Haven Retro Combined Chart : 06.07.1968

[smokeyb]

They are still on top for a 5th week, can anyone topple the Stones.

R Dean Taylor is up to 2, Cupid's Inspiration are at 3, Manfred Mann drop to 4 and

the Crazy World of Arthur Brown leaps to 5.



There are 6 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Johnny Cash at number 24.



The biggest climber is the Who who jump 17 places to 23.



The biggest faller is Cream who drop 37 places.



06.07.1968 (Week # 27)


1 (01) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash - 96 points (5-1-1-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (03) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane - 83 points (16-3-2) 3 wks

3 (05) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone - 81 points (8-5-3) 3 wks

4 (02) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack - 78 points (15-5-2-4) 4 wks

5 (18) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire - 71 points (18-5) 2 wks

6 (06) Richard Harris - Macarthur Park - 70 points (39-16-10-11-9-9-6-6) 8 wks

7 (07) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - 62 points (25-23-21-x-14-7-7-7) 7 wks

8 (16) Bruce Channel – Keep On - 53 points (16-8) 2 wks

9 (04) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 48 points (29-29-34-22-16-16-12-14-10-4-2-4-9) 13 wks

10 (11) Equals - Baby Come Back - 47 points (16-6-3-1-1-2-5-11-11-10) 10 wks

11 (08) Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man - 42 points (14-7-6-8-11) 5 wks

12 (13) Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me - 42 points (28-22-17-13-12) 5 wks

13 (09) Aretha Franklin – Think - 41 points (37-10-6-4-2-3-9-13) 8 wks

14 (12) Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - 41 points (24-12-13-12-14) 5 wks

15 (26) Monkees - D.W. Washburn - 39 points (26-15) 2 wks

16 (16) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - 34 points (18-10-10-7-9-8-8-10-14-16) 10 wks

17 (22) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - 30 points (22-17) 2 wks

18 (15) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You - 29 points (28-20-13-9-11-12-15-18) 8 wks

19 (20) Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning - 27 points (22-18-16-20-20-19) 6 wks

20 (19) Marmalade - Lovin' Things - 27 points (30-17-13-18-19-20) 6 wks

21 (23) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower - 27 points (39-40-23-21) 4 wks

22 (17) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora - 26 points (13-4-5-3-6-10-14-17-22) 9 wks

23 (40) Who - Dogs - 25 points (40-23) 2 wks

24 (NE) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 22 points 1 wk

25 (10) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose - 22 points (32-19-19-7-4-2-3-3-4-10-25) 11 wks

26 (21) O.C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - 21 points (30-34-38-35-33-19-19-21-26) 9 wks

27 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Might In Soho - 20 points 1 wk

28 (RE) Equals - Hold Me Closer - 19 points (39-35-34-28-30-38-x-28) 7 wks

29 (27) Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde - 18 points (40-31-27-29) 4 wks

30 (28) The Delfonics – I'm Sorry - 18 points (29-25-23-27-27-23-25-26-26-28-30) 11 wks

31 (33) Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness - 17 points (42-x-33-31) 3 wks

32 (32) Ohio Express -Yummy Yummy Yummy - 17 points (33-31-29-28-32-32-32) 7 wks

33 (25) Mason Williams - Classical Gas - 17 points (35-30-25-33) 4 wks

34 (34) Temptations - I Could Never Love Another - 16 points (23-25-34-34) 4 wks

35 (NE) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire - 15 points 1 wk

36 (37) Lulu - Boy - 13 points (29-23-37-36) 4 wks

36 (NE) Gene Pitney - She's A Heartbreaker - 13 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Tammy Wynette – D-I-V-O-R-C-E - 13 points 1 wk

36 (NE) John Rowles - Hush Not A Word To Mary - 13 points 1 wk

36 (29) Association - Time For Livin' - 13 points (19-17-21-29-36) 5 wks

36 (39) Lesley Gore – He Gives Me Love (La La La) - 13 points (37-36-37-39-36) 5 wks

