Haven Retro Combined Chart : 11.08.1968

[smokeyb]

The Kinks stay at the number 1 position for a second week, the Beach Boys are the new number 2.

Dusty slips a place to 3, and Tom Jones also down 1 at 4, Canned Heat are up to 5.



There are 4 new entries this week, the highest is Aretha Franklin at number 10.



The biggest climber is the Bee Gees who jump 24 places to number 15.



The biggest faller is Glen Campbell who drops 35 places.



11.08.1968 (Week # 32)


1 (01) The Kinks – Days - 115 points (9-3-1-1) 4 wks

2 (04) Beach Boys – Do It Again - 92 points (11-4-2) 3 wks

3 (02) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 85 points (13-4-2-2-3) 5 wks

4 (03) Tom Jones - Help Yourself - 78 points (11-5-3-4) 4 wks

5 (08) Canned Heat - On The Road Again - 70 points (12-8-5) 3 wks

6 (06) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning - 68 points (25-7-7-6-6) 5 wks

7 (11) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 62 points (26-18-11-7) 4 wks

8 (10) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling - 61 points (35-20-13-10-8) 5 wks

9 (13) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle - 52 points (13-9) 2 wks

10 (NE) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 52 points 1 wk

11 (05) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire - 48 points (18-5-1-1-1-5-11) 7 wks

12 (07) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 45 points (18-10-6-7-12) 5 wks

13 (20) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl - 43 points (31-20-13) 3 wks

14 (12) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 42 points (19-12-14) 3 wks

15 (39) The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You - 42 points (39-15) 2 wks

16 (09) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - 37 points (18-10-10-7-9-8-8-10-14-16-6-3-4-9-16) 15 wks

17 (18) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 37 points (40-39-22-18-17) 5 wks

18 (14) Doors - Hello I Love You - 34 points (16-16-14-18) 4 wks

19 (16) Mason Williams - Classical Gas - 27 points (35-30-25-33-28-23-20-16-19) 9 wks

20 (28) The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Tuesday) - 26 points (40-28-20) 3 wks

21 (27) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 25 points (27-27-21) 3 wks

22 (NE) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight - 25 points 1 wk

23 (NE) Amen Corner  - High In The Sky - 24 points 1 wk

24 (15) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 21 points (27-16-13-14-15-24) 6 wks

25 (33) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' - 21 points (33-25) 2 wks

26 (29) The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me - 19 points (29-29-26) 3 wks

27 (21) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 19 points (24-20-12-17-21-27) 6 wks

28 (25) Roy Orbison - Walk On - 19 points (39-25-28) 3 wks

29 (26) Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - 18 points (26-26-29) 3 wks

30 (32) The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (Yesterday's Dreams) - 17 points (30-31-33-32-30) 5 wks

31 (40) Booker T & the MGs  - Soul Limbo - 17 points (40-31) 2 wks

32 (40) Al Wilson – The Snake - 17 points (40-32) 2 wks

33 (30) Petula Clark - Don't Give Up - 17 points (38-32-30-33) 4 wks

34 (36) Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game - 16 points (36-34) 2 wks

35 (24) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 16 points (29-29-34-22-16-16-12-14-10-4-2-4-9-11-19-21-24-35) 18 wks

36 (38) The Toys – Sealed With A Kiss - 14 points (38-36) 2 wks

37 (37) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire - 14 points (35-33-36-36-37-37) 6 wks

38 (40) Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico - 13 points (40-38) 2 wks

39 (NE) Rascals  - People Got To Be Free - 13 points 1 wk

40 (17) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone - 31 points (8-5-3-3-5-9-17-40) 8 wks



Dropped Out

43 (22) Small Faces - The Universal - 11 points (37-23-22)

44 (31) Cream - Sunshine of Your Love - 11 points (30-31)

46 (23) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack - 9 points (15-5-2-4-5-8-10-23)

56 (19) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane - 7 points (16-3-2-2-2-8-19)

66 (34) Tammy Wynette – D-I-V-O-R-C-E - 3 points (36-27-24-28-34)

70 (35) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - 2 points (22-17-21-21-24-35)


