March 3, 1973

----- DROPOUTS -----
Hi, Hi, Hi - Wings ----- 10 / 9
Jesus Is Just Alright - The Doobie Brothers ----- 35 / 2
Your Mama Don't Dance - Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina ----- 4 / 13
Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye ----- 7 / 9
Love Jones - Brighter Shade Of Darkness ----- 16 (2) / 8
The World Is A Ghetto - War ----- 7 / 9


 40 --- Soul Song - Joe Stampley (43)
 39 --- Good Morning Heartache - Diana Ross (41)
 38 --- Kissing My Love - Bill Withers (46)
32 37 --- Living Together, Growing Together - The 5th Dimension
 36 --- Stir It Up - Johnny Nash (44)
37 35 --- Don't Cross The River - America
40 34 --- Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III
39 33 --- Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) - Four Tops
34 32 --- Give Me Your Love - Barbara Mason
36 31 --- Space Oddity - David Bowie

33 30 --- Hummingbird - Seals & Crofts
17 29 --- Superstition - Stevie Wonder    
 28 --- Call Me (Come Back Home) - Al Green (48 )
28 27 --- I Got Ants In My Pants (and i want to dance)(Part 1) - James Brown
29 26 --- Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery
14 25 --- Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas
27 24 --- Aubrey - Bread
24 23 --- Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
 22 --- Break Up To Make Up - The Stylistics (42)
21 21 --- Dreidel - Don McLean

31 20 --- Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
26 19 --- Danny's Song - Anne Murray
19 18 --- Do You Want To Dance? - Bette Midler
22 17 --- I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band) - The Moody Blues
16 16 --- Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - The Blue Ridge Rangers
11 15 --- Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? - Hurricane Smith
06 14 --- Do It Again - Steely Dan
13 13 --- Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
12 12 --- Daddy's Home - Jermaine Jackson
15 11 --- The Cover Of "Rolling Stone" - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

08 10 --- Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo
10 09 --- Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
18 08 --- Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
09 07 --- Love Train - The O'Jays
04 06 --- You're So Vain - Carly Simon        
03 05 --- Crocodile Rock - Elton John        
05 04 --- Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - The Spinners
07 03 --- Last Song - Edward Bear
02 02 --- Dueling Banjos - Deliverance / Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
01 01 --- Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack      


This week introduces country singer Joe Stampley.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 3-9 March 1973

01 -- CUM ON, FEEL THE NOIZE Slade *
02 02 PART OF THE UNION The Strawbs
03 01 BLOCKBUSTER The Sweet *****
04 04 SYLVIA Focus
05 05 CINDY INCIDENTALLY The Faces
06 03 DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME (OH YEAH)? Gary Glitter
07 06 WHISKY IN THE JAR Thin Lizzy
08 10 BABY, I LOVE YOU Dave Edmunds
09 09 LOOKING THRU' THE EYES OF LOVE The Partridge Family
10 21 FEEL THE NEED IN ME The Detroit Emeralds

11 07 DANIEL Elton John
12 19 DOCTOR, MY EYES The Jackson Five
13 14 HELLO, HOORAY Alice Cooper
14 11 SUPERSTITION Stevie Wonder
15 08 ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN Electric Light Orchestra
16 -- GONNA MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE Jimmy Helms
17 15 TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS Olivia Newton-John
18 17 LONG-HAIRED LOVER FROM LIVERPOOL Little Jimmy Osmond *****
19 23 KILLING ME SOFTLY, WITH HIS SONG Roberta Flack
20 18 REELIN' AND ROCKIN' Chuck Berry

21 20 HOCUS POCUS Focus
22 27 PINBALL WIZARD-SEE ME, FEEL ME (MEDLEY) The New Seekers
23 16 TAKE ME, GIRL, I'M READY Junior Walker and the All-Stars
24 30 STEP INTO A DREAM White Plains
25 12 YOU'RE SO VAIN Carly Simon
26 13 PAPER PLANE Status Quo
27 29 IF IT WASN'T FOR THE REASON THAT I LOVE YOU Miki Anthony
28 36 THAT'S WHEN THE MUSIC TAKES ME Neil Sedaka
29 -- NICE ONE, CYRIL The Cockerel Chorus
30 25 WISHING WELL Free

31 26 BIG SEVEN Judge Dread
32 37 WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER? Timmy Thomas
33 22 ME AND MRS JONES Billy Paul
34 24 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
35 -- BY THE DEVIL Blue Mink
36 -- HEART OF STONE Kenny
37 32 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Gladys Knight and the Pips
38 RE AVENUES AND ALLEYWAYS Tony Christie
39 28 THE JEAN GENIE David Bowie
40 31 ALWAYS ON MY MIND Elvis Presley

-- 33 PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE The Temptations
-- 34 HI HI HI / C MOON Wings
-- 35 BIG CITY / THINK ABOUT THAT Dandy Livingstone
-- 38 CAN'T KEEP IT IN Cat Stevens
-- 39 I'M JUST A SINGER (IN A ROCK N ROLL BAND) The Moody Blues
-- 40 CRAZY HORSES The Osmonds


Debuts here from Kenny, a one-hit wonder from Jimmy Helms, and a sporting one-hit wonder (and one for the lexicon) from the Cockerel Chorus