Billboard Top 40 Hits (1968)

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1,2,3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company (#5)
1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero - Bobby Russell (#36)
Abraham, Martin and John - Dion (#4)
Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin (#16)
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#8)
Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (#27)
All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (#20)
Always Together - The Dells (#18)
Am I That Easy to Forget - Engelbert Humperdinck (#18)
Ame Caline (Soul Coaxing) - Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra (#37) (instrumental)
Amen - Otis Redding (#36)
Angel of the Morning - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts (#7)
Autumn of My Life - Bobby Goldsboro (#19)
Baby Let's Wait - The Royal Guardsmen (#35)
Baby, Come Back - The Equals (#32)
Baby, Now That I've Found You - The Foundations (#11)
The Ballad Of Bonnie and Clyde - Georgie Fame (#7)
Bang-Shang-A-Lang - The Archies (#22)
Battle Hymn of the Republic - Andy Williams (#33)
A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals (#3)
The Beginning Of My End - The Unifics (#36)
Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed (#5)
Born Free - The Hesitations (#38)
Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf (#2)
Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (#8)
Bottle of Wine - The Fireballs (#9)
Break Your Promise - The Delfonics (#35)
Bring It On Home to Me - Eddie Floyd (#17)
Cab Driver - The Mills Brothers (#23)
Call Me Lightning - The Who (#40)
Carpet Man - The 5th Dimension (#29)
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin (#2)
Chained - Marvin Gaye (#32)
Chewy Chewy - Ohio Express (#15)
Choo Choo Train - The Box Tops (#26)
Classical Gas - Mason Williams (#2) (instrumental)
Cloud Nine - The Temptations (#6)
Country Girl - City Man - Billy Vera & Judy Clay (#38)
Court of Love - The Unifics (#25)
Cowboys to Girls - The Intruders (#6)
Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells (#1)
Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops (#2)
Cycles - Frank Sinatra (#23)
D.W. Washburn - The Monkees (#19)
Dance to the Music - Sly & The Family Stone (#8)
Darlin' - The Beach Boys (#19)
Delilah - Tom Jones (#15)
Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Poneys (#13)
Do It Again - The Beach Boys (#20)
Do Something to Me - Tommy James & The Shondells (#38)
Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick (#10)
Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers (#29)
Don't Give Up - Petula Clark (#37)
Don't Take It So Hard - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#27)
Down At Lulu's - Ohio Express (#33)
Dream A Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass Elliot (#12)
Dreams of the Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell (#32)
Eleanor Rigby - Ray Charles (#35)
Elenore - The Turtles (#6)
The End of Our Road - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#15)
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone (#1)
Everything That Touches You - The Association (#10)
The Eyes Of A New York Woman - B.J. Thomas (#28)
Face It Girl, It's Over - Nancy Wilson (#29)
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (#2)
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (#32)
Fool for You - The Impressions (#22)
The Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 (#6)
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder (#2)
Forever Came Today - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#28)
The Funky Judge - Bull & The Matadors (#39)
Funky Street - Arthur Conley (#14)
Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell (#39)
Girl Watcher - The O'Kaysions (#5)
Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do - Betty Wright (#33)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra (#2) (instrumental)
Goodbye My Love - James Brown (#31)
Goody Goody Gumdrops - 1910 Fruitgum Company (#37)
Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela (#1) (instrumental)
Green Light - The American Breed (#39)
Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers (#1)
Halfway to Paradise - Bobby Vinton (#23)
The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) - Otis Redding (#25)
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (#1)
Hello, I Love You - The Doors (#1)
Help Yourself - Tom Jones (#35)
Here Comes the Judge - Shorty Long (#8)
Hey Jude - The Beatles (#1)
Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett (#23)
Hey, Western Union Man - Jerry Butler (#16)
Hi-Heel Sneakers - Jose Feliciano (#25)
Hip City (Part 2) - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (#31)
Hitch It to the Horse - The Fantastic Johnny C (#34)
Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash (#5)
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (#1)
Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas (#5)
The Horse - Cliff Nobles & Co. (#2) (instrumental)
The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin (#6)
How'd We Ever Get This Way - Andy Kim (#21)
