Haven Retro Combined Chart : 15.12.1968

[smokeyb]

Another newbie at number 1 for the Foundations, Dusty is up at 2, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band slip to 3

Marvin Gaye up to 4 and Love Sculpture is up at 5.



There are 9 new entries the highest is Petula Clark at number 25.



The biggest climber is Lulu who jumps up 18 places to number 22.



The biggest faller is the Beatles who fall 55 places.



15.12.1968 (Week # 50)


1 (02) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 108 points (20-7-2-1) 4 wks

2 (07) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 107 points (27-7-2) 3 wks

3 (01) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman - 83 points (22-6-3-2-1-3) 6 wks

4 (05) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 81 points (38-12-8-8-5-4) 6 wks

5 (10) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance - 80 points (17-10-5) 3 wks

6 (17) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross - 79 points (17-6) 2 wks

7 (04) Scaffold - Lily The Pink - 78 points (26-10-7-5-4-7) 6 wks

8 (09) Gun - Race With The Devil - 66 points (33-11-9-8) 4 wks

9 (03) Barry Ryan - Eloise - 63 points (11-4-1-1-1-1-3-9) 8 wks

10 (13) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 60 points (13-10) 2 wks

11 (12) Beatles - Back In The USSR - 53 points (40-40-12-11) 4 wks

12 (11) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life - 45 points (23-7-3-3-3-4-6-11-12) 9 wks

13 (14) Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number - 44 points (29-14-13) 3 wks

14 (16) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now - 43 points (40-x-40-22-15-16-14) 6 wks

15 (06) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 41 points (24-17-16-7-6-7-6-3-6-15) 10 wks

16 (08) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine - 40 points (9-2-2-2-2-4-8-16) 8 wks

17 (30) Bee Gees - I Started A Joke - 39 points (30-17) 2 wks

18 (15) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 34 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15-18) 8 wks

19 (24) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come - 32 points (24-19) 2 wks

20 (19) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky - 30 points (19-20) 2 wks

21 (23) The Temptations – Cloud Nine - 24 points (34-31-32-23-21) 5 wks

22 (40) Lulu – I'm A Tiger - 22 points (36-17-19-40-22) 5 wks

23 (20) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 20 points (23-25-28-30-25-25-25-18-14-20-23) 11 wks

24 (36) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 20 points (36-24) 2 wks

25 (NE) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band - 19 points 1 wk

26 (28) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 18 points (26-28-28-26) 4 wks

27 (NE) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw - 18 points 1 wk

28 (NE) Petula Clark - American Boys - 18 points 1 wk

29 (18) The Turtles - Elenore - 17 points (33-29-27-25-13-10-14-6-4-4-5-10-18-29) 14 wks

30 (22) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man - 17 points (23-21-23-24-22-30) 6 wks

31 (NE) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte - 17 points 1 wk

32 (31) Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 16 points (31-32) 2 wks

33 (NE) Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo - 15 points 1 wk

34 (NE) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic - 15 points 1 wk

35 (NE) Jackie Trent - Hollywood - 15 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Tommy James & Shondells - Crimson & Clover - 14 points 1 wk

37 (34) Aretha Franklin – My Song - 14 points (36-34-37) 3 wks

38 (33) Easybeats - Good Times - 14 points (40-12-9-7-11-18-16-20-26-24-23-33-38) 13 wks

39 (29) Frank Sinatra - Cycles - 14 points (30-29-39) 3 wks

40 (NE) Gene and Debbe - Make A Noise Like Love - 14 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

42 (38) Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brand New Bag - 12 points (38)

43 (37) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly - 12 points (40-17-17-23-x-37)

47 (40) Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight - 11 points (40)

48 (26) Betty Everett - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song) - 11 points (40-14-14-16-26)

53 (27) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life - 10 points (39-19-18-27)

56 (35) Beatles - Don't Pass Me By - 9 points (35)

65 (39) Dionne Warwick - Promises Promises - 6 points (39)

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

70 (32) Bandwagon - Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache - 5 points (20-8-8-8-9-11-13-32)

80 (25) Beatles - Good Night - 4 points (36-34-25)


