1
record label: Tamla 54232
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #7, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
1973
Tamla
2
record label: Atlantic 2940
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
written by: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
Roberta Flack
Killing Me Softly with His Song
1973
Atlantic
3
record label: Motown 1239
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
written by: Ron Miller, M. Masser
album: Touch Me in the Morning / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross
Touch Me in the Morning
1973
Motown
4
record label: 20th Century 2069
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #10, US AC #1
written by: Barrry White
album: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
comments: Instrumental
Love Unlimited Orchestra
Love's Theme
1973
20th Century
5
record label: Tamla 54234
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #31
written by: E. Townsend
album: Let's Get It On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye
Let's Get It On
1973
Tamla
6
record label: Tamla 54238
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #18
written by: Leonard Caston, Anita Poree and Frank Wilson
album: Eddie Kendricks / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks
Keep On Truckin'
1973
Tamla
7
record label: Buddah 383
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55, US AC 19
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [beat ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Midnight Train to Georgia
1973
Buddah
8
record label: Rocky Road 30073
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #51, US AC #3
written by: Jerry Fuller
album: Show and Tell
comments: [beat ballad]
Al Wilson
Show and Tell
1973
Rocky Road
9
record label: Soul 35098
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US AC #15
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Neither One of Us / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
1973
Soul
10
record label: AandM 1411
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #52
written by: Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston
album: Music Is My Life
Billy Preston
Will It Go Round in Circles
1973
A&M
11
record label: Vibration 521
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #14, US AC #27
written by: Sylvia Robinson & Michael Burton
album: Pillow Talk / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [disco dance]
Sylvia
Pillow Talk
1973
Vibration
12
record label: P.I.R. 3524
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Back Stabbers / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco] [philly sound]
The O'Jays
Love Train
1973
P.I.R.
13
record label: Atlantic 2995
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #26, US AC #33
written by: Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul & Morris Broadnax
album: Let Me in Your Life
comments: [beat ballad]
Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back to Me
1973
Atlantic
14
record label: 20th Century 2018
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #23, US AC #27
written by: Barry White
album: I've Got So Much To Give
Barry White
I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
1973
20th Century
15
record label: Kama Sutra 577
chart position: RandB #22, US #1
written by: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
album: About Us
comments: [rock soul] Original version by Hot Chocolate not released in the US
Stories
Brother Louie
1973
Kama Sutra
16
record label: T Neck 2251
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #14
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: The Isleys
album: 3 Plus 3 featuring That Lady
comments: originally recorded and released in 1964
The Isley Brothers
That Lady
1973
T Neck
17
record label: Tamla 54235
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #29, US AC #41
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Innervisions / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Higher Ground
1973
Tamla
18
record label: De lite 559
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #51
written by: Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Donald Boyce, Melvin Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis Thomas
album: Wild and Peaceful
comments: [funk]
Kool & the Gang
Jungle Boogie
1973
De lite
19
record label: United Artists 163
chart position: RandB #5, US #2
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan,Charles Miller
album: The World Is a Ghetto
comments: [funk]
War
The Cisco Kid
1973
United Artists
20
record label: 20th Century 2058
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #14, US AC #40
written by: Barry White
album: Stone Gon'
Barry White
Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
1973
20th Century
21
record label: Buddah 393
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #56
written by: Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
album: Imagination...
Gladys Knight & the Pips
I've Got to Use My Imagination
1973
Buddah
22
record label: AandM 1463
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #34
written by: Billy Preston
album: Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Billy Preston
Space Race
1973
A&M
23
record label: Dunhill 4339
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, US AC #14
written by: B. Potter, D. Lambert
album: Keeper Of The Castle
comments: [love ballad]
Four Tops
Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
1973
Dunhill
24
record label: Tamla 54242
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #15
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Innervisions / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
Stevie Wonder
Living for the City
1973
Tamla
25
record label: P.I.R. 3533
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #21, US AC #48
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Black & Blue
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
The Love I Lost (Part 1)
1973
P.I.R.
