This is a list of music-related events in 1973.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

January–April

May–August

September–December

Unknown dates

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Release date unknown

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1973.

Top 40 Chart hit singles

Other Chart hit singles

• "All the Way from Memphis" – Mott the Hoople (# 10 UK) • "Baby, I Love You – Dave Edmunds • "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" – Jim Croce • "The Ballroom Blitz" – Sweet • "Basketball Jones" – Cheech and Chong • "Be" – Neil Diamond • "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich (#15 US) • "Blinded By the Light" – Bruce Springsteen • "Blockbuster!" – Sweet • "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" – Bette Midler • "Born To Be With You – Dave Edmunds • "Brother Louie" – Hot Chocolate • "Brother Louie" – Stories • "Call Me (Come Back Home)" – Al Green • "Candle in the Wind" – Elton John • "Can the Can" – Suzi Quatro • "Caroline" – Status Quo • "C'est pour toi" (French version of "Touch the Wind") – Mocedades • "China Grove" – The Doobie Brothers • "Cindy Incidentally" – Faces • "The Cisco Kid" – War (#2 US) • "Close Your Eyes" – Edward Bear • "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – The Spinners • "The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"" – Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show • "Cum on Feel the Noize" – Slade • "Daddy's Home" – Jermaine Jackson • "Daisy a Day" – Jud Strunk (#14 US) • "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" – Barry Blue • "Dancing in the Moonlight" – King Harvest • "Daniel" – Elton John • "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" – David Cassidy • "The Dean and I" – 10cc • "Delta Dawn" – Helen Reddy • "Diamond Girl" – Seals and Crofts (#6 US) • "Do It Again" – Steely Dan • "Do You Wanna Dance" – Barry Blue • "Do You Wanna Dance?" – Bette Midler • "Do You Wanna Touch Me" – Gary Glitter • "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" – Lobo • "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor • "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" – The Rolling Stones • "Dream On" – Aerosmith • "Drive-In Saturday" – David Bowie (#3 UK) • "D'yer Mak'er" – Led Zeppelin • "Everything's Been Changed" – The 5th Dimension • "Eye Level" – Simon Park Orchestra • "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" – Chicago • "For Your Love" – Gwen McCrae • "Frankenstein" – Edgar Winter Group • "The Free Electric Band" – Albert Hammond • "Get Down" – Gilbert O'Sullivan • "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" – George Harrison • "Goin' Home" – The Osmonds • "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – Elton John • "The Groover" – T.Rex • "Gypsy Man" – War • "Half-Breed" – Cher • "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" – Bryan Ferry • "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" – DeFranco Family • "Helen Wheels" – Paul McCartney and Wings • "Hell Raiser" – Sweet • "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" – Gary Glitter • "Hello Hooray" – Alice Cooper • "Hello It's Me" – Todd Rundgren (#5 US) • "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" – Al Green • "Hi, Hi, Hi"/"C Moon" – Wings • "Higher Ground" – Stevie Wonder • "Hocus Pocus" – Focus • "Hummingbird" – Seals and Crofts • "Hurting Each Other" – The Carpenters • "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" – Johnny Taylor • "I Got a Name" – Jim Croce • "I Love You Love Me Love" – Gary Glitter • "I Wanna Be With You" – Raspberries • "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" – Wizzard • "I'm Doing Fine Now" – New York City • "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" – Barry White • "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" – The Moody Blues • "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" – Gary Glitter • "I've Got to Use My Imagination" – Gladys Knight & The Pips • "If You Don't Know Me By Now" – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes • "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" – John Fogerty • "The Jean Genie" – David Bowie • "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" – Looking Glass • "The Joker" – Steve Miller Band • "Just You 'N' Me" – Chicago • "Keep On Truckin'" – Eddie Kendricks (#1 US) • "Keeper of the Castle" – The Four Tops • "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack • "Kodachrome" – Paul Simon • "Lamplight" – David Essex • "Last Song" – Edward Bear • "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" – Helen Reddy • "Let It Ride" – Bachman–Turner Overdrive • "Let Me Serenade You" – Three Dog Night • "Let's Get It On" – Marvin Gaye • "Let Me Be There" – Olivia Newton-John • "Let Me In" – The Osmonds • "Life on Mars?" – David Bowie • "Live and Let Die" – Wings • "Living For the City" – Stevie Wonder • "Living Together, Growing Together" – The 5th Dimension • "Long Train Runnin'" – The Doobie Brothers • "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" – ABBA • "Love Train" – The O'Jays • "Loves Me Like a Rock" – Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds) • "A Love Song" – Anne Murray • "Mama Loo" – Les Humphries Singers • "Masterpiece" – The Temptations (#7 US) • "Me and Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul • "Merry Xmas Everybody" – Slade • "Midnight Train to Georgia" – Gladys Knight and The Pips • "Midnight Rider" – Gregg Allman • "Mind Games" – John Lennon • "Money" – Pink Floyd • "The Morning After" – Maureen McGovern • "The Most Beautiful Girl" – Charlie Rich • "Muskrat Love" – America • "My Coo-Ca-Choo" – Alvin Stardust • "My Friend Stan" – Slade • "My Love" – Paul McCartney & Wings • "My Maria" – B. W. Stevenson • "Natural High" – Bloodstone • "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" – Gladys Knight & the Pips • "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" – Vicki Lawrence • "Nina, Pretty Ballerina" – ABBA • "No More Mr. Nice Guy" – Alice Cooper • "Nutbush City Limits – Ike & Tina Turner • "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" – Hurricane Smith • "One and One is One" – Medicine Head • "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" – The Spinners • "Painted Ladies" – Ian Thomas • "Paper Plane" – Status Quo • "Paper Roses" – Marie Osmond • "Photograph" – Ringo Starr (#1 US) • "Pick Up The Pieces" – Hudson Ford • "Pillow Talk" – Sylvia • "Playground in My Mind" – Clint Holmes • "Pretty Lady" – Lighthouse • "Power to All Our Friends" – Cliff Richard • "Radar Love" – Golden Earring • "Ramblin' Man" – Allman Brothers Band • "Randy" – Blue Mink • "Reelin' in the Years" – Steely Dan • "Right Place, Wrong Time" – Dr. John • "The Right Thing to Do" – Carly Simon • "Ring Ring" – ABBA • "Rock On" – David Essex • "Rocky Mountain High" – John Denver • "Rocky Mountain Way" – Joe Walsh • "Roll Away the Stone" – Mott the Hoople • "Roll Over Beethoven" – Electric Light Orchestra • "Rubber Bullets" – 10cc • "Sail On, Sailor" – The Beach Boys • "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – Elton John • "See My Baby Jive" – Wizzard • "Send a Little Love My Way" – Anne Murray • "Shambala" – Three Dog Night • "Show and Tell" – Al Wilson • "Sing" – The Carpenters • "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" – Slade • "Smarty Pants" – First Choice • "Smoke on the Water" – Deep Purple • "Solitaire" – Andy Williams • "Sorrow" – David Bowie • "Soul Makossa" – Manu Dibango • "Space Race" – Billy Preston • "Stir It Up" – Johnny Nash • "Stuck in the Middle with You" – Stealers Wheel • "Sunday Sunrise" – Brenda Lee • "Superstition" – Stevie Wonder • "Sweet Understanding Love" – The Four Tops • "Sylvia" – Focus • "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" – Paul Simon • "Teenage Lament '74" – Alice Cooper • "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Dawn featuring Tony Orlando • "Time in a Bottle" – Jim Croce • "That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2" – The Isley Brothers • "The Old Fashioned Way" – Charles Aznavour • "Top of the World" – The Carpenters • "Touch Me in the Morning" – Diana Ross • "Trouble Man" – Marvin Gaye • "Welcome Home" – Peters and Lee • "We're an American Band" – Grand Funk Railroad • "What About Me" – Anne Murray • "Whisky in the Jar" – Thin Lizzy • "Why Me" – Kris Kristofferson • "Wildflower" – Skylark • "Will It Go Round in Circles" – Billy Preston • "Wonderful Dream (Tu Te Reconnaîtras)" – Anne-Marie David (Eurovision winner) • "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" – Lynsey de Paul • "The World Is a Ghetto" – War • "Yesterday Once More" – The Carpenters (#2 US) • "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder • "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart" – The Detroit Emeralds • "You're So Vain" – Carly Simon (#1 US) • "Young Love" – Donny Osmond • "Your Mama Don't Dance" – Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina

Notable singles

Other Notable singles

Published popular music

Other notable songs (world)

Classical music

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Musical theater

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Births

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Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest