HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Papa Was A Rolling Stone” by The Temptations
“Papa Was A Rolling Stone” by The Temptations finished No. 100 on the year-end Top 100 of 1973, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 1001973
Year-end charts11973
ArtistThe Temptations14 year-end hits
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1973 was “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree” by Tony Orlando and Dawn. The Temptations had 14 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1973 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1973 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | Space Oddity | David Bowie | ▶♪ |
| 98 | It Never Rains In Southern California | Albert Hammond | ▶♪ |
| 99 | The Twelfth Of Never | Donny Osmond | ▶♪ |
| 100 | Papa Was A Rolling Stone | The Temptations | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.