WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for September 18, 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  *#HEY JUDE - The Beatles (Apple)
 2   5  1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT - The 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)
 3   3  *#HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
 4   2  *#PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE - The Rascals (Atlantic)
 5   7  ##HUSH - Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)
 6   6  GIRL WATCHER - The O’Kaysions (ABC)
 7   4  ##LIGHT MY FIRE - Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
 8   9  ##BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
 9  14  *THE FOOL ON THE HILL - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (A&M)
10  15  SLIP AWAY - Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
11  --  SAY IT LOUD--I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (pt. 1) - James Brown (King)
12  16  *DO IT AGAIN - The Beach Boys (Capitol)
13   8  BROWN EYED WOMAN - Bill Medley (MGM)
14  12  #MR. BUSINESSMAN - Ray Stevens (Monument)
15  32  LITTLE GREEN APPLES - O.C. Smith (Columbia)
16  10  *#YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
17  21  *#OVER YOU - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
18  31  MY SPECIAL ANGEL - The Vogues (Reprise)
19  19  I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU - The Bee Gees (Atco)
20  20  YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON - Vanilla Fudge (Atco)
21  RE  *HELP YOURSELF - Tom Jones (Parrot)
22  22  ##ON THE ROAD AGAIN - Canned Heat (Liberty)
23  44  GIRLS CAN’T DO WHAT THE GUYS DO - Betty Wright (Alston)
24  25  TIME HAS COME TODAY - The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)
25  35  FIRE - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)

26  11  Turn Around, Look At Me - The Vogues (Reprise)
27  23  ##Oh Lord, Why Lord - Los Pop Tops (Calla)
28  24  *#Poor Baby - The Cowsills (MGM)
29  13  Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream (Atco)
30  17  *#The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
31  18  *#Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones (London)
32  30  Down On Me - Big Brother & The Holding Company (Mainstream)
33  33  Who Is Gonna Love Me? - Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
34  34  Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
35  36  San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native) - Fever Tree (Uni)
36  37  (The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon (GNP 
        Crescendo)
37  38  The Weight - Jackie DeShannon (Imperial)
38  40  Chained - Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
39  50  ##Elenore - The Turtles (White Whale)
40  51  Barbarella - The Glitterhouse (DynoVoice)
41  --  *White Room - Cream (Atco)
42  53  Where Do I Go - Carla Thomas (Stax)
43  54  Bang-Shang-A-Lang - The Archies (Calendar)
44  55  Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones - The Cryan’ 
        Shames (Columbia)
45  56  Eeny Meeny - The Show Stoppers (Heritage)
46  57  Baby, Come Back - The Equals (RCA Victor)
47  SS  #Sweet Blindness - The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
48  LS  ##Smell Of Incense - Southwest F.O.B. (HIP)
49  --  Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
50  --  Shoot ’Em Up, Baby - Andy Kim (Steed)
51  --  All Along The Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)
52  --  The Nitty Gritty - Ricardo Ray (Alegre)
53  --  Abraham, Martin And John - Dion (Laurie)
54  --  Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin (Apple)
55  --  Do The Choo Choo - Archie Bell & The Drells (Atlantic)
56  --  Hector - The Village Callers (Rampart)
57  --  Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) - Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral 
        Circus (Buddah)

SURE SHOT: I MET HER IN CHURCH - The Box Tops (Mala)
LONG SHOT: LORD OF THE MANOR - The Everly Brothers (Warner Bros.)

*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. 17, 1968, a Tuesday. However, this chart debuted on the air on 
Wednesday, Sept. 18, so the date that appears above reflects when the chart 
actually took effect.
 

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