WMCA Survey for June 17, 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  WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY? - The Poppy Family (London)
  2   2  THE LOVE YOU SAVE - The Jackson 5 (Motown)
  3   4  #BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) - The 
         Temptations (Gordy)
  4   7  BAND OF GOLD - Freda Payne (Invictus)
  5   6  O-O-H CHILD - The 5 Stairsteps (Buddah)
  6   3  #THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - The Beatles (Apple)
  7  11  HITCHIN’ A RIDE - Vanity Fare (Page One)
  8  13  ##UNITED WE STAND - The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)
  9   8  ##GET READY - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
 10   9  LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers 
         (Buddah)
 11  10  CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
 12  14  MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
 13  15  RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE - Blues Image (Atco)
 14  18  WESTBOUND #9 - The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)
 15   5  EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
 16  12  THE LETTER - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People (A&M)
 17  52  THE WONDER OF YOU - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
 18  17  BABY HOLD ON - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
 19  24  CHECK OUT YOUR MIND - The Impressions (Curtom)
 20  25  #UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 21  SS  #OHIO - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 22  19  COME SATURDAY MORNING - The Sandpipers (A&M)
 23  16  MAKE ME SMILE - Chicago (Columbia)
 24  45  ##MAKE IT WITH YOU - Bread (Elektra)
 25  20  QUESTION - The Moody Blues (Threshold)

 26  26  Love On A Two-Way Street - The Moments (Stang)
 27  27  #Daughter Of Darkness - Tom Jones (Parrot)
 28  22  Freedom Blues - Little Richard (Reprise)
 29  46  My Baby Loves Lovin’ - White Plains (Deram)
 30  33  It’s All In The Game - The Four Tops (Motown)
 31  21  Are You Ready? - Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia)
 32  23  I Want To Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone (Epic)
 33  29  Sugar Sugar - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
 34  --  A Song Of Joy (Himno A La Alegria) - Miguel Rios (A&M)
 35  31  ##Tighter, Tighter - Alive And Kicking (Roulette)
 36  51  ##Down By The River - The Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah)
 37  38  Let It Be (LP) - The Beatles (Apple)
 38  40  McCartney (LP) - Paul McCartney (Apple)
 39  39  Woodstock (LP) - Soundtrack (Cotillion)
 40  41  Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 41  43  Live At Leeds (LP) - The Who (Decca)
 42  --  Self Portrait (LP) - Bob Dylan (Columbia)
 43  49  #Save The Country - The 5th Dimension (Bell)
 44  --  Mississippi Queen - Mountain (Windfall)
 45  LS  ##Your Own Back Yard - Dion (Warner Bros.)
 46  50  Long And Lonesome Road - The Shocking Blue (Colossus)
 47  53  A Little Bit Of Soap - Paul Davis (Bang)
 48  54  I.O.I.O. - The Bee Gees (Atco)
 49  55  Mongoose - Elephant’s Memory (Metromedia)
 50  56  Susie-Q - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
 51  57  Have You Seen The Saucers - Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)
 52  --  Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 53  --  (How Bout A Little Hand For) The Boys In The Band - The Boys In The 
         Band (Spring)
 54  --  (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters (A&M)
 55  --  Destiny - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
 56  --  Let’s Do It (Do It Together) - The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)
 57  --  Tell It All Brother - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)

SURE SHOT: SUPERMAN - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
LONG SHOT: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? - 
Ronnie Dyson (Columbia)
 
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: WMCA’s in-house printed survey was dated June 18-24; however, the chart 
debuted on the air on Wednesday, June 17, so the date that appears above 
reflects when it actually took effect. 

 

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