WMCA Survey for April 8, 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   1  #LET IT BE - The Beatles (Apple)
  2   2  ABC - The Jackson 5 (Motown)*
  3   6  ##SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
  4   5  ##LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) - The Edison Lighthouse (Bell)
  5   3  INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon (Apple)
  6   9  ##COME AND GET IT - Badfinger (Apple)
  7   4  BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
  8   7  EASY COME, EASY GO - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)
  9  23  TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Tyrone Davis (Dakar)
 10  16  FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin (United Artists)
 11  17  LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - The Moments (Stang)
 12  18  YOU’RE THE ONE (pt. 2) - Little Sister (Stone Flower)
 13  10  HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER - The Hollies (Epic)
 14   8  THE RAPPER - The Jaggerz (Kama Sutra)
 15  19  UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF - The Supremes (Motown)
 16  20  REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - The Marmalade (London)
 17  24  WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 18  14  THE BELLS - The Originals (Soul)
 19  40  AMERICAN WOMAN - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
 20  41  LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor)
 21  11  GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - The Chairmen Of The Board 
         (Invictus)
 22  38  #LONG LONESOME HIGHWAY - Michael Parks (MGM)
 23  25  MAKE ME SMILE - Chicago (Columbia)
 24  39  EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
 25  51  HEY LAWDY MAMA - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)

[26] 12  House Of The Rising Sun - Frijid Pink (Parrot)
[27] 13  Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics (Philly Groove)
[28] 15  #Celebrate - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
[29] 21  ##Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton (Cotillion)
[30] 22  ##Gotta Hold On To This Feeling - Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
[31] 30  Santana (LP) - Santana (Columbia)
[32] 31  Morrison Hotel (LP) - The Doors (Elektra)
[33] 32  Led Zeppelin II (LP) - Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
[34] 33  Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
[35] 34  Right On (LP) - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
[36] 37  #Everybody’s Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
[37] 42  #You Need Love Like I Do (Don’t You) - Gladys Knight & The Pips 
         (Soul)
[38] 43  Something’s Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
[39] 44  What Is Truth - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
[40] 47  Roadhouse Blues / You Make Me Real - The Doors (Elektra)
[41] 45  ##Come Running - Van Morrison (Warner Bros.)
[42] 46  ##Vehicle - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
[43] 48  I Who Have Nothing - Liquid Smoke (Avco Embassy)
[44] 49  Miss America - Mark Lindsay (Columbia)
[45] 50  But For Love - Jerry Naylor (Columbia)
[46] 52  Puppet Man - The 5th Dimension (Bell)
[47] 53  Tennessee Bird Walk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan (Wayside)
[48] 54  Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
[49] 55  Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers 
         (Buddah)
[50] 56  Airport Love Theme (Gwen And Vern) - Vincent Bell (Decca)
[51] SS  #Let Me Go To Him - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
[52] LS  ##God Bless - Arthur Conley (Atco)
[53] 57  Love Like A Man - Ten Years After (Deram)
[54] --  Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) - Diana Ross (Motown)
[55] --  To Be Loved/Glory Of Love - Lenny Welch (Commonwealth United)
[56] --  Last Of The Wine - The Robbs (Dunhill)
[57] --  Hum A Song (From Your Heart) - Lulu with The Dixie Flyers (Atco)
 
SURE SHOT: UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
LONG SHOT: IT’S ALL IN THE GAME - The Four Tops (Motown)
 
*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: The top 25 is a transcription of the on-air countdown that week. Chart 
positions below #25 (in brackets) are estimates based on the previous and 
following weeks’ charts. 

 

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