Haven Retro Combined Chart : 29.09.1968

[smokeyb]

The Beatles get a third week at number one, with Mary Hopkin remaining at 2.

The Beatles are also up to 3, the Band are up at 4 and Aretha slips to 5.



There are 5 new entries this week, the highest is the Masquerades at number 30.



The biggest climber this week is the Easybeats who move up 28 places to number 12.



There are quite a few big jumps this week as the Tremeloes, Hugo Montenegro & Jimi Hendrix

all jump up more than 20 places.



The biggest faller is the Beach Boys who fall 47 places.


29.09.1968 (Week # 39)


1 (01) Beatles - Hey Jude - 133 points (3-1-1-1) 4 wks

2 (02) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 131 points (9-3-2-2) 4 wks

3 (04) Beatles - Revolution - 96 points (22-10-4-3) 4 wks

4 (11) Band - The Weight - 66 points (11-4) 2 wks

5 (03) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 65 points (10-3-1-1-1-2-3-5) 8 wks

6 (15) Love Affair - A Day Without Love - 52 points (15-6) 2 wks

7 (06) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - 50 points (19-10-4-5-6-7) 6 wks

8 (14) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 44 points (24-19-14-14-8) 5 wks

9 (08) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock - 39 points (28-12-8-9) 4 wks

10 (05) The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You - 39 points (39-15-5-2-2-2-4-5-10) 9 wks

11 (07) The Casuals - Jesamine - 36 points (15-9-8-5-6-7-11) 7 wks

12 (40) Easybeats - Good Times - 35 points (40-12) 2 wks

13 (16) Deep Purple - Hush - 35 points (34-25-19-16-13) 5 wks

14 (11) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 35 points (40-39-22-18-17-13-8-9-10-11-13-14) 12 wks

15 (09) Leapy Lee – Little Arrows - 30 points (15-13-8-9-15) 5 wks

16 (38) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady - 28 points (38-16) 2 wks

17 (40) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly - 28 points (40-17) 2 wks

18 (40) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower - 28 points (40-18) 2 wks

19 (37) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart - 27 points (37-19) 2 wks

20 (21) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun - 26 points (38-21-20) 3 wks

21 (10) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling - 25 points (35-20-13-10-8-10-10-6-8-7-10-21) 12 wks

22 (12) Doors - Hello I Love You - 24 points (16-16-14-18-23-x-21-18-9-12-22) 10 wks

23 (36) The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon - 23 points (36-23) 2 wks

24 (17) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 22 points (20-15-17-17-24) 5 wks

25 (23) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 20 points (26-32-36-26-23-25) 6 wks

26 (20) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 19 points (27-27-21-21-16-12-17-13-20-26) 10 wks

27 (29) The Turtles - Elenore - 19 points (33-29-27) 3 wks

28 (26) Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly - 18 points (26-28) 2 wks

29 (39) Who - Magic Bus - 17 points (40-39-29) 3 wks

30 (NE) The Masquerades – I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else - 17 points 1 wk

31 (18) Canned Heat - On The Road Again - 16 points (12-8-5-4-7-11-12-16-18-31) 10 wks

32 (31) Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - 16 points (40-36-39-31-31-32) 6 wks

33 (33) Ray Stevens - Mr. Businessman - 15 points (35-33-33) 3 wks

34 (35) Al Wilson – The Snake - 15 points (40-32-29-28-23-23-27-35-34) 9 wks

35 (NE) Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida - 15 points 1 wk

36 (34) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 15 points (27-16-13-14-15-24-31-24-31-34-34-34-36) 13 wks

37 (NE) O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher - 14 points 1 wk

38 (NE) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru' - 14 points 1 wk

39 (NE) Dylan And The Blazers – Funky Bull (Part 1) - 14 points 1 wk

40 (25) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 14 points (13-4-2-2-3-8-14-17-24-25-25-40) 12 wks



Dropped Out

44 (32) The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me - 12 points (29-29-26-25-32-33-37-29-32)

