May 25, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Jennifer Eccles - The Hollies ----- 40 / 1
The Unknown Soldier - The Doors ----- 39 (3) / 3
Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vinton ----- 33 (3) / 6
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin ----- 5 (5) / 12
The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame ----- 7 (2) / 12
Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone ----- 8 (2) / 12


 40 --- I Love You - People (50)
 39 --- Paying The Cost To Be The Boss - B.B. King (52)
38 38 --- Playboy - Gene And Debbe
21 37 --- Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin
 36 --- I Wanna Live - Glen Campbell (44)
36 35 --- My Girl / Hey Girl - Bobby Vee
 34 --- MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (48 )
16 33 --- Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer
24 32 --- Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
15 31 --- Lady Madonna - The Beatles

31 30 --- Master Jack - Four Jacks And A Jill
30 29 --- Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
28 28 --- I Will Always Think About You - The New Colony Six
 27 --- This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert (72)
29 26 --- If I Were A Carpenter - Four Tops
27 25 --- The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - Otis Redding
32 24 --- Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express
23 23 --- Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell
25 22 --- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - The Temptations
26 21 --- Delilah - Tom Jones

20 20 --- Like To Get To Know You - Spanky And Our Gang
12 19 --- Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
18 18 --- Funky Street - Arthur Conley
17 17 --- I Got The Feelin' - James Brown & The Famous Flames
 16 --- Think - Aretha Franklin (67)
22 15 --- She's Lookin' Good - Wilson Pickett
07 14 --- Love Is All Around - The Troggs
09 13 --- Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
19 12 --- Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells
13 11 --- Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge

10 10 --- Do You Know The Way To San José - Dionne Warwick
11 09 --- Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder
14 08 --- Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
08 07 --- The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers
06 06 --- Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
03 05 --- Honey - Bobby Goldsboro             
04 04 --- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra & Chorus
05 03 --- A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals
02 02 --- Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
01 01 --- Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells      


New this week are rock band People as well as actor/singer Richard Harris, both one-hit wonders.

R1 SINGLES CHART – 22-28 May 1968

01 03 YOUNG GIRL Union Gap ft Gary Puckett *
02 02 A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck
03 05 HONEY Bobby Goldsboro
04 04 LAZY SUNDAY The Small Faces
05 01 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD / CABARET Louis Armstrong ****
06 07 I DON'T WANT OUR LOVING TO DIE Herd
07 06 SIMON SAYS 1910 Fruitgum Co
08 09 CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU Andy Williams
09 11 RAINBOW VALLEY Love Affair
10 10 WHITE HORSES Jacky

11 08 IF I ONLY HAD TIME John Rowles
12 14 SLEEPY JOE Herman's Hermits
13 15 JOANNA Scott Walker
14 24 HELULE, HELULE The Tremeloes
15 23 THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity
16 16 AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSEPARTY Showstoppers
17 12 CONGRATULATIONS Cliff Richard **
18 40 U.S. MALE Elvis Presley
19 32 DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE? Dionne Warwick
20 21 LITTLE GREEN APPLES Roger Miller

21 13 JENNIFER ECCLES The Hollies
22 19 CRY LIKE A BABY The Box Tops
23 18 I CAN'T LET MAGGIE GO Honeybus
24 25 HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? The Easybeats
25 17 SOMETHING HERE IN MY HEART The Paper Dolls
26 22 SOMEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY Gene Pitney
27 20 DELILAH Tom Jones
28 31 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Solomon King
29 33 FRIENDS The Beach Boys
30 26 ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK Bill Haley and his Comets

31 39 BABY, COME BACK The Equals
32 28 FOREVER CAME TODAY Diana Ross and the Supremes
33 -- I PRETEND Des O'Connor
34 36 DEBORA Tyrannosaurus Rex
35 -- TIME FOR LIVING The Association
36 34 SUMMERTIME BLUES Eddie Cochran
37 27 CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP Reparata and the Delrons
38 -- THINK Aretha Franklin
39 -- IT'S MY TIME The Everly Brothers
40 29 (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY Otis Redding

-- 30 VALLERI The Monkees
-- 35 PEGGY SUE / RAVE ON Buddy Holly
-- 37 WONDER BOY The Kinks
-- 38 LOVE IS BLUE (L'AMOUR EST BLEU) Paul Mauriat