Editing 1973 in music

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This is a '''list of music-related events in 1973'''.

[[File:Leonard Bernstein Allan Warren.jpg|right|thumb|[[Leonard Bernstein]] in 1973]]
[[File:Tony Stevens - Foghat - 1973.jpg|right|thumb|[[Foghat]]'s [[Tony Stevens]] in 1973]]
[[File:Isaac hayes 1973.jpg|right|thumb|[[Isaac Hayes]] in 1973]]
[[File:Dizzy Gillespie Giants of Jazz 1973 Dia0006.jpg|right|thumb|[[Dizzy Gillespie]] in 1973]]
[[File:Joan Baez Hamburg 1973 2811730005.jpg|right|thumb|[[Joan Baez]] in 1973]]
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==Specific locations==
*[[1973 in British music]]
*[[1973 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1973 in country music]]
*[[1973 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1973 in jazz]]

==Events==

===January–April===
*[[January 8]] – British Rail authorities restrict [[Pipe Major]] Gordon Speirs to playing his [[bagpipes]] just one minute in every fifteen on [[Liverpool Street station]], London, on grounds that his playing (part of a holiday campaign by the [[Scottish Tourist Board]]) "interferes with station business".<ref>Anon., "Pipe Down, Rail Chiefs Tell Major", ''The Times'' issue 58676 (January 9, 1973)</ref>
*[[January 9]] – [[Mick Jagger]]'s request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an abrupt end to [[The Rolling Stones]]' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour.
*[[January 13]] - [[The Sweet]] release "[[Block Buster!]]", their only number one hit in the UK. It stays at the top of the charts for 5 weeks. This is one of the first Glam hits of the decade. The Sweet follow this up with 3 straight number 2 singles:<ref>{{Cite web |title=SWEET {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14266/sweet/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref> "[[Hell Raiser (The Sweet song)|Hell Raiser]]", "[[The Ballroom Blitz]]" and "Teenage Rampage".
*[[January 14]]
**<!--January 14-->[[Elvis Presley]]'s ''[[Aloha From Hawaii|Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite]]'' television special is broadcast in over 40 countries around the world.
**<!--January 14-->[[Grateful Dead]] bassist [[Phil Lesh]] is arrested for drug possession at his [[Marin County]] home.
*[[January 18]] – [[The Rolling Stones]]' [[benefit concert]] for [[1972 Nicaragua earthquake|Nicaraguan earthquake]] victims raises over $350,000. On December 22, 1972, an earthquake destroyed [[Managua]], the capital of Nicaragua.
*[[January 21]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their [[The Rolling Stones Pacific Tour 1973|Pacific tour]] of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand in [[Honolulu, Hawaii]].
*[[January 30]] – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] perform their first concert, at the Coventry Club in [[Queens]], New York City, United States.
*[[February 2]] – ''[[The Midnight Special (TV series)|The Midnight Special]]'' makes its début as a regular series on US TV channel [[NBC]]. [[Helen Reddy]] is the featured artist.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV.com|url=http://www.tv.com/the-midnight-special/show/2974/summary.html|title=The Midnight Special|publisher=TV.com|access-date=2013-09-22|archive-date=August 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812075146/http://www.tv.com/the-midnight-special/show/2974/summary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[February 14]] – [[David Bowie]] collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's [[Madison Square Garden]].
*[[February 18]] – The ''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour]]'' is first broadcast with performances by [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]], [[The Mahavishnu Orchestra]], and new artist [[Bruce Springsteen]].
*[[March 1]]
**<!--March 1-->[[Leonard Bernstein]] conducts [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]'s [[Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)|Violin Concerto]] for the first time in his career, with soloist [[Isaac Stern]] and the [[New York Philharmonic]] Orchestra.
**<!--March 1-->The [[Joffrey Ballet]]'s ''Deuce Coupe Ballet'' opens. The ballet is set entirely to music by [[The Beach Boys]].
**<!--March 1-->[[Pink Floyd]] releases ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'', which goes on to become one of the [[List of best-selling albums worldwide|best-selling albums of all time]]. The album debuts on the Billboard 200 on March 17, reaches #1 on April 28, and eventually logs the all-time record of 741 weeks on that chart. Sleeve design is by [[Hipgnosis]].
*[[March 5]] – [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s former personal manager, [[Michael Jeffery (manager)|Michael Jeffery]], is killed in a plane crash while travelling from Majorca to England; no passengers survive.
*[[March 6]] – The [[New York City|New York]] Office of the US Immigration Department cancels [[John Lennon]]'s visa extension five days after granting it.
*[[March 7]] – The director of talent acquisition at [[Columbia Records]], [[John H. Hammond]], suffers a non-fatal heart attack following a performance by one of his most recent finds, [[Bruce Springsteen]].
*[[March 8]] – [[Paul McCartney]] is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] outside his Scottish farm.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harry|first=Bill|title=The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia|year=2002|publisher=Virgin|isbn=978-0-7535-0716-2|pages=300–307}}</ref>
*[[March 14]] – The singers [[Stephen Stills]] and [[Véronique Sanson]] are married near [[Guildford]], England.
*[[March 24]] – [[Lou Reed]] is bitten on the buttocks by a fan during a concert in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[April 2]] – [[Capitol Records]] releases two collections of [[The Beatles]]' greatest hits, ''[[The Beatles 1962-1966]]'' and ''[[The Beatles 1967-1970]]'' (commonly referred to as the "Red Album" and the "Blue Album", respectively).
*[[April 7]] – In [[Luxembourg City]], the 18th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1973|Eurovision Song Contest]] is won by [[Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest|Luxembourg]] for the second consecutive year, this time with "[[Tu te reconnaîtras]]", sung by [[Anne-Marie David]].  [[Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest|Spain]] finish in second place with "[[Eres tú (Mocedades song)|Eres Tú]]", sung by [[Mocedades]]; the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|United Kingdom]] finish third with [[Cliff Richard]] singing "[[Power to All Our Friends]]". The top three placed songs become international hits.
*[[April 8]] – Opening of the first La Rochelle Festival of Contemporary Music, under the direction of Claude Samuel. Featured composers include [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] and [[Iannis Xenakis]]
*[[April 15]] – Tenth [[Royan Festival|Royan Festival of International Contemporary Art]] begins, including concerts featuring music by  [[Jean Barraqué]] and [[Horațiu Rădulescu]], amongst others.
*[[April 16]] – [[Paul McCartney]]'s first solo television special, ''[[James Paul McCartney (TV special)|James Paul McCartney]]'', airs on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The special includes performances by McCartney and [[Wings (band)|Wings]].
*[[April 18]] – Violinist [[Jascha Heifetz]] deposits parts from his prized [[Guarnerius]] violin in the newly poured wet concrete of the foundation for the new Virginia Ramo Hall of Music, under construction at the [[University of Southern California]], United States, in order to ensure the building will be "in tune", and to bring luck.

===May–August===
*[[May 4]] – [[July 29]] – [[Led Zeppelin]] embarks on a tour of the United States, during which they set the record for highest attendance for a concert, 56,800, at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida.  The record was previously held by [[The Beatles]]. Performances for the movie ''[[The Song Remains the Same (film)|The Song Remains the Same]]'' are also filmed.
*[[May 9]] – [[Mick Jagger]] adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by [[The Rolling Stones]]' January 18 benefit concert for the victims of the [[Nicaragua]]n earthquake.
*[[May 12]] – [[David Bowie]] is the first rock artist to perform at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre]] in London.
*[[May 13]] – [[Daniel Barenboim]] collapses with a gastric upset during a concert at the [[Brighton Festival]] in England, but later had sufficiently recovered to be driven home.
*[[May 23]] – [[Don Robey]] sells [[Duke Records]], [[Peacock Records]] and Backbeat Records to [[ABC Dunhill Records]].
*[[May 25]] – [[Mike Oldfield]]'s ''[[Tubular Bells]]'' becomes the first release on [[Richard Branson]]'s newly launched [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] label in the UK.
*[[June 1]] - [[Robert Wyatt]] falls three storeys from a London apartment block, becoming paralized from the waist down. After a six-month stay in hospital, where he composes the material for his ''[[Rock Bottom (album)|Rock Bottom]]'' album, he continues his musical career using a wheelchair.
*[[June 4]] – [[Ronnie Lane]] plays his last show with [[Faces (band)|Faces]] at the Edmonton Sundown in London. Lane had informed the band three weeks earlier that he was quitting.
*[[June 15]] – The first [[Istanbul International Music Festival]] opens.
*[[June 16]] – [[Benjamin Britten]]'s opera ''Death in Venice'', receives its première at [[Snape Maltings]] in England.
*[[June 29]] – The [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] play their first gig with [[Uli Roth]] at a festival in [[Vechta]], Germany. Roth was originally intended as a temporary replacement for [[Michael Schenker]], who had just been snapped up by [[U.F.O. (band)|U.F.O.]] earlier in the month.
*[[June 30]] – [[Ian Gillan]] quits [[Deep Purple]].
*[[July 1]] – [[Slade]] play a sell-out [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]] in London after two number one singles this year.
*[[July 3]] – [[David Bowie]] 'retires' his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in front of a shocked audience at the [[Hammersmith Odeon]] in London at the end of his British tour.
*[[July 4]] – [[Slade]] drummer [[Don Powell]] is critically injured in a car crash in Wolverhampton; his 20-year-old girlfriend is killed. With his life in danger, the band's future is left in the balance. Powell recovers after surgery, and is able to join the band ten weeks later in New York, to record "[[Merry Xmas Everybody]]".
*[[July 13]]
**[[The Everly Brothers]] break up after [[Phil Everly]] smashes his guitar on the floor midway through their final show together.
**[[Queen band|Queen]] release their [[Queen (Queen album)|debut album]].
*[[July 15]] – [[Ray Davies]] of [[The Kinks]] makes an emotional outburst during a performance at [[White City Stadium]] in London, announcing he is quitting the group. He later recants the statement.
*[[July 28]] – [[Summer Jam at Watkins Glen]] [[rock festival]] in New York (state) is attended by 600,000, who see [[The Allman Brothers Band]], [[The Band]] and the [[Grateful Dead]].
*[[July 30]] – Soviet officials grant permission for [[Gennadi Rozhdestvensky]] to accept a three-year appointment as chief conductor of the [[Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra]], the first time a Soviet orchestra conductor has been allowed to take up such a position outside of the [[Eastern Bloc]].<ref>Anon., "Russia Lets Conductor Take Post in Sweden", ''The Times'', issue 58848 (July 31, 1973): 5 col G.</ref>
*[[August 6]] – [[Stevie Wonder]] is seriously injured in a car accident outside [[Durham, North Carolina]], spending the next four days in a [[coma]].<ref>{{cite web | title = I heard that Stevie Wonder lost his sense of smell. Is that true? | access-date = October 22, 2008 | first = Gavin | last = Edwards | work = Rule Forty Two | url = http://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-1/stevie-wonder-lost-his-sense-of-smell | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090106030029/http://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-1/stevie-wonder-lost-his-sense-of-smell/ | archive-date = January 6, 2009 }}</ref>
*[[August 11]] – [[DJ Kool Herc]] originates the [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] genre in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/birthplace-of-hip-hop/|title=Birthplace of Hip Hop|work=[[History Detectives]]|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref>
*[[August 20]] – The [[London Symphony Orchestra]] becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the [[Salzburg Festival]].
*[[August 25]] – [[The Allman Brothers]] nearly suffer another tragedy when [[Butch Trucks]] crashes his car near [[Macon, Georgia]], not far from where [[Duane Allman]] was killed two years earlier. Trucks survives with only a broken leg.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rock Movers & Shakers|publisher=Billboard Publications, Incorporated|year=1989|isbn=9780823076086|page=12}}</ref>

