Haven Retro Combined Chart : 01.06.1968

[smokeyb]

The Equals get a second week at number 1, with Dionne Warwick up to number 2.

Tyrannosaurus Rex are up to 3, Julie Driscoll slips to 4.



There are 6 new entries and 1 re-entry this week the highest is the Rolling Stones at number 5.



The highest climber is the 5th Dimension who jumps 8 places to number 32.



The biggest faller is the Kinks who drop 43 places.


01.06.1968 (Week # 22)


1 (01) Equals - Baby Come Back - 94 points (16-6-3-1-1) 5 wks

2 (04) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose - 86 points (32-19-19-7-4-2) 6 wks

3 (05) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora - 84 points (13-4-5-3) 4 wks

4 (01) Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire - 75 points (21-5-3-2-2-1-4) 7 wks

5 (NE) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash - 74 points 1 wk

6 (10) Aretha Franklin – Think - 72 points (37-10-6) 3 wks

7 (13) Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser - 63 points (32-13-7) 3 wks

8 (03) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday - 62 points (23-1-1-1-1-3-8) 7 wks

9 (07) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson - 50 points (18-10-10-7-9) 5 wks

10 (16) Richard Harris - Macarthur Park - 46 points (39-16-10) 3 wks

11 (08) Love - Alone Again Or - 44 points (23-19-16-15-26-40-x-18-15-8-11) 10 wks

12 (06) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl - 44 points (39-34-32-19-10-12-15-16-11-7-6-5-5-6-12) 15 wks

13 (20) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You - 42 points (28-20-13) 3 wks

14 (12) Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony - 35 points (29-29-34-22-16-16-12-14) 8 wks

15 (09) Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe - 33 points (22-14-9-15) 4 wks

16 (11) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love - 32 points (23-12-12-12-11-16) 6 wks

17 (21) Beach Boys - Friends - 27 points (21-21-17) 3 wks

18 (14) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley - 23 points (39-14-9-11-14-18) 7 wks

19 (15) Scott Walker - Joanna - 22 points (35-19-15-19) 4 wks

20 (22) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman - 21 points (35-9-4-4-7-9-22-20) 8 wks

21 (23) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - 21 points (25-23-21) 3 wks

22 (NE) Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning - 21 points 1 wk

23 (27) The Delfonics – I'm Sorry - 20 points (29-25-23-27-27-23) 6 wks

24 (RE) Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - 12 points (40-36-32-x-24) 4 wks

25 (26) Elvis Presley - U.S. Male - 20 points (38-26-25) 3 wks

26 (30) The Delfonics – He Don't Really Love You - 19 points (27-24-29-30-26) 5 wks

27 (31) The O'Jays – Look Over Your Shoulder - 18 points (30-31-27) 3 wks

28 (34) Equals - Hold Me Closer - 18 points (39-35-34-28) 4 wks

29 (NE) David McWilliams – Days of Pearly Spencer - 17 points 1 wk

30 (NE) Marmalade - Lovin' Things - 17 points 1 wk

31 (33) Ohio Express -Yummy Yummy Yummy - 17 points (33-31) 2 wks

32 (40) The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic - 17 points (40-32) 2 wks

33 (32) Arthur Conley - Funky Street - 16 points (26-28-31-30-26-31-32-33) 8 wks

34 (28) Status Quo - Black Veils Of Melancholy - 16 points (20-21-24-28-34) 5 wks

35 (38) O.C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - 15 points (30-34-38-35) 4 wks

36 (37) Jimmy Delphs – Don't Sign The Papers Baby (I Want You Back) - 15 points (34-36-37-36) 4 wks

37 (19) Jackie - White Horses - 15 points (9-1-2-2-4-8-19-37) 8 wks

38 (NE) Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So - 14 points 1 wk

39 (17) Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - 13 points (25-20-9-5-3-6-17-39) 8 wks

40 (35) Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More - 13 points (31-36-32-27-33-35-40) 7 wks

40 (36) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You - 13 points (13-7-11-13-13-12-14-17-23-36-40) 11 wks

40 (29) Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic - 13 points (28-14-17-29-40) 5 wks

40 (NE) Wilson Pickett - She's Looking Good - 13 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

45 (24) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - 12 points (30-12-11-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-7-10-8-20-20-24)

46 (25) Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up - 12 points (28-22-25)