45 (19) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight - 12 points (22-12-6-3-6-15-19)

47 (30) Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built - 11 points (20-22-21-22-30)

50 (24) The Equals - Laurel And Hardy - 10 points (30-21-24)

59 (28) The Kinks – Days - 8 points (9-3-1-1-1-3-4-11-23-28)

62 (22) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky - 7 points (18-12-13-14-20-22)

74 (27) Beach Boys – Do It Again - 4 points (11-4-2-2-4-7-16-24-27)


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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 05.10.1968

1 (1) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (5 wk) (peak 1)
2 (2) Beatles - Hey Jude (5 wk) (peak 1)
3 (3) The Casuals - Jesamine (8 wk) (peak 3)
4 (9) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (7 wk) (peak 4)
5 (5) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (9 wk) (peak 5)
6 (4) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (9 wk) (peak 1)
7 (10) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (9 wk) (peak 7)
8 (6) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (9 wk) (peak 4)
9 (19) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (3 wk) (peak 9)
10 (11) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (10 wk) (peak 6)
11 (17) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (7 wk) (peak 11)
12 (7) Beach Boys - Do It Again (11 wk) (peak 1)
13 (12) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (6 wk) (peak 12)
14 (8) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (11 wk) (peak 8)
15 (14) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (8 wk) (peak 11)
16 (18) The Doors - Hello I Love You (6 wk) (peak 16)
17 (22) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (4 wk) (peak 17)
18 (27) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (3 wk) (peak 18)
19 (13) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (12 wk) (peak 5)
20 (16) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (10 wk) (peak 15)
21 (15) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (14 wk) (peak 3)
22 (20) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (6 wk) (peak 20)
23 (30) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (3 wk) (peak 23)
24 (24) The Band - The Weight (3 wk) (peak 24)
25 (26) The Nice - America (13 wk) (peak 21)
26 (21) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (22 wk) (peak 1)
27 (36) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (4 wk) (peak 27)
28 (45) Cliff Richard - Marianne (2 wk) (peak 28)
29 (23) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (7 wk) (peak 23)
30 (25) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (12 wk) (peak 8)
31 (28) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (5 wk) (peak 28)
32 (37) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (2 wk) (peak 32)
33 (NE) The Hollies - Listen To Me (1 wk) (peak 33)
34 (48) Marbles - Only One Woman (2 wk) (peak 34)
35 (29) Bruce Channel - Keep On (16 wk) (peak 12)
36 (41) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (4 wk) (peak 36)
37 (31) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (13 wk) (peak7)
38 (42) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (4 wk) (peak 38)
39 (33) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (9 wk) (peak 27)
40 (NE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (1 wk) (peak 40)
41 (38) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (12 wk) (peak 31)
42 (NE) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1 wk) (peak 42)
43 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (1 wk) (peak 43)
44 (32) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (18 wk) (peak 1)
45 (47) Roy Orbison - Heartache (2 wk) (peak 45)
46 (NE) Cupids Inspiration - My World (1 wk) (peak 46)
47 (40) Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne (8 wk) (peak 31)
48 (49) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (8 wk) (peak 33)
49 (NE) Sly And The Family Sone - M'Lady (1 wk) (peak 49)
50 (39) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru' (6 wk) (peak 29)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19681012&ChMode=P

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Hey Jude - Beatles (#1[2])
3 ( 3 ) Revolution - Beatles
4 ( 5 ) My Little Lady - Tremeloes
5 ( -- ) With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
6 ( 13 ) Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company
7 ( 8 ) The Weight - Band
8 ( 14 ) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience
9 ( 16 ) Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers
10 ( 4 ) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (#1[2])

