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This is a list of music-related events in 1973.

Leonard Bernstein in 1973
Foghat's Tony Stevens in 1973
Isaac Hayes in 1973
Dizzy Gillespie in 1973
Joan Baez in 1973

Specific locations

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Specific genres

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Events

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January–April

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May–August

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September–December

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Unknown dates

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Bands formed

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Bands disbanded

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Albums released

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January

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey Various Artists -
5 Aerosmith Aerosmith -
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band -
8 Approximately Infinite Universe Yoko Ono -
Holland The Beach Boys -
12 Who Do We Think We Are Deep Purple US
15 Any Old Wind That Blows Johnny Cash -
19 Life in a Tin Can Bee Gees -
25 Dixie Chicken Little Feat -
The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Compilation of unreleased material
26 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John -
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman -
Artificial Paradise The Guess Who -
Back in '72 Bob Seger -
Doug Sahm and Band Doug Sahm -
GP Gram Parsons -
Heartbreaker Free -
In Concert Derek and the Dominos Live 1970
Let Me Touch Your Mind Ike & Tina Turner -
Naked Songs Al Kooper -
Separate Ways Elvis Presley Compilation
True Stories and Other Dreams Judy Collins -
We the People Ellen McIlwaine -

February

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Elvis Presley Live[16]
7 Raw Power The Stooges -
10 Cameo Dusty Springfield -
21 Masterpiece The Temptations -
22 Amabutho Ladysmith Black Mambazo -
27 Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper -
- Camel Camel Debut
Blueprint Rory Gallagher -
Tyranny and Mutation Blue Öyster Cult -
All Out Grin -
In the Right Place Dr. John -
Back Up Against the Wall Atlanta Rhythm Section -
The Best of Mountain Mountain Compilation
Black Caesar James Brown Soundtrack
David Ruffin David Ruffin -
Heaven Help the Child Mickey Newbury -
Rosie Fairport Convention -
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory Traffic -
Solid Air John Martyn -
A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing Sparks -

March

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd US; released in UK on 16 March
Paris 1919 John Cale -
A Wizard, a True Star Todd Rundgren -
2 ELO 2/Electric Light Orchestra II Electric Light Orchestra -
The Captain and Me The Doobie Brothers -
5 In Deep Argent -
6 Closing Time Tom Waits -
7 Byrds The Byrds -
9 The New Age Canned Heat -
16 Tanx T. Rex -
23 For Your Pleasure Roxy Music -
Larks' Tongues in Aspic King Crimson -
26 Beck, Bogert & Appice Beck, Bogert & Appice -
Ring Ring ABBA -
27 I've Got So Much to Give Barry White -
28 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin -
My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton -
29 Skywriter The Jackson 5 -
Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra -
30 Sextant Herbie Hancock -
- Penguin Fleetwood Mac -
Ooh La La Faces -
Rock and Roll Foghat aka Rock and Roll
After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow Hank Williams, Jr. -
Atem Tangerine Dream -
Cosmic Wheels Donovan -
Grand Hotel Procol Harum -
Heart Food Judee Sill -
A Letter to Myself The Chi-Lites -
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Waylon Jennings -
Losin' Streak Ray Stevens -
My Feet Are Smiling Leo Kottke Live
Neither One of Us Gladys Knight & the Pips -
Raunch 'N' Roll Live Black Oak Arkansas Live
Still Alive and Well Johnny Winter -
Sylvester and the Hot Band Sylvester -
Where Are You Now, My Son? Joan Baez -

