Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
Additional detail provided by Tom Natoli
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/20 January 1981
Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77
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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. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (Geffen)*2 weeks #1*1
2. Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond (Capitol) 3
3. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia) 4
4. Lady - Kenny Rogers (Liberty) 2
5. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis) 7
6. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista) 6
7. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) 8
8. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite) 5
9. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M) 10
10. Passion - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) 12
11. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista) 18
12. Whip It - Devo (Warner Brothers) 11
13. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) 9
14. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) 13
15. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (Elektra) 14
16. Watching You - Slave (Cotillion) 15
17. It's My Turn - Diana Ross (Motown) 17
18. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk) 21
19. Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion) 19
20. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (MCA) 28
21. Tell It Like It Is - Heart (Epic) 20
22. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra) 26
23. Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 16
24. Remote Control - The Reddings (Believe in a Dream) 25
25. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA) HP
26. Heartbreak Hotel - The Jacksons (Epic) 22
27. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury) 34
28. United Together - Aretha Franklin (Arista) 26
29. Giving It Up For Your Love - Delbert McClinton (Capitol) 40
30. Woman - John Lennon (Geffen) HP
31. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (MCA) 30
32. He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters (Planet) 23
33. Time Is Time - Andy Gibb (RSO) 36
34. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon) HP
37. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 27
38. Fly Away - Peter Allen (A&M) 50
39. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic) 43
40. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) HP
41. He Can't Love You - The Michael Stanley Band (EMI America) HP
42. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic) 41
46. Miss Sun - Boz Scaggs (Columbia) 49
49. Cold Love - Donna Summer (Geffen) HP
50. Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project (Arista) --
HP A Little In Love - Cliff Richard (EMI America) HP
HP Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) --
HP Hello Again - Neil Diamond (Capitol) --
HP Crying - Don McLean (Millennium) --
THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:
Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)
Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)
Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)
The River - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)
Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)
Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)
Back In Black - AC/DC (Atlantic)
Gaucho - Steely Dan (MCA)
Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)
The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond (Capitol)
NOTE: #'s 19, 21, 26, 27 aren't on the printed list and were
only aired on the Sunday countdown show.
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