As you can tell by the long list of also rans, this was when I developed a massive love affair with music – mostly the rockier side of pop with oodles of Queen, Bowie, ELO, Fleetwood Mac etc.
Still hanging on to a stack of soul and a goodly amount of boppy ones – what can I tell you? I AM a dancer.
These are my top thirteen:
1) Stevie Wonder – Living for the city -11-1973
2) Wings – Live And Let Die – 06-1973
3) Thin Lizzy – Whiskey In The Jar – 02-1973
4) David Bowie – Sorrow – 10-73
5) Ike & Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits – 10-1973
6) Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song – 03-1973
7) Bobby Goldsboro – Summer (The First Time) – 08-1973
8) David Essex – Rock On – 09-1973
9) The Isley Brothers – That Lady (Pt. 1) – 10-1973
10) Barry Blue – (Dancing) On A Saturday Night – 08-1973
11) Lynsey De Paul – Won’t Somebody Dance With Me – 10-1973
12) Hot Chocolate – Brother Louie – 05-1973
13) Billy Paul – Me And Mrs. Jones – 02-1973
And just bubbling under:
David Bowie – Life On Mars – 07-1973
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Joybringer – 10-1973
Mott The Hoople – Roll Away The Stone – 12-1973
David Bowie – Drive-In Saturday – 04-1973
The Rolling Stones – Angie – 09-1973
The Sweet – Blockbuster – 01-1973
Nazareth – Bad Bad Boy – 08-1973
The Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me – 03-1973
Drifters – Like Sister And Brother – 09-1973
The Electric Light Orchestra – Roll Over Beethoven – 02-1973
Fleetwood Mac – Albatross – 06-1973
Stealer’s Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You – 06-1973
Focus – Sylvia – 02-1973
Status Quo – Caroline – 10-1973
Free – All Right Now – 08-1973
Paul McCartney & Wings – My Love – 04-1973
Roxy Music – Street Life – 12-1973
Carly Simon – You’re So Vain – 01-1973
Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On – 12-1973
The Sweet – Ballroom Blitz – 09-1973
10cc – Rubber Bullets – 06-1973
First Choice – Smarty Pants – 08-1973
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