Haven Retro Combined Chart : 22.12.1968

[smokeyb]

The 3rd new number one in a row sees Dusty Springfield get her first retro number one.

The Foundations fall to 2, Fleetwood Mac is up to 3, Love Sculpture is up to 4 and Marvin Gaye falls to 5.



There are 9 new entries this week the highest is the Rolling Stones at number 23.



The biggest climber is Jimi Hendrix who climbs 9 places.



The biggest faller is Frank Sinatra who falls 50 places.



22.12.1968 (Week # 51)


1 (02) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 114 points (27-7-2-1) 4 wks

2 (01) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 111 points (20-7-2-1-2) 5 wks

3 (06) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross - 95 points (17-6-3) 3 wks

4 (05) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance - 81 points (17-10-5-4) 4 wks

5 (04) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 80 points (38-12-8-8-5-4-5) 7 wks

6 (10) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 73 points (13-10-6) 3 wks

7 (07) Scaffold - Lily The Pink - 65 points (26-10-7-5-4-7-7) 7 wks

8 (03) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman - 57 points (22-6-3-2-1-3-8) 7 wks

9 (17) Bee Gees - I Started A Joke - 53 points (30-17-9) 3 wks

10 (08) Gun - Race With The Devil - 49 points (33-11-9-8-10) 5 wks

11 (13) Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number - 41 points (29-14-13-11) 4 wks

12 (09) Barry Ryan - Eloise - 41 points (11-4-1-1-1-1-3-9-12) 9 wks

13 (11) Beatles - Back In The USSR - 40 points (40-40-12-11-13) 5 wks

14 (14) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now - 36 points (40-x-40-22-15-16-14-14) 7 wks

15 (19) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come - 35 points (24-19-15) 3 wks

16 (12) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life - 34 points (23-7-3-3-3-4-6-11-12-16) 10 wks

17 (20) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky - 32 points (19-20-17) 3 wks

18 (18) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 32 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15-18-18) 9 wks

19 (16) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine - 31 points (9-2-2-2-2-4-8-16-19) 9 wks

20 (27) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw - 29 points (27-20) 2 wks

21 (15) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 26 points (24-17-16-7-6-7-6-3-6-15-21) 11 wks

22 (21) The Temptations – Cloud Nine - 25 points (34-31-32-23-21-22) 6 wks

23 (NE) Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil - 24 points 1 wk

24 (23) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 21 points (23-25-28-30-25-25-25-18-14-20-23-24) 12 wks

25 (34) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic - 21 points (34-25) 2 wks

26 (33) Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo - 21 points (33-26) 2 wks

27 (31) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte - 19 points (31-27) 2 wks

28 (NE) Bedrocks - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 19 points 1 wk

29 (NE) Casuals - Toy - 18 points 1 wk

30 (26) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 18 points (26-28-28-26-30) 5 wks

31 (25) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band - 18 points (25-31) 2 wks

32 (NE) Irwan Kostal - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 17 points 1 wk

33 (NE) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released -16 points 1 wk

34 (35) Jackie Trent - Hollywood - 16 points (35-34) 2 wks

35 (NE) Goodees – Condition Red - 15 points 1 wk

36 (NE) Paper Dolls - Someday - 15 points 1 wk

37 (37) Aretha Franklin – My Song - 14 points (36-34-37-37) 4 wks

38 (28) Petula Clark - American Boys - 14 points (28-38) 2 wks

39 (NE) Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (SOS) - 14 points 1 wk

40 (24) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 14 points (36-24-40) 3 wks

40 (NE) Archies - Love Light - 14 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

45 (40) Gene and Debbe - Make A Noise Like Love - 13 points (40)

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

53 (22) Lulu – I'm A Tiger - 11 points (36-17-19-40-22)

60 (30) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man - 9 points (23-21-23-24-22-30)

64 (32) Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 9 points (31-32)

65 (36) Tommy James & Shondells - Crimson & Clover - 9 points (36)

70 (29) The Turtles - Elenore - 7 points (33-29-27-25-13-10-14-6-4-4-5-10-18-29)

89 (39) Frank Sinatra - Cycles - 1 points (30-29-39)


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 28.12.1968

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

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDate=19681221&ChMode=N

[smokeyb]

This week's prediction is the final one of 1968, and the year end run down will be towards the end of next week, if I could get this weeks charts as soon as you have them it will give me more time to prepare over the christmas break.

