What the Carpenters Really Thought About Their Chart-Topping ‘Singles’

Forty-two years ago, the Carpenters scored their first No. 1 album with The Singles 1969-1973, a compilation album that ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1973, This Tragically Short-Lived Singer-Songwriter Scored His Second No. 1 Hit of the Year Posthumously

On this day, December 29, 1973, this tragically short-lived songwriter scored his second and final No. 1 hit on the Billboard ...
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3 Classic Rock No. 1 Hit Albums From 1973 That We Still Stan

By the time the calendar turned to 1973, the decade and its music were really rounding into shape. These are three 1973 LPs that hit No. 1.
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On This Day in 1973: George Harrison Knocked Ex-Beatles Bandmate Paul McCartney from the Top of the ‘Billboard’ Charts

A week earlier, Harrison’s solo album Living in the Material World had replaced McCartney and Wings’ latest LP, Red Rose Speedway, at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. “Give Me Love” was released in early ...