26
record label: Avco 6105020
chart position: RandB #5, US #5, UK #34
written by: Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble & Linda Creed
album: Round 2
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
The Stylistics
Break Up to Make Up
1973
Avco
27
record label: Avco 4625
chart position: RandB #3, US #14, UK #6, US AC #44
written by: Linda Creed & Thom Bell
album: Rockin' Roll Baby
comments: [philly sound]
The Stylistics
Rockin' Roll Baby
1973
Avco
28
record label: Decca 33057
chart position: RandB #42, US #5, UK #52, US AC #12
written by: Mentor Williams
album: Drift Away
comments: [country pop soul]
Dobie Gray
Drift Away
1973
Decca
29
record label: United Artists 5265
chart position: UK 4, RandB #11, US #22
written by: Tina Turner
album: Nutbush City Limits
Ike & Tina Turner
Nutbush City Limits
1973
United Artists
30
record label: Tamla Motown 854
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK 53
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Masterpiece
1973
Tamla Motown
31
record label: Stax 0179
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #34
written by: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Ray Jackson
album: Be What You Are / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)
1973
Stax
32
record label: Atco 6914
chart position: RandB #19, US #9, UK #54
written by: Mac Rebennock
album: In the Right Place
comments: [funk]
Dr. John
Right Place, Wrong Time
1973
Atco
33
record label: London 1046
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #40, US AC #20
written by: Charles McCormick
album: Natural High
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
Bloodstone
Natural High
1973
London
34
record label: RCA 2351
chart position: RandB #14, US #17, UK #20, US AC #8
written by: Sherman Marshall & Thom Bell
album: I'm Doin' Fine Now / The Best of New York City
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
New York City
I'm Doin' Fine Now
1973
RCA
35
record label: P.I.R. 3535
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #54
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Ship Ahoy / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
The O'Jays
Put Your Hands Together
1973
P.I.R.
36
record label: Hi 2247
chart position: RandB #2, US #10
written by: A. Green, M. Hodges
album: Call Me...
comments: [southern soul]
Al Green
Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
1973
Hi
37
record label: Atlantic 2973
chart position: RandB #4, US #29, UK 7, US AC #20
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
The Spinners
Ghetto Child
1973
Atlantic
38
record label: United Artists 281
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown, Charles Miller,Lercy Jordan
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk jazz]
War
Gypsy Man
1973
United Artists
39
record label: Atlantic 2962
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, US AC #19
written by: Joe Jefferson
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
The Spinners
One of a Kind (Love Affair)
1973
Atlantic
40
record label: Stax 0161
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: Don Davis
album: Taylored in Silk
comments: [southern soul]
Johnnie Taylor
I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
1973
Stax
41
record label: Hi 2235
chart position: RandB #2, US #10
written by: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell
album: Call Me...
comments: [southern soul]
Al Green
Call Me (Come Back Home)
1973
Hi
42
record label: Epic 5 11017
chart position: RandB #3, US #12
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Fresh
comments: [funk]
Sly & the Family Stone
If You Want Me to Stay
1973
Epic
43
record label: Motown 1280
chart position: RandB #4 , US #12, UK #51, US AC #43
written by: Harold Johnson, Andrew Porter & Gregg Wright
album: Diana and Marvin
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
You're a Special Part of Me
1973
Motown
44
record label: Atlantic 2969
chart position: RandB #1, UK #37, US #20, US AC #44,
written by: Carolyn Franklin & Sonny Saunders
album: Hey Now Hey
Aretha Franklin
Angel
1973
Atlantic
45
record label: Westbound 214
chart position: RandB #1, US #15
written by: Ohio Players
album: Pleasure
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Funky Worm
1973
Westbound
46
record label: Blue Thumb 6171
chart position: RandB #12, US #11
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: The Pointer Sisters
comments: [funk]
The Pointer Sisters
Yes We Can Can
1973
Blue Thumb
47
record label: Hi 2257
chart position: RandB #1, US #19, UK #52
written by: Al Green & Willie Mitchell
album: Livin' for You
comments: [southern soul]
Al Green
Livin' for You
1973
Hi
48
record label: ABC 11407
chart position: RandB #4, US #15
written by: McKinley Jackson & James Reddick
album: Out Here on My Own
comments: [ballad]
Lamont Dozier
Trying to Hold On to My Woman
1973
ABC
49
record label: Dunhill 4354
chart position: RandB #2, US #15
written by: Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
album: Shaft in Africa Motion Picture Soundtrack
Four Tops
Are You Man Enough
1973
Dunhill
50
record label: Philly Groove 175
chart position: RandB #11, US #28, UK #16
written by: Allan Felder & Norman Harris
album: Armed and Extremely Dangerous
comments: [philly sound]
First Choice
Armed and Extremely Dangerous
1973
Philly Groove
51
record label: Stax 0176
chart position: RandB #2, US #15
written by: Mack Rice
album: Taylored in Silk
Johnnie Taylor
Cheaper to Keep Her
1973
Stax
52
record label: Warner 7687
chart position: RandB #11, US #17, US AC #36
written by: Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka
album: Tower of Power
Tower of Power
So Very Hard to Go