===September–December===
*[[September 1]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their European tour in [[Vienna, Austria]].
*[[September 20]] – [[Jim Croce]], [[Maury Muehleisen]] and four others die in a plane crash in [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19730922&id=NxZKAAAAIBAJ&pg=2941,1273229 |newspaper=The Michigan Daily |title=Rock group killed |agency=Associated Press |date=September 22, 1973 |page=2 |location=(Ann Arbor)}}</ref>
*[[September 22]] – [[Benita Valente]] makes her debut with the [[Metropolitan Opera]], singing Pamina in ''The Magic Flute''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|year=1988|page=587}}</ref>
*[[September 23]] – The [[Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)|Roxy Theatre]] opens in [[West Hollywood, California]].
*[[September 27]] – ''[[Don Kirshner's Rock Concert]]'' is premièred on syndicated television in the United States, including a performance by [[The Rolling Stones]].<ref>O'Connor, John J. [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/27/archives/-in-concert-man-gathers-stones-for-new-series.html " 'In Concert' man gathers Stones for new series"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 27, 1973, p. 78</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[Jan Akkerman]] from the [[Netherlands]] was chosen 'Best Guitarist in The World' by the readers of the [[UK]] magazine, ''[[Melody Maker]]''. 
*[[October 6]] – [[Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band]] become the national brass-band champions of Great Britain by defeating 18 other bands at the [[Albert Hall]] in London.<ref>Anon., "Brass Band Champions", ''The Times'' issue 58907 (October 8, 1973): 2 col. G.</ref>
*[[October 12]] – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] releases their 5th studio album [[Selling England by the Pound]], one of their most commercially successful albums
*[[October 13]] – [[Family (band)|Family]] play their last concert at [[De Montfort Hall]] at Leicester Polytechnic (now [[De Montfort University]]) before splitting up for good. A farewell party at a local [[Holiday Inn]] after the show ends in a good-natured melée, with people jumping in or pushed into the motel pool.
*[[October 17]] – The [[1973 oil crisis]] begins, causing shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records. A number of new albums are either delayed or only available in limited quantities until after the holiday season.
*[[October 19]] – [[The Who]] release ''[[Quadrophenia]]'', one of their most critically acclaimed albums.
*[[October 20]] – [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]] opens [[Sydney Opera House]].
*November 1 – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] becomes the first act signed to [[Neil Bogart]]'s new label, [[Casablanca Records]].
*[[November 5]]
**Cellist [[Jacqueline du Pré]] is forced to retire because she has been diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]].<ref>Anon., "Miss du Pré is Forced by Illness to Retire", ''The Times'' issue 58931 (November 6, 1973): 1 col. A.</ref>
**Two friends of the recently deceased [[Gram Parsons]] hand themselves in to police and confess to having carried out an impromptu cremation of the singer's body at the Joshua Tree National Monument.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gramparsonsproject.com/ |title=Gram Parsons Project, interview with Phil Kaufman |publisher=Gramparsonsproject.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-07}}</ref>
*[[November 7]] – Harold Holt Ltd., agent for Jacqueline du Pré, deny newspaper reports that she will never perform again, while at the same time confirming she has been diagnosed with "a mild case of multiple sclerosis" and has no definite plans for future performances.<ref>Tim Devlin, "Miss du Pré 'Very Ill' Report Denied", ''The Times'', issue 58932 (November 7, 1973): 5 col C.</ref>
*[[November 20]] – [[The Who]] open their ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' US tour with a concert at [[San Francisco]]'s [[Cow Palace]], but drummer [[Keith Moon]] passes out and has to be carried off the stage. 19-year old fan [[Scot Halpin]] is selected from the audience to finish the show.
*[[December]] – [[Paul Pena]] produces his second album, ''[[New Train]]'', but due to a dispute with [[Albert Grossman]] of [[Bearsville Records]] the release was canceled. The album would later be released on [[Hybrid Recordings]] in [[2000 in music|2000]].
*[[December 10]] – [[CBGB]] music club opens in [[Manhattan]].
*[[December 15]] – [[Jermaine Jackson]] marries Hazel Gordy, daughter of [[Motown Records]] executive [[Berry Gordy]].
*[[December 25]] – [[Universal Pictures]] releases ''[[The Sting]]'', reviving interest in the [[ragtime]] music of [[Scott Joplin]].
*[[December 31]]
**<!--December 31-->Brothers [[Malcolm Young|Malcolm]] and [[Angus Young]] perform under the name [[AC/DC]] at the former Sydney nightclub 'Chequers' for their New Year's Eve party.
**<!--December 31-->The second annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] airs on NBC, with performances by [[Tower of Power]], [[Billy Preston]] and [[The Pointer Sisters]].

===Unknown dates===
* [[Musica Antiqua Köln]] formed.
* Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music merge to create the [[Royal Northern College of Music]].
* The [[Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival]] is launched, with [[Pablo Casals]] as its president.
* [[U.F.O. (band)|U.F.O.]] signs a contract with [[Chrysalis Records]].
* Approximate date – [[Salsa music]] originates in [[New York City]].

==Bands formed==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1973|Musical groups established in 1973]]''

==Bands disbanded==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1973|Musical groups disestablished in 1973]]''

==Albums released==

===January===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-"
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Aerosmith (album)|Aerosmith]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Approximately Infinite Universe]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Holland (album)|Holland]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Who Do We Think We Are]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] ||US
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Any Old Wind That Blows]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Life in a Tin Can]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Dixie Chicken (album)|Dixie Chicken]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Great Lost Kinks Album]]'' || [[The Kinks]] || Compilation of unreleased material
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (album)|The Six Wives of Henry VIII]]'' || [[Rick Wakeman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Artificial Paradise (The Guess Who album)|Artificial Paradise]]'' || [[The Guess Who]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back in '72]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] ||-
|-
|-
| ''[[Doug Sahm and Band]]'' || [[Doug Sahm]] ||-
|-
| ''[[GP (album)|GP]]'' || [[Gram Parsons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heartbreaker (Free album)|Heartbreaker]]'' || [[Free (band)|Free]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Concert (Derek and the Dominos album)|In Concert]]'' || [[Derek and the Dominos]] || Live 1970
|-
|''[[Let Me Touch Your Mind]]'' || [[Ike & Tina Turner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Naked Songs (Al Kooper album)|Naked Songs]]'' || [[Al Kooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Separate Ways (Elvis Presley album)|Separate Ways]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[True Stories and Other Dreams]]'' || [[Judy Collins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We the People (Ellen McIlwaine album)|We the People]]'' || [[Ellen McIlwaine]] ||-
|-
|}

===February===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (album)|Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Live<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=aloha+from+hawaii#search_section|title=RIAA}}</ref>
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Raw Power]]'' || [[The Stooges]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Cameo (album)|Cameo]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Masterpiece (The Temptations album)|Masterpiece]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Amabutho]]'' || [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Billion Dollar Babies]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Camel (album)|Camel]]'' || [[Camel (band)|Camel]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Blueprint (Rory Gallagher album)|Blueprint]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tyranny and Mutation]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Out (album)|All Out]]'' || [[Nils Lofgren|Grin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Right Place]]'' || [[Dr. John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back Up Against the Wall]]'' || [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Mountain]]'' || [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Black Caesar (album)|Black Caesar]]'' || [[James Brown]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[David Ruffin (album)|David Ruffin]]'' || [[David Ruffin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven Help the Child]]'' || [[Mickey Newbury]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rosie (Fairport Convention album)|Rosie]]'' || [[Fairport Convention]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory]]'' || [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solid Air]]'' || [[John Martyn (singer)|John Martyn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||- 
|}

===March===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] || US; released in UK on 16 March
|-
| ''[[Paris 1919 (album)|Paris 1919]]'' || [[John Cale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Wizard, a True Star]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[ELO 2|ELO 2/Electric Light Orchestra II]]'' ||  [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Captain and Me]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[In Deep (Argent album)|In Deep]]'' || [[Argent (band)|Argent]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Closing Time (album)|Closing Time]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Byrds (album)|Byrds]]'' || [[The Byrds]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[The New Age (album)|The New Age]]'' || [[Canned Heat]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Tanx]]'' || [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[For Your Pleasure]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Larks' Tongues in Aspic]]'' || [[King Crimson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Beck, Bogert & Appice (album)|Beck, Bogert & Appice]]'' || [[Beck, Bogert & Appice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ring Ring (album)|Ring Ring]]'' || [[ABBA]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[I've Got So Much to Give (album)|I've Got So Much to Give]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Houses of the Holy]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Tennessee Mountain Home]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Skywriter]]'' || [[The Jackson 5]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Birds of Fire]]'' || [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Sextant (album)|Sextant]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Penguin (album)|Penguin]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ooh La La (Faces album)|Ooh La La]]'' || [[Faces (band)|Faces]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock and Roll (1973 album)|Rock and Roll]]'' || [[Foghat]] || aka ''Rock and Roll''
|-
| ''[[After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow]]'' || [[Hank Williams, Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Atem (album)|Atem]]'' || [[Tangerine Dream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cosmic Wheels]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grand Hotel (album)|Grand Hotel]]'' || [[Procol Harum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart Food]]'' || [[Judee Sill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Letter to Myself]]'' || [[The Chi-Lites]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lonesome, On'ry and Mean]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Losin' Streak (album)|Losin' Streak]]'' || [[Ray Stevens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Feet Are Smiling]]'' || [[Leo Kottke]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Neither One of Us (album)|Neither One of Us]]'' || [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] ||-
|-
| ''Raunch 'N' Roll Live'' || [[Black Oak Arkansas]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Still Alive and Well]]'' || [[Johnny Winter]] ||-
|-
| ''Sylvester and the Hot Band'' || [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Where Are You Now, My Son?]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|}

===April===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[1962-1966]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[1967-1970]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Bloodshot (The J. Geils Band album)|Bloodshot]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Catch a Fire]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music & Me]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Desperado (Eagles album)|Desperado]]'' || [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Renaissance (The Miracles album)|Renaissance]]'' || [[The Miracles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Aladdin Sane]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Down the Road (Manassas album)|Down the Road]]'' || [[Manassas (band)|Manassas]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Red Rose Speedway]]'' || [[Paul McCartney and Wings]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Live Songs]]'' || [[Leonard Cohen]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Bittersweet White Light]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Blue Ridge Rangers]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Call Me (Al Green album)|Call Me]]'' || [[Al Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danny's Song (album)|Danny's Song]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] || Studio and live
|-
| ''[[Diamond Girl (album)|Diamond Girl]]'' || [[Seals and Crofts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eat It (Humble Pie album)|Eat It]]'' || [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]] || Double LP; three sides studio, one side live
|-
| ''[[The Gospel Road]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys]]'' || [[Arlo Guthrie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Marshall Tucker Band (album)|The Marshall Tucker Band]]'' || [[The Marshall Tucker Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ma (Rare Earth album)|Ma]]'' || [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Melanie at Carnegie Hall]]'' || [[Melanie Safka|Melanie]] || Live
|-
| ''[[No Ruinous Feud]]'' || [[Incredible String Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Parcel of Rogues (album)|Parcel of Rogues]]'' || [[Steeleye Span]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spinners (album)|Spinners]]'' || [[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thirty Seconds Over Winterland]]'' || [[Jefferson Airplane]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Uriah Heep Live]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] || Live
|-
| ''[[What's Your Mama's Name]]'' || [[Tanya Tucker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zarathustra (album)|Zarathustra]]'' || [[Museo Rosenbach]] ||-
|-
|}

===May===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Daltrey (album)|Daltrey]]'' || [[Roger Daltrey]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1609-3161-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Space Ritual]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Wishbone Four]]'' || [[Wishbone Ash]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Now & Then (The Carpenters album)|Now & Then]]'' || [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1973 album)|Bachman–Turner Overdrive]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[History of The Byrds]]'' || [[The Byrds]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Yessongs (album)|Yessongs]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Flying Teapot (album)|Flying Teapot]]'' || [[Gong (band)|Gong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tubular Bells]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|30 
| ''Les Granges Brûlées'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living in the Material World]]'' || [[George Harrison]] ||US
|-
| rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[There Goes Rhymin' Simon]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Any Day Now (Scott Walker album)|Any Day Now]]'' || [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bananamour]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Country Casanova]]'' || [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen|Commander Cody]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eddie Kendricks (album)|Eddie Kendricks]]'' || [[Eddie Kendricks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Head to the Sky]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honey in the Rock (album)|Honey in the Rock]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)]]'' || [[Glen Campbell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oora]]'' || [[Edgar Broughton Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pointer Sisters (album)|The Pointer Sisters]]'' || [[Pointer Sisters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Razamanaz]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rigor Mortis Sets In]]'' || [[John Entwistle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tower of Power (album)|Tower of Power]]'' || [[Tower of Power]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw]]'' || [[Spooky Tooth]] ||-
|-
|}

===June===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Touch Me (Gary Glitter album)|Touch Me]]'' || [[Gary Glitter]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Facts of Life (album)|Facts of Life]]'' || [[Bobby Womack]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Shotgun Willie]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Messin']]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Extension of a Man]]'' || [[Donny Hathaway]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Smokey (album)|Smokey]]'' || [[Smokey Robinson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Touch Me in the Morning (album)|Touch Me in the Morning]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Chicago VI]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honky Tonk Heroes]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Fresh (Sly and the Family Stone album)|Fresh]]'' || [[Sly & the Family Stone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Plan (The Osmonds album)|The Plan]]'' || [[The Osmonds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[10 (The Guess Who album)|10]]'' || [[The Guess Who]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crossword Puzzle]]'' || [[The Partridge Family]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fantasy (Carole King album)|Fantasy]]'' || [[Carole King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Farewell Andromeda]]'' || [[John Denver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar (film)#Soundtrack|Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night]]'' || [[Harry Nilsson]] and [[Gordon Jenkins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never Turn Your Back on a Friend]]'' || [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roger McGuinn (album)|Roger McGuinn]]'' || [[Roger McGuinn]] ||-
|-
|}

