Haven Retro Combined Chart : 10.02.1968

[smokeyb]

The Moody Blues still hold of all competition to remain on top for a 5th week, the Love Affair bounce

back to number 2, Manfred Mann is up to 3, Status Quo are at 4 and Amen Corner drop to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week, the highest is Louis Armstrong at number 11.



The biggest climber is Otis Redding who moves up 18 places to number 12.



The biggest faller is the Lemon Pipers who drop 27 places and off the chart.



10.02.1968 (Week # 06)


1 (01) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin - 112 points (17-4-1-1-1-1-1) 7 wks

2 (03) Love Affair - Everlasting Love - 105 points (14-5-2-2-3-2) 6 wks

3 (04) Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn - 101 points (17-4-3) 3 wks

4 (06) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men - 96 points (11-6-4) 3 wks

5 (02) Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me - 93 points (15-3-2-5) 4 wks

6 (05) Beach Boys - Darlin' - 76 points (13-5-5-6) 4 wks

7 (11) Bee Gees - Words - 73 points (31-30-11-7) 4 wks

8 (07) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Some Velvet Morning - 63 points (32-20-11-8-7-8) 6 wks

9 (08) Tremeloes - Suddenly You Love Me  - 56 points (18-9-8-9) 4 wks

10 (09) The Four Tops – Walk Away Renee - 54 points (16-6-6-2-3-3-4-9-10) 9 wks

11 (NE) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - 50 points 1 wk

12 (30) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - 40 points (30-12) 2 wks

13 (NE) Alan Price Set - Don't Stop The Carnival - 39 points 1 wk

14 (10) Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow - 33 points (15-16-19-13-6-6-10-14) 8 wks

15 (15) Classics IV - Spooky - 32 points (37-26-23-15-15) 5 wks

16 (NE) Move - Fire Brigade - 32 points 1 wk

17 (13) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Second That Emotion - 29 points (36-20-15-10-13-18-15-11-7-10-13-17) 12 wks

18 (22) Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving - 27 points (22-18) 2 wks

19 (17) Symbols – Best Part Of Breaking Up - 27 points (16-13-17-19) 4 wks

20 (18) Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra - Love Is Blue - 24 points (38-18-20) 3 wks

21 (21) Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - 22 points (38-39-26-21-21) 5 wks

22 (14) Beatles - Hello Goodbye - 20 points (2-2-2-2-1-1-2-4-12-14-22) 11 wks    

23 (25) Monkees - Daydream Believer - 19 points (25-3-1-1-1-1-1-2-6-14-21-21-25-23) 14 wks

24 (29) PP Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy - 18 points (35-29-24) 3 wks

25 (28) Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind - 17 points (40-31-28-25) 4 wks

26 (24) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Honey Chile - 15 points (34-x-24-26) 3 wks

27 (12) John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - 14 points (40-13-18-11-10-4-5-7-12-27) 10 wks

28 (NE) Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home - 13 points 1 wk

29 (16) Plastic Penny - Everything I Am - 13 points (29-19-12-14-16-29) 6 wks

30 (26) Beatles - Fool On The Hill - 13 points (39-21-8-8-8-9-16-26-30) 9 wks

31 (19) Georgie Fame - Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - 12 points (40-12-10-9-7-8-15-19-31) 9 wks

32 (20) Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - 12 points (6-5-4-5-12-20-20-20-32) 9 wks

33 (NE) Tony Blackburn – So Much Love - 10 points 1 wk

34 (38) Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Kites - 10 points (6-5-4-3-3-5-7-9-17-24-38-34) 12 wks

35 (NE) Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain - 9 points 1 wk

36 (31) Bee Gees - World - 9 points (13-6-5-8-9-14-20-21-24-27-31-36) 12 wks

37 (40) Scott Walker - Jackie - 9 points (9-5-4-3-3-6-10-28-40-37) 10 wks

38 (NE) Don Partridge - Rosie - 8 points 1 wk

39 (32) Brigitte Bardot - Harley Davidson - 8 points (37-32-39) 3 wks

40 (35) Ray Charles - Come Rain Or Shine - 6 points (29-40-35-40) 4 wks



Dropped Out

42 (23) Chris Farlowe - Handbags And Gladrags - 5 points (25-14-9-11-10-14-18-23)