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (#5)
Hush - Deep Purple (#4)
I Can Take or Leave Your Loving - Herman's Hermits (#22)
I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) - James Brown & The Famous Flames (#28)
I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell & The Drells (#9)
I Can't Turn You Loose - The Chambers Brothers (#37)
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - The Temptations (#13)
I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (#34)
I Got the Feelin' - James Brown (#6)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (#1)
I Love How You Love Me - Bobby Vinton (#9)
I Love You - People (#14)
I Met Her in Church - The Box Tops (#37)
I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin (#10)
I Thank You - Sam & Dave (#9)
I Wanna Live - Glen Campbell (#36)
I Will Always Think About You - The New Colony Six (#22)
I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations (#4)
I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (#8)
I'm a Midnight Mover - Wilson Pickett (#24)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Madeline Bell (#26)
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - The Supremes & The Temptations (#2)
I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees (#8)
I've Never Found a Girl (to Love Me Like You Do) - Eddie Floyd (#40)
If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley (#12)
If I Could Build My Whole World Around You - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#10)
If I Were a Carpenter - Four Tops (#20)
If You Can Want - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#11)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (#30)
Indian Lake - The Cowsills (#10)
It Should Have Been Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#40)
Jennifer Eccles - The Hollies (#40)
Jennifer Juniper - Donovan (#26)
Journey to the Center of the Mind - The Amboy Dukes (#16)
Judy in Disguise (with Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band (#1)
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (#3)
Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In) - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#5)
Keep on Lovin' Me, Honey - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#24)
Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple (#38)
Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (#15)
La-La Means I Love You - The Delfonics (#4)
Lady Madonna - The Beatles (#4)
Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (#2)
Lalena - Donovan (#33)
(The Lament of the Cherokee Indian) Indian Reservation - Don Fardon (#20)
Les Bicyclettes De Belsize - Engelbert Humperdinck (#31)
The Lesson - Vikki Carr (#34)
Licking Stick - Licking Stick (Part 1) - James Brown & The Famous Flames (#14)
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano (#3)
Like to Get to Know You - Spanky & Our Gang (#17)
Little Arrows - Leapy Lee (#16)
Little Green Apples - Roger Miller (#39)
Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero (The More I Love You) - Rene & Rene (#14)
The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 (#4)
Love Child - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#1)
Love Is All Around - The Troggs (#7)
Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu) - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra (#1) (instrumental)
(Love Is Like a) Baseball Game - The Intruders (#26)
Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin (#15)
Love Me Two Times - The Doors (#25)
Lover's Holiday - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (#31)
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (#2)
Magic Bus - The Who (#25)
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (#3)
A Man Without Love (Quando M'innamoro) - Engelbert Humperdinck (#19)
Master Jack - Four Jacks & a Jill (#18)
Men Are Gettin' Scarce - Joe Tex (#33)
Midnight Confessions - The Grass Roots (#5)
Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) - Manfred Mann (#10)
Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals (#15)
Mony Mony - Tommy James & The Shondells (#3)
Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens (#28)
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (#1)
My Girl/Hey Girl - Bobby Vee (#35)
My Special Angel - The Vogues (#7)
Naturally Stoned - The Avante-Garde (#40)
Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler (#20)
Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz (#8)
On the Road Again - Canned Heat (#16)
Over You - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (#7)
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - Otis Redding (#21)
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss - B.B. King (#39)
People - The Tymes (#39)
People Got To Be Free - The Rascals (#1)
Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (#27)
Pictures of Matchstick Men - The Status Quo (#12)
Piece of My Heart - Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin (#12)
Playboy - Gene & Debbe (#17)
Please Return Your Love to Me - The Temptations (#26)
Promises, Promises - Dionne Warwick (#19)
A Question of Temperature - The Balloon Farm (#37)
Quick Joey Small (Run, Joey, Run) - Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (#25)
