Haven Retro Combined Chart : 01.09.1968

[smokeyb]

Aretha stays on top for a second week, the Bee Gees remain at number 2, Johnny Nash

moves up to 3, the Kinks slip to 4 and Steppenwolf stay at 5.



There are 5 new entries and 2 re-entries this week, the highest is by Leapy Lee at number 15.



The biggest climber is the Four Tops who move up 20 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is Crazy World of Arthur Brown who falls 37 places.



01.09.1968 (Week # 35)


1 (01) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 112 points (10-3-1-1) 4 wks

2 (02) The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You - 104 points (39-15-5-2-2) 5 wks

3 (06) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight - 78 points (22-12-6-3) 4 wks

4 (03) The Kinks – Days - 66 points (9-3-1-1-1-3-4) 7 wks

5 (05) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 64 points (26-18-11-7-6-5-5) 7 wks

6 (10) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling - 64 points (35-20-13-10-8-10-10-6) 8 wks

7 (04) Beach Boys – Do It Again - 60 points (11-4-2-2-4-7) 6 wks

8 (09) The Casuals - Jesamine - 60 points (15-9-8) 3 wks

9 (08) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 58 points (40-39-22-18-17-13-8-9) 8 wks

10 (19) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - 57 points (19-10) 2 wks

11 (07) Canned Heat - On The Road Again - 55 points (12-8-5-4-7-11) 6 wks

12 (16) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 47 points (27-27-21-21-16-12) 6 wks

13 (12) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky - 46 points (18-12-13) 3 wks

14 (15) Amen Corner  - High In The Sky - 45 points (23-14-15-14) 4 wks

15 (NE) Leapy Lee – Little Arrows - 37 points 1 wk

16 (11) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle - 37 points (13-9-9-11-16) 5 wks

17 (14) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 32 points (13-4-2-2-3-8-14-17) 8 wks

18 (13) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning - 30 points (25-7-7-6-6-11-13-18) 8 wks

19 (39) The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (Yesterday's Dreams) - 27 points (30-31-33-32-30-32-39-19) 8 wks

20 (NE) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 27 points 1 wk

21 (RE) Doors - Hello I Love You - 26 points (16-16-14-18-23-x-21) 6 wks

22 (20) Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built - 25 points (20-22) 2 wks

23 (28) Al Wilson – The Snake - 24 points (40-32-29-28-23) 5 wks

24 (NE) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 24 points 1 wk

25 (18) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 23 points (19-12-14-17-18-25) 6 wks

26 (33) Harry Nilsson - One - 20 points (33-26) 2 wks

27 (21) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower - 20 points (39-40-23-21-24-39-x-37-21-27) 9 wks

28 (23) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire - 20 points (35-33-36-36-37-37-27-23-28) 9 wks

29 (22) Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' - 20 points (33-25-24-22-29) 5 wks

30 (27) Simon & Garfunkel - America - 19 points (34-27-30) 3 wks

31 (24) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 19 points (27-16-13-14-15-24-31-24-31) 9 wks

32 (26) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 17 points (26-32) 2 wks

33 (32) The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me - 16 points (29-29-26-25-32-33) 6 wks

34 (NE) Deep Purple - Hush - 15 points 1 wk

35 (17) Tom Jones - Help Yourself - 15 points (11-5-3-4-7-17-35) 7 wks

36 (40) Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - 15 points (40-36) 2 wks

37 (38) Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game - 14 points (36-34-33-38-37) 5 wks

38 (NE) Johnny Cash - I Still Miss Someone - 13 points 1 wk

39 (37) Petula Clark - Don't Give Up - 13 points (38-32-30-33-38-37-39) 7 wks

40 (RE) The Toys – Sealed With A Kiss - 12 points (38-36-39-x-40) 4 wks



Dropped Out

41 (25) Booker T & the MGs  - Soul Limbo - 11 points (40-31-28-25)

44 (35) Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - 10 points (24-20-12-17-21-27-35-35)

45 (29) Mason Williams - Classical Gas - 9 points (35-30-25-33-28-23-20-16-19-26-29)

