WMCA Survey for April 29, 1970

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca



Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 
 TW  LW
  1   3  FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin (United Artists)
  2   4  ##SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
  3   5  TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Tyrone Davis (Dakar)
  4   2  ABC - The Jackson 5 (Motown)*
  5   8  AMERICAN WOMAN - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
  6   1  #LET IT BE - The Beatles (Apple)
  7  16  REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - The Marmalade (London)
  8  13  CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
  9   6  LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - The Moments (Stang)
 10   7  ##COME AND GET IT - Badfinger (Apple)
 11  14  UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF - The Supremes (Motown)
 12  12  WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 13  15  LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers 
         (Buddah)
 14  25  ##VEHICLE - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
 15   9  LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor)
 16  23  SOMETHING’S BURNING - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
 17  21  EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
 18  20  MAKE ME SMILE - Chicago (Columbia)
 19  52  #DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS - Tom Jones (Parrot)
 20  24  #UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 21  22  HEY LAWDY MAMA - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
 22  53  ##UNITED WE STAND - The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)
 23  48  SUGAR SUGAR - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
 24  SS  #VIVA TIRADO (pt. 1) - El Chicano (Kapp)
 25  46  THE LETTER - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People (A&M)

 26  10  ##Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - The Edison Lighthouse (Bell)
 27  11  Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon (Apple)
 28  17  You’re The One (pt. 2) - Little Sister (Stone Flower)
 29  18  Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)
 30  19  #Everybody’s Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
 31  27  Roadhouse Blues - The Doors (Elektra)
 32  LS  ##That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (Janus)
 33  30  Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP) - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
 34  31  Band Of Gypsys (LP) - Jimi Hendrix (Capitol)
 35  32  Santana (LP) - Santana (Columbia)
 36  33  Morrison Hotel (LP) - The Doors (Elektra)
 37  34  Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 38  35  On Tour With Eric Clapton (LP) - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
 39  --  McCartney (LP) - Paul McCartney (Apple)
 40  36  ##Come Running - Van Morrison (Warner Bros.)
 41  39  Airport Love Theme (Gwen And Vern) - Vincent Bell (Decca)
 42  40  #Let Me Go To Him - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
 43  41  Love Like A Man - Ten Years After (Deram)
 44  42  Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) - Diana Ross (Motown)
 45  44  Last Of The Wine - The Robbs (Dunhill)
 46  45  Hum A Song (From Your Heart) - Lulu with The Dixie Flyers (Atco)
 47  47  The Seeker - The Who (Decca)
 48  49  ##It’s All In The Game - The Four Tops (Motown)
 49  50  I Call My Baby Candy - The Jaggerz (Kama Sutra)
 50  51  Which Way You Goin’ Billy? - The Poppy Family (London)
 51  54  Mississippi - John Phillips (Dunhill)
 52  56  Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (Atco)
 53  57  Cottage Cheese - Crow (Amaret)
 54  --  Them Changes - Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express (Mercury)
 55  --  Question - The Moody Blues (Threshold)
 56  --  Baby Hold On - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
 57  --  What Am I Gonna Do - Smith (Dunhill)

SURE SHOT: COME TO ME - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
LONG SHOT: GO BACK - Crabby Appleton (Elektra)
 
*Title announced on the air as “MCA,” in order to avoid mentioning
 the call letters of archrival WABC

#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: WMCA’s in-house survey was dated April 30-May 5; however, the chart 
debuted on the air on Wednesday, April 29, so the date that appears above 
reflects when it actually took effect.

 

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