Haven Retro Combined Chart : 13.10.1968

[smokeyb]

The Beatles get their 5th week at number one, with their 5th number one and they now have 19 retro weeks in total at the top.

For the 3rd week running the top 4 remain the same, Mary Hopkin gets a 4th week stuck at number 2.



There are 8 new entries this week and 1 re-entry, the highest is the Hollies at number 19.



The biggest climbers this week jump up 13 places, Joe Cocker, the Marbles & Wilson Pickett.



The biggest faller is the Casuals who drop 37 places.


13.10.1968 (Week # 41)


1 (01) Beatles - Hey Jude - 119 points (3-1-1-1-1-1) 6 wks

2 (02) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 114 points (9-3-2-2-2-2) 6 wks

3 (03) Beatles - Revolution - 109 points (22-10-4-3-3-3) 6 wks

4 (04) Band - The Weight - 75 points (11-4-4-4) 4 wks

5 (10) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower - 55 points (40-18-10-5) 4 wks

6 (14) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 52 points (27-27-21-21-16-12-17-13-20-26-14-6) 12 wks

7 (09) Easybeats - Good Times - 49 points (40-12-9-7) 4 wks

8 (07) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady - 49 points (38-16-7-8) 4 wks

9 (22) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends - 48 points (22-9) 2 wks

10 (05) Love Affair - A Day Without Love - 44 points (15-6-5-10) 4 wks

11 (08) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart - 43 points (37-19-8-11) 4 wks

12 (06) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 38 points (10-3-1-1-1-2-3-5-6-12) 10 wks

13 (25) The Turtles - Elenore - 33 points (33-29-27-25-13) 5 wks

14 (13) The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon - 32 points (36-23-13-14) 4 wks

15 (28) The Marbles - Only One Woman - 31 points (28-15) 2 wks

16 (11) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 31 points (40-39-22-18-17-13-8-9-10-11-13-14-11-16) 14 wks

17 (19) Cupid's Inspiration - My World - 27 points (19-17) 2 wks

18 (12) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 25 points (24-19-14-14-8-12-18) 7 wks

19 (NE) Hollies - Listen To Me - 25 points 1 wk

20 (16) The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You - 24 points (39-15-5-2-2-2-4-5-10-16-20) 11 wks

21 (29) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine - 24 points (29-21) 2 wks

22 (26) Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - Hawaii Five-O - 23 points (26-22) 2 wks

23 (17) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly - 21 points (40-17-17-23) 4 wks

24 (NE) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 20 points 1 wk

25 (23) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 20 points (23-25) 2 wks

26 (NE) Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette - 19 points 1 wk

27 (40) Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover - 19 points (40-27) 2 wks

28 (27) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 19 points (26-32-36-26-23-25-27-28) 8 wks

29 (NE) Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation - 19 points 1 wk

30 (18) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - 18 points (19-10-4-5-6-7-18-30) 8 wks

31 (24) Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - 18 points (40-36-39-31-31-32-24-31) 8 wks

32 (20) Deep Purple - Hush - 17 points (34-25-19-16-13-20-32) 7 wks

33 (RE) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love - 17 points (34-31-31-32-34-x-34) 6 wks

34 (30) Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly - 17 points (26-28-30-34) 4 wks

35 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q - 17 points 1 wk

36 (32) The Masquerades – I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else - 16 points (30-32-36) 3 wks

37 (NE) Roy Orbison - Heartache - 16 points 1 wk

38 (NE) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey - 15 points 1 wk

39 (31) Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida - 15 points (35-31-39) 3 wks

40 (NE) The Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw - 13 points 1 wk

40 (40) Dylan And The Blazers – Funky Bull (Part 1) - 13 points (39-40-40) 3 wks



Dropped Out

43 (35) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 12 points (27-16-13-14-15-24-31-24-31-34-34-34-36-35)

45 (36) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 12 points (20-15-17-17-24-36)

