Haven Retro Combined Chart : 30.03.1968

[smokeyb]

Tom Jones gets a second week on top, with former number 1 Otis Redding still in second place.

After entering at 4 last week, the Beatles only move up 1 place to 3, Louis Armstrong moves

back up to 4 again and Dave Dee slips a couple of places to number 5.



There are 11 new entries this week, the highest is the Honeybus at number 16.



The biggest climber is Cilla Black who moves up 16 places to number 19.



The biggest faller is the Temptations who drop 35 places from number 22.


30.03.1968 (Week # 13)

1 (01) Tom Jones – Delilah - 129 points (7-3-2-1-1) 5 wks

2 (02) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - 115 points (30-12-11-1-1-1-1-2-2) 9 wks

3 (04) Beatles - Lady Madonna - 92 points (4-3) 2 wks

4 (05) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - 77 points (11-5-2-3-4-4-5-4) 8 wks

5 (03) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu - 75 points (10-3-2-2-3-3-5) 7 wks

6 (14) Cliff Richard - Congratulations - 62 points (14-6) 2 wks

7 (13) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You - 55 points (13-7) 2 wks

8 (07) The Delfonics - La-La Meams I Love You - 55 points (33-31-30-18-16-7-8) 7 wks

9 (08) Four Tops - If I were A Carpenter - 51 points (13-8-9) 3 wks

10 (11) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty - 49 points (29-11-10) 3 wks

11 (19) Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship - 49 points (19-11) 2 wks

12 (10) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl - 45 points (39-34-32-19-10-12) 6 wks

13 (16) Monkees - Valleri - 41 points (33-17-16-13) 4 wks

14 (06) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper - 39 points (30-11-6-5-6-14) 6 wks

15 (18) Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 36 points (27-18-15) 3 wks

16 (NE) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go - 30 points 1 wk

17 (31) Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - 27 points (40-x-38-36-31-17) 5 wks

18 (NE) Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No) - 27 points 1 wk

19 (35) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love - 24 points (35-19) 2 wks

20 (12) Lulu - Me The Peaceful Heart - 24 points (21-12-12-20) 4 wks

21 (17) Elvis Presley – Guitar Man - 21 points (21-9-9-8-17-21) 6 wks

22 (NE) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey - 21 points 1 wk

23 (NE) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles - 21 points 1 wk

24 (NE) Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair (Canticle) - 20 points 1 wk

25 (NE) Joe Simon – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On - 19 points 1 wk

26 (NE) Four Jacks And A Jill – Master Jack - 18 points 1 wk

27 (24) Eric Burdon And The Animals - Sky Pilot - 17 points (27-26-25-24-28-24-27) 7 wks

28 (NE) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time - 17 points 1 wk

29 (36) Equals - I Get So Excited - 17 points (28-30-36-29) 4 wks

30 (30) PJ Proby - It's Your Day Today - 17 points (30-30) 2 wks

31 (38) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Sundown, Sundown - 17 points (38-31) 2 wks

32 (20) Otis Redding - My Girl - 17 points (19-13-10-10-11-20-32) 7 wks

33 (23) The Four Tops - Walk Away Renee - 17 points (16-6-6-2-3-3-4-9-10-14-11-36-16-21-23-33) 16 wks

34 (27) Madeline Bell - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - 16 points (27-26-20-27-34) 5 wks

35 (09) Don Partridge - Rosie - 16 points (38-20-18-15-11-6-9-35) 8 wks

36 (NE) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls - 16 points 1 wk

37 (21) Aretha Franklin - Since You've Been Gone - 15 points (14-21-37) 3 wks

38 (NE) Solomon Burke - Party People - 14 points 1 wk

39 (NE) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby - 14 points 1 wk


40 (33) Dave Clark Five - No One Can Break A Heart Like You - 14 points (33-40) 2 wks



Dropped Out

41 (37) Bee Gees - Words - 13 points (31-30-11-7-6-7-8-13-15-37)

42 (15) Move - Fire Brigade - 13 points (16-8-6-6-8-7-15)

43 (26) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men - 13 points (11-6-4-2-5-5-7-9-26)

45 (28) Brenton Wood – Gimme Little Sign - 13 points (34-25-22-22-x-x-25-28-30-31-28)