===July===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Cosmic Slop]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[A Passion Play]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live 1970
|-
| ''[[Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (album)|Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Queen (Queen album)|Queen]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Elvis (1973 album)|Elvis]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[We're an American Band]]'' || [[Grand Funk Railroad]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Rufus (Rufus album)|Rufus]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Genesis Live]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Love Devotion Surrender]]'' || [[Carlos Santana]] and [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mott (album)|Mott]]'' || [[Mott the Hoople]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Tres Hombres]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[New York Dolls (album)|New York Dolls]]'' || [[New York Dolls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Foreigner (Cat Stevens album)|Foreigner]]'' || [[Cat Stevens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life and Times (Jim Croce album)|Life and Times]]'' || [[Jim Croce]] ||-
|-
| ''[[10cc (album)|10cc]]'' || [[10cc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[African Herbsman]]'' || [[The Wailers (1963–1974 band)|The Wailers]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Barry Manilow (1973 album)|Barry Manilow]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boulders (album)|Boulders]]'' || [[Roy Wood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Countdown to Ecstasy]]'' || [[Steely Dan]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Janis Joplin]]  || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Styx II]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Morning After (Maureen McGovern album)|The Morning After]]'' || [[Maureen McGovern]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sweet (album)|The Sweet]]'' || [[The Sweet|Sweet]] || US-only compilation and debut
|-
| ''[[Unlucky Boy]]'' || [[Chicken Shack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whatever Turns You On (album)|Whatever Turns You On]]'' || [[West, Bruce and Laing]] ||-
|-
|}

===August===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack album)|Killing Me Softly]]'' || [[Roberta Flack]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Innervisions]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[3 + 3]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pressure Cookin']]'' || [[Labelle]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Sing It Again Rod]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]]  || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Body Talk (George Benson album)|Body Talk]]'' || [[George Benson]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Let's Get It On]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]]  ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Goats Head Soup]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[Legend (Henry Cow album)|Legend]]'' || [[Henry Cow]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[Moontan]]'' || [[Golden Earring]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Bio (album)|Bio]]'' || [[Chuck Berry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brothers and Sisters (album)|Brothers and Sisters]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chi-Lites (album)|Chi-Lites]]'' || [[The Chi-Lites]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deliver the Word]]'' || [[War (U.S. band)|War]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Future Days]]'' || [[Can (band)|Can]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard Nose the Highway]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Montezuma Hall]]'' || [[Mickey Newbury]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Maria Muldaur (album)|Maria Muldaur]]'' || [[Maria Muldaur]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Sweat (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)|No Sweat]]'' || [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] ||-
|-
| ''Valley Hi'' || [[Ian Matthews (musician)|Ian Matthews]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Volcanic Rock (album)|Volcanic Rock]]'' || [[Buffalo (band)|Buffalo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yeah! (Brownsville Station album)|Yeah!]]'' || [[Brownsville Station (band)|Brownsville Station]] ||-
|-
|}

===September===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Sweet Freedom (Uriah Heep album)|Sweet Freedom]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Johnny Cash and His Woman]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] and [[June Carter Cash]] ||-
|-
|5
|''[[Buckingham Nicks]]''
|[[Lindsey Buckingham]] and [[Stevie Nicks]]
| -
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Over-Nite Sensation]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Side 3 (Raspberries album)|Side 3]]'' || [[Raspberries (band)|Raspberries]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Angel Clare]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Bubbling Over (album)|Bubbling Over]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[In a Glass House]]'' || [[Gentle Giant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vagabonds of the Western World]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faust IV]]'' || [[Faust (band)|Faust]] ||-
|-
| ''[[G.I.T.: Get It Together]]'' || [[The Jackson 5]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music]]'' || [[Billy Preston]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Milestones (Roy Orbison album)|Milestones]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Super Fly T.N.T.]]'' || [[Osibisa]] || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Hello! (album)|Hello!]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sladest]]'' || [[Slade]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="20" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[Bang (James Gang album)|Bang]]'' || [[James Gang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter]]'' || [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Half-Breed (album)|Half-Breed]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back into the Future]]'' || [[Man (band)|Man]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Don't Call Me Mama Anymore]]'' || [[Cass Elliot]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Crazy Eyes]]'' || [[Poco (band)|Poco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paper Roses (album)|Paper Roses]]'' || [[Marie Osmond]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ecstasy (Ohio Players album)|Ecstasy]]'' || [[Ohio Players]] ||
|-
| ''[[From the Depths of My Soul]]'' || [[Marlena Shaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Moon (Kris Kristofferson album)|Full Moon]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] and [[Rita Coolidge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Only a Movie]]'' || [[Family (band)|Family]] ||-
|-
|''[[Live! The World of Ike & Tina]]''
|[[Ike & Tina Turner]]
|Live
|-
| ''[[Mine (Dolly Parton album)|Mine]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Nice 'n' Greasy]]'' || [[Atomic Rooster]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Show Your Hand (album)|Show Your Hand]]'' || [[Average White Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Years Are Gone]]'' || [[John Mayall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Where My Heart Is]]'' || [[Ronnie Milsap]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wild and Peaceful (Kool & the Gang album)|Wild and Peaceful]]'' || [[Kool & the Gang]] ||-
|}

===October===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Raised on Rock / For Ol' Times Sake|Raised on Rock]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spectrum (Billy Cobham album)|Spectrum]]'' || [[Billy Cobham]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Cry Now]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Stone Gon']]'' || [[Barry White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Selling England by the Pound]]'' || [[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Berlin (Lou Reed album)|Berlin]]'' || [[Lou Reed]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night]]'' || [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[These Foolish Things (album)|These Foolish Things]]'' || [[Bryan Ferry]] ||Solo Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Cyan (Three Dog Night album)|Cyan]]'' || [[Three Dog Night]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips album)|Imagination]]'' || [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back]]'' || [[Frank Sinatra]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Jackie Jackson (album)|Jackie Jackson]]'' || [[Jackie Jackson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[For Everyman]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moondog Matinee]]'' || [[The Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mystery to Me]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time Fades Away]]'' || [[Neil Young]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Wake of the Flood]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Live in Europe (Creedence Clearwater Revival album)|Live in Europe]]'' || [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Montrose (album)|Montrose]]'' || [[Montrose (band)|Montrose]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Burnin' (The Wailers album)|Burnin']]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Joker (album)|The Joker]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pin Ups (album)|Pin Ups]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Covers album
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[High on the Hog (Black Oak Arkansas album)|High on the Hog]]'' || [[Black Oak Arkansas]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Honky Tonk Heroes]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]]  ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Quadrophenia]]'' || [[The Who]] ||<ref>{{cite book|first=Richie|last=Unterberger|title=Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia|publisher=Jawbone Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1-906002-75-6|page=232}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Diana & Marvin]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] and [[Marvin Gaye]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hat Trick (America album)|Hat Trick]]'' || [[America (band)|America]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Head Hunters]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[It's Like You Never Left]]'' || [[Dave Mason]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[Ashes Are Burning]]'' || [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[At the Rainbow]]'' || [[Focus (band)|Focus]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Adventures of Panama Red]]'' || [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All American Boy (Rick Derringer album)|All American Boy]]'' || [[Rick Derringer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bodacious DF]]'' || Bodacious DF ||-
|-
| ''[[Bulletin Board (album)|Bulletin Board]]'' || [[The Partridge Family]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cyborg (Klaus Schulze album)|Cyborg]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes]]'' || [[David Cassidy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)|Full Sail]]'' || [[Loggins and Messina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gone Crazy (album)|Gone Crazy]]'' || [[Nils Lofgren|Grin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inside Out (John Martyn album)|Inside Out]]'' || [[John Martyn (singer)|John Martyn]] ||-
|-
| '' [[It's Been a Long Time (New Birth album)|It's Been a Long Time]]'' || [[New Birth (band)|The New Birth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Remember Hank Williams]]'' || [[Glen Campbell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Laid Back (album)|Laid Back]]'' || [[Gregg Allman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Marjory Razorblade]]'' || [[Kevin Coyne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nine (Fairport Convention album)|Nine]]'' || [[Fairport Convention]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Road (Traffic album)|On the Road]]'' || [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Playin' Favorites]]'' || [[Don McLean]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Please Don't Ever Change]]'' || [[Brinsley Schwarz]] ||-
|-
|''[[Ralf und Florian]]''
|[[Kraftwerk]]
| -
|-
| ''[[Suzi Quatro (album)|Suzi Quatro]]'' || [[Suzi Quatro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Revenge (John Prine album)|Sweet Revenge]]'' || [[John Prine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Takin' My Time]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You've Got It Bad Girl]]'' || [[Quincy Jones]] ||-
|-
|}

===November===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Stranded (album)|Stranded]]'' || [[Roxy Music]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Road to Freedom]]'' || [[Alvin Lee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ringo (album)|Ringo]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Abandoned Luncheonette]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Ladies Invited]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loud 'n' Proud]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||UK
|-
| ''[[Welcome (Santana album)|Welcome]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Piano Man (Billy Joel album)|Piano Man]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Bette Midler (album)|Bette Midler]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Between Nothingness and Eternity]]'' || [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mind Games (John Lennon album)|Mind Games]]'' || [[John Lennon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Preservation Act 1]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[The Beach Boys in Concert]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Dylan (1973 album)|Dylan]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Outtakes recorded 1969–'70
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Muscle of Love]]'' || [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Feeling the Space]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Ass (album)|Ass]]'' || [[Badfinger]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Solar Fire]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;" | -
| ''[[Sabbath Bloody Sabbath]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tattoo (Rory Gallagher album)|Tattoo]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bedside Manners Are Extra]]'' || [[Greenslade]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rockin' with Curly Leads]]'' || [[The Shadows]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electric Jewels]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Friends and Legends]]'' || [[Michael Stanley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Human Menagerie]]'' || [[Cockney Rebel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[John Denver's Greatest Hits]]'' || [[John Denver]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[(No Pussyfooting)]]'' || [[Robert Fripp]] and [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
|''[[Nutbush City Limits (album)]]'' 
|[[Ike & Tina Turner]]
| -
|-
| ''[[On the Third Day]]'' || [[Electric Light Orchestra]] ||US
|-
| ''[[Ship Ahoy (album)|Ship Ahoy]]'' || [[The O'Jays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quiet Places]]'' || [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stretch (album)|Stretch]]'' || [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Viva Terlingua]]'' || [[Jerry Jeff Walker]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Witness (Spooky Tooth album)|Witness]]'' || [[Spooky Tooth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wovoka (album)|Wovoka]]'' || [[Redbone (band)|Redbone]] ||-
|-
|}

