Haven Retro Combined Chart : 27.07.1968

[smokeyb]

Arthur Brown just holds on to the top position from Dusty Springfield who is up at 2.

The Kinks are up at 3, Simon & Garfunkel slip to 4 and Tom Jones is up at 5.



There are 10 new entries this week, the highest is the Beach Boys at number 11.



The biggest climber is Mama Cass who jumps up 17 places to number 22.



The biggest faller is the Rolling Stones who drop 45 places.



27.07.1968 (Week # 30)


1 (01) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire - 93 points (18-5-1-1-1) 5 wks

2 (04) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 91 points (13-4-2) 3 wks

3 (09) The Kinks – Days - 90 points (9-3) 2 wks

4 (03) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - 71 points (18-10-10-7-9-8-8-10-14-16-6-3-4) 13 wks

5 (11) Tom Jones - Help Yourself - 69 points (11-5) 2 wks

6 (10) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 67 points (18-10-6) 3 wks

7 (07) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning - 64 points (25-7-7) 3 wks

8 (02) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane - 55 points (16-3-2-2-2-8) 6 wks

9 (05) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone - 44 points (8-5-3-3-5-9) 6 wks

10 (08) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack - 40 points (15-5-2-4-5-8-10) 7 wks

11 (NE) Beach Boys – Do It Again - 40 points 1 wk

12 (NE) Canned Heat - On The Road Again - 37 points 1 wk

13 (20) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling - 37 points (35-20-13) 3 wks

14 (13) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 37 points (27-16-13-14) 4 wks

15 (06) Bruce Channel – Keep On - 36 points (16-8-7-6-15) 5 wks

16 (16) Doors - Hello I Love You - 32 points (16-16) 2 wks

17 (12) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 35 points (24-20-12-17) 4 wks

18 (26) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 32 points (26-18) 2 wks

19 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 30 points 1 wk

20 (23) Mason Williams - Classical Gas - 30 points (35-30-25-33-28-23-20) 7 wks

21 (19) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 27 points (29-29-34-22-16-16-12-14-10-4-2-4-9-11-19-21) 16 wks

22 (39) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 23 points (40-39-22) 3 wks

23 (37) Small Faces - The Universal - 22 points (37-23) 2 wks

24 (21) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - 22 points (22-17-21-21-24) 5 wks

25 (15) Richard Harris - Macarthur Park - 22 points (39-16-10-11-9-9-6-6-8-15-25) 11 wks

26 (NE) Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - 20 points 1 wk

27 (NE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 20 points 1 wk

28 (24) Tammy Wynette – D-I-V-O-R-C-E - 19 points (36-27-24-28) 4 wks

29 (NE) The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me - 19 points 1 wk

30 (NE) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love - 18 points 1 wk

31 (NE) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl - 18 points 1 wk

32 (38) Petula Clark - Don't Give Up - 18 points (38-32) 2 wks

33 (31) The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (Yesterday's Dreams) - 17 points (30-31-33) 3 wks

34 (25) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - 17 points (25-23-21-x-14-7-7-7-9-25-34) 10 wks

35 (22) Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - 17 points (24-12-13-12-14-14-22-35) 8 wks

36 (36) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire - 17 points (35-33-36-36) 4 wks

37 (33) Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers – I'm Your Man - 16 points (33-37) 2 wks

38 (17) Monkees - D.W. Washburn - 16 points (26-15-12-17-38) 5 wks

39 (NE) Roy Orbison - Walk On - 16 points 1 wk

40 (NE) The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Tuesday) - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

41 (34) Gene Pitney - She's A Heartbreaker - 15 points (36-34-34)

43 (27) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You - 15 points (28-20-13-9-11-12-15-18-15-27)

44 (39) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower - 15 points (39-40-23-21-24-39)

45 (32) Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde - 14 points (40-31-27-29-29-32)

47 (30) Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man - 14 points (14-7-6-8-11-19-30)

48 (28) Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness - 13 points (42-x-33-31-31-28)

50 (18) Equals - Baby Come Back - 12 points (16-6-3-1-1-2-5-11-11-10-10-18)

51 (39) Association - Time For Livin' - 12 points (19-17-21-29-36-39-39)

52 (29) Aretha Franklin – Think - 11 points (37-10-6-4-2-3-9-13-23-29)

59 (14) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash - 7 points (5-1-1-1-1-1-4-14)

- (35) Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me - 0 points (28-22-17-13-12-17-35)

