March 29, 1968

1	1	Beatles--Lady Madonna
2	2	Monkees--Valleri/Tapioca Tundra
13	3	Bobby Goldsboro--Honey
4	4	Gene & Debbe--Playboy
3	5	Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra/Claudine Longet--Love is Blue
5	6	Troggs--Love is All Around
6	7	Blue Cheer--Summertime Blues
8	8	Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts--Angel of the Morning
24	9	Union Gap Featuring Gary Puckett--Young Girl
9	10	Jon & Robin and the In Crowd--Dr. Jon (The Medicine Man)
10	11	Box Tops--Cry Like a Baby
12	12	Otis Redding--(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
7	13	1910 Fruitgum Co.--Simon Says
17	14	Manfred Mann--The Mighty Quinn
22	15	Irish Rovers--The Unicorn
21	16	Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra and Chorus--The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
11	17	Petula Clark--Kiss Me Goodbye
14	18	Roger Miller--Little Green Apples
28	19	People--I Love You
32	20	Hollies--Jennifer Eccles
15	21	Fireballs--Bottle of Wine
18	22	Cream--Sunshine of Your Love
16	23	Georgie Fame--The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
37	24	Four Jacks & a Jill--Master Jack
35	25	Delfonics--La-La-Means I Love You
29	26	Simon & Garfunkel--Scarborough Fair
19	27	Bee Gees--Words
25	28	Ventures--Flights of Fantasy
39	29	Who--Call Me Lightning
49	30	Diana Ross & the Supremes--Forever Came Today
30	31	New Colony Six--I Will Always Think About You
31	32	Percy Sledge--Take Time to Know Her
47	33	Lulu--Me the Peaceful Heart
23	34	Aretha Franklin--(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
41	35	Donovan--Jennifer Juniper
---	36	Neil Diamond--Red Red Wine
40	37	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Goodbye Baby (I Don't Want to See You Cry)
---	38	Flatt & Scruggs—Bonnie & Clyde Theme
---	39	Aretha Franklin--Ain't No Way
36	40	Lemon Pipers--Rice is Nice
20	41	Phil Ochs--Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
25	42	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Too Much Talk
44	43	Elvis Presley--U.S. Male
---	44	Willie Mitchell--Soul Serenade
---	45	Norro Wilson--Mama McCluskie
---	46	Bobby Vinton--Take Good Care of My Baby
---	47	Dean Martin--You've Still Got a Place in My Heart
48	48	Guy Marks--Loving You Has Made Me Bananas
46	49	Cowsills--In Need of a Friend
---	50	Bards--The Owl & the Pussycat

Two non-Billboard debuts this week.  The first is “Mama McCluskie,” a melodramatic pop-country record by Norro Wilson—it reminds me a little of Charlie Rich’s 1973 hit “The Most Beautiful Girl”…which Norro wrote.  Norro hit the country chart several times between 1969 and 1977, but was more successful as a songwriter.  The second is Eastern Washington’s Bards with Edward Lear’s “The Owl & the Pussycat.”  The Bards had recorded the song previously, in 1966; both versions were kind of psychedelic, but the 1966 one was faster and punkier while this version is slower and bluesier.  Norro Wilson will get up to number twelve on the survey, while the Bards will peak next week at number 49.

Bluegrass pioneers Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded the instrumental “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” in 1949.  In 1968 they re-recorded it for the movie Bonnie & Clyde; the new version was released as “Theme From Bonnie & Clyde” while the old version was re-released under the original title.  Billboard listed the two versions as one entry, under the “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” title, which reached number 55 on the pop chart and number 58 on the country chart.  KJR listed it as “Bonnie & Clyde Theme” this first week and just “Bonnie & Clyde” thereafter; it’ll go all the way to number six.

Neil Diamond’s original “Red Red Wine” was a number 62 BB hit that will make it to number 22 here; it’s better known via its 1980s remake by UB40.  Dean Martin’s “You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart,” a number 60 Billboard hit, will peak here next week at number 34.