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





I will leave this open until end of next week

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 21.12.1968

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

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=21&ChMonth=12&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[raliverpool]

21/12/1968

1 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (5wks 39-18-4-1-1)
2 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (6wks 18-3-1-1-2-2)
3 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (4wks 33-17-6-3)
4 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (4wks 21-10-4-4)
5 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (5wks 18-9-6-5-5)
6 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life (8wks 25-19-13-5-3-2-3-6)
7 Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (3wks 22-12-7)
8 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (2wks 19-8)
9 Temptations - Cloud Nine (4wks 19-14-10-9)
10 Beatles - Dear Prudence (3wks 18-13-10)

11 Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (1wk 11 NEW)

12 Scaffold - Lily The Pink (5wks 26-12-9-9-12)
13 Gun - Race With The Devil (4wks 27-19-15-13)
14 Beatles - Blackbird (3wks 30-17-14)
15 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (2wks 26-15)
16 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (6wks 28-17-10-8-8-16)
17 Kinks - Picture Book (3wks 33-22-17)
18 Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut (3wks 32-24-18)
19 Donovan - Atlantis (2wks 29-19)
20 Frank Sinatra - Cycles (6wks 22-9-4-3-7-20)

21 Classics IV ft Dennis Yost - Stormy (5wks 19-14-13-16-21)
22 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (7wks 36-17-11-7-7-11-22)
23 Aretha Franklin - See Saw (5wks 40-28-21-18-23)
24 Pretty Things - SF Sorrow is Born (2wks 31-24)
25 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Bob Dylan - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (3wks 28-23-26)
27 Barry Ryan - Eloise (8wks 16-8-2-1-2-5-14-27)
28 Clarence Carter - Too Weak To Fight (2wks 37-28)
29 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (1wk 29 NEW)
30 Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You (45wks 36-25-20-20-30)

31 Derek - Cinnamon (2wks 38-31)
32 BJ Thomas - Hooked On A Feeling (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Dionne Warwick - Promises, Promises (5wks 21-15-16-21-33)
34 Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (2wks 39-34)
35 Donovan - To Susan On The West Coast Waiting (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Don't Forget To Catch Me (4wks 36-24-28-36)
37 Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Rolling Stones - Jigsaw Puzzle (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Dion - Abraham, Martin And John (8wks 27-17-11-7-6-11-25-40)

The opening samba rock track on their album Beggars Banquet was penned by Mick Jagger and credited to Jagger/Richards. Sung by Jagger, the song is an homage to the Devil, written in the first-person narrative from his point of view, recounting the atrocities committed throughout the history of humanity in his name. Eventually Guns' N'Roses would score a UK hit with it.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye < 3rd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations
3 ( 3 ) Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture
4 ( 4 ) Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
5 ( 5 ) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Marmalade
6 ( 7 ) Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
7 ( 11 ) Toy - Casuals
8 ( 18 ) Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas
9 ( -- ) Something's Happening - Herman's Hermits
10 ( 10 ) Live In The Sky - Dave Clark Five
11 ( 12 ) Don't Forget To Catch Me - Cliff Richard & The Shadows
12 ( 8 ) Race With The Devil - Gun (#6)
13 ( 6 ) Eloise - Barry Ryan (#1[6])
14 ( 9 ) Lily The Pink - Scaffold (#2[2])
15 ( -- ) Fox On The Run - Manfred Mann
16 ( 19 ) Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited
17 ( 13 ) Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell (#12)
18 ( 17 ) The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro (#17)
19 ( 23 ) Ride My See-Saw - Moody Blues
20 ( -- ) Going Up The Country - Canned Heat
21 ( 20 ) Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott (#20)
22 ( 15 ) Promises Promises - Dionne Warwick (#13)
23 ( 14 ) Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (#9)
24 ( -- ) On Mother Kelly's Doorstep - Danny La Rue
25 ( 24 ) Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns (#24)
26 ( 22 ) Cinnamon - Derek (#22)
27 ( 34 ) I Shall Be Released - Tremeloes
28 ( 35 ) Ray Of Hope - Rascals
29 ( 16 ) I'm The Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (#3)
30 ( 27 ) Softly Softly - Equals (#27)
31 ( 21 ) I'm In A Different World - Four Tops (#16)
32 ( 37 ) If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
33 ( 29 ) Yours Until Tomorrow - Gene Pitney (#29)
34 ( 26 ) Do Something To Me - Tommy James & The Shondells (#26)
35 ( 40 ) Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero - Rene & Rene
36 ( 25 ) For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder (#6)
37 ( 31 ) Stormy - Classics IV (#21)
38 ( -- ) Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
39 ( 28 ) I'm A Tiger - Lulu (#10)
40 ( 32 ) Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) - Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestra Circus (#15)

