New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/10 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. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)        *6 weeks #1*  1
  2. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA)                                 3
  3. Rapture - Blondie (Chrysalis)                               4
  4. Woman - John Lennon (Geffen)                                8
  5. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                     2
  6. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk)                               5
  7. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury)       14
  8. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                  7
  9. Crying - Don McLean (Millennium)                           17
 10. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic)                  13
 11. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)              9
 12. Hello Again - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                       11
 13. The Best of Times - Styx (A&M)                             21
 14. It's a Love Thing - The Whispers (SOLAR)                   16
                                                                  
 15. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside (SOLAR)                        15
 16. Fly Away - Peter Allen (A&M)                               27
 17. Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police (A&M)              32
 18. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)         31
 19. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (MCA)                            38
 20. Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)      28
 21. What Kind of Fool -                                          
                       Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia) 33
 22. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA)            34
 23. Fade Away - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                   20
 24. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista)             --
 25. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                EX
 26. Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                   23
 27. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista)        --
 28. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M)                --
 29. Giving It Up For Your Love - Delbert McClinton (Capitol)   24
 30. A Little In Love - Cliff Richard (EMI America)             25
 31. Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton (EMI America) 37
 32. United Together - Aretha Franklin (Arista)                 26
 33. Living in a Fantasy - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)          36
 34. Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner (Epic)                      40
 36. While You See a Chance - Steve Winwood (Island)            39
 37. Just the Two of Us -                                         
           Grover Washington, Jr. (with Bill Withers) (Elektra) 41
 40. Time Out of Mind - Steely Dan (MCA)                        42
 41. Precious to Me - Phil Seymour (Boardwalk)                  HP
 42. Her Town Too - James Taylor and J.D Souther (Columbia)     HP
 HP  Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton (Capitol)              --  
 HP  I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton (RSO)                      --  
 HP  Memories - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              --  
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                        
     Paradise Theater - Styx (A&M)                                
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)             
     Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                  
     Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)                           
     The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                     
     Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                         
     Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood (Island)                      
     Back In Black - AC/DC (Atlantic)              

  NOTE: # 15 isn't on the printed list and is only aired on the 
  Sunday countdown show.   
  Tuesday afternoon Top 14 countdown show moves from 3PM to 2PM.      

 

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