WMCA Survey for March 4, 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   1  BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
  2   7  ##RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA - Brook Benton (Cotillion)
  3   3  GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME - The Chairmen Of The Board 
         (Invictus)
  4   2  THANK YOU (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / EVERYBODY IS A STAR - Sly 
         & The Family Stone (Epic)
  5  12  THE RAPPER - The Jaggerz (Kama Sutra)
  6  10  MA BELLE AMIE - The Tee Set (Colossus)
  7   8  INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon (Apple)
  8  13  DIDN’T I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics (Philly Groove)
  9   6  #TRAVELIN’ BAND / WHO’LL STOP THE RAIN - Creedence Clearwater 
         Revival (Fantasy)
 10   5  ##HEY THERE LONELY GIRL - Eddie Holman (ABC)
 11   4  RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
 12   9  NO TIME - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
 13  19  HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER - The Hollies (Epic)
 14  11  #PSYCHEDELIC SHACK - The Temptations (Gordy)
 15  21  ##LOVE GROWS (Where My Rosemary Goes) - The Edison Lighthouse (Bell)
 16 [26] ##MY ELUSIVE DREAMS - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
 17  16  EVIL WAYS - Santana (Columbia)
 18 [29] #CELEBRATE - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
 19  14  ARIZONA - Mark Lindsay (Columbia)
 20  24  HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Frijid Pink (Parrot)
 21  22  ##GOTTA HOLD ON TO THIS FEELING - Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
 22  25  ##COME AND GET IT - Badfinger (Apple)
 23 [49] THE BELLS - The Originals (Soul)
 24  SS  ABC - The Jackson 5 (Motown)*
 25 [39] GOTTA GET BACK TO YOU - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)

[26] 20  #I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
[27][28] Call Me - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
[28] 15  Venus - The Shocking Blue (Colossus)
[29][31] #Who’s Your Baby? - The Archies (Kirshner)
[30][32] ##Add Some Music To Your Day - The Beach Boys (Brother/Reprise)
[31][34] Walking Through The Country - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
[32][38] Stir It Up And Serve It - Tommy Roe (ABC)
[33][42] Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade (London)
[34][50] Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)
[35][43] Silly, Silly, Fool - Dusty Springfield (Atlantic)
[36][45] Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)
[37][46] You’re The One (pt. 2) - Little Sister (Stone Flower)
[38][47] Love Or Let Me Be Lonely - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor)
 39 [44] Peter And The Wolf - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde (Ranwood)
[40][48] Don’t Worry Baby - The Tokens (Buddah)
[41][52] Take A Look Around - Smith (Dunhill)
[42][53] Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes (Motown)
[43] --  Hey Jude (LP) - The Beatles (Apple)
[44] 23  Morrison Hotel (LP) - The Doors (Elektra)
[45][27] Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP) - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
[46] RE  Led Zeppelin II (LP) - Led Zeppelin (Atlantic)
[47] --  Climbing! (LP) - Mountain (Windfall)
[48][54] Mighty Joe - The Shocking Blue (Colossus)
[49][55] Roadhouse Blues - The Doors (Elektra)
[50] LS  ##Get Ready - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
[51][56] Do The Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas (Stax)
[52] --  If Only I Had My Mind On Something Else - The Bee Gees (Atco)
[53][57] All That I've Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You) - Billy Preston (Apple)
[54] --  Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection (Colossus)
[55] --  Let’s Give Adam And Eve Another Chance - Gary Puckett & The Union 
         Gap (Columbia)
[56] --  American Woman - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
 57  --  Capture The Moment - Jay & The Americans (United Artists)
 
SURE SHOT: LET IT BE - The Beatles (Apple)
LONG SHOT: SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
 
*Title announced on the air as “MCA,” in order to avoid mentioning
 the call letters of archrival WABC

#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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