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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top R&B Songs of 1973

1972 <-1973-> 1974

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1.
01/1973

Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack

from Killing Me Softly   Killing Me Softly
391

✫1
US
2
AC
2
R&B
6
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1974]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1974]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #360]
[Atlantic 2940]
written by Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel
2.
03/1973

You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder

from Talking Book   Talking Book
378

✫1
US
✫1
AC
3
R&B
7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #281]
[Tamla 54232]
written by Stevie Wonder
3.
06/1973

Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross

from Touch Me in the Morning   Touch Me in the Morning
359

✫1
US
✫1
AC
5
R&B
9
UK
[Motown 1239]
written by Michael Masser & Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)
4.
12/1973

Love's Theme by Love Unlimited Orchestra

from Rhapsody in White   Rhapsody in White
344

✫1
US
✫1
AC
10
R&B
10
UK
[instrumental]
[20th Century 2069]
written by Barry White
5.
08/1973

Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) by Eddie Kendricks

from Eddie Kendricks   
306

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
18
UK
[Tamla 54238]
written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree & Frank Wilson
6.
07/1973

Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye

from Let's Get It On   Let's Get It On
281

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
31
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #167]
[Tamla 54234]
written by Marvin Gaye & Ed Townsend
7.
08/1973

Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Imagination   Imagination
272

✫1
US
19
AC
✫1
R&B
55
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #432]
[Buddah 383]
written by Jim Weatherly
8.
10/1973

Show and Tell by Al Wilson

from Show and Tell   Show and Tell
269

✫1
US
3
AC
10
R&B
51
UK
[Rocky Road 30073]
written by Jerry Fuller
9.
03/1973

Pillow Talk by Sylvia Robinson

from Pillow Talk   
262

3
US
27
AC
✫1
R&B
14
UK
as Sylvia
[Vibration 521]
written by Sylvia Robinson & Michael Burton
10.
01/1973

Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Neither One of Us   
260

2
US
15
AC
✫1
R&B
31
UK
[Soul 35098]
written by Jim Weatherly
11.
01/1973

Love Train by The O'Jays

from Back Stabbers   Back Stabbers
249

✫1
US


✫1
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3524]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
12.
03/1973

Will It Go Round in Circles by Billy Preston

from Music Is My life   
247

✫1
US


10
R&B
52
UK
[A&M 1411]
written by Bruce Fisher & Billy Preston
13.
12/1973

Boogie Down by Eddie Kendricks

from Boogie Down   
241

2
US


✫1
R&B
39
UK
[Tamla 54243]
written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree & Frank Wilson
14.
04/1973

I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby by Barry White

from I've Got So Much to Give   I've Got So Much to Give
239

3
US
27
AC
✫1
R&B
23
UK
[20th Century 2018]
written by Barry White
15.
11/1973

Until You Come Back to Me (That's What Im Gonna Do) by Aretha Franklin

from Let Me in Your Life   Let Me in Your Life
233

3
US
33
AC
✫1
R&B
26
UK
[Atlantic 2995]
written by Luvel Broadnax (as Morris Broadnax), Clarence Paul & Stevie Wonder
16.
06/1973

Brother Louie by Stories

from About Us   About Us
227

✫1
US


22
R&B


[Kama Sutra 577]
written by Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
17.
07/1973

That Lady by The Isley Brothers

from 3 + 3   3 + 3
218

6
US


2
R&B
14
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #348]
[T-Neck 2251]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
18.
08/1973

Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder

from Innervisions   Innervisions
216

4
US
41
AC
✫1
R&B
29
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #261]
[Tamla 54235]
written by Stevie Wonder
19.
10/1973

