Haven Retro Combined Chart : 22.09.1968

[smokeyb]

The Beatles remain on top for a second week, Mary Hopkin moves up to number 2,

Aretha slips to 3, the Beatles are also at number 4 and the Bee Gees fall to 5.



There are 9 new entries this week, the highest is the Band at number 11.



The biggest climber this week is Vanity Fare who move up 17 places to 21.



The biggest faller is Fleetwood Mac who fall 39 places.


22.09.1968 (Week # 38)


1 (01) Beatles - Hey Jude - 130 points (3-1-1) 3 wks

2 (03) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 121 points (9-3-2) 3 wks

3 (02) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer - 80 points (10-3-1-1-1-2-3) 7 wks

4 (10) Beatles - Revolution - 75 points (22-10-4) 3 wks

5 (04) The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You - 68 points (39-15-5-2-2-2-4-5) 8 wks

6 (05) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun - 67 points (19-10-4-5-6) 5 wks

7 (06) The Casuals - Jesamine - 48 points (15-9-8-5-6-7) 6 wks

8 (12) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock - 44 points (28-12-8) 3 wks

9 (08) Leapy Lee – Little Arrows - 39 points (15-13-8-9) 4 wks

10 (07) Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling - 39 points (35-20-13-10-8-10-10-6-8-7-10) 11 wks

11 (NE) Band - The Weight - 38 points 1 wk

12 (09) Doors - Hello I Love You - 37 points (16-16-14-18-23-x-21-18-9-12) 9 wks

13 (11) Mama Cass - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 35 points (40-39-22-18-17-13-8-9-11-13) 11 wks

14 (14) Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - 34 points (24-19-14-14) 4 wks

15 (NE) Love Affair - A Day Without Love - 32 points 1 wk

16 (19) Deep Purple - Hush - 32 points (34-25-19-16) 4 wks

17 (17) Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. - 32 points (20-15-17-17) 4 wks

18 (16) Canned Heat - On The Road Again - 29 points (12-8-5-4-7-11-12-16-18) 9 wks

19 (15) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight - 27 points (22-12-6-3-6-15-19) 7 wks

20 (13) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By - 25 points (27-27-21-21-16-12-17-13-20) 9 wks

21 (38) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun - 22 points (38-21) 1 wks

22 (20) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky - 20 points (18-12-13-14-20-22) 6 wks

23 (26) The Delfonics – Break Your Promise - 20 points (26-32-36-26-23) 5 wks

24 (21) The Equals - Laurel And Hardy - 20 points (30-21-24) 3 wks

25 (25) Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - 20 points (13-4-2-2-3-8-14-17-24-25-25) 11 wks

26 (NE) Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly - 18 points 1 wk

27 (24) Beach Boys – Do It Again - 18 points (11-4-2-2-4-7-16-24-27) 9 wks

28 (23) The Kinks – Days - 18 points (9-3-1-1-1-3-4-11-23-28) 10 wks

29 (33) The Turtles - Elenore - 18 points (33-29) 2 wks

30 (22) Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built - 17 points (20-22-21-22-30) 5 wks

31 (31) Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - 17 points (40-36-39-31-31) 5 wks

32 (29) The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me - 16 points (29-29-26-25-32-33-37-29-32) 9 wks

33 (35) Ray Stevens - Mr. Businessman - 16 points (35-33) 2 wks

34 (34) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Last Night In Soho - 16 points (27-16-13-14-15-24-31-24-31-34-34-34) 12 wks

35 (27) Al Wilson – The Snake - 15 points (40-32-29-28-23-23-27-35) 8 wks

36 (NE) The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon - 15 points 1 wk

37 (NE) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart - 14 points 1 wk

38 (NE) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady - 14 points 1 wk

39 (40) Who - Magic Bus - 14 points (40-39) 1 wks

40 (NE) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly - 14 points 1 wk

40 (NE) Easybeats - Good Times - 14 points 1 wk

40 (NE) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower - 14 points 1 wk



Dropped Out

43 (32) Harry Nilsson - One - 13 points (33-26-32-32)

45 (30) P.P. Arnold - Angel Of The Morning - 13 points (25-7-7-6-6-11-13-18-26-30)

48 (36) Tom Jones - Help Yourself - 12 points (11-5-3-4-7-17-35-38-36)