36 (36) Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser - 13 points (32-13-7-5-6-15-36-36) 8 wks



Dropped Out

43 (30) Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire - 12 points (21-5-3-2-2-1-4-7-20-28-30)

46 (35) The Sandpipers – Quando m’innamoro - 11 points (39-35)

48 (31) Martha & The Vandellas – Forget Me Not - 10 points (31)

52 (40) Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - 9 points (40-36-32-x-24-16-18-29-40)

57 (38) Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So - 8 points (38-27-24-27-38)

61 (24) Cream - Anyone For Tennis  - 6 points (31-22-24)

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

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




I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 13.07.1968

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

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=13&ChMonth=07&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
2 [6] :: Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - FIRE
3 [new] :: Simon & Garfunkel - MRS ROBINSON
4 [1] :: Equals - BABY COME BACK
5 [4] :: Tommy James & The Shondelles - MONY MONY
6 [5] :: Byrds - YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
7 [3] :: Rolling Stones - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
8 [new] :: Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
9 [8] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING
10 [9] :: Richard Harris - MACARTHUR PARK
11 [10] :: R Dean Taylor - GOTTA SEE JANE
12 [new] :: Sly & The Family Stone - DANCE TO THE MUSIC
13 [7] :: Aretha Franklin - THINK
14 [11] :: Frankie Valli - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
15 [new] :: Small Faces - THE UNIVERSAL
16 [new] :: The Nice - AMERICA
17 [12] :: Cupid's Inspiration - YESTERDAY HAS GONE
18 [13] :: Bruce Channel - KEEP ON
19 [14] :: Dionne Warwick - DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE
20 [17] :: Herb Alpert - THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU


Some brilliant new entries this week. This is a beautiful song, recorded by many people, but I think this is my favourite version...

[raliverpool]

13/07/1968

1 Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde (6wks 21-8-4-3-3-1)
2 Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness (7wks 34-18-12-9-5-4-2)
3 Equals - Baby Come Back (9wks 26-20-15-12-10-10-7-5-3)
4 Gene Pitney - She's A Heartbreaker (4wks 25-13-8-4)
5 Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (8wks 32-13-3-2-2-2-2-5)
6 Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash (7wks 19-2-1-1-1-1-6)
7 Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (4wks 22-10-7-7)
8 Marmalade - Lovin' Things (7wks 38-22-15-12-9-6-8)
9 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (4wks 23-14-10-9)
10 Tammy Wynette - DIVORCE (4wks 30-23-16-10)

11 Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (4wks 33-22-13-11)
12 Who - Dogs (4wks 32-19-11-12)
13 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (4wks 29-20-15-13)
14 Hugh Masekela - Grazing In The Grass (3wks 24-17-14)
15 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (2wks 28-15)
16 Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina (3wks 34-24-16)
17 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (2wks 27-17)
18 Randy Newman - I Think It's Going to Rain Today (3wks 35-23-18)
19 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic (3wks 26-21-19)
20 Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (3wks 28-19-20)

21 R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (2wks 30-21)
22 Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning (7wks 26-16-13-11-8-9-22)
23 Doors - Hello, I Love You (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (1wk 24 NEW)
25 Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (7wks 37-19-11-8-6-12-25)
26 Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Cowsills - Indian Lake (2wks 31-27)
28 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Small Faces - The Universal (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Vogues - Turn Around, Look at Me (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Bruce Channel - Keep On (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Leonard Cohen - So Long Marianne (5wks 38-27-25-26-32)
33 Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (6wks 36-22-14-17-22-33)
34 Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (8wks 33-14-10-7-3-4-14-34)
35 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (1wk 35 NEW)

36 Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg (1wk 36 NEW)

37 Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Silver Apples - Oscillations (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Martha & The Vandellas - Forget Me Not (5wks 25-16-11-18-39)

40 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson - Lovers Holiday (1wk 40 NEW)

Taken from the progressive rock band's second album A Saucerful of Secrets came this Norman Smith produced psychedelic rock track written by bassist Roger Waters. This sarcastic anti-war song featuring a kazoo was his first written addressing the death of his father, before he was born, whilst fighting during World War II (something he would do much more of in the future).

