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.