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (4 wks)
2 (4) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do (4 wks)
3 (2) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (6 wks)
4 (3) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (5 wks)
5 (7) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (5 wks)
6 (16) Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run (2 wks)
7 (5) Gun - Race With The Devil (6 wks)
8 (6) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (6 wks)
9 (12) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (7 wks)
10 (8) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw (5 wks)
11 (20) Herman's Hermits -Something's Happening (2 wks)
12 (18) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (2 wks)
13 (13) Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (3 wks)
14 (15) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky (5 wks)
15 (19) Casuals - Toy (4 wks)
16 (21) Donovan - Atlantis (4 wks)
17 (22) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released (3 wks)
18 (33) Booker T & MGS - Soul Limbo (3 wks)
19 (9) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (8 wks)
20 (NE) Move - Blackberry Way (1 wk)
21 (10) Diana Ross & Supremes - Love Child (7 wks)
22 (11) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (8 wks)
23 (NE) Bee Gees - I Started A Joke (1 wk)
24 (14) The Turtles - Elenore (9 wks)
25 (NE) Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain (1 wk)
26 (17) Barry Ryan - Eloise (10 wks)
27 (27) Bedrocks - Ob La Di Ob La Da (2 wks)
28 (25) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (10 wks)
29 (NE) Doors - Touch Me (1 wk)
30 (NE) Turtles - You Showed Me (1 wk)



The last hit in the USA by the Turtles is a cover of a song by the Byrds. It would re-appear in the UK charts in 1997 by the Lightning Seeds.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations
3 ( 9 ) Something's Happening - Herman's Hermits
4 ( 4 ) Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
5 ( 5 ) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Marmalade
6 ( 3 ) Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture (#3)
7 ( 8 ) Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas
8 ( 7 ) Toy - Casuals (#7)
9 ( 15 ) Fox On The Run - Manfred Mann
10 ( 6 ) Albatross - Fleetwood Mac (#6)

11 ( -- ) Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
12 ( -- ) Blackberry Way - Move
13 ( 20 ) Going Up The Country - Canned Heat
14 ( 10 ) Live In The Sky - Dave Clark Five (#10)
15 ( 11 ) Don't Forget To Catch Me - Cliff Richard & The Shadows (#11)
16 ( 24 ) On Mother Kelly's Doorstep - Danny La Rue
17 ( 16 ) Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited (#16)
18 ( 19 ) Ride My See-Saw - Moody Blues
19 ( 12 ) Race With The Devil - Gun (#6)
20 ( 14 ) Lily The Pink - Scaffold (#2[2])

21 ( 18 ) The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro (#17)
22 ( 13 ) Eloise - Barry Ryan (#1[6])
23 ( -- ) Hang 'Em High - Booker T & The MG's
24 ( 17 ) Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell (#12)
25 ( 27 ) I Shall Be Released - Tremeloes
26 ( -- ) Bluebirds Over The Mountain - Beach Boys
27 ( 21 ) Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott (#20)
28 ( 28 ) Ray Of Hope - Rascals
29 ( -- ) People - Tymes
30 ( 38 ) Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells

31 ( 25 ) Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns (#24)
32 ( 32 ) If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
33 ( 22 ) Promises Promises - Dionne Warwick (#13)
34 ( 35 ) Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero - Rene & Rene
35 ( 26 ) Cinnamon - Derek (#22)
36 ( -- ) This Is My Country - Impressions
37 ( 23 ) Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (#9)
38 ( 30 ) Softly Softly - Equals (#27)
39 ( 33 ) Yours Until Tomorrow - Gene Pitney (#29)
40 ( 31 ) I'm In A Different World - Four Tops (#16)

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-- ( 29 ) I'm The Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (#3)
-- ( 34 ) Do Something To Me - Tommy James & The Shondells (#26)
-- ( 36 ) For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder (#6)
-- ( 37 ) Stormy - Classics IV (#21)
-- ( 39 ) I'm A Tiger - Lulu (#10)
-- ( 40 ) Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) - Kasenatz-Katz Singing Orchestra Circus (#15)

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-- ( -- ) My Song Aretha Franklin

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[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN
2 [2] :: Bedrocks - OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA
3 [3] :: Scaffold - LILY THE PINK
4 [4] :: Irwan Kostal - CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
5 [re] :: Aretha Franklin - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
6 [re] :: Kinks - DAYS
7 [re] :: Otis Redding - (SITTIN 'ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
8 [re] :: Louis Armstrong - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
9 [re] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
10 [9] :: Nina Simone - AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE
11 [6] :: Beatles - BACK IN THE USSR {White Album LP track}
12 [re] :: Beatles - LADY MADONNA
13 [re] :: Moody Blues - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
14 [re] :: Byrds - YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
15 [re] :: Beatles - REVOLUTION {Hey Jude B-side}
16 [re] :: Beatles - HEY JUDE
17 [re] :: Aretha Franklin - THINK
18 [re] :: Love Affair - EVERLASTING LOVE
19 [re] :: Bee Gees - I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
20 [re] :: Bee Gees - WORDS

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (4 wks)
02 Bee Gees – I Started A Joke (3 wks)
03 Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People (6 wks)
04 The Dells – Any Body Know I’m Here (1 wk)
05 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (10 wks)
06 The Goodees – Condition Red (2 wks)
07 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (7 wks)
08 Aretha Franklin – My Song (5 wks)
09 The Temptations – Cloud Nine (7 wks)
10 Betty Everett – There’ll Come A Time (1 wk)

11 Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brandnew Bag (5 wks)
12 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (13 wks)
13 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (4 wks)
14 Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight (9 wks)
15 The Tymes – People (8 wks)
16 Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack (10 wks)
17 Tom Jones – A Minute Of Your Time (5 wks)
18 The Turtles – You Showed Me (1 wk)
19 Nancy Wilson – In A Long White Room (3 wks)
20 Ben E King – Til I Can’t Take It Anymore (2 wks)

21 Joe South – Games People Play (3 wks)
22 The Esquires – You've Got The Power (4 wks)
23 Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (3 wks)
24 Johnny Cash – Daddy Sang Bass (1 wk)
25 The Moments – Not On The Outside (1 wk)
26 Jerry Butler – Are You Happy (4 wks)
27 Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man (6 wks)
28 The Supremes – Love Child (11 wks)
29 James Brown - Tit For Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) (2 wks)
30 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Keep On Loving Me Honey (12 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
02(08) Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Gotta Be Me
03(01) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
04(05) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released
05(13) Booker T & The MGs - Soul Limbo
06(04) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
07(24) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
08(03) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
09(16) Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
10(07) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw

11(26) Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run
12(19) The Casuals – Toy
13(06) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky
14(32) Herman's Hermits -Something's Happening
15(11) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
16(09) The Equals - Softly Softly
17(10) The Supremes – Love Child
18(12) Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
19(--) The Move – Blackberry Way
20(--) Beach Boys – Bluebirds Over The Mountain

31(--) Bee Gees – I Started A Joke
32(--) Bedrocks – Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

[smokeyb]

Just waiting on 4 charts from raliverpool o popchartfreak & @alexrange to complete the year

[Deleted]

29.12.1968
01. (02) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte (3 weeks) (1 week at # 1)
02. (04) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (4 weeks)
03. (05) Jackie Trent - Hollywood (6 weeks)
04. (01) Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (4 weeks)
05. (06) Paper Dolls - Someday (5 weeks)
06. (03) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band (5 weeks)
07. (NE) Anita Bryant - My Cup Runneth Over (1 week)
08. (09) Nancy Sinatra - Good Time Girl (4 weeks)
09. (08) Gene and Debbe - Make A Noise Like Love (10 weeks)
10. (10) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (8 weeks)

11. (12) Jeannie C. Riley - The Girl Most Likely (4 weeks)
12. (07) Petula Clark - American Boys (6 weeks)
13. (14) Lynn Rogers - Just Loving You (2 weeks)
14. (20) Kathy Kirby - Come Back Here With My Heart (2 weeks)
15. (13) Allison Durbin - Don't Come Any Closer (5 weeks)
16. (11) Ann-Louise Hanson - Arrivederci Frans! (4 weeks)
17. (16) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (11 weeks)
18. (17) France Gall - Merci Herr Marquis (10 weeks)
19. (18) Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch - Our Little Boat (16 weeks)
20. (24) Tommy and Kim Leonetti - Let's Take A Walk (13 weeks)

21. (NE) Marcie & The Cookies - White Christmas (1 week)
22. (15) Vikki Carr - With Pen In Hand (6 weeks)
23. (19) Jackie DeShannon - Laurel Canyon (2 weeks)
24. (21) Jacky Lee - We're Off And Running (22 weeks)
25. (22) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (20 weeks)
26. (23) Dana - Come Along Murphy (25 weeks)
27. (30) Vikki Carr - Sunshine (23 weeks)
28. (26) Bobbie Gentry - The Fool On The Hill (9 weeks)
29. (25) Friend and Lover - If Love Is In Your Heart (18 weeks)
30. (NE) Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl (1 week)

[popchartfreak]

just doing it now - Ive also completed last week's and added it into last week's thread, and which had a missing number 15 oops! Should be posted tonight...

[popchartfreak]

22nd December 1968

It's 3 weeks on top for The Bee Gees, just holding off Albatross ("get your Albatross" cue John Cleese in Ice-cream skirt) and highest new entry from my future teen hero Roy Wood, as Blackberry way enters at 5. There is only 1 track in my top 10 then and top 10 now - Eloise - though 5 are in common for the top 20, There's no space at all for Tom Jones, Cliff, Des & other MOR acts that I loved at the time - I thought you were supposed to get more MOR as you aged?! Not me!

I still have fondness for some kiddie pop though, witness The Archies tracks and new entries from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a soundtrack from the Sherman Brothers not quite up to Mary Poppins standard, but pretty good anyway from a charming (if overlong) film which was constantly requested on Junior's Choice and 2-way Family favourites for the Forces families living abroad (which I was by then). 

The Turtles get a 5th top 40, Johnny Nash a second, Herman's Hermits a 5th or 6th, I've lost count, and actress Peggy Lipton a debut. I was a fan of The Mod Squad, it was on TV in Singapore/Malaya a year or so later, along with many other US TV dramas. We got stations from both countries. Smokey Robinson enters high with one I've never noticed much before (I have it on a hits collection) but which sounds really good in isolation from the more famous ones, while an early 60's song from Maurice Williams & The Zodiaks (who did Stay) is covered by obscure act Bill Deal semi-ska-stylee and it's rather good. 

1 ( 1 ) I STARTED A JOKE The Bee Gees
2 ( 3 ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac
3 ( 4 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
4 ( 5 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye
5 ( NEW ) BLACKBERRY WAY The Move
6 ( 2 ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture
7 ( 6 ) READY OR NOT HERE I COME (CAN'T HIDE FROM LOVE) The Delfonics
8 ( 8 ) WICHITA LINEMAN Glen Campbell
9 ( 7 ) LOVE LIGHT The Archies
10 ( 12 ) GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Joe South

11 ( 11 ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun
12 ( 9 ) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA The Beatles
13 ( 13 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL The Rolling Stones
14 ( 10 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
15 ( 14 ) BACK IN THE USSR The Beatles
16 ( 16 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
17 ( 15 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
18 ( 17 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers
19 ( 20 ) STOP HER ON SIGHT (SOS) Edwin Starr
20 ( 18 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield

21 ( 21 ) I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
22 ( 19 ) GOOD NIGHT The Beatles
23 ( 39 ) FOX ON THE RUN Manfred Mann
24 ( 28 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE The Mamas & The Papas
25 ( 26 ) BLACKBIRD The Beatles
26 ( 22 ) SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited
27 ( 24 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Judy Collins
28 ( 25 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
29 ( 29 ) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
30 ( 38 ) CATCHING UP ON FUN The Archies

31 ( 31 ) CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James & The Shondells
32 ( 33 ) I’VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr
33 ( 27 ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
34 ( 30 ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone
35 ( 49 ) YOU SHOWED ME The Turtles
36 ( 42 ) (THERE’S GONNA BE A) SHOWDOWN Archie Bell & The Drells
37 ( 50 ) YOU GOT SOUL Johnny Nash
38 ( 34 ) ELENORE The Turtles
39 ( 54 ) SOMETHING’S HAPPENING Herman’s Hermits
40 ( 60 ) STONEY END Peggy Lipton

41 ( 23 ) HELTER SKELTER The Beatles
42 ( 35 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
43 ( 36 ) RAIN AND TEARS Aphrodite’s Child
44 ( 32 ) CLOUD NINE The Temptations
45 ( 41 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
46 ( 44 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
47 ( 45 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
48 ( 46 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
49 ( 43 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
50 ( 57 ) I SHALL BE RELEASED The Tremeloes

51 ( 37 ) YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW Gene Pitney
52 ( 40 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
53 ( NEW ) CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" featuring Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall & Heather Ripley"
54 ( 48 ) DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Barbra Streisand
55 ( NEW ) BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
56 ( 56 ) ARCHIE’S THEME The Archies
57 ( 47 ) MY SONG Aretha Franklin
58 ( 64 ) STORMY Classics IV
59 ( NEW ) TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" featuring Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall & Heather Ripley"
60 ( 67 ) RAINBOW RIDE Andy Kim

61 ( 55 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
62 ( 63 ) FEELIN’ SO GOOD (S.K.O.O.B.Y-.D.O.O) The Archies
63 ( 73 ) THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett
64 ( 66 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA Marmalade
65 ( 51 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
66 ( 53 ) 1-2-3 O’LEARY Des O’Connor
67 ( NEW ) MAY I Bill Deal & The Rhondels
68 ( 69 ) CALIFORNIA SOUL The 5th Dimension
69 ( 52 ) CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC The Jimi Hendrix Experience
70 ( 58 ) THE STRAIGHT LIFE Glen Campbell

71 ( 61 ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold
72 ( 75 ) NOT ON THE OUTSIDE The Moments
73 ( 59 ) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
74 ( NEW ) ME OL’ BAMBOO "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" featuring Dick Van Dyke"
75 ( 71 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson


retro 70’s
1 ( 5 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
2 ( 3 ) OB LA DI OB LA DA Marmalade
3 ( 1 ) ELENORE The Turtles
4 ( 6 ) AIN'T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
5 ( 2 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
6 ( 7 ) SOMETHING'S HAPPENING Herman's Hermits
7 ( 11 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
8 ( 4 ) A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME Tom Jones
9 ( 14 ) ONE TWO THREE O'LEARY Des O'Connor
10 ( 8 ) I'M A TIGER Lulu

11 ( 9 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
12 ( 19 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
13 ( 15 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
14 ( 13 ) (I'M THE) URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
15 ( 10 ) BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon
16 ( NEW ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun
17 ( 16 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers
18 ( 12 ) DON'T FORGET TO CATCH ME Cliff Richard
19 ( RE ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture
20 ( RE ) LILY THE PINK The Scaffold

[raliverpool]

28/12/1968

1 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (6wks 39-18-4-1-1-1)
2 Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (2wks 11-2)
3 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (5wks 33-17-6-3-3)
4 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (7wks 18-3-1-1-2-2-4)
5 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (5wks 21-10-4-4-5)
6 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (3wks 19-8-6)
7 Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (4wks 22-12-7-7)
8 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (3wks 26-15-8)
9 Temptations - Cloud Nine (5wks 19-14-10-9-9)
10 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (6wks 18-9-6-5-5-10)

11 Beatles - Dear Prudence (4wks 18-13-10-11)
12 Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut (4wks 32-24-18-12)
13 Beatles - Blackbird (4wks 30-17-14-13)
14 Gun - Race With The Devil (5wks 27-19-15-13-14)
15 Scaffold - Lily The Pink (6wks 26-12-9-9-12-15)
16 Donovan - Atlantis (3wks 29-19-16)
17 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life (9wks 25-19-13-5-3-2-3-6-17)
18 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (2wks 25-18)
19 Kinks - Picture Book (4wks 33-22-17-19)
20 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (2wks 29-20)

21 Clarence Carter - Too Weak To Fight (3wks 37-28-21)
22 Canned Heat - Going Up The Country (1wk 22 NEW)

23 Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (1wk 23 NEW)

24 Pretty Things - SF Sorrow is Born (3wks 31-24-24)
25 BJ Thomas - Hooked On A Feeling (2wks 32-25)
26 Derek - Cinnamon (3wks 38-31-26)
27 Rolling Stones - Jigsaw Puzzle (2wks 38-27)
28 Classics IV ft Dennis Yost - Stormy (6wks 19-14-13-16-21-28)
29 Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (3wks 39-34-29)
30 Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (7wks 28-17-10-8-8-16-30)

31 Donovan - To Susan On The West Coast Waiting (2wks 35-31)
32 Frank Sinatra - Cycles (7wks 22-9-4-3-7-20-32)
33 Bob Dylan - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (4wks 28-23-26-33)
34 Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da (2wks 37-34)
35 Herman's Hermits - Something's Happening (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Rascals - A Ray Of Hope (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Impressions - This Is My Country (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Barry Ryan - Eloise (9wks 16-8-2-1-2-5-14-27-38)
39 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (8wks 36-17-11-7-7-11-22-39)

40 Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released (1wk 40 NEW)

Chris White's New Year's Eve anthem from the classic album Odessey and Oracle. It has been covered by far too many acts to mention.