Haven Retro Combined Chart : 27.04.1968

[smokeyb]

A huge jump from number 23 to 1 for the Small Faces who get their second retro number 1, after Itchycoo Park in 1967.

Jackie is down at 2 after just one week at the top, the Beatles slip down to 3.



Fleetwood Mac are up to 4 and Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger are up to 5.



There are 8 new entries this week the highest is by the Kinks at number 15.



The biggest climber is the Love Affair who move up 25 places to number 14.



The biggest faller is Louis Armstrong who drops 43 places.



27.04.1968 (Week # 17)


1 (23) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday - 100 points (23-1) 2 wks

2 (01) Jackie - White Horses - 91 points (9-1-2) 3 wks

3 (02) Beatles - Lady Madonna - 66 points (4-3-2-1-2-3) 6 wks

4 (09) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman - 63 points (35-9-4) 3 wks

5 (21) Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire - 59 points (21-5) 2 wks

6 (04) Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship - 56 points (19-11-6-4-4-6) 6 wks

7 (11) Gary Pucket & The Union Gap - Young Girl - 54 points (39-34-32-19-10-12-15-16-11-7) 10 wks

8 (08) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey - 53 points (22-17-11-8-8) 5 wks

9 (20) Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - 50 points (25-20-9) 3 wks

10 (07) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - 50 points (30-12-11-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-7-10) 13 wks

11 (03) Cliff Richard - Congratulations - 41 points (14-6-4-3-3-11) 6 wks

12 (13) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You - 39 points (13-7-11-13-13-12) 6 wks

13 (06) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles - 39 points (23-14-5-6-13) 5 wks

14 (39) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley - 38 points (39-14) 2 wks

15 (NE) Kinks - Wonder Boy - 37 points 1 wk

16 (14) Monkees - Valleri - 31 points (33-17-16-13-12-12-14-16) 8 wks

17 (10) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go - 29 points (16-10-10-10-17) 5 wks

18 (17) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Forever Came Today - 27 points (22-17-18) 3 wks

19 (16) Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly -25 points (40-x-38-36-31-17-16-17-16-19) 9 wks

20 (05) Tom Jones – Delilah - 24 points (7-3-2-1-1-1-2-5-20) 9 wks

21 (26) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Want - 23 points (18-20-26-21) 4 wks

22 (12) Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter - 23 points (13-8-9-7-8-12-22) 7 wks

23 (NE) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love - 23 points 1 wk

24 (NE) Easybeats - Hello How Are You - 21 points 1 wk

25 (19) The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You - 21 points (33-31-30-18-16-7-8-9-14-19-25) 11 wks

26 (24) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu - 21 points (10-3-2-2-3-3-5-8-15-24-26) 11 wks

27 (18) Sly And The Family Stone - Dance To The Music - 20 points (27-18-15-19-19-18-27) 7 wks

28 (22) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says - 20 points (23-21-22-28) 4 wks

29 (NE) The Delfonics – I'm Sorry - 20 points 1 wk

30 (27) Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue - 19 points (35-30-27-30) 4 wks

31 (28) Arthur Conley - Funky Street - 19 points (26-28-31) 3 wks

32 (NE) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose - 19 points 1 wk

33 (NE) Eddie Cochrane – Summertime Blues - 18 points 1 wk

34 (29) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 18 points (29-29-34) 3 wks

35 (30) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls - 18 points (36-31-34-30-35) 5 wks

36 (31) Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More - 17 points (31-36) 2 wks

37 (NE) Glen Campbell - Elusive Butterfly - 17 points 1 wk

38 (40) Leonard Cohen - Suzanne - 16 points (40-38) 2 wks

39 (25) Scaffold - Do You Remember? - 16 points (26-18-25-39) 4 wks

40 (NE) Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - 16 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

43 (32) Aretha Franklin - Come Back Baby - 15 points (32)

