WABC MusicRadio 77 Weekly Survey 28 February 1978

Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77 Internet Web Site
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
Additional detail provided by Tom Natoli
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                  
 TW                                                             LW
  1. Stayin' Alive - The Bee Gees (RSO)            *5 weeks #1*  1
  2. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel (Columbia)                2
  3. Emotion - Samantha Sang (Private Stock)                     5
  4. Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill (20th Century)           4
  5. (Love Is) Thicker Than Water - Andy Gibb (RSO)              3
  6. Night Fever - The Bee Gees (RSO)                            7
  7. Baby Come Back - Player (RSO)                               6
  8. We Are the Champions - Queen (Elektra)                     10
  9. Short People - Randy Newman (Warner Brothers)               8
 10. How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees (RSO)                  9
 11. Theme from Close Encounters - Meco (Millennium)            11
 12. Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) -               
                                                Chic (Atlantic) 12
 13. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood -                              
                                   Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca) 13
 14. Peg - Steely Dan (ABC)                                     14
                                                                  
 16. What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd (MCA)                    21
 17. Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton (RSO)                        23
 18. Can't Smile Without You - Barry Manilow (Arista)           AC
 23. Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" -            
                                         John Williams (Arista) 25
 24. The Way You Do the Things You Do - Rita Coolidge (A&M)     32
 28. I Go Crazy - Paul Davis (Bang)                             --
 34. (What a) Wonderful World -                                   
        Art Garfunkel with James Taylor & Paul Simon (Columbia) --
 37. The Name of the Game - ABBA (Atlantic)                     --
     Native New Yorker - Odyssey (RCA)                            
     Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt (Asylum)                         
     Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch (Capitol)                       
     Come Sail Away - Styx (A&M)                                  
     Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton (RCA)                     
     You're In My Heart - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)           
                                                                  
                            Album Cuts:                           
     More Than a Woman - The Bee Gees (RSO)
     Disco Inferno - The Trammps (RSO)                             
     Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - Billy Joel (Columbia)                           
     Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (Asylum)                   
     The Chain - Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)
     Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)  
     We Will Rock You - Queen (Elektra)                           
                                                                       
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Saturday Night Fever - Original Movie Soundtrack (RSO)       
     The Stranger - Billy Joel (Columbia)                         
     Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (Asylum)                   
     Aja - Steely Dan (ABC)                                       
     News of the World - Queen (Elektra)                          
     Foot Loose and Fancy Free - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)    
     Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (Warner Brothers)                    
     The Grand Illusion - Styx (A&M)                              
     Even Now - Barry Manilow (Arista)                            
     Slowhand - Eric Clapton (RSO)    
 
  NOTE: The Name of the Game by Abba was aired later in the week,
  and Dan Ingram gave the number. It is not on the printed list.

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