Thursday, 16 April 2026

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (28th April 1973)

UK Singles Chart 28th April 1973

  • 01 (01) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
  • 02 (02) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I’m Back Again
  • 03 (03) Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
  • 04 (05) David Cassidy - I'm A Clown/Some Kind of Summer
  • 05 (04) Jimmy Osmond - Tweedle Dee
  • 06 (11) Geordie - All Because Of You
  • 07 (08) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
  • 08 (06) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 09 (15) Wings - My Love
  • 10 (10) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
  • 11 (09) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
  • 12 (14) Mud - Crazy
  • 13 (12) The O’Jays - Love Train
  • 14 (07) Cliff Richard - Power to All Our Friends
  • 15 (13) Stuart Gillies - Amanda
  • 16 (27) Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
  • 17 (24) Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away
  • 18 (21) Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie
  • 19 (17) Deliverance Soundtrack - Duelling Banjos
  • 20 (29) Judge Dread - Big Eight

Dawn Ft Tony Orlando enjoy a second week at number one and four records move into the top 20, “See My Baby Jive” by Wizzard, at number 16, “Giving It All Away” by Roger Daltrey, at number 17, “Brother Louie” by Hot Chocolate, at number 18 and “Big Eight” by Judge Dread, at number 20.

The highest climber in the top 20 this week is Wings with “My Love”, which climbs 6 places to number 9.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (21st April 1973)

UK Singles Chart 21st April 1973

  • 01 (02) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
  • 02 (05) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I’m Back Again
  • 03 (01) Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
  • 04 (06) Jimmy Osmond - Tweedle Dee
  • 05 (03) David Cassidy - I'm A Clown/Some Kind of Summer
  • 06 (04) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 07 (07) Cliff Richard - Power to All Our Friends
  • 08 (16) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
  • 09 (08) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
  • 10 (10) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
  • 11 (11) Geordie - All Because Of You
  • 12 (09) The O’Jays - Love Train
  • 13 (20) Stuart Gillies - Amanda
  • 14 (14) Mud - Crazy
  • 15 (25) Wings - My Love
  • 16 (12) Tony Kenny - Heart of Stone
  • 17 (21) Deliverance Soundtrack - Duelling Banjos
  • 18 (29) Argent - God Gave Rock and Roll to You
  • 19 (13) Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize
  • 20 (19) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song

Dawn Ft Tony Orlando move to the top of the charts with “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree”, replacing Gilbert O’Sullivan, who drops to number 3, Gary Glitter moves into the number 2 spot, with “Hello, Hello I’m Back Again”. Three songs break into the top 20, Argent with “God Gave Rock and Roll to You”, which is at number 18, Wings with “My Love”, at number 15 and Deliverance Soundtrack, with “Duelling Banjos”, at number 17.

This week’s biggest climber is David Bowie, with “Drive-In Saturday”, which climbs 8 places to number 16.

 

UK Singles Chart 1972-1989 (14th April 1973)

UK Singles Chart 14th April 1973

  • 01 (01) Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
  • 02 (03) Dawn Ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree
  • 03 (05) David Cassidy - I'm A Clown/Some Kind of Summer
  • 04 (02) Donny Osmond - The Twelfth of Never
  • 05 (17) Gary Glitter - Hello Hello I’m Back Again
  • 06 (06) Jimmy Osmond - Tweedle Dee
  • 07 (04) Cliff Richard - Power to All Our Friends
  • 08 (08) Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
  • 09 (09) The O’Jays - Love Train
  • 10 (13) Roxy Music - Pyjamarama
  • 11 (21) Geordie - All Because Of You
  • 12 (12) Tony Kenny - Heart of Stone
  • 13 (07) Slade - Cum on Feel the Noize
  • 14 (18) Mud - Crazy
  • 15 (14) Timmy Thomas - Why Can’t We Live Together
  • 16 (ne) David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday
  • 17 (15) T-Rex - 20th Century Boy
  • 18 (11) Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me
  • 19 (10) Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
  • 20 (20) Stuart Gillies - Amanda

Gilbert O’Sullivan remains at the top of the charts for a second week, as David Bowie enters this week’s chart, straight in at number 16 with “Drive-In Saturday”. Just one record moves into the top 20 this week “All Because Of You” by Geordie, at number 11.

This week’s biggest climber is Gary Glitter, with “Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again”, which climbs 12 places to number 5.