WLS
Forty-fives
OCTOBER 16, 1976 VOL. 17, NO. 2
Survey courtesy Doug Scherer
LW TW
1 1 Disco Duck
Rick Dees
2 2 Devil Woman
Cliff Richard
3 3 Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry
5 4 I Only Want To Be With You
Bay City Rollers
4 5 If You Leave Me Now
Chicago
9 6 Still The One
Orleans
13 7 Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
6 8 Fifth Of Beethoven
Walter Murphy
11 9 Wham Sam
Silver
7 10 Magic Man
Heart
8 11 Lowdown
Boz Scaggs
10 12 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John & Kiki Dee
15 13 She's Gone
Daryl Hall & John Oates
16 14 This One's For You
Barry Manilow
17 15 Fernando
Abba
21 16 Rock'n Me
Steve Miller
12 17 I'd Really Love To See You England Dan/J. F. Coley
22 18 That'll Be The Day
Linda Ronstadt
14 19 Shake Your Booty
KC & The Sunshine Band
27 20 (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult
18 21 You Should Be Dancing
Bee Gees
20 22 Baby I Love Your Way
Peter Frampton
24 23 Beth
Kiss
23 24 Getaway
Earth, Wind & Fire
19 25 With Your Love
Jefferson Starship
32 26 Muskrat Love
Captain & Tennille
33 27 Love So Right
Bee Gees
31 28 Little Bit More
Dr. Hook
43 29 Do You Feel Like We Do
Peter Frampton
26 30 Say You Love Me
Fleetwood Mac
41 31 Dose Of Rock 'n Roll
Ringo Starr
30 32 Summer
War
25 33 Let 'em
In
Wings
36 34 You Are My Starship
Norman Connors
28 35 You'll Never Find Another Love
Lou Rawls
35 36 Sunrise
Eric Carmen
39 37 You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine
Neil Sedaka
29 38 It's OK
Beach Boys
34 39 Afternoon Delight
Starland Vocal Band
45 40 Did You Boogie
Flash Cadillac
37 41 Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Tavares
38 42 Get Closer
Seals & Crofts
xx 43 Just To Be Close To You
Commodores
xx 44 More Than A Feeling
Boston
xx 45 You Are The Woman
Firefall
Thirty-threes
1 1 Comes Alive (4th Week No. 1)
Peter Frampton
2 2 Dreamboat Annie (5th Week No. 2)
Heart
4 3 Chicago X
Chicago
3 4 This One's For You
Barry Manilow
5 5 Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
8 6 Fly Like An Eagle
Steve Miller
6 7 Silk Degrees
Boz Scaggs
7 8 Rocks
Aerosmith
16 9 Free-For-All
Ted Nugent
11 10 Spirit
John Denver
10 11 Summertime Dream
Gordon Lightfoot
9 12 Spitfire
Jefferson Starship
15 13 Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry
13 14 Greatest Hits
War
27 15 Boston
Boston
23 16 Dedication
Bay City Rollers
14 17 15 Big Ones
Beach Boys
12 18 At The Speed Of Sound
Wings
24 19 Children Of The World
Bee Gees
18 20 Hasten Down The Wind
Linda Ronstadt
20 21 Best Of B. T. 0.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
21 22 Beautiful Noise
Neil Diamond
22 23 Greatest Hits, 1971-1975
Eagles
17 24 Ole
Electric Light Orchestra
31 25 Agents Of Fortune
Blue Oyster Cult
19 26 Endless Summer
Beach Boys
25 27 Rock And Roll Music
Beatles
30 28 Nights Are Forever England Ban & John Ford Coley
26 29 Soul Searchin'
Average White Band
xx 30 One More For The Road
Lynyrd Skynyrd
xx 31 Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Wonder
xx 32 Fifth Of Beethoven
Walter Murphy
28 33 Breezin'
George Benson
WLS plays selected music from these lists.
ConcertS in the Weeks Ahead
O'Jays - Mill Run Theater - October 13-17
Elvis Presley - Chicago Stadium - October 14-15
Michael Murphey - Ivanhoe Theater - October 19
Lettermen - Aria Crown - October 24
Heart - Auditorium - October 25
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.