46 (32) Bob Dylan - All Along The Watchtower- 12 points (36-34-32)

47 (25) Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn - 12 points (17-4-3-1-4-4-5-10-25)

48 (40) Love - Alone Again Or - 12 points (23-19-16-15-26-40)

50 (29) Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - 10 points (20-17-23-29)

51 (34) Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love - 9 points (34-31-31-32-34)

55 (39) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Honey Chile - 7 points (34-x-24-26-40-24-22-25-33-39)

57 (22) Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain - 7 points (35-40-x-19-24-22)


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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 06.04.1968

1 (1) Beatles - Lady Madonna (3 wk)
2 (2) Tom Jones - Delilah (6 wk)
3 (8) Cliff Richard - Congratulations (3 wk)
4 (3) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (7 wk)
5 (6) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (9 wk)
6 (4) Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (8 wk)
7 (10) Four Tops - If Iwere A Carpenter (4 wk)
8 (5) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (8 wk)
9 (12) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (4 wk)
10 (7) Don Partridge - Rosie (9 wk)
11 (18) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time (4 wk)
12 (14) Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue (7 wk)
13 (9) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper (7 wk)
14 (11) Lulu - Me The Peaceful Heart (6 wk)
15 (21) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your ship (3 wk)
16 (20) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty (4 wk)
17 (13) The Move - Fire Brigade (9 wk)
18 (33) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (3 wk)
19 (41) Monkees - Valleri (2 wk)
20 (27) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (4 wk)
21 (15) Solomon King - She Wears My Ring (14 wk)
22 (17) Beach Boys - Darlin' (12 wk)
23 (44) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (2 wk)
24 (39) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (3 wk)
25 (16) Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (9 wk)
26 (19) Elvis Presley - Guitar Man (7 wk)
27 (42) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (3 wk)
28 (26) Jeff Beck - Love Is Blue (6 wk)
29 (23) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (11 wk)
30 (28) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls (4 wk)
31 (35) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart (4 wk)
32 (43) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (2 wk)
33 (49) Bee Gees - Jumbo/Singer Sang His Song (2 wk)
34 (22) Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me (12 wk)
35 (48) Scaffold - Do You Remember (2 wk)
36 (NE) Gene Pitney - Somewhere In My Country (1 wk)
37 (50) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind (2 wk)
38 (24) Bee Gees - Words (10 wk)
39 (34) Sam & Dave - I Thank You (4 wk)
40 (29) Englebert Humperdinck - Am I That Easy To Forget (13 wk)
41 (31) Dave Clark Five - No One Can Break A Heart Like You (6 wk)
42 (NE) Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1 wk)
43 (30) Grapefruit - Dear Delilah (8 wk)
44 (36) Otis Redding - My Girl (8 wk)
45 (45) Jim Reeves - Pretty Brown Eyes (2 wk)
46 (25) Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (11 wk)
47 (NE) Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue/Rave On (1 wk)
48 (46) PJ Proby - It's Your Day Today (5 wk)
49 (NE) Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - For Whom The Bell Tolls ( 1 wk)
50 (NE) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait ( 1 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=06&ChMonth=04&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[o]

1 Beatles – Lady Madonna
2 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
3 Donovan – Jennifer Juniper
4 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
5 Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You
6 Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
7 Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu
8 Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue
9 Buddy Holly – Rave on
10 Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
11 Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
12 Bill Haley – Rock around the clock
13 Cliff Richard – Congratulations
14 Sly and the Family Stone – Dance to the music
15 Tom Jones – Delilah
16 The Move - Fire Brigade
17 Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Honey Chile
18 Bee Gees - Words
19 Otis Redding - My Girl
20 Equals - I Get So Excited

[raliverpool]

06/04/1968

1 Tom Jones - Delilah (5wks 16-9-3-1-1)
2 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (6wks 36-24-17-10-5-2)
3 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (7wks 25-20-15-11-7-4-3)
4 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl (4wks 25-14-6-4)
5 Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (4wks 24-11-7-5)
6 Cliff Richard - Congratulations (2wks 18-6)
7 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (7wks 9-3-2-2-1-2-7)
8 Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (3wks 24-12-8)
9 Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (4wks 32-18-10-9)
10 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (9wks 26-8-2-1-1-1-2-3-10)