45 (33) Joe Simon – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On - 15 points (25-29-33-33)

47 (37) Aretha Franklin - Money Won't Change You - 14 points (37)

48 (36) Buddy Holly – Rave on - 14 points (38-40-36)

49 (38)The Dells - Wear It On Our Face - 14 points (37-38)

50 (34) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Sundown, Sundown - 14 points (38-31-27-32-34)

52 (40) Bill Haley – Rock around the Clock- 12 points (40)

53 (40) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind - 11 points (40)

57 (35) Aretha Franklin - Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) - 9 points (14-21-37-x-35)

58 (15) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World - 9 points (11-5-2-3-4-4-5-4-5-7-15)


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


I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 04.05.1968

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

USA chart for this week:

umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=04&ChMonth=05&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

27-Apr-68
1 (3) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (3 wks)
2 (7) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (3 wks)
3 (1) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (4 wks)
4 (2) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (4 wks)
5 (5) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (5 wks)
6 (9) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (4 wks)
7 (11) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (3 wks)
8 (8) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (7 wks)
9 (4) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (6 wks)
10 (12) Jackie - White Horses (4 wks)
11 (10) Easybeats - Hello How Are You (4 wks)
12 (13) Beatles - Lady Madonna (7 wks)
13 (16) Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today (4 wks)
14 (6) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (7 wks)
15 (18) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (5 wks)
16 (14) Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter (9 wks)
17 (15) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (7 wks)
18 (NE) Scott Walker - Joanna (1 wk)
19 (17) Monkees - Valleri (7 wks)
20 (24) The Kinks - Wonder Boy (3 wks)
21 (19) Cliff Richard - Congratulations (7 wks)
22 (NE) Equals - Baby Come Back (1 wk)
23 (20) The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You (7 wks)
24 (21) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty (8 wks)
25 (NE) Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe (1 wk)
26 (22) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart (8 wks)
27 (23) Scaffold - Do You Remember (6 wks)
28 (25) Cilla Black - Step Inside Love (8 wks)
29 (26) Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country (5 wks)
30 (27) Dave Dee, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Legend Of Xanadu (12 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Lazy Sunday - Small Faces < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - Herd
3 ( 9 ) Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
4 ( 7 ) This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity
5 ( 2 ) Congratulations - Cliff Richard (#1[4])
6 ( -- ) Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
7 ( 6 ) Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (#6)
8 ( 11 ) Wonderboy - Kinks
9 ( 4 ) Captain Of Your Ship - Reparata And The Delrons (#2[3])
10 ( 8 ) White Horses - Jacky (#8)

11 ( 5 ) Lady Madonna - Beatles (#3)
12 ( 13 ) Rainbow Valley - Love Affair
13 ( 14 ) The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith
14 ( -- ) Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondelles
15 ( 17 ) U.S. Male - Elvis Presley
16 ( -- ) Baby Come Back - Equals
17 ( 10 ) Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (#4)
18 ( 15 ) The Unicorn - Irish Rovers (#15)
19 ( -- ) Sleepy Joe - Herman's Hermits
20 ( 12 ) The Good The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro (#7)

21 ( 29 ) Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
22 ( 31 ) A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck
23 ( 26 ) A Beautiful Morning - Rascals
24 ( 19 ) For Whom The Bell Tolls - Simon Dupree And The Big Sound (#18)
25 ( 34 ) Quite Rightly So - Procol Harum
26 ( 16 ) Jennifer Eccles - Hollies (#5)
27 ( 18 ) Do You Remember? - Scaffold (#10)
28 ( 22 ) Ame Caline - Raymond LaFevre (#20)
29 ( 27 ) Hello How Are You - Easybeats (#27)
30 ( 20 ) Tapioca Tundra - Monkees (#11)