43 (34) Gene Pitney - Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart - 5 points (39-36-24-40-22-7-3-3-4-8-13-16-22-27-29-34)

46 (33) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - 4 points (33)

47 (36) Sandpebbles - Love Power - 4 points (28-28-32-36)

53 (37) Jackie Wilson - You Showed Me How To Be Happy - 1 points (21-23-30-34-37)

54 (27) The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine - 1 points (29-21-18-17-19-19-27)

- (39) Small Faces - Tin Soldier - 0 points (31-23-20-22-24-25-25-39)


Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak & o





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 17.02.1968

1 (2) Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (4 wk)
2 (1) Love Affair - Everlasting Love (7 wk)
3 (5) Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me (5 wk)
4 (4) Englebert Humperdinck - Am I That Easy To Forget (6 wk)
5 (9) Solomon King - She Wears My Ring (7 wk)
6 (3) John Fred & the Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) (7 wk)
7 (6) Tremeloes - Suddenly You Love Me (5 wk)
8 (8) Brenton Wood - Gimmie Little sign (8 wk)
9 (12) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (4 wk)
10 (22) The Move - Fire Brigade (2 wk)
11 (11) Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving (5 wk)
12 (15) Beach Boys - Darlin' (5 wk)
13 (14) Bee Gees - Words (3 wk)
14 (7) Georgie Fame - Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde (10 wk)
15 (10) Plastic Penny - Everything I Am (7 wk)
16 (13) Alan Price Set - Don't Stop The Carnival (3 wk)
17 (16) Monkees - Daydream Believer (14 wk)
18 (23) Foundations - Back On My Feet Again (4 wk)
19 (21) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (8 wk)
20 (19) Tom Jones - I'm Coming Home (13 wk)
21 (26) Anita Harris - Anniversary Waltz (4 wk)
22 (35) Don Partridge - Rosie (2 wk)
23 (40) Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (2 wk)
24 (17) Small Faces - Tin Soldier (11 wk)
25 (18) Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (10 wk)
26 (20) Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (10 wk)
27 (25) Symbols - Best Part Of Breaking Up (7 wk)
28 (36) American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me (2 wk)
29 (49) Sandie Shaw - Today (2 wk)
30 (31) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Honey Chile (5 wk)
31 (28) Englebert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz (26 wk)
32 (NE) Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (1 wk)
33 (45) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (2 wk)
34 (24) The Herd - Paradise Lost (9 wk)
35 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (1 wk)
36 (27) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion (8 wk)
37 (32) Bee Gees - World (13 wk)
38 (29) Traffic - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (12 wk)
39 (37) Tony Blackburn - So Much In Love (4 wk)
40 (39) Diana Ross & the Supremes - In And Out Of Love (12 wk)
41 (46) PP Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy (4 wk)
42 (NE) Otis Redding - My Girl (1 wk)
43 (NE) Grapefruit - Dear Delilah (1 wk)
44 (44) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (5 wk)
45 (33) Val Doonican - If The Whole World Stopped Loving (18 wk)
46 (41) Des O'Connor - Careless Hands (16 wk)
47 (NE) Eric Burden & Animals - Sky Pilot (1 wk)
48 (30) Beatles - Hello Goodbye (12 wk)
49 (38) Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - Kites (13 wk)
50 (50) Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me (56 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=17&ChMonth=02&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

