List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1973

The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1973 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through a collaborative effort with my partner-in-crime Jim (a.k.a. "jimct") and some valuable assistance from KentT, Paul Haney, and Yah Shure, we've made our best effort to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.

I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.


Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1973

Allman Brothers Band, The - "Ramblin Man" (stereo)
America - "Don't Cross the River" (stereo)
Berry, Chuck - "Reelin' & Rockin'" (stereo)
Bloodstone - "Natural High" (mono)
Bloodstone - "Never Let You Go" (mono and stereo)
Blue Haze - "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (mono)
Blue Ridge Rangers, The - "Hearts of Stone" (mono)
Blue Ridge Rangers, The - "Jambalaya (on the Bayou)" (mono)
Bowie, David - "Space Oddity" (stereo)
Bread - "Aubrey" (stereo)
Brighter Side of Darkness - "Love Jones" (stereo)
Brown, James - "I Got Ant in My Pants-Part 1 (and I Want to Dance)" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Sing" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Top of the World" (stereo)
Carpenters - "Yesterday Once More" (mono and stereo, though all 45 copies state "stereo" on the label)
Cheech & Chong - "Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" (mono)
Cher - "Half-Breed" (stereo)
Chicago - "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (stereo)
Chicago - "Just You 'n' Me" (stereo)
Chi-Lites, The - "A Letter to Myself" (stereo)
Chi-Lites, The - "Stoned out of My Mind" (stereo)
Collins, Judy - "Cook with Honey" (stereo)
Como, Perry - "And I Love You So" (stereo)
Cooper, Alice - "Hello Hurray" (mono)
Cooper, Alice - "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (stereo)
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - "I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore" (stereo)
Covay, Don - "I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In" (stereo)
Croce, Jim - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (mono)
Croce, Jim - "I Got a Name" (stereo)
Croce, Jim - "One Less Set of Footsteps" (mono)
Croce, Jim - "Time in a Bottle" (stereo)
Cross Country - "In the Midnight Hour" (stereo)
Daniels, Charlie - "Uneasy Rider" (stereo)
Davis, Tyrone - "There It Is" (stereo)
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" (mono)
Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" (mono)
Dawn [Tony Orlando & Dawn] - "Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally" (mono)
Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water" (mono)
DeFranco Family, The, featuring Tony DeFranco - "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat" (stereo)
Dells, The - "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation" (mono)
Denver, John - "Rocky Mountain High" (stereo)
Deodato - "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" (stereo)
Diamond, Neil - "Be" (stereo)
Diamond, Neil - "'Cherry Cherry' from Hot August Night" (stereo)
Dibango, Manu - "Soul Makossa" (stereo)
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" (stereo)
Dr. John - "Right Place Wrong Time" (stereo)
Doobie Brothers, The - "China Grove" (stereo)
Doobie Brothers, The - "Jesus Is Just Alright" (stereo)
Doobie Brothers, The - "Long Train Runnin'" (stereo)
Dylan, Bob - "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (stereo)
Dyson, Ronnie - "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" (stereo)
Eagles - "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (stereo)
Edward Bear - "Close Your Eyes" (stereo)
Edward Bear - "Last Song" (stereo)
El Chicano - "Tell Her She's Lovely" (stereo)
Fairchild, Barbara - "Teddy Bear Song" (stereo)
Fargo, Donna - "Funny Face" (stereo)
Fargo, Donna - "Superman" (stereo)
5th Dimension, The - "Living Together, Growing Together" (mono)
First Choice - "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" (mono)
Flack, Roberta - "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (stereo)
Flack, Roberta - "Jesse" (stereo)
Focus - "Hocus Pocus" (stereo)
Four Tops - "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (mono)
Four Tops - "Are You Man Enough" (mono)
Four Tops, The - "Keeper of the Castle" (mono)
Four Tops - "Sweet Understanding Love" (stereo)
Franklin, Aretha - "Angel" (stereo)
Franklin, Aretha - "Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)" (stereo)
Gallery - "Big City Miss Ruth Ann" (mono)
Garfunkel - "All I Know" (stereo)
Gaye, Marvin - "Come Get to This" (stereo)
Gaye, Marvin - "Let's Get It On" (stereo)
Gaye, Marvin - "Trouble Man" (stereo)
Geils, J., Band - "Give It to Me" (stereo)
Goldsboro, Bobby - "Summer (The First Time)" (stereo)
Grand Funk - "We're an American Band" (stereo)
Gray, Dobie - "Drift Away" (stereo)
Green, Al - "Call Me (Come Back Home)" (mono)
Green, Al - "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" (mono)
Gunhill Road - "Back When My Hair Was Short" (stereo)