49 (18) Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild - 12 points (26-18-11-7-6-5-5-7-18)

50 (28) The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (Yesterday's Dreams) - 11 points (30-31-33-32-30-32-39-19-29-28)

51 (39) Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game - 11 points (36-34-33-38-37-40-39)

60 (40) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower - 8 points (39-40-23-21-24-39-x-37-21-27-40-40)

76 (37) Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad - 2 points (19-12-14-17-18-25-35-37)


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



I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 29.09.1968

1 (2) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (4 wk)
2 (1) Beatles - Hey Jude (4 wk)
3 (6) The Casuals - Jesamine (7 wk)
4 (3) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (8 wk)
5 (7) Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (8 wk)
6 (4) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (8 wk)
7 (5) Beach Boys - Do It Again (10 wk)
8 (8) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (10 wk)
9 (13) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (6 wk)
10 (9) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (8 wk)
11 (11) Amen Corner - High In The Sky (9 wk)
12 (16) Mason Williams - Classical Gas (5 wk)
13 (14) Tom Jones - Help Yourself (11 wk)
14 (12) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me (7 wk)
15 (10) Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You (13 wk)
16 (15) Otis Redding - Hard To Handle (9 wk)
17 (17) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (6 wk)
18 (19) The Doors - Hello I Love You (5 wk)
19 (39) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (2 wk)
20 (26) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (5 wk)
21 (18) Des O'Connor - I Pretend (21 wk)
22 (35) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (3 wk)
23 (27) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (6 wk)
24 (38) The Band - The Weight (2 wk)
25 (20) Herman's Hermits - Sunshine Girl (11 wk)
26 (21) The Nice - America (12 wk)
27 (45) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (2 wk)
28 (30) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (4 wk)
29 (24) Bruce Channel - Keep On (14 wk)
30 (48) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (2 wk)
31 (23) Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (12 wk)
32 (25) Tommy James & The Shondelles - Mony Mony (17 wk)
33 (32) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (8 wk)
34 (28) Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten (12 wk)
35 (22) Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - Fire (14 wk)
36 (36) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (3 wk)
37 (NE) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (1 wk)
38 (31) Fleetwood Mac - I Need Your Love So Bad (11 wk)
39 (29) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru' (5 wk)
40 (37) Grapefruit - C'mon Marianne (7 wk)
41 (47) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (3 wk)
42 (40) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (3 wk)
43 (41) Elvis Presley - Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (11 wk)
44 (46) Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson (12 wk)
45 (NE) Cliff Richard - Marianne (1 wk)
46 (43) Roy Orbison - Walk On (10 wk)
47 (NE) Roy Orbison - Heartache (1 wk)
48 (NE) Marbles - Only One Woman (1 wk)
49 (33) Anita Harris - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (7 wk)
50 (44) Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby (9 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=28&ChMonth=09&ChYear=1968&ChBand=&ChSong=

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Beatles - Hey Jude (4 wks)
2 (3) Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days (4 wks)
3 (10) Love Affair - A Day Without Love (3 wks)
4 (6) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (6 wks)
5 (7) Deep Purple - Hush (6 wks)
6 (4) The Casuals - Jesamine (7 wks)
7 (2) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (6 wks)
8 (9) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (4 wks)
9 (12) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun (5 wks)
10 (NE) Beatles - Revolution (1 wk)
11 (15) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly (3 wks)
12 (18) The Tremeloes - My Little Lady (2 wks)
13 (23) The Band - The Weight (2 wks)
14 (20) Glen Campbell - Gentle On My mind (3 wks)
15 (5) Doors - Hello I Love You (7 wks)
16 (26) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon (2 wks)
17 (NE) The Marbles - Only One Woman (1 wk)
18 (21) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover (3 wks)
19 (22) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (3 wks)
20 (11) Canned Heat - On The Road Again (10 wks)
21 (8) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (8 wks)
22 (29) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire (2 wks)
23 (25) The Grass Roots - Midnight Confession (2 wks)
24 (19) James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (4 wks)
25 (30) Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Over You (2 wks)
26 (13) Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower (8 wks)
27 (14) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky (8 wks)
28 (16) Four Tops - Yesterday's Dreams (6 wks)
29 (17) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (8 wks)
30 (NE) Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (1 wk)

[smokeyb]

Shireblogger chart for this week.

