Haven Retro Combined Chart : 29.06.1968

[smokeyb]

A fourth week on top for the Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann are up to 2, R Dean Taylor is up to 3

Tommy James slips to 4 and Cupid's Inspiration are up at 5.

There are 6 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Bruce Channel at 16.



The biggest climber is Gary Pucket who leaps 17 places to number 23.



The biggest faller is David McWilliams who drops 26 places.


29.06.1968 (Week # 26)


1 (01) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash - 112 points (5-1-1-1-1) 5 wks

2 (05) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack - 78 points (15-5-2) 3 wks

3 (16) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane - 77 points (16-3) 2 wks

4 (02) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 72 points (29-29-34-22-16-16-12-14-10-4-2-4) 12 wks

5 (08) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone - 69 points (8-5) 2 wks

6 (09) Richard Harris - Macarthur Park - 63 points (39-16-10-11-9-9-6) 7 wks

7 (07) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - 63 points (25-23-21-x-14-7-7) 6 wks

8 (06) Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man - 60 points (14-7-6-8) 4 wks

9 (03) Aretha Franklin – Think - 57 points (37-10-6-4-2-3-9) 7 wks

10 (04) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose - 47 points (32-19-19-7-4-2-3-3-4-10) 10 wks

11 (11) Equals - Baby Come Back - 46 points (16-6-3-1-1-2-5-11-11) 9 wks

12 (13) Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - 44 points (24-12-13-12) 4 wks

13 (17) Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me - 39 points (28-22-17-13) 4 wks

14 (10) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - 38 points (18-10-10-7-9-8-8-10-14) 9 wks

15 (12) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You - 37 points (28-20-13-9-11-12-15) 7 wks

16 (NE) Bruce Channel – Keep On - 33 points 1 wk

17 (14) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora - 32 points (13-4-5-3-6-10-14-17) 8 wks

18 (NE) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire - 32 points 1 wk

19 (18) Marmalade - Lovin' Things - 29 points (30-17-13-18-19) 5 wks

20 (20) Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning - 29 points (22-18-16-20-20) 5 wks

21 (19) O.C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - 27 points (30-34-38-35-33-19-19-21) 8 wks

22 (NE) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - 25 points 1 wk

23 (40) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower - 22 points (39-40-23) 3 wks

24 (22) Cream - Anyone For Tennis  - 21 points (31-22-24) 3 wks

25 (30) Mason Williams - Classical Gas - 19 points (35-30-25) 3 wks

26 (NE) Monkees - D.W. Washburn - 19 points 1 wk

27 (31) Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde - 18 points (40-31-27) 3 wks

28 (26) The Delfonics – I'm Sorry - 18 points (29-25-23-27-27-23-25-26-26-28) 10 wks

29 (21) Association - Time For Livin' - 18 points (19-17-21-29) 4 wks

30 (28) Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire - 18 points (21-5-3-2-2-1-4-7-20-28-30) 11 wks

31 (NE) Martha & The Vandellas – Forget Me Not - 17 points 1 wk

32 (32) Ohio Express -Yummy Yummy Yummy - 17 points (33-31-29-28-32-32) 6 wks

33 (RE) Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness - 16 points (42-x-33) 2 wks

34 (25) Temptations - I Could Never Love Another - 16 points (23-25-34) 3 wks

35 (39) The Sandpipers – Quando m’innamoro - 16 points (39-35) 2 wks

36 (15) Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser - 16 points (32-13-7-5-6-15-36) 7 wks

37 (23) Lulu - Boy - 14 points (29-23-37) 3 wks

38 (27) Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So - 14 points (38-27-24-27-38) 5 wks

39 (37) Lesley Gore – He Gives Me Love (La La La) - 13 points (37-36-37-39) 4 wks

40 (NE) Who - Dogs - 13 points 1 wk

40 (29) Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - 13 points (40-36-32-x-24-16-18-29-40) 8 wks

40 (33) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl - 13 points (39-34-32-19-10-12-15-16-11-7-6-5-5-6-12-15-25-33-40) 19 wks



Dropped Out

45 (24) Joe Cocker – Marjorine - 12 points (23-21-24)

46 (34) The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic - 12 points (40-32-34-x-34)

49 (36) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes - 11 points (36)

53 (35) The Delfonics – He Don't Really Love You - 9 points (27-24-29-30-26-22-30-35)

61 (40) Rolling Stones - Child Of The Moon - 7 points (40)

64 (38) David McWilliams – Days of Pearly Spencer - 5 points (29-31-34-38)




Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o & darkstar79 .





