This week on AT40 the 70s December 1st 1973.The Top Ten Singles
10 - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Charlie Rich
9 - Heartbeat, Its a Lovebeat - The Defranco Family
8 - The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
7 - Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
6 - Just You and Me - Chicago
5 - Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks
4 - Space Race - Billy Preston
3 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
2 - Photograph - Ringo Starr
1 - Top of the World - The Carpenters
(1st of 2 weeks at #1)
The Top Ten Albums
10 - Los Cochinos - Cheech & Chong
9 - Life and Times - Jim Croce
8 - Brothers & Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
7 - The Joker - The Steve Miller Band
6 - Goats Head Soup - The Rolling Stones
5 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
4 - Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Neil Diamond
3 - Quadrophenia - The Who
2 - Ringo - Ringo Starr
1 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
(4th of 8 consecutive weeks at #1)
The 7th and best selling studio album for the superstar from England. A double LP that had 4 singles reach the top 40 in the US and UK.
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (#2 US, #6UK),
"Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" (#7 UK, #12 US)
"Bennie & The Jets" (#1 US)
"Candle in the Wind" (#11 UK). "Candle in the Wind" was not released as a single in the US until 1987 and then it also went to #11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The album itself spent 2 weeks at the top of the UK album chart and 8 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.
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