February 24, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Strawberry Shortcake - Jay & The Techniques ----- 39 / 2
Just As Much As Ever - Bobby Vinton ----- 24 / 4
You - Marvin Gaye ----- 34 / 3
Darlin' - The Beach Boys ----- 19 (2) / 6
Am I That Easy To Forget - Engelbert Humperdinck ----- 18 (2) / 7


 40 --- Carpet Man - The 5th Dimension (47)
26 39 --- Some Velvet Morning - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
38 38 --- Born Free - The Hesitations
 37 --- Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream (45)
36 36 --- There Was A Time - James Brown & The Famous Flames
 35 --- La-La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics (50)
 34 --- Too Much Talk - Paul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay (49)
19 33 --- My Baby Must Be A Magician - The Marvelettes
23 32 --- Tomorrow - Strawberry Alarm Clock
30 31 --- Sunday Mornin' - Spanky And Our Gang

40 30 --- The End Of Our Road - Gladys Knight & The Pips
24 29 --- Different Drum - Stone Poneys feat. Linda Ronstadt
16 28 --- Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
27 27 --- Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
25 26 --- Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill
18 25 --- Susan - The Buckinghams
29 24 --- I Thank You - Sam & Dave
21 23 --- We Can Fly - The Cowsills
22 22 --- I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving - Herman's Hermits
 21 --- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - The First Edition (43)

20 20 --- There Is - The Dells
37 19 --- Walk Away Renee - Four Tops
13 18 --- Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed
12 17 --- Woman, Woman - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
32 16 --- Words - Bee Gees
31 15 --- Everything That Touches You - The Association
15 14 --- We're A Winner - The Impressions
09 13 --- Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & his Playboy Band      
14 12 --- Bottle Of Wine - The Fireballs
11 11 --- Baby, Now That I've Found You - The Foundations

08 10 --- Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz
07 09 --- Goin' Out Of My Head / Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Lettermen
10 08 --- I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
02 07 --- Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers    
17 06 --- Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
06 05 --- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
04 04 --- I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
03 03 --- Spooky - Classics IV
05 02 --- (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls - Dionne Warwick
01 01 --- Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & his Orchestra         


Big new acts this week including Cream whose guitarist/vocalist is Eric Clapton seeing him into the Top 40. Also new are The Delfonics. Another huge success this week would be the first appearance of The First Edition which makes this week a first for Kenny Rogers!

R1 SINGLES CHART – 21-27 February 1968

01 01 THE MIGHTY QUINN Manfred Mann **
02 32 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim
03 05 SHE WEARS MY RING Solomon King
04 02 EVERLASTING LOVE Love Affair **
05 03 BEND ME, SHAPE ME Amen Corner
06 04 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET? Engelbert Humperdinck
07 09 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo
08 10 FIRE BRIGADE The Move
09 06 JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES) John Fred and the Playboy Band
10 08 GIMME LITTLE SIGN Brenton Wood

11 07 SUDDENLY, YOU LOVE ME The Tremeloes
12 13 WORDS The Bee Gees
13 35 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
14 12 DARLIN' The Beach Boys
15 16 DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL Alan Price Set
16 11 I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOUR LOVING Herman's Hermits
17 23 GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers
18 18 BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN The Foundations
19 22 ROSIE Don Partridge
20 15 EVERYTHING I AM Plastic Penny

21 14 THE BALLAD OF BONNIE & CLYDE Georgie Fame *
22 17 DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees
23 21 THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ Anita Harris
24 28 BEND ME, SHAPE ME The American Breed
25 -- DEAR DELILAH Grapefruit
26 20 I'M COMING HOME Tom Jones
27 29 TODAY Sandie Shaw
28 19 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues
29 27 THE BEST PART OF BREAKING UP The Symbols
30 30 HONEY CHILE Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

31 33 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CABARET Louis Armstrong
32 26 WALK AWAY, RENEE The Four Tops
33 24 TIN SOLDIER The Small Faces
34 25 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (E.P.) The Beatles
35 -- JENNIFER JUNIPER Donovan
36 36 I SECOND THAT EMOTION Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
37 -- (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
38 -- LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat
39 -- MY GIRL Otis Redding
40 -- YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE Val Doonican

-- 31 THE LAST WALTZ Engelbert Humperdinck *****
-- 34 PARADISE LOST Herd
-- 37 WORLD The Bee Gees
-- 38 HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH Traffic
-- 39 SO MUCH LOVE Tony Blackburn
-- 40 IN AND OUT OF LOVE Diana Ross and the Supremes


Debuts here from Grapefruit, and a one-hit wonder from Paul Mauriat