1 [1] :: Beatles - REVOLUTION {Hey Jude B-side}
2 [3] :: Bee Gees - I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU
3 [2] :: Aretha Franklin - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
4 [4] :: Beatles - HEY JUDE
5 [6] :: The Band - THE WEIGHT
6 [7] :: Easybeats - GOOD TIMES
7 [5] :: Rolling Stones - STREET FIGHTING MAN
8 [new] :: Mort Stevens & His Orchestra - HAWAII FIVE-O
9 [13] :: Aretha Franklin - A CHANGE {Aretha Now LP track}
10 [17] :: Mary Hopkin - THOSE WERE THE DAYS
11 [14] :: Aretha Franklin - I TAKE WHAT I WANT {Aretha Now LP track}
12 [new] :: Elvis Presley - A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION
13 [9] :: Kinks - DAYS
14 [8] :: Johnny Nash - HOLD ME TIGHT
15 [15] :: Wilson Pickett - I'M A MIDNIGHT MOVER
16 [12] :: P.P. Arnold - ANGEL OF THE MORNING
17 [11] :: Rolling Stones - NO EXPECTATIONS {Street Fighting Man B-side}
18 [10] :: Beach Boys - DO IT AGAIN
19 [new] :: Roy Orbison - HEARTACHE
20 [new] :: Marbles - ONLY ONE WOMAN

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Hey Jude - Beatles < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 3 ) Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin
3 ( 4 ) Revolution - Beatles
4 ( 2 ) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (#1[2])
5 ( 10 ) My Little Lady - Tremeloes
6 ( 5 ) Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens (#5)
7 ( 8 ) Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions
8 ( 15 ) The Weight - Band
9 ( 7 ) Magic Bus - Who (#7)
10 ( 12 ) A Day Without Love - Love Affair

11 ( 18 ) Who Is Gonna Love Me - Dionne Warwick
12 ( 6 ) Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (#3)
13 ( -- ) Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company
14 ( -- ) All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix Experience
15 ( 11 ) Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express (#10)
16 ( -- ) Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers
17 ( 9 ) Jesamine - Casuals (#1[2])
18 ( 26 ) The Snake - Al Wilson
19 ( 16 ) I Live For The Sun - Vanity Fare (#16)
20 ( 14 ) Harper Valley P.T.A - Jeannie C. Riley (#11)

21 ( 30 ) Red Balloon - Dave Clark Five
22 ( 21 ) One Inch Rock - Tyrannosaurus Rex (#21)
23 ( 25 ) Say It Loud - James Brown
24 ( -- ) Heartache - Roy Orbison
25 ( 13 ) Ice In The Sun - Status Quo (#4)
26 ( 17 ) Laurel And Hardy - Equals (#15)
27 ( 20 ) The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 (#19)
28 ( 28 ) Red Red Wine - Jimmy James And The Vagabonds
29 ( 37 ) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon
30 ( 19 ) Hush - Deep Purple (#9)

31 ( 32 ) Hip City (Part 2) - Jr Walker & The All Stars
32 ( 27 ) Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#27)
33 ( 23 ) I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees (#17)
34 ( -- ) Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
35 ( 24 ) High In The Sky - Amen Corner (#5)
36 ( 22 ) Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (#1[4])
37 ( 31 ) Don't Give Up - Petula Clark (#28)
38 ( 34 ) Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - Moody Blues (#31)
39 ( -- ) Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - Engelbert Humperdinck
40 ( 29 ) Voices In The Sky - Moody Blues (#6)

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-- ( 33 ) Hard To Handle - Otis Redding (#2[1])
-- ( 35 ) 1 2 3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co (#20)
-- ( 36 ) Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash (#7)
-- ( 38 ) You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder (#27)
-- ( 39 ) You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#9)
-- ( 40 ) Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin (#28)

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-- ( -- ) Over You - Gary Puckett And The Union Gap
-- ( -- ) Only One Woman - Marbles

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A cover version of a song recorded by Aretha Franklin's sister Erma, this is Janis Joplin on lead vocals.

