New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/10 December 1980

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. Lady - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)                 *3 weeks #1*  1
  2. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                 2
  3. Whip It - Devo (Warner Brothers)                            4
  4. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (Elektra)                3
  5. Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)            5
  6. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (Geffen)            6
  7. Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                  8
  8. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                15
  9. Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion)           7
 10. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)       14
 11. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)          17
 12. The Wanderer - Donna Summer (Geffen)                       10
 13. He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters (Planet)                 11
 14. It's My Turn - Diana Ross (Motown)                         12
                                                                  
 15. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M)                19
 16. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista)             21
 17. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia)          20
 18. Never Knew Love Like This Before -                           
                                 Stephanie Mills (20th Century) 13
 19. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                    16
 20. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross (Motown)                       18
 21. Dreaming - Cliff Richard (EMI America)                      9
 22. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling -                            
                                  Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA) 23
 23. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista)        24
 24. Never Be the Same - Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)    26
 25. Watching You - Slave (Cotillion)                           --
 26. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)                     43
 27. When We Get Married - Larry Graham (Warner Brothers)       30
 28. Love X Love - George Benson (Warner Brothers)              32
 29. Hurry Up This Way Again - The Stylistics (TSOP)            40
 30. Love T.K.O. - Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int'l)       22
 32. Jesse - Carly Simon (Warner Brothers)                      35
 33. Passion - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)                    44
 34. Tell It Like It Is - Heart (Epic)                          HP
 35. My Mother's Eyes - Bette Midler (Atlantic)                 37
 37. Dreamer - Supertramp (A&M)                                 25
 39. Upside Down - Diana Ross (Motown)                          38
 40  Without Your Love - Roger Daltrey (Polydor)                46  
 47. Real Love - The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)          33
 48. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime - The Korgis (Asylum)    42
 50. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (MCA)        49  
 HP  Girls Can Get It - Dr. Hook (Casablanca)                   45  
 HP  One Step Closer - The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers)    HP  
 HP  Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (MCA)                            HP  
 HP  Deep Inside My Heart - Randy Meisner (Epic)                HP  
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     The River - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                     
     Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                         
     Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)         
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     The Game - Queen (Elektra)                                   
     Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                  
     Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)             
     Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)                     
     Gaucho - Steely Dan (MCA)                                    
     Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)                           


 SPECIAL NOTE:  Due to the murder of John Lennon on 8 December 
 1980, this week's survey was delayed for one day, until Wednesday, 
 10 December.

 NOTE: Sunday countdown show reveals 25, 27, 28, 29 which aren't 
 aired otherwise and aren't on the printed list.

 

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