Haven Retro Combined Chart : 08.12.1968

[smokeyb]

A first number one for the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, with the Foundations up to number 2.

Barry Ryan slips to 3, Scaffold are up to 4 and Marvin Gaye is up to 5.



There are 11 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is Marmalade at number 13.



The biggest climber is the Beatles who jump up 28 places to number 12.



The biggest faller is Cream who drop pff the chart from number 26.



08.12.1968 (Week # 49)

1 (02) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman - 104 points (22-6-3-2-1) 5 wks

2 (07) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 100 points (20-7-2) 3 wks

3 (01) Barry Ryan - Eloise - 90 points (11-4-1-1-1-1-3) 7 wks

4 (05) Scaffold - Lily The Pink - 87 points (26-10-7-5-4) 5 wks

5 (08) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 77 points (38-12-8-8-5) 5 wks

6 (03) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 71 points (24-17-16-7-6-7-6-3-6) 9 wks

7 (27) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 70 points (27-7) 2 wks

8 (04) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine - 64 points (9-2-2-2-2-4-8) 7 wks

9 (11) Gun - Race With The Devil - 63 points (33-11-9) 3 wks

10 (17) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance - 60 points (17-10) 2 wks

11 (06) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life - 58 points (23-7-3-3-3-4-6-11) 8 wks

12 (40) Beatles - Back In The USSR - 55 points (40-40-12) 3 wks

13 (NE) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 43 points 1 wk

14 (29) Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number - 38 points (29-14) 2 wks

15 (12) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 37 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15) 7 wks

16 (15) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now - 34 points (40-x-40-22-15-16) 5 wks

17 (NE) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross - 33 points 1 wk

18 (10) The Turtles - Elenore - 29 points (33-29-27-25-13-10-14-6-4-4-5-10-18) 13 wks

19 (NE) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky - 26 points 1 wk

20 (14) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 25 points (23-25-28-30-25-25-25-18-14-20) 10 wks

21 (09) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower - 23 points (40-18-10-5-5-6-9-7-8-9-9-21) 12 wks

22 (24) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man - 21 points (23-21-23-24-22) 5 wks

23 (32) The Temptations – Cloud Nine - 21 points (34-31-32-23) 4 wks

24 (NE) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come - 21 points 1 wk

25 (34) Beatles - Good Night - 20 points (36-34-25) 3 wks

26 (16) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) - 19 points (40-14-14-16-26) 5 wks

27 (18) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life - 19 points (39-19-18-27) 4 wks

28 (28) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 18 points (26-28-28) 3 wks

29 (30) Frank Sinatra - Cycles - 18 points (30-29) 2 wks

30 (NE) Bee Gees - I Started A Joke - 18 points 1 wk

31 (NE) Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 17 points 1 wk

32 (13) Bandwagon - Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - 16 points (20-8-8-8-9-11-13-32) 8 wks

33 (23) Easybeats - Good Times - 15 points (40-12-9-7-11-18-16-20-26-24-23-33) 12 wks

34 (36) Aretha Franklin – My Song - 15 points (36-34) 2 wks

35 (NE) Beatles - Don't Pass Me By - 14 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 14 points 1 wk

37 (RE) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly - 13 points (40-17-17-23-x-37) 5 wks

38 (NE) Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brand New Bag - 13 points 1 wk

39 (NE) Dionne Warwick - Promises Promises - 13 points 1 wk

40 (19) Lulu – I'm A Tiger - 12 points (36-17-19-40) 4 wks

40 (NE) Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight - 12 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

44 (20) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 10 points (20-15-17-17-24-36-x-27-22-15-11-13-15-20)

46 (21) Dion - Abraham, Martin And John - 10 points (38-17-16-16-21)

47 (39) Mamas & Papas - Do You Wanna Dance - 9 points (39)

55 (22) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends - 6 points (22-9-4-1-1-5-5-10-22)

58 (33) Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You - 5 points (40-33)

63 (40) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 3 points (26-32-36-26-23-25-27-28-29-33-31-31-28-28-39)

67 (25) Beatles - Hey Jude - 2 points (3-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-9-11-13-25)

- (26) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love - 0 points (34-31-31-32-34-x-34-12-12-13-13-24-25-26)

- (31) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q - 0 points (35-26-25-19-24-x-27-31)

