John Lennon |
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88 |
Love Reign O'er Me |
The Who |
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89 |
Hollywood Swinging |
Kool and the Gang |
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90 |
Behind Closed Doors |
Charlie Rich |
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91 |
Photograph |
Ringo Starr |
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92 |
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree |
Dawn |
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93 |
Loves Me Like A Rock |
Paul Simon |
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94 |
Show And Tell |
Al Wilson |
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95 |
Brother Louie |
Stories |
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96 |
I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby |
Barry White |
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97 |
Feelin' Stronger Every Day |
Chicago |
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98 |
Right Place, Wrong Time |
Dr. John |
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99 |
Brain Damage/Eclipse |
Pink Floyd |
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100 |
Gimme Three Steps |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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20 more worth mentioning. |
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101 |
The Most Beautiful Girl |
Charlie Rich |
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102 |
Saturday Night |
Bay City Rollers |
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103 |
Pillow Talk |
Sylvia |
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104 |
Lady |
Styx |
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105 |
Summer Breeze |
Isley Brothers |
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106 |
Shambala |
Three Dog Night |
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107 |
Half Breed |
Cher |
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108 |
Diamond Girl |
Seals And Crofts |
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109 |
Just You 'n' Me |
Chicago |
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110 |
So Very Hard To Go |
Tower of Power |
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111 |
Doin' It To Death |
Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s |
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112 |
I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song |
Jim Croce |
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113 |
Blockbuster |
The Sweet |
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114 |
I'll Always Love My Mama |
Intruders |
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115 |
Touch Me In The Morning |
Diana Ross |
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116 |
Midnight At The Oasis |
Maria Muldaur |
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117 |
Rock And Roll, Hoochie Coo |
Rick Derringer |
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118 |
One Of A Kind (Love Affair) |
Spinners |
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119 |
Get Down |
Gilbert O'Sullivan |
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120 |
You're Sixteen |
Ringo Starr |
Significant News Events from Senior Year
1972
September
- Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion.
- Munich massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered after eight members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village; five guerillas and one policeman are also killed in a failed hostage rescue.
October
- The first publication reporting the production of a recombinant DNA molecule marks the birth of modern molecular biology methodology.
- A major breakthrough occurs in the Paris peace talks between Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ.
- The Oakland Athletics defeat the Cincinnati Reds four games to three to capture Major League Baseball's World Series. It is the Athletics' first championship since 1930, when the franchise was in Philadelphia.
November
- At a scientific meeting in Honolulu, Herbert Boyer and Stanley N. Cohen conceive the concept of recombinant DNA. They publish their results in November 1973 in PNAS. Separately in 1972, Paul Berg also recombines DNA in a test tube. Recombinant DNA technology has dramatically changed the field of biological sciences, especially biotechnology, and opened the door to genetically modified organisms.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time
December
- Apollo 17 (Gene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt), the last manned Moon mission to date, is launched and The Blue Marble photograph of the Earth is taken. The mission also includes five mice. Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the Moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of Apollo 17. This is currently the last manned mission to the Moon.
- For the first and last time, a 2nd leap second is added (23:59:60) to a year, making 1972 366 days and two seconds long, the longest year ever within the context of UTC.
1973
January
- The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
- Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords
- Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (1953, 1957).
- George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship.
February
- Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 (Boeing 727) is shot down by Israeli fighter aircraft over the Sinai Desert, after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. Only 5 (1 crew member and 4 passengers) of 113 survive.
March
- Comet Kohoutek is discovered.
- A referendum is held in Northern Ireland over whether to reunite with the Republic of Ireland or to stay a part of the UK. The result was 98% remain. The Provisional Irish Republican Army responds to the referendum by planting four car bombs in London on the same day, two of which went off, causing one death and injuring over 200 people.
- At the 45th Academy Awards, The Godfather wins best picture
April
- The first handheld mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City.
- Pioneer 11 is launched on a mission to study the Solar System.
- Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball.
May
- The Sears Tower in Chicago, United States, is topped-out, becoming the world's tallest building at 1,451 feet (442 m).
- Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
June
- A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes at the Paris air show; 15 are killed.
- Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.
- A very long total solar eclipse occurs. During the entire second millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality.
- 127 members of the Newark Valley Class of 1973 graduate and move into the next phases of their lives.