48 (36) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 8 points (18-10-6-7-12-20-36)

49 (31) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl - 8 points (31-20-13-16-31)

64 (30) The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Tuesday) - 4 points (40-28-20-22-30)

71 (34) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire - 2 points (18-5-1-1-1-5-11-19-34)


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





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 08.09.1968

1 (2) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (5 wk)
2 (1) Beach Boys - Do It Again (7 wk)
3 (3) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (10 wk)
4 (8) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (5 wk)
5 (5) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (8 wk)
6 (7) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (6 wk)
7 (11) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (5 wk)
8 (6) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (11 wk)
9 (4) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (14 wk)
10 (16) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (7 wk)
11 (9) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (8 wk)
12 (12) Bruce Channel - Keep On (11 wk)
13 (10) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (9 wk)
14 (18) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (4 wk)
15 (21) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (5 wk)
16 (14) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (18 wk)
17 (13) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (9 wk)
18 (19) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (6 wk)
19 (15) The Kinks - Days (8 wk)
20 (31) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (3 wk)
21 (NE) Beatles - Hey Jude (1 wk)
22 (24) The Casuals - Jesamine (4 wk)
23 (17) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (9 wk)
24 (22) Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (8 wk)
25 (20) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho (10 wk)
26 (33) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (3 wk)
27 (28) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (5 wk)
28 (25) The Nice - America (9 wk)
29 (38) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (3 wk)
30 (23) Small Faces - The Universal (9 wk)
31 (43) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (2 wk)
32 (36) Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne (4 wk)
33 (40) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (8 wk)
34 (50) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (2 wk)
35 (26) Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (11 wk)
36 (27) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (15 wk)
37 (35) The Equals - Laurel And Hardy (3 wk)
38 (30) Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge (8 wk)
39 (29) Equals - Baby Come Back (18 wk)
40 (42) Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby (6 wk)
41 (34) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (4 wk)
42 (32) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (14 wk)
43 (37) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (9 wk)
44 (46) Roy Orbison - Walk On (7 wk)
45 (47) Vince Hill - Importance Of Your Love (11 wk)
46 (41) The Doors - Hello I Love You (2 wk)
47 (49) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru' (2 wk)
48 (NE) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (1 wk)
49 (NE) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (1 wk)
50 (39) R Dean Taylor - Gotta See Jane (12 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=07&ChMonth=09&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Jesamine - Casuals (#1[2])
3 ( 3 ) Little Arrows - Leapy Lee
4 ( 5 ) Ice In The Sun - Status Quo
5 ( -- ) Hey Jude - Beatles
6 ( -- ) Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin
7 ( 4 ) Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (#1[4])
8 ( 17 ) Magic Bus - Who
9 ( 11 ) Hush - Deep Purple
10 ( 35 ) Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens

11 ( 19 ) Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express
12 ( 20 ) Harper Valley P.T.A - Jeannie C. Riley
13 ( 7 ) High In The Sky - Amen Corner (#5)
14 ( 6 ) Hard To Handle - Otis Redding (#2[1])
15 ( 8 ) Voices In The Sky - Moody Blues (#6)
16 ( 9 ) Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash (#7)
17 ( 13 ) I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees
18 ( 21 ) Laurel And Hardy - Equals
19 ( 12 ) You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#9)
20 ( 16 ) 1 2 3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co

21 ( 10 ) Soul Limbo - Booker T & the MGs (#3)
22 ( 31 ) I Live For The Sun - Vanity Fare
23 ( 25 ) The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
24 ( 15 ) On The Road Again - Canned Heat (#5)
25 ( 14 ) Days - Kinks (#2[2])
26 ( -- ) Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions
27 ( 24 ) You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder
28 ( 23 ) Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin
29 ( 18 ) Do It Again - Beach Boys (#7)
30 ( 30 ) Don't Give Up - Petula Clark

31 ( 27 ) Slip Away - Clarence Carter
32 ( 39 ) Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
33 ( 22 ) Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass (#11)
34 ( 36 ) Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - Moody Blues
35 ( 28 ) Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell (#24)
36 ( -- ) One Inch Rock - Tyrannosaurus Rex
37 ( 26 ) I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells (#16)
38 ( 29 ) Alice Long (You're Still My Favourite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (#21)
39 ( 32 ) Walk On - Roy Orbison (#12)
40 ( 33 ) People Got To Be Free - Rascals (#13)

