Haven Retro Combined Chart : 20.04.1968

[smokeyb]

Jackie moves up to the top spot knocking the Beatles down to second place.


No change at 3 and 4 with Cliff Richard and Reparata, and Tom Jones drops to 5.



There are 9 new entries and 1 re-entry this week, the highest is by Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity at 21.



The biggest climber this week is Fleetwood Mac who junp up 26 places to number 9.



The biggest faller is the Paper Dolls who drop 39 places off the chart.


20.04.1968 (Week # 16)


1 (09) Jackie - White Horses - 82 points (9-1) 2 wks

2 (01) Beatles - Lady Madonna - 79 points (4-3-2-1-2) 5 wks

3 (03) Cliff Richard - Congratulations - 68 points (14-6-4-3-3) 5 wks

4 (04) Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship - 60 points (19-11-6-4-4) 5 wks

5 (02) Tom Jones – Delilah - 60 points (7-3-2-1-1-1-2-5) 8 wks

6 (05) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles - 59 points (23-14-5-6) 4 wks

7 (06) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - 55 points (30-12-11-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-7) 12 wks

8 (11) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey - 55 points (22-17-11-8) 4 wks

9 (35) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman - 44 points (35-9) 2 wks

10 (10) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go - 42 points (16-10-10-10) 4 wks

11 (16) Gary Pucket & The Union Gap - Young Girl - 40 points (39-34-32-19-10-12-15-16-11) 9 wks

12 (08) Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter - 40 points (13-8-9-7-8-12) 6 wks

13 (13) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You - 38 points (13-7-11-13-13) 5 wks

14 (12) Monkees - Valleri - 38 points (33-17-16-13-12-12-14) 7 wks

15 (07) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - 34 points (11-5-2-3-4-4-5-4-5-7-15) 11 wks

16 (17) Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly -34 points (40-x-38-36-31-17-16-17-16) 8 wks

17 (22) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Forever Came Today - 33 points (22-17) 2 wks

18 (19) Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 32 points (27-18-15-19-19-18) 6 wks

19 (14) The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You - 32 points (33-31-30-18-16-7-8-9-14-19) 10 wks

20 (25) Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - 31 points (25-20) 2 wks

21 (NE) Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire - 30 points 1 wk

22 (21) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says -29 points (23-21-22) 3 wks

23 (NE) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday - 27 points 1 wk

24 (15) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu - 26 points (10-3-2-2-3-3-5-8-15-24) 10 wks

25 (18) Scaffold - Do You Remember? - 25 points (26-18-25) 3 wks

26 (20) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Want - 25 points (18-20-26) 3 wks

27 (30) Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue - 20 points (35-30-27) 3 wks

28 (19) Arthur Conley - Funky Street - 19 points (26-28) 2 wks

29 (29) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 19 points (29-29) 2 wks

30 (34) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls - 18 points (36-31-34-30) 4 wks

31 (NE) Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More - 18 points 1 wk

32 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Come Back Baby - 17 points 1 wk

33 (33) Joe Simon – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On - 17 points (25-29-33-33) 4 wks

34 (32) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Sundown, Sundown - 17 points (38-31-27-32-34) 5 wks

35 (RE) Aretha Franklin - Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) - 16 points (14-21-37-x-35) 4 wks

36 (40) Buddy Holly – Rave on - 16 points (38-40-36) 3 wks

37 (NE) Aretha Franklin - Money Won't Change You - 15 points 1 wk

38 (37)The Dells - Wear It On Our Face - 15 points (37-38) 2 wks

39 (NE) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley - 15 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Leonard Cohen - Suzanne - 14 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind - 14 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Bill Haley – Rock around the Clock- 14 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

44 (31) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby - 13 points (39-28-31)

45 (36) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper -13 points (30-11-6-5-6-14-21-36)

46 (28) Four Jacks And A Jill - Master Jack - 13 points (26-25-28)

52 (23) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty - Showstoppers - 11 points (29-11-10-13-23)

