WMCA Survey for May 20, 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  TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Tyrone Davis (Dakar)
  2   3  CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
  3   5  EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL - Ray Stevens (Barnaby)
  4   9  #THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - The Beatles (Apple)
  5  17  WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY? - The Poppy Family (London)
  6   8  LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers 
         (Buddah)
  7   7  LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - The Moments (Stang)
  8   6  AMERICAN WOMAN - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
  9   2  FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin (United Artists)
 10   4  ##SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum (Reprise)
 11  15  #DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS - Tom Jones (Parrot)
 12  10  REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - The Marmalade (London)
 13  12  #UP AROUND THE BEND - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 14  14  ##VEHICLE - The Ides Of March (Warner Bros.)
 15  16  MAKE ME SMILE - Chicago (Columbia)
 16  20  THE LETTER - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell & The Shelter People (A&M)
 17  54  THE LOVE YOU SAVE - The Jackson 5 (Motown)
 18  11  SOMETHING’S BURNING - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
 19  22  ##UNITED WE STAND - The Brotherhood Of Man (Deram)
 20  23  REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebody’s Hand) - Diana Ross (Motown)
 21  56  WESTBOUND #9 - The Flaming Ember (Hot Wax)
 22  25  #COME TO ME - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
 23  50  ##GET READY - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
 24  48  BABY HOLD ON - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
 25  SS  #BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) - The 
         Temptations (Gordy)

 26  13  #Let It Be - The Beatles (Apple)
 27  18  Love Or Let Me Be Lonely - The Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor)
 28  19  Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 29  21  What Is Truth - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
 30  27  Sugar Sugar - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
 31  29  #Let Me Go To Him - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
 32  30  ##That Same Old Feeling - Pickettywitch (Janus)
 33  31  McCartney (LP) - Paul McCartney (Apple)
 34  32  Let It Be (LP) - The Beatles (Apple)
 35  33  Deja Vu (LP) - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Atlantic)
 36  34  On Tour With Eric Clapton (LP) - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
 37  35  Santana (LP) - Santana (Columbia)
 38  36  Bridge Over Troubled Water (LP) - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
 39  37  Chicago (LP) - Chicago (Columbia)
 40  38  The Isaac Hayes Movement (LP) - Isaac Hayes (Enterprise)
 41  39  Live At Leeds (LP) - The Who (Decca)
 42  40  Dawn Of Dylan (LP) - Hugo Montenegro (RCA Victor)
 43  41  Love Like A Man - Ten Years After (Deram)
 44  42  ##It’s All In The Game - The Four Tops (Motown)
 45  44  Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (Atco)
 46  43  Mississippi - John Phillips (Dunhill)
 47  46  Them Changes - Buddy Miles & The Freedom Express (Mercury)
 48  47  Question - The Moody Blues (Threshold)
 49  49  What Am I Gonna Do - Smith (Dunhill)
 50  52  Free The People - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends (Atco)
 51  53  Mama Told Me (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
 52  55  Hitchin’ A Ride - Vanity Fare (Page One)
 53  57  Soolaimon (African Trilogy II) - Neil Diamond (Uni)
 54  LS  ##Tighter, Tighter - Alive And Kicking (Roulette)
 55  --  Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (A&M)
 56  --  Feelings - Barry Mann (Scepter)
 57  --  Into The Mystic - Johnny Rivers (Imperial)

SURE SHOT: (You’ve Got Me) DANGLING ON A STRING - The Chairmen Of The Board 
(Invictus)
LONG SHOT: CINNAMON GIRL - The Gentrys (Sun)
ALBUM IN ORBIT: WOODSTOCK - Soundtrack (Cotillion)
 
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: WMCA’s in-house printed survey was dated May 28-June 3; however, the 
chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, May 27, so the date that appears above 
reflects when it actually took effect. 

 

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