Top 40 Hits of Early May 1973
| 1 | Dawn featuring Tony Orlando | Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree |
| 2 | Gary Glitter | Hello Hello I'm Back Again |
| 3 | The Sweet | Hell Raiser |
| 4 | David Bowie | Drive-In Saturday |
| 5 | Wizzard | See My Baby Jive |
| 6 | Roger Daltrey | Giving It All Away |
| 7 | Hot Chocolate | Brother Louie |
| 8 | Little Jimmy Osmond | Tweedle Dee |
| 9 | Geordie | All Because Of You |
| 10 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | Get Down |
| 11 | Perry Como | And I Love You So |
| 12 | Wings | My Love |
| 13 | Alice Cooper | No More Mr Nice Guy |
| 14 | David Cassidy | I'm A Clown / Some Kind Of Summer |
| 15 | Judge Dread | Big Eight |
| 16 | Anne-Marie David | Wonderful Dream |
| 17 | Roxy Music | Pyjamarama |
| 18 | Mud | Crazy |
| 19 | Shirley Bassey | Never Never Never |
| 20 | Chicory Tip | Good Grief Christina |
| 21 | Donny Osmond | The Twelfth Of Never |
| 22 | Carly Simon | The Right Thing To Do |
| 23 | Stuart Gillies | Amanda |
| 24 | The Detroit Spinners | Could It Be I'm Falling In Love |
| 25 | Status Quo | Mean Girl |
| 26 | The O'Jays | Love Train |
| 27 | Deodato | Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) |
| 28 | Cliff Richard | Power To All Our Friends |
| 29 | 'Deliverance' Soundtrack | Duelling Banjos |
| 30 | Medicine Head | One And One Is One |
| 31 | Argent | God Gave Rock And Roll To You |
| 32 | Tom Jones | A Letter To Lucille |
| 33 | Nazareth | Broken Down Angel |
| 34 | Joe Brown | Hey Mama |
| 35 | Kenny | Heart Of Stone |
| 36 | Handley Family | Wam Bam |
| 37 | Slade | Cum On Feel The Noize |
| 38 | Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song |
| 39 | The Detroit Emeralds | Feel The Need In Me |
| 40 | The Detroit Emeralds | You Want It You Got It |