1 (3) Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (4 wks)
2 (1) Love Affair - Everlasting Love (7 wks)
3 (5) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (4 wks)
4 (2) Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me (5 wks)
5 (15) The Move - Fire Brigade (2 wks)
6 (11) Alan Price Set - Don't Stop The Carnival (3 wks)
7 (4) Tremeloes - Suddenly You Love Me (5 wks)
8 (14) Bee Gees - Words (3 wks)
9 (10) Classic IV - Spooky (4 wks)
10 (20) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (2 wks)
11 (6) Beach Boys - Darlin' (6 wks)
12 (7) Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow (6 wks)
13 (8) Four Tops - Walk Away Renee (10 wks)
14 (21) Don Partridge - Rosie (2 wks)
15 (9) Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving (5 wks)
16 (17) Foundations - Back On My Feet Again (4 wks)
17 (NE) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (1 wk)
18 (12) Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (8 wks)
19 (13) Symbols - The Best Part Of Breaking Up (7 wks)
20 (26) Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (2 wks)
21 (22) American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me (3 wks)
22 (NE) Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (1 wk)
23 (16) Plastic Penny - Everything I Am (7 wks)
24 (18) Chris Farlow - Handbags and Gladrags (10 wks)
25 (19) John Fred & the Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) (9 wks)
26 (NE) Otis Redding - My Girl (1 wk)
27 (NE) Grapefruit - Dear Delilah (1 wk)
28 (23) Spencer Davis Group - Mr Second Class (6 wks)
29 (24) Georgie Fame - Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde (10 wks)
30 (27) Beatles - Fool On The Hill (9 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(01) Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
02(02) Manfred Mann – Mighty Quinn
03(03) Bee Gees - Words
04(11) Tony Blackburn – So Much Love
05(13) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
06(23) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
07(--) Otis Redding – My Girl
08(15) Alan Price Set - Don't Stop The Carnival
09(04) Love Affair – Everlasting Love
10(30) Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine

11(05) Amen Corner – Bend Me Shape Me
12(07) Tremeloes - Suddenly You Love Me
13(06) Beach Boys – Darlin’
14(09) Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving
15(08) Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
16(26) The Move – Fire Brigade
17(18) P.P. Arnold - (If You Think You're) Groovy
18(20) Elvis Presley – Guitar Man
19(10) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – I Second That Emotion
20(12) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood – Some Velvet Morning

21(32) Paul Mauriat Orchestra – Love Is Blue
22(--)Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu
23(35) Don Partridge – Rosie
24(14) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Honey Chile
25(16) John Fred & the Playboy Band - Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)
26(19) Chris Farlowe – Handbags And Gladrags
27(17) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
28(21) Robert Knight – Everlasting Love
29(36) Sandie Shaw – Today
30(25) Foundations - Back On My Feet Again

31(22) Plastic Penny – Everything I Am
32(--)Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella
33(24) Brenton Wood – Gimme Little Sign
34(39) American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me
35(28) The Cowsills – We Can Fly
36(29) Anita Harris - Anniversary Waltz
37(27) The Four Tops – Walk Away Renee
38(31) Solomon King – She Wears My Ring
39(--)Grapefruit - Dear Delilah
40(--)Eric Burden & The Animals - Sky Pilot

[raliverpool]

17/02/1968

1 Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (4wks 33-17-5-1)
2 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning (7wks 29-12-7-5-1-1-2)
3 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (7wks 24-15-9-6-3-2-3)
4 Love Affair - Everlasting Love (6wks 21-10-8-4-3-4)
5 Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years From Home (3wks 19-8-5)
6 Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue (4wks 15-9-6-6)
7 Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind (6wks 29-12-7-6-4-7)
8 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (2wks 26-8)
9 Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (3wks 24-14-9)
10 Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me (5wks 25-10-7-7-10)

11 Move - Fire Brigade (2wks 18-11)
12 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (3wks 23-16-12)
13 Classics IV - Spooky (6wks 30-23-18-14-11-13)
14 Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain (4wks 20-15-12-14)
15 Alan Price Set - Don't Stop The Carnival (2wks 19-15)
16 Beach Boys - Darlin' (5wks 27-16-11-10-16)
17 Dionne Warwick - (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls (3wks 25-17-17)
18 Impressions - We're A Winner (2wks 30-18)
19 Georgie Fame - Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde (8wks 25-13-8-3-2-2-9-19)
20 Madeline Bell - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (2wks 31-20)

21 Leonard Cohen - Sisters of Mercy (2wks 29-21)
22 Monkees - Cuddly Toy (2wks 27-22)
23 Brigitte Bardot - Harley Davidson (5wks 18-11-10-13-23)
24 Small Faces - I Feel Much Better (4wks 31-20-21-24)
25 Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving (3wks 32-28-25)
26 Tremeloes - Suddenly You Love Me (4wks 29-21-22-26)
27 Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow (7wks 18-7-2-1-5-15-27)
28 Don Partridge - Rosie (1wk 28 NEW)
29 David Bowie - In the Heat of the Morning (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Pretty Things - Talking About the Good Times (2wks 39-30)