11 Monkees - Valeri (4wks 20-15-13-11)
12 Delfonics - La-La-Means I Love You (6wks 22-11-6-5-8-12)
13 Nancy Sinatra - 100 Years (2wks 23-13)
14 Donovan - Jennifer Juniper (6wks 19-8-5-6-9-14)
15 Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter (4wks 36-25-19-15)
16 Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair (Canticle) (5wks 34-29-23-20-16)
17 Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty (3wks 36-27-17)
18 Beatles - Lady Madonna (3wks 29-22-18)
19 Lulu - Me The Peaceful Heart (5wks 31-19-13-14-19)
20 Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (3wks 40-31-20)

21 Aretha Franklin - (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone (6wks 33-23-18-17-17-21)
22 Percy Sledge - Take Time To Know Her (1wk 22 NEW)

23 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) (7wks 13-8-6-4-4-11-23)
24 James Brown - I Got The Feelin' (2wks 33-24)
25 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest (5wks 20-14-12-16-27)
28 Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Want (5wks 39-33-28-24-29)
30 Don Partridge - Rosie (8wks 28-18-14-9-7-8-15-30)

31 Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart (3wks 38-32-31)
32 Bee Gees - And The Sun Will Shine (3wks 31-26-32)
33 Fleetwood Mac - Merry Go Round (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Monkees - Tapioca Tundra (2wks 36-34)
35 Sweet Inspirations - Sweet Inspiration (2wks 35-35)
36 Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (3wks 37-34-36)
37 Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Love - A House Is Not A Motel (3wks 30-28-38)
39 Move - Fire Brigade (9wks 18-11-5-5-4-3-9-21-39)
40 Dr John - I Walk on Guilded Splinters (1wk 40 NEW)

The USA #11 title track of the Atlantic soul artist's 1968 album. This morallising tale of a track was written by Steve Davis. Interesting!

[Shireblogger]

1 [1] :: Beatles - LADY MADONNA
2 [2] :: Otis Redding - (SITTIN 'ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
3 [3] :: Louis Armstrong - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
4 [4] :: Elvis Presley - GUITAR MAN
5 [6] :: Cliff Richard - CONGRATULATIONS
6 [5] :: Tom Jones - DELILAH
7 [new] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - IF YOU CAN WANT
8 [7] :: Solomon Burke - PARTY PEOPLE
9 [new] :: Eddie Floyd - BIG BIRD
10 [8] :: Showstoppers - AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HOUSEPARTY
11 [10] :: Four Tops - IF I WERE A CARPENTER
12 [13] :: Simon & Garfunkel - SCARBOROUGH FAIR - CANTICLE
13 [15] :: Aretha Franklin - SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE (SWEET SWEET BABY)
14 [11] :: Archie Bell & Drells - TIGHTEN UP
15 [new] :: Gene Pitney - SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY
16 [18] :: Monkees - VALLERI
17 [9] :: Bob Dylan - ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER {John Wesley Harding LP track}
18 [new] :: Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
19 [20] :: Sam & Dave - WRAP IT UP {I Thank You B-side}
20 [12] :: Bob Dylan - I'LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT {John Wesley Harding LP track}

[Whitneyfan]

01(01)Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
02(03) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You
03(13) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go
04(02) Tom Jones – Delilah
05(05) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls
06(09) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart
07(17) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says
08(15) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your ship
09(06) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
10(10) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty

11(29) Scaffold - Do You Remember
12(14) Sam & Dave - I Thank You
13(19) The Beatles - Lady Madonna
14(11) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time
15(04) PJ Proby - It's Your Day Today
16(07) Dave Clark Five - No One Can Break A Heart Like You
17(20) Cliff Richard – Congratulations
18(25) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby
19(31) Bee Gees - Jumbo
20(08) Equals - I Get So Excited

21(33) Monkees - Valleri
22(34) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
23(35) Neil Diamond – Red Red Wine
24(38) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples
25(12) Don Partridge – Rosie
26(16) Grapefruit - Dear Delilah
27(40) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind
28(39) Jim Reeves - Pretty Brown Eyes
29(18) Classics IV – Spooky
30(22) Jeff Beck – Love Is Blue