53 (39) Elvis Presley – Guitar Man 11 points (21-9-9-8-17-21-30-39)

63 (24) Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No) - 7 points (18-20-24)

67 (27) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love -6 points (35-19-22-27)

79 (38) Simon & Garfunkle - Scarborough Fair (Canticle) - 2 points (24-24-38)


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





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 27.04.1968

1 (2) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (12 wk)
2 (1) Cliff Richard - Congratulations (6 wk)
3 (5) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (6 wk)
4 (3) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time (7 wk)
5 (4) Tom Jones - Delilah (9 wk)
6 (10) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (7 wk)
7 (7) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (5 wk)
8 (13) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (6 wk)
9 (6) Beatles - Lady Madonna (6 wk)
10 (31) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (2 wk)
11 (14) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty (7 wk)
12 (18) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart (7 wk)
13 (15) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your ship (6 wk)
14 (9) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (7 wk)
15 (17) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (6 wk)
16 (12) Monkees - Valleri (5 wk)
17 (11) Four Tops - If Iwere A Carpenter (7 wk)
18 (8) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (10 wk)
19 (22) Jackie - White Horses (3 wk)
20 (26) The Easybeats - Hello How Are You (3 wk)
21 (16) Esther and Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella (11 wk)
22 (27) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (3 wk)
23 (25) Gene Pitney - Somewhere In My Country (4 wk)
24 (19) Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue (10 wk)
25 (23) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (5 wk)
26 (NE) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (1 wk)
27 (21) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (11 wk)
28 (39) Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today (3 wk)
29 (29) Bee Gees - Jumbo/Singer Sang His Song (5 wk)
30 (20) Don Partridge - Rosie (12 wk)
31 (47) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (2 wk)
32 (42) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (2 wk)
33 (24) Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (4 wk)
34 (44) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (2 wk)
35 (35) Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue/Rave On (4 wk)
36 (28) Lulu - Me The Peaceful Heart (9 wk)
37 (45) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (3 wk)
38 (33) Donovan - Jennifer Juniper (10 wk)
39 (NE) Massiel - La La La (1 wk)
40 (36) The Kinks - Wonder Boy (2 wk)
41 (NE) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1 wk)
42 (48) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (2 wk)
43 (NE) Willie Mitchell - Soul Serenade (1 wk)
44 (34) Scaffold - Do You Remember (5 wk)
45 (40) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls (7 wk)
46 (41) Jim Reeves - Pretty Brown Eyes (5 wk)
47 (37) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind (5 wk)
48 (30) Solomon King - She Wears My Ring (17 wk)
49 (50) Sam & Dave - I Thank You (7 wk)
50 (NE) Procul Harum - Quite Rightly So (1 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=27&ChMonth=04&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[raliverpool]

27/04/1968

1 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (9wks 36-24-17-10-5-2-2-1-1)
2 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (4wks 25-8-2-2)
3 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (2wks 25-3)
4 Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (6wks 24-12-8-5-4-4)
5 Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (6wks 40-31-20-12-7-5)
6 Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic (4wks 37-22-12-6)
7 James Brown - I Got The Feelin' (5wks 33-24-14-9-7)
8 Percy Sledge - Take Time To Know Her (4wks 22-11-8-8)
9 Cliff Richard - Congratulations (5wks 18-6-4-6-9)
10 Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (3wks 15-11-10)

11 Easybeats - Hello How Are You (3wks 39-23-11)
12 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (2wks 27-12)
13 Tom Jones - Delilah (8wks 16-9-3-1-1-1-3-13)
14 Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (2wks 28-14)
15 Doors - The Unknown Soldier (3wks 25-17-15)
16 Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty (6wks 36-27-17-13-13-16)
17 Elvis Presley - US Male (3wks 24-18-17)
18 Jacky - White Horses (2wks 30-18)
19 Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (7wks 24-11-7-5-6-10-19)
20 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (10wks 25-20-15-11-7-4-3-3-5-20)

