POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 24, 1968
1

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

—

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 1

2

Born To Be Wild

Steppenwolf

↑ 2

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 4

3

Hello, I Love You

The Doors

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 2

4

Light My Fire

Jose Feliciano

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 5

5

Classical Gas

Mason Williams

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 3

6

Sunshine Of Your Love

Cream

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 26 wks • Prev: 8

7

Turn Around, Look At Me

The Vogues

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Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 7

8

Stoned Soul Picnic

The 5th Dimension

↓ 2

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 6

9

I Can't Stop Dancing

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

10

Stay In My Corner

The Dells

↑ 3

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 13

11

You Keep Me Hangin' On

The Vanilla Fudge

↑ 3

Peak: 6 • 17 wks • Prev: 14

12

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Mama Cass With The Mamas & The Papas

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Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 12

13

Lady Willpower

Gary Puckett And The Union Gap

↓ 2

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 11

14

Hurdy Gurdy Man

Donovan

↓ 4

Peak: 5 • 12 wks • Prev: 10

15

You're All I Need To Get By

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

↑ 8

Peak: 7 • 12 wks • Prev: 23

16

Journey To The Center Of The Mind

The Amboy Dukes

↑ 1

Peak: 16 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

17

Love Makes A Woman

Barbara Acklin

↑ 7

Peak: 15 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

18

Soul-Limbo

Booker T. & The MG's

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Peak: 17 • 10 wks • Prev: 18

19

Sealed With A Kiss

Gary Lewis And The Playboys

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Peak: 19 • 14 wks • Prev: 19

20

Grazing In The Grass

Hugh Masekela

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 12 wks • Prev: 9

21

The House That Jack Built

Aretha Franklin

↑ 38

Peak: 6 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

22

1, 2, 3, Red Light

1910 Fruitgum Co.

↑ 10

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 32

23

Halfway To Paradise

Bobby Vinton

↑ 2

Peak: 23 • 7 wks • Prev: 25

24

Slip Away

Clarence Carter

↑ 5

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 29

25

Pictures Of Matchstick Men

The Status Quo

↓ 5

Peak: 12 • 17 wks • Prev: 20

26

(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game

The Intruders

↑ 1

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 27

27

Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

↑ 1

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 28

28

Please Return Your Love To Me

The Temptations

↑ 3

Peak: 26 • 7 wks • Prev: 31

29

Sky Pilot (Part One)

Eric Burdon & The Animals

↓ 7

Peak: 14 • 14 wks • Prev: 22

30

Jumpin' Jack Flash

The Rolling Stones

↓ 15

Peak: 3 • 12 wks • Prev: 15

31

Do It Again

The Beach Boys

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 10 wks • Prev: 33

32

The Fool On The Hill

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

↑ 16

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 48

33

The Horse

Cliff Nobles & Co.

↓ 12

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 21

34

The Eyes Of A New York Woman

B.J. Thomas

↑ 4

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 38

35

You Met Your Match

Stevie Wonder

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Peak: 35 • 7 wks • Prev: 35

36

Autumn Of My Life

Bobby Goldsboro

↓ 10

Peak: 19 • 9 wks • Prev: 26

37

Don't Give Up

Petula Clark

↑ 6

Peak: 37 • 7 wks • Prev: 43

38

Hush

Deep Purple

↑ 45

Peak: 4 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

39

I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin

↑ 43

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 82

40

Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

The Moody Blues

↑ 4

Peak: 24 • 11 wks • Prev: 44

41

I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)

Eddie Floyd

↑ 25

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 66

42

I Get The Sweetest Feeling

Jackie Wilson

↑ 5

Peak: 34 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

43

Down At Lulu's

Ohio Express

↑ 8

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 51

44

Lover's Holiday

Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson

↓ 7

Peak: 31 • 12 wks • Prev: 37

45

Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife

Glen Campbell

↓ 6

Peak: 32 • 8 wks • Prev: 39

46

Understanding

Ray Charles

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Peak: 46 • 12 wks • Prev: 46

47

Indian Lake

The Cowsills

↓ 17

Peak: 10 • 13 wks • Prev: 30

48

And Suddenly

The Cherry People

↑ 2

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 50

49

Hitch It To The Horse

The Fantastic Johnny C

↓ 15

Peak: 34 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

50

Mr. Businessman

Ray Stevens

↑ 8

Peak: 28 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

51

Hard To Handle

Otis Redding

↑ 1

Peak: 51 • 7 wks • Prev: 52

52

Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do

Betty Wright

↑ 19

Peak: 33 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

53

Give A Damn

Spanky And Our Gang

↑ 3

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 56

54

Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It)