31(23) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu
32(21) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper
33(24) The Troggs - Little Girl
34(--)Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait
35(26) Traffic - No Face, No Name And No Number
36(--)Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - For Whom The Bell Tolls
37(27) Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter
38(30) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love
39(28) Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
40(--)Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Beatles - Lady Madonna (3 wks)
2 (2) Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter (5 wks)
3 (19) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (2 wks)
4 (7) Cliff Richard - Congratulations (3 wks)
5 (12) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (3 wks)
6 (6) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty (4 wks)
7 (9) The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You (3 wks)
8 (8) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (4 wks)
9 (13) Monkees - Valleri (3 wks)
10 (3) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (8 wks)
11 (5) Tom Jones - Delilah (6 wks)
12 (16) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (3 wks)
13 (4) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (7 wks)
14 (17) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart (4 wks)
15 (15) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (3 wks)
16 (14) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time (4 wks)
17 (10) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (4 wks)
18 (11) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper (7 wks)
19 (18) The Move - Fire Brigade (9 wks)
20 (30) Scaffold - Do You Remember (2 wks)
21 (23) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (2 wks)
22 (20) Don Partridge - Rosie (9 wks)
23 (21) Otis Redding - My Girl (8 wks)
24 (22) Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (11 wks)
25 (NE) Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country (1 wk)
26 (24) Lulu - Me The Peaceful Heart (6 wks)
27 (25) Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (11 wks)
28 (NE) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (1 wk)
29 (NE) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (1 wk)
30 (NE) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (1 wk)

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – La-La Means I Love You
02 Joe Simon – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
03 Four Jacks And A Jill – Master Jack
04 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait
05 The Four Tops – Walk Away Renee
06 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
07 Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
08 Four Tops - If I were A Carpenter
09 Bobby Taylor - Does Your Mama Know About Me
10 Brenton Wood - Gimmie Little sign

11 Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your ship
12 Otis Redding - My Girl
13 William Bell – Every Man Oughta Have A Woman
14 Tom Jones – Delilah
15 Aretha Franklin – Ain't No Way
16 The Mighty Marvelows – In The Morning
17 Foundations - Back On My Feet Again
18 The Sandpebbles - If You Didn't Hear Me The First Time (I'll Say It Again)
19 Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty
20 Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind

21 The Violinaires – I Don't Know
22 Aretha Franklin - Since You've Been Gone
23 Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
24 Nancy Sinatra – 100 Years
25 Sam & Dave - I Thank You
26 Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart
27 Ollie And The Nightingales - I Got A Sure Thing
28 Archie Bell And The Drells – Tighten Up
29 Bee Gees - Jumbo/Singer Sang His Song
30 Scaffold - Do You Remember

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Congratulations - Cliff Richard < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Captain Of Your Ship - Reparata And The Delrons
3 ( 2 ) Delilah - Tom Jones (#1[2])
4 ( 6 ) Lady Madonna - Beatles
5 ( 14 ) Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
6 ( 8 ) I Can't Let Maggie Go - Honeybus
7 ( 16 ) Jennifer Eccles - Hollies
8 ( 4 ) Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon And The Animals (#1[2])
9 ( 7 ) Young Girl - Union Gap (#7)
10 ( 5 ) I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Madeline Bell (#5)

11 ( 19 ) Do You Remember? - Scaffold
12 ( 10 ) Scarborough Fair (Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel (#10)
13 ( 21 ) Tapioca Tundra - Monkees
14 ( -- ) The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro
15 ( 11 ) Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No) - Paper Dolls (#11)
16 ( 24 ) I've Got You On My Mind - Dorian Gray
17 ( 9 ) Dance To The Music - Sly And The Family Stone (#9)
18 ( 15 ) Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty - Showstoppers (#15)
19 ( 26 ) Sweet Inspiration - Sweet Inspirations
20 ( 20 ) Green Light - American Breed

21 ( 13 ) Me The Peaceful Heart - Lulu (#7)
22 ( 12 ) Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream (#3)
23 ( 23 ) If I Only Had Time - John Rowles
24 ( 18 ) Valleri - Monkees (#13)
25 ( 22 ) Playboy - Gene & Debbe (#22)
26 ( 25 ) A Question Of Temperature - Balloon Farm (#25)
27 ( 17 ) Guitar Man - Elvis Presley (#6)
28 ( 31 ) Country Girl City Man - Billy Vera & Judy Clay
29 ( 39 ) Jumbo - Bee Gees
30 ( 30 ) Cry Like A Baby - Box Tops