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger System (#17)
A Ray of Hope - The Rascals (#24)
Reach Out of the Darkness - Friend & Lover (#10)
Revolution - The Beatles (#12)
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1) - James Brown (#10)
Scarborough Fair (Canticle) - Simon & Garfunkel (#11)
Sealed with a Kiss - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (#19)
Security - Etta James (#35)
See Saw - Aretha Franklin (#14)
Shame, Shame - Magic Lanterns (#29)
Shape of Things to Come - Max Frost & The Troopers (#22)
She's a Heartbreaker - Gene Pitney (#16)
She's Lookin' Good - Wilson Pickett (#15)
Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder (#9)
Shoot 'Em Up, Baby - Andy Kim (#31)
Simon Says - 1910 Fruitgum Company (#4)
(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding (#1)
Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill (#25)
Sky Pilot (Part 1) - Eric Burdon & The Animals (#14)
Slip Away - Clarence Carter (#6)
The Snake - Al Wilson (#27)
Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross & The Supremes (#30)
Some Velvet Morning - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood (#26)
The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith (#40)
Soul Serenade - Willie Mitchell (#23) (instrumental)
Soul-Limbo - Booker T. & The MG's (#17) (instrumental)
Soulful Strut - Young-Holt Unlimited (#3) (instrumental)
Special Occasion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#26)
Spooky - Classics IV (#3)
Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (#19)
Stay in My Corner - The Dells (#10)
Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension (#3)
Stormy - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost (#5)
The Straight Life - Bobby Goldsboro (#36)
Strawberry Shortcake - Jay & The Techniques (#39)
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash (#21)
Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers (#14)
Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer (#14)
Sunday Mornin' - Spanky & Our Gang (#30)
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (#5)
Susan - The Buckinghams (#11)
Suzie-Q (Part 1) - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#11)
Sweet Blindness - The 5th Dimension (#13)
Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations (#18)
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin (#5)
Take Good Care Of My Baby - Bobby Vinton (#33)
Take Me For A Little While - Vanilla Fudge (#38)
Take Time to Know Her - Percy Sledge (#11)
Tapioca Tundra - The Monkees (#34)
There Was a Time - James Brown & The Famous Flames (#36)
Things I'd Like to Say - The New Colony Six (#16)
Think - Aretha Franklin (#7)
This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert (#1)
This Magic Moment - Jay & The Americans (#6)
Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkin (#2)
Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells (#1)
'Till - The Vogues (#27)
Time for Livin' - The Association (#39)
Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers (#11)
Tip-Toe Thru the Tulips with Me - Tiny Tim (#17)
Too Much Talk - Paul Revere & The Raiders (#19)
Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) - The Moody Blues (#24)
Turn Around, Look At Me - The Vogues (#7)
U.S. Male - Elvis Presley (#28)
The Unicorn - The Irish Rovers (#7)
The Unknown Soldier - The Doors (#39)
Valleri - The Monkees (#3)
(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls - Dionne Warwick (#2)
Walk Away Renee - Four Tops (#14)
We Can Fly - The Cowsills (#21)
We're a Winner - The Impressions (#14)
White Room - Cream (#6)
Who Is Gonna Love Me? - Dionne Warwick (#33)
Who Will Answer? - Ed Ames (#19)
Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor (#5)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - The 4 Seasons (#24)
Words - Bee Gees (#15)
Yester Love - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (#31)
You - Marvin Gaye (#34)
(You Keep Me) Hangin' On - Joe Simon (#25)
You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge (#6)
You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder (#35)
You're All I Need to Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (#7)
Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (#2)
Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Express (#4)

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This is a pretty good list, with only a few errors. Oldies fans take note:
"Take Good Care of my Baby" is by Bobby VEE, not Bobby Vinton. I'm an old musician, and I played back-up with Bobby Vee (Robert Thomas Veline) for years. If I'm not mistaken, this song ws released in 1967.

One or two songs listed were on the charts in 1969. And no "Summer of '68" list can be complete without Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" and Blood, Sweat, and Tears' (pre-David Clayton Thomas)"I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know."

I graduated from high school in 1968; as a real-life relic, I'd give this list an "8" on a scale of "10."

A. S. Long

marvelous stuff ! keep it going
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