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 YOURE THE ONE (pt. 2) - Little Sister (Stone Flower)
13 10 HE AINT HEAVY, HES 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 Didnt 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 #Everybodys Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
[37] 42 #You Need Love Like I Do (Dont You) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
(Soul)
[38] 43 Somethings 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 (Somebodys 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: ITS 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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