31 ( -- ) The Unicorn - Irish Rovers
32 ( -- ) For Whom The Bell Tolls - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound
33 ( -- ) Ame Caline - Raymond LaFevre
34 ( 27 ) Men Are Gettin' Scarce - Joe Tex (#15)
35 ( 29 ) Jennifer Juniper - Donovan (#7)
36 ( 28 ) Legend Of Xanadu - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich (#5)
37 ( 37 ) No Face No Name No Number - Traffic (#33)
38 ( -- ) Security - Etta James
39 ( -- ) Funky Street - Arthur Conley
40 ( 32 ) Fire Brigade - Move (#2[2])

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-- ( 33 ) (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding (#1[3])
-- ( 34 ) Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - First Edition (#10)
-- ( 35 ) Dear Delilah - Grapefruit (#13)
-- ( 36 ) I Get So Excited - Equals (#18)
-- ( 38 ) Cab Driver - Mills Brothers (#26)
-- ( 40 ) Too Much Talk - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#19)

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-- ( -- ) Somewhere In The Country - Gene Pitney
-- ( -- ) Forever Came Today - Diana Ross & The Supremes
-- ( -- ) Cowboys To Girls - Intruders
-- ( -- ) Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge

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[smokeyb]

My laptop hard drive has died and I won't get it back for a week. I have data backed up to 1st week march, so will take a while to reconstruct charts.

If I can't post up latest one before weekend, either post your new one in the thread and I will pick it up, or leave it until later on till next week when hopefully I will be back on track.

[Shireblogger]

Apr 4, 2018 23:45:07 GMT 1 smokeyb said:

My laptop hard drive has died and I won't get it back for a week. I have data backed up to 1st week march, so will take a while to reconstruct charts.

If I can't post up latest one before weekend, either post your new one in the thread and I will pick it up, or leave it until later on till next week when hopefully I will be back on track.

I'll wait. No rush, I'm sure you have more important documents to recover.

[popchartfreak]

30th March 1968


It's a first week on top for the second Number One of 1968 for Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood, and Nancy's 5th in total. Sundown Sundown was not a single, which is rather a bad record company decision considering it's as good as anything Lee Hazelwood ever created. Boo! 

The Four Tops get yet another top 10, very much the default position for the Tops in my charts during 1966-68, and Young Girl drops a bit in the week that NME named it one of the 10 most-unplayable tracks in 2018, on a par with Gary Glitter and The Rolling Stones Some Girls album. Nonsense of course, the man clearly says the girl has put on make-up, hidden her age, and looked much older leading him on, and soon as he finds out he says she should p*ss off back to her mother "before things go too far", so not actually guilty of anything - which is more than Bill Wyman, the still-played Jerry Lee Lewis and the still-played R. Kelly can say with their 14/15-year-old partners/wives. 

In at 11, it's Tommy James classic Mony Mony, the 14th of the 16 Big Hits album tracks I keep mentioning, so good Billy idol covered it in 1987 and it charted in my 1975 charts on reissue to boot. His best record to date, still exciting played loud. In at 15, the first of 2 album tracks from Glen Campbell's latest album of mostly covers - his fab version of the already fab Bob Lind, & Val Doonican, sublime song Elusive Butterfly. Another Singapore radio track we recorded on reel-to-reel - frankly anything Glen Campbell was recorded right off in our household, including his version of The Impossible Dream, a right theatrical stormer from Man Of La Mancha, better known by Jack Jones or Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.

In at 45, it's a belated UK 1978 novelty hit which I found amusing, and unusually one that bears repeat plays before the novelty wears off - it's quite a clever loving-pastiche of the crooner-era records, and was a minor US and Australian hit in 1968, Loving You Has Made Me Bananas from Guy Marks, who popped up on Top Of The Pops in 1978 a decade late to the party. Laura Nyro's second album is out, with a future-single stand-out track on hold till September, and her single-only Robert Kennedy-inspired single-only June track anthem yet to come, so that leaves the best two other tracks to enter my charts, Eli's Coming a future hit for Three Dog Night, serial covers band, a sort of Showaddywaddy without the nostalgia. And the fun.

