WMCA Survey for January 21, 1970

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca



Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 

 TW  LW
  1   3  VENUS - The Shocking Blue (Colossus)
  2   2  RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
  3   1  I WANT YOU BACK - The Jackson 5 (Motown)
  4   4  #I’LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
  5   5  WITHOUT LOVE (There Is Nothing) - Tom Jones (Parrot)
  6  11  THANK YOU (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone 
         (Epic)
  7  14  ##HEY THERE LONELY GIRL - Eddie Holman (ABC)
  8   9  WHOLE LOTTA LOVE - Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
  9   6  #SOMEDAY WE’LL BE TOGETHER - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
 10   8  ##WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN - Jay & The Americans (United Artists)
 11  10  MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists)
 12  13  EARLY IN THE MORNING - Vanity Fare (Page One)
 13   7  WINTER WORLD OF LOVE - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
 14  15  JAM UP JELLY TIGHT - Tommy Roe (ABC)
 15  16  LEAVING ON A JET PLANE - Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros.-7 Arts)
 16  20  ##RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA - Brook Benton (Cotillion)
 17  19  BABY TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS - Jefferson (Janus)
 18  18  #JINGLE JANGLE - The Archies (Kirshner)
 19  25  #PSYCHEDELIC SHACK - The Temptations (Gordy)
 20  23  #WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES - Joe South & The Believers (Capitol)
 21  21  #BLOWING AWAY - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
 22  24  ##BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO - Lenny Welch (Commonwealth United)
 23 [45] THE THRILL IS GONE - B.B. King (BluesWay)
 24 [32] LET’S WORK TOGETHER (pt. 1) - Wilbert Harrison (Sue)
 25 [42] MA BELLE AMIE - The Tee Set (Colossus)
 
[26] 12  She Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning) - The Tokens (Buddah)
[27] 17  The Touch Of You - Brenda & The Tabulations (Top & Bottom)
[28] 22  ##She Belongs To Me - Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band (Decca)
[29][31] #How Can I Forget - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
[30][26] Holly Holy - Neil Diamond (Uni)
[31][28] #Bold Soul Sister - Ike & Tina Turner (Blue Thumb)
[32] SS  #Travelin’ Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 33  LS  ##Come And Get It - Badfinger (Apple)
 34 [33] ##Mr. Bus Driver - Neal Dover (Diamond)
[35][34] Answer Me, My Love - The Happenings (Jubilee)
[36][35] Hold On - The Rascals (Atlantic)
[37][36] Cupid - Johnny Nash (JAD)
[38][39] No Time - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
 39  40  You Got Me Hummin’ - Cold Blood (San Francisco)
[40][41] Always Something There To Remind Me - R.B. Greaves (Atco)
[41][43] Moon Walk (pt. 1) - Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7)
[42][44] Don’t Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
[43][47] The Rapper - The Jaggerz (Kama Sutra)
[44][48] Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics (Philly Groove)
[45][49] Shades Of Green - The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)
[46][50] Arizona - Mark Lindsay (Columbia)
[47][51] Evil Ways - Santana (Columbia)
[48][52] Si Tu Dois Partie - Fairport Convention (A&M)
[49] --  Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
[50] --  New World Coming - Mama Cass Elliott (Dunhill)
[51][55] Room To Move - John Mayall (Polydor)
[52][56] Never Goin’ Back To Georgia - The Blues Magoos (ABC)
[53][57] Slip Around - Charlie Hodges (Calla)
[54] --  Give Me Just A Little More Time - The Chairmen Of The Board 
         (Invictus)
[55] --  Comin’ Home - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
[56] --  Walking Through The Country - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
[57] --  Love Bones - Johnnie Taylor (Stax)

SURE SHOT: NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
LONG SHOT: MY ELUSIVE DREAMS - Bobby Vinton (Epic)

#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: The top 25 is a transcription of the on-air countdown that week. Chart 
positions below #25 not in brackets were also announced on the air and noted 
by listeners; numbers in brackets are estimates based in part on the previous 
and following weeks’ charts.

 

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