===December===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Last Time I Saw Him]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Livin' for You]]'' || [[Al Green]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Brain Salad Surgery]]'' || [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1047-2097-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Tales from Topographic Oceans]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Double album
|-
| ''[[Band on the Run]]'' || [[Paul McCartney & Wings]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/704-1142-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[1990 (The Temptations album)|1990]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Angel's Egg (album)|Angel's Egg]]'' || [[Gong (band)|Gong]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Ridin' the Storm Out]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="vertical-align:top;"|-
| ''[[I Got a Name]]'' || [[Jim Croce]] || Posthumous 
|-
| ''[[Short Stories (Harry Chapin album)|Short Stories]]'' || [[Harry Chapin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Comin' Atcha (album)|Comin' Atcha]]'' || [[Madeline Bell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Another Lonely Song (album)|Another Lonely Song]]'' || [[Tammy Wynette]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bachman–Turner Overdrive II]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Essence to Essence]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Dates]]'' || [[Wishbone Ash]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (album)|The Ozark Mountain Daredevils]]'' || [[Ozark Mountain Daredevils]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Payback]]'' || [[James Brown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Virtuoso (Joe Pass album)|Virtuoso]]'' || [[Joe Pass]] ||-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* ''[[8th Street Nites]]'' - [[Back Door (jazz trio)|Back Door]]
* ''[[953 West]]'' - [[Siegel-Schwall Band]]
* ''[[Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere]]'' – [[Perigeo]]
* ''[[Afrodisiac (Fela Kuti album)|Afrodisiac]]'' – [[Fela Kuti]]
* ''[[Afrodisiac (The Main Ingredient album)|Afrodisiac]]'' - [[The Main Ingredient (band)|The Main Ingredient]]
* ''[[After the Ball (album)|After the Ball]]'' - [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]]
* ''[[Air Cut]]'' - [[Curved Air]]
* ''[[The Alchemist (Home album)|The Alchemist]]'' - [[Home (British band)|Home]]
* ''[[All I Need Is Time]]'' - [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
* ''[[And I Love You So (song)|And I Love You So]]'' – [[Perry Como]]
* ''[[Andy Pratt (album)|Andy Pratt]]'' - [[Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)|Andy Pratt]]
* ''[[Anthenagin]]'' - [[Art Blakey]]
* ''[[Aquashow]]'' – [[Elliott Murphy]]
* ''[[Arbeit macht frei (album)|Arbeit macht frei]]'' – [[Area (band)|Area]]
* ''[[Astral Traveling]]'' - [[Lonnie Liston Smith]]
* ''[[Attempted Mustache]]'' – [[Loudon Wainwright III]]
* ''[[Back Street Crawler (album)|Back Street Crawler]]'' - [[Paul Kossoff]]
* ''[[Back to the World (Curtis Mayfield album)|Back to the World]]'' – [[Curtis Mayfield]]
* ''[[Bad Dreams (Ike Turner album)|Bad Dreams]]'' - [[Ike Turner]] 
* ''[[Baron von Tollbooth & the Chrome Nun]]'' - [[Paul Kantner]], [[Grace Slick]], and [[David Freiberg]]
* ''[[Basic Miles: The Classic Performances of Miles Davis]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
* ''[[Be What You Are]]'' - [[The Staple Singers]]
* ''[[Beans and Fatback]]'' - [[Link Wray]]
* ''[[Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)|Behind Closed Doors]]'' – [[Charlie Rich]]
* ''[[Betty Davis (album)|Betty Davis]]'' – [[Betty Davis]]
* ''[[Black & Blue (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)|Black & Blue]]'' - [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]]
* ''[[Black Byrd]]'' - [[Donald Byrd]]
* ''[[Both Feet on the Ground]]'' - [[Kenny Burrell]]
* ''[[Brenda (album)|Brenda]]'' - [[Brenda Lee]]
* ''[[Bummm!]]'' – [[Locomotiv GT]]
* ''[[Bursting at the Seams]]'' - [[Strawbs]]
* ''[[Butterfly Dreams]]'' - [[Flora Purim]]
* ''[[Call of the Wild (Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes album)|Call of the Wild]]'' - [[The Amboy Dukes (band)|The Amboy Dukes]]
* ''[[Can't Get No Grindin']]'' - [[Muddy Waters]] 
* ''[[Canto por travesura]]'' – [[Víctor Jara]]
* ''[[Cannons in the Rain]]'' - [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]]
* ''[[Carnegie Hall (Hubert Laws album)|Carnegie Hall]]'' - [[Hubert Laws]]
* ''[[Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night]]'' - [[Peter Hammill]]
* ''[[The Chieftains 4]]'' – [[The Chieftains]]
* ''[[Chemins de Terre]]'' – [[Alan Stivell]]
* ''[[Le Cimetière des arlequins]]'' – [[Ange (band)|Ange]]
* ''[[Come into My Life (Jermaine Jackson album)|Come into My Life]]'' - [[Jermaine Jackson]]
* ''[[Composite Truth]]'' - [[Mandrill (band)|Mandrill]]
* ''[[Concerto delle menti]]'' – [[Pholas Dactylus (band)|Pholas Dactylus]]
* ''[[Conference of the Birds (Dave Holland album)|Conference of the Birds]]'' – [[Dave Holland (bassist)|Dave Holland]]
* ''[[Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir]]'' - [[Michael Martin Murphey]]
* ''[[Crystal Silence]]'' - [[Chick Corea]] and [[Gary Burton]]
* ''[[Dave Mason Is Alive]]'' - [[Dave Mason]]
* ''[[Doing It to Death (album)|Doing It to Death]]'' - [[The J.B.'s]]
* ''[[Don't Mess with Mister T.]]'' - [[Stanley Turrentine]]
* ''[[Double Diamond (album)|Double Diamond]]'' – [[If (band)|If]]
* ''[[Dublin Street Songs / Through Dublin City]]'' – [[Frank Harte]]
* ''[[Duncan Browne (album)|Duncan Browne]]'' - [[Duncan Browne]]
* ''[[Earth (Vangelis album)|Earth]]'' – [[Vangelis]]
* ''[[Etta James (1973 album)|Etta James]]'' - [[Etta James]]
* ''[[Evolution (Malo album)|Evolution]]'' - [[Malo (band)|Malo]]
* ''[[Extensions (McCoy Tyner album)|Extensions]]'' - [[McCoy Tyner]]
* ''[[Farewell to Paradise]]'' – [[Emitt Rhodes]]
* ''[[The Faust Tapes]]'' – [[Faust (band)|Faust]]
* ''[[Felona e Sorona]]'' – [[Le Orme]]
* ''[[For Real! (Ruben and the Jets album)|For Real!]]'' – [[Ruben and the Jets]]
* ''[[Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos album)|Forever and Ever]]'' – [[Demis Roussos]]
* ''[[Funky Kingston]]'' - [[Toots and the Maytals]]
* ''[[Funky Serenity]]'' - [[Ramsey Lewis]]
* ''[[Gentleman (Fela Kuti album)|Gentleman]]'' - [[Fela Kuti]]
* ''[[Giant Box]]'' - [[Don Sebesky]]
* ''[[Gluggo]]'' - [[The Spencer Davis Group]]
* ''[[Grimms (album)|Grimms]]'' – [[Grimms]]
* ''[[Hank Wilson's Back Vol. I]]'' - [[Leon Russell]]
* ''[[Home Thoughts]]'' – [[Clifford T. Ward]]
* ''[[How Sweet to Be an Idiot]]'' – [[Neil Innes]]
* ''[[Have a Good Time for Me]]'' – [[Jonathan Edwards (musician)|Jonathan Edwards]]
* ''[[Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy]]'' - [[Return to Forever]]
* ''[[I'm in Love with You (album)|I'm in Love with You]]'' – [[The Detroit Emeralds]]
* ''[[Inside (Eloy album)|Inside]]'' – [[Eloy (band)|Eloy]] 
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* ''[[Join Inn]]'' – [[Ash Ra Tempel]]
* ''[[Jonathan Livingston Seagull (album)|Jonathan Livingston Seagull]]'' – [[Neil Diamond]]
* ''[[Journey (Kingdom Come album)|Journey]]'' - [[Kingdom Come (British band)|Kingdom Come]]
* ''[[Joy (Isaac Hayes album)|Joy]]'' - [[Isaac Hayes]]
* ''[[Julien (album)|Julien]]'' – [[Dalida]]
* ''[[Just Outside of Town]]'' - [[Mandrill (band)|Mandrill]]
* ''[[Kindling (album)|Kindling]]'' - [[Gene Parsons]]
* ''[[Kings of Oblivion]]'' - [[Pink Fairies]]
* ''[[Layers (Les McCann album)|Layers]]'' - [[Les McCann]]
* ''[[Lifemask]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
* ''[[Light as a Feather]]'' – [[Return to Forever]] 
* ''[[Live at the Lighthouse (Elvin Jones album)|Live at the Lighthouse]]'' – [[Elvin Jones]] – Live
* ''[[Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973]]'' – [[Donovan]]
* ''[[The London Bo Diddley Sessions]]'' - [[Bo Diddley]]
* ''[[Long Hard Climb]]'' - [[Helen Reddy]]
* ''[[Looking Back (Leon Russell album)|Looking Back]]'' – [[Leon Russell]]
* ''[[Louisiana Rock & Roll]]'' - [[Potliquor]]
* ''[[Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man]]'' - [[Conway Twitty]] and [[Loretta Lynn]]
* ''[[Love Is the Message (MFSB album)|Love Is the Message]]'' – [[MFSB]]
* ''[[The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children#Releases|Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children]]'' – [[The Simon Sisters]]
* ''[[Main Street People]]'' - [[Four Tops]]
* ''[[Marlena Shaw Live at Montreux]]'' - [[Marlena Shaw]] (Live Album)
* ''[[Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh]]'' – [[Magma (band)|Magma]]
* ''[[MFSB (album)|MFSB]]'' – [[MFSB]]
* ''[[The MG's (album)|The MG's]]'' - [[The MG's]]
* ''[[Mr. Jones (Elvin Jones album)|Mr. Jones]]'' – [[Elvin Jones]]
* ''[[Monk in Tokyo]]'' – [[Thelonious Monk]]
* ''[[Moon Germs]]'' - [[Joe Farrell]]
* ''[[Moonshine (Bert Jansch album)|Moonshine]]'' - [[Bert Jansch]]
* ''[[Multiple (album)|Multiple]]'' - [[Joe Henderson]]
* ''[[Natural High (Bloodstone album)|Natural High]]'' - [[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]]
* ''[[Neu! 2]]'' – [[Neu!]]
* ''[[The New Quartet]]'' - [[Gary Burton]]
* ''[[Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]] 
* ''[[Next (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band album)|Next]]'' – [[The Sensational Alex Harvey Band]]
* ''[[Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)]]'' - [[George Jones]]
* ''[[October (Claire Hamill album)|October]]'' - [[Claire Hamill]]
* ''[[One Man Band (Ronnie Dyson album)|One Man Band]]'' - [[Ronnie Dyson]]
* ''[[Oooh So Good 'n Blues]]'' – [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
* ''[[Our Lady of Late]]'' – [[Meredith Monk]]
* ''[[Outside the Dream Syndicate]]'' - [[Tony Conrad]] and [[Faust (band)|Faust]]
* ''[[Over the Rainbow (Livingston Taylor album)|Over the Rainbow]]'' - [[Livingston Taylor]]
* ''[[Palepoli]]'' – [[Osanna]]
* ''[[Penny Arcade (album)|Penny Arcade]]'' - [[Joe Farrell]]
* ''[[Pipedream (Alan Hull album)|Pipedream]]'' – [[Alan Hull]] (solo début)
* ''[[Plain and Simple]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
* ''[[Planxty (album)|Planxty]]'' – [[Planxty]] (début)
* ''[[The Power of Joe Simon]]'' - [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]]
* ''[[Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash]]'' – [[Mike Nesmith]]
* ''[[Really (album)|Really]]'' – [[J.J. Cale]]
* ''[[Right Now! (Little Richard album)|Right Now!]]'' – [[Little Richard]]
* ''[[Rock On (David Essex album)|Rock On]]'' – [[David Essex]]
* ''[[Rockin' Duck]]'' – [[Grimms]]
* ''[[Sings in Italian for You]]'' – [[Dalida]]
* ''[[Solitaire (Andy Williams album)|Solitaire]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
* ''[[Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne]]'' – [[Keith Jarrett]]
* ''[[Songs That Made America Famous]]'' – [[Patrick Sky]]
* ''[[Starring Rosi]]'' – [[Ash Ra Tempel]]
* ''[[Studio One Presents Burning Spear]]'' - [[Burning Spear]]
* ''Super Natural'' – [[Edwin Birdsong]]
* ''[[The Supremes Live! In Japan]]'' – [[Supremes]] – Live
* ''[[The Táin (Horslips album)|The Táin]]'' – [[Horslips]]
* ''[[Tango (Tanguito album)|Tango]]'' – [[Tanguito]]
* ''[[The Three Degrees (album)|The Three Degrees]]'' – [[The Three Degrees]]
* ''[[Take Love Easy]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Joe Pass]]
* ''[[Twice Removed from Yesterday]]'' – [[Robin Trower]]
* ''[[Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle]]'' – [[Lee "Scratch" Perry|Lee Perry]]
* ''[[Viva Chile!]]'' – [[Inti-Illimani]]
* ''[[The Way (1973 album)|The Way]]'' – [[The Way (Jesus music band)|The Way]]
* ''[[The Well Below the Valley (album)|The Well Below the Valley]]'' – [[Planxty]]
* ''[[Wizzard Brew]]'' – [[Wizzard]] (début)
{{col-end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1973.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1973.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1  || [[The Rolling Stones]] || [[Angie (Rolling Stones song)|Angie]] || 1973 || {{flagicon|UK}} || US BB 1 – Sep 1973, Canada 1 – Sep 1973, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1973, France 1 – Sep 1973, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1973, Norway 1 – Oct 1973, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1974, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1973, Europe 3 of the 1970s, Germany 4 – Jan 1974, Belgium 4 of all time, UK 5 – Sep 1973, Italy 6 of 1974, Austria 8 – Oct 1973, DDD 11 of 1973, Australia 19 of 1973, RYM 27 of 1973, Poland 43 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of ballad, US CashBox 69 of 1973, OzNet 71, Germany 190 of the 1970s, WXPN 571, Acclaimed 1093
|-
| 2  || [[Tony Orlando & Dawn]] || [[Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree]] || 1973 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Mar 1973, US BB 1 – Mar 1973, US CashBox 1 of 1973, Canada 1 – Mar 1973, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1973, Norway 1 – May 1973, Australia 1 of 1973, Éire 1 – Apr 1973, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1973, Australia Goset 1 – May 1973, Austria 2 – Jun 1973, France 3 – Apr 1973, Germany 10 – Jun 1973, South Africa 10 of 1973, US BB 11 of 1973, TOTP 14, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1973, POP 36 of 1973, DDD 88 of 1973
|-
| 3  || [[The Sweet|Sweet]] || [[The Ballroom Blitz]] || 1973
1975