11 ( 7 ) Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions (#7)
12 ( 11 ) Who Is Gonna Love Me - Dionne Warwick (#11)
13 ( 6 ) Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens (#5)
14 ( 10 ) A Day Without Love - Love Affair (#10)
15 ( 9 ) Magic Bus - Who (#7)
16 ( -- ) Listen To Me - Hollies
17 ( 24 ) Heartache - Roy Orbison
18 ( 18 ) The Snake - Al Wilson
19 ( -- ) Wreck Of The Antoinette - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
20 ( 21 ) Red Balloon - Dave Clark Five

21 ( 12 ) Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (#3)
22 ( 15 ) Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express (#10)
23 ( 23 ) Say It Loud - James Brown
24 ( 34 ) Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
25 ( 19 ) I Live For The Sun - Vanity Fare (#16)
26 ( 29 ) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon
27 ( 22 ) One Inch Rock - Tyrannosaurus Rex (#21)
28 ( 17 ) Jesamine - Casuals (#1[2])
29 ( 20 ) Harper Valley P.T.A - Jeannie C. Riley (#11)
30 ( 39 ) Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - Engelbert Humperdinck

31 ( -- ) M'Lady - Sly And The Family Stone
32 ( 28 ) Red Red Wine - Jimmy James And The Vagabonds (#28)
33 ( 31 ) Hip City (Part 2) - Jr Walker & The All Stars (#31)
34 ( -- ) My World - Cupid's Inspiration
35 ( 27 ) The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 (#19)
36 ( 26 ) Laurel And Hardy - Equals (#15)
37 ( 25 ) Ice In The Sun - Status Quo (#4)
38 ( -- ) Hey Western Union Man - Jerry Butler
39 ( 32 ) Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#27)
40 ( 30 ) Hush - Deep Purple (#9)

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-- ( 33 ) I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees (#17)
-- ( 35 ) High In The Sky - Amen Corner (#5)
-- ( 36 ) Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (#1[4])
-- ( 37 ) Don't Give Up - Petula Clark (#28)
-- ( 38 ) Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - Moody Blues (#31)
-- ( 40 ) Voices In The Sky - Moody Blues (#6)

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-- ( -- ) Fool For You - Impressions
-- ( -- ) Break Your Promise - Delfonics

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The Tremeloes are gatecrashing the top 5 with a song that has nothing to do with the Beatles in any way. Mary Hopkin is on their label whilst Joe Cocker enters with a cover of a song from the Sgt Pepper album but done in a totally different way.

What I am unable to find out is whether Joe Cocker himself came up with the idea of this arrangement or someone else did and just gave it to him to sing. So hopefully someone who knows these things will be able to enlighten me.

[o]

1 Status Quo – Ice in the sun
2 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
3 Mama Cass – Dream a little dream of me
4 Beatles - Hey Jude
5 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
6 Doors - Hello I Love You
7 Beatles – Revolution
8 Deep Purple – Hush
9 Easybeats – Good times
10 Rolling Stones – Street fighting man
11 Canned Heat – On the road again
12 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
13 Who – Magic bus
14 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
15 Hollies – Listen to me
16 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
17 Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon
18 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
19 Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly
20 Beach Boys – Do it again

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (1 wk)
02 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (7 wks)
03 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By (11 wks)
04 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (3 wks)
05 The Masquerades – I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else (2 wks)
06 Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer (9 wks)
07 The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon (3 wks)
08 Dylan And The Blazers – Funky Bull (Part 1) (2 wks)
09 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days (5 wks)
10 Cupids Inspiration – My World (1 wk)

11 The Marvelettes – Destination: Anywhere (3 wks)
12 Otis Redding – I've Got Dreams To Remember (3 wks)
13 Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built (9 wks)
14 The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me (11 wks)
15 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (12 wks)
16 The Love Affair – A Day Without Love (4 wks)
17 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries (2 wks)
18 Margaret Whiting – Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (2 wks)
19 Wilson Pickett – I Found A True Love (3 wks)
20 Barbara Mason – (I Can Feel Your Love) Slipping Away (4 wks)

