April 27, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Little Green Apples - Roger Miller ----- 39 (3) / 6
Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co. ----- 4 (4) / 11
Valleri - The Monkees ----- 3 (2) / 7


40 40 --- The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith
 39 --- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (56)
24 38 --- Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark
37 37 --- Ame Caline (Soul Coaxing) - Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra
38 36 --- Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell
35 35 --- Security - Etta James
34 34 --- Delilah - Tom Jones
33 33 --- Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vinton
32 32 --- U.S. Male - Elvis Presley w/ The Jordanaires
 31 --- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder (47)

27 30 --- Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers
10 29 --- Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - Manfred Mann
29 28 --- Forever Came Today - Diana Ross & The Supremes
 27 --- Do You Know The Way To San José - Dionne Warwick - Dionne Warwick (61)
26 26 --- Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
15 25 --- Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & his Orchestra             
11 24 --- Scarborough Fair (/Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel
30 23 --- Funky Street - Arthur Conley
22 22 --- Love Is All Around - The Troggs
21 21 --- Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin

28 20 --- Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge
31 19 --- A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals
23 18 --- Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
17 17 --- Playboy - Gene And Debbe
16 16 --- Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
12 15 --- La-La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
19 14 --- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
18 13 --- Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
20 12 --- The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers
14 11 --- If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

07 10 --- The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame
25 09 --- Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
08 08 --- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
06 07 --- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding           
09 06 --- I Got The Feelin' - James Brown & The Famous Flames
05 05 --- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
04 04 --- Lady Madonna - The Beatles
02 03 --- Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
03 02 --- Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
01 01 --- Honey - Bobby Goldsboro         

R1 SINGLES CHART – 24-30 April 1968

01 02 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CABARET Louis Armstrong *
02 01 CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard **
03 05 SIMON SAYS 1910 Fruitgum Co
04 03 IF I ONLY HAD TIME John Rowles
05 04 DELILAH Tom Jones
06 10 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
07 07 JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies
08 13 I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus
09 06 LADY MADONNA The Beatles **
10 31 LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces

11 14 AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSEPARTY Showstoppers
12 18 SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART The Paper Dolls
13 15 CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata and the Delrons
14 09 STEP INSIDE, LOVE Cilla Black
15 17 CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops
16 12 VALLERI The Monkees
17 11 IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops
18 08 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
19 22 WHITE HORSES Jacky
20 26 HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? The Easybeats

21 16 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim ***
22 27 I DON'T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE Herd
23 25 SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
24 19 LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat
25 23 LITTLE GREEN APPLES Roger Miller
26 -- A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
27 21 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich *
28 39 FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross and the Supremes
29 29 JUMBO / THE SINGER SANG HIS SONG The Bee Gees
30 20 ROSIE Don Partridge

31 -- YOUNG GIRL Union Gap ft Gary Puckett
32 -- HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
33 24 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and his Comets
34 -- THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity
35 35 PEGGY SUE / RAVE ON Buddy Holly
36 28 ME, THE PEACEFUL HEART Lulu
37 -- BLACK MAGIC WOMAN Fleetwood Mac
38 33 JENNIFER JUNIPER Donovan
39 -- LA LA LA Massiel
40 36 WONDER BOY The Kinks

-- 30 SHE WEARS MY RING Solomon King
-- 32 FIRE BRIGADE The Move
-- 34 DO YOU REMEMBER? The Scaffold
-- 37 I'VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND Dorian Gray
-- 38 DARLIN' The Beach Boys
-- 40 VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Dionne Warwick


Plenty of debuts: Bobby Goldsboro, Union Gap ft Gary Puckett, Fleetwood Mac, Massiel, & Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity

Massiel were the Spanish winners of that year's EuroVision Song Contest, beating a strong UK effort from Cliff Richard

#34 became more famous in the 1990's as the theme tune for sitcom 'Absolutely Fabulous'

At the age of 66, Louis Armstrong becomes one of the oldest people ever to reach #1