49 (40) Isley Brothers - Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - 11 points (40)

52 (39) Beatles - Lady Madonna - 10 points (4-3-2-1-2-3-7-15-26-39)

61 (18) Kinks - Wonder Boy - 8 points (15-13-8-13-18)


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





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 08.06.1968

1 (1) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (8 wk)
2 (3) Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (7 wk)
3 (2) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (8 wk)
4 (18) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (2 wk)
5 (7) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (8 wk)
6 (6) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (9 wk)
7 (8) Scott Walker - Joanna (6 wk)
8 (9) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose (4 wk)
9 (5) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (8 wk)
10 (10) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (8 wk)
11 (4) Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderfull World (18 wk)
12 (12) Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe (6 wk)
13 (11) 1910 Fruitgum Co - Simon Says (12 wk)
14 (15) Tremeloes - Helule,Helule (5 wk)
15 (16) Elvis Presley - US Male (4 wk)
16 (14) Jackie - White Horses (9 wk)
17 (32) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (2 wk)
18 (17) John Rawles - If I Only Had Time (13 wk)
19 (20) Equals - Baby Come Back (5 wk)
20 (33) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (2 wk)
21 (13) Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You (13 wk)
22 (22) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (5 wk)
23 (19) Tom Jones - Delilah (15 wk)
24 (21) Solomon King - When We Were Young (6 wk)
25 (26) Association - Time For Livin' (3 wk)
26 (27) Aretha Franklin - Think (3 wk)
27 (28) Otis Redding - Happy Song (2 wk)
28 (24) Cliff Richard - Congratulations (12 wk)
29 (25) Beach Boys - Friends (5 wk)
30 (45) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (2 wk)
31 (43) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (3 wk)
32 (23) Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty (13 wk)
33 (NE) Lulu - Boy (1 wk)
34 (36) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (7 wk)
35 (50) William Bell - Tribute To A King (2 wk)
36 (NE) Sandpipers - Quando m'innamoro (1 wk)
37 (34) Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser (4 wk)
38 (37) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora (5 wk)
39 (29) Hollies - Jennifer Eccles (11 wk)
40 (41) Everly Brothers - It's My Time (5 wk)
41 (NE) Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me (1 wk)
42 (42) Honeybus - I Can't Let Maggie Go (12 wk)
43 (39) Paper Dolls -Something Here In My Heart (13 wk)
44 (35) Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (10 wk)
45 (NE) Cream - Anyone For Tennis (1 wk)
46 (30) The Easybeats - Hello How Are You (9 wk)
47 (NE) The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (1 wk)
48 (NE) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (1 wk)
49 (38) Box Tops - Cry Like A Baby (12 wk)
50 (NE) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (1 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=08&ChMonth=06&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (2 wks)
2 (3) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora (5 wks)
3 (2) Equals - Baby Come Back (6 wks)
4 (6) Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose (4 wks)
5 (14) Marmalade - Lovin' Things (3 wks)
6 (5) Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (8 wks)
7 (4) Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (8 wks)
8 (7) Love - Alone Again Or (4 wks)
9 (11) Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser (4 wks)
10 (15) Aretha Franklin - Think (3 wks)
11 (8) Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & the Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (8 wks)
12 (23) Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (2 wks)
13 (16) Association - Time For Livin' (3 wks)
14 (13) Tremeloes - Helule,Helule (5 wks)
15 (20) Otis Redding - Happy Song (2 wks)
16 (24) O C Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (2 wks)
17 (NE) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (1 wk)
18 (NE) Ohio Express - Yummy Yummy Yummy (1 wk)
19 (9) The Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (9 wks)
20 (10) Beach Boys - Friends (5 wks)
21 (12) Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe (6 wks)
22 (28) Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (2 wks)
23 (17) Jackie - White Horses (9 wks)
24 (18) Scott Walker - Joanna (6 wk)
25 (19) The Kinks - Wonder Boy (8 wks)
26 (21) Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (10 wks)
27 (22) Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman (9 wks)
28 (25) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young Girl (9 wks)
29 (26) Reparata & Delrons - Captain Of Your Ship (12 wks)
30 (27) Diana Ross & Supremes - Forever Came Today (9 wks)