- (35) Beatles - Revolution - 0 points (22-10-4-3-3-3-3-2-10-12-18-29-35)

- (37) Deep Purple - Hush - 0 points (34-25-19-16-13-20-32-32-32-32-33-33-32-37)

- (38) Who - Magic Bus - 0 points (40-39-29-38-x-19-15-21-38)


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


I will leave this open until end of next week

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 14.12.1968

1 (2) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (6 wk) (#1)
2 (1) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (14 wk) (# 1)
3 (7) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (9 wk) (#3)
4 (6) Des O'Connor - 1-2-3 (4 wk) (#4)
5 (14) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (4 wk) (#5)
6 (13) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (6 wk) (#6)
7 (4) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (8 wk) (#3)
8 (3) Barry Ryan - Eloise (8 wk) (#2)
9 (8) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You (7 wk) (#8)
10 (5) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (9 wk) (# 4)
11 (22) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (3 wk) (#11)
12 (9) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (6 wk) (#9)
13 (15) Gun - Race With The Devil (4 wk) (#13)
14 (10) The Turtles - Elenore (7 wk) (#7)
15 (12) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (9 wk) (# 12)
16 (26) Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (3 wk) (#16)
17 (19) The Supremes - Love Child (4 wk) (#17)
18 (16) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (15 wk) (# 1)
19 (23) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (4 wk) (#19)
20 (36) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (2 wk) (#20)
21 (20) Val Doonican - If I Knew Then What I Know Now (8 wk) (#14)
22 (45) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do (2 wk) (#22)
23 (11) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (8 wk) (#5)
24 (44) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (2 wk) (#24)
25 (18) Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (11 wk) (# 1)
26 (25) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (12 wk) (# 5)
27 (32) Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (4 wk) (#27)
28 (27) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (11 wk) (# 19)
29 (34) Cliff Richard - Don't Forget To Catch Me (3 wk) (#29)
30 (17) Marbles - Only One Woman (12 wk) (# 5)
31 (21) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (13 wk) (# 6)
32 (28) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (5 wk) (#28)
33 (24) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (17 wk) (# 2)
34 (37) Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow (3 wk) (#34)
35 (29) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears (6 wk) (#29)
36 (NE) Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (1 wk) (#36)
37 (50) Donovan - Atlantis (2 wk) (#37)
38 (35) The Showstoppers - Eeny Meeny (5 wk) (#33)
39 (48) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (22 wk) (# 5)
40 (43) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (32 wk) (# 1)
41 (NE) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released (1 wk) (#41)
42 (31) Long John Baldry - Mexico (8 wk) (#15)
43 (39) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky (3 wk) (#39)
44 (40) Casuals - Toy (2 wk) (#40)
45 (30) Beatles - Hey Jude (15 wk) (# 1)
46 (33) The Hollies - Listen To Me (11 wk) (# 11)
47 (41) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (7 wk) (#34)
48 (49) The Equals - Softly Softly (3 wk) (#48)
49 (NE) Booker T & MGS - Soul Limbo (1 wk) (#49)
50 (46) The Casuals - Jesamine (18 wk) (# 3)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=14&ChMonth=12&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye < 2nd week at #1 >

2 ( 3 ) Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations
3 ( 4 ) Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture
4 ( 7 ) Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
5 ( 8 ) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Marmalade
6 ( 2 ) Eloise - Barry Ryan (#1[6])
7 ( 14 ) Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
8 ( 6 ) Race With The Devil - Gun (#6)
9 ( 5 ) Lily The Pink - Scaffold (#2[2])

10 ( 11 ) Live In The Sky - Dave Clark Five

11 ( 17 ) Toy - Casuals
12 ( 15 ) Don't Forget To Catch Me - Cliff Richard & The Shadows
13 ( 12 ) Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell (#12)
14 ( 10 ) Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (#9)
15 ( 13 ) Promises Promises - Dionne Warwick (#13)
16 ( 9 ) I'm The Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (#3)
17 ( 20 ) The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro
18 ( -- ) Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas
19 ( 30 ) Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited

20 ( 24 ) Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott

21 ( 18 ) I'm In A Different World - Four Tops (#16)
22 ( 23 ) Cinnamon - Derek
23 ( 35 ) Ride My See-Saw - Moody Blues
24 ( 28 ) Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns
25 ( 16 ) For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder (#6)
26 ( 26 ) Do Something To Me - Tommy James & The Shondells
27 ( 31 ) Softly Softly - Equals
28 ( 19 ) I'm A Tiger - Lulu (#10)
29 ( 34 ) Yours Until Tomorrow - Gene Pitney
30 ( 21 ) Elenore - Turtles (#2[3])

