WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for September 11, 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   7  *#HEY JUDE - The Beatles (Apple)
 2   1  *#PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE - The Rascals (Atlantic)
 3   8  *#HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
 4   3  ##LIGHT MY FIRE - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
 5   9  1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT - The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)
 6  11  GIRL WATCHER - The O’Kaysions (ABC)
 7  14  ##HUSH - Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)
 8   5  BROWN EYED WOMAN - Bill Medley (MGM)
 9   4  ##BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
10  10  *#YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
11   6  TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME - The Vogues (Reprise)
12  18  #MR. BUSINESSMAN - Ray Stevens (Monument)
13   2  SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - Cream (Atco)
14  12  *THE FOOL ON THE HILL - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (A&M)
15  23  SLIP AWAY - Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
16  28  *DO IT AGAIN - The Beach Boys (Capitol)
17  19  *#THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
18  15  *#STREET FIGHTING MAN - The Rolling Stones (London)
19  25  I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - The Bee Gees (Atco)
20  RE  YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON - Vanilla Fudge (Atco)
21  SS  *#OVER YOU - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
22  34  ##ON THE ROAD AGAIN - Canned Heat (Liberty)
23  40  ##OH LORD, WHY LORD - Los Pop Tops (Calla)
24  33  *#POOR BABY - The Cowsills (MGM)
25  46  TIME HAS COME TODAY - The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)

26  16  Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin (Brunswick)
27  17  I Can’t Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells (Atlantic)
28  20  And Suddenly - The Cherry People (Heritage)
29  21  ##Classical Gas - Mason Williams (Warner Bros.-7 Arts)
30  22  Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company (Mainstream)
31  24  My Special Angel - The Vogues (Reprise)
32  RE  Little Green Apples - O.C. Smith (Columbia)
33  32  Who Is Gonna Love Me? - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
34  35  Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
35  37  Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
36  42  San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native) - Fever Tree (Uni)
37  43  (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon (GNP 
        Crescendo)
38  44  The Weight - Jackie DeShannon (Imperial)
39  45  Ice In The Sun - The Status Quo (Cadet Concept)
40  47  Chained - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
41  48  I Can See A Light - The Good Earth (DynoVoice)
42  50  Birmingham - The Movers (1-2-3)
43  51  Horse Fever - Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. of Soul)
44  52  Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do - Betty Wright (Alston)
45  53  Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash (JAD)
46  54  Land Of Love - The Moon People (Speed)
47  55  *I Found A True Love - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
48  56  Hole In My Pocket - The Barry Goldberg Reunion (Buddah)
49  57  Just Above My Hobby Horse’s Head - Richie Havens (Verve Forecast)
50  LS  ##Elenore - The Turtles (White Whale)
51  --  Barbarella - The Glitterhouse (DynoVoice)
52  --  *Those Were The Days - Cream (Atco)
53  --  Where Do I Go - Carla Thomas (Stax)
54  --  Bang-Shang-A-Lang - The Archies (Calendar)
55  --  Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones - The Cryan’ 
        Shames (Columbia)
56  --  Eeny Meeny - The Show Stoppers (Heritage)
57  --  Baby, Come Back - The Equals (RCA Victor)

SURE SHOT: SWEET BLINDNESS - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
LONG SHOT: SMELL OF INCENSE - Southwest F.O.B. (HIP)

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

NOTE: The date that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine 
was Sept. 10, 1968, a Tuesday (a change from the usual Thursday dates). 
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, Sept. 11, so the date 
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
 

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