46 (15) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock - 12 points (28-12-8-9-15)

47 (21) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun - 12 points (38-21-20-21)

48 (39) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 11 points (13-4-2-2-3-8-14-17-24-25-25-40-39)

50 (38) Who - Magic Bus - 10 points (40-39-29-38)

60 (33) Doors - Hello I Love You - 7 points (16-16-14-18-23-x-21-18-9-12-22-33)

66 (37) Leapy Lee – Little Arrows - 6 points (15-13-8-9-15-37)

71 (34) The Casuals - Jesamine - 5 points (15-9-8-5-6-7-11-34)


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



I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 19.10.1968

1 (1) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (7 wk) (# 1)
2 (3) The Casuals - Jesamine (10 wk) (# 3)
3 (4) Beatles - Hey Jude (7 wk) (# 1)
4 (2) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (9 wk) (# 2)
5 (5) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (11 wk) (# 5)
6 (6) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (5 wk) (# 6)
7 (14) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (4 wk) (# 7)
8 (7) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (5 wk) (# 7)
9 (11) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (6 wk) (# 9)
10 (17) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (5 wk) (# 10)
11 (9) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (8 wk) (# 9)
12 (21) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (6 wk) (# 12)
13 (23) The Hollies - Listen To Me (3 wk) (# 13)
14 (8) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (9 wk) (# 8)
15 (10) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (11 wk) (# 5)
16 (13) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (11 wk) (# 1)
17 (26) Marbles - Only One Woman (4 wk) (# 17)
18 (19) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (3 wk) (# 18)
19 (15) The Doors - Hello I Love You (8 wk) (# 15)
20 (38) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (3 wk) (# 20)
21 (12) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (11 wk) (# 4)
22 (29) The Band - The Weight (5 wk) (# 22)
23 (20) Beach Boys - Do It Again (13 wk) (# 1)
24 (22) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (14 wk) (# 5)
25 (16) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (10 wk) (# 11)
26 (18) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (12 wk) (# 6)
27 (24) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (8 wk) (# 20)
28 (25) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (13 wk) (# 8)
29 (27) Cliff Richard - Marianne (4 wk) (# 27)
30 (43) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (3 wk) (# 30)
31 (28) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (12 wk) (# 15)
32 (34) Sly And The Family Sone - M'Lady (3 wk) (# 32)
33 (40) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (2 wk) (# 33)
34 (31) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (24 wk) (# 1)
35 (39) Cupids Inspiration - My World (3 wk) (# 35)
36 (32) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (9 wk) (# 23)
37 (37) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (15 wk) (# 7)
38 (42) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (6 wk) (# 36)
39 (33) The Nice - America (15 wk) (# 21)
40 (NE) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (1 wk) (# 40)
41 (41) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (6 wk) (# 38)
42 (NE) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (1 wk) (# 42)
43 (30) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (16 wk) (# 3)
44 (50) Roy Orbison - Heartache (4 wk) (# 44)
45 (NE) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (1 wk) (#45)
46 (NE) Elvis Presley - You'll Never Walk Alone (1 wk) (#46)
47 (NE) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (1 wk) (# 47)
48 (36) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (7 wk) (# 28)
49 (48) Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne (10 wk) (# 31)
50 (35) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (14 wk) (# 8)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=19&ChMonth=10&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker < 1st #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin (#1[2])
3 ( 7 ) Elenore - Turtles
4 ( 4 ) Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company
5 ( 3 ) Revolution - Beatles (#3)
6 ( -- ) Ain't Got No I Got Life - Nina Simone
7 ( 10 ) Listen To Me - Hollies
8 ( 18 ) I Want You To Be My Baby - Billie Davis
9 ( 12 ) Wreck Of The Antoinette - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
10 ( 8 ) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience (#8)

11 ( 6 ) My Little Lady - Tremeloes (#4)
12 ( 5 ) Hey Jude - Beatles (#1[2])
13 ( -- ) White Room - Cream
14 ( 9 ) Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers (#9)
15 ( -- ) Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - Bandwagon
16 ( 13 ) Heartache - Roy Orbison (#13)
17 ( 17 ) Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
18 ( 21 ) M'Lady - Sly And The Family Stone
19 ( 11 ) The Weight - Band (#7)
20 ( 14 ) Who Is Gonna Love Me - Dionne Warwick (#11)

21 ( 25 ) My World - Cupid's Inspiration
22 ( -- ) Rudi's In Love - Locomotive
23 ( 15 ) Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions (#7)
24 ( 19 ) The Snake - Al Wilson (#18)
25 ( 33 ) I Met Her In Church - Box Tops
26 ( 16 ) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (#1[2])
27 ( 29 ) Hey Western Union Man - Jerry Butler
28 ( 22 ) Red Balloon - Dave Clark Five (#20)
29 ( 27 ) Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - Engelbert Humperdinck (#27)
30 ( 20 ) A Day Without Love - Love Affair (#10)

31 ( 26 ) Say It Loud - James Brown (#23)
32 ( 28 ) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon (#26)
33 ( 24 ) Magic Bus - Who (#7)
34 ( 23 ) Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens (#5)
35 ( -- ) Shoot 'Em Up Baby - Andy Kim
36 ( 35 ) Hip City (Part 2) - Jr Walker & The All Stars (#31)
37 ( 30 ) Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express (#10)
38 ( 32 ) I Live For The Sun - Vanity Fare (#16)
39 ( -- ) Keep On Lovin' Me Honey - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
40 ( 36 ) Red Red Wine - Jimmy James And The Vagabonds (#28)

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-- ( 31 ) Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (#3)
-- ( 34 ) One Inch Rock - Tyrannosaurus Rex (#21)
-- ( 37 ) Harper Valley P.T.A - Jeannie C. Riley (#11)
-- ( 38 ) Jesamine - Casuals (#1[2])
-- ( 39 ) The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 (#19)
-- ( 40 ) Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#27)

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-- ( -- ) Chained - Marvin Gaye
-- ( -- ) Lalena - Donovan
-- ( -- ) Court Of Love - Unifics

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[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (3 wks)
02 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (9 wks)
03 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By (13 wks)
04 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (5 wks)
05 The Masquerades – I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else (4 wks)
06 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey (2 wks)
07 The Supremes – Love Child (1 wk)
08 Dylan And The Blazers – Funky Bull (Part 1) (4 wks)
09 The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon (5 wks)
10 Cupids Inspiration – My World (3 wks)

11 Percy Sledge – You're All Around Me (1 wk)
12 The Dells – Always Together (2 wks)
13 Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer (11 wks)
14 Little Carl Carlton – 40 Drums – 1 Guitar (2 wks)
15 The Marvelettes – Destination: Anywhere (5 wks)
16 Otis Redding – I've Got Dreams To Remember (5 wks)
17 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days (7 wks)
18 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries (4 wks)
19 Margaret Whiting – Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (4 wks)
20 The Love Affair – A Day Without Love (6 wks)