[raliverpool]

28/09/1968

1 Beatles - Hey Jude (3wks 2-1-1)
2 Beatles - Revolution (3wks 24-5-2)
3 Mary Hopkins - Those Were The Days (3wks 16-3-3)
4 Jeannie C Riley - Harper Valley PTA (5wks 7-1-1-2-4)
5 Band - The Weight (5wks 34-17-10-6-5)
6 Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida (4wks 35-20-9-6)
7 Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man (5wks 14-7-3-4-7)
8 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - The Fool On The Hill (5wks 36-26-17-11-8)
9 Al Wilson - The Snake (7wks 39-24-13-8-8-7-9)
10 Casuals - Jesamine (5wks 24-17-14-10-10)

11 Easybeats - Good Times (3wks 40-24-11)
12 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today (3wks 36-20-12)
13 Deep Purple - Hush (5wks 23-19-15-13-13)
14 Status Quo - Ice In The Sun (4wks 31-23-17-14)
15 Harry Nilsson - One (8wks 29-15-5-1-2-4-8-15)
16 Byrds - Hickory Wind (2wks 33-16)
17 Love Affair - A Day Without Love (1wk 17 NEW)
18 Don Fardon - (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation (2wks 31-18)
19 Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart (1wk 19 NEW)
20 Judy Clay & William Bell - Private Number (4wks 28-25-22-20)

21 O'Kaysions - I'm A Girl Watcher (3wks 27-21-21)
22 OC Smith - Little Green Apples (2wks 30-22)
23 Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight (6wks 20-12-9-11-14-23)
24 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You (8wks 32-16-9-6-5-7-12-24)
25 Martha & The Vandellas - I Can't Dance To The Music You're Playin' (5wks 33-18-12-16-25)
26 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock (2wks 29-26)
27 Aretha Franklin - The House That Jack Built (6wks 21-15-11-13-18-27)
28 Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine (2wks 34-28)
29 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By (7wks 27-15-8-6-5-15-29)
30 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Rolling Stones - No Expectations (4wks 27-26-27-31)
32 Fleetwood Mac - Stop Messin' 'Round (2wks 35-32)
33 Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions (2wks 37-33)
34 Tremeloes - My Little Lady (1wk 34 NEW)
35 James Brown - Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Canned Heat - On The Road Again (7wks 40-31-28-24-21-25-36)
37 Leapy Lee - Little Arrows (4wks 29-29-32-37)
38 Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (1wk 38 NEW)
39 Barbara Acklin - Love Makes A Woman (6wks 22-17-16-19-26-39)

40 Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad (8wks 33-20-10-5-4-6-19-40)

The Swamp rock band from California which consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford, chart debut was this USA #11 cover of the "Screaming" Dale Hawkins original.

[o]

1 Status Quo – Ice in the sun
2 Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
3 Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
4 Mama Cass – Dream a little dream of me
5 Beatles - Hey Jude
6 Canned Heat – On the road again
7 Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days
8 Doors - Hello I Love You
9 Beatles – Revolution
10 Deep Purple – Hush
11 Easybeats – Good times
12 Rolling Stones – Street fighting man
13 Jackie Wilson - I Get The Sweetest Feeling
14 Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
15 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
16 Who – Magic bus
17 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
18 Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon
19 Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly
20 Beach Boys – Do it again

[darkstar79]

01 The Delfonics – Break Your Promise (6 wks)
02 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You're All I Need To Get By (10 wks)
03 Bobby Paris – Per-So-Nal-Ly (2 wks)
04 The Masquerades – I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else (1 wk)
05 Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer (8 wks)
06 The Dave Clark Five – Red Balloon (2 wks)
07 Dylan And The Blazers – Funky Bull (Part 1) (1 wk)
08 Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days (4 wks)
09 The Temptations – Please Return Your Love To Me (10 wks)
10 Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built (8 wks)

11 The Marvelettes – Destination: Anywhere (2 wks)
12 Otis Redding – I've Got Dreams To Remember (2 wks)
13 Tom Jones - Help Yourself (11 wks)
14 Jay & The Techniques – Singles Game (9 wks)
15 Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries (1 wk)
16 The Love Affair – A Day Without Love (3 wks)
17 Margaret Whiting – Can't Get You Out Of My Mind (1 wk)
18 Barbara Mason – (I Can Feel Your Love) Slipping Away (3 wks)
19 Wilson Pickett – I Found A True Love (2 wks)
20 Etta James – You Got It (1 wk)

