Haven Retro Combined Chart : 24.11.1968

[smokeyb]

Another slow moving chart as the top 10 is pretty static, Barry Ryan clocks up a 3rd week at number 1.

The Isley Brothers are still at 2, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band are up to 3, Nina Simone drops to 4

and the Turtles slip to 5.



There are 7 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is the Foundations at number 20.



The biggest climber is Stevie Wonder who jumps up 20 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is Cream who drop 37 places.



24.11.1968 (Week # 47)


1 (01) Barry Ryan - Eloise - 119 points (11-4-1-1-1) 5 wks

2 (02) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine - 98 points (9-2-2-2-2) 5 wks

3 (06) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman - 97 points (22-6-3) 3 wks

4 (03) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life - 95 points (23-7-3-3-3-4) 6 wks

5 (04) The Turtles - Elenore - 77 points (33-29-27-25-13-10-14-6-4-4-5) 11 wks

6 (07) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 77 points (24-17-16-7-6-7-6) 7 wks

7 (10) Scaffold - Lily The Pink - 71 points (26-10-7) 3 wks

8 (12) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 49 points (38-12-8) 3 wks

9 (08) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower - 46 points (40-18-10-5-5-6-9-7-8-9) 10 wks

10 (05) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends - 44 points (22-9-4-1-1-5-5-10) 8 wks

11 (09) Bandwagon - Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - 43 points (20-8-8-8-9-11) 6 wks

12 (22) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 37 points (34-28-28-22-12) 5 wks

13 (11) Beatles - Hey Jude - 33 points (3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-9-11-13) 12 wks

14 (14) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) - 31 points (40-14-14) 3 wks

15 (13) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 30 points (20-15-17-17-24-36-x-27-22-15-11-13-15) 12 wks

16 (16) Dion - Abraham, Martin And John - 27 points (38-17-16-16) 4 wks

17 (36) Lulu – I'm A Tiger - 26 points (36-17) 2 wks

18 (25) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 26 points (23-25-28-30-25-25-25-18) 8 wks

19 (39) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life - 25 points (39-19) 2 wks

20 (NE) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 24 points 1 wk

21 (15) Who - Magic Bus - 23 points (40-39-29-38-x-19-15-21) 7 wks

22 (40) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now - 23 points (40-x-40-22) 3 wks

23 (21) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man - 20 points (23-21-23) 3 wks

24 (26) Easybeats - Good Times - 20 points (40-12-9-7-11-18-16-20-26-24) 10 wks

25 (24) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love - 19 points (34-31-31-32-34-x-34-12-12-13-13-24-25) 12 wks

26 (NE) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 18 points 1 wk

27 (RE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q - 17 points (35-26-25-19-24-x-27) 6 wks

28 (28) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 16 points (26-32-36-26-23-25-27-28-29-33-31-31-28-28) 14 wks

29 (18) Beatles - Revolution - 16 points (22-10-4-3-3-3-3-2-10-12-18-29) 12 wks

30 (NE) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 16 points 1 wk

31 (34) The Temptations – Cloud Nine - 15 points (34-31) 2 wks

32 (33) Deep Purple - Hush - 15 points (34-25-19-16-13-20-32-32-32-32-33-33-32) 13 wks

33 (NE) Gun - Race With The Devil - 15 points 1 wk

34 (32) Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack - 14 points (39-37-35-32-34) 5 wks

35 (20) Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - 14 points (27-17-14-20-35) 5 wks

36 (NE) Beatles - Good Night - 14 points 1 wk

37 (35) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride - 13 points (34-35-37) 3 wks

38 (23) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love - 13 points (27-16-23-38) 4 wks

39 (39) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey - 13 points (38-38-40-39-39-39-39) 7 wks

40 (NE) Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You - 13 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Beatles - Back In The USSR - 13 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

42 (17) The Marbles - Only One Woman - 12 points (28-15-9-10-12-10-17)