Sam & Dave

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Peak: 54 • 6 wks • Prev: 54

55

I Guess I'll Have To Cry, Cry, Cry

James Brown And The Famous Flames

↑ 2

Peak: 55 • 6 wks • Prev: 57

56

Somebody Cares

Tommy James And The Shondells

↓ 3

Peak: 53 • 5 wks • Prev: 53

57

Magic Bus

The Who

↑ 7

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 64

58

Keep The One You Got

Joe Tex

↑ 2

Peak: 52 • 5 wks • Prev: 60

59

Special Occasion

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

↑ 28

Peak: 26 • 9 wks • Prev: 87

60

Brown Eyed Woman

Bill Medley

↑ 2

Peak: 43 • 11 wks • Prev: 62

61

I Loved And I Lost

The Impressions

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Peak: 61 • 8 wks • Prev: 61

62

Yesterday's Dreams

Four Tops

↓ 13

Peak: 49 • 6 wks • Prev: 49

63

Sudden Stop

Percy Sledge

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Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 63

64

Prayer Meetin'

Willie Mitchell

↓ 19

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 45

65

God Bless Our Love

The Ballads

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Peak: 65 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

66

Morning Dew

Lulu

↑ 4

Peak: 52 • 8 wks • Prev: 70

67

Listen Here

Eddie Harris

★ NEW

Peak: 45 • 13 wks

68

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Bee Gees

↑ 31

Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 99

69

I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin'

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

↑ 3

Peak: 42 • 8 wks • Prev: 72

70

Hip City - Pt. 2

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↑ 6

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 76

71

Girl Watcher

The O'Kaysions

↑ 18

Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 89

72

On The Road Again

Canned Heat

↑ 18

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 90

73

The Impossible Dream

Roger Williams

↓ 18

Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

74

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

The Happenings

↓ 7

Peak: 67 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

75

Never Going Back

The Lovin' Spoonful

↓ 2

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 73

76

Mrs. Bluebird

Eternity's Children

↓ 7

Peak: 69 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

77

Workin' On A Groovy Thing

Patti Drew

↑ 4

Peak: 62 • 11 wks • Prev: 81

78

Little Green Apples

O.C. Smith

↑ 20

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 98

79

Mr. Bojangles

Jerry Jeff Walker

↓ 2

Peak: 77 • 5 wks • Prev: 77

80

The Snake

Al Wilson

↑ 13

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 93

81

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 13 wks

82

Fly Me To The Moon

Bobby Womack

↑ 18

Peak: 52 • 13 wks • Prev: 100

83

I Heard It Thru The Grapevine

King Curtis & The Kingpins

↑ 1

Peak: 83 • 3 wks • Prev: 84

84

I Wish It Would Rain

Gladys Knight And The Pips

★ NEW

Peak: 41 • 10 wks

85

I Am Your Man

Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers

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Peak: 85 • 3 wks • Prev: 85

86

Give Me One More Chance

Wilmer And The Dukes

↓ 6

Peak: 80 • 6 wks • Prev: 80

87

I'm Gonna Do What They Do To Me

B.B. King

↓ 13

Peak: 74 • 5 wks • Prev: 74

88

Anyway That You Want Me

The American Breed

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Peak: 88 • 4 wks • Prev: 88

89

Six Man Band

The Association

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 6 wks

90

Don't Change Your Love

Five Stairsteps & Cubie

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 9 wks

91

Time Has Come Today

The Chambers Brothers

↑ 1

Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 92

92

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

★ NEW

Peak: 30 • 17 wks

93

M'Lady

Sly & The Family Stone

↑ 1

Peak: 93 • 3 wks • Prev: 94

94

The Woman I Love

B.B. King

★ NEW

Peak: 94 • 3 wks

95

Tell Someone You Love Them

Dino, Desi & Billy

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Peak: 92 • 4 wks • Prev: 95

96

Who Is Gonna Love Me?

Dionne Warwick

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 9 wks

97

Bring Back Those Rockabye Baby Days

Tiny Tim

★ NEW

Peak: 95 • 2 wks

98

The Funky Judge

Bull & The Matadors

★ NEW

Peak: 39 • 14 wks

99

She's About A Mover

Otis Clay

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 3 wks

100

The Weight

Jackie DeShannon

★ NEW

Peak: 55 • 8 wks

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