21 Aretha Franklin - Ain't No Way (2wks 20-21)
22 Neil Diamond - Red Red Wine (3wks 27-22-22)
23 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (4wks 26-20-19-23)
24 Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (3wks 26-24-24)
25 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Nancy Sinatra - 100 Years (5wks 23-13-10-14-26)
27 Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (4wks 28-21-21-27)
28 Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (1wk 28 NEW)
29 OC Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (1wk 29 NEW)

30 Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (7wks 32-18-10-9-9-15-30)

31 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (1wk 31 NEW)
32 Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Who - Call Me Lighting (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Kinks - Wonderboy (1wk 34 NEW)
35 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl (7wks 25-14-6-4-7-16-35)
36 Love - Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Procol Harum - Quite Rightly Slow (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart (6wks 38-32-31-30-33-38)
39 Incredible String Band - A Very Cellular Song (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Wait Until Tomorrow (1wk 40 NEW)

The 35 year old Louisiana born R&B soul singer reached USA #40 & UK #2 & Australia #3 with this song written by Dallas Frazier telling the story of a woman with 14 children who is abandoned by her worthless alcoholic husband and turns to prostitution to support her large family.

[Shireblogger]

1 [2] :: Beatles - LADY MADONNA
2 [3] :: Jackie - WHITE HORSES
3 [11] :: Kinks - WONDER BOY
4 [1] :: Otis Redding - (SITTIN 'ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
5 [8] :: Union Gap ft Gary Puckett - YOUNG GIRL
6 [4] :: Aretha Franklin - COME BACK BABY {Lady Soul LP track}
7 [6] :: Aretha Franklin - MONEY WON'T CHANGE YOU {Lady Soul LP track}
8 [re] :: Monkees - VALLERI
9 [new] :: Small Faces - LAZY SUNDAY
10 [new] :: Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & the Trinity - THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE
11 [12] :: Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - IF YOU CAN WANT
12 [5] :: Aretha Franklin - SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE (SWEET SWEET BABY)
13 [18] :: The Herd - I DON'T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE
14 [10] :: Elvis Presley - GUITAR MAN
15 [9] :: Tom Jones - DELILAH
16 [13] :: Eddie Floyd - BIG BIRD
17 [new] :: Status Quo - BLACK VEILS OF MELANCHOLY
18 [new] :: Lee Dorsey - CAN YOU HEAR ME
19 [new] :: Honeybus - I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO
20 [7] :: Cliff Richard - CONGRATULATIONS


Entries at #17 and #18 for singles which bubbled under the Top 50 for several weeks in April / May 1968, but never quite broke through, including the second single by that intriguing psychedelic rock band, Status Quo.

[Whitneyfan]

01(01)Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
02(02) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You
03(07) Jacky - White Horses
04(03) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls
05(14) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
06(23) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday
07(06) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says
08(05) Scaffold - Do You Remember
09(04) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go
10(13) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind

11(31) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl
12(08) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your ship
13(10) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples
14(29) The Kinks - Wonderboy
15(09) Bee Gees - Jumbo
16(24) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die
17(36) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire
18(21) Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - For Whom The Bell Tolls
19(34) Bobby Goldsboro – Honey
20(11) Sam & Dave - I Thank You

21(16) Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today
22(37) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley
23(--)Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love
24(12) Monkees - Valleri
25(28) The Easybeats - Hello How Are You
26(18) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
27(19) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
28(15) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart
29(17) Tom Jones – Delilah
30(22) Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country

31(20) Neil Diamond – Red Red Wine
32(33) Arthur Conley - Funky Street
33(--)Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So
34(26) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait
35(25) Jim Reeves - Pretty Brown Eyes
36(32) Cliff Richard – Congratulations
37(--)Willie Mitchell - Soul Serenade
38(30) The Beatles - Lady Madonna
39(--)Massiel - La La La
40(27) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – I'm Sorry
02 Arthur Conley - Funky Street
03 The Delfonics – La-La Means I Love You
04 Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More
05 Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
06 Joe Simon – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
07 The Dells - Wear It On Our Face
08 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait
09 Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today
10 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - I Promise To Wait My Love