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





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 04.08.1968

1 (2) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (9 wk)
2 (1) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (13 wk)
3 (8) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (6 wk)
4 (4) Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (6 wk)
5 (10) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (4 wk)
6 (3) Equals - Baby Come Back (13 wk)
7 (11) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (4 wk)
8 (12) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (5 wk)
9 (6) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (10 wk)
10 (5) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (9 wk)
11 (9) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (5 wk)
12 (22) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (3 wk)
13 (7) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (7 wk)
14 (23) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (4 wk)
15 (29) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (3 wk)
16 (18) Small Faces - The Universal (4 wk)
17 (20) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (7 wk)
18 (21) Bruce Channel - Keep On (6 wk)
19 (34) The Kinks - Days (3 wk)
20 (28) Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge (3 wk)
21 (13) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (8 wk)
22 (17) Sue Nicholls - Where Will You Be (5 wk)
23 (15) Esther And Abi Ofarim - One More Dance (7 wk)
24 (14) John Rowles - Hush Not A Word To Mary (7 wk)
25 (16) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (10 wk)
26 (46) Beach Boys - Do It Again (2 wk)
27 (26) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (11 wk)
28 (19) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (10 wk)
29 (25) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (16 wk)
30 (32) Shorty Long - Here Comes The Judge (3 wk)
31 (24) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (10 wk)
32 (27) Monkees - DW Washburn (6 wk)
33 (31) The Nice - America (4 wk)
34 (35) Vince Hill - Importance Of Your Love (6 wk)
35 (30) Cliff Richard - I'll Love You Forever Today (6 wk)
36 (40) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (4 wk)
37 (44) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (2 wk)
38 (49) Timebox - Beggin' (2 wk)
39 (48) Roy Orbison - Walk On (2 wk)
40 (45) Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (3 wk)
41 (47) Louis Armstrong - Sunshine Of Love (6 wk)
42 (50) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (3 wk)
43 (42) Robert John - If You Don't Want My Love (3 wk)
44 (NE) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (1 wk)
45 (NE) Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby (1 wk)
46 (NE) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (1 wk)
47 (33) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (26 wk)
48 (36) Diana Ross & Supremes - Some Things You Never Get Used To (5 wk)
49 (43) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (15 wk)
50 (39) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (16 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=04&ChMonth=08&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Days - Kinks  
3 ( 2 ) Hello I Love You - Doors (#2[2])
4 ( 6 ) Help Yourself - Tom Jones  
5 ( 10 ) On The Road Again - Canned Heat  
6 ( -- ) Hard To Handle - Otis Redding  
7 ( 15 ) Do It Again - Beach Boys  
8 ( -- ) Soul Limbo - Booker T & the MGs  
9 ( 11 ) Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac  

10 ( 7 ) Classical Gas - Mason Williams (#7)

11 ( 5 ) Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Johnny Cash (#3)
12 ( 4 ) My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann (#1[4])
13 ( -- ) High In The Sky - Amen Corner  
14 ( 14 ) Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits  
15 ( 22 ) Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass  
16 ( 23 ) Walk On - Roy Orbison  
17 ( 8 ) Keep On - Bruce Channel (#4)
18 ( 26 ) People Got To Be Free - Rascals  
19 ( 9 ) D.W. Washburn - Monkees (#2[2])

20 ( 12 ) It Should Have Been Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#10)

21 ( 16 ) I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield (#16)
22 ( 17 ) America - Nice (#17)
23 ( 21 ) The Universal - Small Faces (#21)
24 ( 13 ) Fire - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (#8)
25 ( 18 ) Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#15)
26 ( 29 ) Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley  
27 ( 19 ) Indian Lake - Cowsills (#10)
28 ( 38 ) Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes  
29 ( -- ) I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells  

30 ( 28 ) Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross And The Supremes (#28)

31 ( 20 ) Gotta See Jane - R Dean Taylor (#4)
32 ( 30 ) Don't Take It So Hard - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#30)
33 ( 25 ) The Sunshine Of Love - Louis Armstrong (#20)
34 ( 24 ) Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones (#1[2])
35 ( -- ) Alice Long (You're Still My Favourite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart  
36 ( 27 ) Angel Of The Morning - Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts (#4)
37 ( 34 ) Importance Of Your Love - Vince Hill (#27)
38 ( -- ) Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell  
39 ( 39 ) Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela (#35)

40 ( 33 ) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds (#14)

-- ( 31 ) Boy - Lulu (#6)
-- ( 32 ) Marjorine - Joe Cocker (#8)
-- ( 35 ) Here Comes The Judge - Shorty Long (#15)
-- ( 36 ) Macarthur Park - Richard Harris (#1[1])
-- ( 37 ) Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration (#20)

-- ( 40 ) One More Dance - Esther & Abi Ofarim (#31)

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-- ( -- ) The Eyes Of A New York Woman - B.J. Thomas  

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And now it's time for the cricket:

[o]

18 (26) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 32 points (26-18) 2 wks

Why is this charting, is it in the US charts? I see Earl P has it as #1, but I didn't think he charted anything outside of the UK charts?

