US Top 40 Singles Week Ending December 14th, 1968

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending December 14th, 1968.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1960s here.

You can view the entire 1968 chart here.

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This Week’s Top 40
This Week’s Drops
Power Plays
New This Week
To Next or Previous Week

US TOP 40 – DECEMBER 14TH, 1968

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

1 4 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-4 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 LOVE CHILD –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-9 (1)
3 3 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-7 (3)
4 7 ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN –•– Dion (Laurie)-8 (4)
5 5 WHO’S MAKING LOVE –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-8 (5)
6 2 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-14 (1)
7 8 WICHITA LINEMAN –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-7 (7)
8 9 STORMY –•– The Classics IV Featuring Dennis Yost (Imperial)-8 (8)
9 11 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-7 (9)
10 6 MAGIC CARPET RIDE –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-11 (3)

11 13 BOTH SIDES NOW –•– Judy Collins (Elektra)-6 (11)
12 10 THOSE WERE THE DAYS –•– Mary Hopkin (Apple)-12 (2)
13 15 CLOUD NINE –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-5 (13)
14 17 SEE SAW –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-4 (14)
15 20 CHEWY CHEWY –•– The Ohio Express (Buddah)-9 (15)
16 26 SCARBOROUGH FAIR –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-5 (16)
17 24 CINNAMON –•– Derek (Bang)-8 (17)
18 18 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME –•– Eddie Floyd (Stax)-9 (18)
19 12 HOLD ME TIGHT –•– Johnny Nash (JAD)-14 (5)
20 57 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations (Motown)-2 (20)

21 16 LITTLE ARROWS –•– Leapy Lee (Decca)-10 (16)
22 19 PROMISES, PROMISES –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-7 (19)
23 41 HOOKED ON A FEELING –•– B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-5 (23)
24 31 SOULFUL STRUT –•– Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick)-3 (24)
25 22 BANG-SHANG-A-LANG –•– The Archies (Calendar)-12 (22)
26 14 WHITE ROOM –•– Cream (Atco)-11 (6)
27 27 PICKIN’ WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES –•– Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (SSS International)-9 (27)
28 28 TOO WEAK TO FIGHT –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-6 (28)
29 35 TILL –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-4 (29)
30 30 SHAME, SHAME –•– The Magic Lanterns (Atlantic)-8 (30)

31 34 GOODBYE MY LOVE –•– James Brown (King)-6 (31)
32 44 LO MUCHO QUE TE QUIERO (The More I Love You) –•– Rene and Rene (White Whale)-4 (32)
33 50 PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG –•– Otis Redding (Atco)-3 (33)
34 25 QUICK JOEY SMALL (Run Joey Run) –•– The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (Buddah)-11 (25)
35 29 CYCLES –•– Frank Sinatra (Reprise)-10 (23)
36 49 SON-OF-A PREACHER MAN –•– Dusty Springfield (Atlantic)-3 (36)
37 40 GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-8 (37)
38 38 KENTUCKY WOMAN –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-6 (38)
39 58 A RAY OF HOPE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-2 (39)
40 63 IF I CAN DREAM –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-3 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROP – DECEMBER 14TH, 1968

45 33 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC –•– Andy Williams with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir (Columbia)-9 (33)
47 39 LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-9 (31)
49 36 THE STRAIGHT LIFE –•– Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)-8 (36)

POWER PLAYS – DECEMBER 14TH, 1968

41 42 HANG ‘EM HIGH –•– Booker T. and the MG’s (Stax)-6 (41)
42 68 A MAN AND A HALF –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-5 (42)
43 43 NOT ENOUGH INDIANS –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-7 (43)
44 45 I CAN’T TURN YOU LOOSE –•– The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)-4 (44)
46 47 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER –•– The Lettermen (Capitol)-5 (46)
48 56 BALLAD OF TWO BROTHERS –•– Autry Inman (Epic)-5 (48)
50 69 THIS IS MY COUNTRY –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-3 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK – DECEMBER 14TH, 1968

74 — BLUEBIRDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN –•– The Beach Boys (Capitol)-1 (74)
75 — MY FAVORITE THINGS –•– Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (A&M)-1 (75)
80 — ISN’T IT LONELY TOGETHER –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-1 (80)
85 — CRIMSON AND CLOVER –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-1 (85)
86 — THE BEGINNING OF MY END –•– The Unifics (Kapp)-1 (86)
87 — THERE’S GONNA BE A SHOWDOWN –•– Archie Bell and the Drells (Atlantic)-1 (87)
90 — YOU GOT SOUL –•– Johnny Nash (JAD)-1 (90)
93 — DON’T BE AFRAID (Do As I Say) –•– Frankie Karl and the Dreams (D.C.)-1 (93)
94 — I’VE GOTTA BE ME –•– Sammy Davis, Jr. (Reprise)-1 (94)
96 — RELEASE ME –•– Johnny Adams (SSS International)-1 (96)
97 — THE WORM –•– Jimmy McGriff (Solid State)-1 (97)
98 — DON’T PAT ME ON THE BACK AND CALL ME BROTHER –•– John W. Anderson Presents KaSandra (Capitol)-1 (98)