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 06.07.1968

1 (3) Equals - Baby Come Back (9 wk)
2 (7) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (6 wk)
3 (1) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (6 wk)
4 (4) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (6 wk)
5 (6) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (9 wk)
6 (9) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (7 wk)
7 (5) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (6 wk)
8 (16) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (3 wk)
9 (11) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (4 wk)
10 (2) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (12 wk)
11 (12) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (5 wk)
12 (18) John Rowles - Hush Not A Word To Mary (3 wk)
13 (8) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (12 wk)
14 (26) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (5 wk)
15 (21) Esther And Abi Ofarim - One More Dance (3 wk)
16 (10) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (12 wk)
17 (13) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose (8 wk)
18 (15) Lulu - Boy (5 wk)
19 (35) Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (2 wk)
20 (37) Monkees - DW Washburn (2 wk)
21 (17) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (12 wk)
22 (20) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (22 wk)
23 (19) Scott Walker - Joanna (10 wk)
24 (23) Association - Time For Livin' (7 wk)
25 (14) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (11 wk)
26 (40) The Who - Dogs (3 wk)
27 (39) Cliff Richard - I'll Love You Forever Today (2 wk)
28 (24) Tremeloes - Helule,Helule (9 wk)
29 (28) Jackie - White Horses (13 wk)
30 (38) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (2 wk)
31 (36) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (3 wk)
32 (44) Bruce Channel - Keep On (2 wk)
33 (NE) Sue Nicholls - Where Will You Be (1 wk)
34 (NE) Diana Ross & Supremes - Some Things You Never Get Used To (1 wk)
35 (47) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (4 wk)
36 (30) Solomon King - When We Were Young (10 wk)
37 (31) William Bell - Tribute To A King (6 wk)
38 (27) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time (17 wk)
39 (22) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (13 wk)
40 (43) Sandpipers - Quando m'innamoro (5 wk)
41 (25) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (16 wk)
42 (29) Aretha Franklin - Think (7 wk)
43 (45) Louis Armstrong - Sunshine Of Love (2 wk)
44 (33) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (17 wk)
45 (50) New Generation - Smokey Blues Away (2 wk)
46 (NE) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (1 wk)
47 (48) Vince Hill - Importance Of Your Love (2 wk)
48 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (1 wk)
49 (32) Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe (10 wk)
50 (34) Elvis Presley - US Male (8 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=06&ChMonth=07&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) D.W. Washburn - Monkees
3 ( 2 ) Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones (#1[2])
4 ( 4 ) Gotta See Jane - R Dean Taylor
5 ( 10 ) Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Johnny Cash
6 ( 5 ) Angel Of The Morning - Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts (#4)
7 ( 17 ) Keep On - Bruce Channel
8 ( 7 ) Boy - Lulu (#6)
9 ( 6 ) Macarthur Park - Richard Harris (#1[1])
10 ( 9 ) Marjorine - Joe Cocker (#8)

11 ( 8 ) Think - Aretha Franklin (#3)
12 ( 24 ) Fire - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
13 ( 19 ) Indian Lake - Cowsills
14 ( 14 ) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds
15 ( 15 ) Here Comes The Judge - Shorty Long
16 ( 13 ) Anyone For Tennis - Cream (#12)
17 ( 18 ) Face It Girl It's Over - Nancy Wilson
18 ( 12 ) How'd We Ever Get This Way - Andy Kim (#10)
19 ( 11 ) Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (#1[2])
20 ( 22 ) Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration

21 ( -- ) It Should Have Been Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips
22 ( 25 ) Dogs - Who
23 ( 16 ) This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert (#6)
24 ( 36 ) The Sunshine Of Love - Louis Armstrong
25 ( -- ) Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
26 ( 23 ) Choo Choo Train - Box Tops (#22)
27 ( 30 ) Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
28 ( 21 ) Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (#16)
29 ( 20 ) Time For Livin' - Association (#11)
30 ( 40 ) Importance Of Your Love - Vince Hill

31 ( 33 ) One More Dance - Esther & Abi Ofarim
32 ( 29 ) Where Is Tomorrow - Cilla Black (#29)
33 ( 27 ) The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co (#25)
34 ( 26 ) I Love You - People (#18)
35 ( 37 ) Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela
36 ( 28 ) Blue Eyes - Don Partridge (#19)
37 ( 32 ) Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B.B. King (#23)
38 ( 35 ) Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler (#28)
39 ( 31 ) Lovin' Things - Marmalade (#9)
40 ( -- ) Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross And The Supremes

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-- ( 34 ) Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondelles (#3)
-- ( 38 ) Master Jack - Four Jacks & A Jill (#12)
-- ( 39 ) Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express (#4)

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-- ( -- ) I'm A Midnight Mover - Wilson Pickett
-- ( -- ) Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls

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The highest new entry is an earlier (but not the first) version of a song that would be a UK Top 5 hit in 1976 for Yvonne Fair.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (4 wks)
2 (2) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (3 wks)
3 (9) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (3 wks)
4 (12) Richard Harris - McArthur Park (3 wks)
5 (3) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (6 wks)
6 (6) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (5 wks)
7 (10) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (4 wks)
8 (18) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (3 wks)
9 (4) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (7 wks)
10 (7) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (6 wks)
11 (23) Monkees - DW Washburn (2 wks)
12 (5) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (5 wks)
13 (8) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora (9 wks)
14 (24) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (2 wks)
15 (11) Association - Time For Livin' (7 wks)
16 (13) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (6 wks)
17 (15) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (6 wks)
18 (17) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (12 wks)
19 (NE) Who - Dogs (1 wk)
20 (14) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose (8 wks)
21 (NE) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (1 wk)
22 (16) Aretha Franklin - Think (7 wks)
23 (19) Equals - Baby Come Back (10 wks)
24 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (1 wk)
25 (20) Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser (8 wks)
26 (21) Otis Redding - Happy Song (6 wks)
27 (22) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (12 wks)
28 (NE) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (1 wk)
29 (25) Love - Alone Again Or (8 wks)
30 (26) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (12 wks)

[raliverpool]

06/07/1968

1 Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash (6wks 19-2-1-1-1-1)
2 Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (7wks 32-13-3-2-2-2-2)
3 Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde (5wks 21-8-4-3-3)
4 Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness (6wks 34-18-12-9-5-4)
5 Equals - Baby Come Back (8wks 26-20-15-12-10-10-7-5)
6 Marmalade - Lovin' Things (6wks 38-22-15-12-9-6)
7 Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (3wks 22-10-7)
8 Gene Pitney - She's A Heartbreaker (3wks 25-13-8)
9 Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning (6wks 26-16-13-11-8-9)
10 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (3wks 23-14-10)

11 Who - Dogs (3wks 32-19-11)
12 Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (6wks 37-19-11-8-6-12)
13 Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (3wks 33-22-13)
14 Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (7wks 33-14-10-7-3-4-14)
15 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (3wks 29-20-15)
16 Tammy Wynette - DIVORCE (3wks 30-23-16)
17 Hugh Masekela - Grazing In The Grass (2wks 24-17)
18 Martha & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (4wks 25-16-11-18)
19 Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (2wks 28-19)
20 Scott Walker - Black Sheep Boy (5wks 25-17-13-12-20)

21 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic (2wks 26-21)
22 Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (5wks 36-22-14-17-22)
23 Randy Newman - I Think It's Going to Rain Today (2wks 35-23)
24 Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina (2wks 34-24)
25 Shorty Long - Here Comes The Judge (4wks 20-15-18-25)
26 Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne (4wks 38-27-25-26)
27 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony (10wks 32-20-15-10-7-6-5-6-15-29)
30 R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Cowsills - Indian Lake (1wk 31 NEW)

32 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (10wks 26-7-2-2-1-1-3-5-16-32)
33 Lulu - Boy (4wks 37-34-31-33)
34 New Generation - Smokey Blues Away (2wks 37-34)
35 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Yester Love (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Look Of Love (5wks 32-23-20-27-36)
37 Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser (8wks 27-18-10-5-4-7-21-37)
38 Cliff Richard - I'll Love You Forever Today (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Monkees - D.W. Washburn (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Some Things You Never Get Used To (1wk 40 NEW)

The Rhode Island, USA family group returned with this bubblegum pop USA #10 written by Tony Romeo.