-- ( 30 ) Elenore - Turtles (#2[3])
-- ( 33 ) Ain't Got No I Got Life - Nina Simone (#3)
-- ( 36 ) Eeny Meeny - Showstoppers (#25)
-- ( 38 ) Abraham Martin & John - Dion (#5)
-- ( 39 ) Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (#31)

-- ( -- ) Please Don't Go - Donald Peers

Another song based on an original Italian song. Doing that was quite popular in the 1960s.



compare that to:

[smokeyb]

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

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
02(04) Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
03(02) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
04(05) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
05(17) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released
06(03) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky
07(11) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw
08(24) Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Gotta Be Me
09(08) The Equals - Softly Softly
10(06) The Supremes – Love Child

11(21) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
12(07) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
13(32) Booker T & The MGs - Soul Limbo
14(15) Donovan – Atlantis
15(09) The Scaffold – Lily The Pink
16(30) Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
17(13) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance
18(18) Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time
19(19) The Casuals – Toy
20(10) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman

24(--) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
26(--) Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run

32(--) Herman's Hermits -Something's Happening

45(--) Danny La Rue - On Mother Kelly's Doorstep
50(--) Donald Peers - Please Don't Go

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (3 wks)
02 Bee Gees – I Started A Joke (2 wks)
03 Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People (5 wks)
04 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (9 wks)
05 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (6 wks)
06 The Goodees – Condition Red (1 wk)
07 Aretha Franklin – My Song (4 wks)
08 The Temptations – Cloud Nine (6 wks)
09 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (12 wks)
10 Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brandnew Bag (4 wks)

11 Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight (8 wks)
12 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (3 wks)
13 Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack (9 wks)
14 The Tymes – People (7 wks)
15 Tom Jones – A Minute Of Your Time (4 wks)
16 Nancy Wilson – In A Long White Room (2 wks)
17 Ben E King – Til I Can’t Take It Anymore (1 wk)
18 The Esquires – You've Got The Power (3 wks)
19 Joe South – Games People Play (2 wks)
20 Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man (5 wks)

21 Jerry Butler – Are You Happy (3 wks)
22 Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (2 wks)
23 The Supremes – Love Child (10 wks)
24 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey (11 wks)
25 James Brown - Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) (1 wk)
26 The Unifics – The Beginning Of My End (2 wks)
27 Aretha Franklin – See Saw (6 wks)
28 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (14 wks)
29 Gene Pitney – Yours Until Tomorrow (4 wks)
30 Wilson Pickett – Man And A Half (6 wks)

[Deleted]

22.12.1968 :
01. (01) Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (3 weeks) (3 weeks at # 1)
02. (04) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte (2 weeks)
03. (02) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band (4 weeks)
04. (05) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (3 weeks)
05. (06) Jackie Trent - Hollywood (5 weeks)
06. (09) Paper Dolls - Someday (4 weeks)
07. (03) Petula Clark - American Boys (5 weeks)
08. (07) Gene and Debbe - Make A Noise Like Love (9 weeks)
09. (11) Nancy Sinatra - Good Time Girl (3 weeks)
10. (08) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (7 weeks)

11. (12) Ann-Louise Hanson - Arrivederci Frans! (3 weeks)
12. (13) Jeannie C. Riley - The Girl Most Likely (3 weeks)
13. (14) Allison Durbin - Don't Come Any Closer (4 weeks)
14. (NE) Lynn Rogers - Just Loving You (1 week)
15. (10) Vikki Carr - With Pen In Hand (5 weeks)
16. (15) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (10 weeks)
17. (21) France Gall - Merci Herr Marquis (9 weeks)
18. (16) Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch - Our Little Boat (15 weeks)
19. (NE) Jackie DeShannon - Laurel Canyon (1 week)
20. (NE) Kathy Kirby - Come Back Here With My Heart (1 week)

