US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 21st September, 1968
These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending September 21, 1968
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US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 21st September, 1968
#1 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. By Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
US Top 40 Singles – 21st September, 1968
TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)
1 2 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-5 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-10 (1)
3 10 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-2 (3)
4 8 HUSH –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-6 (4)
5 5 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-9 (5)
6 3 LIGHT MY FIRE –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-9 (3)
7 4 BORN TO BE WILD –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-11 (2)
8 11 THE FOOL ON THE HILL –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-7 (8)
9 23 I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-6 (9)
10 6 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-6 (6)
11 27 TIME HAS COME TODAY –•– The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)-7 (11)
12 38 REVOLUTION –•– The Beatles (Apple)-2 (12)
13 17 SLIP AWAY –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-11 (13)
14 14 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-6 (14)
15 60 FIRE –•– The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)-3 (15)
16 18 GIRL WATCHER –•– The O’Kaysions (ABC)-6 (16)
17 7 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-9 (7)
18 24 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Canned Heat (Liberty)-7 (18)
19 57 MY SPECIAL ANGEL –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-3 (19)
20 20 DO IT AGAIN –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-9 (20)
21 52 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-4 (21)
22 12 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON –•– Vanilla Fudge (Atco)-16 (6)
23 9 HELLO, I LOVE YOU –•– The Doors (Elektra)-12 (1)
24 29 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (Forever Afternoon) –•– The Moody Blues (Deram)-10 (24)
25 13 SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE –•– Cream (Atco)-26 (5)
26 26 MAGIC BUS –•– The Who (Decca)-7 (26)
27 41 LITTLE GREEN APPLES –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-6 (27)
28 21 LOVE MAKES A WOMAN –•– Barbara Acklin (Brunswick)-11 (15)
29 59 (The Lament Of the Cherokee) INDIAN RESERVATION –•– Don Fardon (GNP Crescendo)-4 (29)
30 22 CLASSICAL GAS –•– Mason Williams (Warner Brothers/Seven Arts)-14 (2)
31 31 SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-3 (31)
32 15 TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-15 (7)
33 34 DOWN AT LULU’S –•– The Ohio Express (Buddah)-8 (33)
34 37 SPECIAL OCCASION –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-6 (34)
35 25 SEALED WITH A KISS –•– Gary Lewis and the Playboys (Liberty)-14 (19)
36 19 STAY IN MY CORNER –•– The Dells (Cadet)-13 (10)
37 16 I CAN’T STOP DANCING –•– Archie Bell and the Drells (Atlantic)-10 (9)
38 39 HIP CITY (Part 2) –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars (Soul)-7 (38)
39 49 WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-5 (39)
40 44 THE SNAKE –•– Al Wilson (Soul City)-6 (40)
THIS WEEK’S DROPS – 21st September, 1968
41 28 THE EYES OF A NEW YORK WOMAN –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-14 (28)
43 33 GIRLS CAN’T DO WHAT THE GUYS DO –•– Betty Wright (Alston)-8 (33)
53 40 I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (To Love Me Like You Do) –•– Eddie Floyd (Stax)-9 (40)
POWER PLAYS – 21st September, 1968
42 58 IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA –•– Iron Butterfly (Atco)-5 (42)
44 88 SUZIE Q. (Part 1) –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-3 (44)
45 56 PIECE OF MY HEART –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Columbia)-4 (45)
46 46 BROWN EYED WOMAN –•– Bill Medley (MGM)-8 (46)
47 66 BABY, COME BACK –•– The Equals (RCA Victor)-3 (47)
48 48 HELP YOURSELF –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-4 (48)
49 43 GIVE A DAMN –•– Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-8 (43)
50 42 I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYIN’ –•– Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Gordy)-7 (42)
NEW THIS WEEK – 21st September, 1968
54 — OVER YOU –•– Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)-1 (54)
66 — ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER –•– The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)-1 (66)
87 — I FOUND A TRUE LOVE –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-1 (87)
93 — SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS (Return Of the Native) –•– Fever Tree (Uni)-4 (91)
94 — THERE WAS A TIME –•– Gene Chandler (Brunswick)-1 (94)
95 — BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS –•– Harpers Bizarre (Warner Brothers/Seven Arts)-1 (95)
96 — THE CHOICE –•– The O’Jays (Bell)-1 (96)
97 — ELENORE –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-1 (97)
98 — TOMBOY –•– Ronnie Dove (Diamond)-1 (98)
99 — I LOVE YOU MADLY –•– The Fantastic Four (Soul/Ric-Tic)-1 (99)
100 — COURT OF LOVE –•– The Unifics (Kapp)-1 (100)
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