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Macarthur Park - Richard Harris < 1st #1 >
2 ( 8 ) Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
3 ( 1 ) Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (#1[2])
4 ( 5 ) Think - Aretha Franklin
5 ( 3 ) Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondelles (#3)
6 ( 6 ) This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert
7 ( 4 ) Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express (#4)
8 ( 14 ) Angel Of The Morning - Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts
9 ( 11 ) Lovin' Things - Marmalade
10 ( 15 ) Marjorine - Joe Cocker

11 ( 17 ) Time For Livin' - Association
12 ( 12 ) Master Jack - Four Jacks & A Jill
13 ( 24 ) How'd We Ever Get This Way - Andy Kim
14 ( 7 ) Lazy Sunday - Small Faces (#1[4])
15 ( 9 ) Baby Come Back - Equals (#5)
16 ( 10 ) Sleepy Joe - Herman's Hermits (#6)
17 ( -- ) Boy - Lulu
18 ( 27 ) Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
19 ( 25 ) I Love You - People
20 ( 13 ) Debora - Tyrannosaurus Rex (#9)

21 ( 30 ) Blue Eyes - Don Partridge
22 ( 19 ) Rainbow Chaser - Nirvana (#19)
23 ( -- ) Anyone For Tennis - Cream
24 ( 18 ) Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#13)
25 ( 16 ) Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick (#2[1])
26 ( 32 ) Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B.B. King
27 ( 22 ) A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck (#14)
28 ( 21 ) Rainbow Valley - Love Affair (#11)
29 ( 26 ) Helule Helule - Tremeloes (#25)
30 ( 20 ) This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll And The Brian Auger Trinity (#4)

31 ( -- ) You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds
32 ( 23 ) Wonderboy - Kinks (#8)
33 ( 33 ) I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - Temptations
34 ( 28 ) Rice Is Nice - Lemon Pipers (#19)
35 ( -- ) Choo Choo Train - Box Tops
36 ( 29 ) U.S. Male - Elvis Presley (#15)
37 ( 31 ) Call Me Lightning - Who (#21)
38 ( -- ) The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co
39 ( -- ) Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler
40 ( 35 ) The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - Otis Redding (#29)

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-- ( 34 ) I Don't Want Our Loving To Die - Herd (#2[1])
-- ( 36 ) Joanna - Scott Walker (#24)
-- ( 37 ) Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (#6)
-- ( 38 ) I Pretend - Des O'Connor (#32)
-- ( 39 ) The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith (#13)
-- ( 40 ) Friends - Beach Boys (#33)

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-- ( -- ) Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me - Tiny Tim

I always try to find a video of the artist performing the song. Couldn't find one for Lulu (not interested in that animated video with the mouse) so I'll jump to the 2nd highest entry by Cream:

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – I'm Sorry
02 The Delfonics – He Don't Really Love You
03 Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me (1 wk)
04 David McWilliams – Days of Pearly Spencer (2 wks)
05 The O'Jays – Look Over Your Shoulder (4 wks)
06 Lesley Gore – He Gives Me Love (La La La) (1 wk)
07 Arthur Conley - Funky Street
08 Aretha Franklin – Think (4 wks)
09 Jimmy Delphs – Don't Sign The Paper Baby (I Want You Back) (5 wks)
10 The Delfonics – La-La Means I Love You

11 Al Green - Don't Hurt Me No More
12 Otis Redding – The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
13 Diana Ross & the Supremes – Some Things You Never Get Used To (1 wk)
14 Lou Rawls – You're Good For Me (5 wks)
15 Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser (4 wks)
16 Gladys Knight & The Pips - It Should Have Been Me (2 wk)
17 Sam & Dave - You Don't Know What You Mean To Me (3 wk)
18 The Dells - Wear It On Our Face
19 Jo Armstead – A stone good lover (3 wk)
20 The Jive Five - Sugar (Don't Take Away My Candy) (2 wk)

21 Carla Thomas – A Dime A Dozen (4 wks)
22 Mary Wells – The Doctor (4 wks)
23 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 – The Look Of Love (5 wks)
24 William Bell – A Tribute To A King (2 wk)
25 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – Lover's Holiday (4 wks)
26 Erma Franklin – Open Up Your Soul (4 wks)
27 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles – Yester Love (2 wk)
28 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Wait
29 The Foundations - Any Old Time
30 Hollies - Jennifer Eccles

[raliverpool]