1973
Warner
53
record label: Columbia 45838
chart position: RandB #3, US #43
written by: Edward Bivins
album: There's No Me Without You
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Manhattans
There's No Me Without You
1973
Columbia
54
record label: Soul 35105
chart position: RandB #2, US #19
written by: Merald Knight, Gladys Knight & Johnny Bristol
album: Neither One of Us
comments: [Motown Sound]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)
1973
Soul
55
record label: Wand 11252
chart position: RandB #1, US #21
written by: Maurice Barge & Jimmie Jiles
album: The First Time We Met / Discs of Gold
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Independents
Leaving Me
1973
Wand
56
record label: Tamla 54241
chart position: RandB #3, US #21, UK #51
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Let's Get It On
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye
Come Get to This
1973
Tamla
57
record label: United Artists 35623
chart position: RandB #18, US #15
written by: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk]
War
Me and Baby Brother
1973
United Artists
58
record label: Spring 133
chart position: RandB #6, US #37, UK #14
written by: Raeford Gerald
album: The Power of Joe Simon
comments: [northern soul]
Joe Simon
Step by Step
1973
Spring
59
record label: Spring 138
chart position: RandB #3, US #18
written by: Joe Simon
album: Cleopatra Jones Motion Picture Soundtrack
Joe Simon ft. The Mainstreeters
Theme from Cleopatra Jones
1973
Spring
60
record label: Tamla Motown 856
chart position: RandB #10, US #28, UK #20
written by: Freddie Perren & Christine Yarian
album: Skywriter / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5
Hallelujah Day
1973
Tamla Motown
61
record label: People 621
chart position: RandB #1, US #22
written by: James Brown
album: Doing It To Death
comments: [funk]
Fred Wesley & the J.B.s
Doing It to Death
1973
People
62
record label: Philly Groove 179
chart position: UK #9, RandB #25, US #56
written by: Allan Felder & Norman Harris
album: Armed and Extremely Dangerous
comments: [philly sound]
First Choice
Smarty Pants
1973
Philly Groove
63
record label: Avco 4618
chart position: RandB #8, US #23, US AC #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Round 2
comments: [philly sound sweet soul]
The Stylistics
You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
1973
Avco
64
record label: Spring 139
chart position: RandB #3, US #24
written by: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
album: It Hurts So Good
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Millie Jackson
Hurts So Good
1973
Spring
65
record label: Brunswick 55500
chart position: RandB #2, US #30, UK #57
written by: Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin
album: The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites
Stoned Out of My Mind
1973
Brunswick
66
record label: Pride 1031
chart position: RandB #7, US #22
written by: Leon Sylvers III (as Leon Sylvers)
album: Foster Sylvers
comments: [pop soul]
Foster Sylvers
Misdemeanor
1973
Pride
67
record label: Motown 1277
chart position: RandB #2, US #28
written by: Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Jerry Marcellino & Mel Larson
album: Get it Together
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5
Get It Together
1973
Motown
68
record label: CTI 4000
chart position: US #2, UK #7, US AC #5
written by: Richard Strauss
album: Prelude
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Deodato
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
1973
CTI
69
record label: P.I.R 2506
chart position: RandB #6, US #36, UK #32
written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Save the Children / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders
I'll Always Love My Mama (Part 1)
1973
P.I.R
70
record label: United Artists 255
chart position: RandB #2, US #29
written by: James Cox
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [southern soul]
Bobby Womack
Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
1973
United Artists
71
record label: De lite 557
chart position: RandB #5, US #29, UK #54
written by: Kool and the Gang
album: Wild and Peaceful
comments: [funk]
Kool & the Gang
Funky Stuff
1973
De lite
72
record label: Buddah 363
chart position: RandB #6, US #28, US AC #18
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Where Peaceful Waters Flow
1973
Buddah
73
record label: Gordy 7133
chart position: RandB #1, US #27
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: 1990
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Let Your Hair Down
1973
Gordy
74
record label: Dunhill 4366
chart position: RandB #10, US #33, UK #29, US AC #41
written by: Renaldo Benson, Val Benson & Ivy Jo Hunter
album: Main Street People
Four Tops
Sweet Understanding Love
1973
Dunhill
75
record label: Polydor 14162
chart position: RandB #4, US #27, UK #51
written by: James Brown
comments: [funk]
James Brown
I Got Ants in My Pants (Part 1) (And I Want to Dance)
1973
Polydor
76
record label: Tamla 54239
chart position: RandB #7, US #27
written by: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin & Pamela Young
album: Smokey...
comments: [love ballad]
Smokey Robinson
Baby Come Close
1973
Tamla
77
record label: Bell 1313 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Geoff Stephens, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
album: Love Games
The Drifters
Like Sister and Brother
1973
Bell
78
record label: P.I.R. 3531
chart position: RandB #2, US #33, UK #53
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Back Stabbers / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
The O'Jays
Time to Get Down
1973
P.I.R.