21 Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built (11 wks)
22 The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me (13 wks)
23 Etta James – You Got It (4 wks)
24 Wilson Pickett – I Found A True Love (5 wks)
25 The Fantastic 4 – I Love You Madly (5 wks)
26 The Tams – Trouble Maker (4 wks)
27 Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover (6 wks)
28 Barbara Mason – (I Can Feel Your Love) Slipping Away (6 wks)
29 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (14 wks)
30 Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game (12 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Beatles - Revolution (4 wks)
2 (5) The Marbles - Only One Woman (4 wks)
3 (11) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (3 wks)
4 (2) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (6 wks)
5 (4) The Band - The Weight (5 wks)
6 (6) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (5 wks)
7 (3) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (5 wks)
8 (25) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (2 wks)
9 (10) Glen Campbell - Gentle On My mind (6 wks)
10 (14) The Hollies - Listen To Me (3 wks)
11 (16) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (3 wks)
12 (7) Beatles - Hey Jude (7 wks)
13 (18) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (2 wks)
14 (8) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (7 wks)
15 (20) Cupids Inspiration - My World (3 wks)
16 (19) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (3 wks)
17 (21) Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (4 wks)
18 (12) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (6 wks)
19 (13) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (6 wks)
20 (NE) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (1 wk)
21 (9) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (6 wks)
22 (26) Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby (2 wks)
23 (15) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (9 wks)
24 (17) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (5 wks)
25 (22) The Grass Roots - Midnight Confession (5 wks)
26 (23) Deep Purple - Hush (9 wks)
27 (24) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (7 wks)
28 (27) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (8 wks)
29 (NE) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (1 wk)
30 (NE) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (1 wk)

[o]

1 Easybeats – Good times
2 Beatles – Revolution
3 Deep Purple – Hush
4 Status Quo – Ice in the sun
5 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
6 Rolling Stones – Street fighting man
7 Cream – Sunshine of your love
8 Beatles - Hey Jude
9 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
10 Hollies – Listen to me
11 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
12 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
13 Mama Cass – Dream a little dream of me
14 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
15 Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - Hawaii Five-O
16 Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon
17 Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine
18 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
19 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation
20 Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly

[raliverpool]

19/10/1968

1 Beatles - Hey Jude (6wks 2-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Easybeats - Good Times (6wks 40-24-11-4-2-2)
3 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (6wks 16-3-3-3-3-3)
4 Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart (4wks 19-8-5-4)
5 Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (4wks 38-20-9-5)
6 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q (4wks 30-17-8-6)
7 Love Affair - A Day Without Love (4wks 17-9-7-7)
8 Beatles - Revolution (6wks 24-5-2-2-4-8)
9 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida (7wks 35-20-9-6-5-6-9)
10 James Brown - Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) (4wks 35-21-15-10)

11 Hollies - Listen To Me (3wks 39-21-11)
12 Turtles - Elenore (2wks 23-12)
13 Tremeloes - My Little Lady (4wks 34-27-18-13)
14 Byrds - Hickory Wind (5wks 33-16-12-11-14)
15 OC Smith - Little Green Apples (5wks 30-22-16-14-15)
16 Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation (5wks 31-18-13-13-16)
17 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Marbles - Only One Woman (3wks 33-22-18)
19 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (2wks 27-19)
20 Band - The Weight (8wks 34-17-10-6-5-6-10-20)

21 Max Frost & The Troopers - Shape Of Things To Come (3wks 29-20-21)
22 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Over You (3wks 23-19-22)
23 Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA (8wks 7-1-1-2-4-7-12-23)
24 Cream - White Room (1wk 24 NEW)

25 Monkees - Porpoise Song (1wk 25 NEW)

26 Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions (5wks 37-33-30-26-26)
27 Casuals - Jesamine (8wks 24-17-14-10-10-11-16-27)
28 Donovan - Lalena (2wks 34-28)
29 Jerry Butler - Hey, Western Union Man (2wks 33-29)
30 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (6wks 36-20-12-10-17-30)

31 Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (3wks 28-24-31)
32 Bee Gees - Idea (3wks 34-30-32)
33 Impressions - Fool for You (2wks 40-33)
34 Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (2wks 35-34)
35 Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Delfonics - Break Your Promise (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Jackie Lomax - Sour Milk Sea (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Marvin Gaye - Chained (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (5wks 29-26-24-31-39)

40 Roy Orbison - Heartaches (1wk 40 NEW)

This truly remarkable psychedelic rock track which was the Theme from the film Head (the very antithesis of their TV series) starring the group. It was written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King with Micky Dolenz providing vocals. The Pink Floyd sounding track includes chimes, tubular bells and aquatic sound effects. But the hostile reception to the project resulted in the single failing to reach the UK top 50, and limp to USA #62. Yet its iconic opening and closing images as the movie theme (with the band drowning whilst chasing dollar notes) was ripped off by a Seattle grunge band who did not record "Rainbow Chaser" for their album cover to "Nevermind".