(us)
|{{flagicon|UK}} || Canada 1 – Aug 1975, France 1 – Oct 1973, Éire 1 – Sep 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Nov 1973, UK 2 – Sep 1973, Norway 2 – Oct 1973, Switzerland 3 – Sep 1973, Germany 3 – Jan 1974, Netherlands 4 – Sep 1973, US BB 5 – Aug 1975, Austria 5 – Nov 1973, Australia 9 of 1974, Scrobulate 9 of glam rock, US BB 11 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1973, POP 30 of 1975, US CashBox 46 of 1975, DDD 51 of 1973, Germany 137 of the 1970s, TheQ 188, OzNet 217, Acclaimed 2373
|-
| 4  || [[Elton John]] || [[Crocodile Rock]] || 1972 ||{{flagicon|UK}} || US BB 1 – Dec 1972, Canada 1 – Dec 1972, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1973, Italy 1 of 1973, Australia Goset 2 – Jan 1973, Norway 3 – Feb 1973, US CashBox 4 of 1973, Germany 4 – Jan 1973, UK 5 – Nov 1972, Australia 5 of 1973, Austria 6 – Feb 1973, France 9 – Dec 1972, POP 9 of 1973, Netherlands 12 – Dec 1972, OzNet 12, US BB 16 of 1973, RYM 26 of 1972, DDD 27 of 1972, Germany 223 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 2325
|-
| 5  || [[Roberta Flack]] || [[Killing Me Softly With His Song]] || 1973 || {{flagicon|US}} || US BB 1 – Feb 1973, Canada 1 – Feb 1973, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Nov 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Mar 1973, Grammy in 1973, Netherlands 3 – Feb 1973, Norway 4 – Aug 1973, France 5 – Apr 1973, UK 6 – Feb 1973, DDD 8 of 1973, Australia 17 of 1973, Austria 19 – Dec 1973, US CashBox 21 of 1973, RYM 25 of 1973, Switzerland 32 – Oct 1996, RIAA 101, Rolling Stone 360, Acclaimed 631, OzNet 863
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song title 
! Artist(s) 
! Release date(s) 
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
! Highest chart position
! Other Chart Performance(s)
|-
|| "[[5:15]]" || [[The Who]] || {{Date table sorting|091973}}|September 1973 || 45 || 20 || 20 (United States) || n/a
|-
|| "[[48 Crash]]" || [[Suzi Quatro]] || {{Date table sorting|071973}}|July 1973 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Australia) || [[48 Crash#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[20th Century Boy]]" || [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]] || {{Date table sorting|031973}}|March 1973 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Ireland) || 8 (West Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 28 (Spain) - 57 (Australia)
|-
|| *"[[After the Gold Rush (song)|After the Goldrush]]" || [[Prelude (band)|Prelude]] || {{Date table sorting|111973}}|November 1973 || 22 || 21 || 21 (United Kingdom) || 51 (Australia)
|-
|| [[Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)]] || [[Four Tops]] || {{Date table sorting|021973}}|January 1973 || 4 || n/a || 4 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 2 (U.S Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 11 (Canada) - 14 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary)
|-
|| "[[All I Know]]" || [[Art Garfunkel]] || {{Date table sorting|081973}}|August 1973 || 9 || n/a || 1 (Canada) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 6 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 7 (Canada) - 17 (New Zealand) - 36 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Alright Alright Alright]]" || [[Mungo Jerry]] || {{Date table sorting|061973}}|June 1973 || n/a || 3 || 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Single Top 100]) || 4 (Ireland) - 12 (Belgium [Flanders], Germany) - 16 (Belgium [Wallonia]) - 26 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)]]" || [[Eumir Deodato|Deodato]] || {{Date table sorting|021973}}|January 1973 || 2 || 7 || 2 (United States) || 3 (Canada) - 5 (U.S. Billboard Easy Listening) - 22 (Canadian RPM AC Chart)
|-
|| "[[Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)]]" || [[Wizzard]] || {{Date table sorting|091973}}|September 1979 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || 7 (Ireland) - 42 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Angie (Rolling Stones song)|Angie]] " || [[The Rolling Stones]] || {{Date table sorting|081973}}|August 1973 || 1 || 5 || 1 [[Angie (song)#Charts|(9 countries)]] || [[Angie (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Are You Man Enough (The Four Tops song)|Are You Man Enough]]" || [[The Four Tops]] || {{Date table sorting|061973}}|June 1973 || 15 || 55 || 15 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100) || 2 (U.S Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 35 (Canadia)
|-
|| "[[Armed and Extremely Dangerous (song)|Armed and Extremely Dangerous]]" || [[First Choice (band)|First Choice]] || {{Date table sorting|031973}}|March 1973 || 28 || 16 || 16 (United Kingdom) || 1 (UK Blues & Soul magazine chart) - 11 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles) - 19 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 55 (Canada)
|-
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[All the Way from Memphis]]" – [[Mott the Hoople]] (# 10 UK)
* "[[Baby, I Love You]] – [[Dave Edmunds]]
* "[[Bad Bad Leroy Brown]]" – [[Jim Croce]]
* "[[The Ballroom Blitz]]" – [[The Sweet|Sweet]]
* "[[Basketball Jones]]" – [[Cheech and Chong]]
* "[[Be (Neil Diamond song)|Be]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
* "[[Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)|Behind Closed Doors]]" – [[Charlie Rich]]  (#15 US)
* "[[Blinded By the Light]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "[[Blockbuster!]]" – [[The Sweet|Sweet]]
* "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]" – [[Bette Midler]]
* "[[Born to Be with You (song)|Born To Be With You]] – [[Dave Edmunds]]
* "[[Brother Louie (Hot Chocolate song)|Brother Louie]]" – [[Hot Chocolate]]
* "[[Brother Louie (Hot Chocolate song)|Brother Louie]]" – [[Stories (band)|Stories]]
* "Call Me (Come Back Home)" – [[Al Green]]
* "[[Candle in the Wind]]" – [[Elton John]]
* "Can the Can" – [[Suzi Quatro]]
* "[[Caroline (Status Quo song)|Caroline]]" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
* "C'est pour toi" (French version of "Touch the Wind") – [[Mocedades]]
* "[[China Grove (song)|China Grove]]" – [[The Doobie Brothers]]
* "Cindy Incidentally" – [[Faces (band)|Faces]]
* "[[The Cisco Kid (song)|The Cisco Kid]]" – [[War (U.S. band)|War]]  (#2 US)
* "[[Close Your Eyes (Edward Bear song)|Close Your Eyes]]" – [[Edward Bear]]
* "[[Could It Be I'm Falling in Love]]" – [[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]]
* "[[The Cover of the Rolling Stone|The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"]]" – [[Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show]]
* "[[Cum on Feel the Noize]]" – [[Slade]]
* "[[Daddy's Home (song)|Daddy's Home]]" – [[Jermaine Jackson]]
* "[[Daisy a Day]]" – [[Jud Strunk]] (#14 US)
* "[[Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)]]" – [[Barry Blue]]
* "[[Dancing in the Moonlight]]" – [[King Harvest]]
* "[[Daniel (Elton John song)|Daniel]]" – [[Elton John]]
* "[[Daydreamer (1973 song)|Daydreamer]]"/"The Puppy Song" – [[David Cassidy]]
* "[[The Dean and I]]" – [[10cc]]
* "[[Delta Dawn]]" – [[Helen Reddy]]
* "[[Diamond Girl (Seals and Crofts song)|Diamond Girl]]" – [[Seals and Crofts]]  (#6 US)
* "[[Do It Again (Steely Dan song)|Do It Again]]" – [[Steely Dan]]
* "Do You Wanna Dance" – [[Barry Blue]]
* "[[Do You Wanna Dance?]]" – [[Bette Midler]]
* "[[Do You Wanna Touch Me]]" – [[Gary Glitter]]
* "[[Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend]]" – [[Lobo (musician)|Lobo]]
* "[[Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight]]" – [[James Taylor]]
* "[[Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
* "[[Dream On (Aerosmith song)|Dream On]]" – [[Aerosmith]]
* "[[Drive-In Saturday]]" – [[David Bowie]] (#3 UK)
* "[[D'yer Mak'er]]" – [[Led Zeppelin]]
* "[[Everything's Been Changed]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]]
* "[[Eye Level]]" – [[Simon Park Orchestra]]
* "[[Feelin' Stronger Every Day]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
* "[[For Your Love (Ed Townsend song)|For Your Love]]" – [[Gwen McCrae]]
* "[[Frankenstein (instrumental)|Frankenstein]]" – [[Edgar Winter|Edgar Winter Group]]
* "[[The Free Electric Band]]" – [[Albert Hammond]]
* "[[Get Down (Gilbert O'Sullivan song)|Get Down]]" – [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]
* "[[Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)]]" – [[George Harrison]]
* "[[Goin' Home (The Osmonds song)|Goin' Home]]" – [[The Osmonds]]
* "[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (song)|Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]]" – [[Elton John]]
* "The Groover" – [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
* "[[Gypsy Man (song)|Gypsy Man]]" – [[War (American band)|War]]
* "[[Half-Breed (song)|Half-Breed]]" – [[Cher]]
* "[[A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall]]" – [[Bryan Ferry]]
* "[[Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat]]" – [[DeFranco Family]]
* "[[Helen Wheels]]" – [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney and Wings]]
* "Hell Raiser" – [[The Sweet|Sweet]]
* "[[Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again]]" – [[Gary Glitter]]
* "[[Hello Hooray]]" – [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]
* "[[Hello It's Me]]" – [[Todd Rundgren]] (#5 US)
* "[[Here I Am (Come and Take Me)]]" – [[Al Green]]
* "[[Hi, Hi, Hi]]"/"[[C Moon]]" – [[Wings (band)|Wings]]
* "[[Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)|Higher Ground]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
* "[[Hocus Pocus (song)|Hocus Pocus]]" – [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
* "[[Hummingbird (Seals & Crofts song)|Hummingbird]]" – Seals and Crofts
* "[[Hurting Each Other]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
* "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" – [[Johnnie Taylor|Johnny Taylor]]
* "[[I Got a Name]]" – [[Jim Croce]]
* "[[I Love You Love Me Love]]" – [[Gary Glitter]]
* "[[I Wanna Be with You (Raspberries song)|I Wanna Be With You]]" – [[Raspberries (band)|Raspberries]]
* "[[I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday]]" – [[Wizzard]]
* "I'm Doing Fine Now" – [[New York City (band)|New York City]]
* "[[I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby]]" – [[Barry White]]
* "[[I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)]]" – [[The Moody Blues]]
* "[[I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)]]" – [[Gary Glitter]]
* "[[I've Got to Use My Imagination]]" – [[Gladys Knight & The Pips]]
* "[[If You Don't Know Me By Now]]" – [[Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes]]
* "[[Jambalaya (On the Bayou)]]" – [[John Fogerty]]
* "[[The Jean Genie]]" – [[David Bowie]]
* "[[Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne]]" – [[Looking Glass (band)|Looking Glass]]
* "[[The Joker (album)|The Joker]]" – [[Steve Miller Band]]
* "[[Just You 'N' Me]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
* "[[Keep on Truckin' (song)|Keep On Truckin']]" – [[Eddie Kendricks]]  (#1 US)
* "[[Keeper of the Castle (song)|Keeper of the Castle]]" – [[The Four Tops]]
* "[[Killing Me Softly (song)|Killing Me Softly with His Song]]" – [[Roberta Flack]]
* "[[Kodachrome (song)|Kodachrome]]" – [[Paul Simon]]
* "Lamplight" – [[David Essex]]
* "[[Last Song (Edward Bear song)|Last Song]]" – [[Edward Bear]]
* "[[Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)]]" – [[Helen Reddy]]
* "[[Let It Ride (Bachman–Turner Overdrive song)|Let It Ride]]" – [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]]
* "[[Let Me Serenade You]]" – [[Three Dog Night]]
* "[[Let's Get It On]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]
* "[[Let Me Be There]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
* "[[Let Me In (The Osmonds song)|Let Me In]]" – [[The Osmonds]]
* "[[Life on Mars?]]" – [[David Bowie]]
* "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]" – [[Wings (band)|Wings]]
* "[[Living For the City]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
* "[[Living Together, Growing Together]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]]
* "[[Long Train Runnin']]" – [[The Doobie Brothers]]
* "[[Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)]]" – [[ABBA]]
* "[[Love Train]]" – [[The O'Jays]]
* "[[Loves Me Like a Rock]]" – [[Paul Simon]] (with [[The Dixie Hummingbirds]])
* "[[A Love Song (Loggins and Messina song)|A Love Song]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
* "Mama Loo" – [[Les Humphries Singers]]
* "[[Masterpiece (The Temptations song)|Masterpiece]]" – [[The Temptations]] (#7 US)
* "[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]" – [[Billy Paul]]
* "[[Merry Xmas Everybody]]" – [[Slade]]
* "[[Midnight Train to Georgia]]" – [[Gladys Knight and The Pips]]
* "[[Midnight Rider]]" – [[Gregg Allman]]
* "[[Mind Games (John Lennon song)|Mind Games]]" – [[John Lennon]]
* "[[Money (Pink Floyd song)|Money]]" – [[Pink Floyd]]
* "[[The Morning After (Maureen McGovern song)|The Morning After]]" – [[Maureen McGovern]]
* "[[The Most Beautiful Girl]]" – [[Charlie Rich]]
* "[[Muskrat Love]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
* "[[My Coo Ca Choo|My Coo-Ca-Choo]]" – [[Alvin Stardust]]
* "[[My Friend Stan]]" – [[Slade]]
* "[[My Love (Paul McCartney & Wings song)|My Love]]" – [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney & Wings]]
* "[[My Maria]]" – B. W. Stevenson
* "[[Natural High (Bloodstone song)|Natural High]]" – [[Bloodstone (band)|Bloodstone]]
* "[[Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)]]" – [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]
* "[[The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia]]" – [[Vicki Lawrence]]
* "[[Nina, Pretty Ballerina]]" – [[ABBA]]
* "[[No More Mr. Nice Guy (song)|No More Mr. Nice Guy]]" – [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]
* "[[Nutbush City Limits]] – [[Ike & Tina Turner]]
* "[[Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?]]" – [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Hurricane Smith]]
* "[[One and One Is One (song)|One and One is One]]" – [[Medicine Head]]
* "[[One of a Kind (Love Affair)]]" – [[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]]
* "[[Painted Ladies (song)|Painted Ladies]]" – [[Ian Thomas (Canadian musician)|Ian Thomas]]
* "[[Paper Plane (song)|Paper Plane]]" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
* "[[Paper Roses]]" – [[Marie Osmond]]
* "[[Photograph (Ringo Starr song)|Photograph]]" – [[Ringo Starr]]  (#1 US)
* "Pick Up The Pieces" – [[Hudson Ford]]
* "[[Pillow Talk (Sylvia song)|Pillow Talk]]" – [[Sylvia Robinson|Sylvia]]
* "[[Playground in My Mind]]" – [[Clint Holmes]]
* "[[Pretty Lady (Lighthouse song)|Pretty Lady]]" – [[Lighthouse (band)|Lighthouse]]
* "[[Power to All Our Friends]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
* "[[Radar Love]]" – [[Golden Earring]]
* "[[Ramblin' Man (The Allman Brothers Band song)|Ramblin' Man]]" – [[Allman Brothers Band]]
* "Randy" – [[Blue Mink]]
* "[[Reelin' in the Years]]" – [[Steely Dan]]
* "[[Right Place, Wrong Time (Dr. John song)|Right Place, Wrong Time]]" – [[Dr. John]]
* "[[The Right Thing to Do]]" – [[Carly Simon]]
* "[[Ring Ring (ABBA song)|Ring Ring]]" – [[ABBA]]
* "[[Rock On (David Essex song)|Rock On]]" – [[David Essex]]
* "[[Rocky Mountain High]]" – [[John Denver]]
* "[[Rocky Mountain Way]]" – [[Joe Walsh]]
* "[[Roll Away the Stone]]" – [[Mott the Hoople]]
* "[[Roll Over Beethoven]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
* "[[Rubber Bullets]]" – [[10cc]]
* "[[Sail On, Sailor]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
* "[[Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting]]" – [[Elton John]]
* "[[See My Baby Jive]]" – [[Wizzard]]
* "[[Send a Little Love My Way]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
* "[[Shambala (song)|Shambala]]" – [[Three Dog Night]]
* "[[Show and Tell (song)|Show and Tell]]" – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]]
* "[[Sing (The Carpenters song)|Sing]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
* "[[Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me]]" – [[Slade]]
* "Smarty Pants" – [[First Choice (band)|First Choice]]
* "[[Smoke on the Water]]" – [[Deep Purple]]
* "[[Solitaire (Neil Sedaka song)|Solitaire]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
* "[[Sorrow (The McCoys song)|Sorrow]]" – [[David Bowie]]
* "[[Soul Makossa]]" – [[Manu Dibango]]
* "[[Space Race]]" – [[Billy Preston]]
* "[[Stir It Up]]" – [[Johnny Nash]]
* "[[Stuck in the Middle with You]]" – [[Stealers Wheel]]
* "[[Sunday Sunrise (song)|Sunday Sunrise]]" – [[Brenda Lee]]
* "[[Superstition (song)|Superstition]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
* "[[Sweet Understanding Love]]" – [[The Four Tops]]
* "Sylvia" – [[Focus (band)|Focus]]
* "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" – [[Paul Simon]]
* "[[Teenage Lament '74]]" – [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper]]
* "[[Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree]]" – [[Tony Orlando & Dawn|Dawn featuring Tony Orlando]]
* "[[Time in a Bottle]]" – [[Jim Croce]]
* "[[That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2]]" – [[The Isley Brothers]]
* "[[The Old Fashioned Way (song)|The Old Fashioned Way]]" – [[Charles Aznavour]]
* "[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
* "[[Touch Me in the Morning (song)|Touch Me in the Morning]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
* "[[Trouble Man (song)|Trouble Man]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]]
* "[[Welcome Home (1973 song)|Welcome Home]]" – [[Peters and Lee]]
* "[[We're an American Band (song)|We're an American Band]]" – [[Grand Funk Railroad]]
* "[[What About Me (Anne Murray song)|What About Me]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
* "[[Whisky in the Jar]]" – [[Thin Lizzy]]
* "[[Why Me (Kris Kristofferson song)|Why Me]]" – [[Kris Kristofferson]]
* "[[Wildflower (Skylark song)|Wildflower]]" – [[Skylark (Canadian band)|Skylark]]
* "[[Will It Go Round in Circles]]" – [[Billy Preston]]
* "[[Tu te reconnaîtras|Wonderful Dream (Tu Te Reconnaîtras)]]" – [[Anne-Marie David]] ''([[Eurovision Song Contest 1973|Eurovision]] winner)''
* "[[Won't Somebody Dance With Me]]" – [[Lynsey de Paul]]
* "[[The World Is a Ghetto (War song)|The World Is a Ghetto]]" – [[War (American band)|War]]
* "[[Yesterday Once More (song)|Yesterday Once More]]" – [[The Carpenters]]  (#2 US)
* "[[You Are the Sunshine of My Life]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
* "[[You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart]]" – [[The Detroit Emeralds]]
* "[[You're So Vain]]" – [[Carly Simon]]  (#1 US)
* "[[Young Love (1956 song)|Young Love]]" – [[Donny Osmond]]
* "[[Your Mama Don't Dance]]" – [[Loggins and Messina|Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina]]
}}