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (1 wk)
02 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (5 wks)
03 Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (3 wks)
04 Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (1 wk)
05 Cupids Inspiration – Yesterday Has Gone (4 wks)
06 The Delfonics – I'm Sorry
07 Bruce Channel – Keep On (3 wks)
08 Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (1 wk)
09 Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (1 wk)
10 The Temptations - I Could Never Love Another (5 wks)

11 Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover (4 wks)
12 Aretha Franklin – You Send Me (5 wks)
13 The Dells – Stay In My Corner (3 wks)
14 Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me (6 wks)
15 The Impressions – I Loved And I Lost (1 wk)
16 The Intruders – Love Is Like A Baseball Game (2 wks)
17 Otis Redding – Amen (2 wks)
18 Lesley Gore – He Gives Me Love (La La La) (6 wks)
19 The Vibrations – Love In The There Hills (4 wks)
20 Sly & The Family Stone – Life (2 wks)

21 Martha & The Vandellas – Forget Me Not (5 wks)
22 Aretha Franklin – Think (9 wks)
23 Vivian Reed – Yours Until Tomorrow (5 wks)
24 Diana Ross & the Supremes – Some Things You Never Get Used To (6 wks)
25 David McWilliams – Days of Pearly Spencer (7 wks)
26 The Jive Five - Sugar (Don't Take Away My Candy) (7 wks)
27 William Bell – A Tribute To A King (7 wks)
28 Gladys Knight & The Pips - It Should Have Been Me (7 wks)
29 Sam & Dave - You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (8 wks)
30 The Delfonics – He Don't Really Love You

[o]

1 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
2 Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson
3 Donovan – Hurdy gurdy man
4 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
5 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora
6 Association – Time for living
7 Rolling Stones – Jumpin Jack Flash
8 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
9 Aretha Franklin – Think
10 Julie Driscoll – This wheel’s on fire
11 Equals – Baby come back
12 Gene Chandler – Nothing can stop me
13 Otis Redding – Happy song
14 Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So
15 Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
16 Union Gap – Young girl
17 Who – Dogs
18 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
19 PP Arnold – Angel of the morning
20 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) D.W. Washburn - Monkees
3 ( 5 ) Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Johnny Cash
4 ( 7 ) Keep On - Bruce Channel
5 ( 4 ) Gotta See Jane - R Dean Taylor (#4)
6 ( 3 ) Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones (#1[2])
7 ( -- ) Hello I Love You - Doors
8 ( 12 ) Fire - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
9 ( 6 ) Angel Of The Morning - Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts (#4)
10 ( 13 ) Indian Lake - Cowsills

11 ( 21 ) It Should Have Been Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips

12 ( 8 ) Boy - Lulu (#6)
13 ( -- ) Classical Gas - Mason Williams
14 ( 10 ) Marjorine - Joe Cocker (#8)
15 ( 9 ) Macarthur Park - Richard Harris (#1[1])
16 ( 25 ) Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
17 ( 14 ) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds (#14)
18 ( 11 ) Think - Aretha Franklin (#3)
19 ( 15 ) Here Comes The Judge - Shorty Long (#15)
20 ( 24 ) The Sunshine Of Love - Louis Armstrong

21 ( 17 ) Face It Girl It's Over - Nancy Wilson (#17)

22 ( 20 ) Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration (#20)
23 ( 16 ) Anyone For Tennis - Cream (#12)
24 ( 22 ) Dogs - Who (#22)
25 ( -- ) I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield
26 ( -- ) America - Nice
27 ( 30 ) Importance Of Your Love - Vince Hill
28 ( 18 ) How'd We Ever Get This Way - Andy Kim (#10)
29 ( 27 ) Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (#27)
30 ( 19 ) Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (#1[2])

31 ( 40 ) Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross And The Supremes

