Friday, May 2, 2014

January 26, 1968



2
1
American Breed--Bend Me, Shape Me
3
2
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite
1
3
Lemon Pipers--Green Tambourine
8
4
John Fred & His Playboy Band--Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
4
5
Eric Burdon & the Animals--Monterey
17
6
Lettermen--Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You
25
7
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood--Some Velvet Morning
9
8
Human Beinz--Nobody But Me
12
9
Hollies--Dear Eloise
16
10
Fireballs--Bottle of Wine
14
11
Classics IV--Spooky
10
12
Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett--Woman, Woman
11
13
Henson Cargill--Skip a Rope
29
14
Cowsills--We Can Fly
39
15
First Edition--Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
5
16
Monkees--Daydream Believer
18
17
Lulu--Best of Both Worlds
26
18
Rolling Stones--She's a Rainbow
33
19
Herman's Hermits--I Can Take or Leave Your Loving
23
20
Strawberry Alarm Clock--Tomorrow
49
21
Association--Everything That Touches You
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22
Dionne Warwick--(Theme From) Valley of the Dolls
15
23
Beach Boys--Darlin'
22
24
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich--Zabadak
27
25
Sandpebbles--Love Power
6
26
Box Tops--Neon Rainbow
21
27
Bobby Vinton--Just As Much As Ever
20
28
Five Americans--7:30 Guided Tour
30
29
Neil Diamond--New Orleans
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30
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra--Love is Blue
36
31
Spanky & Our Gang--Sunday Mornin'
7
32
Buckinghams--Susan
43
33
1910 Fruitgum Co.--Simon Says
32
34
Elvis Presley--Guitar Man/High Heel Sneakers
13
35
Beatles--Hello Goodbye
41
36
Aretha Franklin--Chain of Fools
19
37
City Zu--Give a Little Bit
24
38
Engelbert Humperdinck--Am I That Easy to Forget
34
39
Ed Ames--Who Will Answer?
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40
Electric Prunes--Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
45
41
Frankie Valli--To Give (The Reason I Live)
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42
Balloon Farm--A Question of Temperature
46
43
Grapefruit--Dear Delilah
50
44
Bee Gees--Words
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45
Temptations--I Wish it Would Rain
48
46
Tom Northcott--1941
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47
Georgie Fame--The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
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48
Impressions--We're a Winner
35
49
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Do Unto Others
40
50
Lovin' Spoonful--Money


A number of big jumps—25 to 7, 39 to 15, 49 to 21—and drops—6 to 26, 7 to 32, 13 to 35.

“Hello Goodbye” stands alone for its final week on the survey, as the Walrus exits a week early.  “Guitar Man”’s b-side, “High Heel Sneakers,” joins it for this one week only.

This is the third straight week that there’s been exactly six debut records, though this time we also have one return, “Love is Blue.”  All were Top 40 hits in Billboard except one: “Everybody Knows You’re Not in Love,” a not-so-psychedelic record by the Electric Prunes, six months after they last dented the national charts.  This one seems to have only gotten airplay in Washington and Utah.

The Balloon Farm’s “A Question of Temperature” was a number 37 BB hit but will make it up to number eleven here.  “I Wish it Would Rain” by the Temptations and “We’re a Winner” by the Impressions were number four and 14 hits, respectively, nationally, but will only get to number 22 and 36 here.  Dionne Warwick’s “Valley of the Dolls” debuts up at number 22 and will shoot to number one next week, yet will only spend eight weeks total on the survey (in BB it peaked at number two, staying there for four weeks).

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