44 (37) Mama Cass – California Earthquake - 12 points (40-37)

46 (29) Hollies - Listen To Me - 11 points (19-6-5-11-18-29)

47 (38) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 12 points (27-27-21-21-16-12-17-13-20-26-14-6-7-15-24-x-38)

52 (15) Cream - White Room - 9 points (28-18-15-19)

53 (31) Monkees - Porpoise Song - 9 points (33-30-31)

61 (27) Marmalade - Wait For Me Mary-Anne - 7 points (35-21-27)

- (40) Jackie Wilson - You Brought About A Change In Me - 0 points (35-26-36-40)




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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 30.11.1968

1 (1) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (12 wk) (# 1)
2 (2) Barry Ryan - Eloise (6 wk) (#2)
3 (3) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (6 wk) (#3)
4 (12) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (4 wk) (#4)
5 (6) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (6 wk) (#5)
6 (4) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (7 wk) (# 4)
7 (10) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (7 wk) (#7)
8 (7) The Turtles - Elenore (5 wk) (#7)
9 (17) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (4 wk) (#9)
10 (5) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (9 wk) (# 1)
11 (9) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (13 wk) (# 1)
12 (8) Marbles - Only One Woman (10 wk) (# 5)
13 (11) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (11 wk) (# 6)
14 (20) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You (5 wk) (#14)
15 (22) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (7 wk) (# 15)
16 (31) Des O'Connor - 1-2-3 (2 wk) (#16)
17 (14) Val Doonican - If I Knew Then What I Know Now (6 wk) (#14)
18 (25) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (4 wk) (#18)
19 (15) Long John Baldry - Mexico (6 wk) (#15)
20 (13) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (15 wk) (# 2)
21 (21) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (9 wk) (# 19)
22 (49) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (2 wk) (#22)
23 (18) The Hollies - Listen To Me (9 wk) (# 11)
24 (41) The Supremes - Love Child (2 wk) (#24)
25 (24) Beatles - Hey Jude (13 wk) (# 1)
26 (16) The Casuals - Jesamine (16 wk) (# 3)
27 (19) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (10 wk) (# 5)
28 (43) Gun - Race With The Devil (2 wk) (#28)
29 (46) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (2 wk) (#29)
30 (26) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (7 wk) (# 25)
31 (30) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears (4 wk) (#30)
32 (32) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (3 wk) (#32)
33 (34) The Showstoppers - Eeny Meeny (3 wk) (#33)
34 (37) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (5 wk) (#34)
35 (NE) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (1 wk) (#35)
36 (28) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Wreck Of The Antoinette (9 wk) (# 14)
37 (44) Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (2 wk) (#37)
38 (23) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (11 wk) (# 6)
39 (27) Who - Magic Bus (6 wk) (#26)
40 (29) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (12 wk) (# 6)
41 (NE) Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow (1 wk) (#41)
42 (NE) Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (1 wk) (#42)
43 (NE) Cliff Richard - Don't Forget To Catch Me (1 wk) (#43)
44 (47) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (20 wk) (# 5)
45 (36) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (21 wk) (# 7)
46 (38) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (15 wk) (# 23)
47 (42) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (30 wk) (# 1)
48 (NE) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky (1 wk) (#48)
49 (NE) The Equals - Softly Softly (1 wk) (#49)
50 (33) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (11 wk) (# 7)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=30&ChMonth=11&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Eloise - Barry Ryan < 6th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Lily The Pink - Scaffold
3 ( 7 ) I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
4 ( 3 ) I'm The Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (#3)
5 ( 9 ) Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations
6 ( 12 ) Race With The Devil - Gun
7 ( -- ) Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture
8 ( 6 ) For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder (#6)
9 ( 16 ) Both Sides Now - Judy Collins
10 ( 4 ) Elenore - Turtles (#2[3])

