WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for January 3, 1968
Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys
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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 *#ITS WONDERFUL - The Young Rascals (Atlantic) 14 16 IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla) 15 17 *#SHES 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 CANT 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 ##Snoopys Christmas - The Royal Guardsmen (Laurie) 27 24 Different Drum - The Stone Poneys (Capitol) 28 RE Baby, Now That Ive Found You - The Foundations (Uni) 29 28 ##Incense And Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock (Uni) 30 29 *Shes 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 Its 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/Cant Take My Eyes Off You - The Lettermen (Capitol) 42 47 *#I Can Take Or Leave Your Lovin - Hermans 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 Shes 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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