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





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 18.08.1968

1 (2) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (8 wk)
2 (1) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (11 wk)
3 (5) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (7 wk)
4 (6) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (6 wk)
5 (3) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (15 wk)
6 (4) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (6 wk)
7 (12) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (6 wk)
8 (10) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (5 wk)
9 (7) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (5 wk)
10 (9) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (7 wk)
11 (17) Beach Boys - Do It Again (4 wk)
12 (15) The Kinks - Days (5 wk)
13 (27) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (2 wk)
14 (14) Bruce Channel - Keep On (8 wk)
15 (8) Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (8 wk)
16 (11) Equals - Baby Come Back (15 wk)
17 (23) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (3 wk)
18 (13) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (11 wk)
19 (19) Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge (5 wk)
20 (18) Small Faces - The Universal (6 wk)
21 (16) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (12 wk)
22 (21) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (9 wk)
23 (28) Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (5 wk)
24 (31) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (3 wk)
25 (26) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (10 wk)
26 (37) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (2 wk)
27 (29) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (4 wk)
28 (20) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (9 wk)
29 (30) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (6 wk)
30 (25) Esther And Abi Ofarim - One More Dance (9 wk)
31 (24) John Rowles - Hush Not A Word To Mary (9 wk)
32 (32) Shorty Long - Here Comes The Judge (5 wk)
33 (34) The Nice - America (6 wk)
34 (50) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (2 wk)
35 (22) Sue Nicholls - Where Will You Be (7 wk)
36 (46) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (2 wk)
37 (36) Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby (3 wk)
38 (42) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (2 wk)
39 (45) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (5 wk)
40 (43) Roy Orbison - Walk On (4 wk)
41 (40) Vince Hill - Importance Of Your Love (8 wk)
42 (44) Robert John - If You Don't Want My Love (5 wk)
43 (49) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (28 wk)
44 (35) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (13 wk)
45 (38) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (12 wk)
46 (NE) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (1 wk)
47 (NE) Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne (1 wk)
48 (48) Timebox - Beggin' (4 wk)
49 (NE) The Casuals - Jesamine (1 wk)
50 (NE) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (1 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=17&ChMonth=08&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

1 (1) The Kinks - Days (5 wks)
2 (6) Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (5 wks)
3 (7) Beach Boys - Do It Again (4 wks)
4 (8) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (4 wks)
5 (5) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (4 wks)
6 (11) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (3 wks)
7 (17) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (2 wks)
8 (2) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (6 wks)
9 (9) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (5 wks)
10 (15) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (3 wks)
11 (20) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (2 wks)
12 (21) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (2 wks)
13 (23) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (2 wks)
14 (3) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (6 wks)
15 (10) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (5 wks)
16 (NE) The Casuals - Jesamine (1 wk)
17 (4) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (8 wks)
18 (13) Cupid's Inspiration - Yesterday Has Gone (9 wks)
19 (25) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (2 wks)
20 (NE) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (1 wk)
21 (12) Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack (10 wks)
22 (14) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (6 wks)
23 (16) Timebox - Beggin' (4 wks)
24 (22) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (9 wks)
25 (NE) Grapefruit - C'Mon Marianne (1 wk)
26 (18) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (7 wks)
27 (19) Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (7 wks)
28 (24) Roy Orbison - Walk On (4 wks)
29 (NE) Doors - Hello I Love You (1 wk)
30 (NE) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Hard To Handle - Otis Redding
3 ( 4 ) Soul Limbo - Booker T & the MGs
4 ( 2 ) Days - Kinks (#2[2])
5 ( -- ) Jesamine - Casuals
6 ( 8 ) High In The Sky - Amen Corner
7 ( 5 ) On The Road Again - Canned Heat (#5)
8 ( 16 ) Voices In The Sky - Moody Blues
9 ( 7 ) Do It Again - Beach Boys (#7)
10 ( 19 ) Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash

11 ( 6 ) Help Yourself - Tom Jones (#4)
12 ( 11 ) Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass (#11)
13 ( 20 ) You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
14 ( 12 ) Walk On - Roy Orbison (#12)
15 ( 13 ) People Got To Be Free - Rascals (#13)
16 ( 17 ) I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells
17 ( 10 ) Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac (#9)
18 ( 25 ) I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees
19 ( 27 ) 1 2 3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co
20 ( 9 ) Hello I Love You - Doors (#2[2])