[Earl Purple]

In 1968 I chart from the UK top 50 and US top 40. These 1968 charts were compiled about a year ago. I'm now up to December 1971.

In 1986 I chart mostly from the UK top 40 and US top 20, but rarely from UK 41-75 or US 21-30. These are in large part copied from my actual charts compiled at the time.

In 2018 I chart from whatever is on Spotify and youtube, regardless of whether it's in any other charts.

Steppenwolf is in the US top 40 at this point (at #11 to be precise) climbing up to its peak position there of #2.

[o]

1 Canned Heat – On the road again
2 The Kinks - Days
3 Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson
4 Beach Boys – Do it again
5 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony
6 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
7 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
8 PP Arnold – Angel of the morning
9 Donovan – Hurdy gurdy man
10 Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire
11 Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl
12 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
13 Roy Orbison - Walk On
14 R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane
15 Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone
16 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora
17 Association – Time for living
18 Aretha Franklin – Think
19 Timebox - Beggin'
20 Julie Driscoll – This wheel’s on fire

[smokeyb]

1 (7) The Kinks - Days (3 wks)
2 (2) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (6 wks)
3 (3) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (4 wks)
4 (12) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (4 wks)
5 (1) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (8 wks)
6 (4) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (7 wks)
7 (8) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (4 wks)
8 (9) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (5 wks)
9 (10) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (5 wks)
10 (11) Small Faces - The Universal (4 wks)
11 (15) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (3 wks)
12 (13) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (3 wks)
13 (19) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (3 wks)
14 (5) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (7 wks)
15 (6) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (7 wks)
16 (20) Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (3 wks)
17 (23) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (2 wks)
18 (24) Beach Boys - Do It Again (2 wks)
19 (29) Roy Orbison - Walk On (2 wks)
20 (30) Timebox - Beggin' (2 wks)
21 (NE) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (1 wk)
22 (NE) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (1 wk)
23 (14) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (5 wks)
24 (16) Richard Harris - McArthur Park (7 wks)
25 (17) Monkees - DW Washburn (6 wks)
26 (18) The Nice - America (4 wks)
27 (21) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (10 wks)
28 (22) Who - Dogs (5 wks)
29 (25) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (11 wks)
30 (26) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (8 wks)

[raliverpool]

03/08/1968

1 Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (4wks 24-10-1-1)
2 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (5wks 28-15-6-4-2)
3 Doors - Hello, I Love You (4wks 23-8-5-3)
4 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (5wks 27-17-7-3-4)
5 Tammy Wynette - DIVORCE (7wks 30-23-16-10-5-2-5)
6 Small Faces - The Universal (4wks 29-15-9-6)
7 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (4wks 28-21-11-7)
8 Mason Williams - Classical Gas (3wks 33-13-8)
9 Mama Cass with The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (2wks 14-9)
10 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (2wks 17-10)

11 Kinks - Days (2wks 33-11)
12 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (2wks 31-12)
13 Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg (4wks 36-26-16-13)
14 Os Mutantes - A Minha Menina (6wks 34-24-16-12-12-14)
15 Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling (3wks 34-23-15)
16 Gene Pitney - She's A Heartbreaker (7wks 25-13-8-4-3-6-16)
17 Small Faces - Son Of A Baker (3wks 29-18-17)
18 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (7wks 23-14-10-9-9-10-18)
19 Beach Boys - Do It Again (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Rascals - People Got To Be Free (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde (9wks 21-8-4-3-3-1-2-7-21)
22 Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B (2wks 35-22)
23 Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (4wks 26-25-25-23)
24 PP Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (3wks 37-30-24)
25 Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness (10wks 34-18-12-9-5-4-2-1-8-25)
26 Nice - America (2wks 34-26)

27 Doors - Love Street (1wk 27 NEW)

28 Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind (1wk 28 NEW)
29 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic (6wks 26-21-19-19-20-29)
30 Bruce Channel - Keep On (4wks 31-27-26-30)

31 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Limbo (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake (7wks 33-22-13-11-11-19-33)
34 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (4wks 35-30-28-34)
35 R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (5wks 30-21-18-21-35)
36 Move - Wild Tiger Woman (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Equals - Baby Come Back (12wks 26-20-15-12-10-10-7-5-3-4-15-37)
38 Silver Apples - Oscillations (4wks 38-31-32-38)
39 Roy Orbison - Walk On (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Dells - Stay In My Corner (1wk 40 NEW)

Released as the B-side of the USA #1 "Hello, I Love You", this was Jim Morrison's penned ballad ode to the street in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles, California where he lived with his girlfriend Pamela Courson. It also appeared on their forthcoming USA #1 album Waiting For The Sun.

