October 5, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express ----- 33 / 5
Do It Again - The Beach Boys ----- 20 (2) / 7
Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin ----- 15 (2) / 8
Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - The Moody Blues ----- 24 / 6
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge ----- 6 / 9


 40 --- Break Your Promise - The Delfonics (44)
 39 --- Help Yourself - Tom Jones (48 )
 38 --- Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash (59)
 37 --- Fool For You - The Impressions (61)
36 36 --- Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers
35 35 --- Hip City - Pt. 2 - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
34 34 --- Baby, Come Back - The Equals
33 33 --- Who Is Gonna Love Me? - Dionne Warwick
38 32 --- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
31 31 --- All Along The Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

25 30 --- Magic Bus - The Who
 29 --- Hey, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler (42)
26 28 --- Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
30 27 --- The Snake - Al Wilson
27 26 --- Suzie Q. (Part One) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
29 25 --- Over You - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
24 24 --- Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company
15 23 --- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
22 22 --- You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
16 21 --- On The Road Again - Canned Heat

28 20 --- (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon
17 19 --- Light My Fire - José Feliciano
19 18 --- My Special Angel - The Vogues
18 17 --- Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots
04 16 --- Hush - Deep Purple
13 15 --- The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin
21 14 --- Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1) - James Brown
06 13 --- The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
12 12 --- Revolution - The Beatles
11 11 --- Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers

14 10 --- I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
07 09 --- 1,2,3, Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
08 08 --- I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees
03 07 --- People Got To Be Free - The Rascals          
10 06 --- Slip Away - Clarence Carter
09 05 --- Girl Watcher - The O'Kaysions
20 04 --- Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith
05 03 --- Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
02 02 --- Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley      
01 01 --- Hey Jude - The Beatles      

R1 SINGLES CHART – 2-8 October 1968

01 01 THOSE WERE THE DAYS Mary Hopkin **
02 02 HEY, JUDE The Beatles **
03 03 JESAMINE The Casuals
04 09 LITTLE ARROWS Leapy Lee
05 05 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash
06 04 I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees *
07 10 LADY WILLPOWER Union Gap ft Gary Puckett
08 06 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
09 19 RED BALLOON Dave Clark Five
10 11 HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner

11 17 ICE IN THE SUN Status Quo
12 07 DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys *
13 12 CLASSICAL GAS Mason Williams
14 08 ON THE ROAD AGAIN Canned Heat
15 14 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
16 18 HELLO, I LOVE YOU The Doors
17 22 A DAY WITHOUT LOVE Love Affair
18 27 MY LITTLE LADY The Tremeloes
19 13 HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
20 16 HARD TO HANDLE Otis Redding

21 15 THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
22 20 I LIVE FOR THE SUN Vanity Fare
23 30 LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano
24 24 THE WEIGHT The Band
25 26 AMERICA The Nice
26 21 I PRETEND Des O'Connor *
27 36 'THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY' Hugo Montenegro
28 -- MARIANNE Cliff Richard
29 23 YESTERDAY'S DREAMS The Four Tops
30 25 SUNSHINE GIRL Herman's Hermits

31 28 ONE INCH ROCK Tyrannosaurus Rex
32 37 LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE Engelbert Humperdinck
33 -- LISTEN TO ME The Hollies
34 -- ONLY ONE WOMAN The Marbles
35 29 KEEP ON Bruce Channel
36 -- RED, RED WINE Jimmy James and the Vagabonds
37 31 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly and the Family Stone
38 RE I'M A MIDNIGHT MOVER Wilson Pickett
39 33 VOICES IN THE SKY The Moody Blues
40 -- YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

-- 32 MONY MONY Tommy James and the Shondells ***
-- 34 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
-- 35 FIRE The Crazy World of Arthur Brown *
-- 38 NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
-- 39 WHEN THE SUN COMES SHINING THRU' Long John Baldry
-- 40 C'MON, MARIANNE Grapefruit


Debuts here from The Marbles, and Jimmy James and the Vagabonds