New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/10 February 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. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)        *2 weeks #1*  1
  2. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                     3
  3. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              12
  4. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (Geffen)            2
  5. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia)           4
  6. Lady - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)                               9
  7. Rapture - Blondie (Chrysalis)                              37
  8. Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                  5
  9. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA)                                 7
 10. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)       15
 11. Passion - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)                     8
 12. Woman - John Lennon (Geffen)                               16
 13. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista)              6
 14. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)             10
                                                                  
 15. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                14
 16. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M)                11
 17. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic)                  27
 18. Crying - Don McLean (Millennium)                           36
 19. I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)         40
 20. Giving It Up For Your Love - Delbert McClinton (Capitol)   13
 21. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                 22
 22. United Together - Aretha Franklin (Arista)                 20
 23. Fly Away - Peter Allen (A&M)                               24
 24. It's My Turn - Diana Ross (Motown)                         26
 25. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)          38
 26. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon)             23
 27. Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                   45
 28. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista)        18
 29. Games People Play - The Alan Parsons Project (Arista)      28
 30. The Best of Times - Styx (A&M)                             29
 31. Miss Sun - Boz Scaggs (Columbia)                           47
 32. Hello Again - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                       30
 34. A Little In Love - Cliff Richard (EMI America)             46
 37. What Kind of Fool -                                          
                       Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia) HP
 38. Seven Bridges Road - The Eagles (Asylum)                   48
 39. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA)            HP
 40. Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner (Epic)                      HP
 HP  Smoky Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap (RCA)                  --  
 HP  Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury)       19  
 HP  Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton (EMI America) --  
 HP  While You See a Chance - Steve Winwood (Island)            --  
 HP  Time Out of Mind - Steely Dan (MCA)                        --  
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)             
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                  
     Hi Infidelity - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                        
     Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)         
     Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)                           
     Back In Black - AC/DC (Atlantic)                             
     Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                         
     Paradise Theater - Styx (A&M)                                
     The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                     

  NOTE: ALL songs are listed on the printed list!

  SPECIAL NOTE:  The Yarbrough & Peoples song may be the only case 
  of a record making the Top 20 (#19 last week), and then becoming a 
  Hot Prospect on the next (this week's) survey.

 

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