New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/13 January 1981

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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)*1 week #1* 2
  2. Lady - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)                               1
  3. Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond (Capitol)                  3
  4. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia)           4
  5. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite)                     6
  6. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista)             13
  7. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis)                     12
  8. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                 5
  9. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)        8
 10. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M)                14
 11. Whip It - Devo (Warner Brothers)                            7
 12. Passion - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)                    19
 13. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers)           9
 14. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (Elektra)               10
                                                                  
 15. Watching You - Slave (Cotillion)                           16
 16. Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)           11
 17. It's My Turn - Diana Ross (Motown)                         17
 18. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista)        20
 19. Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion)          15
 20. Tell It Like It Is - Heart (Epic)                          23
 21. Together - Tierra (Boardwalk)                              25
 22. Heartbreak Hotel - The Jacksons (Epic)                     21
 23. He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters (Planet)                 22
 24. United Together - Aretha Franklin (Arista)                 26
 25. Remote Control - The Reddings (Believe in a Dream)         29
 26. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)             51
 27. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                18
 28. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (MCA)                            35
 29. I Hear Music In the Streets - Unlimited Touch (Prelude)    38
 30. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (MCA)        30
 32. Never Knew Love Like This Before -                           
                                 Stephanie Mills (20th Century) 28
 33. Never Be the Same - Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers)    31
 34. Don't Stop the Music - Yarbrough & Peoples (Mercury)       --
 36. Time Is Time - Andy Gibb (RSO)                             33 
 40. Giving It Up For Your Love - Delbert McClinton (Capitol)   HP
 41. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon (Epic)                 HP
 43. The Winner Takes It All - ABBA (Atlantic)                  --
 44. Dreaming - Cliff Richard (EMI America)                     46
 45. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross (Motown)                         
 47. The Wanderer - Donna Summer (Geffen)                       24
 49. Miss Sun - Boz Scaggs (Columbia)                           HP
 50. Fly Away - Peter Allen (A&M)                               --
 HP  A Little In Love - Cliff Richard (EMI America)             --  
 HP  He Can't Love You - The Michael Stanley Band (EMI America) --  
 HP  Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg (Full Moon)             --  
 HP  I Ain't Gonna Stand For It - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)         HP  
 HP  Cold Love - Donna Summer (Geffen)                          HP  
 HP  9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (RCA)                                HP  
 HP  Woman - John Lennon (Geffen)                               HP  
                                                                  
                        THE TOP TEN ALBUMS:                       
     Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen)             
     The River - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)                     
     Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M)                         
     Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)                  
     Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia)                         
     Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers (Liberty)         
     Back In Black - AC/DC (Atlantic)                             
     Gaucho - Steely Dan (MCA)                                    
     Autoamerican - Blondie (Chrysalis)                           
     Eagles Live - The Eagles (Asylum)

  NOTE: #'s 19, 22, 29 and A Little In Love aren't on the printed 
  list and were only aired on the Sunday countdown show. # 34 isn't on 
  the printed list, wasn't aired this week, number given on next week's 
  countdown show.
 
                                               
 

 

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