April

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Day Album Artist Notes
2 1962-1966 The Beatles Compilation
1967-1970 The Beatles Compilation
12 Bloodshot The J. Geils Band -
13 Catch a Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers -
Music & Me Michael Jackson -
17 Desperado Eagles -
18 Renaissance The Miracles -
19 Aladdin Sane David Bowie -
23 Down the Road Manassas -
30 Red Rose Speedway Paul McCartney and Wings -
- Live Songs Leonard Cohen Live
Bittersweet White Light Cher -
The Blue Ridge Rangers John Fogerty -
Call Me Al Green -
Danny's Song Anne Murray Studio and live
Diamond Girl Seals and Crofts -
Eat It Humble Pie Double LP; three sides studio, one side live
The Gospel Road Johnny Cash Soundtrack
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys Arlo Guthrie -
The Marshall Tucker Band The Marshall Tucker Band -
Ma Rare Earth -
Melanie at Carnegie Hall Melanie Live
No Ruinous Feud Incredible String Band -
Parcel of Rogues Steeleye Span -
Spinners The Spinners -
Thirty Seconds Over Winterland Jefferson Airplane Live
Uriah Heep Live Uriah Heep Live
What's Your Mama's Name Tanya Tucker -
Zarathustra Museo Rosenbach -

May

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Day Album Artist Notes
7 Daltrey Roger Daltrey [17]
11 Space Ritual Hawkwind Live
Wishbone Four Wishbone Ash -
16 Now & Then Carpenters -
17 Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive -
18 History of The Byrds The Byrds Compilation
Yessongs Yes Live
25 Flying Teapot Gong -
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield -
30 Les Granges Brûlées Jean Michel Jarre -
Living in the Material World George Harrison US
- There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon -
Any Day Now Scott Walker -
Bananamour Kevin Ayers -
Country Casanova Commander Cody -
Eddie Kendricks Eddie Kendricks -
Head to the Sky Earth, Wind & Fire -
Honey in the Rock Charlie Daniels -
I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) Glen Campbell -
Oora Edgar Broughton Band -
The Pointer Sisters Pointer Sisters -
Razamanaz Nazareth -
Rigor Mortis Sets In John Entwistle -
Tower of Power Tower of Power -
You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw Spooky Tooth -

June

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Touch Me Gary Glitter -
4 A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Jimmy Buffett -
8 Facts of Life Bobby Womack -
11 Shotgun Willie Willie Nelson -
15 Messin' Manfred Mann's Earth Band -
18 Extension of a Man Donny Hathaway -
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get Joe Walsh -
19 Smokey Smokey Robinson -
22 Touch Me in the Morning Diana Ross -
25 Chicago VI Chicago -
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) Aretha Franklin -
Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings -
- Fresh Sly & the Family Stone -
The Plan The Osmonds -
10 The Guess Who -
Crossword Puzzle The Partridge Family -
Fantasy Carole King -
Farewell Andromeda John Denver -
Jesus Christ Superstar Various Artists Soundtrack
A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night Harry Nilsson and Gordon Jenkins -
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend Budgie -
Roger McGuinn Roger McGuinn -

July

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Day Album Artist Notes
9 Cosmic Slop Funkadelic -
13 A Passion Play Jethro Tull -
History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) Grateful Dead Live 1970
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Bob Dylan Soundtrack
Queen Queen Debut
16 Elvis Elvis Presley -
We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad -
18 Rufus Rufus -
20 Genesis Live Genesis Live
Love Devotion Surrender Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin -
Mott Mott the Hoople -
26 Tres Hombres ZZ Top -
27 New York Dolls New York Dolls -
- Foreigner Cat Stevens -
Life and Times Jim Croce -
10cc 10cc -
African Herbsman The Wailers Compilation
Barry Manilow Barry Manilow -
Boulders Roy Wood -
Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan -
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits Janis Joplin Compilation
Styx II Styx -
The Morning After Maureen McGovern -
The Sweet Sweet US-only compilation and debut
Unlucky Boy Chicken Shack -
Whatever Turns You On West, Bruce and Laing -