21. (17) Jacky Lee - We're Off And Running (21 weeks)
22. (18) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (19 weeks)
23. (20) Dana - Come Along Murphy (24 weeks)
24. (24) Tommy and Kim Leonetti - Let's Take A Walk (12 weeks)
25. (19) Friend and Lover - If Love Is In Your Heart (17 weeks)
26. (22) Bobbie Gentry - The Fool On The Hill (8 weeks)
27. (23) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (16 weeks)
28. (26) Patti Page - Green Little Apples (25 weeks)
29. (25) Marcie & The Cookies - I Would If I Could (12 weeks)
30. (27) Vikki Carr - Sunshine (22 weeks)

DNC : Merrilee Rush - Reach Out I'll Be There

[o]

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

[Shireblogger]

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


It's a noveltacious Top 5 this week, as the Christmas spirit arrives in 1968. Bedrocks' brilliant ska version of Ob-La-Di enters at #2, and the theme song from last week's big new movie, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" is new at #4.

[popchartfreak]

I'm on hols with no access to spreadsheets or youtube so a full chart to follow next week as catchup with new entries and commentary. Here though a basic top 20 official for this chart followed by my first-ever actual chart and review from this week in 1968. 

It's 2 weeks on top for The Bee Gees, with Fleetwood Mac at 3, a huge leap for The Archies B Side Love Light into the top 10, and The Beatles original of Ob La Di charting higher than any of the pale imitations, into the top 10. Amongst all The Beatles, there's some Stones - in at 13 with album track Sympathy For The Devil, those woo-woohs borrowed in style by Bananarama some 22 years later to good effect. Edwin Starr has a leap into the 20, SOS!

Second-highest new entry at 39 is an actual chart-topper of the time for me come January 1969, I was mad on Fox On The Run, and saw the Manfreds sing it a few weeks ago. I think my friend Geoffrey Geeson probably got sick of me going on about it! The Turtles get a classy, if slightly out of tune, quick follow-up to Elenore with You Showed Me, future Salt 'N' Pepa and Lightning Seeds hit covers, in at 49, while kiddie fave of the time Something's Happening lets Hermans' Hermits drop in too. 

In at 60, it's a classy cover of Laura Nyro's Stoney End from Peggy Lipton. Who? She was a young actress starring in the cool cop show The Mod Squad at the time, and was about to marry Quincy Jones, who co-incidentally produced it. That leaves Betty Everett returning and The Moments debuting some 6 or 7 years earlier than Girls did in my actual charts of the 70's. 


21st December 1968

1 ( 1 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees
2 ( 2 ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture
3 ( 7 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac
4 ( 3 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
5 ( 4 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
6 ( 9 ) READY OR NOT HERE I COME (CAN'T HIDE FROM LOVE) The Delfonics
7 ( 24 ) LOVE LIGHT The Archies
8 ( 6 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
9 ( 14 ) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA The Beatles
10 ( 16 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations

11 ( 5 ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun
12 ( 20 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South
13 ( NEW ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL The Rolling Stones
14 ( 8 ) BACK IN THE USSR The Beatles
15 ( 10 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
16 ( 11 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
17 ( 12 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers
18 ( 15 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
19 ( 17 ) GOOD NIGHT The Beatles
20 ( 34 ) STOP HER ON SIGHT (SOS) Edwin Starr

21 ( 18 ) I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
22 ( 19 ) SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited
23 ( 13 ) HELTER SKELTER The Beatles
24 ( 21 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Judy Collins
25 ( 23 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
26 ( 27 ) BLACKBIRD The Beatles
27 ( 22 ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
28 ( 28 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE The Mamas & The Papas
29 ( 32 ) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
30 ( 26 ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone

31 ( 36 ) CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James & The Shondells
32 ( 25 ) CLOUD NINE The Temptations
33 ( 37 ) I’VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr
34 ( 30 ) ELENORE The Turtles
35 ( 29 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
36 ( 31 ) RAIN AND TEARS Aphrodite’s Child
37 ( 39 ) YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW Gene Pitney
38 ( 40 ) CATCHING UP ON FUN The Archies
39 ( NEW ) FOX ON THE RUN Manfred Mann
40 ( 33 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues

41 ( 35 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
42 ( 48 ) (THERE’S GONNA BE A) SHOWDOWN Archie Bell & The Drells
43 ( 38 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
44 ( 41 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
45 ( 42 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
46 ( 43 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
47 ( 47 ) MY SONG Aretha Franklin
48 ( 45 ) DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Barbra Streisand
49 ( NEW ) YOU SHOWED ME The Turtles
50 ( 53 ) YOU GOT SOUL Johnny Nash

51 ( 44 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
52 ( 46 ) CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC The Jimi Hendrix Experience
53 ( 54 ) 1-2-3 O’LEARY Des O’Connor
54 ( NEW ) SOMETHING’S HAPPENING Herman’s Hermits
55 ( 49 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
56 ( 56 ) ARCHIE’S THEME The Archies
57 ( 72 ) I SHALL BE RELEASED The Tremeloes
58 ( 50 ) THE STRAIGHT LIFE Glen Campbell
59 ( 51 ) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
60 ( NEW ) STONEY END Peggy Lipton

61 ( 52 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
62 ( 55 ) CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ Bobby Womack
63 ( 64 ) FEELIN’ SO GOOD (S.K.O.O.B.Y-.D.O.O) The Archies
64 ( 65 ) STORMY Classics IV
65 ( 58 ) PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG Otis Redding
66 ( 67 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA Marmalade
67 ( 70 ) RAINBOW RIDE Andy Kim
68 ( 68 ) ATLANTIS Donovan
69 ( 69 ) CALIFORNIA SOUL The 5th Dimension
70 ( 60 ) THE BEGINNING OF MY END The Unifics

71 ( 62 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
72 ( 61 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
73 ( NEW ) THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett
74 ( 63 ) THIS IS MY COUNTRY The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield
75 ( NEW ) NOT ON THE OUTSIDE The Moments


17th DEC

…and so it came to pass..that this is the chart that started it all for me. Christmas holidays had started, I had leisure time to indulge my new-found music chart passion, and I did. I put the songs in the right order for the very first time. This was my actual-first-ever list of songs wot I wrote down. 5th week at the top for the Turtles, check out the video, see how not-happy-being-pop-stars they were (so endearing) ** Herman’s Hermits, another playground fave, a teenager with a lot of teeth who the girls loved (Peter Noone), the closest thing to One Direction around at that time.

The chart is great lesson in how time conveniently erases inconvenient old facts: for example, I really liked (apparently) a fairly bland Tom Jones record – there is no way I would have recalled that as being anywhere near the truth, we all like to think we only liked the great stuff, the cool stuff, or particularly important records to us personally. But there it is, staring me right in the face, along with Cliff, Des ‘n’ Val, and worst of all Malcolm Roberts. I stand by all the other tracks for a 10-year-old, and I remain a bit embarrassed by those:)

1 ( 1 ) ELENORE The Turtles
2 ( 2 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
3 ( 4 ) OB LA DI OB LA DA Marmalade
4 ( 5 ) A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME Tom Jones
5 ( 8 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
6 ( 3 ) AIN’T GOT NO…I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
7 ( NEW ) SOMETHING’S HAPPENING Herman’s Hermits
8 ( 6 ) I’M A TIGER Lulu
9 ( 7 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
10 ( 10 ) BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon

11 ( 16 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
12 ( 15 ) DON’T FORGET TO CATCH ME Cliff Richard
13 ( 9 ) (I’M THE) URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
14 ( 12 ) ONE TWO THREE O’LEARY Des O’Connor
15 ( 11 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
16 ( 13 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers
17 ( 14 ) MAY I HAVE THE NEXT DREAM WITH YOU Malcolm Roberts
18 ( 17 ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro
19 ( 20 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
20 ( 18 ) IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW Val Doonican