[Whitneyfan]

01(19) Richard Harris – MacArthur Park
02(04) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane
03(01) The Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
04(22) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire
05(02) O.C. Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
06(03) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
07(12) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone
08(21) John Rowles - Hush Not A Word To Mary
09(11) Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me
10(05) The Sandpipers – Quando M’innamoro

11(10) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack
12(14) The Who – Dogs
13(18) Tammy Wynette – D-I-V-O-R-C-E
14(17) Val Doonican – Now
15(07) Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man
16(28) The Monkees – D.W. Washburn
17(35) Bruce Channel – Keep On
18(29) Esther And Abi Ofarim - One More Dance
19(06) Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony Mony
20(08) Cream – Anyone For Tennis

21(38) Louis Armstrong – The Sunshine Of Love
22(41) A New Generation - Smokey Blues Away
23(34) Cliff Richard - I'll Love You Forever Today
24(--) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
29(--) Sue Nicholls – Where Will You Be
30(45) Vince Hill – The Importance Of Your Love

32(--) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho
36(--) Diana Ross & Supremes - Some Things You Never Get Used To

[o]

1 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
2 Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson
3 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora
4 Rolling Stones – Jumpin Jack Flash
5 Donovan – Hurdy gurdy man
6 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
7 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
8 Aretha Franklin – Think
9 Julie Driscoll – This wheel’s on fire
10 Equals – Baby come back
11 Gene Chandler – Nothing can stop me
12 Otis Redding – Happy song
13 Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So
14 Association – Time for living
15 Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
16 Union Gap – Young girl
17 Who – Dogs
18 Beach Boys – Friends
19 Eddie Cochrane – Summertime blues
20 Status Quo – Black veils of melancholy

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (4 wks)
02 Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (2 wks)
03 The Delfonics – I'm Sorry
04 Cupids Inspiration – Yesterday Has Gone (3 wks)
05 The Temptations - I Could Never Love Another (4 wks)
06 Bruce Channel – Keep On (2 wks)
07 Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me (5 wks)
08 Lesley Gore – He Gives Me Love (La La La) (5 wks)
09 Aretha Franklin – You Send Me (4 wks)
10 Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover (3 wks)

11 The Dells – Stay In My Corner (2 wks)
12 Otis Redding – Amen (1 wk)
13 The Vibrations – Love In The There Hills (3 wks)
14 Martha & The Vandellas – Forget Me Not (4 wks)
15 The Intruders – Love Is Like A Baseball Game (1 wk)
16 Vivian Reed – Yours Until Tomorrow (4 wks)
17 Aretha Franklin – Think (8 wks)
18 Diana Ross & the Supremes – Some Things You Never Get Used To (5 wks)
19 David McWilliams – Days of Pearly Spencer (6 wks)
20 Sly & The Family Stone – Life (1 wk)

21 Gladys Knight & The Pips - It Should Have Been Me (6 wks)
22 The Delfonics – He Don't Really Love You
23 The Jive Five - Sugar (Don't Take Away My Candy) (6 wks)
24 Sam & Dave - You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (7 wks)
25 William Bell – A Tribute To A King (6 wks)
26 Jo Armstead – A stone good lover (7 wks)
27 The O'Jays – Look Over Your Shoulder (8 wks)
28 Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser (8 wks)
29 Mary Wells – The Doctor (8 wks)
30 The Delfonics – La-La Means I Love You

[Shireblogger]