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-- ( 34 ) Help Yourself - Tom Jones (#4)
-- ( 37 ) Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes (#22)
-- ( 38 ) Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley (#24)
-- ( 40 ) Don't Take It So Hard - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#30)

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-- ( -- ) Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do - Betty Wright
-- ( -- ) I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd

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The Beatles owned the Apple label and so were releasing their own music on it as they wished. Having signed Mary Hopkin also to their label it seems strange that they both released the same week, or at least they both charted the same week.

Anyway there are 4 new entries, you will know 2 of them and possibly a 3rd one which was by a band who later found fame, but this is the one you are least likely to know of the four.

With regards to Jackie Wilson reaching #1, he had a string of hits in the early 60s many written by Berry Gordy Jr, (Reet Petite, which came out in 1957, was written by him).

You might not know that "I Get The Sweetest Feeling", which was one of his British hits albeit later on (and then twice) was written by Van McCoy, who was later known for his disco tunes "Do The Hustle" and "The Shuffle".

"Hush" by Deep Purple is in the top 10, and would later be a UK hit for Kula Shaker. Deep Purple didn't write it though, it was written by Joe South, who also had a hit of his own with "Games People Play" but also wrote another big hit "Rose Garden" which was made most famous by Lyn Anderson's version.

As for "Those Were The Days", I'm sure you know that started out as a Russian folk song.

[o]

1 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
2 Canned Heat – On the road again
3 Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling
4 Beach Boys – Do it again
5 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
6 Status Quo – Ice in the sun
7 The Kinks - Days
8 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
9 Mama Cass – Dream a little dream of me
10 Doors - Hello I Love You
11 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
12 Beatles - Hey Jude
13 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
14 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
15 Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin'
16 PP Arnold – Angel of the morning
17 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
18 Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson
19 Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl
20 Roy Orbison - Walk On

[o]

[smokeyb]

1 (NE) Beatles - Hey Jude (1 wk)
2 (1) The Casuals - Jesamine (4 wks)
3 (2) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (5 wks)
4 (4) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (5 wks)
5 (6) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (5 wks)
6 (3) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (7 wks)
7 (7) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (5 wks)
8 (11) Doors - Hello I Love You (4 wks)
9 (12) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (3 wks)
10 (15) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (3 wks)
11 (5) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (6 wks)
12 (16) Deep Purple - Hush (3 wks)
13 (13) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (4 wks)
14 (14) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (4 wks)
15 (8) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (5 wks)
16 (9) Beach Boys - Do It Again (7 wks)
17 (10) The Kinks - Days (8 wks)
18 (26) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (2 wks)
19 (20) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (3 wks)
20 (21) Grapefruit - C'Mon Marianne (4 wks)
21 (17) Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (8 wks)
22 (25) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Woman Woman (2 wks)
23 (NE) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (1 wk)
24 (18) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (7 wks)
25 (19) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (8 wks)
26 (NE) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (1 wk)
27 (22) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (6 wks)
28 (23) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning (9 wks)
29 (24) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (9 wks)
30 (NE) James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (1 wk)

[raliverpool]

07/09/1968

1 Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA (2wks 7-1)
2 Harry Nilsson - One (5wks 29-15-5-1-2)
3 Simon & Garfunkel - America (5wks 25-9-4-2-3)
4 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (5wks 33-20-10-5-4)
5 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (5wks 32-16-9-6-5)
6 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (4wks 27-15-8-6)

7 Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man (2wks 14-7)

8 Al Wilson - The Snake (4wks 39-24-13-8)
9 Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (3wks 20-12-9)
10 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (7wks 31-12-5-2-2-4-10)