11 ( 5 ) Ain't Got No I Got Life - Nina Simone (#3)
12 ( 10 ) I'm A Tiger - Lulu (#10)
13 ( 20 ) Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell
14 ( 23 ) Promises Promises - Dionne Warwick
15 ( 8 ) Abraham Martin & John - Dion (#5)
16 ( 18 ) I'm In A Different World - Four Tops
17 ( 15 ) Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) - Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestra Circus (#15)
18 ( -- ) Live In The Sky - Dave Clark Five
19 ( 13 ) Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express (#11)
20 ( 11 ) Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#4)

21 ( 21 ) Stormy - Classics IV
22 ( -- ) Don't Forget To Catch Me - Cliff Richard & The Shadows
23 ( 14 ) Wait For Me Mary-Anne - Marmalade (#8)
24 ( 32 ) Cinnamon - Derek
25 ( 17 ) Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell (#15)
26 ( 25 ) Eeny Meeny - Showstoppers (#25)
27 ( 36 ) Do Something To Me - Tommy James & The Shondells
28 ( -- ) The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro
29 ( 26 ) Rain And Tears - Aphrodite's Child (#26)
30 ( 19 ) White Room - Cream (#5)

31 ( 31 ) Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
32 ( -- ) Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott
33 ( 24 ) Bang-Shang-A-Lang - Archies (#19)
34 ( -- ) Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns
35 ( 27 ) May I Have The Next Dream With You - Malcolm Roberts (#22)
36 ( 22 ) Mexico - Long John Baldry (#9)
37 ( -- ) Softly Softly - Equals
38 ( 28 ) Sweet Blindness - 5th Dimension (#16)
39 ( -- ) Yours Until Tomorrow - Gene Pitney
40 ( 34 ) Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor (#28)

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-- ( 29 ) Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - Bandwagon (#8)
-- ( 30 ) With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker (#1[1])
-- ( 33 ) Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (#17)
-- ( 35 ) Rudi's In Love - Locomotive (#12)
-- ( 37 ) An Olympic Record - Barron Knights (#20)
-- ( 38 ) Shoot 'Em Up Baby - Andy Kim (#25)
-- ( 39 ) Keep On Lovin' Me Honey - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#31)
-- ( 40 ) I Want You To Be My Baby - Billie Davis (#6)

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-- ( -- ) Too Weak To Fight - Clarence Carter
-- ( -- ) A Minute Of Your Time - Tom Jones

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Welsh rockers led by Dave Edmunds cover Armenian composer Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance from 1942. Note that as the tune is only 26 years old at this time it is NOT out of copyright. Khatchaturian was a big support of the Communist party so I guess the Soviet Communists made a bit of money out of it, but anyway, it's a great version of this tune.

[o]

I'm going to keep the same chart please as there's not enough new stuff coming through that I know.

[raliverpool]

30/11/1968

1 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (3wks 18-3-1)
2 Barry Ryan - Eloise (5wks 16-8-2-1-2)
3 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life (5wks 25-19-13-5-3)
4 Frank Sinatra - Cycles (3wks 22-9-4)
5 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child (6wks 17-9-5-4-4-5)
6 Dion - Abraham, Martin And John (5wks 27-17-11-7-6)
7 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (4wks 36-17-11-7)
8 Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (6wks 22-17-12-10-8-8)
9 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (2wks 18-9)
10 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (3wks 28-17-10)

11 Beatles - Hey Jude (12wks 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-11)
12 Scaffold - Lily The Pink (2wks 26-12)
13 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (7wks 17-8-3-2-3-6-13)
14 Classics IV ft Dennis Yost - Stormy (2wks 19-14)
15 Dionne Warwick - Promises, Promises (2wks 21-15)
16 Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (4wks 26-15-13-16)
17 Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (5wks 22-10-8-10-17)
18 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (2wks 39-18)
19 Temptations - Cloud Nine (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Monkees - Porpoise Song (7wks 25-12-4-3-5-12-20)

21 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (1wk 21 NEW)