Haggard, Merle - "If We Make It Through December" (stereo)
Harrison, George - "Give Me Love - (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (stereo)
Holmes, Clint - "Playground in My Mind" (stereo)
Independents, The - "Baby I've Been Missing You" (stereo)
Independents, The - "Leaving Me" (stereo)
Ingram, Luther - "I'll Be Your Shelter (in Time of Storm)" (mono)
Intruders, The - "I'll Always Love My Mama (Part I)" (stereo)
Isley Brothers, The - "That Lady (Part 1)" (stereo)
Jackson, Jermaine - "Daddy's Home" (stereo)
Jackson, Millie - "Hurts So Good" (mono)
Jackson 5, The - "Get It Together" (stereo)
Jackson 5, The - "Hallelujah Day" (stereo)
Jethro Tull - "Living in the Past" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Crocodile Rock" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Daniel" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (stereo)
John, Elton - "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (stereo)
John & Ernest - "Super Fly Meets Shaft" (mono)
Kendricks, Eddie - "Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" (stereo)
King, B.B. - "To Know You Is to Love You" (mono)
King, Carole - "Been to Canaan" (mono)
King, Carole - "Believe in Humanity" (stereo)
King, Carole - "Corazon" (stereo)
King Harvest - "Dancing in the Moonlight" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (stereo)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "Where Peaceful Waters Flow" (stereo)
Kool & the Gang - "Funky Stuff" (stereo)
Kristofferson, Kris - "Why Me" (mono)
Lawrence, Vicki - "The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia" (mono and stereo)
Led Zeppelin - "D'yer Mak'er" (stereo)
Lennon, John - "Mind Games" (stereo)
Lewis, Jerry Lee - "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O'Dee" (stereo)
Lobo - "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" (stereo)
Lobo - "How Can I Tell Her" (stereo)
Lobo - "It Sure Took a Long, Long Time" (stereo)
Loggins & Messina - "My Music" (stereo)
Loggins & Messina - "Thinking of You" (stereo)
Loggins, Kenny, and Jim Messina - "Your Mama Don't Dance" (stereo)
Looking Glass - "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" (stereo)
Manhattans - "There's No Me Without You" (stereo)
Mason, Barbara - "Give Me Your Love" (mono)
Mayfield, Curtis - "Future Shock" (stereo)
Mayfield, Curtis - "Superfly" (mono)
McGovern, Maureen - "The Morning After" (stereo)
McLean, Don - "Dreidel" (stereo)
Melanie - "Bitter Bad" (stereo)
Melvin, Harold, and the Blue Notes - "The Love I Lost (Part 1)" (stereo)
Midler, Bette - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (stereo)
Midler, Bette - "Do You Want to Dance?" (stereo)
Midler, Bette - "Friends" (stereo)
Mitchell, Joni - "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" (mono)
Moody Blues, The - "I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)" (mono)
Moore, Jackie - "Sweet Charlie Babe" (stereo)
Murray, Anne - "Danny's Song" (stereo)
Nash, Johnny - "Stir It Up" (stereo)
New Birth, The - "I Can Understand It" (stereo)
New Seekers, The - "Pinball Wizard/See Me, Feel Me" (stereo)
New York City - "I'm Doin' Fine Now" (stereo)
Ohio Players - "Ecstasy" (stereo)
Ohio Players - "Funky Worm (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
O'Jays, The - "Love Train" (stereo)
O'Jays, The - "Time to Get Down" (stereo)
Osmond, Donny - "A Million to One" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "The Twelfth of Never" (mono)
Osmond, Donny - "Young Love" (mono)
Osmond, Marie - "Paper Roses" (stereo)
Osmonds, The - "Goin' Home" (mono)
Osmonds, The - "Let Me In" (mono)
O'Sullivan, Gilbert - "Get Down" (mono)
O'Sullivan, Gilbert - "Ooh Baby" (mono)
O'Sullivan, Gilbert - "Out of the Question" (mono)
Partridge Family, The, starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy - "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" (mono and stereo)
Peebles, Ann - "I Can't Stand the Rain" (mono)
Persuaders, The - "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (stereo)
Pickett, Bobby "Boris" - "Monster Mash" (mono)
Pink Floyd - "Money" (stereo)
Pointer Sisters - "Yes We Can Can" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Fool" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Raised on Rock" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Separate Ways" (stereo)
Presley, Elvis - "Steamroller Blues" (stereo)
Preston, Billy - "Space Race" (mono)
Preston, Billy - "Will It Go Round in Circles" (mono)
Pruett, Jeanne - "Satin Sheets" (stereo)
Raspberries - "I Wanna Be with You" (stereo)
Raspberries - "Let's Pretend" (stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "Delta Dawn" (stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (stereo)
Reddy, Helen - "Peaceful" (stereo)
Reed, Lou - "Walk on the Wild Side" (stereo)
Rich, Charlie - "Behind Closed Doors" (stereo)
Rich, Charlie - "The Most Beautiful Girl" (stereo)
Rivers, Johnny - "Blue Suede Shoes" (stereo)
Rivers, Johnny - "Rockin' Pneumonia - Boogie Woogie Flu" (stereo)
Rolling Stones, The - "Angie" (stereo)
Rolling Stones, The - "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (mono)