11 Aretha Franklin - The House That Jack Built (3wks 21-15-11)
12 Kinks - Days (7wks 33-11-4-1-1-3-12)
13 Amen Corner - High In The Sky (4wks 31-19-16-13)
14 Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (6wks 32-23-14-11-11-15)
15 Barbara Acklin - Love Makes A Woman (3wks 22-17-16)
16 Casuals - Jesamine (2wks 24-16)
17 Band - The Weight (2wks 34-17)
18 Martha & The Vandellas - I Can't Dance To The Music You're Playin' (2wks 33-18)
19 Deep Purple - Hush (2wks 23-19)
20 Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling (8wks 34-23-15-11-7-7-9-20)

21 Clarence Carter - Slip Away (3wks 26-21-21)
22 Who - Magic Bus (2wks 26-22)
23 Mama Cass with The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (7wks 14-9-6-4-3-10-23)
24 Canned Heat - On The Road Again (4wks 40-31-28-24)
25 Beach Boys - Do It Again (6wks 19-15-13-12-18-25)
26 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Fool On The Hill (2wks 36-26)
27 Rolling Stones - No Expectations (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Sly & The Family Stone - M'Lady (2wks 38-30)

31 Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (4wks 36-28-29-32)
33 Mason Williams - Classical Gas (8wks 33-13-8-7-6-8-19-33)
34 Doors - Five To One (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (4wks 35-30-32-36)
37 Betty Wright - Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Special Occasion (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne (2wks 39-39)

40 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (9wks 28-21-11-7-8-11-14-25-40)

This hard rocking imminent Beggars Banquet album cut was one of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' most politically inclined works to date. Due to the subversive nature of the lyrics the track got virtually no airplay in the USA. The result was it peaked at USA #48, despite being around the top ten on sales.

[darkstar79]

01 Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer (5 wks)
02 Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built (5 wks)
03 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By (7 wks)
04 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (3 wks)
05 The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me (7 wks)
06 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (8 wks)
07 Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game (6 wks)
08 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days (1 wk)
09 The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (9 wks)
10 Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico (6 wks)

11 The Toys – Sealed With A Kiss (7 wks)
12 Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon (6 wks)
13 Otis Redding – Hard To Handle (9 wks)
14 Four Tops – Yesterday's Dreams (3 wks)
15 The Sweet Inspirations – Unchained Melody (2 wks)
16 Jimmy Ruffin – Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (2 wks)
17 Dionne Warwick – (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me (3 wks)
18 The O'Jays – The Choice (1 wk)
19 Marvin Gaye – Chained (1 wk)
20 The Platters – Hard To Get A Thing Called Love (3 wks)

21 Leapy Lee – Little Arrows (3 wks)
22 Martha & The Vandellas – I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin' (6 wks)
23 The Impressions – Fool For You (1 wk)
24 Dionne Warwick – Who Is Going To Love Me (3 wks)
25 Gladys Knight – I Wish It Would Rain (3 wks)
26 Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers – I'm Your Man (8 wks)
27 Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (9 wks)
28 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Special Occasion (5 wks)
29 Sly & The Family Stone – M'Lady (6 wks)
30 Sly & The Family Stone – Dance To The Music (9 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me
02(02) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
03(03) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky
04(13) The Equals - Laurel And Hardy
05(04) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
06(11) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun
07(05) Al Wilson – The Snake
08(06) Jackie Wilson – I Get The Sweetest Feeling
09(07) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight
10(12) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows

11(08) Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
12(17) The Casuals – Jesamine
13(09) Otis Redding – Hard To Handle
14(10) Canned Heat - On The Road Again
15(26) The Doors – Hello I Love You
16(15) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning
17(14) Amen Corner – High In The Sky
18(36) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru'
19(41) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart
20(40) Mason Williams – Classical Gas

23(--) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
24(35) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Woman Woman
25(--) The Beatles – Hey Jude
26(43) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun
30(--) Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days

