1973 was the year when...
- The United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War after the signing of the Paris Peace Agreement.
- OPEC oil increased by 200%, and Oil embargoes were put into place. Petrol was rationed in the UK.
- The "Cod War" between the UK and Iceland takes place, with minor skirmishes over disputed waters, involving trawlers and occasionally Royal Navy ships.
- A Three-Day Week was put in place in the UK by Edward Heath, the Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Government. Energy blackouts and widespread industrial disruption took place.
- Sydney Opera House was opened.
- We listened to some great music...
The Top Ten Hits of 1973
- Life On Mars? David Bowie
- Superstition. Stevie Wonder
- Who’s That Lady? The Isley Brothers
- Let’s Get It On. Marvin Gaye
- Papa Was a Rolling Stone. The Temptations
- Until You Come Back to Me. Aretha Franklin
- Cindy Incidentally. The Faces
- 20th Century Boy. T.Rex
- Live and Let Die. Wings
- Cum On Feel The Noize. Slade
Other great hits from 1973:
I Have to say I Love You in a Song. Jim Croce
Love Train. The O’Jays
Could It Be I’m Falling in Love. Detroit Spinners.
What would you add to the list?
Top Ten Films of 1973
Some of the great films in cinemas that year
- The Sting
- Don’t Look Now
- The Wicker Man
- American Graffiti
- Badlands
- The Offence
- Three Musketeers
- The Day of the Jackal
- Paper Moon
- Live and Let Die
Other films released in '73:
Theatre of Blood (starring Vincent Price)
Robin Hood (Disney)
Westworld (starring Yul Brynner)
The Top Ten Albums of 1973
- Dark Side of The Moon. Pink Floyd
- Innervisions. Stevie Wonder
- 3 + 3. The Isley Brothers
- Let’s Get It On. Marvin Gaye
- Aladdin Sane. David Bowie
- Quadrophenia. The Who
- Tubular Bells. Mike Oldfield
- Band on the Run. Wings
- Catch a Fire. Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Solid Air. John Martyn
Noteable Debut Albums in'73:
Queen, and Welcome to Asbury Park NJ, by Bruce Springsteen
73 also brought us:
Ooh La La by The Faces
Goats Head Soup, by The Rolling Stones
Houses of the Holy, from Led Zeppelin
For Your Pleasure and Stranded were both huge for Roxy Music
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was one of Elton Johns most lauded albums.
Pin Ups was David Bowie's second album release of the year.
Although three years after they split, 1973 was another big year for The Beatles - as a group and as solo artists. The two compilation albums, The Beatles (Red Album) 62-66 and The Beatles (Blue Album) 67-70 were international best-sellers. And their individual projects were also flying high in the album charts, and receiving critical acclaim; Mind Games by John Lennon was his follow-up to Imagine; Red Rose Speedway by Paul McCartney's WIngs was one of two successful albums that year for the group (as well as Band on the Run, of course). Ringo featured all the ex-beatles variously, alongside the drummer and singer, and George Harrison released his masterpiece, Living in the Material World.
1977 in the UK charts
Also, there was...
- I Feel Love. Donna Summer
- Do Anything You Wanna Do. (Eddie and the Hot) Rods
- 2-4-6-8 Motorway. Tom Robinson Band
- Saturday Nite. Earth, Wind and Fire
- Best of My Love. Emotions
- Baby Don’t Change Your Mind. Gladys Knight
- Rio. Michael Nesmith
- Good Morning Judge. 10cc
- Disco Inferno. Trammps
- Sheena is a Punk Rocker. The Ramones
- Solsbury Hill. Peter Gabriel
- Could It Be I’m Falling in Love? Detroit Spinners
- I Wanna Get Next to You. Rose Royce
- Neat, Neat, Neat. The Damned
- Real Mother for Ya. Johnny Guitar Watson
- You Don’t Have to be a Star. Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis
- Let ‘Em In. Billy Paul
- Show You The Way To Go. The Jacksons
- Free. Deniece Williams
- What Can I Say? Boz Scaggs
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