22 Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (6wks 21-13-9-9-15-22)
23 Cream - White Room (7wks 24-13-8-7-7-14-23)
24 Lulu - I'm A Tiger (2wks 30-24)
25 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You (2wks 36-25)
26 Band - I Shall Be Released (4wks 40-30-23-26)
27 Gun - Race With The Devil (1wk 27 NEW)
28 Aretha Franklin - See Saw (2wks 40-28)
29 Turtles - Elenore (8wks 23-12-9-7-6-6-16-29)
30 Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw (5wks 37-29-25-24-30)

31 Zombies - Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) (5wks 40-32-27-27-31)
32 Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (7wks 35-23-21-16-16-20-32)

33 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (1wk 33 NEW)

34 Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (2wks 34-34)
35 Magic Lanterns - Shame Shame (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Don't Forget To Catch Me (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Marbles - Only One Woman (9wks 33-22-18-14-12-11-14-22-37)
38 Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) (3wks 39-33-38)
39 Traffic - Feelin' Alright (4wks 37-31-32-39)

40 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (12wks 16-3-3-3-3-3-5-11-15-20-29-40)

This UK #2 & USA #3 soul pop singalong 1960s Disco classic was written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by London group with Colin Young replacing Clem Curtis singing lead vocals. And to Mike d'Abo's own group Manfred Mann had turned it down!

[smokeyb]

1 (20) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (2 wks)
2 (2) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (4 wks)
3 (1) The Turtles - Elenore (5 wks)
4 (7) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (4 wks)
5 (3) Barry Ryan - Eloise (6 wks)
6 (4) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (6 wks)
7 (5) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (6 wks)
8 (6) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (7 wks)
9 (19) Diana Ross & Supremes - Love Child (3 wks)
10 (11) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (5 wks)
11 (12) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (4 wks)
12 (22) Gun - Race With The Devil (2 wks)
13 (8) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (7 wks)
14 (24) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (2 wks)
15 (10) Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby (8 wks)
16 (21) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (3 wks)
17 (13) Who - Magic Bus (6 wks)
18 (NE) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (1 wk)
19 (9) The Marbles - Only One Woman (10 wks)
20 (23) Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (3 wks)
21 (14) Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (3 wks)
22 (15) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (9 wks)
23 (16) The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love (7 wks)
24 (17) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears (4 wks)
25 (18) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (8 wks)
26 (25) Marmalade - Wait For Me Mary-Anne (6 wks)
27 (26) The Hollies - Listen To Me (9 wks)
28 (NE) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw (1 wk)
29 (NE) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (1 wk)
30 (NE) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (9 wks)
02 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (6 wks)
03 Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People (2 wks)
04 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (3 wks)
05 Aretha Franklin – My Song (1 wk)
06 The Temptations – Cloud Nine (3 wks)
07 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (15 wks)
08 Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brandnew Bag (1 wk)
09 Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight (5 wks)
10 Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack (6 wks)

11 Tom Jones – A Minute Of Your Time (1 wk)
12 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey (8 wks)
13 The Tymes – People (4 wks)
14 The Supremes – Love Child (7 wks)
15 Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man (2 wks)
16 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (11 wks)
17 Gene Pitney – Yours Until Tomorrow (1 wk)
18 Aretha Franklin – See Saw (3 wks)
19 Wilson Pickett – Man And A Half (3 wks)
20 The Impressions – Don’t Cry My Love (2 wks)

21 The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup (2 wks)
22 The Impressions – This Is My Country (1 wk)
23 Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers – Malinda (4 wks)
24 Lulu – I'm A Tiger (4 wks)
25 Petula Clark – American Boys (3 wks)
26 Bobby “Blue” Bland – Rockin’ In The Same Old Boat (3 wks)
27 The Scaffold – Lily The Pink (4 wks)
28 Johnny Adams – Release Me (3 wks)
29 Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man (5 wks)
30 The Tremeloes – My Little Lady (6 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
02(15) The Supremes – Love Child
03(05) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
04(03) Barry Ryan – Eloise
05(02) The Scaffold – Lily The Pink
06(06) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
07(10) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
08(04) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
09(12) Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Put A Spell On You
10(07) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.