32(--) The Mamas & The Papas – For The Love Of Ivy
35(--) Marvin Gaye – Chained

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Aretha Franklin - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
2 [2] :: Bee Gees - I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
3 [new] :: Beatles - REVOLUTION {Hey Jude B-side}
4 [4] :: Rolling Stones - STREET FIGHTING MAN
5 [3] :: Kinks - DAYS
6 [new] :: Beatles - HEY JUDE
7 [5] :: Johnny Nash - HOLD ME TIGHT
8 [6] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
9 [7] :: Beach Boys - DO IT AGAIN
10 [new] :: Tyrannosaurus Rex - ONE INCH ROCK
11 [new] :: Rolling Stones - NO EXPECTATIONS {Street Fighting Man B-side}
12 [14] :: James Brown - SAY IT LOUD, I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD
13 [8] :: Johnny Cash - I STILL MISS SOMEONE {At Folsom Prison LP track}
14 [9] :: Status Quo - ICE IN THE SUN
15 [10] :: Jeff Beck Group - I AIN'T SUPERSTITIOUS {Truth LP track}
16 [new] :: Byrds - YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND {Sweetheart Of The Rodeo LP track}
17 [16] :: Big Brother & Holding Company - PIECE OF MY HEART
18 [15] :: Doors - HELLO I LOVE YOU
19 [12] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - SUZIE Q
20 [new] :: Seekers - LOVE IS KIND, LOVE IS WINE


As Andy has already featured the brilliantly ramshackle Tyro Rex single, I'm going for Brian Jones' final great contribution to the Rolling Stones. His slide guitar on "No Expectations" was fabulous. This live clip from 2003 has Ronnie Wood playing a very faithful reproduction.

[popchartfreak]

1st September 1968

This is where it all started for me: Hey Jude at Number One and Those Were The Days becoming my first chart obsession, so The Beatles enter at 1 and Mary Hopkin at 2, for an Apple double. Hey Judee was an is an anthem, and their finest and moment popular moment, Mary's version of an old Russian folk song was stunning, fresh off Opportunity Knocks, and better than the X Factor fodder spun off these days as a debut single. Revolution should have been a double A side really, one of the Beatles great John Lennon moments, and enters at 10 giving the new Apple label 30% of the top 10. That edges out Hendrix' classic version of Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower at 12. That intro is pure genius. Billie Davis goes top 20, as a load of high new entries pushes down lots of tracks.

Jack Jones version of Nilsson's gorgeous Without Her is better than the original, he's dropped the annoying doo doo's and upped the orhcestral drama a bit. I first heard it in Singapore, on radio where MOR ruled, and recorded it on dad's reel-to-reel. Still love it. In at a lowly 49, it's my future obsession The Archies. In Singapore there was precious little television pop music, so the kids TV show was a big fave for the songs (the cartoon itself is excruciating to sit through these days) most of them not singles but written by Jeff Barry, Andy Kim (who has his own lower down) and some other professionals like Mark Barkan & Ritchie Adams. Jeff Barry did Bang-Shang-A-Lang, It's pure bubblegum, and was one of the tracks on The Archies EP I got for Xmas 1970 (I wanted Sugar Sugar badly), good quality expensive vinyl with a picture cover and inner sleeve, hazzah! This track was a US hit and was released this week.

Gary Puckett gets his 4th chart entry, Over You, Marc Bolan his 2nd, still in his elf period, and a catchy ditty I knew but didn't know I knew, being as I havent heard it in decades and had forgotten all about it, is Girl Watcher for The O'Kaysions at 67


1 ( NEW ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
2 ( NEW ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
3 ( 2 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
4 ( 3 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
5 ( 1 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
6 ( 6 ) (THE LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
7 ( 4 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
8 ( 5 ) JESAMINE The Casuals
9 ( 8 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
10 ( NEW ) REVOLUTION The Beatles

11 ( 7 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
12 ( NEW ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
13 ( 9 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A Jeannie C. Riley
14 ( 10 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
15 ( 11 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
16 ( 16 ) PRIVATE NUMBER Judy Clay & William Bell
17 ( 13 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
18 ( 22 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Billie Davis
19 ( 12 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
20 ( 15 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor

21 ( NEW ) WITHOUT HER Jack Jones
22 ( 25 ) LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
23 ( 17 ) I NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
24 ( 19 ) ABERGAVENNY Marty Wilde
25 ( 14 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
26 ( 27 ) WHO IS GOING TO LOVE ME Dionne Warwick
27 ( 18 ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
28 ( 21 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
29 ( 35 ) STREET FIGHTING MAN The Rolling Stones
30 ( 33 ) NATURALLY STONED The Avant-Garde

