MusicRadio 77WABC Weekly Survey 11 January 1977

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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                  
 TW                                                             LW
  1. Car Wash - Rose Royce (MCA)                    *1 week #1*  3
  2. You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be In My Show) -             
                         Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC)  1
  3. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) 4
  4. Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)         2
  5. I Wish - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)                             11
  6. After the Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck (Epic)            14
  7. Hot Line - The Sylvers (Capitol)                           16
  8. Dazz - Brick (Bang)                                        18
  9. Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons (Epic)                        9
 10. Whispering/Cherchez la Femme/Se Si Bon -                     
                     Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (RCA)  6
 11. The Rubberband Man - The Spinners (Atlantic)                7
 12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word - Elton John (Rocket)   10
 13. Stand Tall - Burton Cummings (Portrait)                    19
 14. New Kid in Town - The Eagles (Asylum)                      HP
                                                                  
 15. Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (United Artists)   29
 16. Somebody to Love - Queen (Elektra)                         HP
 22. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (Columbia)                       HP
 36. Blinded By the Light -                                       
                    Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Warner Brothers) --
 HP  Boogie Child - The Bee Gees (RSO)                            
     Rock'n Me - The Steve Miller Band (Capitol)                  
     If You Leave Me Now - Chicago (Columbia)                     
     Disco Duck, Part 1 - Rick Dees & his Cast of Idiots (RSO)    
     Fernando - ABBA (Atlantic)                                   
     The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -                         
                                     Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)   
     Just to Be Close to You - The Commodores (Motown)            
     Muskrat Love - The Captain & Tennille (A&M)                  
     Love So Right - The Bee Gees (RSO)                           
     More Than a Feeling - Boston (Epic)                          
     You Are the Woman - Firefall (Atlantic)                      
     Nadia's Theme - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. (A&M)     
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Songs In the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)             
     Wings Over America - Wings (Capitol)                         
     Boston - Boston (Epic)                                       
     Hotel California - The Eagles (Asylum)                       
     A Night On the Town - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)          
     A Day at the Races - Queen (Elektra)                         
     The Pretender - Jackson Browne (Asylum)                      
     Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton (A&M)                 
     Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band -                       
                     Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (RCA)   
     A New World Record - Electric Light Orchestra (UA)           


SPECIAL NOTES:  Unless otherwise noted, songs without a number 
assigned to them (excluding whole albums) are in an in-house 
category labeled "New Library."

>From an internal memo which accompanied this week's in-house 
playlist:  "Test was conducted to see what records would be 
considered if criteria were tightened to - Billboard, Cashbox, and 
Radio & Records, Top 15; Variety and Record World, Top 20.  
Qualifying records would be 'Blinded By the Light" and "Torn 
Between Two Lovers.'  The following people were present at this 
meeting:  S. Jones, C. Love, L. Lotkowitctz, G. Morgan, R. Sklar."  
This memo was distributed to the following:  B. Cruz, J. Donovan, 
H. Harrison, D. Ingram, C. Leonard, R. Lundy, G. Michael, S. 
O'Brien, G. Morgan, A. Racco, M. Roth, Music Clearance.  "Blinded 
By the Light" was added this week, although "Torn Between Two 
Lovers" would not be added until the following week.

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