March 8, 1968

16	1	Monkees--Valleri/Tapioca Tundra
1	2	Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra--Love is Blue
6	3	Bee Gees--Words
2	4	Fireballs--Bottle of Wine
8	5	Otis Redding--(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
4	6	Dionne Warwick--(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls
3	7	First Edition--Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
5	8	1910 Fruitgum Co.--Simon Says
10	9	Jon & Robin and the In Crowd--Dr. Jon (The Medicine Man)
17	10	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Too Much Talk
22	11	Box Tops--Cry Like a Baby
7	12	Phil Ochs--Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
21	13	Cream--Sunshine of Your Love
9	14	Georgie Fame--The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
15	15	Gene & Debbe--Playboy
32	16	Troggs--Love is All Around
14	17	Balloon Farm--A Question of Temperature
29	18	Petula Clark--Kiss Me Goodbye
24	19	Mouse & the Traps--L.O.V.E. Love
11	20	Electric Prunes--Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
19	21	Montanas--You've Got to Be Loved
35	22	Roger Miller--Little Green Apples
40	23	Billy Vera & Judy Clay--Country Girl - City Man
38	24	Blue Cheer--Summertime Blues
25	25	Manfred Mann--The Mighty Quinn
27	26	Sly & the Family Stone--Dance to the Music
36	27	Simon & Garfunkel--Scarborough Fair
12	28	American Breed--Bend Me, Shape Me
23	29	5th Dimension--Carpet Man
42	30	Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts--Angel of the Morning
31	31	Sagittarius--Another Time
---	32	Beatles--Lady Madonna
13	33	Herman's Hermits--I Can Take or Leave Your Loving
---	34	Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett--Young Girl
48	35	Aretha Franklin--(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
50	36	Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra and Chorus--The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
30	37	Scaffold--Thank U Very Much
---	38	Percy Sledge--Take Time to Know Her
46	39	Tremeloes--Suddenly You Love Me
34	40	Turtles--Sound Asleep
28	41	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Some Velvet Morning
---	42	Ventures--Flights of Fantasy
---	43	Mojo--New York City
---	44	Lemon Pipers--Rice is Nice
44	45	Will-O-Bees--It's Not Easy
18	46	O.C. Smith--The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
---	47	People--I Love You
---	48	Sam & Dave--I Thank You
33	49	Four Tops--Walk Away Renee
49	50	Bobby Vee--Maybe Just Today

The Monkees shoot up to number one.

“Love is Blue” is shown as by Paul Mauriat alone, as Claudine Longet disappears for this one week only.  She’ll be back next week.

The Association’s “Everything That Touches You” drops off the survey from way up at number 20.

There are two non-BB debuts this week: the Ventures’ “Flights of Fantasy,” which will get to number 25, and “New York City” by Mojo (the Mojo Men under a new name), which will peak next week at number 35 and drop off the survey.

The only other debut that will do significantly better here than nationally is “I Love You,” a psychedelic pop-rock cover of a Zombies song by San Jose band People; a number 14 BB hit, it’ll peak at number two here, just one of several songs that will be blocked out of the number one spot by a record that will debut next week…

Falling short of their Billboard peaks are Percy Sledge’s “Take Time to Know Her” (11BB/25KJR) and Sam & Dave’s “I Thank You” (9/45).  “I Love You” and “I Thank You” debut in consecutive spots.

March 1, 1968

1	1	Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra/Claudine Longet--Love is Blue
2	2	Fireballs--Bottle of Wine
4	3	First Edition--Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
3	4	Dionne Warwick--(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls
6	5	1910 Fruitgum Co.--Simon Says
8	6	Bee Gees--Words
13	7	Phil Ochs--Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
14	8	Otis Redding--(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
5	9	Georgie Fame--The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
17	10	Jon & Robin and the In Crowd--Dr. Jon (The Medicine Man)
7	11	Electric Prunes--Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
10	12	American Breed--Bend Me, Shape Me
12	13	Herman's Hermits--I Can Take or Leave Your Loving
11	14	Balloon Farm--A Question of Temperature
21	15	Gene & Debbe--Playboy
24	16	Monkees--Valleri/Tapioca Tundra
20	17	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Too Much Talk
18	18	O.C. Smith--The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
26	19	Montanas--You've Got to Be Loved
9	20	Association--Everything That Touches You
33	21	Cream--Sunshine of Your Love
---	22	Box Tops--Cry Like a Baby
27	23	5th Dimension--Carpet Man
28	24	Mouse & the Traps--L.O.V.E. Love
37	25	Manfred Mann--The Mighty Quinn
15	26	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite
34	27	Sly & the Family Stone--Dance to the Music
16	28	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Some Velvet Morning
42	29	Petula Clark--Kiss Me Goodbye
29	30	Scaffold--Thank U Very Much
36	31	Sagittarius--Another Time
31	32	Troggs--Love is All Around
45	33	Four Tops--Walk Away Renee
43	34	Turtles--Sound Asleep
---	35	Roger Miller--Little Green Apples
---	36	Simon & Garfunkel--Scarborough Fair
23	37	Classics IV--Spooky
---	38	Blue Cheer--Summertime Blues
46	39	Bill Cosby--Funky North Philly
---	40	Billy Vera & Judy Clay--Country Girl - City Man
22	41	Temptations--I Wish it Would Rain
47	42	Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts--Angel of the Morning
19	43	John Fred & His Playboy Band--Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
---	44	Will-O-Bees--It's Not Easy
32	45	Parade--The Radio Song
---	46	Tremeloes--Suddenly You Love Me
44	47	Cowsills--We Can Fly
---	48	Aretha Franklin--(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
50	49	Bobby Vee--Maybe Just Today
---	50	Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra and Chorus--The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

We now have a shared entry at number one, as Claudine Longet’s version of “Love is Blue” (number 71 in Billboard) joins Paul Mauriat’s.

“Valleri”’s b-side, “Tapioca Tundra,” a number 34 BB hit, joins it as a double-sided hit for the next several weeks.

The Will-O-Bees return after their one week absence.

Besides Claudine, all the week’s debuts were top 50 BB hits.  Roger Miller’s “Little Green Apples” will get up to number 14 here; in Billboard it peaked at number 39, though it got to number 6 on the country chart and number 5 on the easy listening chart.  The other big version of the song, by O.C. Smith, will appear here in September.

The only other debut that will really top its Billboard position here is Blue Cheer’s version of “Summertime Blues,” a number 14 national hit that will make it to number six here.  On the other hand, Simon & Garfunkel (11BB/26KJR), Aretha Franklin (5/23) and Hugo Montenegro (2/12) will fall short.