Haven Retro Combined Chart : 10.11.1968

[smokeyb]

A first number 1 for Barry Ryan, as he stops the Isley Brothers at number 2. Nina Simone remains at 3

the Turtles rise to 4 and Joe Cocker tumbles to 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re entry which is the Who at number 19.



The biggest climber is Dion who leaps up 21 places to 17.



The biggest faller is Dave Dee & Co who drop 36 places.



10.11.1968 (Week # 45)


1 (04) Barry Ryan - Eloise - 106 points (11-4-1) 3 wks

2 (02) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine - 100 points (9-2-2) 3 wks

3 (03) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life - 87 points (23-7-3-3) 4 wks

4 (06) The Turtles - Elenore - 85 points (33-29-27-25-13-10-14-6-4) 9 wks

5 (01) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends - 82 points (22-9-4-1-1-5) 6 wks

6 (07) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 65 points (24-17-16-7-6) 5 wks

7 (09) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower - 60 points (40-18-10-5-5-6-9-7) 8 wks

8 (08) Bandwagon - Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - 57 points (20-8-8-8) 4 wks

9 (05) Beatles - Hey Jude - 51 points (3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-9) 10 wks

10 (12) The Marbles - Only One Woman - 37 points (28-15-9-10-12-10) 6 wks

11 (15) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 37 points (20-15-17-17-24-36-x-27-22-15-11) 10 wks

12 (10) Beatles - Revolution - 37 points (22-10-4-3-3-3-3-2-10-12) 10 wks

13 (13) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love - 31 points (34-31-31-32-34-x-34-12-12-13-13) 10 wks

14 (17) Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - 30 points (27-17-14) 3 wks

15 (18) Cream - White Room - 29 points (28-18-15) 3 wks

16 (27) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love - 28 points (27-16) 2 wks

17 (38) Dion - Abraham, Martin And John - 28 points (38-17) 2 wks

18 (11) Hollies - Listen To Me - 26 points (19-6-5-11-18) 5 wks

19 (RE) Who - Magic Bus - 25 points (40-39-29-38-x-19) 5 wks

20 (16) Easybeats - Good Times - 23 points (40-12-9-7-11-18-16-20) 8 wks

21 (35) Marmalade - Wait For Me Mary-Anne - 23 points (35-21) 2 wks

22 (NE) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman - 23 points 1 wk

23 (NE) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man - 21 points 1 wk

24 (19) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q - 20 points (35-26-25-19-24) 5 wks

25 (25) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 20 points (23-25-28-30-25-25) 6 wks

26 (NE) Scaffold - Lily The Pink - 20 points 1 wk

27 (14) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 20 points (9-3-2-2-2-2-2-4-14-27) 10 wks

28 (28) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 19 points (34-28-28) 3 wks

29 (21) Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby - 18 points (24-19-21-29) 4 wks

30 (33) Monkees - Porpoise Song - 18 points (33-30) 2 wks

31 (31) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 18 points (26-32-36-26-23-25-27-28-29-33-31-31) 12 wks

32 (34) Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly - 17 points (26-28-30-34-34-36-34-32) 8 wks

33 (32) Deep Purple - Hush - 16 points (34-25-19-16-13-20-32-32-32-32-33) 11 wks

34 (NE) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride - 16 points 1 wk

35 (37) Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack - 16 points (39-37-35) 3 wks

36 (26) Jackie Wilson - You Brought About A Change In Me - 16 points (35-26-36) 3 wks

37 (23) Cupid's Inspiration - My World - 16 points (19-17-13-17-23-37) 6 wks

38 (NE) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 16 points 1 wk

39 (39) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey - 15 points (38-38-40-39-39) 5 wks

40 (NE) Mama Cass – California Earthquake - 15 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) - 15 points 1 wk


Dropped Out

42 (22) Love Affair - A Day Without Love - 14 points (15-6-5-10-18-21-22)

45 (20) Band - The Weight - 13 points (11-4-4-4-8-13-20)