11 Jackie - White Horses
12 Four Jacks And A Jill – Master Jack
13 Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love
14 Four Tops - If I were A Carpenter
15 Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
16 Ben E. King – Don't Take Your Love From Me
17 The Parliaments - Look At What I Almost Missed
18 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose
19 Laura Lee - As Long As I Got You
20 James & Bobby Purify - I Can Remember

21 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
22 Bee Gees – The Singer Sang His Song
23 Bobby Taylor - Does Your Mama Know About Me
24 The Soul Survivors - Impossible Mission (Mission Impossible)
25 Oscar Toney Jr - Never Get Enough Of Your Love
26 Nancy Wilson – Face It Girl, It's Over
27 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday
28 Tom Jones – Delilah
29 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
30 Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 5 ) Lazy Sunday - Small Faces < 2nd #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Congratulations - Cliff Richard (#1[4])
3 ( 4 ) I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - Herd
4 ( 2 ) Captain Of Your Ship - Reparata And The Delrons (#2)
5 ( 3 ) Lady Madonna - Beatles (#3)
6 ( 7 ) Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
7 ( 17 ) This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity
8 ( 10 ) White Horses - Jacky
9 ( -- ) Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
10 ( 6 ) Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (#4)

11 ( 21 ) Wonderboy - Kinks
12 ( 8 ) The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro (#7)
13 ( 23 ) Rainbow Valley - Love Affair
14 ( 24 ) The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith
15 ( 16 ) The Unicorn - Irish Rovers
16 ( 9 ) Jennifer Eccles - Hollies (#5)
17 ( 26 ) U.S. Male - Elvis Presley
18 ( 12 ) Do You Remember? - Scaffold (#10)
19 ( 18 ) For Whom The Bell Tolls - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound (#18)
20 ( 13 ) Tapioca Tundra - Monkees (#11)

21 ( 11 ) Delilah - Tom Jones (#1[3])
22 ( 20 ) Ame Caline - Raymond LaFevre (#20)
23 ( 15 ) I've Got You On My Mind - Dorian Gray (#13)
24 ( 14 ) I Can't Let Maggie Go - Honeybus (#6)
25 ( 19 ) Sweet Inspiration - Sweet Inspirations (#17)
26 ( 35 ) A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
27 ( 30 ) Hello How Are You - Easybeats
28 ( 27 ) Security - Etta James (#27)
29 ( -- ) Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
30 ( 25 ) Jumbo - Bee Gees (#25)

31 ( -- ) A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck
32 ( 22 ) Young Girl - Union Gap (#7)
33 ( 31 ) Funky Street - Arthur Conley (#31)
34 ( -- ) Quite Rightly So - Procol Harum
35 ( 28 ) Scarborough Fair (Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel (#10)
36 ( 32 ) Green Light - American Breed (#20)
37 ( 29 ) Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon And The Animals (#1[1])
38 ( 36 ) Country Girl City Man - Billy Vera & Judy Clay (#28)
39 ( -- ) Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder
40 ( 33 ) Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No) - Paper Dolls (#11)

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-- ( 34 ) I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Madeline Bell (#5)
-- ( 37 ) If I Only Had Time - John Rowles (#23)
-- ( 38 ) Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty - Showstoppers (#15)
-- ( 39 ) A Question Of Temperature - Balloon Farm (#25)
-- ( 40 ) Dance To The Music - Sly And The Family Stone (#9)

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-- ( -- ) La La La - Massiel

[o]

Cheers for the Status Quo link Shireblogger, sounds just like Pictures of matchstick men, but still love it.
I know this is an obvious one, but my dad gave me some tapes when I was 10-12, and there was Status Quo, Eddie Cochrane, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, etc. So I love this.

[o]

1 Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You
2 Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue
3 Eddie Cochrane – Summertime blues
4 Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
5 Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
6 Beatles – Lady Madonna
7 Buddy Holly – Rave on
8 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
9 Bill Haley – Rock around the clock
10 Status Quo – Black veils of melancholy
11 Donovan – Jennifer Juniper
12 Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu
13 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
14 Cliff Richard – Congratulations
15 Union Gap – Young girl
16 Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men
17 Tom Jones – Delilah
18 Fleetwood Mac – Black magic woman
19 Kinks – Wonder boy
20 Monkees – Valleri

[Shireblogger]

Does anyone know why those 50s rock’n’roll classics were back in the chart in 1968 ?