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By (2 wks)
02 The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me (2 wks)
03 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (3 wks)
04 The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (4 wks)
05 Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game (1 wk)
06 Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (4 wks)
07 The Toys – Sealed With A Kiss (2 wks)
08 Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico (1 wk)
09 Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers – I'm Your Man (3 wks)
10 Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (4 wks)

11 Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (4 wks)
12 Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon (1 wk)
13 Martha & The Vandellas – I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin' (1 wk)
14 The Kinks – Days (3 wks)
15 Pigmeat Markham – Here Comes The Judge (3 wks)
16 The Impressions – I Loved And I Lost (4 wks)
17 Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (6 wks)
18 Sly & The Family Stone – M'Lady (1 wk)
19 The Intruders – Love Is Like A Baseball Game (5 wks)
20 O.C. Smith – Main Street Mission (2 wks)

21 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (8 wks)
22 Otis Redding – Amen (5 wks)
23 Bruce Channel – Keep On (6 wks)
24 Patti Drew – Workin' On A Groovy Thing (2 wks)
25 Cupids Inspiration – Yesterday Has Gone (7 wks)
26 Sly & The Family Stone – Life (5 wks)
27 Beach Boys – Do It Again (2 wks)
28 The Dells – Stay In My Corner (6 wks)
29 The Vibrations – Love In The There Hills (7 wks)
30 Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover (7 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning
02(07) Fleetwood Mac – Need Your Love So Bad
03(13) Jackie Wilson – I Get The Sweetest Feeling
04(05) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
05(08) The Kinks – Days
06(09) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
07(10) Tom Jones – Help Yourself
08(19) Al Wilson – The Snake
09(02) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
10(24) Beach Boys - Do It Again

11(28) Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
12(03) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – Fire
13(26) Canned Heat - On The Road Again
14(17) Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby
15(04) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane
16(06) A New Generation - Smokey Blues Away
17(23) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl
18(14) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
19(--) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle
20(12) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone

22(29) Shorty Long - Here Comes The Judge
23(32) Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge
24(36) Roy Orbison - Walk On
25(45) Timebox - Beggin'
30(--) Ray Charles – Eleanor Rigby

32(--) Amen Corner – High In The Sky

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
2 [3] :: Kinks - DAYS
3 [2] :: Johnny Cash - FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
4 [4] :: Simon & Garfunkel - MRS ROBINSON
5 [7] :: Beach Boys - DO IT AGAIN
6 [5] :: Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - FIRE
7 [6] :: Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
8 [11] :: Canned Heat - ON THE ROAD AGAIN
9 [8] :: Tom Jones - HELP YOURSELF
10 [9] :: Byrds - YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
11 [12] :: Sly & The Family Stone - DANCE TO THE MUSIC
12 [10] :: Richard Harris - MACARTHUR PARK
13 [new] :: Otis Redding - HARD TO HANDLE
14 [13] :: Tommy James & The Shondelles - MONY MONY
15 [16] :: Four Seasons - BEGGIN'
16 [new] :: Billie Davis - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
17 [new] :: Ray Charles - ELEANOR RIGBY
18 [15] :: Deep Purple - HUSH
19 [19] :: Sam & Dave - YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME
20 [re] :: Herb Alpert - THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU

[popchartfreak]

27th July 1968

It's back up to number one for Last Night In Soho, epic melodrama of the first order, and a record I never get bored with, not ever. 3 weeks on top, and so under-rated (or rather, unknown) in the wider world. When I started this re-charting, I assumed in the final weeks leading up to the point that my own charts started (with Hey Jude) that The Bee Gees and The Beach Boys would be straight in at 1, just as they topped the UK charts. Oops! The actual competition is way harder than that, so the Bee Gees enter at 7 with their classic story of a man on death row (a popular 60's theme), and The Beach Boys are idling at 10, both records topped my charts in later decades.