Rockin' Roll Baby by The Stylistics

from Rockin' Roll Baby   Rockin' Roll Baby
213

14
US
44
AC
3
R&B
6
UK
[Avco 4625]
written by Linda Creed & Thom Bell
20.
10/1973

Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up by Barry White

from Stone Gon'   Stone Gon'
209

7
US
40
AC
2
R&B
14
UK
[20th Century 2058]
written by Barry White
21.
03/1973

The Cisco Kid by War

from The World Is a Ghetto   The World Is a Ghetto
208

2
US


5
R&B


[United Artists 163]
written by Papa Dee Allen (as Sylvester Allen), Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson (as Morris Dickerson), Lonnie Jordan (as Leroy Jordan), Charles Miller, Lee Oskar (as Lee Oskar Levitin) & Howard Scott
22.
08/1973

Nutbush City Limits by Ike & Tina Turner

from Nutbush City Limits   
202

22
US


11
R&B
4
UK

[United Artists 298]
written by Tina Turner
23.
11/1973

Living for the City by Stevie Wonder

from Innervisions   Innervisions
198

8
US


✫1
R&B
15
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #104]
[Tamla 54242]
written by Stevie Wonder
24.
11/1973

I've Got to Use My Imagination by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Imagination   Imagination
194

4
US


✫1
R&B
56
UK
[Buddah 393]
written by Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
25.
12/1973

Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang

from Wild and Peaceful   Wild and Peaceful
193

4
US


2
R&B
51
UK
[De-Lite 559]
written by Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Donald Boyce, Melvin Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Charles Smith (as Claydes Smith), Dennis Thomas & Ricky West (as Richard Westfield)
26.
09/1973

The Love I Lost (Part 1) by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

from Black & Blue   
192

7
US
48
AC
✫1
R&B
21
UK
[Philadelphia International 3533]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
27.
02/1973

Break Up to Make Up by The Stylistics

from Round 2   Round 2
187

5
US
20
AC
5
R&B
34
UK
[Avco 4611]
written by Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble & Linda Creed
28.
02/1973

Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) by Four Tops

from Keeper of the Castle   
186

4
US
14
AC
2
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4339]
written by Brian Potter & Dennis Lambert
29.
09/1973

Space Race by Billy Preston

from Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music   Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
184

4
US
34
AC
✫1
R&B


[instrumental]
[A&M 1463]
written by Billy Preston
30.
08/1973

Ghetto Child by The Spinners [US band]

from Spinners   Spinners
168

29
US
20
AC
4
R&B
7
UK
[Atlantic 2973]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed
31.
02/1973

Drift Away by Dobie Gray

from Drift Away   
165

5
US
12
AC
42
R&B
52
UK
[Decca 33057]
written by Mentor Williams
32.
02/1973

Masterpiece by The Temptations

from Masterpiece   
156

7
US


✫1
R&B
53
UK
[Gordy 7126]
written by Norman Whitfield
33.
10/1973

If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) by The Staple Singers

from Be What You Are   Be What You Are
150

9
US


✫1
R&B
34
UK
[Stax 0179]
written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson (as Ray Jackson)
34.
04/1973

Natural High by Bloodstone

from Natural High   Natural High
135

10
US
20
AC
4
R&B
40
UK
[London 1046]
written by Charles McCormick
35.
03/1973

I'm Doin' Fine Now by New York City

from I'm Doin' Fine Now   
134

17
US
8
AC
14
R&B
20
UK
[Chelsea 0113]
written by Sherman Marshall & Thom Bell
36.
12/1973

Last Time I Saw Him by Diana Ross

from Last Time I Saw Him   Last Time I Saw Him
134

14
US
✫1
AC
15
R&B
35
UK
[Motown 1278]
written by Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer
37.
03/1973

Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande) by Shirley Bassey

from Never, Never, Never   
130

48
US
8
AC
67
R&B
8
UK
[United Artists 211]
written by Alberto Testa (as Al Testa), Tony Renis & Norman Newell
38.
11/1973

