May 18, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Call Me Lightning - The Who ----- 40 (2) / 2
Scarborough Fair (/Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel ----- 11 / 9
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding ----- 1 (4) / 14          
If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ----- 11 (2) / 10
La-La - Means I Love You - The Delfonics ----- 4 / 12
Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - Manfred Mann ----- 10 (2) / 10
U.S. Male - Elvis Presley w/ The Jordanaires ----- 28 / 4


 40 --- Jennifer Eccles - The Hollies (41)
39 39 --- The Unknown Soldier - The Doors
26 38 --- Playboy - Gene And Debbe
34 37 --- Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vinton
 36 --- My Girl / Hey Girl - Bobby Vee (48 )
25 35 --- (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
17 34 --- The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame
21 33 --- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
 32 --- Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express (62)
 31 --- Master Jack - Four Jacks And A Jill (43)

 30 --- Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers (46)
36 29 --- If I Were A Carpenter - Four Tops
29 28 --- I Will Always Think About You - The New Colony Six
37 27 --- The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - Otis Redding
27 26 --- Delilah - Tom Jones
 25 --- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - The Temptations (56)
18 24 --- Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
23 23 --- Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell
30 22 --- She's Lookin' Good - Wilson Pickett
16 21 --- Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin

 20 --- Like To Get To Know You - Spanky And Our Gang (45)
22 19 --- Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
14 18 --- Funky Street - Arthur Conley
12 17 --- I Got The Feelin' - James Brown & The Famous Flames
15 16 --- Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
10 15 --- Lady Madonna - The Beatles
24 14 --- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
13 13 --- Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge
05 12 --- Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
20 11 --- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder

19 10 --- Do You Know The Way To San José - Dionne Warwick
03 09 --- Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
08 08 --- The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers
11 07 --- Love Is All Around - The Troggs
07 06 --- Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
06 05 --- A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals
04 04 --- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
01 03 --- Honey - Bobby Goldsboro             
09 02 --- Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
02 01 --- Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells    


This week introduces Four Jacks And A Jill as well as Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers.

R1 SINGLES CHART – 15-21 May 1968

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

11 18 RAINBOW VALLEY Love Affair
12 11 CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard **
13 10 JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies
14 22 SLEEPY JOE Herman's Hermits
15 23 JOANNA Scott Walker
16 16 AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSEPARTY Showstoppers
17 13 SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART The Paper Dolls
18 14 I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus
19 17 CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops
20 15 DELILAH Tom Jones

21 19 LITTLE GREEN APPLES Roger Miller
22 20 SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
23 26 THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity
24 -- HELULE, HELULE The Tremeloes
25 21 HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? The Easybeats
26 29 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and his Comets
27 24 CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata and the Delrons
28 28 FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross and the Supremes
29 25 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding
30 27 VALLERI The Monkees

31 31 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Solomon King
32 -- DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE? Dionne Warwick
33 38 FRIENDS The Beach Boys
34 39 SUMMERTIME BLUES Eddie Cochran
35 36 PEGGY SUE / RAVE ON Buddy Holly
36 -- DEBORA Tyrannosaurus Rex
37 40 WONDER BOY The Kinks
38 32 LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat
39 -- BABY, COME BACK The Equals
40 -- U.S. MALE Elvis Presley

-- 30 STEP INSIDE, LOVE Cilla Black
-- 33 CINDERELLA ROCKEFELLA Esther & Abi Ofarim ***
-- 34 IF I WERE A CARPENTER The Four Tops
-- 35 LADY MADONNA The Beatles **
-- 37 LA LA LA Massiel


Debuts here from The Equals, and Tyrannosaurus Rex (later to shorten the name to T-Rex)