August 2, 1968

12	1	Steppenwolf--Born to Be Wild
1	2	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)
2	3	Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Sealed With a Kiss
5	4	Vogues--Turn Around, Look at Me
3	5	Gary Puckett & the Union Gap--Lady Willpower
4	6	Doors--Hello, I Love You
6	7	Rolling Stones--Jumpin' Jack Flash
7	8	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Don't Take it So Hard
13	9	Vanilla Fudge--You Keep Me Hanging On
10	10	Bobby Goldsboro--Autumn of My Life
8	11	Eric Burdon & the Animals--Sky Pilot
11	12	Mama Cass With the Mamas & the Papas--Dream a Little Dream of Me
15	13	Wayne Newton--Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
9	14	Donovan--Hurdy Gurdy Man
14	15	Cherry People--And Suddenly
17	16	Amboy Dukes--Journey to the Center of the Mind
20	17	Bobby Vinton--Halfway to Paradise
23	18	Rascals--People Got to Be Free
24	19	Love Generation--Montage From How Sweet it Is (I Know That You Know)
30	20	Ohio Express--Down at Lulu's
16	21	Moody Blues--Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)
25	22	B.J. Thomas--The Eyes of a New York Woman
31	23	Dino, Desi & Billy--Tell Someone You Love Them
19	24	Status Quo--Pictures of Matchstick Men
28	25	Cream--Sunshine of Your Love
27	26	Jerry Jeff Walker/Bobby Cole--Mr. Bojangles
29	27	Petula Clark--Don't Give Up
---	28	1910 Fruitgum Co.--1, 2, 3, Red Light
34	29	Spirit--Mechanical World
18	30	Cowsills--Indian Lake
35	31	Jose Feliciano--Light My Fire
38	32	Tommy James & the Shondells--Somebody Cares
40	33	Flavor--Sally Had a Party
50	34	Chambers Brothers--Time Has Come Today
26	35	Hugh Masekela--Grazing in the Grass
22	36	Roger Williams--The Impossible Dream
37	37	Nilsson--Everybody's Talkin'
46	38	Beach Boys--Do It Again
---	39	Barry Mann--I Just Can't Help Believin'
---	40	Deep Purple--Hush
41	41	Dells--Stay in My Corner
48	42	Ray Stevens--Mr. Businessman
21	43	Monkees--It's Nice to Be With You
47	44	Tammy Wynette--D-I-V-O-R-C-E
49	45	Archie Bell & the Drells--I Can't Stop Dancing
33	46	Billy Vera--With Pen in Hand
---	47	Canned Heat--On the Road Again
---	48	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66--The Fool on the Hill
---	49	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell--You're All I Need to Get By
---	50	Barbara Acklin--Love Makes a Woman

Glen Campbell’s everyday housewife wakes up and goes away, while Wayne Newton’s continues dreaming for four more weeks.

“Born to Be Wild,” which had seemed to be peaking after being 14, 14 and 12 the last three weeks, suddenly shifts gears and jumps into the number one position.

All the week’s debuts were Billboard Top Ten hits, with one major exception.  “I Just Can’t Help Believin’,” as recorded by its co-author Barry Mann, did not make the Billboard charts; here it will fall back one slot next week and then drop off the survey.  In the summer of 1970 we’ll see the version most people remember, by B.J. Thomas.

Most of the other debuts will fail to match their national peaks here; the exceptions are Canned Heat’s “On the Road Again” (16BB/9KJR) and the 1910 Fruitgum Co.’s “1, 2, 3, Red Light,” a number five BB hit that will quickly rise to number one here and spend two weeks in that position.  The others: Deep Purple’s reworking of Joe South’s “Hush” (4/10), Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66’s reworking of the Beatles’ “The Fool on the Hill” (6/21), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell’s “You’re All I Need to Get By” (7/32), and Barbara Acklin’s “Love Makes a Woman” (15/49).