▸ the year you arrived
1973
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You will be 53 this year — a child of the '70s.
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Your generation
Gen X
1973 belonged to
Stevie Wonder
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1973
- 1
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Dawn
- 2
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (Live)
Jim Croce
- 3
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Roberta Flack
- 4
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
- 5
My Love
Paul McCartney & Wings
- 6
Why Me
Kris Kristofferson
- 7
Crocodile Rock
Elton John
- 8
Will It Go Round in Circles
Billy Preston
- 9
You're So Vain
Carly Simon
- 10
Touch Me In the Morning
Diana Ross
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsPink Floyd — The Dark Side of the Moon
Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Stevie Wonder — Innervisions
At the MoviesThe Exorcist
American Graffiti
Enter the Dragon
On TVThe Young and the Restless
Kojak
Schoolhouse Rock!
In the HeadlinesSkylab launches
First handheld cell phone call
UPC barcode introduced
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