Its fitting that in the week she left us, she takes over the number 1 position with her second
chart topper.
The Bee Gees are up to 2, the Kinks fall to number 3, the Beach Boys are down at 4 and
Steppenwolf move up to 5.
There are 5 new entries the highest is by Status Quo who enter the charts at number 19.
The biggest climber is Gary Puckett who leaps 16 places to number 21.
25.08.1968 (Week # 34)
1 (03) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 109 points (10-3-1) 3 wks
2 (05) The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You - 94 points (39-15-5-2) 4 wks
3 (01) The Kinks – Days - 84 points (9-3-1-1-1-3) 6 wks
4 (02) Beach Boys – Do It Again - 83 points (11-4-2-2-4) 5 wks
5 (06) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 70 points (26-18-11-7-6-5) 6 wks
6 (12) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight - 65 points (22-12-6) 3 wks
7 (04) Canned Heat - On The Road Again - 64 points (12-8-5-4-7) 5 wks
8 (13) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 63 points (40-39-22-18-17-13-8) 7 wks
9 (15) The Casuals - Jesamine - 56 points (15-9) 2 wks
10 (10) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling - 53 points (35-20-13-10-8-10-10) 7 wks
11 (09) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle - 49 points (13-9-9-11) 4 wks
12 (18) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky - 45 points (18-12) 2 wks
13 (11) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning - 45 points (25-7-7-6-6-11-13) 7 wks
14 (08) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 45 points (13-4-2-2-3-8-14) 7 wks
15 (14) Amen Corner - High In The Sky - 43 points (23-14-15) 3 wks
16 (21) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 39 points (27-27-21-21-16) 5 wks
17 (07) Tom Jones - Help Yourself - 35 points (11-5-3-4-7-17) 6 wks
18 (17) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 28 points (19-12-14-17-18) 5 wks
19 (NE) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - 25 points 1 wk
20 (NE) Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built - 22 points 1 wk21 (37) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower - 22 points (39-40-23-21-24-39-x-37-21) 8 wks
22 (24) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' - 22 points (33-25-24-22) 4 wks
23 (27) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire - 20 points (35-33-36-36-37-37-27-23) 8 wks
24 (31) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 18 points (27-16-13-14-15-24-31-24) 8 wks
25 (28) Booker T & the MGs - Soul Limbo - 17 points (40-31-28-25) 4 wks
26 (NE) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 17 points 1 wk27 (34) Simon & Garfunkel - America - 17 points (34-27) 2 wks
28 (29) Al Wilson – The Snake - 17 points (40-32-29-28) 4 wks
29 (26) Mason Williams - Classical Gas - 17 points (35-30-25-33-28-23-20-16-19-26-29) 11 wks
30 (22) The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Tuesday) - 17 points (40-28-20-22-30) 5 wks
31 (16) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl - 17 points (31-20-13-16-31) 5 wks
32 (25) The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me - 16 points (29-29-26-25-32) 5 wks
33 (NE) Harry Nilsson - One - 16 points 1 wk34 (19) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire - 16 points (18-5-1-1-1-5-11-19-34) 9 wks
35 (35) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 15 points (24-20-12-17-21-27-35-35) 8 wks
36 (20) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 15 points (18-10-6-7-12-20-36) 7 wks
37 (38) Petula Clark - Don't Give Up - 15 points (38-32-30-33-38-37) 6 wks
38 (33) Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game - 14 points (36-34-33-38) 4 wks
39 (32) The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (Yesterday's Dreams) - 14 points (30-31-33-32-30-32-39) 7 wks
40 (NE) Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - 14 points 1 wk
Dropped Out
43 (39) The Toys – Sealed With A Kiss - 12 points (38-36-39)
45 (40) Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico - 11 points (40-38-40)
47 (23) Doors - Hello I Love You - 11 points (16-16-14-18-23)
49 (40) Showstoppers - Shake Your Mini - 10 points (40)
50 (30) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - 10 points (18-10-10-7-9-8-8-10-14-16-6-3-4-9-16-30)
53 (36) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 9 points (29-29-34-22-16-16-12-14-10-4-2-4-9-11-19-21-24-35-36)
59 (40) Roy Orbison - Walk On - 6 points (39-25-28-40)
65 (40) Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - 4 points (26-26-29-40)
Thanks to
Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak o &
darkstar79 .
I will leave this open until end of next week.