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 *#YOURE 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 CANT 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 OKaysions (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 MGs (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 Cant Dance To That Music Youre 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 Ive Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees (Atco)
47 54 Slip Away - Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
48 55 Youve Lost That Lovin Feeling/(Youre 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 -- Ive 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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