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Every song, artist & show from Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 and Casey’s Top 40.

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American Top 40 — April 21, 1973

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 40

The April 21, 1973 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 40 songs. #1 was Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree by Dawn. 8 songs debuted this week. 5 songs were in their final week on the chart.

On this show

  1. 40
    A Letter To Myself Chi-Lites
    Week 4 of 4 · Peak #33
  2. 39
    Hocus Pocus Focus
    Week 1 of 11 · Peaks #8
  3. 38
    The Right Thing To Do Carly Simon
    Week 1 of 9 · Peaks #17
  4. 37
    Step By Step Joe Simon
    Week 2 of 2 · Peaks #37
  5. 36
    Cherry Cherry Neil Diamond
    Week 1 of 4 · Peaks #31
  6. 35
    Daniel Elton John
    Week 1 of 11 · Peaks #2
  7. 34
    Oh La De Da Staple Singers
    Week 2 of 3 · Peaks #33
  8. 33
    Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me New Seekers
    Week 2 of 4 · Peaks #29
  9. 32
    Dead Skunk Loudon Wainwright III
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #16
  10. 31
    Hallelujah Day Jackson Five
    Week 2 of 4 · Peaks #28
  11. 30
    Pillow Talk Sylvia
    Week 1 of 12 · Peaks #3
  12. 29
    One Man Band Ronnie Dyson
    Week 2 of 3 · Peaks #28
  13. 28
    Love Train O'Jays
    Week 12 of 12 · Peak #1
  14. 27
    Out Of The Question Gilbert O'Sullivan
    Week 2 of 8 · Peaks #17
  15. 26
    Funky Worm Ohio Players
    Week 2 of 9 · Peaks #15
  16. 25
    Frankenstein The Edgar Winter Group
    Week 1 of 13 · Peaks #1
  17. 24
    Daisy A Day Jud Strunk
    Week 4 of 10 · Peaks #14
  18. 23
    Also Sprach Zarathrustra (2001) Deodata
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #23
  19. 22
    Reeling In The Years Steely Dan
    Week 1 of 9 · Peaks #11
  20. 21
    Space Oddity David Bowie
    Week 8 of 9 · Peak #16
  21. 20
    Wildflower Skylark
    Week 3 of 13 · Peaks #9
  22. 19
    Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed
    Week 3 of 7 · Peaks #16
  23. 18
    Call Me Al Green
    Week 2 of 3 · Peak #10
  24. 17
    Peaceful Helen Reddy
    Week 6 of 9 · Peaks #12
  25. 16
    Break Up To Make Up Stylistics
    Week 7 of 8 · Peak #6
  26. 15
    Drift Away Dobie Gray
    Week 3 of 13 · Peaks #5
  27. 14
    Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack
    Week 10 of 11 · Peak #1
  28. 13
    Stuck In The Middle With You Stealers Wheel
    Week 3 of 12 · Peaks #6
  29. 12
    Stir It Up Johnny Nash
    Week 7 of 9 · Peaks #12
  30. 11
    You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder
    Week 3 of 11 · Peaks #1
  31. 10
    The Twelfth Of Never Donny Osmond
    Week 4 of 8 · Peaks #8
  32. 9
    Danny's Song Anne Murray
    Week 10 of 12 · Peak #7
  33. 8
    Masterpiece Temptations
    Week 6 of 10 · Peaks #7
  34. 7
    Little Willie The Sweet
    Week 5 of 14 · Peaks #3
  35. 6
    Neither One Of Us Gladys Knight & The Pips
    Week 3 of 4 · Peak #2
  36. 5
    Ain't No Woman Four Tops
    Week 2 of 5 · Peak #4
  37. 4
    The Cisco Kid War
    Week 4 of 11 · Peaks #2
  38. 3
    Sing Carpenters
    Week 6 of 10 · Peaks #3
  39. 2
    The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence
    Week 5 of 13 · Peak #1
  40. 1
    Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree Dawn
    Week 4 of 14 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history