WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for August 21, 1968

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca



Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 

TW  LW 
 1   1  *#PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE - The Rascals (Atlantic)
 2   2  SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - Cream (Atco)
 3   3  TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME - The Vogues (Reprise)
 4   7  ##LIGHT MY FIRE - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
 5  11  ##BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
 6  12  BROWN EYED WOMAN - Bill Medley (MGM)
 7   5  LOVE MAKES A WOMAN - Barbara Acklin (Brunswick)
 8   8  ##CLASSICAL GAS - Mason Williams (Warner Bros.-7 Arts)
 9   4  STONED SOUL PICNIC - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
10  17  *#YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
11  20  *#THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
12  15  STAY IN MY CORNER - The Dells (Cadet)
13  16  PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN - The Status Quo (Cadet Concept)
14   6  #HELLO, I LOVE YOU - The Doors (Elektra)
15  21  JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND - The Amboy Dukes (Mainstream)
16  13  I CAN’T STOP DANCING - Archie Bell & The Drells (Atlantic)
17  14  ##DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME - Mama Cass (Dunhill)
18  18  ##LISTEN HERE - Eddie Harris (Atlantic)
19  36  GIRL WATCHER - The O’Kaysions (ABC)
20  19  AND SUDDENLY - The Cherry People (Heritage)
21  22  *DO IT AGAIN - The Beach Boys (Capitol)
22  25  *THE FOOL ON THE HILL - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (A&M)
23  SS  *#HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
24  32  #MR. BUSINESSMAN - Ray Stevens (Monument)
25  29  GIVE A DAMN - Spanky & Our Gang (Mercury)

26   9  ##Soul-Limbo - Booker T. & The MG’s (Stax)
27  10  Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (Epic)
28  24  1, 2, 3, Red Light - The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)
29  23  I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)
30  33  ##Private Number - Judy Clay & William Bell (Stax)
31  34  *Help Yourself - Tom Jones (Parrot)
32  35  If Love Is In Your Heart - Friend & Lover (Verve Forecast)
33  37  Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company (Mainstream)
34  38  I Can’t Dance To That Music You’re Playin’ - Martha Reeves & The 
        Vandellas (Gordy)
35  40  Sealed With A Kiss - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
36  41  The Eyes Of A New York Woman - B.J. Thomas (Scepter)
37  43  My Way Of Life - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
38  44  Who Is Gonna Love Me? - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
39  46  *#Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones (London)
40  47  ##Hush - Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)
41  48  Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla)
42  49  *To Wait For Love - Herb Alpert (A&M)
43  50  Keep The One You Got - Joe Tex (Dial)
44  51  Cinnamon - Derek (Bang)
45  52  Barefoot In Baltimore - The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Uni)
46  53  I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees (Atco)
47  54  Slip Away - Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
48  55  You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling/(You’re My) Soul And Inspiration - 
        Vivian Reed (Epic)
49  56  Piece Of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company (Columbia)
50  LS  ##Naturally Stoned - The Avant-Garde (Columbia)
51  57  Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith (Columbia)
52  --  My Special Angel - The Vogues (Reprise)
53  --  Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
54  --  Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
55  --  Do You Wanna Dance - The Love Society (Scepter)
56  --  I’ve Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd (Stax)
57  --  That Kind Of Woman - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts (Bell)

SURE SHOT: *POOR BABY - The Cowsills (MGM)
LONG SHOT: ON THE ROAD AGAIN - Canned Heat (Liberty)

*Heard first in New York on WMCA
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine 
were August 22-28, 1968, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week. 
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, August 21, so the date 
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
 

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