31 ( 27 ) Stormy - Classics IV (#21)

32 ( 25 ) Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) - Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestra Circus (#15)
33 ( 22 ) Ain't Got No I Got Life - Nina Simone (#3)
34 ( -- ) I Shall Be Released - Tremeloes
35 ( -- ) Ray Of Hope - Rascals
36 ( 33 ) Eeny Meeny - Showstoppers (#25)
37 ( -- ) If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
38 ( 29 ) Abraham Martin & John - Dion (#5)
39 ( 37 ) Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (#31)
40 ( -- ) Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero - Rene & Rene

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-- ( 32 ) Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express (#11)

-- ( 36 ) Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#4)
-- ( 38 ) Wait For Me Mary-Anne - Marmalade (#8)
-- ( 39 ) Rain And Tears - Aphrodite's Child (#26)

-- ( 40 ) Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell (#15)

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-- ( -- ) Atlantis - Donovan

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Long before Jonathan King's UK hit version (which inspired the Ooga Chaka in Blue Swede's later version)

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (4 wks)
2 (12) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (2 wks)
3 (3) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (3 wks)
4 (6) Gun - Race With The Devil (4 wks)
5 (8) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (4 wks)
6 (2) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (6 wks)
7 (5) Diana Ross & Supremes - Love Child (5 wks)
8 (4) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (6 wks)
9 (19) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do (2 wks)
10 (20) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (3 wks)
11 (7) The Turtles - Elenore (7 wks)
12 (11) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (6 wks)
13 (18) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw (3 wks)
14 (9) Barry Ryan - Eloise (8 wks)
15 (10) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (8 wks)
16 (16) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (5 wks)
17 (13) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (8 wks)
18 (14) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (9 wks)
19 (15) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) (7 wks)
20 (24) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky (3 wks)
21 (NE) Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (1 wk)
22 (17) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (9 wks)
23 (21) Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (5 wks)
24 (29) Casuals - Toy (2 wks)
25 (NE) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released (1 wk)
26 (22) Billie Davis - I Want You To Be My Baby (10 wks)
27 (30) Donovan - Atlantis (2 wks)
28 (23) Who - Magic Bus (8 wks)
29 (15) The Marbles - Only One Woman (12 wks)
30 (NE) Booker T & MGS - Soul Limbo (1 wk)

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Beatles - BACK IN THE USSR {White Album LP track}
2 [2] :: Marmalade - OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA
3 [5] :: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN
4 [3] :: Nina Simone - AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE
5 [4] :: Beatles - WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS {White Album LP track}
6 [new] :: Booker T & MGs - SOUL LIMBO
7 [new] :: Tommy James & Shondells - CRIMSON & CLOVER
8 [11] :: Scaffold - LILY THE PINK
9 [10] :: Dusty Springfield - SON OF A PREACHER MAN
10 [9] :: Foundations - BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
11 [new] :: Joan Baez - LOVE IS JUST A FOUR-LETTER WORD {Any Day Now LP track}
12 [7] :: Beatles - DON'T PASS ME BY {White Album LP track}
13 [14] :: Love Sculpture - SABRE DANCE
14 [6] :: The Turtles - ELENORE
15 [12] :: Jeannie C Riley - HARPER VALLEY P.T.A.
16 [15] :: Bandwagon - BREAKIN' DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE
17 [18] :: Judy Clay & William Bell - PRIVATE NUMBER
18 [new] :: Joan Baez - IT'S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE {Any Day Now LP track}
19 [8] :: Supremes - LOVE CHILD
20 [new] :: Seekers - ISLAND OF DREAMS


"Female singers are underperforming here". Hmmm. There are two female singers in my year-to-date Top 6.

Anyway, the 2nd of 3 iconic albums released just before Christmas 1968 was Joan Baez's "Any Day Now", on which every song was written by Bob Dylan. My favourite track has never been recorded by Bob.

