April 20, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) - The First Edition ----- 5 (2) / 8
I Thank You - Sam & Dave ----- 9 / 9
(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls - Dionne Warwick ----- 2 (4) / 11


 40 --- The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith (43)
39 39 --- Little Green Apples - Roger Miller
38 38 --- Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell
40 37 --- Ame Caline (Soul Coaxing) - Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra
15 36 --- Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
35 35 --- Security - Etta James
34 34 --- Delilah - Tom Jones
36 33 --- Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vinton
 32 --- U.S. Male - Elvis Presley w/ The Jordanaires (42)
 31 --- A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals (56)

31 30 --- Funky Street - Arthur Conley
29 29 --- Forever Came Today - Diana Ross & The Supremes
30 28 --- Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge
23 27 --- Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers
28 26 --- Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
37 25 --- Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
20 24 --- Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark
24 23 --- Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
25 22 --- Love Is All Around - The Troggs
21 21 --- Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin

26 20 --- The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers
32 19 --- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
18 18 --- Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
17 17 --- Playboy - Gene And Debbe
19 16 --- Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
12 15 --- Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra             
16 14 --- If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
09 13 --- Valleri - The Monkees
08 12 --- La-La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics
13 11 --- Scarborough Fair (/Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel

10 10 --- Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - Manfred Mann
11 09 --- I Got The Feelin' - James Brown & The Famous Flames
14 08 --- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
07 07 --- The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame
03 06 --- (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding           
05 05 --- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
06 04 --- Lady Madonna - The Beatles
04 03 --- Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
02 02 --- Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
01 01 --- Honey - Bobby Goldsboro      


Making his first debut this week is O.C. Smith. Also, 'The Young Rascals' have shortened their name up a bit (#31)

R1 SINGLES CHART – 17-23 April 1968

01 01 CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard **
02 03 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CABARET Louis Armstrong
03 05 IF I ONLY HAD TIME John Rowles
04 02 DELILAH Tom Jones
05 07 SIMON SAYS 1910 Fruitgum Co
06 04 LADY MADONNA The Beatles **
07 10 JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies
08 06 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
09 08 STEP INSIDE, LOVE Cilla Black
10 17 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams

11 09 IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops
12 12 VALLERI The Monkees
13 14 I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus
14 16 AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSEPARTY Showstoppers
15 13 CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata and the Delrons
16 11 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim ***
17 23 CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops
18 22 SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART The Paper Dolls
19 19 LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat
20 15 ROSIE Don Partridge

21 18 THE LEGEND OF XANADU Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich *
22 -- WHITE HORSES Jacky
23 28 LITTLE GREEN APPLES Roger Miller
24 20 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and the Comets
25 30 SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
26 35 HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? The Easybeats
27 -- I DON'T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE Herd
28 21 ME, THE PEACEFUL HEART Lulu
29 25 JUMBO / THE SINGER SANG HIS SONG The Bee Gees
30 27 SHE WEARS MY RING Solomon King

31 -- LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces
32 26 FIRE BRIGADE The Move
33 24 JENNIFER JUNIPER Donovan
34 34 DO YOU REMEMBER? The Scaffold
35 32 PEGGY SUE / RAVE ON Buddy Holly
36 -- WONDER BOY The Kinks
37 RE I'VE GOT YOU ON MY MIND Dorian Gray
38 29 DARLIN' The Beach Boys
39 40 FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross and the Supremes
40 39 VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Dionne Warwick

-- 31 GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers
-- 33 PRETTY BROWN EYES Jim Reeves
-- 36 LOVE IS BLUE Jeff Beck
-- 37 PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN Status Quo
-- 38 GUITAR MAN Elvis Presley


Making her debut is Jacky, with the fondly-remembered theme tune to a children's drama series