1 Song 1973

1 tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree tony orlando and dawn 2 bad bad leroy brown jim croce 3 killing me softly with his song roberta flack 4 l. The longest running number one single of 1973 is killing me softly with his song by roberta flack which stayed at the top spot for five non consecutive weeks that year 14 acts earned their first number one such as carly simon elton john the o jays vicki lawrence the edgar winter group wings jim croce maureen mcgovern. The top 100 as revealed in the year end edition of billboard dated december 29 1973 is based on hot 100 charts from the issue dates of november 25 1972 through november 17 1973.