50 years ago, these were the No. 1 albums of 1973 (and a few other classics, too)

In 1973 the album charts got weird. Sure, there were classic albums by iconic artists such as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Elton John that topped the charts that year. Two different ones in Elton’s case.

But there was also a No. 1 album of bluegrass banjo-picking from the movie soundtrack of a film that made fans wince whenever they thought of actor Ned Beatty.

As well as the strange fact of the Pink Floyd album that reached No. 1 for just a single week in 1973 but also hung around on the album charts for more than 18 years total.