WMCA Radio 57 Survey for October 29, 1969
Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys
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Survey collected and contributed by Randy
Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen
TW LW 1 -- ABBEY ROAD (LP) - The Beatles (Apple) 2 1 WEDDING BELL BLUES - The 5th Dimension (Soul City) 3 5 SMILE A LITTLE SMILE FOR ME - The Flying Machine (Congress) 4 4 #COME TOGETHER / SOMETHING - The Beatles (Apple) 5 3 I CANT GET NEXT TO YOU - The Temptations (Gordy) 6 2 SUGAR, SUGAR - The Archies (Calender) 7 8 BABY ITS YOU - Smith (Dunhill) 8 11 YOUVE LOST THAT LOVIN FEELING - Dionne Warwick (Scepter) 9 7 IM GONNA MAKE YOU MINE - Lou Christie (Buddah) 10 12 TRACY - The Cuff Links (Decca) 11 6 SUSPICIOUS MINDS - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor) [see note] 12 14 GOING IN CIRCLES - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor) 13 17 #AND WHEN I DIE - Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia) 14 21 ELIS COMING - Three Dog Night (Dunhill) 15 9 ##LITTLE WOMAN - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia) 16 10 #THATS THE WAY LOVE IS - Marvin Gaye (Tamla) 17 19 BABY, IM FOR REAL - The Originals (Soul) 18 15 #BALL OF FIRE - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette) 19 23 #DOWN ON THE CORNER / FORTUNATE SON - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy) 20 16 JEALOUS KIND OF FELLA - Garland Green (Uni) 21 20 TAKE A LETTER MARIA - R.B. Greaves (Atco) 22 22 ##BACKFIELD IN MOTION - Mel & Tim (Bamboo) 23 37 IS THAT ALL THERE IS - Peggy Lee (Capitol) 24 30 NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE - Steam (Fontana) 25 36 #MAKE YOUR OWN KIND OF MUSIC - Mama Cass Elliott (Dunhill) 26 13 #Jean - Oliver (Crewe) 27 18 #So Good Together - Andy Kim (Steed) 28 32 Hot Fun In The Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone (Epic) 29 33 Ill Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones (Parrot) 30 24 Echo Park - Keith Barbour (Epic) 31 25 Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal (Columbia) 32 SS #Someday Well Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown) 33 LS ##I Gotta Have You - Horatio (Event) 34 34 Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 35 40 Evil Woman Dont Play Your Games With Me - Crow (Amaret) 36 43 Up On Cripple Creek - The Band (Capitol) 37 44 Holly Holy - Neil Diamond (Uni) 38 45 Tonight Ill Be Staying Here With You - Bob Dylan (Columbia) 39 46 Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros.-7 Arts) 40 47 Heaven Knows - The Grass Roots (Dunhill) 41 48 Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night Of The Mossacin) - Tony Joe White (Monument) 42 49 Friendship Train - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Soul) 43 50 Natural Born Woman - Humble Pie (Immediate) 44 51 Time Machine - Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol) 45 52 The Ten Commandments Of Love - Little Anthony & The Imperials (United Artists) 46 53 Mind, Body And Soul - The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax) 47 54 Try A Little Kindness - Glen Campbell (Capitol) 48 55 Jingo - Santana (Columbia) 49 56 Memories Of A Broken Promise - Motherlode (Buddah) 50 57 Cold Turkey - The Plastic Ono Band (Apple) 51 -- Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) 52 -- Sunday Mornin - Oliver (Crewe) 53 -- Girls It Aint Easy - The Honey Cone (Hot Wax) 54 -- Turn On A Dream - The Box Tops (Mala) 55 -- Midnight - Dennis Yost & The Classics IV (Imperial) 56 -- Jam Up Jelly Tight - Tommy Roe (ABC) 57 -- Im Tired - Savoy Brown (Parrot) SURE SHOT: A BRAND NEW ME - Dusty Springfield (Atlantic) LONG SHOT: GOT TO GET YOU - The Unifics (Kapp) ALBUM IN ORBIT: LED ZEPPELIN II - Led Zeppelin (Atlantic) #Former Sure Shot ##Former Long Shot NOTE: On the original chart as printed in GO Magazine, Jealous Kind Of Fella was mistakenly listed as both #11 and #20, while Suspicious Minds was not listed at all; however, during the on-air countdown that week, Jealous was played at #20 and Suspicious at #11. This was the first week that WMCA included albums on its chart; during the on-air countdown that week, it was announced that if the sales of Abbey Road were divided among all the tracks on the album, each one would outsell that weeks best-selling single.
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