August

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack -
3 Innervisions Stevie Wonder -
7 3 + 3 The Isley Brothers -
Pressure Cookin' Labelle -
10 Sing It Again Rod Rod Stewart Compilation
13 (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd -
23 Body Talk George Benson -
28 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye -
31 Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones -
Legend Henry Cow -
- Moontan Golden Earring -
41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti Various Artists Soundtrack
Bio Chuck Berry -
Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers Band -
Chi-Lites The Chi-Lites -
Deliver the Word War -
Future Days Can -
Hard Nose the Highway Van Morrison -
Live at Montezuma Hall Mickey Newbury Live
Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur -
No Sweat Blood, Sweat & Tears -
Valley Hi Ian Matthews -
Volcanic Rock Buffalo -
Yeah! Brownsville Station -

September

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Day Album Artist Notes
3 Sweet Freedom Uriah Heep -
Johnny Cash and His Woman Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash -
7 Over-Nite Sensation Frank Zappa -
10 Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert Eric Clapton Live
Side 3 Raspberries -
11 Angel Clare Art Garfunkel -
14 Bubbling Over Dolly Parton -
21 In a Glass House Gentle Giant -
Vagabonds of the Western World Thin Lizzy -
Faust IV Faust -
G.I.T.: Get It Together The Jackson 5 -
Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music Billy Preston -
24 Milestones Roy Orbison -
Super Fly T.N.T. Osibisa Soundtrack
28 Hello! Status Quo -
Sladest Slade Compilation
- Bang James Gang -
I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter Gilbert O'Sullivan -
Half-Breed Cher -
Back into the Future Man Live
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore Cass Elliot Live
Crazy Eyes Poco -
Paper Roses Marie Osmond -
Ecstasy Ohio Players
From the Depths of My Soul Marlena Shaw -
Full Moon Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge -
It's Only a Movie Family -
Live! The World of Ike & Tina Ike & Tina Turner Live
Mine Dolly Parton Compilation
Nice 'n' Greasy Atomic Rooster -
Show Your Hand Average White Band -
Ten Years Are Gone John Mayall -
Where My Heart Is Ronnie Milsap -
Wild and Peaceful Kool & the Gang -

October

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Raised on Rock Elvis Presley -
Spectrum Billy Cobham -
Don't Cry Now Linda Ronstadt -
2 Stone Gon' Barry White -
5 Selling England by the Pound Genesis -
Berlin Lou Reed -
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Caravan -
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John -
These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry Solo Debut
9 Cyan Three Dog Night -
Imagination Gladys Knight & the Pips -
13 Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back Frank Sinatra -
14 Jackie Jackson Jackie Jackson -
15 For Everyman Jackson Browne -
Moondog Matinee The Band -
Mystery to Me Fleetwood Mac -
Time Fades Away Neil Young Live
Wake of the Flood Grateful Dead -
16 Live in Europe Creedence Clearwater Revival Live
17 Montrose Montrose -
19 Burnin' Bob Marley & The Wailers -
The Joker Steve Miller Band -
Pin Ups David Bowie Covers album
23 High on the Hog Black Oak Arkansas -
25 Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings -
26 Quadrophenia The Who [18]
Diana & Marvin Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye -
Hat Trick America -
Head Hunters Herbie Hancock -
29 It's Like You Never Left Dave Mason -
- Ashes Are Burning Renaissance -
At the Rainbow Focus Live
The Adventures of Panama Red New Riders of the Purple Sage -
All American Boy Rick Derringer -
Bodacious DF Bodacious DF -
Bulletin Board The Partridge Family -
Cyborg Klaus Schulze -
Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes David Cassidy -
Full Sail Loggins and Messina -
Gone Crazy Grin -
Inside Out John Martyn -
I Remember Hank Williams Glen Campbell -
Laid Back Gregg Allman -
Marjory Razorblade Kevin Coyne -
Nine Fairport Convention -
On the Road Traffic Live
Playin' Favorites Don McLean -
Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz -
Ralf und Florian Kraftwerk -
Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro -
Sweet Revenge John Prine -
Takin' My Time Bonnie Raitt -
You've Got It Bad Girl Quincy Jones -

