WABC Music Power Survey for Week of 26 January 1971

Courtesy of the WABC Musicradio 77 Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com



Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

                                                                                                                                             
 TW                                                             LW
  1. Knock Three Times - Dawn (Bell)               *3 weeks #1*  2
  2. One Less Bell to Answer - The 5th Dimension (Bell)          1
  3. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson (Columbia)                      7
  4. Lonely Days - The Bee Gees (Atco)                           4
  5. It's Impossible - Perry Como (RCA)                          8
  6. One Bad Apple - The Osmonds (MGM)                          23
  7. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (Apple)                     3
  8. If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & the Pips (Soul)      6
  9. Black Magic Woman - Santana (Columbia)                     13
 10. Stoned Love - The Supremes (Motown)                         9
 11. I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family (Bell)            5
 12. Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                   11
 13. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Pt. 1- James Brown (King)10
 14. Your Song - Elton John (Uni)                               12
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 16. Mama's Pearl - The Jackson 5 (Motown)                      35
 17. Pay to the Piper - The Chairmen of the Board (Invictus)    19
 20. Remember Me - Diana Ross (Motown)                          17
 22. Watching Scotty Grow - Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)    32
 24. I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds (MAM)                   37
 25. Love the One You're With - Stephen Stills (Atlantic)       16
 26. Mr. Bojangles - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)       --
 35. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)     --
 45. Let Your Love Go - Bread (Elektra)                         --
     
Hot Prospects:
     Ain't It a Sad Thing - R. Dean Taylor (Rare Earth)           
     Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You) -       
                                         Freda Payne (Invictus)   
     For All We Know - The Carpenters (A&M)                       
     Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted -                         
                                    The Partridge Family (Bell)   
     
Album Cuts:
     Superstar - Murray Head with the Trinidad Singers (Decca)    
     I Don't Know How to Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (Decca)        
     Mother - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)                
     Have You Ever Seen the Rain -                                
                         Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)   
     Hey Tonight - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)         
     Hold On - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)               
     Molina - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)              
     Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana (Columbia)           
     Country Comfort - Elton John (Uni)                           
     Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)           
     Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) -                    
                                 Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)    
     Everyday People - Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)              
     Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)    
     I Want to Take You Higher - Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)    
     Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (RCA)                  
     Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (RCA)                        
     
Action Albums:
     Abraxas - Santana (Columbia)                                 
     Greatest Hits - Sly & the Family Stone (Epic)                
     Jesus Christ Superstar -                                     
                         Original Rock Opera Soundtrack (Decca)   
     Elton John - Elton John (Uni)                                
     Pendulum - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)            
     All Things Must Pass - George Harrison (Apple)               
     Live - Grand Funk Railroad (Capitol)                         
     John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band -                               
                           John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (Apple)   
     Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John (Uni)                     
     Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills (Atlantic)                   
     The Worst of Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane (RCA)   
     
All American of the Week:
     Ron Lundy - 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Monday - Saturday


SPECIAL NOTES:  WABC is no longer reporting a solid Top 20; the 
playlist is now Top 14, with selected positions below #14 reported 
(this list will no longer make note of missing numbers below 14).

The Sly & the Family Stone album cuts were taken from the 
station's gold library.

 

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