WMCA Famous 57 Survey for October 30, 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   2  #LOVE CHILD - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
 3   3  MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
 4  19  SUZIE Q. (pt. 1) - Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
 5   8  MAGIC CARPET RIDE - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
 6  14  COURT OF LOVE - The Unifics (Kapp)
 7  21  WHO’S MAKING LOVE - Johnnie Taylor (Stax)
 8   6  LITTLE GREEN APPLES - O.C. Smith (Columbia)
 9  10  LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE - Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
10   7  #HEY JUDE - The Beatles (Apple)
11   4  ELENORE - The Turtles (White Whale)
12  13  WHITE ROOM - Cream (Atco)
13   5  FOOL FOR YOU - The Impressions (Curtom)
14  50  I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME - Bobby Vinton (Epic)
15  12  HOLD ME TIGHT - Johnny Nash (JAD)
16   9  HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN - Jerry Butler (Mercury)
17  18  CHEWY CHEWY - The Ohio Express (Buddah)
18  16  I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - The Bee Gees (Atco)
19  27  QUICK JOEY SMALL (Run Joey Run) - Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral 
        Circus (Buddah)
20  48  TALKING ABOUT MY BABY - Gloria Walker (Flaming Arrow)
21  33  PICKIN’ WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l)
22  25  GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS - The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)
23  51  BRING IT ON HOME TO ME - Eddie Floyd (Stax)
24  47  RIDE MY SEE-SAW - The Moody Blues (Deram)
25  54  PROMISES, PROMISES - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)

26  11  #Over You - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
27  15  Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost & The Troopers (Tower)
28  17  Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
29  20  Who Was That - Tina Britt (Veep)
30  22  You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire - The Amboy Dukes (Mainstream)
31  23  Hi-Heel Sneakers - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
32  24  1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero - Bobby Russell (Elf)
33  26  Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)
34  29  #Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
35  30  #Sweet Blindness - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
36  RE  Abraham, Martin And John - Dion (Laurie)
37  37  The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)
38  38  Let’s Make A Promise - Peaches & Herb (Date)
39  39  The Yard Went On Forever - Richard Harris (Dunhill)
40  44  Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (Decca)
41  45  #Peace Brother Peace - Bill Medley (MGM)
42  46  Stormy - The Classics IV (Imperial)
43  49  Not Enough Indians - Dean Martin (Reprise)
44  52  Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)
45  53  The Path Of Love - John Cowsill (MGM)
46  55  Cycles - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
47  57  Fire - Five By Five (Paula)
48  --  #For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
49  --  Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More I Love You) - Rene & Rene (White 
        Whale)
50  --  Sunday Sun - Neil Diamond (Bang)
51  --  From The Teacher To The Preacher - Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin 
        (Brunswick)
52  --  American Boys - Petula Clark (Warner Bros.-7 Arts)
53  --  Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (Capitol)
54  --  Cloud Nine - The Temptations (Gordy)
55  --  Take My Overwhelming Love - The Hombres (Verve Forecast)
56  --  Do You Wanna Dance - The Mamas & The Papas (Dunhill)
57  --  Star-Crossed Lovers - Neil Sedaka (SGC)

PICK HIT: A MAN AND A HALF - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)

#Former Pick Hit

NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine 
were Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 1968, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week. 
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, Oct. 30, so the date 
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
 

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