WMCA Survey for May 27, 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 5 WHICH WAY YOU GOIN BILLY? - The Poppy Family (London)
2 2 CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
3 3 EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
4 4 #THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - The Beatles (Apple)
5 7 LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - The Moments (Stang)
6 1 TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Tyrone Davis (Dakar)
7 6 LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers
(Buddah)
8 17 THE LOVE YOU SAVE - The Jackson 5 (Motown)
9 11 #DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS - Tom Jones (Parrot)
10 8 AMERICAN WOMAN - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
11 13 #UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
12 16 THE LETTER - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People (A&M)
13 19 ##UNITED WE STAND - The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)
14 25 #BALL OF CONFUSION (Thats What The World Is Today) - The
Temptations (Gordy)
15 15 MAKE ME SMILE - Chicago (Columbia)
16 12 REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - The Marmalade (London)
17 9 FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin (United Artists)
18 20 REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebodys Hand) - Diana Ross (Motown)
19 14 ##VEHICLE - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
20 23 ##GET READY - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
21 21 WESTBOUND #9 - The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)
22 52 HITCHIN A RIDE - Vanity Fare (Page One)
23 22 #COME TO ME - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
24 24 BABY HOLD ON - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
25 48 QUESTION - The Moody Blues (Threshold)
26 10 ##Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
27 18 Somethings Burning - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
28 28 Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
29 30 Sugar Sugar - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
30 34 Let It Be (LP) - The Beatles (Apple)
31 33 McCartney (LP) - Paul McCartney (Apple)
32 -- Woodstock (LP) - Soundtrack (Cotillion)
33 35 Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
34 36 On Tour With Eric Clapton (LP) - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
35 38 Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP) - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
36 39 Chicago (LP) - Chicago (Columbia)
37 40 The Isaac Hayes Movement (LP) - Isaac Hayes (Enterprise)
38 41 Live At Leeds (LP) - The Who (Decca)
39 -- Are You Ready (LP) - Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia)
40 -- Leon Russell (LP) - Leon Russell (Shelter)
41 -- Lets Make Each Other Happy - The Illusion (Steed)
42 54 ##Tighter, Tighter - Alive And Kicking (Roulette)
43 45 Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (Atco)
44 46 Mississippi - John Phillips (Dunhill)
45 47 Them Changes - Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express (Mercury)
46 49 What Am I Gonna Do - Smith (Dunhill)
47 50 Free The People - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
48 51 Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
49 53 Soolaimon (African Trilogy II) - Neil Diamond (Uni)
50 55 Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (A&M)
51 56 Feelings - Barry Mann (Scepter)
52 57 Into The Mystic - Johnny Rivers (Imperial)
53 SS #(Youve Got Me) Dangling On A String - The Chairmen Of The Board
(Invictus)
54 LS ##Cinnamon Girl - The Gentrys (Sun)
55 -- My Baby Loves Lovin - White Plains (Deram)
56 -- Freedom Blues - Little Richard (Reprise)
57 -- Check Out Your Mind - The Impressions (Curtom)
SURE SHOT: CANNED HAM - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
LONG SHOT: MAKE IT WITH YOU - Bread (Elektra)
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot
NOTE: WMCAs in-house printed survey was dated May 28-June 3; however, the
chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, May 27, so the date that appears above
reflects when it actually took effect.
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