31 ( 39 ) Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder
32 ( -- ) Rice Is Nice - Lemon Pipers
33 ( 28 ) Security - Etta James (#27)
34 ( -- ) Call Me Lightning - Who
35 ( 25 ) Sweet Inspiration - Sweet Inspirations (#17)
36 ( -- ) Joanna - Scott Walker
37 ( 23 ) I've Got You On My Mind - Dorian Gray (#13)
38 ( 21 ) Delilah - Tom Jones (#1[3])
39 ( 24 ) I Can't Let Maggie Go - Honeybus (#6)
40 ( 33 ) Funky Street - Arthur Conley (#31)

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-- ( 30 ) Jumbo - Bee Gees (#25)
-- ( 32 ) Young Girl - Union Gap (#7)
-- ( 35 ) Scarborough Fair (Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel (#10)
-- ( 36 ) Green Light - American Breed (#20)
-- ( 37 ) Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon And The Animals (#1[1])
-- ( 38 ) Country Girl City Man - Billy Vera & Judy Clay (#28)
-- ( 40 ) Something Here In My Heart (Keeps A-Tellin' Me No) - Paper Dolls (#11)

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-- ( -- ) Any Old Time (You're Lonely And Sad) - Foundations
-- ( -- ) The Unknown Soldier - Doors

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A live version of the highest new entry:

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – I'm Sorry
02 The Delfonics – He Don't Really Love You
03 Arthur Conley - Funky Street
04 Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More
05 Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
06 The Delfonics – La-La Means I Love You
07 The Dells - Wear It On Our Face
08 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait
09 Joe Simon – (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
10 The Temptations – I Could Never Love Another After Loving You

11 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - I Promise To Wait My Love
12 Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today
13 Four Jacks And A Jill – Master Jack
14 Four Tops - If I were A Carpenter
15 Jackie - White Horses
16 Bill Medley – I Can't Make It Alone
17 Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
18 Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love
19 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose
20 The Foundations - Any Old Time

21 Solomon Burke – I Wish I Knew
22 The Parliaments - Look At What I Almost Missed
23 Ben E. King – Don't Take Your Love From Me
24 Laura Lee - As Long As I Got You
25 Jerry Butler – Never Give You Up
26 James & Bobby Purify - I Can Remember
27 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday
28 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
29 Bee Gees – The Singer Sang His Song
30 Bobby Taylor - Does Your Mama Know About Me

[Shireblogger]

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


Eddy Grant was prolific in the late 60s. He wrote and produced a number of near misses for a lot of London-based ska / reggae / pop groups. Even his b-sides were excellent - viz Hold Me Closer, the flip to Baby Come Back.

[raliverpool]

04/05/1968

1 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (3wks 25-3-1)
2 Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic (5wks 37-22-12-6-2)
3 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (5wks 25-8-2-2-3)
4 Leonard Cohen - Suzanne (7wks 40-31-20-12-7-5-4)
5 Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (10wks 36-24-17-10-5-2-2-1-1-5)
6 Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (3wks 28-14-6)
7 James Brown - I Got The Feelin' (6wks 33-24-14-9-7-7)
8 Reparata & The Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (7wks 24-12-8-5-4-4-8)
9 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (2wks 25-9)
10 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (3wks 27-12-10)

11 Percy Sledge - Take Time To Know Her (5wks 22-11-8-8-11)
12 Easybeats - Hello How Are You (4wks 39-23-11-12)
13 Jacky - White Horses (3wks 30-18-13)
14 Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (4wks 15-11-10-14)
15 Cliff Richard - Congratulations (6wks 18-6-4-6-9-15)
16 Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (2wks 28-16)
17 Doors - The Unknown Soldier (4wks 25-17-15-17)
18 OC Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (2wks 29-18)
19 Love - Alone Again Or (1wk 19 NEW)

20 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (1wk 20 NEW)

21 Elvis Presley - US Male (4wks 24-18-17-21)
22 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (2wks 31-22)
23 Showstoppers - Ain't Nothin' But A Houseparty (7wks 36-27-17-13-13-16-23)
24 Love - Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (2wks 36-24)
25 Aretha Franklin - Ain't No Way (3wks 20-21-25)
26 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (1wk 26 NEW)
27 Tom Jones - Delilah (9wks 16-9-3-1-1-1-3-13-27)
28 Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (4wks 26-24-24-28)
29 Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (5wks 26-20-19-23-29)
30 Neil Diamond - Red Red Wine (4wks 27-22-22-30)

31 Who - Call Me Lighting (2wks 33-31)
32 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (2wks 32-34)
35 Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (8wks 24-11-7-5-6-10-19-35)
36 Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Scott Walker - Joanna (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (11wks 25-20-15-11-7-4-3-3-5-20-39)
40 Lemon Pipers - Rice Is Nice (1wk 40 NEW)

Written by band member Bryan MacLean from the album Forever Changes, this psychedelic folk track which melody drew loosely on Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite was culled as a single from the album peaking at USA #99. It has been much covered since, and The Damned took it into the UK singles chart in 1987.

[Whitneyfan]

01(11) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl
02(06) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday
03(01) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
04(05) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
05(02) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You
06(03) Jacky - White Horses
07(23) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love
08(17) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire
09(04) Dionne Warwick - Valley Of The Dolls
10(14) The Kinks - Wonderboy

11(16) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die
12(19) Bobby Goldsboro – Honey
13(07) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says
14(10) Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind
15(22) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley
16(08) Scaffold - Do You Remember
17(09) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go
18(33) Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So
19(25) The Easybeats - Hello How Are You
20(13) Roger Miller - Little Green Apples

21(18) Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - For Whom The Bell Tolls
22(12) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your ship
23(15) Bee Gees - Jumbo
24(37) Willie Mitchell - Soul Serenade
25(20) Sam & Dave - I Thank You
26(--)Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe
27(27) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
28(39) Massiel - La La La
29(--)Love – Alone Again Or
30(32) Arthur Conley - Funky Street

31(--)Equals - Baby Come Back
32(21) Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today
33(--)Scott Walker – Joanna
34(--)Lemon Pipers - Rice Is Nice
35(26) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles
36(28) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart
37(24) Monkees - Valleri
38(29) Tom Jones – Delilah
39(--)Solomon King - When We Were Young
40(--)The Foundations - Any Old Time

[Earl Purple]

A bit pedantic by the way but the song at #1 is actually called Lazy Sunday, not Lazy Sunday Afternoon. Not sure why they choose not to put the word Afternoon in the title but there you go.

[o]

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

[popchartfreak]

27th April 1968

Its 2 weeks on top for This Wheel's On Fire, holding off the Hump in his only chance of topping my chart. Simon & Garfunkel get a first retro-chart top 10, and LOve climb back up. Nancy & Lee make it 6 top 10's in 16 months, 8 for Nancy in total. Merrilee Rush Deadpool's it into the 30, and Eddy Grant equals chart success times 2 as Baby Come Back enters some 20-odd years before his own solo version enters a bit lower. A big climb for The Delfonics into the 40, as yet another is new lower down.

Scott Walker goes ballad and in at 45, Bill Medley drops Bobby Hatfield for a solo entry, while Neil Diamond, The Temptations and The Foundations all keep the hits coming at frantic paces - the speed of single releases in 1968 USA in particular was amazing considering the current "hang-around-forever" big hits and "useless-invasion-of-album-tracks-masquerading-as-singles-in-week-one" that has made me determined to treat 60's acts and albums the same way to illustrate that Drake having 3,546 chart entries in a year is meaningless when big 60's streaming-free acts could have had the same (but didn't by virtue of people having to buy music at great expense or else just listen to the radio)