==Notable singles==
[[File:New York Dolls - TopPop 1973 11.png|thumb|[[New York Dolls]] on ''[[TopPop]]'' in 1973]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song title 
! Artist(s) 
! Release date(s) 
! Other Chart Performance(s)
|-
| "[[Jet Boy]]" b/w "Vietnamese Baby" || [[New York Dolls]] || {{Date table sorting|041973}}|April 1973 || n/a
|-
| "[[Life on Mars (song)|Life on Mars]]" b/w "[[The Man Who Sold the World (song)|The Man Who Sold the World]]" || [[David Bowie]] || {{Date table sorting|061973}}|June 1973 || 3 (UK Singles Chart) - 39 (West Germany)
|-
| "[[Personality Crisis (song)|Personality Crisis]]" b/w "Looking for a Kiss" || [[New York Dolls]] || {{Date table sorting|071973}}|July 1973 || n/a
|-
| "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" || [[The Stooges|Iggy and the Stooges]] || {{Date table sorting|061973}}|June 1973 || n/a
|-
| "Shake Appeal" b/w "[[Search and Destroy (The Stooges song)|Search and Destroy]]" || [[The Stooges|Iggy and the Stooges]] || 1973 || n/a
|-
| "[[Trash (New York Dolls song)|Trash]]" b/w "[[Personality Crisis (song)|Personality Crisis]]" || [[New York Dolls]] || {{Date table sorting|071973}}|July 1973 || n/a
|}

===Other Notable singles===
*"[[Ashes to Ashes (The 5th Dimension song)|Ashes to Ashes]]" - [[The 5th Dimension]] 
*"Daddy" b/w "It Was Written Down" - [[Toots and the Maytals]]

==Published popular music==
* "[[And I Love You So (song)|And I Love You So]]" w.m. [[Don McLean]]
* "[[Candle in the Wind]]" w. [[Bernie Taupin]] m. [[Elton John]]
* "Empty Tables" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]].  Introduced by [[Frank Sinatra]]
* "[[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]" w.m. [[Jim Croce]]
* "[[I've Got to Use My Imagination]]" &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Gerry Goffin]] & [[Barry Goldberg]]
* "Last Song" w.m. Lawrence Wayne Evoy
* "Liaisons" w.m. [[Stephen Sondheim]] from the musical ''[[A Little Night Music]]''
* "[[Midnight Train to Georgia]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Jim Weatherly]]
* "Misdemeanor" w.m. Foster Sylvers
* "Nadia's Theme" m. [[Barry DeVorzon]] and [[Perry Botkin, Jr.]], from the TV [[soap opera]] ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''
* "(Say Has Anybody Seen) My Sweet Gypsy Rose"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
* "[[Piano Man (song)|Piano Man]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Send in the Clowns]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Stephen Sondheim]] from the musical ''[[A Little Night Music]]''
* "[[Stuck in the Middle with You]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Joe Egan (musician)|Joe Egan]] & [[Gerry Rafferty]]
* "There Used To Be A Ballpark" w.m. [[Joe Raposo]]
* "[[Top of the World (The Carpenters song)|Top of the World]]" w.m. John Bettis & [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]]
* "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" w. [[Alan and Marilyn Bergman]] m. [[Marvin Hamlisch]] from the film ''[[The Way We Were]]''
* "[[WOLD (song)]]" – [[Harry Chapin]]
* "[[Yesterday Once More (song)|Yesterday Once More]]" w.m. John Bettis & [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]]

==Other notable songs (world)==
* "Desert Of Passion" – The Peanuts (Japan)
* "[[Fusil Contra Fusil]]" – [[Silvio Rodríguez]] (Cuba)
* "[[Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye]]" – [[Demis Roussos]] (Europe-wide)
* "I Love You Because" – [[Michel Polnareff]] (France)
* "[[J'ai un probleme]]" – [[Sylvie Vartan]] (France)
* "Mistero" – [[Gigliola Cinquetti]] (Italy)

==Classical music==
* [[Jean Absil]] – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3
* [[William Alwyn]] – ''Fantasy Sonata'' for flute and harp
* [[Malcolm Arnold]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 7]]
* [[Günter Bialas]] – ''Trois Moments Musicaux'', for piano
* [[Luciano Berio]]
** Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
** ''Still'', for orchestra
** ''Linea'' for Two Pianos, Marimba and Vibraphone
* [[John Cage]]
**''Etcetera'', for small orchestra, tape and, optionally, three conductors
**''Exercise'', for an orchestra of soloists (based on ''Etcetera'')
* [[Carlos Chávez]]
**''Estudio a Rubinstein'', for piano
**''Paisajes mexicanos'', for orchestra
**Partita, for timpani
**''Sonante'', for orchestra
* [[Gloria Coates]] – ''Music on Open Strings'' (Symphony No. 1)
* [[George Crumb]] – ''[[Makrokosmos#Volume II|Makrokosmos, Volume II]]'' for amplified piano
* [[Morton Feldman]]
** ''String Quartet and Orchestra''
** ''For Frank O'Hara'', for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello
** ''Voices and Cello'', for 2 female voices and cello
* [[Alberto Ginastera]] – String Quartet No. 3
* [[Lou Harrison]] – ''Organ Concerto with Percussion''
* [[Anthony Iannaccone]] – ''Rituals''
* [[Ben Johnston (composer)|Ben Johnston]]
**"I'm Goin' Away", for SATB choir
**String Quartet No. 3, "Vergings"
**String Quartet No. 4, "Ascent" ("Amazing Grace")
* [[Paul Lansky]] – ''Mild und leise'' (computer music)
* [[Bruno Maderna]] – Oboe Concerto No. 3<ref>Daniel Stolper, [https://www.idrs.org/publications/DR/DR17.2/DR17.2.Stolper.Stacy.html Tom Stacy, Ned Rorem and a New Concerto]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Double Reed, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1992</ref>
* [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – Requiem
* [[Donald Martino]] – Notturno, for piccolo/flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, 'cello, piano, and percussion (awarded the 1974 [[Pulitzer Prize]] in Music)
* [[Akira Miyoshi]] – Nocturne
* [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]] – ''Canto per il Vietnam''
* [[Carl Orff]] – ''[[De temporum fine comoedia]]''
* [[Arvo Pärt]] – ''Ukuaru valss''
* [[Walter Piston]] – ''Three Counterpoints'', for violin, viola, and cello
* [[Henri Pousseur]] – ''Vue sur les Jardins interdits'', for saxophone quartet
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva'', Op. 143
* [[Eduard Tubin]] – Symphony No. 10

[[File:CallasAmsterdam1973a.jpg|right|thumb|[[Maria Callas]] farewell tour, 1973]]

==Opera==
* [[Robert Beadell]] – ''Napoleon'' (2 February, University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
* [[Nikolai Korndorf]] – ''Feast in the Time of Plague''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1973 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Gigi (musical)|Gigi]]'' ([[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]]) – Broadway production (adaptation of the film version)
* ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'' – London production
* ''[[Gypsy: A Musical Fable|Gypsy]]'' ([[Jule Styne]] and [[Stephen Sondheim]]) – London production opened at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on May 29 starring [[Angela Lansbury]], [[Barrie Ingham]] and Zan Charisse
* ''[[Irene (musical)|Irene]]'' – Broadway revival
* ''[[The King and I]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers|Rodgers]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]]) – London revival
* ''[[La Révolution Française]]'' ([[Claude-Michel Schönberg]], [[Raymond Jeannot]], [[Alain Boublil]] and [[Jean-Max Rivière]]) – Original production opened at the [[Palais des Sports de Paris]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Nathan Hurwitz|title=Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre: A Style Guide for Singers|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2016|ISBN=9781317428336|page=263}}</ref>
* ''[[A Little Night Music]]'' ([[Stephen Sondheim]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]] and ran for 601 performances
* ''[[No, No, Nanette]]'' ([[Irving Caesar]], [[Otto Harbach]], [[Vincent Youmans]]) – London revival
* ''[[The Pajama Game]]'' ([[Richard Adler]] and [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]]) – [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] revival
* ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'' – London production
* ''[[Raisin (musical)|Raisin]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] and ran for 847 performances
* ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' ([[Richard O'Brien]]) – London production
* ''[[Seesaw (musical)|Seesaw]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Uris Theatre]] on March 18 and ran for 296 performances
* ''[[Treasure Island]]''  London production opened at the [[Mermaid Theatre]] on December 17.  Starred [[Bernard Miles]], [[Jonathan Scott Taylor]] and [[Spike Milligan]].
* ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)|Two Gentleman of Verona]]'' – London production

==Musical films==
* ''[[Allá en el Norte]]''
* ''[[Andrea (film)|Andrea]]''
* ''[[Dnestrovskiye melodii]]''
* ''[[Charlotte's Web (1973 film)|Charlotte's Web]]''
* ''[[Godspell (film)|Godspell]]''
* ''[[Jaal (1973 film)|Jaal]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar (film)|Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
* ''[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]''
* ''[[Once Upon a Time (1973 film)|Maria d'Oro und Bello Blue]]''
* ''[[Robin Hood (1973 film)|Robin Hood]]''
* ''[[Tom Sawyer (1973 film)|Tom Sawyer]]''

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Magnus Sahlgren]], Swedish guitarist and linguist 
*[[January 7]] – [[Jonna Tervomaa]], Finnish singer
*[[January 9]] – [[Sean Paul]], reggae and dancehall artist
*[[January 12]]
** [[Hande Yener]], Turkish singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.turktelekommuzik.com/artist/Hande_Yener/591226/biyografi|title=Hande Yener|publisher=Türk Telekom Müzik|access-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103212213/https://www.turktelekommuzik.com/artist/Hande_Yener/591226/biyografi|archive-date=3 January 2017}}</ref>
** Matt Wong ([[Reel Big Fish]])
*[[January 13]] - [[Juan Diego Flórez]], Peruvian operatic tenor
*[[January 14]] – [[Katie Griffin]], Canadian actress and singer
*[[January 19]] – [[Antero Manninen]], Finnish cellist
*[[February 2]] - [[Latino (singer)|Latino]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*[[February 11]] - [[Jeon Do-yeon]], South Korean actress
*[[February 21]] 
** [[Heri Joensen]], Faroese musician ([[Týr (band)|Týr]])
** [[Justin Sane]], singer, guitarist and songwriter
*[[February 22]]
**[[Gustavo Assis-Brasil]], Brazilian guitarist
**[[Scott Phillips (drummer)|Scott Phillips]], drummer
*[[February 24]] – [[Chris Fehn]], American rock percussionist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]])
*[[February 26]] 
** [[ATB (DJ)|André Tanneberger]], German DJ
** [[Anders Björler|Anders]] and [[Jonas Björler]], Swedish rock guitarists
*[[February 27]] – [[Peter Andre]], English-born Australian singer-songwriter, businessman and television personality 
*[[March 1]] – [[Ryan Peake]], Canadian rock musician ([[Nickelback]])
*[[March 6]] – [[Peter Lindgren (musician)|Peter Lindgren]], Swedish musician
*[[March 8]] – [[Anneke van Giersbergen]], Dutch singer and guitarist 
*[[March 10]] – [[Dan Swanö]], Swedish musician
*[[March 13]] – [[David Draiman]], American vocalist ([[Disturbed (band)]])
*[[March 17]] – [[Caroline Corr]], Irish drummer ([[The Corrs]])
*[[March 22]] - [[Beverley Knight]], English actress and singer-songwriter
*[[March 25]] – [[Anders Fridén]], Swedish vocalist
*[[March 28]] – [[Matt Nathanson]], American folk/rock singer-songwriter
*[[March 30]] – [[DJ AM]], American DJ (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[April 3]] 
** [[Marija Gluvakov]], pianist
** [[Andreas Carlsson]], Swedish music producer, composer and pop songwriter
*[[April 4]] – [[Kelly Price]], soul singer
*[[April 5]] – [[Pharrell Williams]], American rapper, singer-songwriter and record and film producer ([[The Neptunes]], [[N.E.R.D]], [[Chad Hugo]]) 
*[[April 16]] – [[Akon]], American singer-songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akon – Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer – Biography.com |url=http://www.biography.com/people/akon-21330753 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821123250/http://www.biography.com/people/akon-21330753 |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |access-date=August 30, 2016}}</ref>
*[[April 22]] - [[Jung Woo-sung]], South Korean actor 
*[[April 25]] – [[Fredrik Larzon]], Swedish rock musician ([[Millencolin]])
*[[April 27]] – [[Sharlee D'Angelo]], Swedish guitarist
*[[April 29]] – [[Mike Hogan (The Cranberries)|Mike Hogan]], Irish bassist ([[The Cranberries]])
*[[April 30]] – [[Jeff Timmons]], American singer
*[[May 2]] – [[Justin Burnett]], film score composer
*[[May 3]] – [[Brad Martin]], American country musician (died [[2022 in American music|2022]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.murrayfettro.com/obituary/bradley-martin|title=Bradley Curtis Martin 1973 - 2022 Obituary|date=|accessdate=August 13, 2022|website=murrayfettro.com}}</ref>
*[[May 5]] – [[Casino Versus Japan]], electronic musician
*[[May 13]] – [[Eric Lewis (pianist)|Eric Lewis]], jazz pianist
*[[May 14]]
**[[Natalie Appleton]], British singer ([[All Saints (group)|All Saints]])
**[[Shanice]], American singer
**[[Sinéad O'Carroll]], Irish singer ([[B*Witched]])
*[[May 17]] – [[Joshua Homme]], guitarist and vocalist of [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
*[[May 21]] – [[Noel Fielding]], English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician and television presenter
*[[May 23]]
** [[Jacopo Gianninoto]], Italian musician
** [[Emperor Magus Caligula]], Swedish musician
** [[Maxwell (musician)|Maxwell]], American singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[May 26]] - [[Magdalena Kožená]], Czech mezzo-soprano
*[[May 31]] – [[Cadaveria]], Italian singer ([[Opera IX]])
* [[June 5]] - [[Michelle Leonard]], German / British singer and songwriter
*[[June 9]] – [[Jana Sýkorová]], Czech operatic contralto
*[[June 10]]
**[[Faith Evans]], singer-songwriter, record producer and actress
**[[Flesh-n-Bone]], American rapper
*[[June 13]] – [[Cheryl "Coko" Clemons]], American singer (''[[SWV]]'')
*[[June 14]] – [[Ceca (singer)|Ceca]], Serbian folk singer
*[[June 17]] – [[Krayzie Bone]], American rapper and producer ([[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]])
*[[June 19]] – [[Jörg Widmann]], German clarinetist and composer
*[[June 20]] – [[Chino Moreno]], American singer-songwriter ([[Deftones]], [[Team Sleep]], and [[Crosses (band)|Crosses]])
*[[June 23]] – [[Marija Naumova]], Latvian Eurovision-winning singer
*[[June 26]] – [[Gretchen Wilson]], American singer
*[[June 28]]
**[[DJ Vlad]], American hip hop interviewer
**[[Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad|Frost]], Norwegian drummer
*[[June 30]] - [[Chan Ho Park]], South Korean baseball 
*[[July 1]] – [[Brenton Brown]], South African-American Christian musician and worship leader
*[[July 4]] – [[Gackt]], singer-songwriter and musician
*[[July 5]] 
** [[Joe (singer)|Joe]], American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer
** [[Bengt Lagerberg]], Swedish drummer ([[The Cardigans]])
** [[Róisín Murphy]], Irish singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[July 11]] – [[Andrew Bird]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 15]] 
** [[Buju Banton]], reggae/dancehall artist
** [[John Dolmayan]], Lebanese-born rock drummer for the band [[System of a Down]]
*[[July 17]] – [[Tony Dovolani]], Albanian-American dancer and actor
*[[July 22]] 
**[[Aleksey Igudesman]], Russian violinist, composer, conductor and actor
**[[Daniel Jones (musician)|Daniel Jones]], English-Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer ([[Savage Garden]])
**[[Petey Pablo]], American rapper and actor
**[[Rufus Wainwright]], American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
*[[July 23]] – [[Fran Healy (musician)|Fran Healy]], British singer ([[Travis (band)|Travis]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.franhealy.com/ |title=37 |website=franhealy.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725182110/http://www.franhealy.com/ |archive-date=25 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[July 25]] – [[Dani Filth]], Israeli-born musician ([[Cradle of Filth]])
*[[July 29]] 
** [[Wanya Morris]], American singer ([[Boyz II Men]])
** [[Amy S. Foster]], Canadian singer-songwriter and author 
*[[July 30]] – [[Sonu Nigam]], Indian singer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sen |first1=Sushmita |title=Happy Birthday Sonu Nigam: Lesser Known Facts and Popular Tracks of the Singing Sensation |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-sonu-nigam-lesser-known-facts-popular-tracks-singing-sensation-video-640905 |website=International Business Times, India Edition |access-date=14 May 2016 |date=30 July 2015 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604035210/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/happy-birthday-sonu-nigam-lesser-known-facts-popular-tracks-singing-sensation-video-640905 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*August 6 - Donna Lewis, Welsh singer
*
*[[August 7]] – [[Zane Lowe]], New Zealand born radio and TV presenter, DJ and record producer
*[[August 8]] – [[Scott Stapp]], American singer ([[Creed (band)|Creed]])
*[[August 9]] 
** [[Meg Okura]], American jazz violinist, [[Erhu]] player and composer
** [[Oleksandr Ponomariov]], Ukrainian singer
*[[August 12]] – [[Grey DeLisle]], American voice actress and singer
*[[August 13]] - [[Gregory Vajda]], Hungarian clarinetist, conductor and composer
*[[August 15]] – [[Adnan Sami]], British born singer, music composer, pianist
*[[August 22]]
**[[Beenie Man]], reggae/dancehall artist
**[[Howie Dorough]], American singer ([[Backstreet Boys]])
*[[September 1]] – [[J.D. Fortune]], Canadian rock singer ([[INXS]])
*[[September 3]] – [[Jennifer Paige]], American singer-songwriter
*[[September 5]] – [[Rose McGowan]], American actress, model, singer and author
*[[September 12]] - [[Dorota Miśkiewicz]], Polish singer-songwriter, composer and violinist
*[[September 14]] – [[Nas]], American rapper
*[[September 15]] – [[Indira Levak]], Croatian lead vocalist of [[Colonia (music group)|Colonia]]
*[[September 17]] – [[Amy Black (mezzo-soprano)|Amy Black]], operatic mezzo-soprano (died [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[September 18]] – [[Ami Onuki]], Japanese singer
*[[September 19]] – [[David Zepeda]], Mexican actor, model and singer
*[[September 22]]
**[[Yoo Chae-yeong]], South Korean singer and actress
**[[Martin Owen]] ([[BBC Symphony Orchestra]])
*[[September 26]] – [[Julienne Davis]], American actress/model/singer
*[[September 27]] - [[Lee Brennan]], English singer ([[911 (English group)|911]])
*[[September 29]] 
**[[Alfie Boe]], operatic tenor
**[[Rie Eto]], Japanese singer
*[[October 1]] – [[Christian Borle]], American actor and singer<ref>''U.S. Public Records Index'', Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.</ref>
*[[October 2]]
**[[Proof (rapper)|Proof]] American Rapper and member of [[D12]] (died [[2006 in music|2006]])
**[[Lene Nystrøm]], Norwegian musician, singer-songwriter and actress ([[Aqua (band)|Aqua]])
**[[Verka Serduchka]], Ukrainian pop star
*[[October 9]] 
** [[Terry Balsamo]], American guitarist
** [[Steve Burns]], American actor, musician and television host
** [[Jen Cloher]], Australian singer/songwriter/musician 
** [[Fabio Lione]], Italian singer 
*[[October 24]] – [[Laura Veirs]], American singer-songwriter
*[[October 25]] – [[Lamont Bentley]], American actor and rapper (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[October 26]] – [[Seth MacFarlane]], American actor, screenwriter, producer, director and singer
*[[November 3]]
**[[Sticky Fingaz]], American rapper ([[onyx (band)|onyx]])
**[[Mick Thomson]], guitarist of [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
*[[November 6]] – [[Rumi Shishido]], Japanese voice actress and singer
*[[November 9]] 
** [[Nick Lachey]], American singer ([[98 Degrees]])
** [[Maija Vilkkumaa]], Finnish pop rock singer
*[[November 10]] 
** [[Jacqui Abbott]], English singer ([[The Beautiful South]])
** [[Róbert Gulya]], Hungarian composer
*[[November 11]] – [[Jason White (Green Day guitarist)|Jason White]], American rock musician ([[Green Day]])
*[[November 12]] – [[Mayte Garcia]], American actress, singer, author and dancer 
*[[November 19]] 
** [[Billy Currington]], American country singer
** [[Savion Glover]], American tap dancer, actor and choreographer 
*[[November 27]] – [[Twista]],American rapper and record producer
*[[November 28]] – [[Jade Puget]] ([[AFI (band)|AFI]])
*[[December 4]] – [[Kate Rusby]], English folk singer-songwriter
*[[December 5]] - [[Neil Codling]], English musician and singer ([[Suede]])
*[[December 7]] 
** [[Chantelle Barry]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress
** [[Damien Rice]], Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
*[[December 8]] – [[Corey Taylor]], vocalist of [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
*[[December 9]] - [[Bárbara Padilla]], operatic soprano
*[[December 11]] – [[Mos Def]], rapper
*[[December 16]] – [[Mariza]], fado singer
*[[December 17]] – [[Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic)|Eddie Fisher]], pop rock drummer and songwriter ([[OneRepublic]])
*[[December 27]] – [[Kristoffer Zegers]], Dutch composer
*[[December 29]] – [[Pimp C]], American rapper (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/arts/music/05pimpc.html|title=Pimp C, Southern Hip-Hop Rapper, Dies at 33|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|work=[[New York Times]]|date=December 5, 2007}}</ref>
*[[December 30]] – [[Jon Theodore]], American drummer ([[Queens of the Stone Age]])
*''unknown date'' – [[Xian Zhang (conductor)|Xian Zhang]], Chinese-born orchestral conductor