[smokeyb]

1 (2) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (3 wks)
2 (4) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (3 wks)
3 (14) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (2 wks)
4 (1) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (5 wks)
5 (9) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (4 wks)
6 (3) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (6 wks)
7 (17) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (2 wks)
8 (10) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (6 wks)
9 (12) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (3 wks)
10 (13) Easybeats - Hello How Are You (3 wks)
11 (23) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (2 wks)
12 (15) Jackie - White Horses (3 wks)
13 (6) Beatles - Lady Madonna (6 wks)
14 (5) Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter (8 wks)
15 (7) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (6 wks)
16 (21) Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today (3 wks)
17 (8) Monkees - Valleri (6 wks)
18 (19) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (4 wks)
19 (11) Cliff Richard - Congratulations (6 wks)
20 (16) The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You (6 wks)
21 (18) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty (7 wks)
22 (20) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart (7 wks)
23 (22) Scaffold - Do You Remember (5 wks)
24 (30) The Kinks - Wonder Boy (2 wks)
25 (24) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (7 wks)
26 (25) Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country (4 wks)
27 (26) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (11 wks)
28 (27) Tom Jones - Delilah (9 wks)
29 (28) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples (5 wks)
30 (29) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (10 wks)

[popchartfreak]

20th April 1968

It's a first week on top for Julie, Bri & co having a neat Dylan-cover bookending the top and bottom of my chart. The Ab Fab theme tune has eaten into the record's Ab Fabness over the years, but really it's a majestic powerful record that I wasn't really aware of much at the time. Highest new entry is the penultimate 16 Big Hits record to debut, and it's Engelbert's best record by a country mile, the smooth A Man Without Love, an English-language cover of a fab dramatic 1962 Italian soaring ballad. Another expert at the dramatic ballad, Gene Pitney, also goes top 10, not for the first time, not for the last time, cos Gene was just epic at his best.

Glen Campbell gets a 3rd top 5 and The Love Affair get a second top 5, with an uncredited Sue Glover doing some key female melody hooks on it. As I'm treating my retro charts as if they were 2018, streaming, worldwide release, and dozens of featuring credits for minimal effort, I'm giving credit where it's deserved in the grooves. Sun & Sunny had a duetting stream of support vocals, a minor hit, and an actual hit as The Pearls (Third Finger Left Hand) but weren't allowed to promote it due to contractual problems, so fellow backing vocalists took over the group. Not that it mattered, they were also Brotherhood Of Man pre-Eurovision, Sunny had a solo hit in 1974, and Sue was one of the gospel rousing singers on With A Little Help for Joe Cocker later in 68, before both backed Lulu at Eurovision in 69. Cue singing for T.Rex, Mott, Dusty, Elton, Zappa & Moroder among many....!

Simon & Garfunkel's movie soundtrack classic (The Graduate - "are you trying to seduce me Mrs Robinson?") enters at 25 as lead track on Bookends, along with post-split 1972 hit America. Great record but it belongs in 1968 charts not 1972. Angel Of The Morning, Merrilee Rush's big US hit (as later covered in the UK by Mary Mason in 1977, and definitively by Juice Newton in the early 80's, as featured in probably the greatest ever use of an oldie to start a movie - the awesome Deadpool) enters at 44, one I never knew back then, but know by others way better now. The original is pretty good though. 

That leaves just another Thom Bell writer/production for The Delfonics follow-up hinting of greater things to come - that would be The Detroit Spinners, The Stylistics early hits, New York City and a banger 21st century number from Elton John's Thom Bell Philadelphia soul EP - Are You Ready For Love. The record that cheated Cliff out of his win by one point (rumour suggests Spanish leader Franco had a hand in nobbling judges, but nothing has been proved to back it up), La La La, enters. Not only is it not as good, as successful, nor as famous as Cliff's Congratulations, but it was supposed to have been sung in Catalan by a male singer but Franco over-ruled this bare-faced affront. Much more likely 1969 judges were nobbled, I say - come back next year for more...