32 ( 31 ) One More Dance - Esther & Abi Ofarim (#31)
33 ( 26 ) Choo Choo Train - Box Tops (#22)
34 ( 23 ) This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert (#6)
35 ( -- ) The Universal - Small Faces
36 ( 35 ) Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela (#35)
37 ( -- ) Don't Take It So Hard - Paul Revere & The Raiders
38 ( 28 ) Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (#16)
39 ( 32 ) Where Is Tomorrow - Cilla Black (#29)
40 ( 29 ) Time For Livin' - Association (#11)

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-- ( 33 ) The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co (#25)

-- ( 34 ) I Love You - People (#18)
-- ( 36 ) Blue Eyes - Don Partridge (#19)
-- ( 37 ) Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B.B. King (#23)
-- ( 38 ) Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler (#28)

-- ( 39 ) Lovin' Things - Marmalade (#9)

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-- ( -- ) Autumn Of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
-- ( -- ) Turn Around Look At Me - Vogues

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Highest new entry is by The Doors, and Mason Williams, who has charted as one of the songwriters of that "Cinderella Rockefella" song earlier in the year has an instrumental hit.

Blur's follow-up to their big hit "Country House" was called The Universal, and they were often compared to the Small Faces, but that one and the follow up to "Lazy Sunday" are totally different songs.

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane
02(04) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire
03(01) Richard Harris – MacArthur Park
04(07) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone
05(08) John Rowles - Hush Not A Word To Mary
06(03) The Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
07(09) Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me
08(05) O.C. Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
09(17) Bruce Channel – Keep On
10(13) Tammy Wynette – D-I-V-O-R-C-E

11(18) Esther And Abi Ofarim - One More Dance
12(16) The Monkees – D.W. Washburn
13(22) A New Generation - Smokey Blues Away
14(--) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
15(24) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
16(06) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
17(21) Louis Armstrong – The Sunshine Of Love
18(12) The Who – Dogs
19(29) Sue Nicholls – Where Will You Be
20(30) Vince Hill – The Importance Of Your Love

22(--) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning
23(23) Cliff Richard - I'll Love You Forever Today
24(36) Diana Ross & Supremes - Some Things You Never Get Used To
25(32) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho
27(--) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

35(--) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music

42(--) Small Faces - The Universal
43(--) The Nice – America

[popchartfreak]

6th July 1968

It's 2 weeks on top for the epic Last Night In Soho, holding off a challenge from the equally epic Dusty Springfield song I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten, my all-time fave Dusty song of many close challengers. Not only are these 2 of my fave songs of 1968, the 60's, but easily right up there in my all-time list. How much do I love the music of this period? Well, Jackie Wilson enters at only 17 with the brilliant my-actual-chart 1972 top 10, 1975 top 30 and 1987 chart-topper, I Get The Sweetest Feeling. Mama Cass topped my chart in 1997 and is only at 6, Steppenwolf did it in the 90's and yet can only hold at 18. Just fantastic records all. 

In at 34, a song I've always loved - but never heard the original before! In comes Jerry Jeff Walker at 34, it's writer. Robbie Williams did a fab cover, among many like Sammy Davis Jr. Martha Reeves and The O'Jays have good climbs into the 40 as the lower end of the chart is awash with goodies new to me, and familiar both. Tammy Wynette scrapes into the 50 - it did slightly better in 1975 when I only compiled a 50 so that's a handy yardstick for 1968 retro charts. P.P. Arnold's good, but not as good as Merrilee Rush's, version of Angel Of The Morning is in at 58, Bobby Vinton's good, but not as good as Bully Fury's, version of Goffin & King's Halfway To Paradise is in at 68, and The Nice's ELP-ish (not surprisingly) good, but not as good as the movie soundtrack's, version of America is at 73, and Otis Redding's, and just as good as The Black Crowe's, version of Hard To Handle is at 72.

Some familiar fab soul from The Four Tops enters at 62, and unfamiliar enters at 64 for Curtis Mayfield & chums, and some Stevie "sounding familiar but not" Wonder at 75, leaving just some brand new to me Bubblegum from 1910 Fruitgum Co. at 70. I think I've overdosed on Simon Says over the 50 years, cos 1, 2, 3 Red Light sounds much fresher, and makes me feel 10 years old without having ever heard it in 1968. Bizarre!