21 Etta James – You Got It (2 wks)
22 Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game (10 wks)
23 The Fantastic 4 – I Love You Madly (3 wks)
24 Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover (4 wks)
25 The Tams – Trouble Maker (2 wks)
26 Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico (10 wks)
27 Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon (10 wks)
28 The Marvelettes – What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One (3 wks)
29 Jimmy Ruffin – Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (6 wks)
30 The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (13 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) The Beatles – Hey Jude
02(02) Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
03(08) The Band – The Weight
04(03) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me
05(04) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart
06(05) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly
07(09) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun
08(10) Love Affair - A Day Without Love
09(15) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine
10(06) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer

11(07) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru'
12(18) The Tremeloes – My Little Lady
13(19) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
14(13) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
15(32) Marbles - Only One Woman
16(11) The Equals - Laurel And Hardy
17(35) Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation
18(12) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun
19(--) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
20(14) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky

21(34) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
24(40) Cliff Richard – Marianne
25(--) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
27(42) Roy Orbison – Heartache

34(--) The Hollies – Listen To Me
35(--) Sly And The Family Sone - M'Lady
36(--) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette
40(--) Cupid’s Inspiration - My World

[raliverpool]

05/10/1968

1 Beatles - Hey Jude (4wks 2-1-1-1)
2 Beatles - Revolution (4wks 24-5-2-2)
3 Mary Hopkins - Those Were The Days (4wks 16-3-3-3)
4 Easybeats - Good Times (4wks 40-24-11-4)
5 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida (5wks 35-20-9-6-5)
6 Band - The Weight (6wks 34-17-10-6-5-6)
7 Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA (6wks 7-1-1-2-4-7)
8 Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart (2wks 19-8)
9 Love Affair - A Day Without Love (2wks 17-9)
10 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (4wks 36-20-12-10)

11 Casuals - Jesamine (6wks 24-17-14-10-10-11)
12 Byrds - Hickory Wind (3wks 33-16-12)
13 Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation (3wks 31-18-13)
14 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Fool On The Hill (6wks 36-26-17-11-8-14)
15 Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man (6wks 14-7-3-4-7-15)
16 OC Smith - Little Green Apples (3wks 30-22-16)
17 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q (2wks 30-17)
18 Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (5wks 31-23-17-14-18)
19 Al Wilson - The Snake (8wks 39-24-13-8-8-7-9-19)
20 Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (2wks 38-20)

21 James Brown - Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) (2wks 35-21)
22 Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (5wks 28-25-22-20-22)
23 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Over You (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (3wks 29-26-24)
25 Deep Purple - Hush (6wks 23-19-15-13-13-25)
26 O'Kaysions - I'm A Girl Watcher (4wks 27-21-21-26)
27 Tremeloes - My Little Lady (2wks 34-27)

28 Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (1wk 28 NEW)

29 Max Frost & The Troopers - Shape Of Things To Come (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions (3wks 37-33-30)

31 Harry Nilsson - One (9wks 29-15-5-1-2-4-8-15-31)
32 Fleetwood Mac - Stop Messin' 'Round (3wks 35-32-32)
33 Marbles - Only One Woman (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Bee Gees - Idea (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (7wks 20-12-9-11-14-23-35)
36 Rolling Stones - No Expectations (5wks 27-26-27-31-36)
37 Martha & The Vandellas - I Can't Dance To The Music You're Playin' (6wks 33-18-12-16-25-37)
38 Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (3wks 34-28-38)
39 Hollies - Listen To Me (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Big Brother & The Holding Company - Down On Me (1wk 40 NEW)

