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It’s February, 1973

Written by

Thomas Scovell

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It’s 47 years and 6 months before Sadie is born and a round 4 years before Thomas is…let’s listen to the sounds of February, 1973!

Songs of the month

  • [new] “Also Sprach Zarathustra” – Deodato
  • “Always On My Mind” – Elvis Presley
  • [new] “Aubrey” – Bread
  • [new] “Big City Miss Ruth Ann” – Gallery
  • “Clair” – Gilbert O’sullivan
  • “Could It Be I’m Falling In Love” – Spinners
  • [new] “Cover Of Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  • “Crocodile Rock” – Elton John
  • “Daddy’s Home” – Jermaine Jackson
  • “Dancing In The Moonlight” – King Harvest
  • [new] “Danny’s Song” – Anne Murray
  • “Do It Again” – Steely Dan
  • [new] “Do You Want To Dance” – Bette Midler
  • “Don’t Expect Me To Be Your Friend” – Lobo
  • “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” – James Taylor
  • “Dreidel” – Don Mclean
  • [new] “Duelling Banjos” – Eric Weissberg And Steve Mandell
  • “Funny Face” – Donna Fargo
  • “Hi Hi Hi” – Wings
  • [new] “I Got Ants In My Pants” – James Brown
  • [new] “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)” – Moody Blues
  • “Jambalaya” – Blue Ridge Rangers
  • [new] “Killing Me Softly With His Song” – Roberta Flack
  • [new] “Last Song” – Edward Bear
  • “Love Jones” – Brighter Side Of Darkness
  • [new] “Love Train” – O’jays
  • “Me And Mrs. Jones” – Billy Paul
  • [new] “Oh Babe What Whould You Say” – Hurricane Smith
  • “Oh Babe What Would You Say” – Hurricane Smith
  • [new] “Peaceful Easy Feeling” – Eagles
  • [new] “Reelin’ And Rockin’” – Chuck Berry
  • “Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu” – Johnny Rivers
  • “Rocky Mountain High” – John Denver
  • “Superfly” – Curtis Mayfield
  • “Superstition” – Stevie Wonder
  • [new] “The Cover Of Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  • “The World Is A Ghetto” – War
  • “Trouble Man” – Marvin Gaye
  • “Why Can’t We Live Together” – Timmy Thomas
  • “You Turn Me On I’m A Radio” – Joni Mitchell
  • “You’re So Vain” – Carly Simon
  • “Your Mama Don’t Dance” – Kenny Loggins And Jim Messina

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

In the UK on the 7th, the RTV31 Tracked Hovercraft high-speed train was successfully tested for the first time. The project was canceled a week later…

And on the 10th ABBA, entered as “Björn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid” performed the song “Ring Ring” in Melodifestivalen 1973, the contest to select the Swedish entry for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest, but finished in third place behind second place Ann-Kristin Hedmark and the winner, the pop duo Malta (band). The third place finishers would create the name from their band a year later, taking the initial letters of their first names (B & B, A & A) and rearranging them, going on to win the 1974 Eurovision contest and becoming successful worldwide.

Then on the 25th “A Little Night Music,” a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, premiered on Broadway and would run for 601 performances, winning the 1973 Tony Award for Best Musical.

What’d Sadie think?

3 weeks at the top for Crocodile Rock, before Robert Flack’s”Killing Me Softly With His Song” takes the top spot for a week.

Loved ’em

  • “Aubrey” – Bread
  • “Danny’s Song” – Anne Murray
  • “I Got Ants In My Pants” – James Brown
  • “Killing Me Softly With His Song” – Roberta Flack
  • “Love Train” – O’jays
  • “Peaceful Easy Feeling” – Eagles

Liked ’em

  • “Also Sprach Zarathustra” – Deodato
  • “Big City Miss Ruth Ann” – Gallery
  • “Cover Of Rolling Stone” – Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
  • “Do You Want To Dance” – Bette Midler
  • “Duelling Banjos” – Eric Weissberg And Steve Mandell
  • “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)” – Moody Blues
  • “Last Song” – Edward Bear
  • “Reelin’ And Rockin’” – Chuck Berry

Leave ’em

  • “Oh Babe What Would You Say” – Hurricane Smith

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

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