46 (24) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 13 points (27-27-21-21-16-12-17-13-20-26-14-6-7-15-24)

48 (40) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now - 13 points (40)

51 (40) Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass - 12 points (37-40)

64 (29) Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - Hawaii Five-O - 5 points (26-22-21-29-29)

65 (40) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 5 points (40-39-22-18-17-13-8-9-10-11-13-14-11-16-25-31-40)

66 (30) Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette - 4 points (26-15-20-30)

67 (36) The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon - 4 points (36-23-13-14-19-24-36)

- (40) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart - 0 points (37-19-8-11-14-23-40)


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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 16.11.1968

1 (3) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (10 wk) (# 1)
2 (1) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (7 wk) (# 1)
3 (4) Barry Ryan - Eloise (4 wk) (#3)
4 (5) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (4 wk) (#4)
5 (2) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (11 wk) (# 1)
6 (9) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (4 wk) (#6)
7 (7) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (9 wk) (# 6)
8 (6) Marbles - Only One Woman (8 wk) (# 5)
9 (16) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (5 wk) (# 9)
10 (11) The Casuals - Jesamine (14 wk) (# 3)
11 (10) Beatles - Hey Jude (11 wk) (# 1)
12 (12) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (8 wk) (# 5)
13 (23) The Turtles - Elenore (3 wk) (#13)
14 (8) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (13 wk) (# 2)
15 (14) The Hollies - Listen To Me (7 wk) (# 11)
16 (17) Long John Baldry - Mexico (4 wk) (#16)
17 (13) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (9 wk) (# 6)
18 (28) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (5 wk) (#18)
19 (21) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (7 wk) (# 19)
20 (15) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (10 wk) (# 6)
21 (24) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (5 wk) (# 21)
22 (18) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (7 wk) (# 14)
23 (41) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (2 wk) (#23)
24 (31) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You (3 wk) (#24)
25 (25) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (5 wk) (# 25)
26 (27) Val Doonican - If I Knew Then What I Know Now (4 wk) (#26)
27 (22) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (9 wk) (# 7)
28 (26) Who - Magic Bus (4 wk) (#26)
29 (20) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (12 wk) (# 9)
30 (50) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (2 wk) (#30)
31 (19) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (15 wk) (# 5)
32 (32) Marmalade - Wait For Me Mary-Anne (4 wk) (#30)
33 (48) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears (2 wk) (#33)
34 (44) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (2 wk) (#34)
35 (29) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (15 wk) (# 5)
36 (30) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (6 wk) (# 25)
37 (37) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (3 wk) (#35)
38 (35) Barron Knights - An Olympic Record (4 wk) (#35)
39 (47) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (13 wk) (# 23)
40 (33) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (19 wk) (# 7)
41 (38) Cupids Inspiration - My World (7 wk) (# 33)
42 (NE) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (1 wk) (#42)
43 (40) The Doors - Hello I Love You (12 wk) (# 15)
44 (46) The Band - The Weight (9 wk) (# 21)
45 (43) Sly And The Family Sone - M'Lady (7 wk) (# 32)
46 (34) Cliff Richard - Marianne (8 wk) (# 22)
47 (49) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (15 wk) (# 1)
48 (45) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (28 wk) (# 1)
49 (39) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (18 wk) (# 5)
50 (NE) The Showstoppers - Eeny Meeny (1 wk) (#50)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=16&ChMonth=11&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[raliverpool]

16/11/1968

1 Beatles - Hey Jude (10wks 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Barry Ryan - Eloise (3wks 16-8-2)
3 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (5wks 17-8-3-2-3)
4 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child (4wks 17-9-5-4)
5 Monkees - Porpoise Song (5wks 25-12-4-3-5)
6 Turtles - Elenore (6wks 23-12-9-7-6-6)
7 Cream - White Room (5wks 24-13-8-7-7)
8 Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (3wks 22-10-8)
9 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (4wks 21-13-9-9)
10 Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (4wks 22-17-12-10)

