The year in music

Best Songs of 1973

Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon”, Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”, Stevie Wonder’s “Innervisions”. In the Bronx, DJ Kool Herc throws the party that hip-hop counts as its birthday.

Kool Herc's Bronx party
Play 1973

29 songs

1973 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 29 songs first released in 1973. Rock, Soul and Funk lead the year. Marvin Gaye, Alice Cooper and Elton John are among the voices of 1973.

Artists of 1973

The sound of 1973

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