August 23, 1968

5	1	1910 Fruitgum Co.--1, 2, 3, Red Light
2	2	Steppenwolf--Born to Be Wild
4	3	Doors--Hello, I Love You
10	4	Ohio Express--Down at Lulu's
6	5	Rascals--People Got to Be Free
3	6	Bobby Goldsboro--Autumn of My Life
1	7	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)
11	8	B.J. Thomas--The Eyes of a New York Woman
9	9	Vogues--Turn Around, Look at Me
17	10	Dino, Desi & Billy--Tell Someone You Love Them
13	11	Deep Purple--Hush
12	12	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Don't Take it So Hard
7	13	Gary Puckett & the Union Gap--Lady Willpower
29	14	Canned Heat--On the Road Again
19	15	Beach Boys--Do It Again
8	16	Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Sealed With a Kiss
22	17	Chambers Brothers--Time Has Come Today
28	18	Ricky Page--Harper Valley PTA
20	19	Cream--Sunshine of Your Love
14	20	Cherry People--And Suddenly
15	21	Vanilla Fudge--You Keep Me Hanging On
16	22	Bobby Vinton--Halfway to Paradise
18	23	Amboy Dukes--Journey to the Center of the Mind
30	24	Al Wilson--The Snake
31	25	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66--The Fool on the Hill
38	26	Association--Six Man Band
25	27	Mama Cass With the Mamas & the Papas--Dream a Little Dream of Me
33	28	Flavor--Sally Had a Party
27	29	Tommy James & the Shondells--Somebody Cares
26	30	Jerry Jeff Walker--Mr. Bojangles
44	31	Bee Gees--I've Gotta Get a Message to You
39	32	Lulu--Morning Dew
23	33	Rolling Stones--Jumpin' Jack Flash
34	34	Spirit--Mechanical World
37	35	Nilsson--Everybody's Talkin'
46	36	Aretha Franklin--The House That Jack Built
40	37	Don Fardon--(The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation
41	38	Who--Magic Bus
43	39	Love Society--Do You Wanna Dance
45	40	Professor Morrison's Lollipop--You Got the Love
---	41	Colours--Love Heals
42	42	Tammy Wynette--D-I-V-O-R-C-E
21	43	Donovan--Hurdy Gurdy Man
47	44	Robin Wilson--Where Are They Now
---	45	Larry Marks--L.A. Break Down (And Take Me In)
35	46	Wayne Newton--Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
24	47	Love Generation--Montage From How Sweet it Is (I Know That You Know)
---	48	Crazy World of Arthur Brown--Fire
---	49	Vogues--My Special Angel
---	50	Band--The Weight

Last week “You’re All I Need to Get By” by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell jumped 16 spots from number 48 to number 32.  This week it’s gone.

Just five debuts this week.  “Love Heals” by British band Colours only got to number 106 in Billboard but will make it to number 20 here.  Larry Marks’ folky-pop “L.A. Break Down” beats that—129 BB, number nine here.  “Fire” by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown spent one week at number two in Billboard, while here it’ll be number one for a week, followed by four straight weeks at number two.  The Vogues, settling into a role as an oldies group, will equal their BB peak of number seven with their version of “My Special Angel.”  And new band the Band will make it to number 28 here with the number 63 Billboard hit “The Weight.”

August 16, 1968

2	1	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)
1	2	Steppenwolf--Born to Be Wild
3	3	Bobby Goldsboro--Autumn of My Life
5	4	Doors--Hello, I Love You
19	5	1910 Fruitgum Co.--1, 2, 3, Red Light
12	6	Rascals--People Got to Be Free
4	7	Gary Puckett & the Union Gap--Lady Willpower
6	8	Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Sealed With a Kiss
7	9	Vogues--Turn Around, Look at Me
16	10	Ohio Express--Down at Lulu's
13	11	B.J. Thomas--The Eyes of a New York Woman
8	12	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Don't Take it So Hard
27	13	Deep Purple--Hush
9	14	Cherry People--And Suddenly
10	15	Vanilla Fudge--You Keep Me Hanging On
11	16	Bobby Vinton--Halfway to Paradise
18	17	Dino, Desi & Billy--Tell Someone You Love Them
20	18	Amboy Dukes--Journey to the Center of the Mind
24	19	Beach Boys--Do It Again
25	20	Cream--Sunshine of Your Love
22	21	Donovan--Hurdy Gurdy Man
29	22	Chambers Brothers--Time Has Come Today
14	23	Rolling Stones--Jumpin' Jack Flash
17	24	Love Generation--Montage From How Sweet it Is (I Know That You Know)
15	25	Mama Cass With the Mamas & the Papas--Dream a Little Dream of Me
28	26	Jerry Jeff Walker--Mr. Bojangles
26	27	Tommy James & the Shondells--Somebody Cares
---	28	Ricky Page--Harper Valley PTA
37	29	Canned Heat--On the Road Again
39	30	Al Wilson--The Snake
41	31	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66--The Fool on the Hill
48	32	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell--You're All I Need to Get By
33	33	Flavor--Sally Had a Party
31	34	Spirit--Mechanical World
23	35	Wayne Newton--Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
21	36	Eric Burdon & the Animals--Sky Pilot
32	37	Nilsson--Everybody's Talkin'
---	38	Association--Six Man Band
44	39	Lulu--Morning Dew
45	40	Don Fardon--(The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation
46	41	Who--Magic Bus
38	42	Tammy Wynette--D-I-V-O-R-C-E
---	43	Love Society--Do You Wanna Dance
---	44	Bee Gees--I've Gotta Get a Message to You
---	45	Professor Morrison's Lollipop--You Got the Love
---	46	Aretha Franklin--The House That Jack Built
---	47	Robin Wilson--Where Are They Now
50	48	Herman's Hermits--Sunshine Girl
35	49	Petula Clark--Don't Give Up
34	50	Moody Blues--Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

An interesting week for debuts, including two non-Billboard.  “Where Are They Now” by little-known easy-listening singer Robin Wilson will be number 44 next week and then drop off.  I’m not sure if it charted anywhere else.  “Harper Valley PTA” was written by Tom T. Hall, and the Ricky Page version and the well-known Jeannie C. Riley version came out about the same time and sound pretty similar.  Jeannie’s version was a huge smash but was ignored at KJR, while Ricky’s version seems to have only been popular in the Pacific Northwest, including here, where it’ll go quickly to number three.

Wisconsin’s the Love Society’s mellow vocal group version of “Do You Wanna Dance” was a number 108 BB hit that will get to number 23 here, spending eight weeks on the survey.  Slightly punky bubblegum “You Got the Love” by Professor Morrison’s Lollipop (from Nebraska) was a number 88 hit in Billboard that will make it up to number eleven here, and spend eleven weeks on the survey.  The Association’s “Six Man Band” got to number 47 in Billboard and will reach number 22 here.  On the other hand, Aretha Franklin’s “The House That Jack Built” will only reach number 32 here, nowhere near its number six national peak.  Its b-side was also a big national hit, and we’ll be seeing it in a few weeks.