US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 14th September, 1968 

These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending September 14, 1968

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 14th September, 1968 

US Top 40 Singles – 14th September, 1968  

TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

1 1 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-9 (5 weeks at #1) (1)
2 4 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-4 (2)
3 3 LIGHT MY FIRE –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-8 (3)
4 2 BORN TO BE WILD –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-10 (2)
5 7 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-8 (5)
6 6 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-5 (6)
7 8 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-8 (7)
8 13 HUSH –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-5 (8)
9 5 HELLO, I LOVE YOU –•– The Doors (Elektra)-11 (1)
10 — HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-1 (10)

11 17 THE FOOL ON THE HILL –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-6 (11)
12 12 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON –•– Vanilla Fudge (Atco)-15 (6)
13 11 SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE –•– Cream (Atco)-25 (5)
14 23 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-5 (14)
15 14 TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-14 (7)
16 9 I CAN’T STOP DANCING –•– Archie Bell and the Drells (Atlantic)-9 (9)
17 18 SLIP AWAY –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-10 (17)
18 38 GIRL WATCHER –•– The O’Kaysions (ABC)-5 (18)
19 10 STAY IN MY CORNER –•– The Dells (Cadet)-12 (10)
20 22 DO IT AGAIN –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-8 (20)

21 15 LOVE MAKES A WOMAN –•– Barbara Acklin (Brunswick)-10 (15)
22 16 CLASSICAL GAS –•– Mason Williams (Warner Brothers/Seven Arts)-13 (2)
23 30 I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-5 (23)
24 35 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Canned Heat (Liberty)-6 (24)
25 21 SEALED WITH A KISS –•– Gary Lewis and the Playboys (Liberty)-13 (19)
26 27 MAGIC BUS –•– The Who (Decca)-6 (26)
27 51 TIME HAS COME TODAY –•– The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)-6 (27)
28 32 THE EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-13 (28)
29 29 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (Forever Afternoon) –•– The Moody Blues (Deram)-9 (29)
30 20 SOUL-LIMBO –•– Booker T. and the MG’s (Stax)-10 (17)

31 60 SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-2 (31)
32 26 PLEASE RETURN YOUR LOVE TO ME –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-7 (26)
33 33 GIRLS CAN’T DO WHAT THE GUYS DO –•– Betty Wright (Alston)-7 (33)
34 36 DOWN AT LULU’S –•– The Ohio Express (Buddah)-7 (34)
35 25 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME –•– Mama Cass with the Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)-11 (12)
36 28 MR. BUSINESSMAN –•– Ray Stevens (Monument)-7 (28)
37 37 SPECIAL OCCASION –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-5 (37)
38 — REVOLUTION –•– The Beatles (Apple)-1 (38)
39 46 HIP CITY (Part 2) –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars (Soul)-6 (39)
40 40 I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (To Love Me Like You Do) –•– Eddie Floyd (Stax)-8 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS – 14th September, 1968  

50 24 STONED SOUL PICNIC –•– The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-16 (3)
51 19 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND –•– The Amboy Dukes (Mainstream)-12 (16)

POWER PLAYS – 14th September, 1968  

41 45 LITTLE GREEN APPLES –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-5 (41)
42 42 I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYIN’ –•– Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Gordy)-6 (42)
43 43 GIVE A DAMN –•– Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-7 (43)
44 44 THE SNAKE –•– Al Wilson (Soul City)-5 (44)
45 49 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-4 (45)
46 47 BROWN EYED WOMAN –•– Bill Medley (MGM)-7 (46)
47 48 SIX MAN BAND –•– The Association (Warner Brothers/Seven Arts)-4 (47)
48 50 HELP YOURSELF –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-3 (48)
49 52 WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-4 (49)

NEW THIS WEEK – 14th September, 1968  

10 — HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-1 (10)
38 — REVOLUTION –•– The Beatles (Apple)-1 (38)
79 — CHAINED –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-1 (79)
80 — I MET HER IN CHURCH –•– The Box Tops (Mala)-1 (80)
87 — POOR BABY –•– The Cowsills (MGM)-1 (87)
89 — GENTLE ON MY MIND –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-8 (62)
91 — FOR THE LOVE OF IVY –•– The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)-1 (91)
93 — DO THE BEST YOU CAN –•– The Hollies (Epic)-1 (93)
96 — THE BIPLANE, EVER MORE –•– The Irish Rovers (Decca)-1 (96)
97 — (I Can Feel Your Love) SLIPPING AWAY –•– Barbara Mason (Arctic)-1 (97)
98 — HOLD ME TIGHT –•– Johnny Nash (JAD)-1 (98)
99 — HORSE FEVER –•– Cliff Nobles and Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul)-1 (99)