21 ( 23 ) Alice Long (You're Still My Favourite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
22 ( 15 ) Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits (#14)
23 ( 22 ) Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes (#22)
24 ( 14 ) Classical Gas - Mason Williams (#7)
25 ( 28 ) Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell
26 ( 24 ) Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley (#24)
27 ( 18 ) Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Johnny Cash (#3)
28 ( 39 ) Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin
29 ( 26 ) The Universal - Small Faces (#21)
30 ( 21 ) My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann (#1[4])

31 ( 29 ) I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield (#16)
32 ( 31 ) America - Nice (#17)
33 ( 36 ) Don't Take It So Hard - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#30)
34 ( 35 ) Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross And The Supremes (#28)
35 ( 40 ) Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela (#35)
36 ( 34 ) Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#15)
37 ( 30 ) Keep On - Bruce Channel (#4)
38 ( -- ) You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder
39 ( 32 ) It Should Have Been Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#10)
40 ( -- ) Slip Away - Clarence Carter

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-- ( 33 ) D.W. Washburn - Monkees (#2[2])
-- ( 37 ) Indian Lake - Cowsills (#10)
-- ( 38 ) Fire - Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (#8)

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-- ( -- ) Please Return Your Love To Me - Temptations

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Again you steal my high entry. Co-written by Marty Wilde. Aside from that I have 2 minor entries at #38 and #40, both blind singers and one of them by an act who would later get a huge UK hits with a Chairmen of the Board cover.

However the Casuals isn't the original version of the song. The Bystanders recorded it first. There's no proper video of them doing it so I'm not posting one.

Ok, he did more than one song:

[darkstar79]

01 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By (4 wks)
02 The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me (4 wks)
03 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (5 wks)
04 The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (6 wks)
05 Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game (3 wks)
06 Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (6 wks)
07 The Toys – Sealed With A Kiss (4 wks)
08 Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico (3 wks)
09 Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers – I'm Your Man (5 wks)
10 Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (6 wks)

11 Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (6 wks)
12 Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon (3 wks)
13 Martha & The Vandellas – I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin' (3 wks)
14 Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer (2 wks)
15 The Kinks – Days (5 wks)
16 Pigmeat Markham – Here Comes The Judge (5 wks)
17 Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built (2 wks)
18 Sly & The Family Stone – M'Lady (3 wks)
19 The Impressions – I Loved And I Lost (6 wks)
20 The Intruders – Love Is Like A Baseball Game (7 wks)

21 Glen Campbell – Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (8 wks)
22 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Special Occasion (2 wks)
23 Otis Redding – Amen (7 wks)
24 O.C. Smith – Main Street Mission (4 wks)
25 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (10 wks)
26 Patti Drew – Workin' On A Groovy Thing (4 wks)
27 Sly & The Family Stone – Life (7 wks)
28 Bruce Channel – Keep On (8 wks)
29 Beach Boys – Do It Again (4 wks)
30 Cupids Inspiration – Yesterday Has Gone (9 wks)

[o]

Smokeyb runs it, he can steal what he wants, be glad you've found someone with similar tastes to your usual eclecticness.

[raliverpool]

17/08/1968

1 Kinks - Days (4wks 33-11-4-1)
2 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (4wks 31-12-5-2)
3 Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire (7wks 28-15-6-4-2-1-3)
4 Mama Cass with The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (4wks 14-9-6-4)
5 Doors - Hello, I Love You (6wks 23-8-5-3-2-5)
6 Mason Williams - Classical Gas (5wks 33-13-8-7-6)
7 Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling (5wks 34-23-15-11-7)
8 Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (6wks 24-10-1-1-3-8)
9 Simon & Garfunkel - America (2wks 25-9)
10 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (4wks 17-10-9-10)

11 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (6wks 28-21-11-7-8-11)
12 Doors - Love Street (3wks 27-14-12)
13 Beach Boys - Do It Again (3wks 19-15-13)
14 Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (3wks 32-23-14)
15 Harry Nilsson - One (2wks 29-15)
16 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (2wks 32-16)
17 Small Faces - The Universal (6wks 29-15-9-6-10-17)
18 Rascals - People Got To Be Free (3wks 20-16-18)
19 Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B (4wks 35-22-17-19)
20 Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (2wks 33-20)

