August 24, 1968

----- DROPOUTS -----
Angel Of The Morning - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts ----- 7 (3) / 12
Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell ----- 32 / 3
Lover's Holiday - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson ----- 31 (2) / 7
Don't Take It So Hard - Paul Revere & The Raiders feat. Mark Lindsay ----- 27 (2) / 6
Hitch It To The Horse - The Fantastic Johnny C ----- 34 / 2
Indian Lake - The Cowsills ----- 10 (3) / 9


 40 --- Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - The Moody Blues (44)
 39 --- I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin (82)
 38 --- Hush - Deep Purple (83)
 37 --- Don't Give Up - Petula Clark (43)
26 36 --- Autumn Of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro
35 35 --- You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder
38 34 --- The Eyes Of A New York Woman - B.J. Thomas
21 33 --- The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co.
 32 --- The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (48)
33 31 --- Do It Again - The Beach Boys

15 30 --- Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
22 29 --- Sky Pilot (Part One) - Eric Burdon & The Animals
31 28 --- Please Return Your Love To Me - The Temptations
28 27 --- Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
27 26 --- (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game - The Intruders
20 25 --- Pictures Of Matchstick Men - The Status Quo
29 24 --- Slip Away - Clarence Carter
25 23 --- Halfway To Paradise - Bobby Vinton
32 22 --- 1,2,3, Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Co.
 21 --- The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin (59)

09 20 --- Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela      
19 19 --- Sealed With A Kiss - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
18 18 --- Soul-Limbo - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
24 17 --- Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin
17 16 --- Journey To The Center Of The Mind - The Amboy Dukes
23 15 --- You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
10 14 --- Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
11 13 --- Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
12 12 --- Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass w/ The Mamas & The Papas
14 11 --- You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge

13 10 --- Stay In My Corner - The Dells
16 09 --- I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells
06 08 --- Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension
07 07 --- Turn Around, Look At Me - The Vogues
08 06 --- Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
03 05 --- Classical Gas - Mason Williams
05 04 --- Light My Fire - José Feliciano
02 03 --- Hello, I Love You - The Doors      
04 02 --- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
01 01 --- People Got To Be Free - The Rascals      


This week sees the first debut for English rock band Deep Purple.

I graduated in 1966 from Sacred Heart High School and would like to share a memory or two. All of us grew up from the very late 40's....Baby Boomers.......Children of post WWII............

Simply put.........we had no idea what to do with the late 60's post Beatles orld.....Heck. We were still living in the days of Peggy Sue.........and Chantelly Lace!........BUT........then came Deep Purple (Hush, Hush) and others......where did it come from...........we just didn't know what to do with these songs.......


Lot's of went to San Francisco, New York.New Orleans, or whatever big city we could find to claim......(Close to our real home and harth)

I suddenly recall the (60 yr anniversry of Pearl Harbor and my wonderful little mother watching NBC that
morning.....and me?.......I was beside her.........and could NOT BELIEVE it had Really been sooooooooooo long ago in the past.............so here I am...in 2011.........Lord., where did the years go.........from 1959 AND Buddy Holly and Bobby Vee since the night he died in Clear Lake, Iowa........wow......guess I am sitting in my mother's chair suddenly......God Bless.....and my love to to allll the new "generation's" who will find there time..........l.ove Nite

R1 SINGLES CHART – 21-27 August 1968

01 02 MONY MONY Tommy James and the Shondells ***
02 01 FIRE The Crazy World of Arthur Brown *
03 03 THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU Herb Alpert
04 11 DO IT AGAIN The Beach Boys
05 09 HELP YOURSELF Tom Jones
06 04 I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN Dusty Springfield
07 13 I'VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU The Bee Gees
08 08 SUNSHINE GIRL Herman's Hermits
09 17 HIGH IN THE SKY Amen Corner
10 07 DANCE TO THE MUSIC Sly and the Family Stone

11 06 MRS ROBINSON Simon & Garfunkel
12 05 I PRETEND Des O'Connor *
13 14 KEEP ON Bruce Channel
14 12 DAYS The Kinks
15 10 LAST NIGHT IN SOHO Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
16 27 ON THE ROAD AGAIN Canned Heat
17 26 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin
18 18 YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY Ohio Express
19 20 UNIVERSAL The Small Faces
20 38 HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash

21 16 BABY, COME BACK The Equals ***
22 21 THE SON OF HICKORY HOLLER'S TRAMP O.C. Smith
23 24 HARD TO HANDLE Otis Redding
24 23 YOUR TIME HASN'T COME YET, BABY Elvis Presley
25 22 GOTTA SEE JANE R. Dean Taylor
26 19 HERE COMES THE JUDGE Pigmeat Markham
27 15 MacARTHUR PARK Richard Harris
28 -- DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Mama Cass
29 36 VOICES IN THE SKY The Moody Blues
30 34 LADY WILLPOWER Union Gap ft Gary Puckett

31 33 AMERICA The Nice
32 39 NEED YOUR LOVE SO BAD Fleetwood Mac
33 25 MY NAME IS JACK Manfred Mann
34 29 ANGEL OF THE MORNING P.P. Arnold
35 32 HERE COMES THE JUDGE Shorty Long
36 -- DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME Anita Harris
37 28 YESTERDAY HAS GONE Cupid's Inspiration
38 -- JESAMINE The Casuals
39 -- LAUREL AND HARDY The Equals
40 37 ELEANOR RIGBY Ray Charles

-- 30 ONE MORE DANCE Esther & Abi Ofarim
-- 31 HUSH, NOT A WORD TO MARY John Rowles
-- 35 WHERE WILL YOU BE? Sue Nicholls
-- 40 WALK ON Roy Orbison


A debut here for The Casuals, and a solo debut from Mama Cass