Put Your Hands Together by The O'Jays

from Ship Ahoy   Ship Ahoy
127

10
US


2
R&B
54
UK
[Philadelphia International 3535]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
39.
04/1973

One of a Kind (Love Affair) by The Spinners [US band]

from Spinners   Spinners
120

11
US
19
AC
✫1
R&B


[Atlantic 2962]
written by Joe Jefferson
40.
07/1973

Gypsy Man by War

from Deliver the World   
119

8
US


6
R&B


[United Artists 281]
written by Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson (as Morris Dickerson), Harold Brown (as Harold R. Brown), Charles Miller (as Charles W. Miller), Lonnie Jordan (as Leroy Jordan), Papa Dee Allen (as Sylvester Allen) & Lee Oskar (as Lee Oskar Levitan)
41.
03/1973

Right Place, Wrong Time by Dr. John

from In the Right Place   In the Right Place
117

9
US


19
R&B
54
UK
[Atco 6914]
written by Dr. John (as Mac Rebennack)
42.
09/1973

You're a Special Part of Me by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye

from Diana & Marvin   Diana & Marvin
116

12
US
43
AC
4
R&B
51
UK
[Motown 1280]
written by Harold Johnson, Andrew Porter & Gregg Wright
43.
07/1973

Here I Am (Come and Take Me) by Al Green

from Call Me   Call Me
113

10
US


2
R&B


[Hi 2247]
written by Al Green & Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
44.
06/1973

I Believe in You (You Believe in Me) by Johnnie Taylor

from Taylored in Silk   Taylored in Silk
112

11
US


✫1
R&B


[Stax 0161]
written by Don Davis
45.
02/1973

Call Me (Come Back Home) by Al Green

from Call Me   Call Me
112

10
US


2
R&B


[Hi 2235]
written by Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell
46.
08/1973

Smarty Pants by First Choice

from Armed and Extremely Dangerous   
110

56
US


25
R&B
9
UK
[Philly Groove 179]
written by Allan Felder & Norman Harris
47.
03/1973

Armed and Extremely Dangerous by First Choice

from Armed and Extremely Dangerous   
109

28
US


11
R&B
16
UK
[Philly Groove 175]
written by Allan Felder & Norman Harris
48.
07/1973

Angel by Aretha Franklin

from Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)   Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
108

20
US
44
AC
✫1
R&B
37
UK
[Atlantic 2969]
written by Carolyn Franklin & Sonny Saunders
49.
02/1973

Step by Step by Joe Simon

from The Power of Joe Simon   
108

37
US


6
R&B
14
UK
[Spring 133]
written by Ray Godfrey (as Raeford Gerald)
50.
11/1973

Livin' for You by Al Green

from Livin' for You   
101

19
US


✫1
R&B
52
UK
[Hi 2257]
written by Al Green & Willie Mitchell
51.
06/1973

If You Want Me to Stay by Sly & the Family Stone

from Fresh   Fresh
101

12
US


3
R&B


[Epic 11017]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
52.
02/1973

Funky Worm by Ohio Players

from Pleasure   Pleasure
99

15
US


✫1
R&B


[Westbound 214]
written by Ohio Players
53.
02/1973

Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse by Jimmy Helms

from Gonna Make You an Offer!   
98





92
R&B
8
UK
[MGM 14540]
written by Les Vandyke (as John Worth)
54.
03/1973

Hallelujah Day by Jackson 5

from Skywriter   Skywriter
98

28
US


10
R&B
20
UK
[Motown 1224]
written by Freddie Perren & Christine Yarian
55.
06/1973

Are You Man Enough by Four Tops

from Shaft in Africa OST   
94

15
US


2
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4354]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
56.
10/1973

Cheaper to Keep Her by Johnnie Taylor

from Taylored in Silk   Taylored in Silk
94

15
US


2
R&B


[Stax 0176]
written by Mack Rice
57.
08/1973

Yes We Can Can by The Pointer Sisters

from The Pointer Sisters   The Pointer Sisters
93

11
US


12
R&B


[Blue Thumb 229]
written by Allen Toussaint
58.
12/1973

It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring) by Love Unlimited

from Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited   Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
90