21 Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (2wks 26-21)
22 Pink Floyd - Corporal Clegg (6wks 36-26-16-13-13-22)
23 Booker T & The MG's - Soul Limbo (3wks 31-24-23)
24 Nice - America (4wks 34-26-20-24)
25 PP Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (5wks 37-30-24-19-25)
26 Cream - Sunshine of Your Love (7wks 27-17-7-3-4-12-26)
27 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind (3wks 28-27-28)
29 Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (6wks 26-25-25-23-21-29)
30 Merle Haggard - Mama Tried (2wks 36-30)

31 Amen Corner - High In The Sky (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Archie Bell and The Drells - I Can't Stop Dancing (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Glen Campbell - Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife (2wks 34-33)
34 Lulu - Morning Dew (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Dells - Stay In My Corner (3wks 40-35-37)
38 Tammy Wynette - DIVORCE (9wks 30-23-16-10-5-2-5-18-38)

39 Al Wilson - The Snake (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Canned Heat - On The Road Again (1wk 40 NEW)

The Mississippi soul singer's future Northern Soul anthem reached USA #27, with a song I always erroneously thought was a Tom Jones number when growing up.

[Whitneyfan]

01(16) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
02(01) Jackie Wilson – I Get The Sweetest Feeling
03(04) Al Wilson – The Snake
04(05) Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
05(09) Canned Heat - On The Road Again
06(12) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle
07(02) Fleetwood Mac – Need Your Love So Bad
08(03) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning
09(08) Beach Boys - Do It Again
10(07) Tom Jones – Help Yourself

11(06) The Kinks – Days
12(26) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
13(25) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky
14(--) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me
15(28) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight
16(20) Amen Corner – High In The Sky
17(13) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl
18(10) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
19(17) Ray Charles – Eleanor Rigby
20(11) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music

24(36) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower

38(--) Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne
40(--) The Casuals – Jesamine

[Earl Purple]

Nothing really eclectic about Jesamine, just a brilliant song from the late 60s. And co-written by Kim Wilde's dad.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Kinks - DAYS
2 [2] :: Aretha Franklin - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
3 [3] :: Bee Gees - I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
4 [4] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
5 [5] :: Johnny Cash - FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
6 [7] :: Johnny Nash - HOLD ME TIGHT
7 [8] :: Beach Boys - DO IT AGAIN
8 [new] :: Showstoppers - SHAKE YOUR MINI
9 [9] :: Simon & Garfunkel - A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER {Bookends LP track}
10 [12] :: Canned Heat - ON THE ROAD AGAIN
11 [10] :: Hugo Montenegro - HANG 'EM HIGH {from the film soundtrack}
12 [11] :: Jackie Wilson - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING
13 [13] :: Tom Jones - HELP YOURSELF
14 [16] :: Union Gap ft Gary Puckett - LADY WILLPOWER
15 [new] :: Tennors - RIDE YU DONKEY
16 [14] :: Byrds - YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
17 [15] :: Simon & Garfunkel - AMERICA {Bookends LP track}
18 [19] :: Simon & Garfunkel - AT THE ZOO {Bookends LP track}
19 [6] :: Simon & Garfunkel - MRS ROBINSON
20 [18] :: Fats Domino - LADY MADONNA


Another infectious piece of Northern Soul which was bubbling under in August 1968...

[popchartfreak]

10th August 1968

Aretha franklin, probably the greatest female vocalist in soul and pop music of all-time, died today, so it's only right and fitting that she should top my 50-years-ago revisit and discovery of music available that week, with her finest recording, a complete reinvention of Dionne Warwick's version of I Say A Little Prayer. Bacharach & David write heavenly songs, this is one of several to top my charts in 1967/8, and their go-to-girl is no slouch in the vocal department herself - and she duly also enters with 2 more tracks, one I don't know, and one I adored and easily topped my "wouldabeen" chart in 1964 for Sandie Shaw, Always Something There To Remind Me. Sometimes Dionne cuts the definitive version (Walk On By) and sometimes she don't. Aretha walks all over her.

Highest new entry at 7 is another absolute fave of mine in 1968, as will become obvious in 3 weeks when I start posting my original retro charts, as it spent weeks at number 2 in them: Jesamine, The Casuals hugely melodic goodie. Which reminds me - why did nobody remind me to chart Abergavenny earlier in the year for Marty Wilde! Belated new entry next week. In at 12, one I didnt get to hear until 1975 on the Sunday 5-years-ago charts rundown, being as it was a belated UK huge hit for Don Fardon: The fabulous Indian Reservation. At 18, another massive late '68 UK hit fave for Jeannie C. Riley and Harper Valley PTA, which hit my top 5. I scoured record shops in the mid-70's as a student buying up any of these 1968 faves I could find.