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (2 wks)
02 Bee Gees – I Started A Joke (1 wk)
03 Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People (4 wks)
04 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (8 wks)
05 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (5 wks)
06 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (11 wks)
07 Aretha Franklin – My Song (3 wks)
08 The Temptations – Cloud Nine (5 wks)
09 Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brandnew Bag (3 wks)
10 Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight (7 wks)

11 Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack (8 wks)
12 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (2 wks)
13 Tom Jones – A Minute Of Your Time (3 wks)
14 The Tymes – People (6 wks)
15 Nancy Wilson – In A Long White Room (1 wk)
16 The Esquires – You've Got The Power (2 wks)
17 Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man (4 wks)
18 Joe South – Games People Play (1 wk)
19 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey (10 wks)
20 Jerry Butler – Are You Happy (2 wks)

21 Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (1 wk)
22 The Supremes – Love Child (9 wks)
23 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (13 wks)
24 The Unifics – The Beginning Of My End (1 wk)
25 Aretha Franklin – See Saw (5 wks)
26 Gene Pitney – Yours Until Tomorrow (3 wks)
27 Wilson Pickett – Man And A Half (5 wks)
28 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (17 wks)
29 The Impressions – This Is My Country (3 wks)
30 The Impressions – Don’t Cry My Love (4 wks)

[o]

1 Beatles – Back in the USSR
2 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
3 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman
4 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
5 The Scaffold - Lily The Pink
6 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
7 Easybeats - Good Times
8 Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do
9 Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly
10 Barry Ryan - Eloise
11 Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
12 Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
13 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
14 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life
15 The Hollies - Listen To Me
16 Gun - Race With The Devil
17 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
18 Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
19 Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You

[Whitneyfan]

01(12) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
02(01) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
03(05) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky
04(18) Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
05(08) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
06(02) The Supremes – Love Child
07(03) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
08(15) The Equals - Softly Softly
09(06) The Scaffold – Lily The Pink
10(04) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman

11(26) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw
12(07) Gun - Race With The Devil
13(19) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance
14(10) Aphrodite's Child - Rain And Tears
15(30) Donovan – Atlantis
16(09) Barry Ryan – Eloise
17(--) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released
18(23) Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time
19(35) The Casuals – Toy
20(24) Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow

21(38) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
24(--) Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Gotta Be Me
30(--) Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)

32(--) Booker T & The MGs - Soul Limbo

[raliverpool]

14/12/1968

1 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (4wks 39-18-4-1)
2 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (5wks 18-3-1-1-2)
3 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life (7wks 25-19-13-5-3-2-3)
4 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (3wks 21-10-4)
5 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (4wks 18-9-6-5)
6 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (3wks 33-17-6)
7 Frank Sinatra - Cycles (5wks 22-9-4-3-7)
8 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (5wks 28-17-10-8-8)
9 Scaffold - Lily The Pink (4wks 26-12-9-9)
10 Temptations - Cloud Nine (3wks 19-14-10)

11 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (6wks 36-17-11-7-7-11)
12 Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (2wks 22-12)
13 Beatles - Dear Prudence (2wks 18-13)
14 Barry Ryan - Eloise (7wks 16-8-2-1-2-5-14)
15 Gun - Race With The Devil (3wks 27-19-15)
16 Classics IV ft Dennis Yost - Stormy (4wks 19-14-13-16)
17 Beatles - Blackbird (2wks 30-17)
18 Aretha Franklin - See Saw (4wks 40-28-21-18)
19 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You (4wks 36-25-20-20)

21 Dionne Warwick - Promises, Promises (4wks 21-15-16-21)
22 Kinks - Picture Book (2wks 33-22)
23 Bob Dylan - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (2wks 28-23)
24 Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut (2wks 32-24)
25 Dion - Abraham, Martin And John (7wks 27-17-11-7-6-11-25)
26 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child (8wks 17-9-5-4-4-5-12-27)
28 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Don't Forget To Catch Me (3wks 36-24-28)
29 Donovan - Atlantis (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Magic Lanterns - Shame Shame (3wks 35-29-30)

31 Pretty Things - SF Sorrow is Born (1wk 31 NEW)

32 Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (8wks 22-17-12-10-8-8-15-32)
33 Lulu - I'm A Tiger (4wks 30-24-27-33)
34 Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love (6wks 26-15-13-16-23-34)
35 Casuals - Toy (2wks 38-35)
36 Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Clarence Carter - Too Weak To Fight (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Derek - Cinnamon (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Nancy Sinatra - Good Time Girl (1wk 40 NEW)

The effective title track of the 4th album by the London group was the opening track psychedelic rock effort written by the group's Phil May, Dick Taylor, and Wally Waller from their Rock Opera concept album.