One that has never been a reissued classic re-entry is in at 4 for Nilsson, the future Midnight Cowboy classic stiffed almost everywhere this week in 1968 in terms of charts, but Everybody's Talking is one of the most beautiful and haunting songs of all-time, so good the Beautiful South had a good old go at it too in the 90's. Nilsson's 2nd top 10, following on from One. Andy Williams cover of The Impossible Dream follows Glen Campbell's cover into the 20, and The O'Jays get a first top 20, and very much not the last. Big climbs for Marvin & Tammi, as always into the 40, and Ray Stevens' Mr. Businessman.

New entries lower down for Amen Corner's High In The Sky, still bold and brassy and uptempo, and one I liked a lot at the time, The Who with Magic Bus, their best track since I Can See For Miles, Deep Purple debut with their hit US cover of Hush, all psychedelic as opposed to blues rock like Billy Joe Royal's version. Martha Reeves & co drop out the chart - but also enter with I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing, a future UK hit for Betty Boo & Beastmasters, Billie Davis is back and charts a 3rd version of Angel Of The Morning inside the 75, a song that it's hard to ruin and is open to any interpretation. The Chambers Brothers big (future) Viet-Nam psychedelic anthem pops in, Jackie De Shannon covers The Band and beats them to it, and Sly & co replace Life with M'Lady. 

1 ( 2 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
2 ( 1 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
3 ( 3 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
4 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
5 ( 4 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
6 ( 6 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
7 ( NEW ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
8 ( 5 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
9 ( 7 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
10 ( 14 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

11 ( 8 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
12 ( 11 ) YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid’s Inspiration
13 ( 10 ) WALK ON Roy Orbison
14 ( 13 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
15 ( 9 ) BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf
16 ( 12 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY Laura Nyro
17 ( 15 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
18 ( 27 ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Andy Williams
19 ( 29 ) LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER The O’Jays
20 ( 16 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel

21 ( 17 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
22 ( 20 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
23 ( 18 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
24 ( 24 ) YESTERDAY’S DREAMS The Four Tops
25 ( 25 ) HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
26 ( 26 ) MR. BOJANGLES Jerry Jeff Walker
27 ( 21 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC The 5th Dimension
28 ( 28 ) I NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
29 ( 19 ) FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
30 ( 30 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING P.P. Arnold

31 ( 22 ) DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell
32 ( 33 ) I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CRY, CRY, CRY James Brown & The Famous Flames
33 ( 23 ) VENUS Johnny Mathis
34 ( 34 ) BROWN EYED WOMAN Bill Medley
35 ( 56 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
36 ( 32 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
37 ( 38 ) HALFWAY TO PARADISE Bobby Vinton
38 ( 58 ) MR. BUSINESSMAN Ray Stevens
39 ( 31 ) MACARTHUR PARK Richard Harris
40 ( 41 ) I LOVED AND I LOST The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield

41 ( 36 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
42 ( 35 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
43 ( 37 ) NEXT Scott Walker
44 ( NEW ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
45 ( 45 ) SUNSHINE GIRL Herman’s Hermits
46 ( 46 ) DAYS The Kinks
47 ( 51 ) I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO) Eddie Floyd
48 ( 40 ) JUMPING JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones
49 ( 49 ) I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY Randy Newman
50 ( 39 ) SEALED WITH A KISS The Toys

51 ( 47 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
52 ( 48 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
53 ( 50 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
54 ( 69 ) ON THE ROAD AGAIN Canned Heat
55 ( 44 ) (WE’LL BE) UNITED Peaches & Herb
56 ( 42 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC Laura Nyro
57 ( 54 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
58 ( 61 ) FUNNY MAN Ray Stevens
59 ( 60 ) YOU MET YOUR MATCH Stevie Wonder
60 ( 62 ) 1, 2, 3 RED LIGHT 1910 Fruitgum Co.

61 ( 43 ) SOUL LIMBO Booker T. & The MG’s
62 ( 64 ) SALLY HAD A PARTY Flavor
63 ( 59 ) VALLERI The Monkees
64 ( NEW ) MAGIC BUS The Who
65 ( 68 ) I CAN’T STOP DANCING Archie Bell & The Drells
66 ( NEW ) MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS The Grass Roots
67 ( NEW ) HUSH Deep Purple
68 ( NEW ) I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYING Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
69 ( 72 ) WORKIN’ ON A GROOVY THING Patti Drew
70 ( 71 ) BEGGIN’ Timebox

71 ( 55 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
72 ( NEW ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Billie Davis
73 ( NEW ) TIME HAS COME TODAY The Chambers Brothers
74 ( NEW ) THE WEIGHT Jackie De Shannon
75 ( NEW ) M’LADY Sly & The Family Stone