11 Dion - Abraham, Martin And John (3wks 27-17-11)
12 Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (8wks 38-20-9-5-3-2-4-12)
13 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life (3wks 25-19-13)
14 Marbles - Only One Woman (7wks 33-22-18-14-12-11-14)
15 Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (2wks 26-15)
16 Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (5wks 35-23-21-16-16)
17 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (2wks 36-17)

18 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1wk 18 NEW)

19 5th Dimension - Sweet Blindness (4wks 32-28-22-19)
20 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (10wks 16-3-3-3-3-3-5-11-15-20)

21 Nina Simone - Do What You Gotta Do (4wks 36-29-20-21)
22 Frank Sinatra - Cycles (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Love Affair - A Day Without Love (8wks 17-9-7-7-7-10-13-23)
24 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (6wks 27-19-18-19-21-24)
25 Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw (3wks 37-29-25)
26 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q (8wks 30-17-8-6-4-5-14-26)
27 Zombies - Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) (3wks 40-32-27)
28 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Keep On Lovin' Me Honey (4wks 34-30-25-29)
30 Band - I Shall Be Released (2wks 40-30)

31 Traffic - Feelin' Alright (2wks 37-31)
32 Easybeats - Good Times (10wks 40-24-11-4-2-2-2-6-18-32)
33 Donovan - Lalena (6wks 34-28-24-23-24-33)
34 Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (2wks 38-34)
35 Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart (8wks 19-8-5-4-6-14-23-35)
36 Jackie Lomax - Sour Milk Sea (5wks 37-30-26-28-36)
37 Marmalade - Wait For Me Marianne (3wks 38-33-37)
38 Long John Baldry - Mexico (3wks 36-35-38)
39 Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Beatles - Revolution (10wks 24-5-2-2-4-8-16-24-31-40)


Written by the American songwriter Jimmy Webb for the country pop artist and featuring The Wrecking Crew (of which Campbell was a member of) this classic hit USA #3 (Easy Listening & Country #1) & UK #7 and topped the charts in Canada.

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (7 wks)
02 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (4 wks)
03 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (13 wks)
04 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1 wk)
05 Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack (4 wks)
06 The Temptations – Cloud Nine (1 wk)
07 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey (6 wks)
08 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (9 wks)
09 Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight (3 wks)
10 The Tymes – People (2 wks)

11 The Supremes – Love Child (5 wks)
12 Wilson Pickett – Man And A Half (1 wk)
13 Aretha Franklin – See Saw (1 wk)
14 Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers – Malinda (2 wks)
15 Lulu – I'm A Tiger (2 wks)
16 The Tremeloes – My Little Lady (4 wks)
17 Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man (3 wks)
18 Bobby “Blue” Bland – Rockin’ In The Same Old Boat (1 wk)
19 Petula Clark – American Boys (1 wk)
20 The Dells – Always Together (6 wks)

21 Johnny Adams – Release Me (1 wk)
22 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink (2 wks)
23 The Okaysions – Love Machine (1 wk)
24 James Brown – Goodbye My Love (2 wks)
25 Patti Drew – Hard To Handle (2 wks)
26 Sam & Dave – Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody (3 wks)
27 Cupids Inspiration – My World (7 wks)
28 The Masquerades – I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else (8 wks)
29 Dylan And The Blazers – Funky Bull (Part 1) (8 wks)
30 The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon (9 wks)

[smokeyb]