1 ( 3 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
2 ( 1 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
3 ( 2 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
4 ( 8 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
5 ( 10 ) RAINBOW VALLEY The Love Affair featuring Sue Glover
6 ( NEW ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
7 ( 4 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
8 ( 5 ) VALLERI The Monkees
9 ( 6 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
10 ( 17 ) SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney

11 ( 7 ) FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross & The Supremes
12 ( 9 ) IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops
13 ( 15 ) ELUSIVE DREAMS Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
14 ( 11 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
15 ( 13 ) DELILAH Tom Jones
16 ( 12 ) HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
17 ( 18 ) DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE Dionne Warwick
18 ( 16 ) YOUNG GIRL The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
19 ( 14 ) LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics
20 ( 24 ) LOVING YOU HAS MADE ME BANANAS Guy Marks

21 ( 21 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
22 ( 22 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
23 ( 20 ) THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
24 ( 25 ) I CAN’T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus
25 ( NEW ) MRS ROBINSON Simon & Garfunkel
26 ( 31 ) I DON’T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE The Herd
27 ( 30 ) SWEET BLINDNESS Laura Nyro
28 ( 19 ) MASTER JACK Four Jacks And A Jill
29 ( 27 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
30 ( 34 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin

31 ( 28 ) (SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
32 ( 29 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
33 ( 26 ) IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVE Robert John
34 ( 23 ) AIN’T NO WAY Aretha Franklin
35 ( 32 ) WORDS The Bee Gees
36 ( NEW ) AMERICA Simon & Garfunkel
37 ( 39 ) GOIN’ AWAY The Fireballs
38 ( 35 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
39 ( 53 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces
40 ( 45 ) 100 YEARS Nancy Sinatra

41 ( 36 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues
42 ( 43 ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (THE QUEST) Glen Campbell
43 ( 33 ) I’VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND Dorian Gray
44 ( NEW ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
45 ( 41 ) KITES Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
46 ( 37 ) ME THE PEACEFUL HEART Lulu
47 ( 56 ) TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE) The Isley Brothers
48 ( 38 ) JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies
49 ( 46 ) WE CAN FLY The Cowsills
50 ( 68 ) FRIENDS The Beach Boys

51 ( 48 ) WALK AWAY RENEE The Four Tops
52 ( 50 ) FOOL ON THE HILL The Beatles
53 ( 51 ) JACKIE Scott Walker
54 ( 49 ) EVERLASTING LOVE The Love Affair
55 ( 55 ) A BEAUTIFUL MORNING The Rascals
56 ( 62 ) YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY Ohio Express
57 ( 47 ) ROSIE Don Partridge
58 ( 42 ) IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
59 ( 59 ) IMPOSSIBLE MISSION (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) Soul Survivors
60 ( 44 ) STEP INSIDE LOVE Cilla Black

61 ( 63 ) AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
62 ( 57 ) WORLD The Bee Gees
63 ( 58 ) MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles
64 ( 64 ) HELLO HOW ARE YOU The Easybeats
65 ( 61 ) DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees
66 ( 66 ) DON’T HURT ME NO MORE Al Green
67 ( 40 ) CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard
68 ( 74 ) HOW’D WE EVER GET THIS WAY Andy Kim
69 ( 70 ) WONDER BOY The Kinks
70 ( 75 ) I AM THE MAN YOU NEED Edwin Starr

71 ( 54 ) I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Madeline Bell
72 ( 72 ) WE’RE ROLLIN’ ON The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield
73 ( NEW ) I’M SORRY The Delfonics
74 ( NEW ) LA LA LA Massiel
75 ( NEW ) YOU AIN’T GOING NOWHERE The Byrds