[Deleted]

15.12.1968
1. (-) Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (2 weeks)
2. (-) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band (3 weeks)
3. (-) Petula Clark - American Boys (4 weeks)
4. (-) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte (1 week)
5. (-) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (2 weeks)
6. (-) Jackie Trent - Hollywood (4 weeks)
7. (-) Gene and Debbe - Make A Noise Like Love (8 weeks)
8. (-) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (6 weeks)
9. (-) Paper Dolls - Someday (3 weeks)
10. (-) Vikki Carr - With Pen In Hand (4 weeks)

11. (-) Nancy Sinatra - Good Time Girl (2 weeks)
12. (-) Ann-Louise Hanson - Arrivederci Frans! (2 weeks)
13. (-) Jeannie C. Riley - The Girl Most Likely (2 weeks)
14. (-) Allison Durbin - Don't Come Any Closer (3 weeks)
15. (-) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (9 weeks)
16. (-) Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch - Our Little Boat (14 weeks)
17. (-) Jacky Lee - We're Off And Running (20 weeks)
18. (-) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (18 weeks)
19. (-) Friend and Lover - If Love Is In Your Heart (16 weeks)
20. (-) Dana - Come Along Murphy (23 weeks)

21. (-) France Gall - Merci Herr Marquis (8 weeks)
22. (-) Bobbie Gentry - The Fool On The Hill (7 weeks)
23. (-) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (15 weeks)
24. (-) Tommy and Kim Leonetti - Let's Take A Walk (11 weeks)
25. (-) Marcie & The Cookies - I Would If I Could (11 weeks)
26. (-) Patti Page - Green Little Apples (24 weeks)
27. (-) Vikki Carr - Sunshine (21 weeks)
28. (-) Nancy Sinatra - Happy (18 weeks)
29. (-) Jackie DeShannon - The Weight (12 weeks)
30. (-) Sandie Shaw - Together (18 weeks)

Best debut : Dorthe - Jeder Schotte



All songs here : www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQuUgWEbe4vG1nNZhbJMjKV_ttW266ke0

[popchartfreak]

8th December 1968

It's a first week on top for I Started A Joke, the Bee Gees 3rd chart-topper, just holding off the manic guitar of Dave Edmunds' Love Sculpture at 2. With Race With The Devil going top 5, it's quite a frantic pace for 60% of the top 5, with a fair bit of shrieking to boot. Fleetwood Mac get a first top 10, the second of 2 instrumentals in the 10, and The Delfonics get a second top 10 with the fab Ready Or Not. Diana Ross & The Supremes replace themselves in the top and simultaneously outpeak the Madeleine Bell version of I'm Gonna Make You Love Me.

There's a nice leap into the 20 for Joe South, and the highest of 2 new tracks from The Archies is in at 24: Love Light was nominally the B side to the catchy kiddie pop of Feelin' So Good (in at 64) and both were on their 1969 album Everything's Archie which just happened to be the first album I ever bought with my own pocket money 2 years in the future (Singapore was showing the songs from the album during 1970 on the TV show shown there). I always preferred Love Light, it had a bit more depth to it, and 50 years later the gap between the tracks has only grown wider as the B side is still very listenable. Better get used to Archies tracks in my chart, 4 this week, more on the way in late 1969 through 1971. Oops!

In at 34, a fab Edwin Starr track belatedly a UK hit, and Stop Her On Sight was a single gifted to me by my parent's friends in Singapore, Pete & Jill. I always dived on the record collections of any family and friends of mum & dad, I got such a thrill at playing the ones I knew, or discovering great tracks new to me. Sammy Davis Jr leaps into the 40, ditto Tommy James. The rest of the new entries are stacked at the bottom end waiting for a gap to rise: The 5th Dimension return with an Ashford & Simpson song, The Tems cover The Band's cover of the Dylan song, Wilson Pickett covers the Beatles before they have even left the chart, and Cliff & top scrape into my chart a week ahead of high placings in my very first ever actual chart from the actual week in 1968 listing the actual songs from the UK top 30 in the actual order I felt they should be in. Actually.


