1973 ~ Best Selling Singles (UK)

Written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" was a massive worldwide hit in 1973 for Dawn featuring Tony Orlando.

It reached Number One on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973 and Number One on the Australian charts for seven weeks from May to July 1973. It was the top-selling single for the year 1973 in both the US and UK.

The song enjoyed duplicate success on country radio, as a cover version by Johnny Carver and One by Barry Manilow. Carver's rendition - titled simply "Yellow Ribbon" - was a top 10 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in June 1973.

The song lists at #37 on Billboards Greatest Songs of all time.

"Eye Level" was selected by Thames Television in England to be the theme tune for the Netherlands based detective series, "Van der Valk".

The work was based on a Dutch nursery rhyme which Simon Park arranged for his own orchestra and conducted. The track was fully entitled "Eye Level (Theme from the TV series 'Van der Valk')".

Coming after their success on the British talent show Opportunity Knocks, Peters and Lee recorded the former French language song "Welcome Home". It became the duo's one and only Number One single in the UK, spending a single week at the top in July 1973.

"Block Buster!" was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, and was The Sweet's sole UK Number One hit.

Released in January 1973, it spent five weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, and also made Number One in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Ireland. Outside Europe it fared less well, as it peaked at Number 29 in Australia and at Number 73 on the American Billboard Hot 100.

Written by band members Jim Lea and Noddy Holder, "Cum on Feel the Noize" was Slade's fourth Number One single in the UK and their first to enter the chart at Number One. Quite a rare feat at the time, it was the first time this had happened since The Beatles with "Get Back" in 1969.

It went on to spend four weeks at the top of the chart in March 1973. Typical of Slade's releases at the time, it fared less well in the USA, where it would only peak at Number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Written by Gary Glitter with Mike Leander, "I Love You Love Me Love" was Glitter's second Number One single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in November 1973.

Written and produced by lead singer, Roy Wood, "See My Baby Jive" was the second single by Wood's band and their first to reach Number One in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in May 1973.

The record is deeply indebted to Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.

Written by Gary Glitter and Mike Leander, "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)" was Glitter's first Number One single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in July 1973.

The song is a Glam Rock anthem, and typical of Glitter's early Seventies output, based on a simple mid-tempo rhythm and loud chanted backing vocals.

Written by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster, "The Twelfth of Never" had previously been recorded successfully by the likes of Johnny Mathis and Cliff Richard.

During the era of Osmondmania, Donny Osmond recorded his version which reached the summit of the UK charts for a single week in March of 1973.

"Daydreamer" was David Cassidy's second and final Number One single in the UK, spending three weeks at the top of the chart in October 1973.

The song was a double-A side with a version of Harry Nilsson's "Puppy Song" on the reverse.