Ross, Diana - "Good Morning Heartache" (stereo)
Ross, Diana - "Touch Me in the Morning" (stereo)
Ross, Diana, & Marvin Gaye - "You're a Special Part of Me" (stereo)
Rundgren, Todd - "Hello It's Me" (stereo)
Seals & Crofts - "Diamond Girl" (stereo)
Seals & Crofts - "Hummingbird" (stereo)
Seals & Crofts - "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" (mono and stereo)
Simon, Carly - "The Right Thing to Do" (mono)
Simon, Carly - "You're So Vain" (stereo)
Simon, Joe - "Step by Step" (mono)
Simon, Joe, featuring the Mainstreeters - "Theme from Cleopatra Jones" (mono)
Simon, Paul - "Kodachrome" (stereo)
Simon, Paul (with the Dixie Hummingbirds) - "Loves Me Like a Rock" (stereo)
Skylark - "Wildflower" (stereo)
Sly & the Family Stone - "If You Want Me to Stay" (stereo)
Smith, Hurricane - "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" (stereo)
Spinners - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (stereo)
Spinners - "Ghetto Child" (stereo)
Spinners - "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (stereo)
Stafford, Jim - "Swamp Witch" (stereo)
Stampley, Joe - "Soul Song" (stereo)
Staple Singers, The - "If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)" (stereo)
Staple Singers, The - "Oh La De Da" (mono)
Starr, Ringo - "Photograph" (stereo)
Stealers Wheel - "Stuck in the Middle with You" (mono)
Steely Dan - "Do It Again" (mono)
Steely Dan - "Reeling in the Years" (mono)
Stevens, Cat - "The Hurt" (stereo)
Stevens, Cat - "Sitting" (stereo)
Stevenson, B.W. - "My Maria" (stereo)
Stories - "Brother Louie" (mono and stereo)
Strunk, Jud - "Daisy a Day" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "Break up to Make Up" (stereo)
Stylistics, The - "Rockin' Roll Baby" (mono)
Stylistics, The - "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" (mono)
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - "(I Don't Want to Love You but) You Got Me Anyway" (stereo)
Sweet, The - "Little Willy" (mono)
Sylvers, Foster - "Misdemeanor" (stereo)
Sylvia - "Pillow Talk" (mono)
Tavares - "Check It Out" (stereo)
Taylor, James - "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" (stereo)
Taylor, Johnny - "Cheaper to Keep Her" (stereo)
Taylor, Johnnie - "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" (stereo)
Temptations, The - "Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)" (stereo)
Temptations, The - "Masterpiece" (stereo)
Temptations, The - "The Plastic Man" (stereo)
Thomas, Timmy - "Why Can't We Live Together" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Let Me Serenade You" (stereo - electronically rechanneled)
Three Dog Night - "Pieces of April" (mono)
Three Dog Night - "Shambala" (mono)
Tower of Power - "So Very Hard to Go" (stereo)
Turner, Ike & Tina - "Nutbush City Limits" (stereo)
Twitty, Conway - "You've Never Been This Far Before" (stereo)
Wainwright, Loudon, III - "Dead Skunk" (stereo)
Walsh, Joe - "Rocky Mountain Way" (stereo)
War - "The Cisco Kid" (stereo)
War - "Gypsy Man" (stereo)
War - "The World Is a Ghetto" (stereo)
Weissberg, Eric - "Dueling Banjos" (mono)
Wesley, Fred, & the J.B's - "Doing It to Death" (mono)
White, Barry - "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" (stereo)
White, Barry - "I've Got So Much to Give" (stereo)
Wings - "Hi, Hi, Hi" (stereo)
Wings - "Live and Let Die" (stereo)
Wings [Paul McCartney & Wings] - "My Love" (stereo)
Winter, Edgar, Group - "Frankenstein" (stereo)
Winter, Edgar, Group - "Free Ride" (stereo)
Withers, Bill - "Kissing My Love" (stereo)
Who, The - "The Relay" (stereo)
Womack, Bobby - "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" (stereo)
Womack, Bobby, & Peace - "Harry Hippie" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "Higher Ground" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "Superstition" (stereo)
Wonder, Stevie - "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (stereo)


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Edited by Todd Ireland

Great job, guys!

To Todd:

Could you please double-check your commercial copy of "Let Me Serenade You"?

I *believe* the stereo side of the slightly-remixed promo 45 is rechanneled (split delay line) stereo; I was wondering if the commercial 45 is a true-stereo version.

Thanks,

Andy

Seconded, maybe as a bonus track on a Legacy reissue.

AndrewChouffi wrote: Could you please double-check your commercial copy of "Let Me Serenade You"? I *believe* the stereo side of the slightly-remixed promo 45 is rechanneled (split delay line) stereo; I was wondering if the commercial 45 is a true- stereo version.

Andy, I just pulled out my stock 45 and re-
listened
to it for you. It does also include the same, horrible "split delay line,
electronic stereo" version as your promo 45 does. Maybe Todd and I
should've "editorialized" a bit more on some of these (narrow stereo, "E"
stereo, "Jimmy-Ienner-distortion" stereo, etc.), on a few of these!    :)

(**Oops - I see that John (Yah Shure) beat me to the reply by 5 minutes;
sorry for the dupe info**)

Edited by jimct