1 [3] :: Equals - BABY COME BACK
2 [9] :: Equals - HOLD ME CLOSER {Baby Come Back B-side}
3 [1] :: Rolling Stones - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
4 [2] :: Tommy James & The Shondelles - MONY MONY
5 [4] :: Byrds - YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
6 [6] :: Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - FIRE
7 [5] :: Aretha Franklin - THINK
8 [7] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING
9 [11] :: Richard Harris - MACARTHUR PARK
10 [10] :: R Dean Taylor - GOTTA SEE JANE
11 [12] :: Frankie Valli - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
12 [15] :: Cupid's Inspiration - YESTERDAY HAS GONE
13 [16] :: Bruce Channel - KEEP ON
14 [8] :: Dionne Warwick - DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE
15 [17] :: Gene Chandler - NOTHING CAN STOP ME
16 [20] :: Monkees - DW WASHBURN
17 [new] :: Herb Alpert - THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU
18 [new] :: Jerry Lee Lewis - WHAT'S MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS (HAS MADE A LOSER OUT OF ME)
19 [19] :: Ohio Express - YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY
20 [new] :: Diana Ross & Supremes - SOME THINGS YOU NEVER GET USED TO

[popchartfreak]

29th June 1968

It's straight in at 1 for the 3rd chart-topper for Dave Dee & Co, presiding over a great influx of entries, many of them future chart-toppers in my charts as oldies, not least Last Night In Soho. I liked the record at the time, but had half-forgotten it by the time I bought a 1968 compilation album in 1976, and immediately I became obsessed by the epic sound of it, played it to death, but didn't chart it as it wasn't officially re-issued. By the time Dave Dee reformed for a final tour with the gang the hits album charted giving me an excuse to let it top my charts for ooh 9 weeks or so in the noughties. It's their greatest record and a vastly unappreciated Howard/Blaikley moment of genius following on another moment. 

That means Jose Feliciano covering The Doors brilliantly, and giving Light My Fire a UK chart presence and a template for a future Will Young UK chart-topper. The song is flawless, it can be covered in any number of styles and still sound great - unlike The Doors actual hit Hello I Love You hovering at 73, dreary in comparison to Light My Fire. Glen Campbell keeps up the top 10's with a track off my first ever album This Is Glen Campbell, and Mama Cass, a huge fave of mine, is in with the sweet 50's pseudo-ragtime stylee Dream A Little Dream Of Me and the sign was on the wall for a solo career. 

In at 17, a song I loved in Singapore 1970 in (of course) a cover version by The 5th Dimension, Laura Nyro's song written following the assassination of Robert Kennedy which was a huge jolt and a massively-changing experience for the USA: Save The Country is as relevant today as it was 50 years ago, moreso as it applies to the attacks on democracy across the world, and especially the USA. In at 18, the Easy Rider movie song as timelessly recorded by Steppenwolf, the ultimate motorcycle metal song Born To Be Wild. It eventually charted in the UK, and again in the 90's shortly after I'd seen them perform it. I have the footage on video. Where's the last place you would expect to see a Motorcycle rock song....? Disney? Yes, that's right, at Epcot. Each summer in the 90's they had 60's acts doing hits-based concerts. The other one I caught was Peter Noone, doing Herman's Hermits back catalogue.

In at 20, Roy Orbison's last dramatic ballad till Jeff Lynne resurrected his recording career, Walk On is fab. At 32, The Moody Blues have an American severe edit of Tuesday Afternoon, which actually works in it's own right for me, and at 39 the cricketing eternal soundtrack Soul Limbo for Booker T. 50 years and still well-known. At 58 it's Al Wilson and a future 1975 Northern Soul UK chart hit, The Snake is still played by Steve Wright a lot, despite Donald Trump's despicable attempts to pervert the song into a rallying call against Hillary Clinton & Angela Merkel in his detestable blatant misogyny. 

At 59 The Toys are back for a final fling, a couple of years after the fab Lovers Concerto, this time it's a cover of Sealed With a Kiss, Brian Hyland's oldie and yet another 1975 UK charting oldie (and Jason Donovan chart-topper) - but with a difference in this instance. It's the oldest record I've come across which is utterly and obviously disco. This is the sound of the mid to late 70's screaming out to be noticed. It wasn't. The Toys folded when it flopped, and disco had to wait a few years to break out. The Intruders are back playing baseball, Eddie Floyd has a good ballad, Neil Diamond pops in with one I'd never heard of, and ditto Sly & The Family Stone. 


