WMCA Survey for September 9, 1970

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
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Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 
 TW  LW
  1   3  #AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - Diana Ross (Motown)
  2   4  ##IN THE SUMMERTIME - Mungo Jerry (Janus)
  3   2  ##SPILL THE WINE - Eric Burdon & War (MGM)
  4   1  ##WAR - Edwin Starr (Gordy)
  5   6  PATCHES - Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
  6   8  CANDIDA - Dawn (Bell)
  7  10  JULIE, DO YA LOVE ME - Bobby Sherman (Metromedia)
  8  13  LOOKIN’ OUT MY BACK DOOR - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
  9  12  TELL IT ALL BROTHER - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (Reprise)
 10   7  ##DON’T PLAY THAT SONG - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
 11   5  SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
 12  11  (They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU - Carpenters (A&M)
 13  18  IT’S A SHAME - The Spinners (V.I.P.)
 14  14  ##MAKE IT WITH YOU - Bread (Elektra)
 15   9  LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME - Robin McNamara (Steed)
 16  17  #I (Who Have Nothing) - Tom Jones (Parrot)
 17  15  #25 OR 6 TO 4 - Chicago (Columbia)
 18  20  #(I Know) I’M LOSING YOU - Rare Earth (Rare Earth)
 19  35  CRACKLIN’ ROSIE - Neil Diamond (Uni)
 20  21  EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE - The Supremes (Motown)
 21  23  #LOLA - The Kinks (Reprise)
 22  24  GROOVY SITUATION - Gene Chandler (Mercury)
 23  25  SNOWBIRD - Anne Murray (Capitol)
 24  27  ##ALL RIGHT NOW - Free (A&M)
 25  47  WE CAN MAKE MUSIC - Tommy Roe (ABC)

[26] 26  ##As The Years Go By - Mashmakhan (Epic)
[27] 28  #Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (Dunhill)
[28] 29  ##Never Marry A Railroad Man - The Shocking Blue (Colossus)
[29] 37  #Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who (RCA Victor)
[30] 30  Cosmo’s Factory (LP) - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
[31] 31  Mad Dogs & Englishmen (LP) - Joe Cocker (A&M)
[32] 32  Look What They’ve Done To My Song Ma - The New Seekers (Elektra)
[33] 36  So Close - Jake Holmes (Polydor)
[34] 38  ##Georgia Took Her Back - R.B. Greaves (Atco)
[35] 39  Gas Lamps And Clay - The Blues Image (Atco)
[36] 40  El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
[37] 41  Groovin’ On The Sunshine (Sesame Street) - The Tokens (Buddah)
[38] 42  Fire And Rain - Johnny Rivers (Imperial)
[39] 43  I Do Take You - The Three Degrees (Roulette)
[40] 44  Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom (L&R/MGM)
[41] 45  Mama, Don’t You Wait Up For Me - The Glass Bottle (Avco Embassy)
[42] 46  Money Music - The Boys In The Band (Spring)
[43] 48  I Wanna Love You - The George Baker Selection (Colossus)
[44] 49  We’ve Only Just Begun - Carpenters (A&M)
[45] 50  Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor (Rare Earth)
[46] 51  Come On And Say It - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
[47] 52  Day Is Done - The Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah)
[48] 53  Just Let It Come - Alive ’n Kickin’ (Roulette)
[49] 54  God, Love And Rock & Roll - Teegarden and Van Winkle (Westbound)
[50] 55  You And I - Geraldine Hunt & Charles Hodges (Calla)
[51] 56  It’s Only Make Believe - Glen Campbell (Capitol)
[52] 57  If I Didn’t Care - The Moments (Stang)
[53] SS  #Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne (Invictus)
[54] LS  ##Stand By Your Man - Candi Staton (Fame)
[55] --  Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm 
         Band (Warner Bros.)
[56] --  Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up (T-A)
[57] --  If You Were Mine - Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)

SURE SHOT: I’LL BE THERE - The Jackson 5 (Motown)
LONG SHOT: SOMEBODY’S BEEN SLEEPING - 100 Proof Aged In Soul (Hot Wax)
 
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: The top 25 is a transcription of the on-air countdown that week. Chart 
positions below #25 (in brackets) are estimates based on the previous and 
following weeks’ charts.

 

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