May 11, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers ----- 23 (2) / 10
Ame Caline (Soul Coaxing) - Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra ----- 37 (3) / 5
Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra ----- 1 (5) / 15             
Forever Came Today - Diana Ross & The Supremes ----- 28 (2) / 5


40 40 --- Call Me Lightning - The Who
39 39 --- The Unknown Soldier - The Doors
36 38 --- Scarborough Fair (/Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel
 37 --- The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - Otis Redding (47)
 36 --- If I Were A Carpenter - Four Tops (69)
19 35 --- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding        
33 34 --- Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vinton
11 33 --- If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
26 32 --- La-La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
29 31 --- Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - Manfred Mann

 30 --- She's Lookin' Good - Wilson Pickett (41)
 29 --- I Will Always Think About You - The New Colony Six (44)
31 28 --- U.S. Male - Elvis Presley w/ The Jordanaires
27 27 --- Delilah - Tom Jones
24 26 --- Playboy - Gene And Debbe
22 25 --- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
25 24 --- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
30 23 --- Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell
34 22 --- Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
12 21 --- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone

20 20 --- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder
21 19 --- Do You Know The Way To San José - Dionne Warwick
18 18 --- Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
15 17 --- The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame
16 16 --- Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin
14 15 --- Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
23 14 --- Funky Street - Arthur Conley
13 13 --- Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge
06 12 --- I Got The Feelin' - James Brown & The Famous Flames
17 11 --- Love Is All Around - The Troggs

04 10 --- Lady Madonna - The Beatles
32 09 --- Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
10 08 --- The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers
07 07 --- Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
09 06 --- A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals
02 05 --- Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
08 04 --- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
03 03 --- Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
05 02 --- Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
01 01 --- Honey - Bobby Goldsboro             


New this week are The New Colony Six.

R1 SINGLES CHART – 1-7 May 1968

01 01 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CABARET Louis Armstrong ***
02 03 LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces
03 02 SIMON SAYS 1910 Fruitgum Co
04 07 A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
05 12 I DON'T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE Herd
06 05 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
07 16 YOUNG GIRL Union Gap ft Gary Puckett
08 04 IF I ONLY HAD TIME John Rowles
09 20 HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
10 08 JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies

11 06 CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard **
12 14 WHITE HORSES Jacky
13 11 SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART The Paper Dolls
14 09 I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus
15 10 DELILAH Tom Jones
16 13 AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSEPARTY Showstoppers
17 15 CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops
18 24 RAINBOW VALLEY Love Affair
19 22 LITTLE GREEN APPLES Roger Miller
20 19 SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney

21 23 HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? The Easybeats
22 40 SLEEPY JOE Herman's Hermits
23 38 JOANNA Scott Walker
24 17 CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata and the Delrons
25 21 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
26 31 THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity
27 18 VALLERI The Monkees
28 28 FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross and the Supremes
29 32 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and his Comets
30 27 STEP INSIDE, LOVE Cilla Black

31 -- WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Solomon King
32 30 LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat
33 29 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim ***
34 25 IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops
35 26 LADY MADONNA The Beatles **
36 34 PEGGY SUE / RAVE ON Buddy Holly
37 35 LA LA LA Massiel
38 -- FRIENDS The Beach Boys
39 39 SUMMERTIME BLUES Eddie Cochran
40 37 WONDER BOY The Kinks

-- 33 JUMBO / THE SINGER SANG HIS SONG The Bee Gees
-- 36 I'VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND Dorian Gray