1 ( NEW ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
2 ( 3 ) YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid’s Inspiration
3 ( 1 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
4 ( 2 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
5 ( 6 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
6 ( NEW ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
7 ( 5 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
8 ( 7 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
9 ( 12 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel
10 ( 15 ) DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell

11 ( 9 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC The 5th Dimension
12 ( NEW ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
13 ( 13 ) FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
14 ( 4 ) JUMPING JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones
15 ( 8 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
16 ( 10 ) VENUS Johnny Mathis
17 ( NEW ) SAVE THE COUNTRY Laura Nyro
18 ( NEW ) BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf
19 ( 11 ) MACARTHUR PARK Richard Harris
20 ( NEW ) WALK ON Roy Orbison

21 ( 16 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
22 ( 17 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
23 ( 19 ) NEXT Scott Walker
24 ( 18 ) (WE’LL BE) UNITED Peaches & Herb
25 ( 14 ) IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Gladys Knight & The Pips
26 ( 20 ) BLUE EYES Don Partridge
27 ( 21 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC Laura Nyro
28 ( 25 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
29 ( 31 ) ONE MORE DANCE Esther & Abi Ofarim
30 ( 22 ) BOY Lulu

31 ( 24 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
32 ( NEW ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
33 ( 23 ) A MINHA MENINA Os Mutantes
34 ( 30 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
35 ( 33 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
36 ( 28 ) THE EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN B. J. Thomas
37 ( 26 ) HANG ‘EM HIGH Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
38 ( 35 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
39 ( NEW ) SOUL LIMBO Booker T. & The MG’s
40 ( 36 ) RAINBOW VALLEY The Love Affair featuring Sue Glover

41 ( 29 ) REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS Friend & Lover
42 ( 34 ) YOUNG BOY Barbara Greene featuring The Dells
43 ( 40 ) WHERE IS TOMORROW Cilla Black
44 ( 42 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
45 ( 41 ) VALLERI The Monkees
46 ( 38 ) LOVIN’ THINGS Marmalade
47 ( 55 ) WITH PEN IN HAND Billy Vera
48 ( 44 ) INDIAN LAKE The Cowsills
49 ( 52 ) THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE A SONG Elvis Presley & Nancy Sinatra
50 ( 27 ) AMERICA Simon & Garfunkel

51 ( 37 ) YOUR GROOVY SELF Nancy Sinatra
52 ( 48 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
53 ( 32 ) HURDY GURDY MAN Donovan
54 ( 61 ) FORGET ME NOT Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
55 ( 47 ) MRS ROBINSON Simon & Garfunkel
56 ( 59 ) D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Tammy Wynette
57 ( 54 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
58 ( NEW ) THE SNAKE Al Wilson
59 ( NEW ) SEALED WITH A KISS The Toys
60 ( 65 ) LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER The O’Jays

61 ( 43 ) THINK Aretha Franklin
62 ( 39 ) SAFE IN MY GARDEN The Mamas & The Papas
63 ( NEW ) I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO) Eddie Floyd
64 ( 49 ) BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS December’s Children
65 ( 53 ) DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE Dionne Warwick
66 ( 66 ) HERE COMES THE JUDGE Pigmeat Markham
67 ( 69 ) THE STORY OF ROCK AND ROLL The Turtles
68 ( 68 ) SHE’S A HEARTBREAKER Gene Pitney
69 ( NEW ) (LOVE IS LIKE A) BASEBALL GAME The Intruders
70 ( 70 ) I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY Randy Newman

71 ( NEW ) TWO-BIT MANCHILD Neil Diamond
72 ( 58 ) DON’T BREAK MY PRETTY BALLOON Vikki Carr
73 ( 73 ) HELLO I LOVE YOU The Doors
74 ( 50 ) LET ME BE LONELY Dionne Warwick
75 ( NEW ) LIFE Sly & The Family Stone