US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 30th September, 1967

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These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending September 30, 1967

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 30th September, 1967

#1 THE LETTER By The Box Tops (Mala)

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US Top 40 Singles – 30th September, 1967

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

1 1 THE LETTER –•– The Box Tops (Mala)-8 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 ODE TO BILLIE JOE –•– Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)-9 (1)
3 5 NEVER MY LOVE –•– The Association (Warner Brothers)-6 (3)
4 3 COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP –•– Bobby Vee and the Strangers (Liberty)-11 (3)
5 4 REFLECTIONS –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-8 (2)
6 6 APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE –•– Jay and the Techniques (Smash)-12 (6)
7 7 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-8 (7)
8 10 FUNKY BROADWAY –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-9 (8)
9 9 I DIG ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC –•– Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Brothers)-7 (9)
10 14 BROWN EYED GIRL –•– Van Morrison (Bang)-12 (10)

11 16 GIMME LITTLE SIGN –•– Brenton Wood (Double Shot)-8 (11)
12 13 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-9 (12)
13 18 LITTLE OLE MAN (Uptight-Everything’s Alright) –•– Bill Cosby (Warner Brothers)-5 (13)
14 26 HOW CAN I BE SURE –•– The Young Rascals (Atlantic)-4 (14)
15 8 YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-10 (6)
16 11 THERE IS A MOUNTAIN –•– Donovan (Epic)-8 (11)
17 17 I HAD A DREAM –•– Paul Revere and the Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-7 (17)
18 19 GETTIN’ TOGETHER –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-6 (18)
19 22 I MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF –•– Frankie Valli (Philips)-6 (19)
20 29 DANDELION –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-4 (20)

21 21 GROOVIN’ –•– Booker T. and the MG’s (Stax)-9 (21)
22 35 TO SIR WITH LOVE –•– Lulu (Epic)-4 (22)
23 20 TWELVE THIRTY (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon) –•– The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)-6 (20)
24 44 HEY BABY (They’re Playing Our Song) –•– The Buckinghams (Columbia)-4 (24)
25 25 LOVE BUG LEAVE MY HEART ALONE –•– Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)-7 (25)
26 27 THE CAT IN THE WINDOW (The Bird In the Sky) –•– Petula Clark (Warner Brothers)-5 (26)
27 33 GET ON UP –•– The Esquires (Bunky)-7 (27)
28 34 EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART –•– The Soul Survivors (Crimson)-5 (28)
29 15 SAN FRANCISCAN NIGHTS –•– Eric Burdon and the Animals (MGM)-9 (9)
30 30 KNOCK ON WOOD –•– Otis and Carla (Stax)-8 (30)

31 48 YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-4 (31)
32 45 YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-3 (32)
33 38 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT –•– Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)-6 (33)
34 28 COLD SWEAT (Part 1) –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-12 (7)
35 36 MEMPHIS SOUL STEW –•– King Curtis (Atco)-6 (35)
36 47 A BANDA (Ah Bahn-da) –•– Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (A&M)-4 (36)
37 54 WHAT NOW MY LOVE –•– Mitch Ryder (DynoVoice)-4 (37)
38 49 IT MUST BE HIM –•– Vikki Carr (Liberty)-5 (38)
39 31 MAKING EVERY MINUTE COUNT –•– Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-7 (31)
40 59 SOUL MAN –•– Sam and Dave (Stax)-4 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS30th September, 1967

47 12 BABY I LOVE YOU –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-11 (4)
48 24 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-11 (1)
50 23 THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-8 (23)
54 37 BLUE’S THEME –•– Davie Allan and the Arrows (Tower)-17 (37)
58 39 MUSEUM –•– Herman’s Hermits (MGM)-6 (39)

POWER PLAYS30th September, 1967

41 52 LET LOVE COME BETWEEN US –•– James and Bobby Purify (Bell)-4 (41)
42 42 BALLAD OF YOU AND ME AND POONEIL –•– Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)-5 (42)
43 43 ANYTHING GOES –•– Harpers Bizarre (Warner Brothers)-7 (43)
44 65 PEOPLE ARE STRANGE –•– The Doors (Elektra)-2 (44)
45 69 LIGHTNING’S GIRL –•– Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)-2 (45)
46 46 PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE –•– Every Mothers’ Son (MGM)-6 (46)
49 50 YOU’VE GOT TO PAY THE PRICE –•– Al Kent (Ric-Tic)-7 (49)

NEW THIS WEEK30th September, 1967

69 — LOVE IS STRANGE –•– Peaches and Herb (Date)-1 (69)
70 — A NATURAL WOMAN (You Make Me Feel Like) –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-1 (70)
71 — ROCK ‘N’ ROLL WOMAN –•– Buffalo Springfield (Atco)-1 (71)
72 — PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-1 (72)
81 — EVEN THE BAD TIMES ARE GOOD –•– The Tremeloes (Epic)-1 (81)
82 — JUST ONE LOOK –•– The Hollies (Imperial)-2 (82)
83 — EVERLASTING LOVE –•– Robert Knight (Rising Sons)-1 (83)
84 — HOLIDAY –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-1 (84)
88 — INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS –•– Strawberry Alarm Clock (Uni)-1 (88)
90 — THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS –•– The Cowsills (MGM)-1 (90)
91 — HUSH –•– Billy Joe Royal (Columbia)-1 (91)
93 — WHAT’VE I DONE (To Make You Mad) –•– Linda Jones (Loma)-1 (93)
94 — ODE TO BILLY JOE –•– Ray Bryant (Cadet)-1 (94)
95 — STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOPLACE –•– The Righteous Brothers (Verve)-1 (95)
100 — WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE ROSES –•– Ed Ames (RCA Victor)-1 (100)