Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1973. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia |
| Aerosmith | Dream On | ☆ |
| Aerosmith | Mama Kin | ☆ |
| Al Green | Here I Am (Come and Take Me) | ☆ |
| Al Wilson | Show and Tell | ☆ |
| Alice Cooper | No More Mr. Nice Guy | ☆ |
| Alice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies | ☆ |
| B.W. Stevenson | My Maria | ☆ |
| Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Takin' Care of Business | ☆ |
| Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Let It Ride | ☆ |
| Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were | ☆ |
| Barry White | Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up | ☆ |
| Barry White | I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby | ☆ |
| Billy Joel | Piano Man | ☆ |
| Billy Joel | Captain Jack | ☆ |
| Billy Preston | Space Race | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | ☆ |
| Bob Dylan | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | ☆ |
| Bob Seger | Turn The Page | ☆ |
| Brownsville Station | Smokin' In The Boys Room | ☆ |
| Bruce Springsteen | Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) | ☆ |
| Bruce Springsteen | 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) | ☆ |
| Bruce Springsteen | Blinded by the Light | ☆ |
| Bruce Springsteen | Spirit in the Night | ☆ |
| Can | Vitamin C | ☆ |
| Charlie Rich | Behind Closed Doors | ☆ |
| Charlie Rich | The Most Beautiful Girl | ☆ |
| Cher | Half-Breed | ☆ |
| Chicago | Feelin' Stronger Every Day | ☆ |
| Chicago | Just You 'n' Me | ☆ |
| Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn | Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | ☆ |
| David Bowie | The Jean Genie | ☆ |
| David Essex | Rock On | ☆ |
| Dawn featuring Tony Orlando | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | ☆ |
| Deep Purple | Woman From Tokyo | ☆ |
| Diana Ross | Touch Me in the Morning | ☆ |
| Dolly Parton | Jolene | ☆ |
| Dr. John | Right Place Wrong Time | ☆ |
| Eddie Kendricks | Keep On Truckin' | ☆ |
| Eddie Kendricks | Boogie Down | ☆ |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Roll Over Beethoven | ☆ |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Showdown | ☆ |
| Elton John | Bennie And The Jets | ☆ |
| Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | ☆ |
| Elton John | Daniel | ☆ |
| Elton John | Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting | ☆ |
| Elton John | Candle In The Wind | ☆ |
| Elton John | Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding | ☆ |
| Elton John | Step into Christmas | ☆ |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Karn Evil 9 | ☆ |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Jerusalem | ☆ |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Still, You Turn Me On | ☆ |
| Fleetwood Mac | Hypnotized | ☆ |
| Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention | Montana | ☆ |
| Genesis | Dancing with the Moonlit Knight | ☆ |
| George Harrison | Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) | ☆ |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | Midnight Train To Georgia | ☆ |
| Gladys Knight & the Pips | Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me | ☆ |
| Gladys Knight and the Pips | I've Got To Use My Imagination | ☆ |
| Glynis Johns | Send in the Clowns | ☆ |
| Golden Earring | Radar Love | ☆ |
| Golden Earring | Vanilla Queen | ☆ |
| Gram Parsons | She | ☆ |
| Grand Funk Railroad | We're An American Band | ☆ |
| Hall & Oates | She's Gone | ☆ |
| Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | The Love I Lost | ☆ |
| Helen Reddy | Delta Dawn | ☆ |
| Hues Corporation | Rock the Boat | ☆ |
| Ike and Tina Turner | Nutbush City Limits | ☆ |
| Incredible Bongo Band | Apache | ☆ |
| Jim Croce | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown | ☆ |
| Jim Croce | I Got A Name | ☆ |
| Jim Croce | I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song | ☆ |
| Jimmy Buffett | Why Don't We Get Drunk | ☆ |
| Jobriath | I'maman | ☆ |
| Joe Walsh | Rocky Mountain Way | ☆ |
| John Lennon | Mind Games | ☆ |
| King Crimson | Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Pts. 1 & 2 | ☆ |
| King Harvest | Dancing in the Moonlight | ☆ |
| Kool & The Gang | Hollywood Swinging | ☆ |
| Kool and the Gang | Jungle Boogie | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Over the Hills and Far Away | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | D'yer Mak'er | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | The Ocean | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Dancing Days | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | No Quarter | ☆ |
| Little Feat | Dixie Chicken | ☆ |
| Little Feat | Fat Man in the Bathtub | ☆ |
| Lou Reed | Caroline Says II | ☆ |