1 ( 3 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees
2 ( 5 ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture
3 ( 2 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
4 ( 1 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
5 ( 11 ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun
6 ( 4 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
7 ( 24 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac
8 ( 6 ) BACK IN THE USSR The Beatles
9 ( 20 ) READY OR NOT HERE I COME (CAN'T HIDE FROM LOVE) The Delfonics
10 ( 16 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations

11 ( 8 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
12 ( 7 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers
13 ( 15 ) HELTER SKELTER The Beatles
14 ( 14 ) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA The Beatles
15 ( 10 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
16 ( 18 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
17 ( 9 ) GOOD NIGHT The Beatles
18 ( 12 ) I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
19 ( 27 ) SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited
20 ( 32 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South

21 ( 13 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Judy Collins
22 ( 17 ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
23 ( 19 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
24 ( NEW ) LOVE LIGHT The Archies
25 ( 25 ) CLOUD NINE The Temptations
26 ( 21 ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone
27 ( 28 ) BLACKBIRD The Beatles
28 ( 30 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE The Mamas & The Papas
29 ( 23 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
30 ( 22 ) ELENORE The Turtles

31 ( 26 ) RAIN AND TEARS Aphrodite’s Child
32 ( 34 ) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
33 ( 29 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
34 ( NEW ) STOP HER ON SIGHT (SOS) Edwin Starr
35 ( 31 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
36 ( 48 ) CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James & The Shondells
37 ( 68 ) I’VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr
38 ( 33 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
39 ( 53 ) YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW Gene Pitney
40 ( 43 ) CATCHING UP ON FUN The Archies

41 ( 36 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
42 ( 37 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
43 ( 38 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
44 ( 35 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
45 ( 41 ) DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Barbra Streisand
46 ( 50 ) CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC The Jimi Hendrix Experience
47 ( 49 ) MY SONG Aretha Franklin
48 ( 55 ) (THERE’S GONNA BE A) SHOWDOWN Archie Bell & The Drells
49 ( 44 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
50 ( 40 ) THE STRAIGHT LIFE Glen Campbell

51 ( 39 ) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
52 ( 42 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
53 ( 61 ) YOU GOT SOUL Johnny Nash
54 ( 54 ) 1-2-3 O’LEARY Des O’Connor
55 ( 58 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ Bobby Womack
56 ( 56 ) ARCHIE’S THEME The Archies
57 ( 47 ) EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & The Family Stone
58 ( 59 ) PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG Otis Redding
59 ( 63 ) NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE The Flirtations
60 ( 70 ) THE BEGINNING OF MY END The Unifics

61 ( 51 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
62 ( 52 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
63 ( 64 ) THIS IS MY COUNTRY The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield
64 ( NEW ) FEELIN’ SO GOOD (S.K.O.O.B.Y-.D.O.O) The Archies
65 ( 65 ) STORMY Classics IV
66 ( 45 ) DEAR PRUDENCE The Beatles
67 ( 73 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA Marmalade
68 ( 72 ) ATLANTIS Donovan
69 ( NEW ) CALIFORNIA SOUL The 5th Dimension
70 ( 74 ) RAINBOW RIDE Andy Kim

71 ( 75 ) TOY The Casuals
72 ( NEW ) I SHALL BE RELEASED The Tremeloes
73 ( NEW ) HEY JUDE Wilson Pickett
74 ( NEW ) DON’T FORGET TO CATCH ME Cliff Richard
75 ( NEW ) A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME Tom Jones


RETRO THEN
1 ( 1 ) ELENORE The Turtles
2 ( 3 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
3 ( 2 ) AIN'T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
4 ( NEW ) OB LA DI OB LA DA Marmalade
5 ( 13 ) A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME Tom Jones
6 ( 6 ) I'M A TIGER Lulu
7 ( 7 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
8 ( 10 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
9 ( 4 ) (I'M THE) URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
10 ( 9 ) BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon

11 ( 5 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
12 ( 15 ) ONE TWO THREE O'LEARY Des O'Connor
13 ( 11 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers
14 ( 8 ) MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM WITH YOU Malcolm Roberts
15 ( 17 ) DON'T FORGET TO CATCH ME Cliff Richard
16 ( NEW ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
17 ( 12 ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro
18 ( 16 ) IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW Val Doonican
19 ( 14 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
20 ( NEW ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes