Haven Retro Combined Chart : 29.12.1968

[smokeyb]

Dusty holds on for a second week, in a slow moving top 10. Fleetwood Mac are up to 2

the Foundations slip to 3, Marvin Gaye is up at 4 and Love Sculpture fall to 5.



There are 6 new entries and 1 re-entry in the final chart of the year, the highest is Manfred Mann at number 11.



The biggest climber is Edwin Starr who jumps up 12 places.



The biggest faller is Diana Ross & Supremes who fall 46 places.



29.12.1968 (Week # 52)


1 (01) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man - 106 points (27-7-2-1-1) 5 wks

2 (03) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross - 100 points (17-6-3-2) 4 wks

3 (02) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup - 89 points (20-7-2-1-2-3) 6 wks

4 (05) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine - 79 points (38-12-8-8-5-4-5-4) 8 wks

5 (04) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance - 61 points (17-10-5-4-5) 5 wks

6 (06) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 55 points (13-10-6-6) 4 wks

7 (08) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman - 41 points (22-6-3-2-1-3-8-7) 8 wks

8 (07) Scaffold - Lily The Pink - 40 points (26-10-7-5-4-7-7-8) 8 wks

9 (09) Bee Gees - I Started A Joke - 39 points (30-17-9-9) 4 wks

10 (10) Gun - Race With The Devil - 39 points (33-11-9-8-10-10) 6 wks

11 (NE) Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run - 37 points 1 wk

12 (NE) Herman's Hermits - Something's Happening - 35 points 1 wk

13 (15) The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come - 34 points (24-19-15-13) 4 wks

14 (13) Beatles - Back In The USSR - 34 points (40-40-12-11-13-14) 6 wks

15 (19) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine - 30 points (9-2-2-2-2-4-8-16-19-15) 10 wks

16 (12) Barry Ryan - Eloise - 30 points (11-4-1-1-1-1-3-9-12-16) 10 wks

17 (18) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman - 30 points (34-28-28-22-12-12-15-18-18-17) 10 wks

18 (28) Casuals - Toy - 28 points (29-18) 2 wks

19 (11) Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number - 28 points (29-14-13-11-19) 5 wks

20 (NE) Move - Blackberry Way - 28 points 1 wk

21 (14) Judy Collins – Both Sides Now - 28 points (40-x-40-22-15-16-14-14-21) 8 wks

22 (23) Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil - 27 points (23-22) 2 wks

23 (20) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw - 25 points (27-20-23) 3 wks

24 (NE) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life - 24 points 1 wk

25 (22) The Temptations – Cloud Nine - 24 points (34-31-32-23-21-22-25) 7 wks

26 (17) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky - 22 points (19-20-17-26) 4 wks

27 (39) Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (SOS) - 22 points (39-27) 2 wks

28 (16) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No I Got Life - 22 points (23-7-3-3-3-4-6-11-12-16-28) 11 wks

29 (24) The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World - 21 points (23-25-28-30-25-25-25-18-14-20-23-24-29) 13 wks

30 (33) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released -21 points (33-30) 2 wks

31 (25) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic - 21 points (34-25-31) 3 wks

32 (27) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte - 20 points (31-27-32) 3 wks

33 (28) Bedrocks - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - 19 points (28-33) 2 wks

34 (26) Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo - 19 points (33-26-34) 3 wks

35 (NE) Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Gotta Be Me - 19 points 1 wk

36 (30) Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People - 18 points (26-28-28-26-30-36) 6 wks

37 (34) Jackie Trent - Hollywood - 18 points (35-34-37) 3 wks

38 (32) Irwan Kostal - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 17 points (32-38) 2 wks

39 (NE) Dells – Any Body Know I’m Here - 17 points 1 wk

40 (36) Paper Dolls - Someday - 16 points (36-40) 2 wks

40 (RE) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 16 points (10-3-1-1-1-2-3-5-6-12-22-x-40) 12 wks



Dropped Out

44 (35) Goodees – Condition Red - 15 points (35)

45 (31) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band - 15 points (25-31)

50 (37) Aretha Franklin – My Song - 13 points (36-34-37-37)

54 (40) Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 13 points (36-24-40)

58 (40) Archies - Love Light - 12 points (40)

66 (38) Petula Clark - American Boys - 9 points (28-38)

67 (21) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Love Child - 9 points (24-17-16-7-6-7-6-3-6-15-21)


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


I will leave this open until end of next week

[smokeyb]

Time to start the new year with the first chart of the year.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 04.01.1969
1 (7) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La -Do (5 wk) (#1)
2 (1) The Scaffold - Lily The Pink (9 wk) (#1)
3 (2) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (7 wk) (#2)
4 (9) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (5 wk) (#4)
5 (6) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (9 wk) (#5)
6 (5) Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (6 wk) (#5)
7 (3) Nina Simone - Ain't Got No - I Got Life (12 wk) (#2)
8 (4) Des O'Connor - 1-2-3 (7 wk) (#4)
9 (20) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (5 wk) (#9)
10 (28) Herman's Hermits -Something's Happening (3 wk) (#10)
11 (10) Gun - Race With The Devil (7 wk) (#8)
12 (27) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (3 wk) (#12)
13 (13) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (9 wk) (#9)
14 (16) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (7 wk) (#14)
15 (8) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (16 wk) (# 1)
16 (11) Malcolm Roberts - May I Have The Next Dream With You (10 wk) (#8)
17 (14) Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (6 wk) (#14)
18 (21) The Supremes - Love Child (7 wk) (#17)
19 (12) The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache (12 wk) (# 4)
20 (30) Bedrocks - Ob La Di Ob La Da (3 wk) (#20)
21 (26) Cliff Richard - Don't Forget To Catch Me (6 wk) (#21)
22 (19) Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (11 wk) (#3)
23 (22) Val Doonican - If I Knew Then What I Know Now (11 wk) (#14)
24 (36) Donald Peers - Please Don't Go (3 wk) (#24)
25 (15) The Turtles - Elenore (10 wk) (#7)
26 (17) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (12 wk) (# 12)
27 (25) Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - Quick Joey Small (7 wk) (#22)
28 (23) Donovan - Atlantis (5 wk) (#23)
29 (24) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (18 wk) (# 1)
30 (35) Casuals - Toy (5 wk) (#30)
31 (37) Edwin Starr - Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (4 wk) (#25)
32 (44) Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run (3 wk) (#32)
33 (41) Danny La Rue - On Mother Kelly's Doorstep (3 wk) (#33)
34 (33) Four Tops - I'm In A Different World (8 wk) (#27)
35 (18) Barry Ryan - Eloise (11 wk) (#2)
36 (29) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released (4 wk) (#29)
37 (31) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (25 wk) (# 5)
38 (47) Booker T & MGS - Soul Limbo (4 wk) (#38)
39 (45) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (35 wk) (# 1)
40 (38) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (14 wk) (# 19)
41 (48) Beach Boys - Bluebirds Over The Mountain (2 wk) (#41)
42 (49) Move - Blackberry Way (2 wk) (#42)
43 (NE) Jethro Tull - Love Story (1 wk) (#43)
44 (42) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky (6 wk) (#39)
45 (NE) Canned Heat - Going Up The Country (1 wk) (#45)
46 (32) Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (11 wk) (#5)
47 (34) Gene Pitney - Yours Until Tomorrow (6 wk) (#34)
48 (43) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (16 wk) (# 6)
49 (46) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (15 wk) (# 5)
50 (40) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (20 wk) (# 2)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=04&ChMonth=01&ChYear=1969&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

Big Hits of 1969 - 15 songs to look out for, I wonder how they will do



Move - Blackberry Way

Martha & Vandellas - Dancing In The Street

Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

The Who - Pinball Wizzard

Desmond Dekker - The Israelites

Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World

Tommy Roe - Dizzy

Beatles - Get Back

Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears

Jethro Tull - Living In The Past

Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Woman

Zagar & Evans - In The Year 2525

The Archies - Sugar Sugar

[smokeyb]

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

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Something's Happening - Herman's Hermits
3 ( 2 ) Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations (#2[3])
4 ( 11 ) Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
5 ( 12 ) Blackberry Way - Move
6 ( 4 ) Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield (#4)
7 ( 5 ) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Marmalade (#5)
8 ( 9 ) Fox On The Run - Manfred Mann
9 ( 7 ) Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas (#7)
10 ( 13 ) Going Up The Country - Canned Heat

11 ( 6 ) Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture (#3)
12 ( 8 ) Toy - Casuals (#7)
13 ( 16 ) On Mother Kelly's Doorstep - Danny La Rue
14 ( 23 ) Hang 'Em High - Booker T & The MG's
15 ( 26 ) Bluebirds Over The Mountain - Beach Boys
16 ( 10 ) Albatross - Fleetwood Mac (#6)
17 ( -- ) I Started A Joke - Bee Gees
18 ( 29 ) People - Tymes
19 ( 18 ) Ride My See-Saw - Moody Blues (#18)
20 ( -- ) Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone

21 ( 14 ) Live In The Sky - Dave Clark Five (#10)
22 ( 17 ) Soulful Strut - Young Holt Unlimited (#16)
23 ( 15 ) Don't Forget To Catch Me - Cliff Richard & The Shadows (#11)
24 ( 25 ) I Shall Be Released - Tremeloes
25 ( 36 ) This Is My Country - Impressions
26 ( 30 ) Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
27 ( 21 ) The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro (#17)
28 ( -- ) There's Gonna Be A Showdown - Archie Bell & The Drells
29 ( 20 ) Lily The Pink - Scaffold (#2[2])
30 ( 19 ) Race With The Devil - Gun (#6)

31 ( -- ) Love Story - Jethro Tull
32 ( 28 ) Ray Of Hope - Rascals (#28)
33 ( -- ) Touch Me - Doors
34 ( 24 ) Private Number - Judy Clay And William Bell (#12)
35 ( 22 ) Eloise - Barry Ryan (#1[6])
36 ( 32 ) If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley (#32)
37 ( 27 ) Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott (#20)
38 ( 34 ) Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero - Rene & Rene (#34)
39 ( -- ) Worst That Could Happen - Brooklyn Bridge
40 ( 31 ) Shame Shame - Magic Lanterns (#24)

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-- ( 33 ) Promises Promises - Dionne Warwick (#13)
-- ( 35 ) Cinnamon - Derek (#22)
-- ( 37 ) Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (#9)
-- ( 38 ) Softly Softly - Equals (#27)
-- ( 39 ) Yours Until Tomorrow - Gene Pitney (#29)
-- ( 40 ) I'm In A Different World - Four Tops (#16)

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-- ( -- ) Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis
-- ( -- ) Baby Let's Wait - Royal Guardsmen

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Ready Or Not Here I Come (5 wks)
02 Bee Gees – I Started A Joke (4 wks)
03 Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People (7 wks)
04 The Dells – Any Body Know I’m Here (2 wks)
05 The Isley Brothers – This Old Heart Of Mine (11 wks)
06 The Goodees – Condition Red (3 wks)
07 Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (8 wks)
08 Aretha Franklin – My Song (6 wks)
09 Troy Shondell – Let's Go All The Way (1 wk)
10 Betty Everett – There’ll Come A Time (2 wks)

11 The Temptations – Cloud Nine (8 wks)
12 Ella Washington – He Called Me Baby (1 wk)
13 Otis Redding – Papas Got A Brandnew Bag (6 wks)
14 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (5 wks)
15 The Four Tops – I'm In A Different World (14 wks)
16 Tammi Terrell – This Old Heart Of Mine (1 wk)
17 Etta James – Almost Persuaded (1 wk)
18 The Turtles – You Showed Me (2 wks)
19 Tom Jones – A Minute Of Your Time (6 wks)
20 The Tymes – People (9 wks)

21 Clarence Carter – Too Weak To Fight (10 wks)
22 Ben E King – Til I Can’t Take It Anymore (3 wks)
23 Nancy Wilson – In A Long White Room (4 wks)
24 Joe South – Games People Play (4 wks)
25 Arthur Conley – Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack (11 wks)
26 Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (SOS) (4 wks)
27 The Esquires – You've Got The Power (5 wks)
28 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Baby Baby Don’t Cry (1 wk)
29 Johnny Cash – Daddy Sang Bass (2 wk)
30 The Moments – Not On The Outside (2 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Fleetwood Mac – Albatross
02(02) Sammy Davis Jr. – I’ve Gotta Be Me
03(05) Booker T & The MGs - Soul Limbo
04(07) Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
05(11) Manfred Mann - Fox On The Run
06(03) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man
07(19) The Move – Blackberry Way
08(04) Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released
09(12) The Casuals – Toy
10(14) Herman's Hermits -Something's Happening

11(20) Beach Boys – Bluebirds Over The Mountain
12(09) Edwin Starr – Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
13(06) Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number
14(08) Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
15(31) Bee Gees – I Started A Joke
16(10) Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw
17(32) Bedrocks – Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
18(13) Dave Clark Five - Live In The Sky
19(15) Marmalade - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
20(16) The Equals - Softly Softly

27(--) The Doors – Touch Me

32(--) Canned Heat – Going Up The Country
40(--) Etta James – Almost Persuaded

43(--) Jethro Tull – Love Story

[popchartfreak]

29th December 1968

It's four weeks on top for The Bee Gees as the quiet bit between New Years and Christmas means very few new entries in the chart and gives under-performing chart positions a chance to have a clearer run. Roy Wood & co are at 2, signs of Christmases to come for the next 50 years, with the Beatlesey Blackberry Way, while The Beatles still dominate the chart. Bonzo Dog rebound cos it peaked way too low due to competition, and Manfred's go top 20 with a chart-topper in my January charts first time round in 1969. The crossover in my top 20 of the time and now is relatively high this week due to the lack of new entries.

Smokey Robinson has a good climb into the 40, as Creedence Clearwater Revival bring Proud Mary straight into the 40 as highest new entry, first of many of those to come over the next 3 years and then nothing until 1976 when they covered the song at number 6. John Fogerty took over after that point as a solo act. Chitty Chitty songs climb, and there may yet be more, Al Wilson is back with a cover of the fab Johnny Rivers hit Poor Side Of Town, Ray Charles also returns and he hasn't stopped dreaming of chart hits even if they fall short of the US Hot 100 at this point, Jethro Tull have a love story (and not one I know to be honest), and a couple of funk tracks sneak in at the bottom, Junior Walker & Sam & Dave both adding to the list of entries for each in a minor way. 



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

11 ( 13 ) SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL The Rolling Stones
12 ( 11 ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun
13 ( 21 ) I’M THE URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
14 ( 19 ) STOP HER ON SIGHT (SOS) Edwin Starr
15 ( 12 ) OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA The Beatles
16 ( 16 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
17 ( 15 ) BACK IN THE USSR The Beatles
18 ( 17 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
19 ( 23 ) FOX ON THE RUN Manfred Mann
20 ( 14 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations

21 ( 18 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU) The Isley Brothers
22 ( 20 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
23 ( 29 ) WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS The Beatles
24 ( 22 ) GOOD NIGHT The Beatles
25 ( 31 ) CRIMSON AND CLOVER Tommy James & The Shondells
26 ( 30 ) CATCHING UP ON FUN The Archies
27 ( 35 ) YOU SHOWED ME The Turtles
28 ( 28 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
29 ( 39 ) SOMETHING’S HAPPENING Herman’s Hermits
30 ( 27 ) BOTH SIDES NOW Judy Collins

31 ( 32 ) I’VE GOTTA BE ME Sammy Davis Jr
32 ( 26 ) SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited
33 ( 36 ) (THERE’S GONNA BE A) SHOWDOWN Archie Bell & The Drells
34 ( 37 ) YOU GOT SOUL Johnny Nash
35 ( 40 ) STONEY END Peggy Lipton
36 ( 34 ) THEME FROM THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Ennio Morricone
37 ( 55 ) BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
38 ( 38 ) ELENORE The Turtles
39 ( 24 ) DO YOU WANNA DANCE The Mamas & The Papas
40 ( NEW ) PROUD MARY Creedence Clearwater Revival

41 ( 33 ) AIN’T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
42 ( 59 ) TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" featuring Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall & Heather Ripley"
43 ( 25 ) BLACKBIRD The Beatles
44 ( 63 ) THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett
45 ( 42 ) MY WORLD Cupid’s Inspiration
46 ( 45 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
47 ( 46 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
48 ( 47 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
49 ( 48 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
50 ( 50 ) I SHALL BE RELEASED The Tremeloes

51 ( 53 ) CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" featuring Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall & Heather Ripley"
52 ( 43 ) RAIN AND TEARS Aphrodite’s Child
53 ( 44 ) CLOUD NINE The Temptations
54 ( 49 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
55 ( 56 ) ARCHIE’S THEME The Archies
56 ( 52 ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
57 ( 54 ) DON’T RAIN ON MY PARADE Barbra Streisand
58 ( 51 ) YOURS UNTIL TOMORROW Gene Pitney
59 ( 60 ) RAINBOW RIDE Andy Kim
60 ( 62 ) FEELIN’ SO GOOD (S.K.O.O.B.Y-.D.O.O) The Archies

61 ( 41 ) HELTER SKELTER The Beatles
62 ( 58 ) STORMY Classics IV
63 ( 64 ) OB-LA-DI-OB-LA-DA Marmalade
64 ( 61 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
65 ( 67 ) MAY I Bill Deal & The Rhondels
66 ( 68 ) CALIFORNIA SOUL The 5th Dimension
67 ( NEW ) POOR SIDE OF TOWN Al Wilson
68 ( NEW ) WHEN I STOP DREAMING Ray Charles
69 ( 72 ) NOT ON THE OUTSIDE The Moments
70 ( NEW ) LOVE STORY Jethro Tull

71 ( 57 ) MY SONG Aretha Franklin
72 ( 74 ) ME OL’ BAMBOO "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"" featuring Dick Van Dyke"
73 ( 65 ) IF I CAN DREAM Elvis Presley
74 ( NEW ) HOME COOKIN’ Jr. Walker & The All Stars
75 ( NEW ) SOUL SISTER, BROWN SUGAR Sam & Dave



Retro Then
1 ( 1 ) BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP The Foundations
2 ( 6 ) SOMETHING'S HAPPENING Herman's Hermits
3 ( 2 ) OB LA DI OB LA DA Marmalade
4 ( 7 ) SON OF A PREACHER MAN Dusty Springfield
5 ( 4 ) AIN'T GOT NO...I GOT LIFE Nina Simone
6 ( 12 ) LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & The Supremes
7 ( 9 ) ONE TWO THREE O'LEARY Des O'Connor
8 ( NEW ) FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder
9 ( 11 ) ELOISE Barry Ryan
10 ( 10 ) I'M A TIGER Lulu

11 ( 14 ) (I'M THE) URBAN SPACEMAN Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
12 ( 16 ) RACE WITH THE DEVIL The Gun
13 ( NEW ) BLACKBERRY WAY The Move
14 ( 15 ) BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE The Bandwagon
15 ( 8 ) A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME Tom Jones
16 ( 19 ) SABRE DANCE Love Sculpture
17 ( 13 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
18 ( RE ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro
19 ( NEW ) PRIVATE NUMBER William Clay & Judy Bell
20 ( NEW ) ALBATROSS Fleetwood Mac

[raliverpool]

04/01/1969

1 Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (3wks 11-2-1)
2 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (7wks 39-18-4-1-1-1-2)
3 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (4wks 19-8-6-3)
4 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (4wks 26-15-8-4)
5 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic (6wks 33-17-6-3-3-5)
6 Young Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut (5wks 32-24-18-12-6)
7 Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup (6wks 21-10-4-4-5-7)
8 Love Sculpture - Sabre Dance (5wks 22-12-7-7-8)
9 Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (2wks 23-9)
10 Temptations - Cloud Nine (6wks 19-14-10-9-9-10)

11 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (8wks 18-3-1-1-2-2-4-11)
12 Donovan - Atlantis (4wks 29-19-16-12)
13 Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream (3wks 25-18-13)
14 Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson And Clover (1wk 14 NEW)
15 Herman's Hermits - Something's Happening (2wks 35-15)
16 Canned Heat - Going Up The Country (2wks 22-16)
17 Clarence Carter - Too Weak To Fight (4wks 37-28-21-17)
18 Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (3wks 29-20-18)
19 BJ Thomas - Hooked On A Feeling (3wks 32-25-19)
20 Rolling Stones - Jigsaw Puzzle (3wks 38-27-20)

21 Beatles - Dear Prudence (5wks 18-13-10-11-21)
22 Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (1wk 22 NEW)
23 Beatles - Blackbird (5wks 30-17-14-13-23)
24 Gun - Race With The Devil (6wks 27-19-15-13-14-24)
25 Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (7wks 18-9-6-5-5-10-25)
26 Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (1wk 26 NEW)

27 Kinks - Picture Book (5wks 33-22-17-19-27)
28 Derek - Cinnamon (4wks 38-31-26-28)
29 Scaffold - Lily The Pink (7wks 26-12-9-9-12-15-29)
30 Impressions - This Is My Country (2wks 37-30)

31 Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Pretty Things - SF Sorrow is Born (4wks 31-24-24-32)
33 Tom Jones - A Minute Of Your Time (4wks 39-34-29-33)
34 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life (10wks 25-19-13-5-3-2-3-6-17-34)
35 Donovan - To Susan On The West Coast Waiting (3wks 35-31-35)
36 Marmalade - Ob La Di Ob La Da (3wks 37-34-36)
37 Beatles - Birthday (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Tom Rush - No Regrets (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Sam & Dave - Soul Sister, Brown Sugar (1wk 39 NEW)

40 Van Morrison - Madame George (1wk 40 NEW)

The psychedelic soul track written by producer Sly Stone, was his anti-hate plea for peace and unity from his mixed race group. It reached USA #1, and was utilized by Arrested Development on their People Everyday single from 1992. The bridges of the song contain the line "different strokes for different folks," which became a popular catchphrase in 1969 (and inspired the name of the later television series, Diff'rent Strokes).

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1 [re] :: Booker T & MGs - SOUL LIMBO
2 [new] :: Doors - TOUCH ME
3 [new] :: Staple Singers - LONG WALK TO D.C.
4 [re] :: Tommy James & Shondells - CRIMSON & CLOVER
5 [new] :: Fleetwood Mac - ALBATROSS
6 [2] :: Bedrocks - OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA
7 [11] :: Beatles - BACK IN THE USSR {White Album LP track}
8 [1] :: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'M THE URBAN SPACEMAN
9 [re] :: Dusty Springfield - SON OF A PREACHER MAN
10 [new] :: Canned Heat - GOING UP THE COUNTRY
11 [10] :: Nina Simone - AIN'T GOT NO, I GOT LIFE
12 [new] :: Edwin Starr - STOP HER ON SIGHT (S.O.S.)
13 [re] :: Judy Clay & William Bell - PRIVATE NUMBER
14 [new] :: Stevie Wonder - FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE
15 [re] :: Bee Gees - I STARTED A JOKE
16 [re] :: Foundations - BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
17 [re] :: Rolling Stones - SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL {Beggars Banquet LP track}
18 [re] :: Love Sculpture - SABRE DANCE
19 [new] :: Move - BLACKBERRY WAY
20 [new] :: Beach Boys - BLUEBIRDS OVER THE MOUNTAINS

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05.01.1969 (Week # 1)
01. (01) Dorthe - Jeder Schotte (4 weeks) (2 weeks at # 1)
02. (02) Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (5 weeks)
03. (07) Anita Bryant - My Cup Runneth Over (2 weeks)
04. (03) Jackie Trent - Hollywood (7 weeks)
05. (05) Paper Dolls - Someday (6 weeks)
06. (08) Nancy Sinatra - Good Time Girl (5 weeks)
07. (04) Judy Collins - Both Sides Now (5 weeks)
08. (06) Petula Clark - I Want To Sing With Your Band (6 weeks)
09. (11) Jeannie C. Riley - The Girl Most Likely (5 weeks)
10. (09) Gene and Debbe - Make A Noise Like Love (11 weeks)

11. (14) Kathy Kirby - Come Back Here With My Heart (3 weeks)
12. (13) Lynn Rogers - Just Loving You (3 weeks)
13. (10) Lulu - I'm A Tiger (9 weeks)
14. (12) Petula Clark - American Boys (7 weeks)
15. (15) Allison Durbin - Don't Come Any Closer (6 weeks)
16. (17) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (12 weeks)
17. (16) Ann-Louise Hanson - Arrivederci Frans! (5 weeks)
18. (18) France Gall - Merci Herr Marquis (11 weeks)
19. (21) Marcie & The Cookies - White Christmas (2 weeks)
20. (19) Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch - Our Little Boat (17 weeks)