POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 19, 1968
1

Hey Jude

The Beatles

—

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 1

2

Fire

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 13 wks • Prev: 3

3

Little Green Apples

O.C. Smith

↑ 1

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

4

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 13 wks • Prev: 2

5

Girl Watcher

The O'Kaysions

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Peak: 5 • 14 wks • Prev: 5

6

Midnight Confessions

The Grass Roots

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Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

7

My Special Angel

The Vogues

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Peak: 7 • 10 wks • Prev: 7

8

I've Gotta Get A Message To You

Bee Gees

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Peak: 8 • 13 wks • Prev: 8

9

Over You

Gary Puckett And The Union Gap

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Peak: 7 • 11 wks • Prev: 9

10

Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1)

James Brown

↑ 4

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 14

11

Time Has Come Today

The Chambers Brothers

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Peak: 11 • 14 wks • Prev: 11

12

Suzie Q. (Part One)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 12 wks • Prev: 17

13

Those Were The Days

Mary Hopkin

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

14

Elenore

The Turtles

↑ 10

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 24

15

Piece Of My Heart

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↑ 4

Peak: 12 • 12 wks • Prev: 19

16

Slip Away

Clarence Carter

↓ 6

Peak: 6 • 16 wks • Prev: 10

17

Revolution

The Beatles

↓ 2

Peak: 12 • 11 wks • Prev: 15

18

Hey, Western Union Man

Jerry Butler

↑ 10

Peak: 16 • 13 wks • Prev: 28

19

Hold Me Tight

Johnny Nash

↑ 19

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 38

20

All Along The Watchtower

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

↑ 9

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 29

21

I Say A Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin

↓ 8

Peak: 10 • 11 wks • Prev: 13

22

White Room

Cream

↑ 28

Peak: 6 • 11 wks • Prev: 50

23

Fool For You

The Impressions

↑ 13

Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 36

24

The Fool On The Hill

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

↓ 2

Peak: 6 • 12 wks • Prev: 22

25

(The Lament Of The Cherokee) Indian Reservation

Don Fardon

↓ 5

Peak: 20 • 9 wks • Prev: 20

26

Shape Of Things To Come

Max Frost And The Troopers

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Peak: 22 • 12 wks • Prev: 26

27

People Got To Be Free

The Rascals

↓ 15

Peak: 1 • 14 wks • Prev: 12

28

1, 2, 3, Red Light

1910 Fruitgum Co.

↓ 5

Peak: 5 • 13 wks • Prev: 23

29

Hush

Deep Purple

↓ 13

Peak: 4 • 10 wks • Prev: 16

30

The Snake

Al Wilson

↓ 3

Peak: 27 • 10 wks • Prev: 27

31

On The Road Again

Canned Heat

↓ 10

Peak: 16 • 11 wks • Prev: 21

32

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

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Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 32

33

Chained

Marvin Gaye

↑ 14

Peak: 32 • 10 wks • Prev: 47

34

Baby, Come Back

The Equals

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Peak: 32 • 9 wks • Prev: 34

35

Hip City - Pt. 2

Jr. Walker & The All Stars

↓ 4

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 31

36

Break Your Promise

The Delfonics

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 40

37

Lalena

Donovan

↑ 20

Peak: 33 • 6 wks • Prev: 57

38

Keep On Lovin' Me Honey

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

↑ 31

Peak: 24 • 7 wks • Prev: 69

39

Court Of Love

The Unifics

↑ 7

Peak: 25 • 9 wks • Prev: 46

40

Shoot'em Up, Baby

Andy Kim

↑ 5

Peak: 31 • 10 wks • Prev: 45

41

I Wish It Would Rain

Gladys Knight And The Pips

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Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 41

42

Sweet Blindness

The 5th Dimension

↑ 10

Peak: 13 • 10 wks • Prev: 52

43

Love Child

Diana Ross & The Supremes

★ NEW

Peak: 1 • 16 wks

44

Do The Choo Choo

Archie Bell & The Drells

↑ 7

Peak: 44 • 7 wks • Prev: 51

45

Magic Carpet Ride

Steppenwolf

↑ 11

Peak: 3 • 16 wks • Prev: 56

46

I Found A True Love

Wilson Pickett

↑ 3

Peak: 42 • 7 wks • Prev: 49

47

Down On Me

Big Brother And The Holding Company

↓ 4

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 43

48

Who Is Gonna Love Me?

