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PART ELEVEN
Here are the last seven songs for this series from the Top 100 of 1973.
The songs’ positions on the chart are indicated below. You may notice some numbers missing. There are reasons for that; and there are reviews of the missing songs HERE.
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We have seven songs in this post in order to finish out the 1973 Top 100 list.
The next Nostalgic Dip entry will be from the 1974 Top 100 list.
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We start today’s list with Stir It Up by JOHNNY NASH. This was originally written and recorded by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Johnny Nash’s cover reached #12 on the Hot 100, and on the year-end chart is was at #91. Read more about this song HERE.
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Next we have PINK FLOYD with Money. This song made it to #13 on the Hot 100 chart. At the end of the year it was sitting at #92. Get more details about this song HERE.
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Third on our list this time are THE POINTER SISTERS with Yes We Can Can. This version of the song made it to #11 on the Hot 100 chart. It was at #95 at year’s end. Read more about this song HERE.
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THE EDGAR WINTER GROUP are next on the list with Free Ride. This song reached #14 on the Hot 100 list, ending the year at #96. See more information about this song HERE.
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Our list continues with Space Oddity by DAVID BOWIE. This song managed to make it to #15 on the Hot 100 chart. On the chart at the end of the year, it was at #97. Read more about the song HERE.
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The next song on our list is It Never Rains In Southern California by ALBERT HAMMOND. This song peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 list, and at year-end it was sitting at #98. Read more about this song HERE.
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The last song on today’s list, and the last one I will be sharing from 1973’s Hot 100 list was at #100 on the annual chart. It had reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is Papa Was a Rolling Stone by THE TEMPTATIONS. Read more about the song HERE.
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Please comment with your opinions about these tunes!
‘Til next time…
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~ Trivial Music Silliness ~ 
Two standouts for me from this set. First, Pink Floyd, though I’m not sure if it was a single here – we all had the album anyway. The other is Bowie, which has charted multiple times here. #5 in 1969, then #1 in 1975 being the most notable. Still a great song, and I can remember learning to play the part on my Stylophone!
By: Clive on March 17, 2024
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Ah, as I would have expected re: the UK charts. Right – Space Oddity was an unusual bird in terms of coming and going from the charts all over the world. Interesting that Money may not have charted as a single in UK.
By: boromax on March 17, 2024
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We had it here first, but different record labels had their turns with it too. Money definitely didn’t hit our singles chart: it may have been released as a single but they were seen as an albums band here, and Dark Side of the Moon has had an incredibly long run in our album chart.
By: Clive on March 17, 2024
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By: Nostalgic Dip – 1973, Part Eleven | Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News on March 17, 2024
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Thank you, Ned! ~Ed.
By: boromax on March 18, 2024
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In 1973, I was turned 12. Some of these songs I remember from the day but many of these didn’t reach my ear until I started blogging. My music exposure hinged on what others listened to because I didn’t own too much of my own and we lived in a place where it was next to impossible to pick up a good radio station. When I got a little older, I remember sitting in front of the TV on Saturdays to watch American Bandstand. The 70s was a great decade for music!
By: CAAC on March 18, 2024
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The ’70s were indeed a great decade for music. I hope you are enjoying hearing new old songs! Thank you for commenting, Cathy! ~Ed.
By: boromax on March 18, 2024
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I am!
By: CAAC on March 19, 2024
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Actually, it rains like cow pi88ing on a flat rock in Southern California😁 73 was the year of the Shaft guitar.. That Edgar Winter tune was one of the only times a Clav doubled the bass line and it worked the usual best course of action was counterpoint, or, as a producer once told me “If I have to come out there I’m gonna stuff your left hand in your back pocket and staple it to your ass – that’s why we have a bass player.” The Temptations production was always impeccable. Funny how funk, exiting jazz and reggae, was the shoe horn into disco.
By: Phil Huston on March 18, 2024
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Yep, yep. I like how you describe the evolution of disco.
By: boromax on March 18, 2024
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