1 (3) The Turtles - Elenore (3 wks)
2 (1) Barry Ryan - Eloise (4 wks)
3 (2) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (5 wks)
4 (7) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (4 wks)
5 (6) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (4 wks)
6 (5) The Marbles - Only One Woman (8 wks)
7 (10) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (5 wks)
8 (4) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (7 wks)
9 (11) Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby (6 wks)
10 (23) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (2 wks)
11 (13) Who - Magic Bus (4 wks)
12 (21) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (2 wks)
13 (18) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (3 wks)
14 (14) Marmalade - Wait For Me Mary-Anne (4 wks)
15 (16) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (5 wks)
16 (8) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (6 wks)
17 (9) The Hollies - Listen To Me (7 wks)
18 (12) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (6 wks)
19 (NE) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1 wk)
20 (30) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (2 wks)
21 (15) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (10 wks)
22 (29) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears (2 wks)
23 (20) Long John Baldry - Mexico (4 wks)
24 (17) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (7 wks)
25 (NE) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (1 wk)
26 (19) Beatles - Revolution (8 wks)
27 (22) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (9 wks)
28 (24) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (7 wks)
29 (NE) Diana Ross & Supremes - Love Child (1 wk)
30 (NE) Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1 wk)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Eloise - Barry Ryan < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Elenore - Turtles
3 ( 3 ) Ain't Got No I Got Life - Nina Simone
4 ( 10 ) Lily The Pink - Scaffold
5 ( 5 ) Abraham Martin & John - Dion
6 ( 4 ) Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#4)
7 ( 14 ) I'm The Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
8 ( 18 ) For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
9 ( 8 ) Wait For Me Mary-Anne - Marmalade (#8)
10 ( 6 ) White Room - Cream (#5)

11 ( 12 ) Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express
12 ( 9 ) Mexico - Long John Baldry (#9)
13 ( 22 ) I'm A Tiger - Lulu
14 ( 7 ) With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (#1[1])
15 ( 19 ) Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell
16 ( 11 ) Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - Bandwagon (#8)
17 ( 27 ) Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) - Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestra Circus
18 ( 16 ) Sweet Blindness - 5th Dimension (#16)
19 ( 21 ) Bang-Shang-A-Lang - Archies
20 ( 17 ) Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (#17)

21 ( 15 ) Rudi's In Love - Locomotive (#12)
22 ( 25 ) May I Have The Next Dream With You - Malcolm Roberts
23 ( 13 ) I Want You To Be My Baby - Billie Davis (#6)
24 ( 20 ) An Olympic Record - Barron Knights (#20)
25 ( -- ) I'm In A Different World - Four Tops
26 ( 35 ) Rain And Tears - Aphrodite's Child
27 ( -- ) Stormy - Classics IV
28 ( 31 ) Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
29 ( 23 ) Wreck Of The Antoinette - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#9)
30 ( 29 ) Shoot 'Em Up Baby - Andy Kim (#25)

31 ( 24 ) Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company (#4)
32 ( -- ) Eeny Meeny - Showstoppers
33 ( 33 ) Keep On Lovin' Me Honey - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#31)
34 ( -- ) Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
35 ( 26 ) Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin (#1[2])
36 ( 30 ) M'Lady - Sly And The Family Stone (#17)
37 ( 28 ) Listen To Me - Hollies (#7)
38 ( 32 ) I Met Her In Church - Box Tops (#22)
39 ( 34 ) My World - Cupid's Inspiration (#21)
40 ( 39 ) Hey Western Union Man - Jerry Butler (#27)

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-- ( 36 ) Revolution - Beatles (#3)
-- ( 37 ) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience (#8)
-- ( 38 ) Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#17)
-- ( 40 ) Heartache - Roy Orbison (#13)

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-- ( -- ) Funky Judge - Bull & The Matadors
-- ( -- ) Cycles - Frank Sinatra

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[Whitneyfan]

01(07) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
02(02) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
03(03) Barry Ryan – Eloise
04(01) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life
05(05) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.
06(06) Mama Cass – California Earthquake
07(04) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
08(19) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
09(31) The Scaffold – Lily The Pink
10(12) The Turtles – Elenore

11(09) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love
12(14) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
13(32) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
14(08) The Band – The Weight
15(11) The Beatles – Hey Jude
16(15) The Who - Magic Bus
17(10) Marbles - Only One Woman
18(13) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
19(34) Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Put A Spell On You
20(17) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me

24(40) Lulu - I'm A Tiger
27(35) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You
28(46) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears

40(--) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World

42(--) The Showstoppers - Eeny Meeny

[o]