November

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Stranded Roxy Music -
2 Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments Barbra Streisand -
On the Road to Freedom Alvin Lee -
Ringo Ringo Starr -
3 Abandoned Luncheonette Hall & Oates -
5 The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen -
9 Ladies Invited The J. Geils Band -
Loud 'n' Proud Nazareth UK
Welcome Santana -
14 Piano Man Billy Joel -
16 Bette Midler Bette Midler -
Between Nothingness and Eternity Mahavishnu Orchestra Live
Mind Games John Lennon -
Preservation Act 1 The Kinks -
19 The Beach Boys in Concert The Beach Boys Live
Dylan Bob Dylan Outtakes recorded 1969–'70
20 Muscle of Love Alice Cooper -
23 Feeling the Space Yoko Ono -
26 Ass Badfinger -
30 Solar Fire Manfred Mann's Earth Band -
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath -
Tattoo Rory Gallagher -
Bedside Manners Are Extra Greenslade -
Rockin' with Curly Leads The Shadows -
Electric Jewels April Wine -
Friends and Legends Michael Stanley -
The Human Menagerie Cockney Rebel -
John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver Compilation
(No Pussyfooting) Robert Fripp and Brian Eno -
Nutbush City Limits (album) Ike & Tina Turner -
On the Third Day Electric Light Orchestra US
Ship Ahoy The O'Jays -
Quiet Places Buffy Sainte-Marie -
Stretch Scott Walker -
Viva Terlingua Jerry Jeff Walker Live
Witness Spooky Tooth -
Wovoka Redbone -

December

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Day Album Artist Notes
6 Last Time I Saw Him Diana Ross -
Livin' for You Al Green -
7 Brain Salad Surgery Emerson, Lake & Palmer [19]
Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes Double album
Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings [20]
1990 The Temptations -
Angel's Egg Gong -
21 Ridin' the Storm Out REO Speedwagon -
- I Got a Name Jim Croce Posthumous
Short Stories Harry Chapin -
Comin' Atcha Madeline Bell -
Another Lonely Song Tammy Wynette -
Bachman–Turner Overdrive II Bachman–Turner Overdrive -
Essence to Essence Donovan -
Live Dates Wishbone Ash Live
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Ozark Mountain Daredevils -
The Payback James Brown -
Virtuoso Joe Pass -

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Biggest hit singles

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The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1973.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 The Rolling Stones Angie 1973 United Kingdom US BB 1 – Sep 1973, Canada 1 – Sep 1973, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1973, France 1 – Sep 1973, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1973, Norway 1 – Oct 1973, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1974, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1973, Europe 3 of the 1970s, Germany 4 – Jan 1974, Belgium 4 of all time, UK 5 – Sep 1973, Italy 6 of 1974, Austria 8 – Oct 1973, DDD 11 of 1973, Australia 19 of 1973, RYM 27 of 1973, Poland 43 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of ballad, US CashBox 69 of 1973, OzNet 71, Germany 190 of the 1970s, WXPN 571, Acclaimed 1093
2 Tony Orlando & Dawn Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree 1973 United States UK 1 – Mar 1973, US BB 1 – Mar 1973, US CashBox 1 of 1973, Canada 1 – Mar 1973, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1973, Norway 1 – May 1973, Australia 1 of 1973, Éire 1 – Apr 1973, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1973, Australia Goset 1 – May 1973, Austria 2 – Jun 1973, France 3 – Apr 1973, Germany 10 – Jun 1973, South Africa 10 of 1973, US BB 11 of 1973, TOTP 14, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1973, POP 36 of 1973, DDD 88 of 1973
3 Sweet The Ballroom Blitz 1973

