List of RPM number-one country singles of 1973

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These are the Canadian number-one country songs of 1973, per the RPM Country Tracks chart.

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Issue dateTitleArtist
January 13 Love's the Answer Tanya Tucker
January 20 (Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine Tom T. Hall
January 27 Danny's Song Anne Murray
February 3 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me Merle Haggard
February 10 Rated "X" Loretta Lynn
February 17
February 24 'Til I Get it Right Tammy Wynette
March 3 Any Old Wind That Blows Johnny Cash
March 10
March 17 The Teddy Bear Song Barbara Fairchild
March 24
March 31 Keep Me in Mind Lynn Anderson
April 7
April 14 Super Kind of Woman Freddie Hart
April 21 A Shoulder to Cry On Charley Pride
April 28 Superman Donna Fargo
May 5 Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich
May 12 Nobody Wins Brenda Lee
May 19 Come Live with Me Roy Clark
May 26 What's Your Mama's Name Tanya Tucker
June 2 Dirty Old Man George Hamilton IV
June 9
June 16 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Johnny Carver
June 23 You Always Come Back to Hurting Me Johnny Rodriguez
June 30 Don't Fight the Feelings of Love Charley Pride
July 7 Ravishing Ruby Tom T. Hall
July 14 Why Me Kris Kristofferson
July 21 Love Is the Foundation Loretta Lynn
July 28Don't Fight the Feelings of LoveCharley Pride
August 4
August 11 You Were Always There Donna Fargo
August 18 Top of the World Lynn Anderson
August 25
September 1 Trip to Heaven Freddie Hart
September 8 Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
September 15
September 22 Everybody's Had the Blues Merle Haggard
September 29 The Corner of My Life Bill Anderson
October 6 You've Never Been This Far Before Conway Twitty
October 13
October 20 Blood Red and Goin' Down Tanya Tucker
October 27 Kid Stuff Barbara Fairchild
November 3 Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer Johnny Russell
November 10
November 17 Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico Johnny Rodriguez
November 24 Paper Roses Marie Osmond
December 1
December 8 The Most Beautiful Girl Charlie Rich
December 15
December 22
December 29

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