31 Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (8wks 26-14-9-6-4-8-20-31)
32 Doors - When The Music's Over (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Eric Burden & The Animals - Sky Pilot (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Doors - Moonlight Drive (5wks 29-23-18-25-34)
35 Elvis Presley - Guitar Man (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Small Faces - Tin Soldier (9wks 21-8-3-2-1-3-12-24-36)
37 Human Beinz - Nobody But Me (6wks 22-15-12-13-23-37)
38 Sandie Shaw - Today (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Grapefruit - Dear Delilah (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Michel Polnareff - Le Bal des Laze (1wk 40 NEW)

The Bromley born David Jones final release on Deram records before getting dropped, was this charming groovy Sunshine pop track, covered decades later by The Last Shadow Puppets.

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Love Affair - EVERLASTING LOVE
2 [1] :: Four Tops - WALK AWAY RENEE
3 [4] :: Status Quo - PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN
4 [3] :: Bee Gees - WORDS
5 [6] :: Louis Armstrong - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
6 [7] :: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I SECOND THAT EMOTION
7 [5] :: Moody Blues - NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
8 [10] :: Manfred Mann - MIGHTY QUINN
9 [8] :: PP Arnold - (IF YOU THINK YOU'RE) GROOVY
10 [12] :: Nina Simone - I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE {Silk & Soul LP track}
11 [new] :: Marvin Gaye - YOU
12 [new] :: Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - LEGEND OF XANADU
13 [11] :: Amen Corner - BEND ME SHAPE ME
14 [9] :: Beach Boys - DARLIN'
15 [19] :: Alan Price Set - DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL
16 [13] :: Don Partridge - ROSIE
17 [new] :: David Bowie - IN THE HEAT OF THE MORNING
18 [new] :: Wilson Pickett - JEALOUS LOVE
19 [14] :: John Fred & the Playboy Band - JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES)
20 [16] :: Bee Gees - WORLD


It bubbled under the British chart for just a single week, although it made the US Top 40. The first single from Marvin Gaye's In The Groove LP, which was later to yield "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".

[Whitneyfan]

I have just checked The Moody Blues chart run for 'Nights In White Satin' and had no idea it never climbed any higher than #9 (and that was on its 1972 re-release). I always assmued it was a massive hit.

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 7 ) Fire Brigade - Move
3 ( 3 ) The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
4 ( 11 ) What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
5 ( 2 ) Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues (#1[5])
6 ( -- ) Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon And The Animals
7 ( 6 ) Some Velvet Morning - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood (#6)
8 ( 9 ) Don't Stop The Carnival - Alan Price Set
9 ( -- ) Legend Of Xanadu - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
10 ( 4 ) Suddenly You Love Me - Tremeloes (#2[2])

11 ( 5 ) Bend Me Shape Me - Amen Corner (#3)
12 ( 8 ) Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo (#8)
13 ( 16 ) Words - Bee Gees
14 ( 23 ) Rosie - Don Partridge
15 ( 12 ) Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat (#12)
16 ( -- ) Cinderella Rockefella - Esther & Abi Ofarim
17 ( 20 ) You - Marvin Gaye
18 ( 10 ) Spooky - Classics IV (#4)
19 ( 19 ) (If You Think You're) Groovy - PP Arnold
20 ( 31 ) Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co

21 ( -- ) Dear Delilah - Grapefruit
22 ( 14 ) She's A Rainbow - Rolling Stones (#8)
23 ( 15 ) Darlin' - Beach Boys (#9)
24 ( 13 ) Everything I Am - Plastic Penny (#2[1])
25 ( 25 ) Sunday Morning - Spanky And Our Gang
26 ( -- ) I Thank You - Sam & Dave
27 ( 18 ) Two Little Kids - Peaches And Herb (#13)
28 ( 35 ) Today - Sandie Shaw
29 ( 17 ) Love Power - Sandpebbles (#5)
30 ( 21 ) I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving - Herman's Hermits (#19)

31 ( 30 ) We Can Fly - Cowsills (#30)
32 ( 27 ) Back On My Feet Again - Foundations (#27)
33 ( 22 ) Mr Second Class - Spencer Davis Group (#17)
34 ( 28 ) I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (#23)
35 ( -- ) There Is - Dells
36 ( 26 ) Tell Mama - Etta James (#11)
37 ( 24 ) Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band (#2[2])
38 ( -- ) The End Of Our Road - Gladys Knight & The Pips
39 ( 32 ) Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill (#26)
40 ( 29 ) My Baby Must Be A Magician - Marvelettes (#19)

