WLS
Forty-fives
OCTOBER 2, 1976 VOL. 16, NO. 52
Survey courtesy Doug Scherer
LW TW
1 1 If You Leave Me Now (3rd week No. 1) Chicago
2 2 Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry
5 3 Devil Woman
Cliff Richard
4 4 Fifth Of Beethoven
Walter Murphy
3 5 Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John/Kiki Dee
11 6 I Only Want To Be With You
Bay City Rollers
10 7 Lowdown
Boz Scaggs
12 8 Magic Man
Heart
7 9 I'd Really Love To See You England Dan/J. F. Coley
21 10 Disco Duck
Rick Dees
6 11 Shake Your Booty
KC & The Sunshine Band
15 12 Still The One
Orleans
8 13 With Your Love
Jefferson Starship
17 14 Wham Bam
Silver
9 15 Baby I Love Your Way
Peter Frampton
13 16 You Should Be Dancing
Bee Gees
19 17 She's Gone
Hall & Oates
23 18 Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot
14 19 Let 'em
In
Wings
33 20 This One's For You
Barry Manilow
16 21 Say You Love Me
Fleetwood Mac
31 22 Fernando
Abba
25 23 It's OK
Beach Boys
20 24 You'll Never Find Another Love
Lou Rawls
18 25 Afternoon Delight
Starland Vocal Band
28 26 Getaway
Earth, Wind & Fire
22 27 Summer
War
36 28 That'll Be The Day
Linda Ronstadt
27 29 Don't Stop Believing
Olivia Newton-John
39 30 Rock'n Me
Steve Miller
26 31 Get Closer
Seals & Crofts
34 32 Little Bit More
Dr. Hook
24 33 Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Tavares
44 34 Beth
Kiss
29 35 Crazy On You
Heart
30 36 Rock And Roll Music
Beach Boys
38 37 Sunrise
Eric Carmen
45 38 You Are My Starship
Norman Connors
32 39 This Masquerade
George Benson
xx 40 Muskrat Love
Captain & Tennille
xx 41 Love So Right
Bee Gees
37 42 More, More, More
Andrea True Connection
xx 43 You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine
Neil Sedaka
35 44 I'm Easy
Keith Carradine
xx 45 (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult
Thirty-threes
1 1 Comes Alive
Peter Frampton
2 2 Dreamboat Annie
Heart
3 3 Chicago X
Chicago
4 4 This One's For You
Barry Manilow
5 5 Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
6 6 Rocks
Aerosmith
8 7 Silk Degrees
Boz Scaggs
7 8 Spitfire
Jefferson Starship
13 9 Fly Like An Eagle
Steve Miller
9 10 At The Speed Of Sound
Wings
12 11 Summertime Dream
Gordon Lightfoot
11 12 15 Big Ones
Beach Boys
14 13 Ole
Electric Light Orchestra
10 14 Endless Summer
Beach Boys
17 15 Spirit
John Denver
16 16 Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry
15 17 Beautiful Noise
Neil Diamond
19 18 Hasten Down The Wind
Linda Ronstadt
22 19 Best Of B. T. 0.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
26 20 Greatest Hits
War
20 21 Greatest Hits, 1971-1975
Eagles
18 22 Rock And Roll Music
Beatles
25 23 Soul Searchin'
Average White Band
23 24 Breezin'
George Benson
21 25 Greatest Hits
Diana Ross
xx 26 Free-For-All
Ted Nugent
24 27 Greatest Hits
Monkees
31 28 Wired
Jeff Beck
27 29 Dream Weaver
Gary Wright
28 30 All Things In Time
Lou Rawls
33 31 Night On The Town
Rod Stewart
xx 32 Dedication
Bay City Rollers
xx 33 Children Of The World
Bee Gees
WLS plays selected music from these lists.
Concerts In the Weeks Ahead
Tom Jones - Mill Run Theater - September 27-October 3
Leon Russell - Aragon - October 1
O'Jays - Mill Run Theater - October 13-17
Elvis Presley - Stadium - October 15
Michael Murphey - Ivanhoe - October 19
The WLS Musicradio Surveys represent the station's estimate of
current and potential music popularity as reflected in such measures as record sales,
juke box play, audience Interviews, listener requests, and national charts.
Last week's and this week's positions are listed under LW and TW respectively.