WMCA Survey for March 25, 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  BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
  3   3  THE RAPPER - The Jaggerz (Kama Sutra)
  4   5  ABC - The Jackson 5 (Motown)*
  5   7  INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon (Apple)
  6   4  HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER - The Hollies (Epic)
  7   9  DIDN’T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics (Philly Groove)
  8   6  GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - The Chairmen Of The Board 
         (Invictus)
  9   8  ##LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) - The Edison Lighthouse (Bell)
 10  14  HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Frijid Pink (Parrot)
 11  10  ##RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA - Brook Benton (Cotillion)
 12  17  ##COME AND GET IT - Badfinger (Apple)
 13  21  YOU’RE THE ONE (pt. 2) - Little Sister (Stone Flower)
 14  22  ##SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
 15  15  EASY COME, EASY GO - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)
 16  12  #CELEBRATE - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
 17  11  MA BELLE AMIE - The Tee Set (Colossus)
 18  25  UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF - The Supremes (Motown)
 19  19  ##GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELING - Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
 20  20  CALL ME - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
 21  50  FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin (United Artists)
 22  23  ##DEAR PRUDENCE - The Five Stairsteps (Buddah)
 23  24  REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - The Marmalade (London)
 24  51  TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Tyrone Davis (Dakar)
 25  38  MIGHTY JOE - The Shocking Blue (Colossus)

[26] 13  #Travelin’ Band / Who’ll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater 
         Revival (Fantasy)
[27] 18  The Bells - The Originals (Soul)
[28] 16  Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody Is A Star - Sly 
         & The Family Stone (Epic)
[29] 26  Gotta Get Back To You - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
[30] 31  #Who’s Your Baby? - The Archies (Kirshner)
[31] --  Santana (LP) - Santana (Columbia)
[32] 34  Morrison Hotel (LP) - The Doors (Elektra)
[33] 36  Led Zeppelin II (LP) - Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
[34] --  Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
[35] --  Right On (LP) - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
[36] 40  ##Get Ready - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
[37] 42  Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection (Colossus)
[38] 43  Let’s Give Adam And Eve Another Chance - Gary Puckett & The Union 
         Gap (Columbia)
[39] 46  Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
[40] 39  Roadhouse Blues / You Make Me Real - The Doors (Elektra)
[41] 44  American Woman - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
[42] 45  Capture The Moment - Jay & The Americans (United Artists)
[43] 47  Easy To Be Free - Rick Nelson (Decca)
[44] 53  My Wife, The Dancer - Eddie & Dutch (Ivanhoe)
[45] 49  #Everybody’s Out Of Town - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
[46] 52  Make Me Smile - Chicago (Columbia)
[47] SS  #Long Lonesome Highway - Michael Parks (MGM)
[48] 54  Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
[49] RE  Love Or Let Me Be Lonely - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor)
[50] --  Something’s Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
[51] --  What Is Truth - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
[52] LS  ##Vehicle - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
[53] 55  I Who Have Nothing - Liquid Smoke (Avco Embassy)
[54] 56  Miss America - Mark Lindsay (Columbia)
[55] 57  But For Love - Jerry Naylor (Columbia)
[56] --  Love On A Two-Way Street - The Moments (Stang)
[57] --  Hey Lawdy Mama - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
 
SURE SHOT: YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (Don’t You) - Gladys Knight & The Pips 
           (Soul)
LONG SHOT: COME RUNNING - Van Morrison (Warner Bros.)
 
*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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