11(33) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
12(31) Gun - Race With The Devil
13(19) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears
14(18) Lulu - I'm A Tiger
15(08) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life
16(30) The Mamas & the Papas – Do You Wanna Dance
17(24) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World
18(09) Mama Cass – California Earthquake
19(27) The Showstoppers - Eeny Meeny
20(39) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number

22(--) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky
25(--) The Equals - Softly Softly
28(40) Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small

32(--) Cliff Richard - Don't Forget To Catch Me
36(--) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance
37(--) Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time
40(--) Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow

[popchartfreak]

24th November 1968

It's a first chart-topper for Marvin Gaye, with his career-defining classic I Heard It Through The Grapevine. Hard to believe Berry Gordy failed to realise the genius of it when it was originally recorded before the Gladys Knight cover. Dusty's Preacher man goes top 10, as does The Gun ahead of the highest equally-frantic-rocking-ness of Love Sculpture's fab Sabre Dance. Dave Edmunds was one of my teen heroes 4 or 5 years in the future. Saw him a couple of years back still rocking it. 

Second-highest new entry is the great cover of the fab Madeline Bell minor UK hit, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me, with the 21st-century trend-setting multi-artist billing of Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations, albeit no "featuring" or "with". Both the acts "feature" elsewhere on the chart though, "with" Love Child and Cloud 9. The Delfonics keep the Philly hits coming, in at 26 with the future 1971 UK hit, while Jerry Butler also enters lower down with a Gamble & Huff effort. 

Gene Pitney's back with a decent ballad, Classics IV return with a bit of Stormy-ness, aka Spooky Part 3, The Impressions keep the Curtis Mayfield vocal hits at a furious pace, this one with that future Move On Up riffness about it. Obscure The Crystal mansion pop in with a record that sounds just like Jamie Cullum. It really does! Meanwhile Dave Clark 5 bounce back with a chanty Live In The Sky, and The Equals bring Eddie Grant some more early chart action.

1 ( 3 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
2 ( 1 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
3 ( 2 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
4 ( 7 ) GOOD NIGHT The Beatles
5 ( 4 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers
6 ( 5 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
7 ( 8 ) BACK IN THE USSR The Beatles
8 ( 12 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
9 ( 10 ) I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
10 ( 16 ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun

11 ( 6 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Judy Collins
12 ( 9 ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
13 ( NEW ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture
14 ( 11 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
15 ( 17 ) HELTER SKELTER The Beatles
16 ( 20 ) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA The Beatles
17 ( 13 ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone
18 ( 14 ) ELENORE The Turtles
19 ( 15 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
20 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations

21 ( 28 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
22 ( 19 ) RAIN AND TEARS Aphrodite’s Child
23 ( 18 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
24 ( 24 ) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
25 ( 21 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
26 ( NEW ) READY OR NOT HERE I COME (CAN'T HIDE FROM LOVE) The Delfonics
27 ( 31 ) CLOUD NINE The Temptations
28 ( 23 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
29 ( 35 ) BLACKBIRD The Beatles
30 ( 37 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE The Mamas & The Papas

31 ( 25 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
32 ( 26 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
33 ( 27 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
34 ( 36 ) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
35 ( 22 ) DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Barbra Streisand
36 ( 47 ) SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited
37 ( 40 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
38 ( 48 ) DEAR PRUDENCE The Beatles
39 ( 29 ) BREAKIN’ DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon
40 ( 54 ) THE STRAIGHT LIFE Glen Campbell

41 ( 33 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
42 ( 34 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
43 ( 45 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
44 ( 39 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
45 ( 32 ) ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Dion
46 ( 49 ) I’M A TIGER Lulu
47 ( 30 ) RUDI’S IN LOVE The Locomotive
48 ( 58 ) CATCHING UP ON FUN The Archies
49 ( 57 ) EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & The Family Stone
50 ( 66 ) MY SONG Aretha Franklin

