4 Songs From 1973 Every Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning
A nostalgic selection of four radio hits from 1973 that the article suggests many children heard during school runs in family cars.
– “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” — Stevie Wonder; a US chart-topper that won him a Grammy.
– “Wildflower” — Skylark; reached No. 1 in Canada and No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
– “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” — Jim Croce; topped the US Hot 100 before Croce’s death later that year.
– “Frankenstein” — The Edgar Winter Group; an instrumental US No. 1 that reached No. 18 in the UK.
- Four memorable 1973 radio hits are highlighted.
- Stevie Wonder and Jim Croce topped US charts.
- The list includes soul, soft rock and instrumental prog rock.