The Tottenham pop beat group return with a UK #7 hit featuring a rare Dave Clark lead vocal on the nearest they came to making a Syd Barrett-esque Pink Floyd track.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Beatles - Hey Jude (5 wks)
2 (2) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (5 wks)
3 (3) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (4 wks)
4 (10) Beatles - Revolution (2 wks)
5 (12) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (3 wks)
6 (13) The Band - The Weight (3 wks)
7 (4) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (7 wks)
8 (16) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (3 wks)
9 (17) The Marbles - Only One Woman (2 wks)
10 (11) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (4 wks)
11 (14) Glen Campbell - Gentle On My mind (4 wks)
12 (5) Deep Purple - Hush (7 wks)
13 (8) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (5 wks)
14 (9) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (6 wks)
15 (18) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (4 wks)
16 (19) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (4 wks)
17 (22) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (3 wks)
18 (6) The Casuals - Jesamine (8 wks)
19 (7) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (7 wks)
20 (23) The Grass Roots - Midnight Confession (3 wks)
21 (NE) The Hollies - Listen To Me (1 wk)
22 (NE) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1 wk)
23 (15) Doors - Hello I Love You (8 wks)
24 (25) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Over You (3 wks)
25 (30) Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (2 wks)
26 (NE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (1 wk)
27 (20) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (11 wks)
28 (24) James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (5 wks)
29 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (1 wk)
30 (NE) Cupids Inspiration - My World (1 wk)

[smokeyb]

Shireblogger chart for this week

1 [1] :: Beatles - REVOLUTION {Hey Jude B-side}
2 [8] :: Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - HAWAII FIVE-O
3 [5] :: The Band - THE WEIGHT
4 [3] :: Aretha Franklin - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
5 [4] :: Beatles - HEY JUDE
6 [7] :: Rolling Stones - STREET FIGHTING MAN
7 [6] :: Easybeats - GOOD TIMES
8 [10] :: Mary Hopkin - THOSE WERE THE DAYS
9 [new] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
10 [2] :: Bee Gees - I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
11 [9] :: Aretha Franklin - A CHANGE {Aretha Now LP track}
12 [11] :: Aretha Franklin - I TAKE WHAT I WANT {Aretha Now LP track}
13 [12] :: Elvis Presley - A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION
14 [15] :: Wilson Pickett - I'M A MIDNIGHT MOVER
15 [19] :: Roy Orbison - HEARTACHE
16 [new] :: Sly & the Family Stone - M'LADY
17 [13] :: Kinks - DAYS
18 [14] :: Johnny Nash - HOLD ME TIGHT
19 [16] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
20 [new] :: Cupid's Inspiration - MY WORLD

[popchartfreak]

29th September 1968

It's a first week on top for The Turtles and their glorious intentionally cliched p*ss-take pop gem, Elenore, while way back when Mary Hopkin had a 4th week on top. Back then Dave Clark 5 went top 3, now it struggles to go top 40. Highest new entry is Cupid's Inspiration minor hit My World, last played by the late Dale Winton on his Radio 2 show as a 60's DJ fave (as he was then), and fab it is. The Moody Blues get a 3rd top 10 of 1968, riding a see-saw, as new at 20 it's a second top 20 for Dave Dee & co (and 4th of the year) with the dramatic Wreck Of The "Antoinette", one I loved and sang to myself in my head during lunchtimes at school. 

Into the 30 it's another Beatles cover - this time though, it's better than the original, the showstopping Joe Cocker version of With A Little Help From My Friends. Lower down it's a new entry for The Shadows Of Knight and Shake - no I don't know them either, nor the song, but it's a fab bit of garage rock - and The Hollies Listen To Me, which I did know at the time, albeit not quite in the same fave league of many previous Hollies hits. Bringing up the rear, another psychedelic goodie new to me from Max Frost (a Mann & Weil song), Ohio Express back with some more catchy bubblegum, Marvin & Tammi replace themselves in the 75, and Tommy James sneaks in with yet another 1968 track.