==Deaths==
* [[January 16]] – [[Clara Ward]], gospel singer, 48 (stroke)<ref>{{cite journal |year=1954–1955 |title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=Social Security Administration |location=Baltimore, Maryland|id=182-30-7100}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Kid Ory]], jazz trombonist and bandleader, 86<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=309/310}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – [[Andy Razaf]], composer, poet and lyricist, 77<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=2050/1}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Kathleen Riddick]], British conductor, 65<ref>{{cite book|title=The Musical Times|publisher=Orpheus|year=1973|page=415}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – [[Pixinguinha]], [[choro]] composer and woodwind player, 75
* [[February 19]]  
** [[Joseph Szigeti]], violinist, 80
** [[Leon Washington (musician)|Leon Washington]], jazz saxophonist, 63 (leukemia)
* [[February 24]] – [[Manolo Caracol]], Spanish flamenco singer (b. [[1909]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Terig Tucci]], Argentine composer, violinist, pianist and mandolinist, 75
* [[March 5]] – [[Michael Jeffery (manager)|Michael Jeffery]], [[Jimi Hendrix]]'s personal manager, 39 (air crash)
* [[March 8]] – [[Ron Pigpen McKernan]], musician and songwriter ([[Grateful Dead]]), 27 (stomach hemorrhage)
* [[March 19]] – [[Lauritz Melchior]], Wagnerian tenor, 82<ref>Wilson, Scott. ''Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons'', 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 31996). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.</ref>
* [[March 26]]
** [[Safford Cape]], American composer and musicologist, 66
** [[Noël Coward]], composer and dramatist, 73<ref>"Obituary: Sir Noel Coward", ''The Times'', 27 March 1973, p. 18</ref>
* [[March 28]] – [[Gertrude Johnson]], coloratura soprano, 78
* [[April 16]]
** [[Nino Bravo]], Spanish singer, 28 (car accident)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cope.es/programas/la-manana-fin-de-semana/noticias/nino-bravo-una-voz-inolvidable-eterna-20190803_473159 |title=Nino Bravo: una voz inolvidable y eterna |first=Juan Andrés |last=Rubert |date=3 August 2019 |access-date=4 August 2019 |work=[[Cadena COPE]] |language=es}}</ref>
** [[István Kertész (conductor)|Istvan Kertesz]], Hungarian conductor, 43 (drowned)<ref>"Obituary for István Kertész," ''The Musical Times'' 114, No. 1564 (1973), p. 632.</ref>
* [[April 18]] – [[Willie 'The Lion' Smith]], US jazz pianist, 79
* [[May 9]] 
** [[Owen Brannigan]], singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Evelyn Mack Truitt|title=Who was who on screen|publisher=Bowker|year=1977|isbn=9780835209144|page=49}}</ref>
** [[Mark Wessel (composer)|Mark Wessel]], pianist and composer, 79
* [[May 21]] – [[Vaughn Monroe]], US singer and bandleader, 61
* [[May 27]] – [[Ilona Kabos]], Hungarian-British pianist and teacher, 79
* [[May 29]] – [[P. Ramlee]], Malaysian film actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer, 44 (heart attack)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19730530-1.2.108|title=Malay movie idol Ramlee dies after heart attack|publisher=[[The Straits Times]]|date=30 May 2010|accessdate=17 August 2018|page=17}}</ref>
* [[June 4]] – [[Murry Wilson]], musician and record producer, 55
* [[June 8]] – [[Tubby Hayes]], jazz musician, 38 (during heart surgery)<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1973 5b 1627 HAMMERSMITH, DoB = 30 January 1935</ref>
* [[June 29]] – [[Germán Valdés]], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (hepatitis)
* [[July 2]] – [[Betty Grable]], US actress and singer, 56 (lung cancer)
* [[July 3]] – [[Karel Ančerl]], conductor, 65
* [[July 6]] – [[Otto Klemperer]], conductor, 88
* [[July 11]] – [[Alexander Mosolov]], Russian composer, 72
* [[July 15]] – [[Clarence White]], guitarist ([[The Byrds]]), 29 (road accident)
* [[August 2]] – [[Rosetta Pampanini]], operatic soprano, 76
* [[August 4]] – [[Eddie Condon]], jazz banjoist and guitarist, 67
* [[August 6]] – [[Memphis Minnie]], blues singer and guitarist, 76
* [[August 16]] – [[Astra Desmond]], operatic contralto, 80
* [[August 17]]
** [[Jean Barraqué]], French classical composer, 45<ref>{{cite news |last=Page |first=Tim |date=24 November 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/24/arts/music-prism-orchestra-in-barraque-premiere.html |title=Music: Prism Orchestra in Barraqué Premiere |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=18 April 2017}}</ref>
** [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], [[baritone]] singer and co-founder of the [[Motown]] group, [[The Temptations]], 34 (suicide by gunshot)
* [[August 19]] – [[Brew Moore]], jazz saxophonist, 49 (fell downstairs)
* [[September 1]] – [[Graziella Pareto]], operatic soprano, 84
* [[September 6]] – Sir [[William Henry Harris]], organist and composer, 90
* [[September 10]] – [[Allan Gray (composer)|Allan Gray]], composer, 71
* [[September 11]] – [[Martha Angelici]], operatic soprano, 66
* [[September 16]] – [[Víctor Jara]], Chilean folk singer, 40 (murdered)
* [[September 17]]– [[Hugo Winterhalter]], US conductor and arranger, 53
* [[September 19]] – [[Gram Parsons]], guitarist/vocalist, 26 (drug overdose)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bMBf3TYZigQC&dq=%22Gram+Parsons%22+death+OR+dead+OR+died&pg=PT83 The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches] By Jeremy Simmonds p. 66</ref>
* [[September 20]]
** [[Jim Croce]], 30, singer-songwriter '''and'''
** [[Maury Muehleisen]], 24, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (plane crash)<ref>{{cite report|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0&print=1 |title=NTSB Identification: FTW74AF017; 14 CFR Part 135 Nonscheduled operation of ROBERT AIRWAYS; Aircraft: BEECH E18S, registration: N50JR |date=1973-09-20 |publisher=[[NTSB]].gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208152047/http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0&print=1 |archive-date=December 8, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>
** [[Ben Webster]], jazz saxophonist, 64
* [[October 9]] – [[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]], gospel singer, 58<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1974|title=Rosetta Nubin (Sister) Tharpe|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1214272|journal=The Black Perspective in Music|volume=2|issue=2|pages=227|jstor=1214272|issn=0090-7790}}</ref>
* [[October 16]]
** [[Gene Krupa]], drummer, 64
** [[Jorge Peña Hen]], composer, 45
* [[October 22]] – [[Pablo Casals]], cellist, 95
* [[October 27]] – [[Norman Allin]], English singer, 88
* [[November 10]]
** [[Zeke Zettner]] ([[The Stooges]]), 25 (heroin overdose)
** [[David "Stringbean" Akeman]], country banjo player and comedian, 57 (murdered)
* [[November 18]] – [[Alois Hába]], composer, 80
* [[November 23]] – [[De De Pierce]], jazz trumpeter, 69
* [[November 26]] – [[Edith Mason]], operatic soprano, 81
* [[November 27]] – [[Frank Christian (trumpeter)|Frank Christian]], jazz trumpeter, 85
* [[December 13]] – [[Fanny Heldy]], operatic soprano, 85
* [[December 20]] – [[Bobby Darin]], American singer and actor, 37 (heart failure)<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 21, 1973 |title=Bobby Darin, Pop Singer, Dies at 37 |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/21/archives/bobby-darin-pop-singer-dies-at-37-young-man-in-a-hurry-became-adult.html |access-date=December 24, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[Emile Christian]], jazz trombonist, 78
* ''date unknown'' – [[Cäwdät Fäyzi]], Tatar composer and folklorist

==Awards==

===Grammy Awards===
* [[Grammy Awards of 1973]]

===Country Music Association Awards===
*[[Country Music Association Award for Entertainer of the Year|Entertainer of the Year]]: [[Roy Clark]]
*[[Country Music Association Award for Male Vocalist of the Year|Male Vocalist of the Year]]: [[Charlie Rich]]
*[[Country Music Association Award for Female Vocalist of the Year|Female Vocalist of the Year]]: [[Loretta Lynn]]
*[[Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]: [[Kenny O'Dell]] – "[[Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich song)|Behind Closed Doors]]" 
*[[Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]: ''[[Behind Closed Doors (Charlie Rich album)|Behind Closed Doors]]''
<ref>{{cite book|author=The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780199920839|page=623}}</ref>

===Eurovision Song Contest===
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1973]]

==1973 in record label==
===EMI Records USA===

==References==
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