08/06/1968

1 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (6wks 26-7-2-2-1-1)
2 Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash (2wks 19-2)
3 Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (3wks 32-13-3)
4 Scott Walker - Joanna (6wks 37-22-10-4-3-4)
5 Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser (4wks 27-18-10-5)
6 Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony (6wks 32-20-15-10-7-6)
7 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose (4wks 22-13-8-7)
8 Love - Alone Again Or (6wks 19-5-1-1-2-8)
9 Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (7wks 31-22-15-9-6-5-9)
10 Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (3wks 33-14-10)

11 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora (5wks 29-16-12-9-11)
12 Equals - Baby Come Back (4wks 26-20-15-12)
13 Aretha Franklin - Think (3wks 26-16-13)
14 OC Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp (7wks 29-18-11-8-7-6-14)
15 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing (6wks 20-13-7-3-4-15)
16 Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning (2wks 26-16)
17 Scott Walker - The Amorous Humphrey Plugg (5wks 33-21-14-11-17)
18 Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness (2wks 34-18)
19 Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man (2wks 37-19)
20 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday (8wks 25-3-1-1-3-5-12-20)

21 Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde (1wk 21 NEW)

22 Marmalade - Lovin' Things (2wks 38-22)
23 Temptations - I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) (3wks 27-24-23)
24 Tams - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy (2wks 35-24)
25 Scott Walker - Black Sheep Boy (1wk 25 NEW)
26 Love Affair - Rainbow Valley (6wks 33-28-24-22-23-26)
27 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (7wks 25-9-4-5-8-18-27)
28 Rolling Stones - Child Of The Moon (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra - Soul Coaxing (4wks 28-23-25-29)
30 Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe (6wks 38-25-17-17-21-30)

31 Love - Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale (7wks 36-24-17-12-11-17-31)
32 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Look Of Love (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Cream - Anyone For Tennis (4wks 32-30-31-33)
34 Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die (8wks 28-14-6-3-4-9-20-34)
35 Joe Cocker - Marjorine (3wks 36-32-35)
36 Don Partridge - Blue Eyes (1wk 36 NEW)
37 Zombies - A Rose for Emily (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Tremeloes - Helule Helule (2wks 36-38)
39 Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (7wks 28-16-12-13-15-22-39)
40 Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get to Know You (4wks 25-21-27-40)

The French language song written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg based on an English language poem written by Bonnie Parker herself a few weeks before she and Clyde Barrow were shot, entitled "The Trail's End". It was released on two albums in 1968: Gainsbourg's album Initials B.B., and Gainsbourg and Bardot's album Bonnie and Clyde.

[o]

1 Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora
2 Equals – Baby come back
3 Small Faces – Lazy Sunday
4 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
5 Union Gap – Young girl
6 Julie Driscoll – This wheel’s on fire
7 Simon and Garfunkel – Mrs Robinson
8 Status Quo – Black veils of melancholy
9 Fleetwood Mac – Black magic woman
10 Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Of You
11 Rolling Stones – Junmpin Jack Flash
12 Donovan – Hurdy gurdy man
13 Beach Boys – Friends
14 Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
15 Eddie Cochrane – Summertime blues
16 Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue
17 Beatles – Lady Madonna
18 Kinks – Wonder boy
19 Buddy Holly – Rave on
20 Cliff Richard – Congratulations

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) Dionne Warwick – Do You Know The Way To San Jose
02(07) Procol Harum – Quite Rightly So
03(05) Aretha Franklin – Think
04(01) The Equals – Baby Come Back
05(12) Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser
06(22) Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
07(14) Otis Redding – Happy Song
08(03) Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity – This Wheel’s On Fire
09(04) Engelbert Humperdinck – A Man Without Love
10(06) Beach Boys – Friends

11(16) Joe Cocker – Marjorine
12(09) Tyrannosaurus Rex – Debora
13(08) Herman’s Hermits – Sleepy Joe
14(10) Love – Alone Again Or
15(19) The Assocaition – Time For Livin’
16(31) O.C. Smith - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
17(28) Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy man
18(11) Gary Puckett & Union Gap – Young Girl
19(13) Elvis Presley – US Male
20(--) The Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

21(35) Don Partridge – Blue Eyes
22(25) Marmalade – Lovin’ Things
23(40) William Bell – Tribute To A King
24(--) Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony Mony
28(--) Ohio Express – Yummy Yummy Yummy

31(--) Cream – Anyone For Tennis
35(--) Lulu – Boy
36(--) The Sandpipers – Quando m’innamoro
38(--) Gene Chandler – Nothing Can Stop Me