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) The Band – The Weight
02(05) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
03(01) The Beatles – Hey Jude
04(10) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
05(08) Marbles - Only One Woman
06(03) Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
07(04) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me
08(06) Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation
09(14) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
10(19) The Hollies – Listen To Me

11(07) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine
12(09) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun
13(32) Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love
14(21) Cupid’s Inspiration - My World
15(18) Roy Orbison – Heartache
16(15) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
17(11) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart
18(36) Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby
19(23) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette
20(12) Love Affair - A Day Without Love

24(40) Buffalo Springfield – On The Way Home
27(--) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
28(--) Elvis Presley - You'll Never Walk Alone
30(--) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life

33(--) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love
36(--) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Beatles - REVOLUTION {Hey Jude B-side}
2 [2] :: Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - HAWAII FIVE-O
3 [new] :: Bandwagon - BREAKIN DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE
4 [3] :: The Band - THE WEIGHT
5 [6] :: Beatles - HEY JUDE
6 [5] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
7 [4] :: Mary Hopkin - THOSE WERE THE DAYS
8 [new] :: Jeannie C Riley - HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
9 [new] :: Bjorn Ulvaeus - FROKEN FREDRIKSSON
10 [new] :: Ennio Morricone - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
11 [7] :: Aretha Franklin - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
12 [11] :: Wilson Pickett - I'M A MIDNIGHT MOVER
13 [new] :: Ennio Morricone - THE ECSTASY OF GOLD
14 [9] :: Bobbi Martin - HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
15 [13] :: Cream - SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
16 [new] :: Nina Simone - AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE
17 [8] :: Rolling Stones - STREET FIGHTING MAN
18 [10] :: Easybeats - GOOD TIMES
19 [12] :: Bee Gees - I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
20 [19] :: Billie Davis - I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY


A curiosity of a new entry at #9, for a young Swedish folk singer whose cover of Harper Valley PTA is rather quaint. I assume he'll sink without trace.

And I've also charted the Ennio Morricone original of The Good The Bad And The Ugly, which I much prefer to Hugo Montenegro's slightly sickly alternative.

[popchartfreak]

13th October 1968

It's 2 weeks on top for Love Child, just an epic soul melodrama. If there's one consistent thing I love about 1968 pop, it's the high drama, and there's another on the way next week. Cupid's Inspiration make it 2 consecutive top 5's, as the Moody Blues get a 3rd of the year, and Dave Dee & Co make it 3 top 10's. Graham Bonnet gets his first ever top 10, and The Bee Gees add to their top 10 songs, via The Marbles' Only One Woman. Oddly enough playing marbles was a huge fave activity at that time, with other RAF kids. My faves were those with 3 colours, smaller than the usual ones. Nothing better than going home with multi-coloured new marbles you'd won. Horrible going home having lost your faves. 

Highest new entry is the Nina Simone classic "Hair" cover, Ain't Got No...I Got Life, which topped my original charts in late '68, then lay forgotten for decades by the whole world till a 21st century remix of a different recording by Nina with different lyrics took off. That version was upbeat and annoying after a while. Give me the emotive original any day. Dion goes top 20 - he'd be back in 1976 with The Wanderer reissue, though. Ennio Morricone's original score for The Good The Bad & The Ugly enters at 24, Hugo Montenegro's catchier pop version already having gone top 10 earlier in the year, as The Four Tops keep up the top 30's, and Johnny Johnson brings his Bandwagon to a Northern Soul debut at 31. 

