Friday, May 9, 2014

February 2, 1968



22
1
Dionne Warwick--(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls
2
2
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite
30
3
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra--Love is Blue
4
4
John Fred & His Playboy Band--Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
10
5
Fireballs--Bottle of Wine
1
6
American Breed--Bend Me, Shape Me
15
7
First Edition--Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
3
8
Lemon Pipers--Green Tambourine
9
9
Hollies--Dear Eloise
7
10
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Some Velvet Morning
6
11
Lettermen--Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You
19
12
Herman's Hermits--I Can Take or Leave Your Loving
14
13
Cowsills--We Can Fly
11
14
Classics IV--Spooky
8
15
Human Beinz--Nobody But Me
13
16
Henson Cargill--Skip a Rope
29
17
Neil Diamond--New Orleans
33
18
1910 Fruitgum Co.--Simon Says
5
19
Eric Burdon & the Animals--Monterey
18
20
Rolling Stones--She's a Rainbow
47
21
Georgie Fame--The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
21
22
Association--Everything That Touches You
12
23
Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett--Woman, Woman
20
24
Strawberry Alarm Clock--Tomorrow
31
25
Spanky & Our Gang--Sunday Mornin'
17
26
Lulu--Best of Both Worlds
36
27
Aretha Franklin--Chain of Fools
42
28
Balloon Farm--A Question of Temperature
45
29
Temptations--I Wish it Would Rain
40
30
Electric Prunes--Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
16
31
Monkees--Daydream Believer
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32
Otis Redding--(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
34
33
Elvis Presley--Guitar Man
25
34
Sandpebbles--Love Power
28
35
Five Americans--7:30 Guided Tour
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36
Mills Brothers--Cab Driver
23
37
Beach Boys--Darlin'
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38
Cherry Slush--I Cannot Stop You
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39
Four Tops--Walk Away Renee
27
40
Bobby Vinton--Just As Much As Ever
38
41
Engelbert Humperdinck--Am I That Easy to Forget
43
42
Grapefruit--Dear Delilah
44
43
Bee Gees--Words
39
44
Ed Ames--Who Will Answer?
32
45
Buckinghams--Susan
41
46
Frankie Valli--To Give (The Reason I Live)
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47
Gene & Debbe--Playboy
37
48
City Zu--Give a Little Bit
48
49
Impressions--We're a Winner
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50
Jay & the Techniques--Strawberry Shortcake


Dionne and Paul charge into the top three.  The survey is looking very 1968-ish as the 1967 influence fades.

The “Guitar Man” sheds his “High Heel Sneakers” for his final week on the survey.

For the fourth straight week there are exactly six debuts.  One only Bubbled Under at Billboard, Michigan’s Cherry Slush with their garage-rock-pop-psych-with-horns “I Cannot Stop You”—number 119 in BB, it’ll inch up to number 37 here next week and then drop off.  “Playboy,” a pop-rock ballad duet by Gene & Debbe, was a number 17 national hit but here it’ll get to number four and spend 16 weeks on the survey.  The Four Tops will come up short again of their Billboard numbers with their version of “Walk Away Renee”—number 14 BB, number 33 here.

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