Fab Gene Pitney back as always with class, an obscure soul goodies, an MOR track, and a Stevie Wonder minor hit make up the other newies.

1 ( 4 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
2 ( 2 ) VALLERI The Monkees
3 ( 3 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
4 ( 6 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
5 ( 1 ) DELILAH Tom Jones
6 ( 7 ) HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
7 ( 11 ) LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics
8 ( 5 ) YOUNG GIRL The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
9 ( 8 ) THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
10 ( 17 ) IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops

11 ( NEW ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
12 ( 10 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
13 ( 9 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
14 ( 18 ) FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross & The Supremes
15 ( NEW ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
16 ( 25 ) MASTER JACK Four Jacks And A Jill
17 ( 20 ) ELUSIVE DREAMS Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
18 ( 14 ) (SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
19 ( 13 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
20 ( 12 ) ME THE PEACEFUL HEART Lulu

21 ( 15 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
22 ( 16 ) IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
23 ( 19 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
24 ( 34 ) AIN’T NO WAY Aretha Franklin
25 ( 21 ) WORDS The Bee Gees
26 ( 27 ) STEP INSIDE LOVE Cilla Black
27 ( 23 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
28 ( 24 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues
29 ( 39 ) UNWIND Ray Stevens
30 ( 40 ) I CAN’T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus

31 ( 22 ) ROSIE Don Partridge
32 ( 50 ) IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVE Robert John
33 ( 29 ) KITES Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
34 ( 30 ) WE CAN FLY The Cowsills
35 ( 31 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Madeline Bell
36 ( 26 ) THE SON OF HICKORY HOLLER’S TRAMP O.C. Smith
37 ( 46 ) AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS The Formations
38 ( 44 ) SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART The Paper Dolls
39 ( 55 ) I’VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND Dorian Gray
40 ( 33 ) CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata & The Delrons

41 ( 35 ) EVERLASTING LOVE The Love Affair
42 ( 36 ) FOOL ON THE HILL The Beatles
43 ( 37 ) WALK AWAY RENEE The Four Tops
44 ( 38 ) JACKIE Scott Walker
45 ( NEW ) LOVING YOU HAS MADE ME BANANAS Guy Marks
46 ( 47 ) CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard
47 ( 42 ) WORLD The Bee Gees
48 ( 28 ) MIGHTY QUINN Manfred Mann
49 ( 32 ) LITTLE GREEN APPLES Roger Miller
50 ( 56 ) JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies

51 ( 45 ) MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles
52 ( 57 ) IF YOU CAN WANT Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
53 ( NEW ) SWEET BLINDNESS Laura Nyro
54 ( 51 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees
55 ( 43 ) PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo
56 ( 48 ) I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT Bob Dylan
57 ( 61 ) IF I ONLY HAD TIME John Rowles
58 ( 54 ) I AM THE WALRUS The Beatles
59 ( 62 ) AND THE SUN WILL SHINE The Bee Gees
60 ( 63 ) 100 YEARS Nancy Sinatra

61 ( NEW ) SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
62 ( 64 ) SIT WITH THE GURU The Strawberry Alarm Clock
63 ( 58 ) DIFFERENT DRUM The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt
64 ( NEW ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Glen Campbell
65 ( 68 ) SUZANNE Leonard Cohen
66 ( NEW ) DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW ABOUT ME? Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
67 ( 41 ) KISS ME GOODBYE Petula Clark
68 ( 74 ) (YOU KEEP ME) HANGIN’ ON Joe Simon
69 ( 65 ) MASSACHUSSETS (THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN) The Bee Gees
70 ( NEW ) ELI’S COMING Laura Nyro

71 ( 49 ) THE RADIO SONG The Parade
72 ( 73 ) RED RED WINE Neil Diamond
73 ( 59 ) DON’T STOP THE CARNIVAL The Alan Price Set
74 ( NEW ) GOIN’ AWAY The Fireballs
75 ( NEW ) SHOO-BE-DOO-BE-DOO-DA-DAY Stevie Wonder