The President announced "I am not a crook". Vacations were affected by a gasoline shortage. The government required all new cars to be capable of receiving both AM and FM signals. Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced. The Pet Rock became a fad.
| Rock/Pop | Country |
| Dream On-Aerosmith | (Old Dogs-Children And) Watermelon Wine-Tom T. Hall |
| Killing Me Softly With His Song-Roberta Flack | I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me-Merle Haggard |
| Love Train-The O'Jays | The Most Beautiful Girl-Charlie Rich |
| Drift Away-Dobie Gray | What's Your Mama's Name-Tanya Tucker |
| I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock & Roll Band)-Moody Blues | Superman-Donna Fargo |
| Cisco Kid-War | Lord, Mr. Ford-Jerry Reed |
| Reeling In The Years-Steely Dan | Come Live With Me-Roy Clark |
| Will It Go Round In Circles-Billy Preston | 'Til I Get It Right-Tammy Wynette |
| Kodachrome-Paul Simon | Why Me- Kris Kristofferson |
| Tequila Sunrise-The Eagles | Satin Sheets-Jeanne Pruett |
| Live And Let Die-Wings | Soul Song-Joe Stampley |
| We're An American Band-Grand Funk | Paper Roses-Marie Osmond |
| China Grove-Doobie Brothers | Keep Me In Mind-Lynn Anderson |
| Bad, Bad Leroy Brown-Jim Croce | Trip To Heaven-Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats |
| You're So Vain-Carly Simon | A Shoulder To Cry On-Charlie Pride |
Order Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1973
| M*A*S*H |
| Kojak |
| The Waltons |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| Sanford & Son |
American Graffiti
The Sting
The Paper Chase
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The Exorcist
The Way We Were
*An agreement was signed in Paris to stop the fighting in Vietnam
and the first planeload of POW's returned home.
*Four top aides to President Nixon quit over the Watergate affair.
*Nixon turned over tape recordings of a conversation that might have some bearing on the
Watergate break in.
*Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died of a heart attack.
*In baseball the Oakland A's beat the New
York Mets 4 games to 3.
*In the NBA it was the opposit of 1972...the New York Knicks beat the LA Lakers 4 games to
1, in the ABA the Indiana Pacers beat the Kentucky Colonels 4 games to 3.
*In hockey it was the Montreal Canadiens over the Chicago Blackhawks 4 games to 3.
*The 1973-74 football season ended with the Miami Dolphins beating the Minnesota Vikings
24-7.
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