1 ( 1 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
2 ( NEW ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
3 ( 6 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
4 ( 2 ) YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid’s Inspiration
5 ( 3 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
6 ( 12 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
7 ( 4 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
8 ( 9 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel
9 ( 13 ) FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
10 ( 5 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

11 ( 7 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
12 ( 8 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
13 ( 20 ) WALK ON Roy Orbison
14 ( 11 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC The 5th Dimension
15 ( 17 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY Laura Nyro
16 ( 10 ) DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell
17 ( NEW ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
18 ( 18 ) BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf
19 ( 15 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
20 ( 16 ) VENUS Johnny Mathis

21 ( 14 ) JUMPING JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones
22 ( 19 ) MACARTHUR PARK Richard Harris
23 ( 32 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
24 ( 21 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
25 ( 22 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
26 ( 23 ) NEXT Scott Walker
27 ( 24 ) (WE’LL BE) UNITED Peaches & Herb
28 ( 28 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
29 ( 27 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC Laura Nyro
30 ( 39 ) SOUL LIMBO Booker T. & The MG’s

31 ( 25 ) IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Gladys Knight & The Pips
32 ( 26 ) BLUE EYES Don Partridge
33 ( 31 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
34 ( NEW ) MR. BOJANGLES Jerry Jeff Walker
35 ( 34 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
36 ( 35 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
37 ( 33 ) A MINHA MENINA Os Mutantes
38 ( 54 ) FORGET ME NOT Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
39 ( 60 ) LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER The O’Jays
40 ( 38 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells

41 ( 36 ) THE EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN B. J. Thomas
42 ( 30 ) BOY Lulu
43 ( 37 ) HANG ‘EM HIGH Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
44 ( 29 ) ONE MORE DANCE Esther & Abi Ofarim
45 ( 47 ) WITH PEN IN HAND Billy Vera
46 ( 40 ) RAINBOW VALLEY The Love Affair featuring Sue Glover
47 ( 49 ) THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE A SONG Elvis Presley & Nancy Sinatra
48 ( 44 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
49 ( 45 ) VALLERI The Monkees
50 ( 56 ) D.I.V.O.R.C.E. Tammy Wynette

51 ( 41 ) REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS Friend & Lover
52 ( 59 ) SEALED WITH A KISS The Toys
53 ( 58 ) THE SNAKE Al Wilson
54 ( 52 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
55 ( 46 ) LOVIN’ THINGS Marmalade
56 ( 63 ) I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO) Eddie Floyd
57 ( 42 ) YOUNG BOY Barbara Greene featuring The Dells
58 ( NEW ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING P.P. Arnold
59 ( 70 ) I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY Randy Newman
60 ( 57 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood

61 ( 43 ) WHERE IS TOMORROW Cilla Black
62 ( NEW ) YESTERDAY’S DREAMS The Four Tops
63 ( 66 ) HERE COMES THE JUDGE Pigmeat Markham
64 ( NEW ) I LOVED AND I LOST The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield
65 ( 67 ) THE STORY OF ROCK AND ROLL The Turtles
66 ( 75 ) LIFE Sly & The Family Stone
67 ( 71 ) TWO-BIT MANCHILD Neil Diamond
68 ( NEW ) HALFWAY TO PARADISE Bobby Vinton
69 ( 69 ) (LOVE IS LIKE A) BASEBALL GAME The Intruders
70 ( NEW ) 1, 2, 3 RED LIGHT 1910 Fruitgum Co.

71 ( 50 ) AMERICA Simon & Garfunkel
72 ( NEW ) HARD TO HANDLE Otis Redding
73 ( NEW ) AMERICA The Nice
74 ( 53 ) HURDY GURDY MAN Donovan
75 ( NEW ) YOU MET YOUR MATCH Stevie Wonder