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-- ( 33 ) Green Tambourine - Lemon Pipers (#4)
-- ( 34 ) Best Of Both Worlds - Lulu (#23)
-- ( 36 ) Kites - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound (#1[4])
-- ( 37 ) Explosion (In Your Soul) - Soul Survivors (#32)
-- ( 38 ) Paradise Lost - Herd (#12)
-- ( 39 ) Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man - Dubliners (#8)
-- ( 40 ) Too Much Of Nothing - Peter Paul & Mary (#18)

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-- ( -- ) There Was A Time - James Brown

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This song is 7 and a half minutes long. Only peaked at #40 in the UK but in the USA it will chart a bit later in the year and peak at #14. In my chart it gets the highest new entry this week at #6.

[o]

1 Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
2 Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
3 Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me
4 Symbols - Best Part Of Breaking Up
5 Beach Boys - Darlin'
6 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World
7 Monkees - Daydream Believer
8 Love Affair - Everlasting Love
9 Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
10 The Move - Fire Brigade
11 Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
12 Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu
13 Four Tops - Walk Away Renee
14 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Honey Chile
15 Otis Redding - My Girl
16 Bee Gees - Words
17 Beatles - Hello Goodbye
18 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second That Emotion
19 American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me
20 Eric Burden & Animals - Sky Pilot

[popchartfreak]

10th February 1967

It's straight in at 1 for one of yet 2 more tracks from my dad's vinyl (Australian)16 Big Hits album, and a major classic to any kids catching Dave Dee on Top Of The Pops with the Spanish sounds of The Legend Of Xanadu and his whip and leather trousers. I was SO happy to catch Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich reunited for one last tour a year or two before Dave's sad passing, such a great under-rated back-catalogue of singles - and this one isn't even the jewel in the crown for me, though it's close. The other track on the album was also a UK chart-topper - but not until October! The Good The Bad & The Ugly is the second Hugo Montenegro cover of a Spaghetti western classic theme, and it will appear again later in the year when I start showcasing my charts as they were then (I started in September) but in the meantime I'm carrying on doing charts as if there was streaming in 1967 - as in, available everywhere in the world at the same time, and everything eligible to chart.

Talking of which, the Love classic flop (later covered in 1987 by The Damned very well) Alone Again Or was released in January and since it never charted is entering here and now at 3, in case no-one else picks up on it as a Bubbling Under or whatever. It's a work of genius, understated, moody and flamenco-ish to boot. The Delfonics go top 10 for the first time (I was out the country in 1971 when it charted in the UK, so I didn't get to hear it till a year or so later, post-chart-run) with the fab future much-sampled and Swing Out Sister hit covered, La La Means I Love You. At 10, The Cowsills get a second top 10 - not bad for a melodic pop ditty I'd never heard until a few weeks ago, but which I'm currently obsessed by on my car CD. 

Had I been charting in Feb 1968 the record most-likely to have topped my chart enters at 52, Esther & Abi Ofarim - I was a huge fan of Morticia-like Esther and the song. My love hasn't stayed over the years, but it's sweet enough in an oddball fashion. O.C. Smith is another US (minor) hit I associate with being bigger later in the year, but at the time I totally thought it was a Tramp - a stick and rolled-up hanging bag, top-hat-wearing moth-eaten be-suited Hobo. How naive I was! I always wondered what Hickory Holler was doing hanging around with a Tramp! O.C had to wait 9 years for another hit.

Otis gets knocked off the top spot, but posthumously covers the Temptations classic to great effect, new in, Pet Clark has a melodic minor one I actually do know, and ditto Sky Pilot, but the rest of the new entries are all new to me. Billy Vera & Judy Clay get a second entry with a good country-soul blend, Bowie improves on The Laughing Gnome and somehow I have managed to never hear this one in my life! Who Knew! Raymond Levere, is lush and instrumental and very 1968, but nice, and that's all folks!