51 ( 38 ) HAWAII FIVE-0 The Ventures
52 ( 43 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles featuring Graham Bonnet
53 ( 41 ) I WANT YOU TO BE MY BABY Billie Davis
54 ( 68 ) CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC The Jimi Hendrix Experience
55 ( 64 ) 1-2-3 O’LEARY Des O’Connor
56 ( 52 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
57 ( 53 ) JESAMINE The Casuals
58 ( 42 ) WRECK OF THE “ANTOINETTE” Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
59 ( NEW ) YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW Gene Pitney
60 ( 70 ) ARCHIE’S THEME The Archies

61 ( 71 ) PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG Otis Redding
62 ( 60 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
63 ( 61 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
64 ( 75 ) GOING UP THE COUNTRY Canned Heat
65 ( 73 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ Bobby Womack
66 ( NEW ) STORMY Classics IV
67 ( 63 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
68 ( NEW ) ARE YOU HAPPY Jerry Butler
69 ( 74 ) NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE The Flirtations
70 ( 72 ) WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE The Sweet Sensations

71 ( 44 ) TWENTY FIVE MILES Edwin Starr
72 ( NEW ) THIS IS MY COUNTRY The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield
73 ( NEW ) THE THOUGHT OF LOVING YOU The Crystal Mansion
74 ( NEW ) LIVE IN THE SKY Dave Clark Five
75 ( NEW ) SOFTLY SOFTLY The Equals


What I actually liked this week in 1968:
   
1 ( 1 ) ELENORE The Turtles
2 ( 11 ) (I'M THE) URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
3 ( 6 ) I'M A TIGER Lulu
4 ( 3 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
5 ( 2 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
6 ( 10 ) AIN'T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
7 ( 7 ) BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon
8 ( 13 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
9 ( 4 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
10 ( 5 ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro

11 ( 8 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers
12 ( 9 ) JEZAMINE The Casuals
13 ( 14 ) MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM WITH YOU Malcolm Roberts
14 ( 18 ) IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW Val Doonican
15 ( 15 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
16 ( 12 ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles
17 ( 16 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
18 ( NEW ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
19 ( NEW ) ONE TWO THREE O'LEARY Des O'Connor
20 ( 17 ) MEXICO Long John Baldry

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: The Turtles - ELENORE
2 [3] :: Nina Simone - AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE
3 [6] :: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN
4 [7] :: Supremes - LOVE CHILD
5 [2] :: Isley Brothers - THIS OLD HEART OF MINE
6 [4] :: Bandwagon - BREAKIN' DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE
7 [10] :: Scaffold - LILY THE PINK
8 [5] :: Barry Ryan - ELOISE
9 [8] :: Jeannie C Riley - HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
10 [new] :: Foundations - BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
11 [new] :: Mamas & Papas - DO YOU WANNA DANCE
12 [re] :: Jimi Hendrix - ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
13 [11] :: Flirtations - NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE
14 [14] :: Edwin Starr - 25 MILES
15 [12] :: Johnny Cash - DADDY SANG BASS
16 [17] :: Creedence Clearwater Revival - I PUT A SPELL ON YOU
17 [13] :: Booker T & MGs - HANG 'EM HIGH
18 [new] :: Love Sculpture - SABRE DANCE
19 [new] :: Judy Clay & William Bell - PRIVATE NUMBER
20 [18] :: Four Tops - I'M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD


The Mamas & the Papas split at the end of 1968, but there was still value to be extracted from their catalogue. This cover of a 1958 Bobby Freeman single had first appeared on their debut album, but got a single release late in 1968. It didn't chart in Britain, probably in part because Cliff had taken the same song to #2 in 1962, and the Beach Boys had included it on a 1965 LP.