WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for January 3, 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  *#HELLO GOODBYE - The Beatles (Capitol)
 2   2  #DAYDREAM BELIEVER - The Monkees (Colgems)
 3   3  I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Soul)
 4   5  ##I SECOND THAT EMOTION - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla)
 5   4  *CHAIN OF FOOLS - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
 6   6  BEND ME, SHAPE ME - The American Breed (Acta)
 7   8  LOVE POWER - The Sandpebbles (Calla)
 8  10  YOU BETTER SIT DOWN KIDS - Cher (Imperial)
 9  15  JUDY IN DISGUISE (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band 
        (Paula)
10   9  HONEY CHILE - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Gordy)
11  14  WOMAN, WOMAN - The Union Gap (Columbia)
12  12  ##STORYBOOK CHILDREN - Billy Vera & Judy Clay (Atlantic)
13  13  *#IT’S WONDERFUL - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
14  16  IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU - Marvin Gaye & Tammi
        Terrell (Tamla)
15  17  *#SHE’S A RAINBOW - The Rolling Stones (London)
16  21  MY BABY MUST BE A MAGICIAN - The Marvelettes (Tamla)
17  20  *#KEEP THE BALL ROLLIN’ - Jay & The Techniques (Smash)
18  11  THE RAIN, THE PARK & OTHER THINGS - The Cowsills (MGM)
19  18  I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
20  49  I CAN’T STAND MYSELF (When You Touch Me) - James Brown & The Famous
        Flames (King)
21  23  ##NEXT PLANE TO LONDON - The Rose Garden (Atco)
22  25  COME SEE ABOUT ME - Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
23  19  *#TO GIVE (The Reason I Live) - Frankie Valli (Philips)
24  32  ##GREEN TAMBOURINE - The Lemon Pipers (Buddah)
25  34  *DARLIN’ - The Beach Boys (Capitol)

26   7  ##Snoopy’s Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen (Laurie)
27  24  Different Drum - The Stone Poneys (Capitol)
28  RE  Baby, Now That I’ve Found You - The Foundations (Uni)
29  28  ##Incense And Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Uni)
30  29  *She’s My Girl - The Turtles (White Whale)
31  31  Skinny Legs And All - Joe Tex (Dial)
32  33  Explosion In My Soul - The Soul Survivors (Crimson)
33  35  Am I That Easy To Forget - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
34  36  Who Will Answer? - Ed Ames (RCA Victor)
35  37  The Lesson - Vikki Carr (Liberty)
36  39  *Tomorrow - The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Uni)
37  42  Just As Much As Ever - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
38  43  It’s Not Easy - The Will-O-Bees (Date)
39  44  Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz (Capitol)
40  45  Spooky - The Classics IV (Imperial)
41  46  Goin’ Out Of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - The Lettermen
        (Capitol)
42  47  *#I Can Take Or Leave Your Lovin’ - Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
43  48  ##Toyland - The Alan Bown (Music Factory)
44  50  *Sunday Mornin’ - Spanky & Our Gang (Mercury)
45  51  Tell Mama - Etta James (Cadet)
46  52  Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals (MGM)
47  53  Windy - Wes Montgomery (A&M/CTI)
48  54  I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (A&M)
49  55  New Orleans - Neil Diamond (Bang)
50  56  Free Spirits - Crispian St. Peters (Jamie)
51  SS  *#We Can Fly - The Cowsills (MGM)
52  LS  ##You - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
53  57  I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations (Gordy)
54  --  Back Up Train - Al Greene & The Soul Mates (Hot Line)
55  --  Malayisha - Miriam Makeba (Reprise)
56  --  Bottle Of Wine - The Fireballs (Atco)
57  --  Carpet Man - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)

SURE SHOT: *STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE - Jay & The Techniques (Smash)
LONG SHOT: MONEY - The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)

*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 Jan. 4-10, 1968, representing a Thursday through 
Wednesday week. However, this chart debuted on the air on 
Wednesday, Jan. 3, so the date that appears above reflects that 
for which the chart was actually in effect.

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