Talking of Northern Soul, Gene Chandler covers James Brown well, lower down the chart, The Locomotive's fab reggae gem pops in at 47, Mama Cass' dramatic California Earthquake shakes in at 52, Dionne Warwick and Elvis both replace themselves in the top 75, one with a Bacharach tune one with a standard gospel cover - no prizes for guessing which is which. That leaves funky Johnny Taylor and spaced-out Monkees and porpoises to round things off. 


1 ( 1 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
2 ( 2 ) ELENORE The Turtles
3 ( 3 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
4 ( 6 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
5 ( 8 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
6 ( 4 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
7 ( 5 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
8 ( 7 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
9 ( 16 ) WRECK OF THE “ANTOINETTE” Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
10 ( 19 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles featuring Graham Bonnet

11 ( 9 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
12 ( 10 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
13 ( 17 ) I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY Billie Davis
14 ( 11 ) (THE LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
15 ( 12 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
16 ( NEW ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
17 ( 22 ) ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Dion
18 ( 13 ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
19 ( 15 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
20 ( 20 ) HAWAII FIVE-0 The Ventures

21 ( 14 ) WITHOUT HER Jack Jones
22 ( 29 ) SHAKE The Shadows Of Knight
23 ( 18 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
24 ( NEW ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone
25 ( 27 ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker
26 ( 26 ) CHAINED Marvin Gaye
27 ( 23 ) JESAMINE The Casuals
28 ( 25 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
29 ( 21 ) OVER YOU Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
30 ( 46 ) I’M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD The Four Tops

31 ( NEW ) BREAKIN’ DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon
32 ( 39 ) LALENA Donovan
33 ( 24 ) STREET FIGHTING MAN The Rolling Stones
34 ( 45 ) THE STRAIGHT LIFE Bobby Goldsboro
35 ( 31 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
36 ( 32 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
37 ( 41 ) BABY LET’S WAIT The Rpyal Guardsmen
38 ( 33 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A Jeannie C. Riley
39 ( 54 ) MARY IN THE MORNING Glen Campbell
40 ( 35 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor

41 ( 28 ) A DAY WITHOUT LOVE The Love Affair
42 ( 48 ) LISTEN TO ME The Hollies
43 ( 34 ) ALFIE Stevie Wonder aka Eivets Rednow
44 ( 37 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
45 ( 60 ) MARIANNE Cliff Richard
46 ( 30 ) QUICK JOEY SMALL (RUN JOEY RUN) The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus
47 ( NEW ) RUDI’S IN LOVE The Locomotive
48 ( 43 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
49 ( 59 ) HOOKED ON A FEELING B. J. Thomas
50 ( 38 ) LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE Engelbert Humperdinck

51 ( 36 ) NATURALLY STONED The Avant-Garde
52 ( NEW ) CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE Mama Cass
53 ( 42 ) ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo
54 ( 70 ) SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Max Frost & The Troopers
55 ( 50 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
56 ( 51 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
57 ( 69 ) HEARTACHE Roy Orbison
58 ( 44 ) PER-SO-NAL-LY Bobby Paris
59 ( 40 ) THE RED BALLOON The Dave Clark Five
60 ( 56 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert

61 ( 49 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Billie Davis
62 ( 62 ) THE CHOICE The O’Jays
63 ( 57 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
64 ( 75 ) SHAME SHAME The Magic Lanterns
65 ( 65 ) GREENBURG, GLICKSTEIN, CHARLES, DAVID SMITH & JONES The Cryan’ Shames
66 ( 47 ) SWEET BLINDNESS The 5th Dimension
67 ( NEW ) THERE WAS A TIME Gene Chandler
68 ( 64 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
69 ( 61 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
70 ( 72 ) CHEWY CHEWY Ohio Express

71 ( NEW ) THE PORPOISE SONG The Monkees
72 ( 74 ) GOOD TIMES The Easybeats
73 ( NEW ) PROMISES PROMISES Dionne Warwick
74 ( NEW ) YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE Elvis Presley
75 ( NEW ) WHO’S MAKING LOVE Johnny Taylor