1 ( NEW ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
2 ( 1 ) (SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
3 ( NEW ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
4 ( 2 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
5 ( 9 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
6 ( 3 ) WORDS The Bee Gees
7 ( 5 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues
8 ( 16 ) LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics
9 ( 4 ) EVERLASTING LOVE The Love Affair
10 ( 19 ) WE CAN FLY The Cowsills

11 ( 7 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
12 ( 6 ) PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo
13 ( 8 ) FOOL ON THE HILL The Beatles
14 ( 11 ) KITES Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
15 ( 10 ) WALK AWAY RENEE The Four Tops
16 ( NEW ) THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
17 ( 12 ) JACKIE Scott Walker
18 ( 14 ) DON’T STOP THE CARNIVAL The Alan Price Set
19 ( 34 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Madeline Bell
20 ( 23 ) TOMORROW NEVER COMES Glen Campbell

21 ( 17 ) WORLD The Bee Gees
22 ( 22 ) BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN The Foundations
23 ( 13 ) SUDDENLY YOU LOVE ME The Tremeloes
24 ( 20 ) MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles
25 ( 15 ) COME RAIN OR COME SHINE Ray Charles
26 ( 29 ) CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata & The Delrons
27 ( 18 ) YOU’RE YOUNG AND YOU’LL FORGET Glen Campbell
28 ( 30 ) MIGHTY QUINN Manfred Mann
29 ( 27 ) I AM THE WALRUS The Beatles
30 ( 36 ) I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOUR LOVING Herman’s Hermits

31 ( 25 ) ONE Harry Nilsson
32 ( 24 ) YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW The Beatles
33 ( 21 ) LOVE IS BLUE Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra
34 ( 31 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees
35 ( 26 ) BEND ME SHAPE ME Amen Corner
36 ( 33 ) DIFFERENT DRUM The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt
37 ( 32 ) I’D RATHER GO BLIND Etta James
38 ( 42 ) DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly & The Family Stone
39 ( 45 ) FIRE BRIGADE The Move
40 ( 47 ) ROSIE Don Partridge

41 ( 35 ) ANNIVERSARY WALTZ Anita Harris
42 ( 28 ) HEY LITTLE ONE Glen Campbell
43 ( 48 ) GUITAR MAN Elvis Presley
44 ( 50 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN The Temptations
45 ( 41 ) MASSACHUSSETS (THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN) The Bee Gees
46 ( 53 ) A QUESTION OF TEMPERATURE The Balloon Farm
47 ( 56 ) TRY IT Ohio Express
48 ( 46 ) BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Glen Campbell
49 ( 37 ) PARADISE LOST The Herd
50 ( 52 ) THAT’S ALL RIGHT Brenda Lee

51 ( 40 ) GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers
52 ( NEW ) CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim
53 ( 38 ) BEND ME SHAPE ME The American Breed
54 ( 55 ) SIMON SAYS 1910 Fruitgum Company
55 ( NEW ) THE SON OF HICKORY HOLLER’S TRAMP O.C. Smith
56 ( 39 ) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Lalo Schifrin
57 ( 69 ) TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES The Pretty Things
58 ( 43 ) BACK UP TRAIN Al Green & The Soul Mates
59 ( NEW ) MY GIRL Otis Redding
60 ( 61 ) CARPET MAN The 5th Dimension

61 ( 51 ) SPOOKY Classics IV
62 ( 71 ) CUDDLY TOY The Monkees
63 ( 68 ) TODAY Sandie Shaw
64 ( 64 ) DEAR DELILAH Grapefruit
65 ( NEW ) KISS ME GOODBYE Petula Clark
66 ( 74 ) WE’RE A WINNER The Impressions
67 ( 67 ) JUST DROPPED IN (TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
68 ( 44 ) KITTY Cat Stevens
69 ( NEW ) IN THE HEAT OF THE MORNING David Bowie
70 ( NEW ) SOUL COAXING (AME CALINE) Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra

71 ( 49 ) YOU Marvin Gaye
72 ( NEW ) COUNTRY GIRL - CITY MAN Billy Vera & Judy Clay
73 ( 73 ) THE END OF OUR ROAD Gladys Knight & The Pips
74 ( 54 ) THERE IS The Dells
75 ( NEW ) SKY PILOT Eric Burden & The Animals