TOP 40 ACTS OF THE ROCK ERA
(Round 2)
Broadcast 6th October 1973
Pos |
Pos (1971) | Artist |
Song Played |
# Of Chart Hits (as of 6 Oct 73) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Elvis Presley |
In the Ghetto/Heartbreak Hotel | 134* |
| 2 | 2 | The Beatles | Medley of all charted songs (plus some others) | 64* |
| 3 | 3 | Pat Boone | Moody River | 60 |
| 4 | 6 | Rick Nelson | I'm Walking/Garden Party | 54 |
| 5 | 4 | Connie Francis | Everybody's Somebody's Fool | 56 |
| 6 | 9 | Fats Domino | I'm Walkin' | 66 |
| 7 | 5 | The Supremes | Someday We'll Be Together | 43 |
| 8 | 12 | James Brown | I Got You (I Feel Good) | 82 |
| 9 | 7 | Ray Charles | Hit the Road Jack | 72 |
| 10 | 23 | Perry Como | Round and Round | 48 |
| 11 | 10 | Brenda Lee | I'm Sorry | 50 |
| 12 | 22 | Nat King Cole | Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer | 59 |
| 13 | 24 | The Platters | The Great Pretender | 40 |
| 14 | 19 | The Temptations | My Girl | 37 |
| 15 | 11 | The Everly Brothers | Wake Up Little Susie | 37 |
| 16 | 13 | Marvin Gaye | What'sGoing On | 46 |
| 17 | 16 | Sam Cooke | You Send Me | 43 |
| 18 | 28 | Andy Williams | (Where Do I Begin) Love Story | 44 |
| 19 | 29 | Frank Sinatra | It Was a Very Good Year | 61 |
| 20 | 17 | The Beach Boys | Help Me Rhonda | 40 |
| 21 | 32 | Areatha Franklin | Respect | 48 |
| 22 | 21 | Paul Anka | You Are My Destiny | 40 |
| 23 | 20 | The Miracles | The Tracks Of My Tears | 43 |
| 24 | 14 | Bobby Vinton | Mr. Lonely | 36 |
| 25 | 15 | Bobby Darin | Dream Lover | 41 |
| 26 | 8 | The Four Seasons | Let's Hang On/Walk Like a Man | 41 |
| 27 | 25 | Chubby Checker | Let's Twist Again | 32 |
| 28 | 36 | Stevie Wonder | Uptight (Everything's Alright) | 31 |
| 29 | 27 | Brook Benton | Rainy Night In Georgia | 49 |
| 30 | 18 | The Rolling Stones | Not Fade Away | 29 |
| 31 | 34 | Jackie Wilson | That's Why (I Love You So) | 54 |
| 32 | -- | Johnny Mathis | The Twelfth Of Never | 39 |
| 33 | 30 | The 5th Dimension | Go Where You Wanna Go | 28 |
| 34 | -- | Neil Diamond | Solitary Man | 33 |
| 35 | 33 | Dionne Warwick | Don't Make Me Over | 39 |
| 36 | 39 | The Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There | 33 |
| 37 | 31 | Roy Orbison | Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel) | 29 |
| 38 | -- | Three Dog Night | One | 16 |
| 39 | -- | Bobby Rydell | Wild One | 29 |
| 40 | -- | The Drifters |
Up On the Roof | 34 |
*=Artist hit the chart with one or more EPs with multiple songs, only the EP was counted, not the individual tracks.
Notes: The 2nd go-around for this special countdown. The first to be redone. A considerable revision from the 1971 countdown. Some of it can be attributed to some acts still actively charting, however some acts rise tremendously from the last countdown, and some of these are from acts that had not charted from one countdown to the next. This is probably due to a different method of tabulating the statistics. This countdown is a collectable due to the "Beatles Medley".