Even later than Jeannie, Judy Clay & William Bell was an early 1969 goodie hit in the UK, but just a minor US hit at this time, and duly in at 31, making space for even more faves in 1969 when I chart them. Billie Davis gets the 3rd rapid-fire version of Angel Of The Morning to amke the top 40, Randy Newman climbs into the 30 as the lovely song just gets better the more I play it. Understated. 

The Delfonics are back with another soul smoothie, Anita Harris covers Mama Cass and gets away with it, just about, Gladys Knight covers The Temptations and is just as good, more fiery than sad, while Andy Kim gets a second hit with a dubiously lyric-ed piece of pop fluff. 3 weeks to go till comparisons to what I liked then (strictly UK charts only in my top 20 charts) and now.....

1 ( 5 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
2 ( 1 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
3 ( 3 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
4 ( 2 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
5 ( 6 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
6 ( 4 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
7 ( NEW ) JESAMINE The Casuals
8 ( 12 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
9 ( 7 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
10 ( 8 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys

11 ( 9 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
12 ( NEW ) (THE LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
13 ( 10 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
14 ( 14 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
15 ( 11 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
16 ( 13 ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Andy Williams
17 ( 15 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
18 ( NEW ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A Jeannie C. Riley
19 ( 24 ) I NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
20 ( 16 ) YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid’s Inspiration

21 ( 18 ) LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER The O’Jays
22 ( 19 ) WALK ON Roy Orbison
23 ( 17 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
24 ( 21 ) BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf
25 ( 22 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
26 ( 20 ) MR. BUSINESSMAN Ray Stevens
27 ( 23 ) HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
28 ( 25 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
29 ( 32 ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
30 ( 42 ) I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY Randy Newman

31 ( NEW ) PRIVATE NUMBER Judy Clay & William Bell
32 ( 35 ) HALFWAY TO PARADISE Bobby Vinton
33 ( 28 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
34 ( 29 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
35 ( 27 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel
36 ( 50 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Billie Davis
37 ( 33 ) FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
38 ( 38 ) VENUS Johnny Mathis
39 ( 44 ) SUNSHINE GIRL Herman’s Hermits
40 ( 47 ) QUANDO QUANDO QUANDO Engelbert Humperdinck

41 ( 26 ) SAVE THE COUNTRY Laura Nyro
42 ( 37 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC The 5th Dimension
43 ( 41 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
44 ( 30 ) YESTERDAY’S DREAMS The Four Tops
45 ( 34 ) BROWN EYED WOMAN Bill Medley
46 ( 49 ) ON THE ROAD AGAIN Canned Heat
47 ( 45 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
48 ( 59 ) MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS The Grass Roots
49 ( 31 ) MR. BOJANGLES Jerry Jeff Walker
50 ( 52 ) MAGIC BUS The Who

51 ( 48 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
52 ( 36 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING P.P. Arnold
53 ( 39 ) DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE Glen Campbell
54 ( 43 ) DAYS The Kinks
55 ( 64 ) LADY MADONNA Fats Domino
56 ( 60 ) I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYING Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
57 ( 40 ) I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CRY, CRY, CRY James Brown & The Famous Flames
58 ( 46 ) MACARTHUR PARK Richard Harris
59 ( 63 ) VOICES IN THE SKY The Moody Blues
60 ( 55 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell

61 ( 57 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
62 ( 56 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
63 ( NEW ) WHO IS GOING TO LOVE ME Dionne Warwick
64 ( 61 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
65 ( 53 ) NEXT Scott Walker
66 ( 66 ) M’LADY Sly & The Family Stone
67 ( NEW ) (THERE’S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE (TO REMIND ME) Dionne Warwick
68 ( NEW ) BREAK YOUR PROMISE The Delfonics
69 ( NEW ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Anita Harris
70 ( 72 ) THE WEIGHT Jackie De Shannon

71 ( 73 ) SPECIAL OCCASION Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
72 ( 54 ) JUMPING JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones
73 ( NEW ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Gladys Knight & The Pips
74 ( 67 ) HUSH Deep Purple
75 ( NEW ) SHOOT ‘EM UP BABY Andy Kim