Top 15 Hits from 1973 Trivia Quiz

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FYI - All incorrect songs were from 1963.

1. "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (Tony Orlando and Dawn) was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown. The song reached the top ten in ten countries, eight of in which it topped the charts. It sold three million records in the US in three weeks.

2. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) was written by American folk-rock singer Jim Croce. Croce was nominated for two 1973 Grammy Awards in the Pop Male Vocalist and Record of the Year categories for "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". It was his only number-one single before his death on September 20 of that year.

3. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Roberta Flack) was composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. Flack won the 1973 Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, for the song, with Gimbel and Fox earning the Song of the Year Grammy.

4. "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye) was written by Marvin Gaye and producer Ed Townsend. At the time, the song was Motown's largest-selling recording ever, selling over four million copies in 1973 and 1974. The single stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 top ten for 13 weeks.

5. "My Love" (Paul McCartney & Wings) was written by Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney wrote it as a love song for his wife and Wings bandmate Linda. The song marked the first time that McCartney's name appeared in the artist credit for a Wings record after their previous releases had been credited to Wings only.

6. "Why Me" (Kris Kristofferson) was written and recorded by American country music singer and songwriter Kris Kristofferson. "Why Me" was recorded by Kristofferson in 1972, featuring backing vocals by his soon-to-be wife Rita Coolidge. It became the biggest hit of his career.

7. "Crocodile Rock" (Elton John) was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It became Elton John's first U.S. number-one single, reaching the top spot on 3 February 1973, and staying there for three weeks. He said, "I wanted it to be a record about all the things I grew up with. Of course, it's a rip-off, derivative in every sense of the word."

8. "Will It Go Round in Circles" (Billy Preston) was written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher. The song was the first of two number-one hits for Preston as a solo performer, the other being "Nothing from Nothing". The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies.

9. "You're So Vain" (Carly Simon) was written in 1971 by Carly Simon. It is one of the songs with which Simon is most identified, and reached number one in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Mick Jagger contributed uncredited backup vocals for the song.

10. "Touch Me in the Morning" (Diana Ross) was written by Ron Miller and Michael Masser. It became Ross's second solo number-one single (and 14th over her career) on the Billboard Hot 100. It marked a turning point in her career, reinvigorating her singing career, coming soon after her Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in her acting debut, "Lady Sings the Blues".

11. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (Vicki Lawrence) was written and composed in 1972 by songwriter Bobby Russell. Released as a single in November 1972, the song went to number one on the Hot 100 chart in 1973 when Vicki Lawrence was a regular performer on the ensemble variety comedy TV show "The Carol Burnett Show".

12. "Playground in My Mind" (Clint Holmes) was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. It is a nursery rhyme-styled song that features a duet with record producer Vance's son, seven-year-old Philip who sang in the chorus.

13. "Brother Louie" (Stories) was written by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. The Stories version made number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and sold a million-plus copies to earn a gold disk. The song also reached number one in Canada.

14. "Delta Dawn" (Helen Reddy) was written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey. Reddy's version entered the Top Ten on 18 August 1973, on its way to its lone week at number one, on 15 September 1973. "Delta Dawn" was the first of Reddy's six consecutive - and eight overall - number-one hits on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.

15. "Me and Mrs. Jones" (Billy Paul) was written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. The single became Paul's only number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also achieved this feat on Billboard's R&B Singles chart, remaining at the top position for four weeks.