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 SOMETHINGS 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 Youre The One (pt. 2) - Little Sister (Stone Flower)
29 18 Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)
30 19 #Everybodys 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 (Somebodys 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 ##Its 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: WMCAs 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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