1 Easybeats – Good times
2 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
3 Cream – Sunshine of your love
4 Beatles – Revolution
5 Deep Purple – Hush
6 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
7 Hollies – Listen to me
8 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
9 Who - Magic bus
10 Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
11 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
12 The Scaffold - Lily The Pink
13 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life
14 Status Quo – Ice in the sun
15 Beatles - Hey Jude
16 Barry Ryan - Eloise
17 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
18 Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
19 Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - Hawaii Five-O
20 Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Isley Brothers - THIS OLD HEART OF MINE
2 [7] :: The Turtles - ELENORE
3 [2] :: Bandwagon - BREAKIN' DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE
4 [4] :: Nina Simone - AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE
5 [6] :: Barry Ryan - ELOISE
6 [3] :: Ennio Morricone - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
7 [5] :: Jackie Wilson - YOU BROUGHT ABOUT A CHANGE IN ME {For Once In My Life B-side}
8 [8] :: Ennio Morricone - THE ECSTASY OF GOLD
9 [16] :: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY
10 [9] :: Johnny Cash - DADDY SANG BASS
11 [12] :: Booker T & MGs - HANG 'EM HIGH
12 [13] :: Jeannie C Riley - HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
13 [19] :: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN
14 [10] :: Beatles - REVOLUTION {Hey Jude B-side}
15 [14] :: Edwin Starr - 25 MILES
16 [20] :: Scaffold - LILY THE PINK
17 [11] :: Betty Everett - IT'S IN HIS KISS (THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG)
18 [17] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
19 [15] :: Betty Wright - HE'S BAD BAD BAD
20 [new] :: Chambers Brothers - TIME HAS COME TODAY


You're my pride and joy, etcetera. Classic line.

[popchartfreak]

10th November 1968


It's Glen Campbell getting a second chart-topper with another Jimmy Webb song, the eternal Wichita Lineman holding off a Beatles invasion in the week that The Beatles double album was released, and 50 years later a mega-version of alternate takes comes out for the first time, including tracks that turned up on later albums but were recorded then. Restricting myself to the original sprawling, patchy album, there is nevertheless 7 new entries from it, none of them singles at the time, though covers (Ob-La-Di, Dear Prudence), later singles (Back In The USSR), lush stage alternate orchestral versions (While My Guitar Gently Weeps) and ongoing popularity in the 20th century (Blackbird) have made them feel like hits anyway in retrospect. The remainder, the full-on hippie murderer anthem Helter Skelter had its reputation tarnished but y'know, give or take The Kinks You Really Got Me, this is where Heavy Metal and Thrash started as far as I'm concerned. All of the above are musically varied, nothing in common, which is why of course the Fabs are the greatest pop act of all-time still, inventing new genres and working on what had gone before, regardless of where it had come from. The highest new entry, though, is the obscure Ringo-sung Good Night: This a beautiful, gentle, melodic throwback to the early 20th century ballads, and is just gorgeous.

The Bonzos break into the 10, and Dusty enters into the 20, knocking herself out of it, with her Memphis-recorded soul classic, Son Of A Preacher Man. Aphrodite's Child and Rain & Tears get big climbs into the 40, which is pretty good going as most shouldabeen-climbers get stalled or drop due to the Beatles invasion. Elvis' showstopping anthem If I Can Dream enters at 50, while The Mamas & The Papas do a very different version of Bobby Freeman's 1958 song Do You Wanna Dance, better known in versions by Cliff or The Beach Boys, but I prefer this one, or the entirely different song with that title by Barry Blue. Sly & The family Stone enter with the future Arrested Development hit, Everyday People, with its still-relevant ode to tolerance, and Nancy Sinatra gets her monthly new entry with Good Time Girl. Meanwhile, back in the day, 15 of the songs I liked then are also in my new top 20, or already have been there, but chart peaks for 5 of the rest continue to be way lower.