RETRO CHART NOW

1 ( 2 ) ELENORE The Turtles
2 ( 1 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
3 ( 4 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
4 ( 3 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
5 ( 5 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
6 ( 6 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
7 ( 7 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
8 ( NEW ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
9 ( 8 ) (THE LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
10 ( 23 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues

11 ( 9 ) WITHOUT HER Jack Jones
12 ( 12 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
13 ( 11 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
14 ( 10 ) OVER YOU Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
15 ( 13 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
16 ( 26 ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
17 ( 18 ) A DAY WITHOUT LOVE The Love Affair
18 ( 14 ) STREET FIGHTING MAN The Rolling Stones
19 ( 15 ) JESAMINE The Casuals
20 ( NEW ) WRECK OF THE “ANTOINETTE” Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

21 ( 16 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
22 ( 24 ) CHAINED Marvin Gaye
23 ( 17 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A Jeannie C. Riley
24 ( 29 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles featuring Graham Bonnet
25 ( 21 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
26 ( 19 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
27 ( NEW ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker
28 ( 20 ) NATURALLY STONED The Avant-Garde
29 ( 22 ) ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo
30 ( 33 ) SWEET BLINDNESS The 5th Dimension

31 ( 28 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
32 ( 27 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
33 ( 34 ) PER-SO-NAL-LY Bobby Paris
34 ( 37 ) QUICK JOEY SMALL (RUN JOEY RUN) The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus
35 ( 25 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Billie Davis
36 ( 40 ) ALFIE Stevie Wonder aka Eivets Rednow
37 ( 32 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
38 ( 39 ) LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE Engelbert Humperdinck
39 ( 30 ) BANG-SHANG-A-LANG The Archies
40 ( 50 ) ONE INCH ROCK Tyrannosaurus Rex

41 ( 45 ) THE RED BALLOON The Dave Clark Five
42 ( 36 ) BREAK YOUR PROMISE The Delfonics
43 ( 35 ) LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
44 ( 31 ) WHO IS GOING TO LOVE ME Dionne Warwick
45 ( 42 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
46 ( 43 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
47 ( 53 ) GIRL WATCHER The O’Kaysions
48 ( 38 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Gladys Knight & The Pips
49 ( 55 ) LALENA Donovan
50 ( 41 ) PRIVATE NUMBER Judy Clay & William Bell

51 ( 46 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
52 ( 47 ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
53 ( 49 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
54 ( 51 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
55 ( 67 ) I’M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD The Four Tops
56 ( NEW ) SHAKE The Shadows Of Knight
57 ( NEW ) LISTEN TO ME The Hollies
58 ( 66 ) OPEN MY EYES Nazz featuring Todd Rundgren
59 ( 63 ) I AIN’T GOT TO LOVE NOBODY ELSE The Masqueraders
60 ( 56 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann

61 ( 59 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
62 ( 58 ) MR. BUSINESSMAN Ray Stevens
63 ( 72 ) THE CHOICE The O’Jays
64 ( 68 ) A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION Elvis Presley
65 ( 44 ) SHOOT ‘EM UP BABY Andy Kim
66 ( 71 ) GREENBURG, GLICKSTEIN, CHARLES, DAVID SMITH & JONES The Cryan’ Shames
67 ( 65 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
68 ( 64 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel
69 ( 69 ) RED RED WINE Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
70 ( 73 ) MARIANNE Cliff Richard

71 ( 74 ) HEARTACHE Roy Orbison
72 ( NEW ) SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Max Frost & The Troopers
73 ( NEW ) CHEWY CHEWY Ohio Express
74 ( NEW ) KEEP ON LOVIN’ ME HONEY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
75 ( NEW ) DO SOMETHING TO ME Tommy James & The Shondells


RETRO CHART THEN

1 ( 1 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
2 ( 2 ) JEZAMINE The Casuals
3 ( 6 ) THE RED BALLOON The Dave Clark 5
4 ( 3 ) LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
5 ( 11 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
6 ( 11 ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
7 ( 5 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
8 ( 4 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
9 ( 9 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
10 ( 16 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano

11 ( 8 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
12 ( 10 ) GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
13 ( NEW ) LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE Engelbert Humperdinck
14 ( 7 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
15 ( NEW ) THE WRECK OF THE ANTOINETTE Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
16 ( 15 ) A DAY WITHOUT LOVE The Love Affair
17 ( 19 ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro
18 ( 14 ) HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
19 ( NEW ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles
20 ( 18 ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner