March 2, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Some Velvet Morning - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood ----- 26 (2) / 5
Born Free - The Hesitations ----- 38 (2) / 2
My Baby Must Be A Magician - The Marvelettes ----- 17 / 8
Sunday Mornin' - Spanky And Our Gang ------ 30 (2) / 4
Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin ----- 2 (2) / 11
Susan - The Buckinghams ----- 11 (3) / 10


 40 --- Men Are Gettin' Scarce - Joe Tex (44)
36 39 --- There Was A Time - James Brown & The Famous Flames
 38 --- Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers (50)
40 37 --- Carpet Man - The 5th Dimension
37 36 --- Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
 35 --- Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (52)
 34 --- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone (41)
32 33 --- Tomorrow - Strawberry Alarm Clock
29 32 --- Different Drum - Stone Poneys feat. Linda Ronstadt
 31 --- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin (HOT SHOT DEBUT)

 30 --- The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame (49)
26 29 --- Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill
27 28 --- Itchycoo Park - Small Faces
23 27 --- We Can Fly - The Cowsills
30 26 --- The End Of Our Road - Gladys Knight & The Pips
34 25 --- Too Much Talk - Paul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay
17 24 --- Woman, Woman - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
22 23 --- I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving - Herman's Hermits
18 22 --- Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed
24 21 --- I Thank You - Sam & Dave

20 20 --- There Is - The Dells
35 19 --- La-La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
13 18 --- Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & his Playboy Band      
19 17 --- Walk Away Renee - Four Tops
14 16 --- We're A Winner - The Impressions
16 15 --- Words - Bee Gees
07 14 --- Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers    
09 13 --- Goin' Out Of My Head / Can't Take My Eyes Off You - The Lettermen
10 12 --- Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz
11 11 --- Baby, Now That I've Found You - The Foundations

15 10 --- Everything That Touches You - The Association
12 09 --- Bottle Of Wine - The Fireballs
08 08 --- I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
21 07 --- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - The First Edition
03 06 --- Spooky - Classics IV
06 05 --- Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
04 04 --- I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations
05 03 --- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
02 02 --- (Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls - Dionne Warwick
01 01 --- Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & his Orchestra           


New to the charts this week are Sly & The Family Stone. Also, The Mills Brothers make a return exactly ten years after they last charted.

R1 SINGLES CHART – 28 February-5 March 1968

01 02 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim *
02 01 THE MIGHTY QUINN Manfred Mann **
03 13 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
04 05 BEND ME, SHAPE ME Amen Corner
05 03 SHE WEARS MY RING Solomon King
06 08 FIRE BRIGADE The Move
07 07 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo
08 12 WORDS The Bee Gees
09 04 EVERLASTING LOVE Love Affair **
10 11 SUDDENLY, YOU LOVE ME The Tremeloes

11 17 GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers
12 10 GIMME LITTLE SIGN Brenton Wood
13 06 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET? Engelbert Humperdinck
14 19 ROSIE Don Partridge
15 35 JENNIFER JUNIPER Donovan
16 14 DARLIN' The Beach Boys
17 09 JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES) John Fred and the Playboy Band
18 15 DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL Alan Price Set
19 18 BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN The Foundations
20 16 I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOUR LOVING Herman's Hermits

21 37 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
22 25 DEAR DELILAH Grapefruit
23 23 THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ Anita Harris
24 -- GUITAR MAN Elvis Presley
25 20 EVERYTHING I AM Plastic Penny
26 31 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CABARET Louis Armstrong
27 21 THE BALLAD OF BONNIE & CLYDE Georgie Fame *
28 27 TODAY Sandie Shaw
29 22 DAYDREAM BELIEVER The Monkees
30 24 BEND ME, SHAPE ME The American Breed

31 38 LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat
32 29 THE BEST PART OF BREAKING UP The Symbols
33 28 NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues
34 -- ME, THE PEACEFUL HEART Lulu
35 30 HONEY CHILE Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
36 -- DELILAH Tom Jones
37 39 MY GIRL Otis Redding
38 36 I SECOND THAT EMOTION Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
39 34 MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (E.P.) The Beatles
40 -- SKY PILOT Eric Burdon

-- 26 I'M COMING HOME Tom Jones
-- 32 WALK AWAY, RENEE The Four Tops
-- 33 TIN SOLDIER The Small Faces
-- 40 YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE Val Doonican