July 5, 1968

1	1	Eric Burdon & the Animals--Sky Pilot
4	2	Cowsills--Indian Lake
5	3	Rolling Stones--Jumpin' Jack Flash
6	4	Monkees--D.W. Washburn
13	5	Gary Puckett & the Union Gap--Lady Willpower
10	6	Gary Lewis & the Playboys--Sealed With a Kiss
9	7	Donovan--Hurdy Gurdy Man
3	8	Tommy James & the Shondells--Mony Mony
2	9	Herb Alpert--This Guy's in Love With You
15	10	Vogues--Turn Around, Look at Me
33	11	Doors--Hello, I Love You
7	12	Andy Kim--How'd We Ever Get This Way
14	13	Status Quo--Pictures of Matchstick Men
16	14	Bobby Goldsboro--Autumn of My Life
11	15	Richard Harris--MacArthur Park
12	16	Gene Pitney--She's a Heartbreaker
34	17	Paul Revere & the Raiders--Don't Take it So Hard
18	18	Roger Williams--The Impossible Dream
31	19	Vanilla Fudge--You Keep Me Hanging On
22	20	Hugh Masekela--Grazing in the Grass
21	21	Peppermint Trolley Company--Baby You Come Rollin' Across My Mind
29	22	Wayne Newton--Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
28	23	B.J. Thomas--The Eyes of a New York Woman
23	24	Billy Vera--With Pen in Hand
32	25	Steppenwolf--Born to Be Wild
8	26	Ohio Express--Yummy Yummy Yummy
30	27	Box Tops--Choo Choo Train
17	28	5th Dimension--Stoned Soul Picnic
26	29	Mason Williams--Classical Gas
37	30	Mama Cass With the Mamas & the Papas--Dream a Little Dream of Me
35	31	Eternity's Children--Mrs. Bluebird
25	32	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66--The Look of Love
19	33	Johnny Cash--Folsom Prison Blues
20	34	Aretha Franklin--Think
48	35	Cherry People--And Suddenly
---	36	Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)
---	37	Moody Blues--Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)
---	38	Bobby Vinton--Halfway to Paradise
---	39	Amboy Dukes--Journey to the Center of the Mind
36	40	Association--Time For Livin'
38	41	Jon & Robin--You Got Style
43	42	Jerry Butler--Never Give You Up
24	43	Archie Bell & the Drells--Tighten Up
---	44	Temptations--I Could Neve Love Another (After Loving You)
---	45	Love Generation--Montage From How Sweet It Is (I Know That You Know)
40	46	Cliff Nobles & Co.--The Horse
42	47	Lemon Pipers--Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade)
27	48	Magistrates--Here Come the Judge
---	49	Bobby Cole/Jerry Jeff Walker--Mr. Bojangles
---	50	Spirit--Mechanical World

The very heavy and seemingly not very AM radio friendly “Mechanical World” by Spirit was a number 123 Bubbling Under “hit” at Billboard; it’ll get to number 29 here and spend nine weeks on the survey.  All the other debuts were Hot 100 BB hits, including both versions of “Mr. Bojangles,” listed here as one entry.  Jerry Jeff Walker, the writer of the song, got to number 77 while Bobby Cole’s version got to number 79--here, the two versions will drop off next week, then come back for three weeks, peaking at number 26; then Jerry Jeff’s version will hang on by itself for three more weeks.  (The version most people remember, by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is from 1970.)

“Alice Long” by Boyce & Hart, a number 27 national hit, will spend two non-consecutive weeks at number one here, with two weeks at number two separating them.  Bobby Vinton’s “Halfway to Paradise” will do about halfway better here than in Billboard, number 11 versus number 23.  Pop vocal group the Love Generation’s “Montage From How Sweet It Is,” from the movie How Sweet It Is, was a number 86 BB hit that will get up to number 17 here.  And the Temptations’ “I Could Never Love Another” will come up short of its number 13 BB peak, stopping here at number 36.