September 28, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells ----- 9 (3) / 8
Stay In My Corner - The Dells ----- 10 (3) / 10
Sealed With A Kiss - Gary Lewis & The Playboys ----- 19 (3) / 9
Turn Around, Look At Me - The Vogues ----- 7 (2) / 11
Classical Gas - Mason Williams ----- 2 (2) / 11
Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream ----- 5 / 12
Hello, I Love You - The Doors ----- 1 (2) / 11


33 40 --- Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express
20 39 --- Do It Again - The Beach Boys
 38 --- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (42)
28 37 --- Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin
 36 --- Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers (63)
38 35 --- Hip City - Pt. 2 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
 34 --- Baby, Come Back - The Equals (47)
39 33 --- Who Is Gonna Love Me? - Dionne Warwick
24 32 --- Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - The Moody Blues
 31 --- All Along The Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (66)

40 30 --- The Snake - Al Wilson
 29 --- Over You - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (54)
29 28 --- (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon
 27 --- Suzie Q. (Part One) - Creedence Clearwater Revival (44)
34 26 --- Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
26 25 --- Magic Bus - The Who
 24 --- Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company (45)
22 23 --- You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge
17 22 --- You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
31 21 --- Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) - James Brown

27 20 --- Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
19 19 --- My Special Angel - The Vogues
21 18 --- Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
06 17 --- Light My Fire - José Feliciano
18 16 --- On The Road Again - Canned Heat
07 15 --- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
14 14 --- I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
10 13 --- The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin
12 12 --- Revolution - The Beatles
11 11 --- Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers

13 10 --- Slip Away - Clarence Carter
16 09 --- Girl Watcher - The O'Kaysions
09 08 --- I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees
05 07 --- 1,2,3, Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
08 06 --- The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
15 05 --- Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
04 04 --- Hush - Deep Purple
02 03 --- People Got To Be Free - The Rascals                   
01 02 --- Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley    
03 01 --- Hey Jude - The Beatles    


Incredible chart this week. We see first time debuts for Iron Butterfly, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Janis Joplin, hence #24.  We also have the ONLY Top 40 hit from the legendary Jimi Hendrix!

R1 SINGLES CHART – 25 September-1 October 1968

01 02 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin *
02 01 HEY, JUDE The Beatles **
03 06 JESAMINE The Casuals
04 03 I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees *
05 07 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
06 04 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
07 05 DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys *
08 08 ON THE ROAD AGAIN Canned Heat
09 13 LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
10 09 LADY WILLPOWER Union Gap ft Gary Puckett

11 11 HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
12 16 CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
13 14 HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
14 12 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
15 10 THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
16 15 HARD TO HANDLE Otis Redding
17 17 ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo
18 19 HELLO, I LOVE YOU The Doors
19 39 RED BALLOON Dave Clark Five
20 26 I LIVE FOR THE SUN Vanity Fare

21 18 I PRETEND Des O'Connor *
22 35 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE Love Affair
23 27 YESTERDAY'S DREAMS The Four Tops
24 38 THE WEIGHT The Band
25 20 SUNSHINE GIRL Herman's Hermits
26 21 AMERICA The Nice
27 -- MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
28 30 ONE INCH ROCK Tyrannosaurus Rex
29 24 KEEP ON Bruce Channel
30 -- LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano

31 23 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly and the Family Stone
32 25 MONY MONY Tommy James and the Shondells ***
33 32 VOICES IN THE SKY The Moody Blues
34 28 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
35 22 FIRE The Crazy World of Arthur Brown *
36 36 'THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY' Hugo Montenegro
37 -- LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE Engelbert Humperdinck
38 31 NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
39 29 WHEN THE SUN COMES SHINING THRU' Long John Baldry
40 37 C'MON, MARIANNE Grapefruit

-- 33 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Anita Harris
-- 34 DAYS The Kinks
-- 40 I'M A MIDNIGHT MOVER Wilson Pickett


Making his debut is Jose Feliciano