83
US


35
R&B
11
UK
[20th Century 2062]
written by Barry White & Paul Politi
59.
12/1973

Trying to Hold On to My Woman by Lamont Dozier

from Out Here on My Own   Out Here on My Own
89

15
US


4
R&B


[ABC 11407]
written by McKinley Jackson & James Reddick
60.
11/1973

Come Get to This by Marvin Gaye

from Let's Get It On   Let's Get It On
87

21
US


3
R&B
51
UK
[Tamla 54241]
written by Marvin Gaye
61.
04/1973

Daddy Could Swear (I Declare) by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Neither One of Us   
82

19
US


2
R&B


produced by Johnny Bristol
[Soul 35105]
written by Merald "Bubba" Knight (as Merald Knight), Gladys Knight & Johnny Bristol
62.
12/1973

Sexy Mama by The Moments

82

17
US


3
R&B


[Stang 5052]
written by Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Sylvia Robinson
63.
03/1973

Leaving Me by The Independents

from The First Time We Met   
81

21
US


✫1
R&B


[Wand 11252]
written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
64.
05/1973

You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) by The Stylistics

from Round 2   Round 2
80

23
US
4
AC
8
R&B


[Avco 4618]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
65.
07/1973

Theme from Cleopatra Jones by Joe Simon

from Cleopatra Jones: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture   
80

18
US


3
R&B


featuring the Mainstreeters
[Spring 138]
written by J. J. Johnson
66.
05/1973

Doin' It to Death by Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s

from Doin' It to Death   
78

22
US


✫1
R&B


[People 621]
written by James Brown
67.
11/1973

Me and Baby Brother by War

from Deliver the World   
76

15
US


18
R&B


[United Artists 350]
written by Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson (as Morris Dickerson) & Thomas Allen
68.
05/1973

Finder's Keepers by Chairmen of the Board

from Skin I'm In   
76

59
US


7
R&B
21
UK
as Chairman of the Board
[Invictus 1251]
written by General Johnson & Geoff Bowen
69.
05/1973

So Very Hard to Go by Tower of Power

from Tower of Power   Tower of Power
76

17
US
36
AC
11
R&B


[Warner 7687]
written by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka (as Stephen "Doc" Kupka)
70.
10/1973

Sweet Understanding Love by Four Tops

from Main Street People   
75

33
US
41
AC
10
R&B
29
UK
[Dunhill/ABC 4366]
written by Renaldo Benson, Val Benson & Ivy Jo Hunter
71.
01/1973

I Got Ants in My Pants (Part 1) (And I Want to Dance) by James Brown

74

27
US


4
R&B
51
UK
[Polydor 14162]
written by James Brown
72.
07/1973

Stoned Out of My Mind by The Chi-Lites

from Chi-Lites   
72

30
US


2
R&B
57
UK
[Brunswick 55500]
written by Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin
73.
05/1973

I'll Always Love My Mama (Part 1) by The Intruders

from Save the Children   
70

36
US


6
R&B
32
UK
[Gamble 2506]
written by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
74.
09/1973

Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces by Cheech & Chong

from Los Cochinos   Los Cochinos
70

15
US


58
R&B


[novelty]
[Ode 66038]
written by Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong
75.
05/1973

Time to Get Down by The O'Jays

from Back Stabbers   Back Stabbers
69

33
US


2
R&B
53
UK
[Philadelphia International 3531]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
76.
12/1973

Let Your Hair Down by The Temptations

from 1990   1990
68

27
US


✫1
R&B


instrumentation by Rose Royce
[Gordy 7133]
written by Norman Whitfield
77.
08/1973

Funky Stuff by Kool & The Gang

from Wild and Peaceful   Wild and Peaceful
67

29
US


5
R&B
54
UK
[De-Lite 557]
written by Kool & The Gang
78.
08/1973

Hurts So Good by Millie Jackson

from It Hurts So Good   It Hurts So Good
66

24
US


3
R&B


[from the movie Cleopatra Jones]
[Spring 139]
written by Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
79.
12/1973