21 Four Jacks And A Jill – Mister Nico (9 wks)
22 The Fantastic 4 – I Love You Madly (2 wks)
23 Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon (9 wks)
24 Wilson Pickett – I'm A Midnight Mover (3 wks)
25 The Tams – Trouble Maker (1 wk)
26 The Four Tops – Great Soul Ballad (12 wks)
27 The Marvelettes – What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One (2 wks)
28 Jimmy Ruffin – Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (5 wks)
29 Aesop's Fables – I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (3 wks)
30 The Sweet Inspirations – Unchained Melody (5 wks)

[Whitneyfan]

01(02) The Beatles – Hey Jude
02(03) Mary Hopkin – Those Were The Days
03(01) Mama Cass - Dream A Lttle Dream Of Me
04(07) Big Brother & The Holding Company – Piece Of My Heart
05(14) Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad & The Ugly
06(04) Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
07(09) Long John Baldry - When The Sun Comes Shining Thru'
08(19) The Band – The Weight
09(13) Vanity Fare - I Live For The Sun
10(16) Love Affair - A Day Without Love

11(05) The Equals - Laurel And Hardy
12(06) Status Quo - Ice In The Sun
13(11) Tyrannosaurus Rex - One Inch Rock
14(08) Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky
15(24) Jimmy James & the Vagabonds - Red Red Wine
16(10) The Doors – Hello I Love You
17(12) Leapy Lee - Little Arrows
18(31) The Tremeloes – My Little Lady
19(38) Jose Feliciano - Light My Fire
20(15) Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You

22(35) The Dave Clark Five - The Red Balloon
23(28) Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover

32(--) Marbles - Only One Woman
34(--) Engelbert Humperdinck - Les Bicyclettes De Belsize
35(--) Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation
40(--) Cliff Richard – Marianne

42(--) Roy Orbison – Heartache

[popchartfreak]

22nd September 1968

It's 3 weeks on top for Hey Jude as Revolution hits 5, and The Turtles climb to 2 while absent from my original charts (it was a UK hit later in the year). Hendrix has a best-ever 4 with Watchtower and Gary Puckett features in both my top 10's - albeit with different hits, Lady Willpower having already been and gone in my new retro charts. New at 23, a 3rd biggie of the year for The Moody Blues, the fab Ride My See-Saw, they were great the other year in concert, while The Bee Gees enter at 29 - sort of. Mates of theirs, their song, and Graham "Rainbow" Bonnet on lead, it was one of my very faves at the time. Still like it a lot, but it's been forgotten pretty much these days.

The bubblegum of Kasenentz-Katz still sounds pretty good for novelty kiddie pop, in at 37, just ahead of a 4th Engelbert top 40 this year with Les Bicyclettes De Belsize. It was all down hill after this for Gerry. Stevie's instrumental version of Alfie gets a great climb to 40, The Four Tops bat them out at a fast pace with I'm In A Different World, The Cryan' Shames enter with an obscure goodie I've never heard before, Cliff and Roy enter low with tuneful minor hits, and Steppenwolf get a follow-up Magic Carpet Ride to replace the dropping-out classic rocker. No Hugo Montenegro in the new charts as it charted months ago here, while still remaining totally Autumn 1968 in my nostalgic memories of walking for dinner from Bassingham Primary Juniors old school building to the new infant annexe in Lincolnshire. A small village, that old historic building is now a house....

1 ( 1 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
2 ( 3 ) ELENORE The Turtles
3 ( 2 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
4 ( 7 ) ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5 ( 8 ) REVOLUTION The Beatles
6 ( 5 ) LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
7 ( 6 ) I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
8 ( 4 ) (THE LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE) INDIAN RESERVATION Don Fardon
9 ( 10 ) WITHOUT HER Jack Jones
10 ( 19 ) OVER YOU Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

11 ( 9 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
12 ( 12 ) DON’T GIVE UP Petula Clark
13 ( 11 ) EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’ Nilsson
14 ( 20 ) STREET FIGHTING MAN The Rolling Stones
15 ( 13 ) JESAMINE The Casuals
16 ( 14 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
17 ( 15 ) HARPER VALLEY P.T.A Jeannie C. Riley
18 ( 26 ) A DAY WITHOUT LOVE The Love Affair
19 ( 16 ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
20 ( 24 ) NATURALLY STONED The Avant-Garde

