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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1973.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1973.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1972 | |||||
| December 23 | "Separate Ways" | Elvis Presley | 3 | January 20 | 7 |
| "Been to Canaan" | Carole King | 1 | January 13 | 5 | |
| "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" | Hurricane Smith | 2 | January 20 | 7 | |
| December 30 | "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | 1 | January 20 | 8 |
| Singles from 1973 | |||||
| January 6 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Blue Haze | 5 | January 13 | 4 |
| January 13 | "Rocky Mountain High" | John Denver | 3 | February 10 | 9 |
| "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" | James Taylor | 3 | February 3 | 5 | |
| January 20 | "Pieces of April" | Three Dog Night | 6 | January 20 | 2 |
| "Me and Mrs. Jones" | Billy Paul | 10 | January 20 | 1 | |
| January 27 | "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" | Lobo | 1 | February 3 | 7 |
| "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" | The Partridge Family | 9 | January 27 | 1 | |
| "Dreidel" | Don McLean | 7 | February 10 | 5 | |
| February 3 | "Dueling Banjos" | Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell | 1 | February 17 | 7 |
| "Last Song" | Edward Bear | 1 | March 3 | 8 | |
| "I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore" | Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | 10 | February 3 | 2 | |
| February 10 | "Living Together, Growing Together" | The 5th Dimension | 5 | February 17 | 4 |
| "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | 2 | March 17 | 9 | |
| February 17 | "Good Morning Heartache" | Diana Ross | 8 | February 17 | 2 |
| "Danny's Song" | Anne Murray | 1 | March 17 | 8 | |
| February 24 | "Big City Miss Ruth Ann" | Gallery | 10 | February 24 | 1 |
| March 3 | "Aubrey" | Bread | 4 | March 17 | 5 |
| "Do You Want to Dance?" | Bette Midler | 8 | March 10 | 2 | |
| "Rosalie" | Sam Neely | 9 | March 10 | 2 | |
| March 10 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 1 | April 7 | 10 |
| March 17 | "Sing" | The Carpenters | 1 | March 31 | 8 |
| "Peaceful" | Helen Reddy | 2 | April 14 | 7 | |
| "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" | Deodato | 5 | April 7 | 5 | |
| "Daisy a Day" | Jud Strunk | 4 | April 7 | 6 | |
| March 24 | "One Less Set of Footsteps" | Jim Croce | 9 | March 24 | 1 |
| March 31 | "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" | Vicki Lawrence | 6 | April 7 | 4 |
| April 7 | "Out of the Question" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 2 | May 12 | 8 |
| "Cook with Honey" | Judy Collins | 10 | April 7 | 1 | |
| April 14 | "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | April 28 | 9 |
| "Stir It Up" | Johnny Nash | 6 | April 21 | 3 | |
| "The Right Thing to Do" | Carly Simon | 4 | May 5 | 9 | |
| April 21 | "The Twelfth of Never" | Donny Osmond | 7 | May 5 | 3 |
| April 28 | "And I Love You So" | Perry Como | 1 | May 26 | 10 |
| "Wildflower" | Skylark | 5 | May 19 | 5 | |
| May 5 | "Daniel" | Elton John | 1 | May 12 | 8 |
| "Thinking of You" | Loggins & Messina | 7 | May 26 | 5 | |
| May 12 | "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time" | Lobo | 3 | May 26 | 4 |
| "My Love" | Wings | 1 | June 2 | 8 | |
| May 19 | "I'm Doin' Fine Now" | New York City | 8 | May 26 | 3 |
| June 2 | "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | Bette Midler | 1 | June 23 | 10 |
| "Playground in My Mind" | Clint Holmes | 7 | June 9 | 3 | |
| June 9 | "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" | George Harrison | 4 | June 16 | 6 |
| "What About Me" | Anne Murray | 2 | June 23 | 6 | |
| "The Teddy Bear Song" | Barbara Fairchild | 9 | June 9 | 1 | |
| June 16 | "Kodachrome" | Paul Simon | 2 | July 7 | 6 |
| "Behind Closed Doors" | Charlie Rich | 8 | June 16 | 2 | |
| "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" | The Stylistics | 4 | July 7 | 4 | |
| June 23 | "Yesterday Once More" | The Carpenters | 1 | July 7 | 8 |
| June 30 | "Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)" | Shirley Bassey | 8 | June 30 | 3 |
| "Shambala" | Three Dog Night | 3 | July 14 | 4 | |
| July 7 | "Diamond Girl" | Seals & Crofts | 4 | July 21 | 5 |
| "Touch Me in the Morning" | Diana Ross | 1 | July 28 | 8 | |
| July 14 | "Get Down" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 3 | August 11 | 9 |
| July 21 | "Delta Dawn" | Helen Reddy | 1 | August 4 | 10 |
| "How Can I Tell Her" | Lobo | 4 | August 4 | 7 | |
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | Jim Croce | 9 | July 21 | 1 | |
| July 28 | "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 1 | August 18 | 9 |
| "The Morning After" | Maureen McGovern | 6 | August 4 | 3 | |
| "Clouds" | David Gates | 3 | August 25 | 7 | |
| August 11 | "You Light Up My Life/Believe in Humanity" | Carole King | 6 | September 1 | 5 |
| "Live and Let Die" | Wings | 8 | August 25 | 4 | |
| August 18 | "Send a Little Love My Way" [A] | Anne Murray | 10 | August 18 | 2 |
| August 25 | "Loves Me Like a Rock" | Paul Simon with the Dixie Hummingbirds | 1 | September 8 | 10 |
| "My Maria" | B.W. Stevenson | 1 | September 22 | 9 | |
| September 1 | "Loving Arms" | Dobie Gray | 7 | September 15 | 3 |
| September 8 | "I'm Coming Home" [B] | Johnny Mathis | 1 | September 29 | 8 |
| September 15 | "Half-Breed" | Cher | 3 | September 29 | 7 |
| "In the Midnight Hour" | Cross Country | 6 | September 22 | 5 | |
| "It's a Small Small World" | The Mike Curb Congregation | 9 | September 15 | 1 | |
| "Freedom for the Stallion" | The Hues Corporation | 9 | September 22 | 2 | |
| September 22 | "Ashes to Ashes" | The 5th Dimension | 7 | September 29 | 3 |
| "Rhapsody in Blue" | Deodato | 10 | September 22 | 2 | |
| September 29 | "All I Know" | Art Garfunkel | 1 | October 6 | 10 |
| "Let Me In" | The Osmonds | 4 | October 20 | 6 | |
| "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Bob Dylan | 5 | October 20 | 8 | |
| October 6 | "Paper Roses" | Marie Osmond | 1 | November 3 | 10 |
| October 13 | "Jesse" | Roberta Flack | 3 | October 20 | 6 |
| October 20 | "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" | Seals & Crofts | 2 | November 10 | 7 |
| October 27 | "The Most Beautiful Girl" | Charlie Rich | 1 | November 10 | 14 |
| "Top of the World" | The Carpenters | 2 | November 17 | 9 | |
| November 3 | "Friends" | Bette Midler | 9 | November 3 | 2 |
| "I Got a Name" | Jim Croce | 4 | November 24 | 6 | |
| November 10 | "Photograph" | Ringo Starr | 3 | December 8 | 8 |
| November 24 | "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" | Helen Reddy | 1 | December 1 | 11 |
| "Just You 'n' Me" | Chicago | 7 | December 8 | 7 | |
| "Corazon" | Carole King | 5 | December 8 | 4 | |
| December 8 | "Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally" | Tony Orlando & Dawn | 3 | December 15 | 7 |
| "Let Me Be There" | Olivia Newton-John | 3 | December 29 | 10 | |
| December 15 | "My Music" | Loggins & Messina | 10 | December 15 | 1 |
| "Time in a Bottle" | Jim Croce | 1 | December 29 | 10 | |
| December 22 | "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Elton John | 7 | December 29 | 5 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 11 | "It Never Rains in Southern California" | Albert Hammond | 2 | December 16 | 9 |
| November 18 | "Clair" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 1 | December 9 | 9 |
| "Funny Face" | Donna Fargo | 5 | December 16 | 8 | |
| December 9 | "Sweet Surrender" | Bread | 1 | December 30 | 7 |
| "Walk on Water" | Neil Diamond | 2 | December 30 | 6 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 22 | "The Way We Were" | Barbara Streisand | 1 | January 12 | 12 |
| December 29 | "Show and Tell" | Al Wilson | 3 | January 26 | 7 |
AThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending September 8, 1973.
BThe single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 17, 1973.