WMCA Famous 57 Survey for October 16, 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 THOSE WERE THE DAYS - Mary Hopkin (Apple)
2 8 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
3 10 ELENORE - The Turtles (White Whale)
4 2 #HEY JUDE - The Beatles (Apple)
5 3 LITTLE GREEN APPLES - O.C. Smith (Columbia)
6 15 FOOL FOR YOU - The Impressions (Curtom)
7 4 FIRE - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
8 5 IVE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - The Bee Gees (Atco)
9 9 COURT OF LOVE - The Unifics (Kapp)
10 19 #LOVE CHILD - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
11 7 TIME HAS COME TODAY - The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)
12 6 #OVER YOU - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
13 14 WHITE ROOM - Cream (Atco)
14 18 SUZIE Q. (pt. 1) - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
15 20 HOLD ME TIGHT - Johnny Nash (JAD)
16 22 SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME - Max Frost & The Troopers (Tower)
17 49 HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN - Jerry Butler (Mercury)
18 21 MAGIC CARPET RIDE - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
19 46 LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
20 44 CHEWY CHEWY - The Ohio Express (Buddah)
21 23 BREAK YOUR PROMISE - The Delfonics (Philly Groove)
22 33 QUICK JOEY SMALL (Run Joey Run) - Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral
Circus (Buddah)
23 -- WHO WAS THAT - Tina Britt (Veep)
24 29 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
25 37 YOU TALK SUNSHINE, I BREATHE FIRE - The Amboy Dukes (Mainstream)
26 16 #Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
27 11 #Sweet Blindness - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
28 13 My Special Angel - The Vogues (Reprise)
29 38 Take Me For A Little While - Vanilla Fudge (Atco)
30 39 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero - Bobby Russell (Elf)
31 40 Pickin Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Intl)
32 41 Shame, Shame - The Magic Lanterns (Atlantic)
33 42 Keep On Lovin Me Honey - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
34 43 Shake - The Shadows Of Knight (Team)
35 45 My Groovy Baby - Tom Dooley (TRX)
36 47 The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)
37 48 Lets Make A Promise - Peaches & Herb (Date)
38 50 Goody Goody Gumdrops - The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)
39 51 The Yard Went On Forever - Richard Harris (Dunhill)
40 52 Im In A Different World - The Four Tops (Motown)
41 53 Listen To The Music - The Second Time (Tower)
42 54 Both Sides Now - The Johnstons (Tetragrammaton)
43 55 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor)
44 56 Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (Decca)
45 PH #Peace Brother Peace - Bill Medley (MGM)
46 -- Whos Making Love - Johnnie Taylor (Stax)
47 -- Stormy - The Classics IV (Imperial)
48 -- Ride My See-Saw - The Moody Blues (Deram)
49 -- Talking About My Baby - Gloria Walker (Flaming Arrow)
50 -- Not Enough Indians - Dean Martin (Reprise)
51 -- I Love How You Love Me - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
52 -- Bring It On Home To Me - Eddie Floyd (Stax)
53 -- Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)
54 -- The Path Of Love - John Cowsill (MGM)
55 -- Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
56 -- Dear World - Maurice Chevalier & Jimmy Durante (Warner Bros.-7 Arts)
57 -- Cycles - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
PICK HIT: MORNIN GLORY - Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell (Capitol)
#Former Pick Hit
NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine
were Oct. 17-23, 1968, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week.
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, Oct. 16, so the date
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
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