1 ( 2 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
2 ( 1 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
3 ( 4 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers
4 ( 5 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
5 ( 3 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
6 ( 6 ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
7 ( 8 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Judy Collins
8 ( 7 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
9 ( NEW ) GOOD NIGHT The Beatles
10 ( 16 ) I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

11 ( 9 ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone
12 ( 11 ) ELENORE The Turtles
13 ( 10 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
14 ( NEW ) BACK IN THE USSR The Beatles
15 ( 12 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
16 ( 14 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
17 ( 20 ) DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Barbra Streisand
18 ( NEW ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
19 ( 15 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
20 ( 22 ) BREAKIN’ DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon

21 ( 17 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
22 ( 18 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
23 ( 21 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
24 ( NEW ) HELTER SKELTER The Beatles
25 ( 46 ) RAIN AND TEARS Aphrodite’s Child
26 ( 13 ) ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Dion
27 ( 29 ) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
28 ( 23 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
29 ( NEW ) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA The Beatles
30 ( 26 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin

31 ( 36 ) RUDI’S IN LOVE The Locomotive
32 ( 19 ) HAWAII FIVE-0 The Ventures
33 ( 24 ) I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY Billie Davis
34 ( 30 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
35 ( 31 ) WAIT FOR ME MARIANNE Marmalade
36 ( 37 ) TWENTY FIVE MILES Edwin Starr
37 ( 27 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles featuring Graham Bonnet
38 ( 28 ) WRECK OF THE “ANTOINETTE” Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
39 ( 39 ) THERE WAS A TIME Gene Chandler
40 ( 57 ) CLOUD NINE The Temptations

41 ( 25 ) I’M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD The Four Tops
42 ( 32 ) WITHOUT HER Jack Jones
43 ( 35 ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
44 ( 34 ) (THE LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
45 ( 45 ) MEXICO Long John Baldry
46 ( 41 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
47 ( 42 ) JESAMINE The Casuals
48 ( 49 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
49 ( 33 ) CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE Mama Cass
50 ( NEW ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley

51 ( 38 ) STAND BY YOUR MAN Tammy Wynette
52 ( 47 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
53 ( 54 ) AQUARIUS (FROM “HAIR” ORIGINAL BROADWAY ALBUM) Ronnie Dyson
54 ( NEW ) BLACKBIRD The Beatles
55 ( 50 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
56 ( 56 ) I’M A TIGER Lulu
57 ( 51 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
58 ( NEW ) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
59 ( NEW ) DEAR PRUDENCE The Beatles
60 ( 40 ) MARIANNE Cliff Richard

61 ( 71 ) I SHALL BE RELEASED The Band
62 ( 65 ) HANG ‘EM HIGH Booker T & The MG’s
63 ( NEW ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE The Mamas & The Papas
64 ( 43 ) HOOKED ON A FEELING B. J. Thomas
65 ( 61 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
66 ( 62 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
67 ( 67 ) IT’S IN HIS KISS (THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG) Betty Everett
68 ( 64 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
69 ( 74 ) ROCKIN’ IN THE SAME OLD BOAT Bobby Bland
70 ( 48 ) SHAKE The Shadows Of Knight

71 ( 44 ) BABY LET’S WAIT The Royal Guardsmen
72 ( NEW ) EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & The Family Stone
73 ( 73 ) JUST AIN’T NO LOVE Barbara Acklin
74 ( 66 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
75 ( NEW ) GOOD TIME GIRL Nancy Sinatra


RETRO THEN
1 ( 1 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
2 ( 3 ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro
3 ( 2 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
4 ( 13 ) ELENORE The Turtles
5 ( 4 ) JEZAMINE The Casuals
6 ( 7 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers
7 ( NEW ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
8 ( 12 ) BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon
9 ( 5 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles
10 ( NEW ) I'M A TIGER Lulu

11 ( 8 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
12 ( 6 ) MEXICO Long John Baldry
13 ( 16 ) AIN'T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
14 ( 9 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
15 ( 11 ) THE WRECK OF THE ANTOINETTE Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
16 ( 18 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
17 ( 10 ) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS Joe Cocker
18 ( 20 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
19 ( 14 ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
20 ( NEW ) MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM WITH YOU Malcolm Roberts