21 ( 17 ) I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
22 ( 22 ) ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo
23 ( NEW ) RIDE MY SEE-SAW The Moody Blues
24 ( 29 ) CHAINED Marvin Gaye
25 ( 21 ) ANGEL OF THE MORNING Billie Davis
26 ( 33 ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
27 ( 23 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
28 ( 25 ) GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
29 ( NEW ) ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles featuring Graham Bonnet
30 ( 30 ) BANG-SHANG-A-LANG The Archies

31 ( 18 ) WHO IS GOING TO LOVE ME Dionne Warwick
32 ( 27 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
33 ( 38 ) SWEET BLINDNESS The 5th Dimension
34 ( 34 ) PER-SO-NAL-LY Bobby Paris
35 ( 28 ) LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
36 ( 36 ) BREAK YOUR PROMISE The Delfonics
37 ( NEW ) QUICK JOEY SMALL (RUN JOEY RUN) The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus
38 ( 32 ) I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Gladys Knight & The Pips
39 ( NEW ) LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE Engelbert Humperdinck
40 ( 63 ) ALFIE Stevie Wonder aka Eivets Rednow

41 ( 31 ) PRIVATE NUMBER Judy Clay & William Bell
42 ( 35 ) TUESDAY AFTERNOON (FOREVER TUESDAY) The Moody Blues
43 ( 41 ) RAINBOW CHASER Nirvana
44 ( 40 ) SHOOT ‘EM UP BABY Andy Kim
45 ( 50 ) THE RED BALLOON The Dave Clark Five
46 ( 42 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
47 ( 39 ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
48 ( 37 ) I LIVE FOR THE SUN Vanity Fair
49 ( 45 ) I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson
50 ( 56 ) ONE INCH ROCK Tyrannosaurus Rex

51 ( 47 ) THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
52 ( 51 ) FOR THE LOVE OF IVY The Mamas & The Papas
53 ( 59 ) GIRL WATCHER The O’Kaysions
54 ( 48 ) THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Andy Williams
55 ( 69 ) LALENA Donovan
56 ( 52 ) MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
57 ( 54 ) YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid’s Inspiration
58 ( 53 ) MR. BUSINESSMAN Ray Stevens
59 ( 57 ) A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
60 ( 64 ) POOR BABY The Cowsills

61 ( 44 ) YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
62 ( 43 ) I NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
63 ( 67 ) I AIN’T GOT TO LOVE NOBODY ELSE The Masqueraders
64 ( 61 ) KEEP ON Bruce Channel
65 ( 62 ) WHITE HORSES Jackie
66 ( 70 ) OPEN MY EYES Nazz featuring Todd Rundgren
67 ( NEW ) I’M IN A DIFFERENT WORLD The Four Tops
68 ( 74 ) A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION Elvis Presley
69 ( 73 ) RED RED WINE Jimmy James & The Vagabonds
70 ( 60 ) FOOL FOR YOU The Impressions

71 ( NEW ) GREENBURG, GLICKSTEIN, CHARLES, DAVID SMITH & JONES The Cryan’ Shames
72 ( RE ) THE CHOICE The O’Jays
73 ( NEW ) MARIANNE Cliff Richard
74 ( NEW ) HEARTACHE Roy Orbison
75 ( NEW ) MAGIC CARPET RIDE Steppenwolf


retro 70’s
1 ( 1 ) THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin
2 ( 3 ) JEZAMINE The Casuals
3 ( 2 ) LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
4 ( 6 ) LADY WILLPOWER Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
5 ( 4 ) HEY JUDE The Beatles
6 ( 11 ) THE RED BALLOON The Dave Clark 5
7 ( 8 ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
8 ( 5 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
9 ( 14 ) CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
10 ( 7 ) GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees

11 ( 9 ) DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
12 ( NEW ) MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
13 ( 10 ) THIS GUYS IN LOVE Herb Alpert
14 ( 14 ) HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
15 ( NEW ) A DAY WITHOUT LOVE The Love Affair
16 ( NEW ) LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
17 ( 12 ) ON THE ROAD AGAIN Canned Heat
18 ( 16 ) HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
19 ( NEW ) THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY Hugo Montenegro
20 ( 15 ) DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys