Australian Singles Chart for 1973
These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1973. Here is the end of year Australian Singles Chart for 1973, based on sales.
*Denotes Australian artist
Top selling singles in Australia for 1973
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree – Tony Orlando & Dawn
- Never Never Never – Shirley Bassey
- You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
- Heaven Is My Woman’s Love – Col Joye*
- Crocodile Rock – Elton John
- Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy*
- Can The Can – Suzi Quatro
- I’d Love You To Want Me – Lobo
- And I Love You So – Perry Como
- Daisy A Day – Jud Strunk
- Funny Face – Donna Fargo
- Ben – Michael Jackson
- I Am Woman – Helen Reddy*
- Top Of The World – The Carpenters
- I Don’t Want To Play House – Barbara Ray
- The Morning After – Maureen McGovern
- Killing Me Softly With His Song – Roberta Flack
- He Did With Me – Vicki Lawrence
- Angie – The Rolling Stones
- Last Song – Edward Bear
- MonsterMash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett
- Rubber Bullets – 10cc
- Dancin’ On A Saturday Night – Barry Blue
- My Love – Paul McCartney & Wings
- Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? – Tony Orlando & Dawn
Top 10 Selling Singles By Australian Artists for 1973
- Heaven Is My Woman’s Love – Col Joye
- Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy
- I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
- You Don’t Own Me – Ormsby Brothers
- World’s Greatest Mum – Johnny Chester
- Your Mama Don’t Dance – Bootleg Family Band
- Suzie Darling – Barry Crocker
- Cassandra – Sherbet
- Neither One Of Us – Linda George
- Venus – Jamie Redfern
Gibbos pick for 1973 is a Helen Reddy double with “Delta Dawn” and “I am Woman”.
Top 10 Australian Hits of 1973
Heaven Is My Woman’s Love – Col Joye
Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy
I Am Woman – Helen Reddy
You Don’t Own Me – Ormsby Brothers
World’s Greatest Mum – Johnny Chester
Your Mama Don’t Dance – Bootleg Family Band
Suzie Darling – Barry Crocker
Cassandra – Sherbet
Neither One Of Us – Linda George
Venue – Jamie Redfern
The name of Jamie Redfern’s song is Venus.
Thank you
Thanks heaps Judy, all fixed.
does anyone know who sang “get up, get up, get up and dance”
I’m sure they were aussie
Superbad don’t think they were aussies but good song thsnks for the flashback
The song you arre thinking of is by the UK band Supercharge…The 1977 song “You’ve Got To Get Up And Dance”. They had another top 40 song relesed on single the following year. “I Think I’m Gonna Fall In Love…JC.
Does anyone know who recorded a song called “Golden Miles”? Aussie band – Late 60’s early 70’s Thanks in advance.
That song was recorded by Healing Force, and was reissued on a Raven compilation cd in the nineties. It was and is a great song, originally released in 1971 I believe. It received regular airplay on Melbourne radio at the time.
Hi Bill,
This was a top selling Aussie single on high rotation, Australia wide. I had / have the single. Unfortunately, they broke up before they could record enough material for an album. Shame.
Here’s the CD compilation it’s on. Appropriately entitled Golden Miles.
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Golden-Miles-Australian-Progressive-Rock-1969-1974/release/5526821
The band was Healing Force hope that helps
[…] 1973 -the number one song around the world was ‘Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree’ by Tony Orlando and Dawn. The top 25 for that year is depressing to read: https://australianmusichistory.com//australian-singles-chart-for-1973/ […]
I remember hearing a song in the early 70’s and would love to hear it again but cannot find it anywhere, I thought it was sung by Liv Maessen but maybe not and it went like this – I need you when I hear bouzouki’s play, they remind me of love the way it used to be. I am starting to think I dreamt it.
trish
Trish, the song you are thinking of is called “Bouzouki”, by an Australian singer by the name of Dawn Dixon. The record was recorded on the iconic Fable label and released in 1971, but to my knowledge has never been reissued on CD.
Thank you so much Badger, as soon as I read Dawn Dixon I knew that was right, wonderful another mystery solved for me.
Dawn Dixon recorded her one and only song at the age of just 19. It was included in an Australian hit compilation, the name of which escapes me.
I sold an LP of said compilation to Dawn’s son, who told me she never knew, until then, that the song had been included in anything other than the original single.
i got dawn to come to rockhampton to sing at a sports club 1976
my wife and i picked her up in the morning and took her mud crabbing in our speed boat for the day , she wore a bikini not the normal dress for the occasion , would love to make contact with her again
Try looking up Vicky Leandros – in 1973 she sang “When Bouzoukis Played” (Wikipedia quote “became another massive selling world hit in several languages, reaching #44 in the UK chart” end quote. That’s the Bouzikis Played song I remember from back then.
Thank you Richard, what a talented lady Vicky is, it took me ages to go through all her music but the song I was thinking of was sung by Dawn Dixon. Trish
Hi Trish – if you want to hear Dawn Dixon singing “Bouzouki” go to Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HFasr-lUo
Cheers, Kay
Dear kay, thank you so much, I just love this old music and there is so mcuh to listen to, I thank God for letting us have the power to invent the internet and for the wonderful people like you to find songs for me!
Trish