New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/14 April 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. Morning Train (Nine to Five) -                               
                       Sheena Easton (EMI America)  *1 week #1*  4
  2. Rapture - Blondie (Chrysalis)                               2
  3. Just the Two of Us -                                         
           Grover Washington, Jr. (with Bill Withers) (Elektra)  9
  4. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA)             6
  5. Sukiyaki - A Taste of Honey (Capitol)                      15
  6. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                  1
  7. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA)                                 3
  8. Woman - John Lennon (Geffen)                                5
  9. Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton (Capitol)              17
 10. The Best of Times - Styx (A&M)                              7
 11. Being With You - Smokey Robinson (Tamla)                   14
 12. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)                      8
 13. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury)       11
 14. Crying - Don McLean (Millennium)                           13
                                                                  
 15. It's a Love Thing - The Whispers (SOLAR)                   16
 16. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                    10
 17. Hello Again - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                       12
 18. Watching the Wheels - John Lennon (Geffen)                 19
 19. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic)                  20
 20. While You See a Chance - Steve Winwood (Island)            22
 21. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              18
 22. Her Town Too - James Taylor and J.D Souther (Columbia)     27
 23. What Kind of Fool -                                          
                       Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia) 23
 24. Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx (A&M)                     --
 25. I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton (RSO)                      26
 26. How 'Bout Us - Champaign (Columbia)                        30
 27. Somebody's Knockin' - Terri Gibbs (MCA)                    35
 28. Magic Man - Robert Winters & Fall (Buddah)                 --
 29. Take It On the Run - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                 28
 30. Just Between You and Me - April Wine (Capitol)             --
 32. Ain't Even Done With the Night - John Cougar (Riva)        29
 33. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)             25
 35. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes (EMI America)                --
 36. Time Out of Mind - Steely Dan (MCA)                        39
 37. Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli (Arista)              38
 40. Since I Don't Have You - Don McLean (Millennium)           42
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                        
     Paradise Theater - Styx (A&M)                                
     Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood (Island)                      
     Face Dances - The Who (Warner Brothers)                      
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     Another Ticket - Eric Clapton (RSO)                          
     Moving Pictures - Rush (Mercury)                             
     Sucking In the Seventies -                                   
                            The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones)   
     Reckoning - The Grateful Dead (Arista)                       
     The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                     

  NOTE: #'s 24, 28, 29, 30 aren't on the printed list and are 
  only aired on the Sunday countdown show.

  SPECIAL NOTE:  With this survey (dated 21 April 1981 on the 
  printed, store-distributed list), WABC reverts to its traditional-
  sized, 8 1/2 by 3 1/2 sheet of paper, which originally ran from 
  1963-1979.  This will be in effect for the next four weeks. 

 

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