1975

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United Kingdom Canada 1 – Aug 1975, France 1 – Oct 1973, Éire 1 – Sep 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Nov 1973, UK 2 – Sep 1973, Norway 2 – Oct 1973, Switzerland 3 – Sep 1973, Germany 3 – Jan 1974, Netherlands 4 – Sep 1973, US BB 5 – Aug 1975, Austria 5 – Nov 1973, Australia 9 of 1974, Scrobulate 9 of glam rock, US BB 11 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1973, POP 30 of 1975, US CashBox 46 of 1975, DDD 51 of 1973, Germany 137 of the 1970s, TheQ 188, OzNet 217, Acclaimed 2373
4 Elton John Crocodile Rock 1972 United Kingdom US BB 1 – Dec 1972, Canada 1 – Dec 1972, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1973, Italy 1 of 1973, Australia Goset 2 – Jan 1973, Norway 3 – Feb 1973, US CashBox 4 of 1973, Germany 4 – Jan 1973, UK 5 – Nov 1972, Australia 5 of 1973, Austria 6 – Feb 1973, France 9 – Dec 1972, POP 9 of 1973, Netherlands 12 – Dec 1972, OzNet 12, US BB 16 of 1973, RYM 26 of 1972, DDD 27 of 1972, Germany 223 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 2325
5 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song 1973 United States US BB 1 – Feb 1973, Canada 1 – Feb 1973, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Nov 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Mar 1973, Grammy in 1973, Netherlands 3 – Feb 1973, Norway 4 – Aug 1973, France 5 – Apr 1973, UK 6 – Feb 1973, DDD 8 of 1973, Australia 17 of 1973, Austria 19 – Dec 1973, US CashBox 21 of 1973, RYM 25 of 1973, Switzerland 32 – Oct 1996, RIAA 101, Rolling Stone 360, Acclaimed 631, OzNet 863

Top 40 Chart hit singles

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Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)
"5:15" The Who September 1973 45 20 20 (United States) n/a
"48 Crash" Suzi Quatro July 1973 n/a 3 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry
"20th Century Boy" T. Rex March 1973 n/a 3 1 (Ireland) 8 (West Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 28 (Spain) - 57 (Australia)
*"After the Goldrush" Prelude November 1973 22 21 21 (United Kingdom) 51 (Australia)
Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) Four Tops January 1973 4 n/a 4 (United States) 1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 2 (U.S Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 11 (Canada) - 14 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary)
"All I Know" Art Garfunkel August 1973 9 n/a 1 (Canada) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 6 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 7 (Canada) - 17 (New Zealand) - 36 (Australia)
"Alright Alright Alright" Mungo Jerry June 1973 n/a 3 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Single Top 100]) 4 (Ireland) - 12 (Belgium [Flanders], Germany) - 16 (Belgium [Wallonia]) - 26 (Australia)
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" Deodato January 1973 2 7 2 (United States) 3 (Canada) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Easy Listening) - 22 (Canadian RPM AC Chart)
"Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)" Wizzard September 1979 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) 7 (Ireland) - 42 (Australia)
"Angie " The Rolling Stones August 1973 1 5 1 (9 countries) See chart performance entry
"Are You Man Enough" The Four Tops June 1973 15 55 15 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) 2 (U.S Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 35 (Canadia)
"Armed and Extremely Dangerous" First Choice March 1973 28 16 16 (United Kingdom) 1 (UK Blues & Soul magazine chart) - 11 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 19 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 55 (Canada)

Other Chart hit singles

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Notable singles

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New York Dolls on TopPop in 1973
Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)
"Jet Boy" b/w "Vietnamese Baby" New York Dolls April 1973 n/a
"Life on Mars" b/w "The Man Who Sold the World" David Bowie June 1973 3 (UK Singles Chart) - 39 (West Germany)
"Personality Crisis" b/w "Looking for a Kiss" New York Dolls July 1973 n/a
"Search and Destroy" Iggy and the Stooges June 1973 n/a
"Shake Appeal" b/w "Search and Destroy" Iggy and the Stooges 1973 n/a
"Trash" b/w "Personality Crisis" New York Dolls July 1973 n/a

Other Notable singles

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Other notable songs (world)

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Classical music

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Maria Callas farewell tour, 1973

Opera

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Jazz

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Musical theater

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Musical films

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Births

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Deaths

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Awards

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Grammy Awards

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Country Music Association Awards

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Eurovision Song Contest

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