79
record label: Enterprise 9085
chart position: RandB #7, US #30, UK #52, US AC #34
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Joy
Isaac Hayes
Joy
1973
Enterprise
80
record label: RAK 149
chart position: UK #7
written by: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
album: Cicero Park
comments: [pop soul]
Hot Chocolate
Brother Louie
1973
RAK
81
record label: Atlantic 2982
chart position: RandB #19, US #30, US AC #3
written by: Janis Ian
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
Roberta Flack
Jesse
1973
Atlantic
82
record label: 20th Century 2062
chart position: RandB #35, US #83, UK #11
written by: Barry White & Paul Politi
album: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
Love Unlimited
It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)
1973
20th Century
83
record label: Tamla Motown 849
chart position: RandB #20, US #34, UK #53, US AC #8
written by: Irene Higgenbotham, Ervin Drake & Dan Fisher
album: Lady Sings the Blues
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross
Good Morning Heartache
1973
Tamla Motown
84
record label: Hi 2248
chart position: RandB #6, US #38, UK #41
written by: Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller
album: I Can't Stand The Rain / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand the Rain
1973
Hi
85
record label: Columbia 45776
chart position: RandB #15, US #28, US AC #16
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: One Man Band
comments: [philly sound]
Ronnie Dyson
One Man Band (Plays All Alone)
1973
Columbia
86
record label: 20th Century 2042
chart position: RandB #5, US #32, US AC #46
written by: Barry White
album: I've Got So Much Love to Give
Barry White
I've Got So Much Love to Give
1973
20th Century
87
record label: Cube 60
chart position: RandB #92, UK #8
written by: John Worth
comments: [ballad]
Jimmy Helms
Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse
1973
Cube
88
record label: Invictus 1251
chart position: RandB #7, US #59, UK #21
written by: General Johnson & Geoff Bowen
album: Skin I'm In
comments: [funk]
Chairmen of the Board
Finder's Keepers
1973
Invictus
89
record label: Atlantic 2941
chart position: RandB #8, US #33, UK #51
written by: Aretha Franklin & Bernice Hart
album: Hey Now Hey
Aretha Franklin
Master of Eyes
1973
Atlantic
90
record label: Gordy 7131
chart position: RandB #2, US #35
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
1973
Gordy
91
record label: Brunswick 55491
chart position: RandB #3, US #3
written by: Eugene Record & Sandra Drayton
album: A Letter to Myself
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Chi-Lites
A Letter to Myself
1973
Brunswick
92
record label: Sussex 250
chart position: RandB #12, US #31, UK #51
written by: Bill Withers
album: Still Bill
Bill Withers
Kissing My Love
1973
Sussex
93
record label: Mercury 73385
chart position: RandB #6, US #29
written by: Don Covay
album: Super Dude I
comments: [ballad]
Don Covay
I Was Checkin' Out--She Was Checkin' In
1973
Mercury
94
record label: Cadet 5696
chart position: RandB #3, US #34
written by: Henry Williams & Marv Johnson
album: Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation
comments: [ballad]
The Dells
Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation
1973
Cadet
95
record label: RCA Victor 0912
chart position: RandB #4, US #35
written by: Bobby Womack
album: Birth Day
comments: [disco funk]
New Birth
I Can Understand it
1973
RCA Victor
96
record label: Westbound 216
chart position: RandB #12, US #31
written by: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter
album: Ecstasy
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Ecstasy
1973
Westbound
97
record label: Buddah 331
chart position: RandB #9, US #31
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Give Me Your Love / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
Barbara Mason
Give Me Your Love
1973
Buddah
98
record label: Stax 0156
chart position: RandB #4, US #33
written by: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
comments: [disco dance]
The Staple Singers
Oh La De Da
1973
Stax
99
record label: Capitol 3674
chart position: RandB #5, US #35
written by: Floyd Butler & Billy Osborne
album: Check It Out
comments: [ballad]
Tavares
Check It Out
1973
Capitol
100
record label: Polydor 14210
chart position: RandB #4, US #58, UK #52
written by: James Brown
album: The Payback
comments: [funk]
James Brown
Stoned to the Bone (Part 1)
1973
Polydor