WMCA Survey for May 13, 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  TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Tyrone Davis (Dakar)
  2   2  FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin (United Artists)
  3   5  CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
  4   3  ##SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
  5  11  EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
  6   7  AMERICAN WOMAN - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
  7   6  LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - The Moments (Stang)
  8   8  LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers 
         (Buddah)
  9  SS  #THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - The Beatles (Apple)
 10   4  REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - The Marmalade (London)
 11  14  SOMETHING’S BURNING - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
 12  17  #UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 13  10  #LET IT BE - The Beatles (Apple)
 14  12  ##VEHICLE - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
 15  16  #DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS - Tom Jones (Parrot)
 16  15  MAKE ME SMILE - Chicago (Columbia)
 17  25  WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY? - The Poppy Family (London)
 18  13  LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor)
 19  18  WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 20  21  THE LETTER - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People (A&M)
 21  23  WHAT IS TRUTH - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
 22  22  ##UNITED WE STAND - The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)
 23  27  REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebody’s Hand) - Diana Ross (Motown)
 24  55  LITTLE GREEN BAG - The George Baker Selection (Colossus)
 25  49  #COME TO ME - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)

 26   9  ABC - The Jackson 5 (Motown)*
 27  19  Sugar Sugar - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
 28  20  #Viva Tirado (pt. 1) - El Chicano (Kapp)
 29  24  #Let Me Go To Him - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
 30  30  ##That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (Janus)
 31  33  McCartney (LP) - Paul McCartney (Apple)
 32  --  Let It Be (LP) - The Beatles (Apple)
 33  31  Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 34  32  On Tour With Eric Clapton (LP) - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
 35  34  Santana (LP) - Santana (Columbia)
 36  36  Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP) - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
 37  38  Chicago (LP) - Chicago (Columbia)
 38  39  The Isaac Hayes Movement (LP) - Isaac Hayes (Enterprise)
 39  40  Live At Leeds (LP) - The Who (Decca)
 40  41  Dawn Of Dylan (LP) - Hugo Montenegro (RCA Victor)
 41  43  Love Like A Man - Ten Years After (Deram)
 42  45  ##It’s All In The Game - The Four Tops (Motown)
 43  46  Mississippi - John Phillips (Dunhill)
 44  47  Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (Atco)
 45  50  ##Go Back - Crabby Appleton (Elektra)
 46  51  Them Changes - Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express (Mercury)
 47  52  Question - The Moody Blues (Threshold)
 48  53  Baby Hold On - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
 49  54  What Am I Gonna Do - Smith (Dunhill)
 50  56  ##Get Ready - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
 51  LS  ##Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins (Capitol)
 52  57  Free The People - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
 53  --  Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
 54  --  The Love You Save - The Jackson 5 (Motown)
 55  --  Hitchin’ A Ride - Vanity Fare (Page One)
 56  --  Westbound #9 - The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)
 57  --  Soolaimon (African Trilogy II) - Neil Diamond (Uni)

SURE SHOT: BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) - The 
Temptations (Gordy)
LONG SHOT: TIGHTER, TIGHTER - Alive And Kicking (Roulette)
 
*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: WMCA’s in-house printed survey was dated May 14-20; however, the chart 
debuted on the air on Wednesday, May 13, so the date that appears above 
reflects when it actually took effect.

 

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