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 (That’s 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 (Somebody’s 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  Something’s 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  --  Let’s 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  #(You’ve 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: WMCA’s 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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