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Byrds - YOU AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE
2 [2] :: Equals - BABY COME BACK
3 [3] :: Equals - HOLD ME CLOSER {Baby Come Back B-side}
4 [1] :: Dionne Warwick - DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE
5 [5] :: Rolling Stones - JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
6 [6] :: Aretha Franklin - THINK
7 [new] :: Tommy James & The Shondelles - MONY MONY
8 [8] :: Wilson Pickett - SHE'S LOOKING GOOD
9 [7] :: Tyrannosaurus Rex - DEBORA
10 [4] :: Union Gap ft Gary Puckett - YOUNG GIRL
11 [10] :: Isley Brothers - TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE)
12 [14] :: Rolling Stones - CHILD OF THE MOON {Jumpin' Jack Flash B-side}
13 [13] :: Frankie Valli - CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU
14 [11] :: Aretha Franklin - YOU SEND ME {Think B-side}
15 [15] :: Nirvana - RAINBOW CHASER
16 [new] :: Donovan - HURDY GURDY MAN
17 [new] :: Lulu - BOY
18 [17] :: Beatles - LADY MADONNA
19 [9] :: Elvis Presley - US MALE
20 [new] :: Ohio Express - YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY


Bob Dylan gets his first Shireblogger Retrochart number one, although I have little doubt he'd have picked up several already if we'd started before 1967. I think the Byrds cover is inferior to the version by Dylan that was released with his 1971 Greatest Hits Vol.II LP, but it was much better than the Unit Four Plus Two attempt with which it was competing in June 1968. Joan Baez's rendition, from December 1968's Any Day Now LP has an outside chance of making my Retrochart as an album cut.

[popchartfreak]

1st June 1968

It's a first week on top for Nirvana and Smells Like Teen Spi...oops, getting ahead of myself, I mean Rainbow Chaser, party jaunty pop part psychedelic orchestral wig-out, and way under-rated generally. Peaches & Herb go top 5 some 11 years before Shake Your Groove Thing hits my top 10, and ditto Gene Chandler entering at 75, 11 years before Get Down went top 10. Scott Walker gets his 2nd biggest solo hit with Next. NEXT! Neext. Melodramatic naughtiness, never going to be a single, ever. Pity. 

Highest new entry is Gary Puckett grabbing his 3rd Union Gap top 20 at 11, Lady Willpower was another huge fave of mine at the time. In fact with Herb at 3, this one at 11, the songs in my very first ever (retro) chart for September 1968 are all falling into place. My first CHART memory as opposed to song memory was Hey Jude at number one, so that's been my previous "jumping-on" point when I compiled my first UK Top 30 based charts in the early 70's when I got hold of a book with the official ones printed in them. My first ACTUAL chart was at the end of the year, as compiled by a 10-year-old boy. 

The Delfonics get a 2nd top 20, The Beach Boys an umpteenth, Lulu has another swift chart entry with the sun shining on her verandah song, Boys, another fave of the time, while Brazilian band Os Mutantes bring some latin psychedlia fabness in at 30 hot off their June album, and future The Bees 21st century cover, A Minha Menina. Gladys Knight has big climb with future Yvonne Fair classic, It Shouldve Been Me, as does Donovan's trippie Hurdy Gurdy Man. 

Hugo's back with his 3rd Spaghetti Western cover, Hang 'Em High, meaning there is only one track left off the EP collection that dad bought in Singapore yet to chart. That summer I went to the pictures to see Elvis' latest film Speedway. It turned out to be one of my faves of his. It had Nancy Sinatra, it had his current single Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby which I went mad on, it had My Favourite Martian actor Bill Bixby, fantasy sitcom magic to me in the 60's, and it was kinda cute set around kiddies and fast cars. Plus some songs, including Nancy's Lee Hazelwood unknown gem Your Groovy Self (Elvis gets credited off the soundtrack, though he's not on it), in at 43, Your Time in at 59, and duet at 69 between the 2. Nancy's not on it much, but then Elvis rarely did duets so I'll take it where I can get it!