31 ( 20 ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Andy Williams
32 ( 26 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
33 ( 29 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
34 ( 24 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
35 ( 37 ) ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo
36 ( 23 ) QUANDO QUANDO QUANDO Engelbert Humperdinck
37 ( 40 ) MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS The Grass Roots
38 ( 44 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Gladys Knight & The Pips
39 ( 42 ) FOR THE LOVE OF IVY The Mamas & The Papas
40 ( 34 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert

41 ( 28 ) YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid’s Inspiration
42 ( 31 ) BORN TO BE WILD Steppenwolf
43 ( 38 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
44 ( 39 ) MR. BUSINESSMAN Ray Stevens
45 ( 36 ) HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
46 ( 49 ) (THERE’S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE (TO REMIND ME) Dionne Warwick
47 ( 30 ) LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER The O’Jays
48 ( 41 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel
49 ( NEW ) BANG-SHANG-A-LANG The Archies
50 ( 50 ) VOICES IN THE SKY The Moody Blues

51 ( 32 ) WALK ON Roy Orbison
52 ( 47 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
53 ( 56 ) I LIVE FOR THE SUN Vanity Fair
54 ( 43 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
55 ( 51 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
56 ( 58 ) CHAINED Marvin Gaye
57 ( NEW ) OVER YOU Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
58 ( 46 ) VENUS Johnny Mathis
59 ( 52 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC The 5th Dimension
60 ( 65 ) SPECIAL OCCASION Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

61 ( 61 ) THE WEIGHT The Band
62 ( 66 ) BREAK YOUR PROMISE The Delfonics
63 ( 57 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
64 ( 71 ) SHOOT ‘EM UP BABY Andy Kim
65 ( 48 ) LADY MADONNA Fats Domino
66 ( NEW ) ONE INCH ROCK Tyrannosaurus Rex
67 ( NEW ) GIRL WATCHER The O’Kaysions
68 ( 53 ) YESTERDAY’S DREAMS The Four Tops
69 ( 69 ) TO WAIT FOR LOVE Herb Alpert
70 ( 45 ) I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN TODAY Randy Newman

71 ( 54 ) FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
72 ( 73 ) FOOL FOR YOU The Impressions
73 ( 62 ) MAGIC BUS The Who
74 ( 74 ) POOR BABY The Cowsills
75 ( 64 ) M’LADY Sly & The Family Stone



1st Sept MY FIRST 1968 RETRO CHART aka Wot I Liked Then


So what's all this then, a bonus chart? No this is my UK-top-30 based charts starting this week as compiled in the early 70's with memories of what I liked in 1968 - nostalgia sets in early in your teens, and I wanted to fill in the gaps in between some actual charts of the time. Hey Jude was Ground Zero for me, it was the week I discovered Alan Freeman's Pick Of The Pops on the radio, and that was that from then on - sat in the dining room at RAF Swinderby, flitting between Land Of The Giants on TV and back again to the radio. The chart countdown became a huge event for me.

Differences? well Hey Jude on top, and most songs peaking higher than in my 2018 retro charts owing to less competition, and a wider awareness of tracks I didnt know at the time. Novelty jolly pop does much better in my kiddie days, most notably Sunshine Girl at 8, instead of scraping into the top 30 in my charts, and Little Arrows at 10, instead of 22. This isn't my official charts for counting towards chart points on here, it's just for fun. The top 75 is the definitive cos it's what I like now, the other is what I liked then, 50 years ago. 

1 HEY JUDE The Beatles
2 GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
3 KEEP ON Bruce Channel
4 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
5 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
6 HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
7 THIS GUYS IN LOVE Herb Alpert
8 SUNSHINE GIRL Herman's Hermits
9 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
10 LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee

11 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
12 HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
13 DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
14 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly & The Family Stone
15 MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
16 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
17 LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
18 I PRETEND Des O'Connor
19 JESAMINE The Casuals
20 FIRE The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown