New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/31 March 1981

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. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic)     *1 week #1*  4
  2. Rapture - Blondie (Chrysalis)                               2
  3. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)                      3
  4. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA)                                 1
  5. Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton (EMI America)  8
  6. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                     5
  7. Woman - John Lennon (Geffen)                                6
  8. Hello Again - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                       14
  9. Crying - Don McLean (Millennium)                           16
 10. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury)        7
 11. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA)            13
 12. The Best of Times - Styx (A&M)                             10
 13. While You See a Chance - Steve Winwood (Island)            23
 14. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic)                   9
                                                                  
 15. It's a Love Thing - The Whispers (SOLAR)                   12
 16. Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton (Capitol)              22
 17. Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police (A&M)              19
 18. Bon Bon Vie (Gimme the Good Life) - T.S. Monk (Mirage)     21
 19. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)             17
 20. What Kind of Fool -                                          
                       Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia) 18
 21. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              11
 22. Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                   20
 23. Just the Two of Us -                                         
           Grover Washington, Jr. (with Bill Withers) (Elektra) 24
 24. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside (SOLAR)                        15
 25. Being With You - Smokey Robinson (Tamla)                   30
 26. A Little In Love - Cliff Richard (EMI America)             32
 27. Her Town Too - James Taylor and J.D Souther (Columbia)     37
 28. I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton (RSO)                      34
 29. Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner (Epic)                      27
 30. Fly Away - Peter Allen (A&M)                               26
 32. Time Out of Mind - Steely Dan (MCA)                        44
 33. Somebody's Knockin' - Terri Gibbs (MCA)                    42
 35. Memories - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              40
 37. Ain't Even Done With the Night - John Cougar (Riva)        43
 HP  Since I Don't Have You - Don McLean (Millennium)           --  
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                        
     Paradise Theater - Styx (A&M)                                
     Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood (Island)                      
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     Face Dances - The Who (Warner Brothers)                      
     Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)             
     Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                  
     Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)                           
     The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                     
     Moving Pictures - Rush (Mercury)     

  NOTE: #'s 18, 24, 26 aren't on the printed list and are only
  aired on the Sunday countdown show.

 

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