1 ( 1 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
2 ( 6 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
3 ( 2 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
4 ( 5 ) RAINBOW VALLEY The Love Affair featuring Sue Glover
5 ( 3 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells
6 ( 4 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
7 ( 25 ) MRS ROBINSON Simon & Garfunkel
8 ( 22 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
9 ( 7 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
10 ( 13 ) ELUSIVE DREAMS Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood

11 ( 8 ) VALLERI The Monkees
12 ( 9 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
13 ( 17 ) DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE Dionne Warwick
14 ( 10 ) SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
15 ( 12 ) IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops
16 ( 11 ) FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross & The Supremes
17 ( 15 ) DELILAH Tom Jones
18 ( 26 ) I DON’T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE The Herd
19 ( 14 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
20 ( 36 ) AMERICA Simon & Garfunkel

21 ( 16 ) HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
22 ( 18 ) YOUNG GIRL The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
23 ( 19 ) LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU The Delfonics
24 ( 27 ) SWEET BLINDNESS Laura Nyro
25 ( 21 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
26 ( 44 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
27 ( 23 ) THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
28 ( 20 ) LOVING YOU HAS MADE ME BANANAS Guy Marks
29 ( NEW ) BABY COME BACK The Equals featuring Eddy Grant
30 ( 24 ) I CAN’T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus

31 ( 29 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
32 ( 28 ) MASTER JACK Four Jacks And A Jill
33 ( 39 ) LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces
34 ( 31 ) (SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
35 ( 30 ) I’LL SAY FOREVER MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin
36 ( 37 ) GOIN’ AWAY The Fireballs
37 ( 32 ) WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD Louis Armstrong
38 ( 50 ) FRIENDS The Beach Boys
39 ( 47 ) TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE) The Isley Brothers
40 ( 73 ) I’M SORRY The Delfonics

41 ( 35 ) WORDS The Bee Gees
42 ( 38 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
43 ( 41 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues
44 ( 33 ) IF YOU DON’T WANT MY LOVE Robert John
45 ( NEW ) JOANNA Scott Walker
46 ( 34 ) AIN’T NO WAY Aretha Franklin
47 ( 68 ) HOW’D WE EVER GET THIS WAY Andy Kim
48 ( 64 ) HELLO HOW ARE YOU The Easybeats
49 ( 45 ) KITES Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
50 ( 40 ) 100 YEARS Nancy Sinatra

51 ( NEW ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Jerry Butler
52 ( 56 ) YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY Ohio Express
53 ( 70 ) I AM THE MAN YOU NEED Edwin Starr
54 ( 59 ) IMPOSSIBLE MISSION (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE) Soul Survivors
55 ( 46 ) ME THE PEACEFUL HEART Lulu
56 ( 42 ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM (THE QUEST) Glen Campbell
57 ( NEW ) HE DON’T REALLY LOVE YOU The Delfonics
58 ( 61 ) AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
59 ( 51 ) WALK AWAY RENEE The Four Tops
60 ( 52 ) FOOL ON THE HILL The Beatles

61 ( 69 ) WONDER BOY The Kinks
62 ( 53 ) JACKIE Scott Walker
63 ( 54 ) EVERLASTING LOVE The Love Affair
64 ( 66 ) DON’T HURT ME NO MORE Al Green
65 ( 49 ) WE CAN FLY The Cowsills
66 ( 43 ) I’VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND Dorian Gray
67 ( 48 ) JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies
68 ( NEW ) LOVE MACHINE The Roosters
69 ( NEW ) RICE IS NICE The Lemon Pipers
70 ( 57 ) ROSIE Don Partridge

71 ( NEW ) ANY OLD TIME (YOU’RE LONELY AND SAD) The Foundations
72 ( NEW ) BROOKLYN ROADS Neil Diamond
73 ( NEW ) I CAN’T MAKE IT ALONE Bill Medley
74 ( NEW ) I COULD NEVER LOVE ANOTHER The Temptations
75 ( NEW ) HOLD ME CLOSER The Equals featuring Eddy Grant