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 WHOS 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 IVE 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 Intl)
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 Lets 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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