New York's Radio Station - WABC 77 - Survey/2 December 1980
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Survey collected and contributed by Ken Williamson
Additional detail provided by Tom Natoli
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TW LW 1. Lady - Kenny Rogers (Liberty) *2 weeks #1* 1 2. Woman In Love - Barbra Streisand (Columbia) 2 3. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen (Elektra) 3 4. Whip It - Devo (Warner Brothers) 4 5. Master Blaster (Jammin') - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 5 6. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon (Geffen) 10 7. Let Me Be Your Angel - Stacy Lattisaw (Cotillion) 12 8. Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond (Capitol) 11 9. Dreaming - Cliff Richard (EMI America) 9 10. The Wanderer - Donna Summer (Geffen) 7 11. He's So Shy - The Pointer Sisters (Planet) 6 12. It's My Turn - Diana Ross (Motown) 16 13. Never Knew Love Like This Before - Stephanie Mills (20th Century) 8 14. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) 23 15. Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) 15 16. Celebration - Kool & the Gang (De-Lite) 26 17. More Than I Can Say - Leo Sayer (Warner Brothers) 17 18. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross (Motown) 13 19. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - The Police (A&M) 19 20. Guilty - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb (Columbia) 31 21. Every Woman In the World - Air Supply (Arista) 22 22. Love T.K.O. - Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int'l) 18 23. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Daryl Hall & John Oates (RCA) 14 24. I Made It Through the Rain - Barry Manilow (Arista) 41 25. Dreamer - Supertramp (A&M) 20 26. Never Be the Same - Christopher Cross (Warner Brothers) 25 27. Dance Turned Into A Romance - Jones Girls (Phila Int'l) -- 28. Where Did We Go Wrong - L.T.D. (A&M) 29 29. Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.) - Tom Browne (GRP) 35 30. When We Get Married - Larry Graham (Warner Brothers) -- 32. Love X Love - George Benson (Warner Brothers) -- 33. Real Love - The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers) 33 35. Jesse - Carly Simon (Warner Brothers) 27 37. My Mother's Eyes - Bette Midler (Atlantic) HP 38. Upside Down - Diana Ross (Motown) 21 40. Hurry Up This Way Again - The Stylistics (TSOP) -- 42. Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime - The Korgis (Asylum) 34 43. The Tide is High - Blondie (Chrysalis) HP 44. Passion - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers) HP 45. Girls Can Get It - Dr. Hook (Casablanca) -- 46. Without Your Love - Roger Daltrey (Polydor) 50 48. All Out of Love - Air Supply (Arista) 44 49. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John & Cliff Richard (MCA) 48 HP One Step Closer - The Doobie Brothers (Warner Brothers) HP HP Tell It Like It Is - Heart (Epic) HP HP Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan (MCA) -- HP Deep Inside My Heart - Randy Meisner (Epic) -- AC Bermuda Triangle - Barry Manilow (Arista) -- THE TOP TEN ALBUMS: The River - Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) Guilty - Barbra Streisand (Columbia) Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers (Liberty) The Game - Queen (Elektra) Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police (A&M) Crimes of Passion - Pat Benatar (Chrysalis) Double Fantasy - John Lennon & Yoko Ono (Geffen) Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder (Tamla) Back In Black - AC/DC (Atlantic) Gaucho - Steely Dan (MCA) Sunday, December 7, at 9AM with Johnny Donovan, WABC debuts a full Top 30 countdown show. In the past few months, there had been a countdown show, but it always started with the numbered song before the first blank space on the survey. Now, the full top 30 is revealed with some songs only being aired on Sunday morning. #'s 27, 28, 29, 30 are only aired on Sunday morning and aren't on the printed list, with LW positions given for #'s 28 and 29. #'s 32 and 40 aren't on the printed list, numbers given on next week's Sunday countdown show. Barry Manilow AC isn't on the printed list.
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