| | Pop | R&B | Date | Label | Artist | Song | Composer |
|---|
| | 10 | 2 | Mar-1973 | Hi | Al Green | Call Me (Come Back Home) | Green-Jackson-Mitchell |
| | 10 | 2 | Jul-1973 | Hi | Al Green | Here I Am (Come And Take Me) | Green-Hodges |
| | 20 | 1 | Aug-1973 | Atlantic | Aretha Franklin | Angel | Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Saunders |
| | 28 | 6 | Dec-1973 | ABC | B.B. King | I Like To live the Love | Dave Crawford/Charles Mann |
| | 3 | 1 | May-1973 | 20th Century | Barry White | I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby | Barry White |
| | 7 | 2 | Nov-1973 | 20th Century | Barry White | Never, Never Gonna Give You Up | Barry White |
| | 79 | 29 | Apr-1973 | Philly Int'l | Billy Paul | Am I Black Enough For You | Sigler-Hurtt |
| | 1 | 10 | May-1973 | A&M | Billy Preston | Will It Go Round In Circles | Fisher-Preston |
| | 4 | 1 | Nov-1973 | A&M | Billy Preston | Space Race | Billy Preston |
| | 10 | 19 | Jun-1973 | London | Bloodstone | Natural High | McCormick |
| | 39 | 11 | Jun-1973 | Curtom | Curtis Mayfield | Future Shock | Curtis Mayfield |
| | 88 | 16 | Nov-1973 | Curtom | Curtis Mayfield | Can't Say Nothin' | Curtis Mayfield |
| | 1 | 1 | Jul-1973 | Motown | Diana Ross | Touch Me In the Morning | Masser-Miller |
| | 5 | 42 | Mar-1973 | Decca | Dobie Gray | Driftaway | Maurice Williams |
| | 1 | 1 | Oct-1973 | Motown | Eddie Kendricks | Keep On Truckin' | Caston-Wilson |
| | 22 | 1 | Jul-1973 | People | Fred Wesley & The JBs | Doing it to Death | James Brown |
| | 1 | 1 | Sep-1973 | Buddah | Gladys Knight & The Pips | Midnight Train to Georgia | Jim Weatherly |
| | 4 | 1 | Dec-1973 | Buddah | Gladys Knight & The Pips | I've Got To Use My Imagination | Goffin-Goldberg |
| | 2 | 16 | Mar-1973 | Motown/Soul | Gladys Knight & The Pips | Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) | Jim Weatherly |
| | 28 | 15 | Jul-1973 | Buddah | Gladys Knight & The Pips | Where Peaceful Waters Flow | Jim Weatherly |
| | 63 | 12 | Mar-1973 | Philly Int'l | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | Yesterday I Had The Blues | Gamble-Huff |
| | 7 | 1 | Sep-1973 | Philly Int'l | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | The Love I Lost | Gamble-Huff |
| | 6 | 1 | Aug-1973 | T-Neck | Isley Brothers | That Lady (Part 1) | Isley Brothers |
| | 27 | 4 | Feb-1973 | Polydor | James Brown | I Got Ants in My Pants and I want to Dance | James Brown |
| | 50 | 6 | Sep-1973 | Polydor | James Brown | Sexy, Sexy, Sexy | James Brown |
| | 11 | 16 | Jul-1973 | Stax | Johnnie Taylor | I Believe in You (You Believe In Me) | Davis |
| | 12 | | Mar-1973 | Epic | Johnny Nash | Stir It Up | B. Marley |
| | 1 | 1 | Dec-1973 | 20th Century | Love Unlimited Orchestra | Love's Theme | Barry White |
| | 1 | 1 | Aug-1973 | Motown | Marvin Gaye | Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye |
| | 15 | 1 | May-1973 | Westbound | Ohio Players | Funky Worm | Ohio Players |
| | 1 | 2 | Feb-1973 | Atlantic | Roberta Flack | Killing me Softly with His Song | Fox-Gimbel |
| | 12 | 1 | Jul-1973 | Epic | Sly & The Family Stone | If You Want Me To Stay | S. Stewart |
| | 9 | 1 | Dec-1973 | Stax | Staple Singers | If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) | Staple Singers |
| | 4 | 1 | Sep-1973 | Motown | Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder |
| | 1 | 1 | Jan-1973 | Motown | Stevie Wonder | Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| | 1 | 3 | Mar-1973 | Motown/Tamla | Stevie Wonder | You are the Sunshine of my Life | Stevie Wonder |
| | 8 | 1 | Dec-1973 | Motown | Stevie Wonder | Living for the City | Stevie Wonder |
| | 30 | 2 | Jul-1973 | Brunswick | The Chi-Lites | Stoned Out of My Mind | Eugene Record |
| | 43 | 5 | Apr-1973 | Volt | The Dramatics | Hey You! Get Off My Mountain | Tony Hester |
| | 21 | 1 | May-1973 | Wand | The Independents | Leaving Me | Jackson-Yancy |
| | 36 | 6 | May-1973 | Philly Int'l | The Intruders | I'll Always Love My Mama | McFadden-Whitehead-Gamble-Huff |
| | | | Oct-1973 | Philly Int'l | The O'Jays | Don't Call Me Brother | Gamble-Huff |
| | 1 | 1 | Jan-1973 | Philly Int'l | The O'Jays | Love Train | Gamble-Huff |
| | | | Sep-1973 | Philly Int'l | The O'Jays | Now That We Found Love | Gamble-Huff |
| | 11 | 1 | Jun-1973 | Atlantic | The Spinners | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | Jefferson |
| | 4 | 1 | Feb-1973 | Atlantic | The Spinners | Could It Be I'm Falling In Love | Steals-Steals |
| | 23 | 8 | May-1973 | Avco | The Sylistics | You'll Never Get To Heaven (If you break my heart) | Thom Bell/Linda Creed |
| | 5 | 5 | Feb-1973 | Avco | The Sylistics | Break Up To Make Up | Thom Bell/Linda Creed/Kenny Gamble |
| | 7 | 1 | Apr-1973 | Motown | The Temptations | Masterpiece | Norm Whitfield |
| | | 75 | Dec-1973 | Philly Int'l | The Trammps | Love Epidemic | Harris-Green |
| | 3 | 1 | Jan-1973 | Glades | Timmy Thomas | Why Can't We Live Together | Timmy Thomas |
