November 3, 1973

----- DROPOUTS -----
You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty ----- 22 / 7
Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy ----- 1 (1) / 14    


 40 --- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (62)
33 39 --- Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
 38 --- Check It Out - Tavares (43)
34 37 --- Get It Together - Jackson 5
31 36 --- China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
40 35 --- The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
35 34 --- Ecstasy - Ohio Players
30 33 --- Jesse - Roberta Flack
29 32 --- Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang
27 31 --- Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group

36 30 --- Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner
38 29 --- Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
26 28 --- My Maria - B.W. Stevenson
24 27 --- Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson
28 26 --- We May Never Pass This Way (Again) - Seals & Crofts
14 25 --- We're An American Band - Grand Funk    
32 24 --- The Love I Lost (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
25 23 --- Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro
16 22 --- Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon (w/ The Dixie Hummingbirds)
17 21 --- Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces - Cheech & Chong

13 20 --- Yes We Can Can - The Pointer Sisters
21 19 --- Why Me - Kris Kristofferson
20 18 --- You're A Special Part Of Me - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
22 17 --- Just You 'n' Me - Chicago
10 16 --- Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
19 15 --- I Got A Name - Jim Croce
09 14 --- That Lady (Part 1) - The Isley Brothers
23 13 --- Top Of The World - Carpenters
12 12 --- Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
18 11 --- Photograph - Ringo Starr

11 10 --- All I Know - Garfunkel
15 09 --- Space Race - Billy Preston
06 08 --- Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye      
04 07 --- Ramblin Man - The Allman Brothers Band
08 06 --- Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat - The DeFranco Family feat. Tony DeFranco
07 05 --- Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
03 04 --- Half-Breed - Cher      
05 03 --- Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks
02 02 --- Angie - The Rolling Stones      
01 01 --- Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips      


This week Tavares makes their first appearance.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 3-9 November 1973

01 01 DAYDREAMER / THE PUPPY SONG David Cassidy **
02 02 EYE LEVEL Simon Park Orchestra ****
03 04 SORROW David Bowie
04 32 LET ME IN The Osmonds
05 05 CAROLINE Status Quo
06 06 GOODBYE, YELLOW BRICK ROAD Elton John
07 11 GHETTO CHILD The Detroit Spinners
08 03 MY FRIEND STAN Slade
09 19 TOP OF THE WORLD The Carpenters
10 07 FOR THE GOOD TIMES Perry Como

11 08 THE LAUGHING GNOME David Bowie
12 16 SHOWDOWN Electric Light Orchestra
13 10 A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL Bryan Ferry
14 17 KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR Bob Dylan
15 20 THIS FLIGHT, TONIGHT Nazareth
16 09 NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Ike & Tina Turner
17 18 DECK OF CARDS Max Bygraves
18 15 LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH (LET IT BEGIN WITH ME) Michael Ward
19 28 WON'T SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME? Lynsey de Paul
20 34 DYNA-MITE Mud

21 13 MONSTER MASH Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
22 21 5:15 The Who
23 14 THAT LADY The Isley Brothers
24 26 PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr
25 12 BALLROOM BLITZ The Sweet
26 24 THE DAY THAT CURLY BILLY SHOT DOWN CRAZY SAM McGHEE The Hollies
27 22 SPANISH EYES Al Martino
28 -- DAYTONA DEMON Suzi Quatro
29 23 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON 'ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE Dawn ft Tony Orlando ****
30 37 DECK OF CARDS Wink Martindale

31 -- DO YOU WANNA DANCE? Barry Blue
32 35 DREAMBOAT Limmie and the Family Cookin'
33 -- HELEN WHEELS Wings
34 29 HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder
35 -- MILLY, MOLLY, MANDY Glyn Poole
36 -- KEEP ON TRUCKIN' Eddie Kendricks
37 39 AND I LOVE YOU SO Perry Como
38 27 JOYBRINGER Manfred Mann's Earthband
39 RE LET'S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye
40 38 THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY Charles Aznavour

-- 25 SAY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY SWEET GYPSY ROSE? Dawn ft Tony Orlando
-- 30 I'VE BEEN HURT Guy Darrell
-- 31 ROCK ON David Essex
-- 33 ANGEL FINGERS Wizzard *
-- 36 OH NO, NOT MY BABY Rod Stewart
-- 40 ANGIE The Rolling Stones


Making his soulful debut here is Eddie Kendricks