| Love Unlimited Orchestra | Love's Theme | ☆ |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | ☆ |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Simple Man | ☆ |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Gimme Three Steps | ☆ |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Tuesday's Gone | ☆ |
| Maria Muldaur | Midnight at the Oasis | ☆ |
| Marvin Gaye | Let's Get It On | ☆ |
| MFSB feat. The Three Degrees | T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) | ☆ |
| Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | ☆ |
| Montrose | Bad Motor Scooter | ☆ |
| Mott the Hoople | All the Way from Memphis | ☆ |
| New York City | I'm Doin' Fine Now | ☆ |
| New York Dolls | Personality Crisis | ☆ |
| New York Dolls | Trash | ☆ |
| New York Dolls | Jet Boy | ☆ |
| New York Dolls | Looking for a Kiss | ☆ |
| New York Dolls | Vietnamese Baby | ☆ |
| Olivia Newton-John | Let Me Be There | ☆ |
| Paul McCartney & Wings | Band On The Run | ☆ |
| Paul McCartney & Wings | Jet | ☆ |
| Paul McCartney & Wings | My Love | ☆ |
| Paul Simon | Kodachrome | ☆ |
| Paul Simon | Loves Me Like a Rock | ☆ |
| Peter Frampton | Do You Feel Like We Do | ☆ |
| Pink Floyd | Money | ☆ |
| Pink Floyd | Time | ☆ |
| Pink Floyd | Us And Them | ☆ |
| Pink Floyd | Brain Damage | ☆ |
| Pink Floyd | Breathe | ☆ |
| Pink Floyd | The Great Gig in the Sky | ☆ |
| Pure Prairie League | Amie | ☆ |
| Queen | Keep Yourself Alive | ☆ |
| Queen | Seven Seas Of Rhye | ☆ |
| Quincy Jones | Sanford and Son Theme (The Streetbeater) | ☆ |
| REO Speedwagon | Ridin' The Storm Out | ☆ |
| Rick Derringer | Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo | ☆ |
| Ringo Starr | Photograph | ☆ |
| Ringo Starr | You're Sixteen | ☆ |
| Ringo Starr | Oh My My | ☆ |
| Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song | ☆ |
| Roxy Music | Do The Strand | ☆ |
| Roxy Music | Mother of Pearl | ☆ |
| Roxy Music | Street Life | ☆ |
| Roxy Music | Editions of You | ☆ |
| Seals & Crofts | We May Never Pass This Way (Again) | ☆ |
| Seals and Crofts | Diamond Girl | ☆ |
| Sister Janet Mead | The Lord's Prayer | ☆ |
| Slade | Cum on Feel the Noize | ☆ |
| Slade | Merry Xmas Everybody | ☆ |
| Sly & The Family Stone | If You Want Me to Stay | ☆ |
| Steely Dan | My Old School | ☆ |
| Steve Miller Band | The Joker | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Living for the City | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | He's Misstra Know-It-All | ☆ |
| Stories | Brother Louie | ☆ |
| Stray Dog | Chevrolet | ☆ |
| Styx | Lady | ☆ |
| Sun Ra | Space Is the Place | ☆ |
| Suzi Quatro | 48 Crash | ☆ |
| Suzi Quatro | Can the Can | ☆ |
| Sweet | The Ballroom Blitz | ☆ |
| Sylvia | Pillow Talk | ☆ |
| T. Rex | 20th Century Boy | ☆ |
| Terry Jacks | Seasons in the Sun | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Ramblin' Man | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Jessica | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Southbound | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Sail On Sailor | ☆ |
| The Carpenters | Sing | ☆ |
| The Doobie Brothers | China Grove | ☆ |
| The Doobie Brothers | Long Train Runnin' | ☆ |
| The Eagles | Desperado | ☆ |
| The Eagles | Tequila Sunrise | ☆ |
| The Faces | Ooh La La | ☆ |
| The Isley Brothers | That Lady, Pts. 1 & 2 | ☆ |
| The J. Geils Band | Give It to Me | ☆ |
| The J. Geils Band | (Ain't Nothin' But a) House Party | ☆ |
| The Jackson Five | Dancing Machine | ☆ |
| The Marshall Tucker Band | Can't You See | ☆ |
| The O'Jays | For The Love Of Money | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Angie | ☆ |
| The Spinners | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | ☆ |
| The Staple Singers | If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) | ☆ |
| The Stooges | Search And Destroy | ☆ |
| The Stooges | Gimme Danger | ☆ |
| The Stooges | Raw Power | ☆ |
| The Stylistics | You Make Me Feel Brand New | ☆ |
| The Wailers | I Shot The Sheriff | ☆ |
| The Wailers | Get Up, Stand Up | ☆ |
| The Wailers | Stir It Up | ☆ |
| The Who | Love, Reign O'er Me | ☆ |
| The Who | The Real Me | ☆ |
| The Who | 5:15 | ☆ |
| Three Dog Night | Shambala | ☆ |
| Tom Waits | I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You | ☆ |
| Tom Waits | Ol' '55 | ☆ |
| Tom Waits | Ice Cream Man | ☆ |
| Tower of Power | So Very Hard to Go | ☆ |
| Uriah Heep | Stealin' | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Warm Love | ☆ |
| Waylon Jennings | Honky Tonk Heroes | ☆ |
| Willie Nelson | Whiskey River | ☆ |
| Wings | Live And Let Die | ☆ |
| Wizzard | I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday | ☆ |
| ZZ Top | La Grange | ☆ |
| ZZ Top | Waitin' for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago | ☆ |