1 ( 3 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
2 ( 1 ) MACARTHUR PARK Richard Harris
3 ( 2 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
4 ( 4 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC The 5th Dimension
5 ( 13 ) (WE’LL BE) UNITED Peaches & Herb
6 ( 8 ) STONED SOUL PICNIC Laura Nyro
7 ( 16 ) NEXT Scott Walker
8 ( 10 ) JUMPING JACK FLASH The Rolling Stones
9 ( 5 ) THIS WHEEL’S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
10 ( 6 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck

11 ( NEW ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
12 ( 12 ) AMERICA Simon & Garfunkel
13 ( 7 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
14 ( 9 ) REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS Friend & Lover
15 ( 11 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
16 ( 14 ) RAINBOW VALLEY The Love Affair featuring Sue Glover
17 ( 17 ) ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY Glen Campbell
18 ( 28 ) HE DON’T REALLY LOVE YOU The Delfonics
19 ( 25 ) FRIENDS The Beach Boys
20 ( 18 ) MONY MONY Tommy James & The Shondells

21 ( 15 ) LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP Robert Knight
22 ( 24 ) LOVIN’ THINGS Marmalade
23 ( 19 ) SUNDOWN, SUNDOWN Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
24 ( 21 ) MRS ROBINSON Simon & Garfunkel
25 ( 29 ) I’M SORRY The Delfonics
26 ( 22 ) VALLERI The Monkees
27 ( 23 ) THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
28 ( NEW ) BOY Lulu
29 ( 56 ) IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME Gladys Knight & The Pips
30 ( NEW ) A MINHA MENINA Os Mutantes

31 ( 20 ) AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
32 ( 38 ) THINK Aretha Franklin
33 ( 26 ) DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE Dionne Warwick
34 ( 34 ) BLUE EYES Don Partridge
35 ( 27 ) JOANNA Scott Walker
36 ( 32 ) ALONE AGAIN OR Love
37 ( 31 ) BABY COME BACK The Equals featuring Eddy Grant
38 ( 59 ) HURDY GURDY MAN Donovan
39 ( 45 ) BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS December’s Children
40 ( NEW ) HANG ‘EM HIGH Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus

41 ( 33 ) ELUSIVE DREAMS Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
42 ( 30 ) I DON’T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE The Herd
43 ( NEW ) YOUR GROOVY SELF Nancy Sinatra
44 ( 35 ) DEBORA Tyrannosaurus Rex
45 ( 37 ) ANY OLD TIME (YOU’RE LONELY AND SAD) The Foundations
46 ( 39 ) FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross & The Supremes
47 ( 43 ) SOME VELVET MORNING Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
48 ( 41 ) DELILAH Tom Jones
49 ( 42 ) YOUNG GIRL The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
50 ( 50 ) A STONE GOOD LOVER Jo Armstead

51 ( 48 ) THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
52 ( 61 ) SAFE IN MY GARDEN The Mamas & The Papas
53 ( 36 ) I CAN’T GO BACK TO DENVER The Gentrys
54 ( 40 ) SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
55 ( 72 ) THE EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN B. J. Thomas
56 ( 47 ) LADY MADONNA The Beatles
57 ( 54 ) HELLO GOODBYE The Beatles
58 ( 53 ) WORDS The Bee Gees
59 ( NEW ) YOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET BABY Elvis Presley
60 ( 66 ) INDIAN LAKE The Cowsills

61 ( 55 ) I CAN’T MAKE IT ALONE Bill Medley
62 ( 49 ) HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
63 ( 63 ) SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS (RETURN OF THE NATIVE) Fever Tree
64 ( 65 ) HERE I AM BABY The Marvelettes
65 ( 52 ) CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
66 ( NEW ) SOME THINGS YOU NEVER GET USED TO Diana Ross & The Supremes
67 ( NEW ) ELEANOR RIGBY Ray Charles
68 ( 69 ) LET ME BE LONELY Dionne Warwick
69 ( NEW ) THERE AIN’T NOTHIN’ LIKE A SONG Elvis Presley & Nancy Sinatra
70 ( 71 ) SUGAR (DON’T TAKE AWAY MY CANDY) The Jive Five

71 ( NEW ) LOVIN’ SEASON Gene & Debbe
72 ( NEW ) GRAZING IN THE GRASS Hugh Masekela
73 ( NEW ) D.W. WASHBURN The Monkees
74 ( NEW ) BABY YOU COME ROLLING ‘CROSS MY MIND The Peppermint Trolley Company
75 ( NEW ) NOTHING CAN STOP ME Gene Chandler