Joy by Isaac Hayes

from Joy   Joy
66

30
US
34
AC
7
R&B
52
UK
[Enterprise 9085]
written by Isaac Hayes
80.
05/1973

Misdemeanor by Foster Sylvers

from Foster Sylvers   
64

22
US


7
R&B


[Pride 1031/MGM 14580]
written by Leon Sylvers III (as Leon Sylvers)
81.
01/1973

Good Morning Heartache by Diana Ross

from Lady Sings the Blues   
63

34
US
8
AC
20
R&B
53
UK
[Motown 1211]
written by Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake & Dan Fisher
82.
08/1973

Get It Together by Jackson 5

from Get it Together   Get it Together
63

28
US


2
R&B


[Motown 1277]
written by Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Jerry Marcellino & Mel Larson
83.
09/1973

Jesse by Roberta Flack

from Killing Me Softly   Killing Me Softly
62

30
US
3
AC
19
R&B


[Atlantic 2982]
written by Janis Ian
84.
06/1973

Where Peaceful Waters Flow by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Imagination   Imagination
61

28
US
18
AC
6
R&B


[Buddah 363]
written by Jim Weatherly
85.
06/1973

Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out by Bobby Womack

from Facts of Life   Facts of Life
61

29
US


2
R&B


[United Artists 255]
written by Jimmy Cox (as James Cox)
86.
08/1973

I Can't Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles

from I Can't Stand the Rain   
60

38
US


6
R&B
41
UK
[Hi 2248]
written by Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller
87.
02/1973

Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes) by Aretha Franklin

from Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)   Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
58

33
US


8
R&B
51
UK
[Atlantic 2941]
written by Aretha Franklin & Bernice Hart
88.
02/1973

Kissing My Love by Bill Withers

from Still Bill   Still Bill
56

31
US


12
R&B
51
UK
[Sussex 250]
written by Bill Withers
89.
02/1973

One Man Band (Plays All Alone) by Ronnie Dyson

from One Man Band   
54

28
US
16
AC
15
R&B


[Columbia 45776]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed
90.
11/1973

Baby Come Close by Smokey Robinson

from Smokey   
54

27
US


7
R&B


[Tamla 54239]
written by Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin) & Pamela Young
91.
12/1973

I Like to Live the Love by B.B. King

54

28
US


6
R&B


[ABC 11406]
written by Dave Crawford & Charles Mann
92.
08/1973

Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) by The Temptations

from Masterpiece   
52

35
US


2
R&B


[Gordy 7131]
written by Norman Whitfield
93.
06/1973

I Was Checkin' Out--She Was Checkin' In by Don Covay

from Super Dude I   
51

29
US


6
R&B


[Mercury 73385]
written by Don Covay
94.
11/1973

I Found Sunshine by The Chi-Lites

from Chi-Lites   
51

47
US


17
R&B
35
UK
[Brunswick 55503]
written by Eugene Record
95.
07/1973

I've Got So Much Love to Give by Barry White

from I've Got So Much to Give   I've Got So Much to Give
51

32
US
46
AC
5
R&B


[20th Century 2042]
written by Barry White
96.
02/1973

A Letter to Myself by The Chi-Lites

from A Letter to Myself   
50

33
US


3
R&B


[Brunswick 55491]
written by Eugene Record & Sandra Drayton
97.
04/1973

Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation by The Dells

from Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation   
49

34
US


3
R&B


[Cadet 5696]
written by Henry Williams & Marv Johnson
98.
11/1973

Stoned to the Bone (Part 1) by James Brown

from The Payback   The Payback
49

58
US


4
R&B
52
UK
[Polydor 14210]
written by James Brown
99.
03/1973

Oh La De Da by The Staple Singers

from City in the Sky   
49

33
US


4
R&B


[Stax 0156]
written by Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
100.
03/1973

I Can Understand it by New Birth

from Birth Day   
47

35
US


4
R&B


[RCA Victor 0912]
written by Bobby Womack
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