Dionne Warwick

↓ 9

Peak: 33 • 9 wks • Prev: 39

49

Hi-Heel Sneakers

Jose Feliciano

★ NEW

Peak: 25 • 8 wks

50

I Met Her In Church

The Box Tops

↓ 13

Peak: 37 • 6 wks • Prev: 37

51

Naturally Stoned

The Avant-Garde

↑ 2

Peak: 40 • 10 wks • Prev: 53

52

Gentle On My Mind

Glen Campbell

↑ 2

Peak: 39 • 16 wks • Prev: 54

53

Help Yourself

Tom Jones

↓ 18

Peak: 35 • 8 wks • Prev: 35

54

Take Me For A Little While

Vanilla Fudge

↑ 4

Peak: 38 • 8 wks • Prev: 58

55

I've Got Dreams To Remember

Otis Redding

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Peak: 41 • 7 wks • Prev: 55

56

Bang-Shang-A-Lang

The Archies

↑ 4

Peak: 22 • 13 wks • Prev: 60

57

I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else

The Masqueraders

↑ 10

Peak: 57 • 5 wks • Prev: 67

58

Fly Me To The Moon

Bobby Womack

↑ 5

Peak: 52 • 13 wks • Prev: 63

59

Don't Change Your Love

Five Stairsteps & Cubie

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Peak: 59 • 9 wks • Prev: 59

60

Poor Baby

The Cowsills

↓ 16

Peak: 44 • 6 wks • Prev: 44

61

The Funky Judge

Bull & The Matadors

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Peak: 39 • 14 wks • Prev: 61

62

Porpoise Song

The Monkees

↑ 27

Peak: 62 • 6 wks • Prev: 89

63

Destination: Anywhere

The Marvelettes

↑ 13

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 76

64

Smell Of Incense

Southwest F.O.B.

↑ 14

Peak: 56 • 5 wks • Prev: 78

65

Peace Of Mind

Nancy Wilson

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Peak: 55 • 7 wks • Prev: 65

66

I'm In A Different World

Four Tops

↑ 6

Peak: 51 • 6 wks • Prev: 72

67

Always Together

The Dells

↑ 10

Peak: 18 • 8 wks • Prev: 77

68

Cinderella Sunshine

Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay

↑ 17

Peak: 58 • 6 wks • Prev: 85

69

A Little Less Conversation

Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires

↑ 14

Peak: 69 • 4 wks • Prev: 83

70

Little Arrows

Leapy Lee

↑ 27

Peak: 16 • 14 wks • Prev: 97

71

Puffin' On Down The Track

Hugh Masekela

—

Peak: 71 • 5 wks • Prev: 71

72

Chewy Chewy

Ohio Express

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 13 wks

73

Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries

Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson

★ NEW

Peak: 27 • 10 wks

74

I Love You Madly

Fantastic Four

↑ 5

Peak: 56 • 9 wks • Prev: 79

75

Message From Maria

Joe Simon

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Peak: 75 • 4 wks • Prev: 75

76

Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)

Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus

↑ 10

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 86

77

Alfie

Eivets Rednow

↑ 7

Peak: 66 • 6 wks • Prev: 84

78

Oh Lord, Why Lord

Los Pop Tops

↑ 2

Peak: 78 • 4 wks • Prev: 80

79

Bring It On Home To Me

Eddie Floyd

★ NEW

Peak: 17 • 13 wks

80

Cycles

Frank Sinatra

↑ 14

Peak: 23 • 10 wks • Prev: 94

81

You Need Me, Baby

Joe Tex

↑ 18

Peak: 81 • 3 wks • Prev: 99

82

Hitchcock Railway

Jose Feliciano

—

Peak: 77 • 3 wks • Prev: 82

83

Ride My See-Saw

The Moody Blues

↑ 17

Peak: 61 • 5 wks • Prev: 100

84

You Put It On Me

B.B. King

↑ 6

Peak: 82 • 5 wks • Prev: 90

85

Do Something To Me

Tommy James And The Shondells

↑ 13

Peak: 38 • 9 wks • Prev: 98

86

Where Do I Go

Carla Thomas

★ NEW

Peak: 86 • 2 wks

87

On The Way Home

Buffalo Springfield

—

Peak: 82 • 3 wks • Prev: 87

88

You Got The Love

Professor Morrison's Lollipop

—

Peak: 88 • 3 wks • Prev: 88

89

From The Teacher To The Preacher

Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin

★ NEW

Peak: 57 • 8 wks

90

Nitty Gritty

Ricardo Ray

↑ 5

Peak: 90 • 3 wks • Prev: 95

91

Up-Hard

Willie Mitchell

↑ 1

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 92

92

Listen, They're Playing My Song

Ray Charles

★ NEW

Peak: 92 • 2 wks

93

Harper Valley P.T.A.

King Curtis & The Kingpins

—

Peak: 93 • 2 wks • Prev: 93

94

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Andy Williams with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir

★ NEW

Peak: 33 • 13 wks

95

Soul Drippin'

The Mauds

★ NEW

Peak: 85 • 4 wks

96

Baroque-A-Nova

Mason Williams

—

Peak: 96 • 2 wks • Prev: 96

97

Les Bicyclettes De Belsize

Engelbert Humperdinck

★ NEW

Peak: 31 • 9 wks

98

Isn't It Lonely Together

Robert Knight

★ NEW

Peak: 97 • 2 wks

99

Never My Love

The Sandpebbles

★ NEW

Peak: 98 • 2 wks

100

Do What You Gotta Do

Nina Simone

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 5 wks

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