New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/20 January 1981

Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77 Internet Web Site
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
Additional detail provided by Tom Natoli
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                     
                                                                 
 TW                                                             LW
  1. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (Geffen)*2 weeks #1*1
  2. Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                  3
  3. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia)           4
  4. Lady - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)                               2
  5. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)                      7
  6. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista)              6
  7. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                 8
  8. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                     5
  9. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M)                10
 10. Passion - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)                    12
 11. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista)        18
 12. Whip It - Devo (Warner Brothers)                           11
 13. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)        9
 14. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)          13
                                                                  
 15. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (Elektra)               14
 16. Watching You - Slave (Cotillion)                           15
 17. It's My Turn - Diana Ross (Motown)                         17
 18. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              21
 19. Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion)          19
 20. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (MCA)                            28
 21. Tell It Like It Is - Heart (Epic)                          20
 22. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)             26
 23. Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)           16
 24. Remote Control - The Reddings (Believe in a Dream)         25
 25. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA)                                HP
 26. Heartbreak Hotel - The Jacksons (Epic)                     22
 27. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury)       34
 28. United Together - Aretha Franklin (Arista)                 26
 29. Giving It Up For Your Love - Delbert McClinton (Capitol)   40
 30. Woman - John Lennon (Geffen)                               HP
 31. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (MCA)        30
 32. He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters (Planet)                 23
 33. Time Is Time - Andy Gibb (RSO)                             36
 34. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon)             HP
 37. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                27
 38. Fly Away - Peter Allen (A&M)                               50
 39. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic)                  43
 40. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)         HP
 41. He Can't Love You - The Michael Stanley Band (EMI America) HP
 42. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                 41
 46. Miss Sun - Boz Scaggs (Columbia)                           49
 49. Cold Love - Donna Summer (Geffen)                          HP
 50. Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)      --
 HP  A Little In Love - Cliff Richard (EMI America)             HP 
 HP  Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                   --  
 HP  Hello Again - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                       --  
 HP  Crying - Don McLean (Millennium)                           --  
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)             
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                  
     The River - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                     
     Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                         
     Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)         
     Back In Black - AC/DC (Atlantic)                             
     Gaucho - Steely Dan (MCA)                                    
     Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)                           
     The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond (Capitol)   

  NOTE: #'s 19, 21, 26, 27 aren't on the printed list and were
  only aired on the Sunday countdown show.

 

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