US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 28th September, 1968 

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

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 28th September, 1968 

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US Top 40 Singles – 28th September, 1968 

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

1 3 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-3 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-6 (1)
3 2 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-11 (1)
4 4 HUSH –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-7 (4)
5 15 FIRE –•– The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)-4 (5)
6 8 THE FOOL ON THE HILL –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-8 (6)
7 5 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-10 (5)
8 9 I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-7 (8)
9 16 GIRL WATCHER –•– The O’Kaysions (ABC)-7 (9)
10 13 SLIP AWAY –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-12 (10)

11 11 TIME HAS COME TODAY –•– The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)-8 (11)
12 12 REVOLUTION –•– The Beatles (Apple)-3 (12)
13 10 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-7 (6)
14 14 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-7 (14)
15 7 BORN TO BE WILD –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-12 (2)
16 18 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Canned Heat (Liberty)-8 (16)
17 6 LIGHT MY FIRE –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-10 (3)
18 21 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-5 (18)
19 19 MY SPECIAL ANGEL –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-4 (19)
20 27 LITTLE GREEN APPLES –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-7 (20)

21 31 SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-4 (21)
22 17 YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-10 (7)
23 22 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON –•– Vanilla Fudge (Atco)-17 (6)
24 45 PIECE OF MY HEART –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Columbia)-5 (24)
25 26 MAGIC BUS –•– The Who (Decca)-8 (25)
26 34 SPECIAL OCCASION –•– Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-7 (26)
27 44 SUZIE Q. (Part 1) –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-4 (27)
28 29 (The Lament Of the Cherokee) INDIAN RESERVATION –•– Don Fardon (GNP Crescendo)-5 (28)
29 54 OVER YOU –•– Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)-2 (29)
30 40 THE SNAKE –•– Al Wilson (Soul City)-7 (30)

31 66 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER –•– The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)-2 (31)
32 24 TUESDAY AFTERNOON (Forever Afternoon) –•– The Moody Blues (Deram)-11 (24)
33 39 WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-6 (33)
34 47 BABY, COME BACK –•– The Equals (RCA Victor)-4 (34)
35 38 HIP CITY (Part 2) –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars (Soul)-8 (35)
36 63 SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME –•– Max Frost and the Troopers (Tower)-4 (36)
37 28 LOVE MAKES A WOMAN –•– Barbara Acklin (Brunswick)-12 (15)
38 42 IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA –•– Iron Butterfly (Atco)-6 (38)
39 20 DO IT AGAIN –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-10 (20)
40 33 DOWN AT LULU’S –•– The Ohio Express (Buddah)-9 (33)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS – 28th September, 1968 

This section is vacant because no Top 40 item from last week’s chart fell to position #41-#100 this week. While this is a rare occurrence, it does happen from time to time.

POWER PLAYS – 28th September, 1968 

41 59 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-6 (41)
42 60 HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN –•– Jerry Butler (Mercury)-5 (42)
43 68 I MET HER IN CHURCH –•– The Box Tops (Mala)-3 (43)
44 64 BREAK YOUR PROMISE –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-5 (44)
45 55 LISTEN HERE –•– Eddie Harris (Atlantic)-11 (45)
46 46 BROWN EYED WOMAN –•– Bill Medley (MGM)-9 (46)
47 61 DOWN ON ME –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Mainstream)-5 (47)
48 48 HELP YOURSELF –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-5 (48)
49 87 I FOUND A TRUE LOVE –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-2 (49)
50 50 I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYIN’ –•– Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (Gordy)-8 (42)

NEW THIS WEEK – 28th September, 1968 

69 — I’VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER –•– Otis Redding (Atco)-1 (69)
70 — THOSE WERE THE DAYS –•– Mary Hopkin (Apple)-1 (70)
71 — BANG-SHANG-A-LANG –•– The Archies (Calendar)-1 (71)
72 — ICE IN THE SUN –•– The Status Quo (Cadet Concept)-1 (72)
80 — OH LORD, WHY LORD –•– Los Pop Tops (Calla)-1 (80)
82 — MESSAGE FROM MARIA –•– Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7)-1 (82)
85 — DO THE CHOO CHOO –•– Archie Bell and the Drells (Atlantic)-1 (85)
86 — SWEET YOUNG THING LIKE YOU –•– Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)-1 (86)
88 — I AIN’T GOT TO LOVE NOBODY ELSE –•– The Masqueraders (Bell)-1 (88)
89 — SWEET BLINDNESS –•– The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-1 (89)
90 — PUFFIN’ ON DOWN THE TRACK –•– Hugh Masekela (Uni)-1 (90)
98 — THE B.B. JONES –•– B.B. King (Bluesway)-1 (98)
99 — ALMOST IN LOVE –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (99)
100 — PEACE OF MIND –•– Nancy Wilson (Capitol)-1 (100)