US Top 40 Singles Week Ending November 30th, 1968

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending November 30th, 1968.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1960s here.

Make sure to also check the 1968’s Top 40 Singles 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 – NOVEMBER 30TH, 1968

#1
LOVE CHILD
Diana Ross and the Supremes

Diana Ross and the Supremes - Love Child 7-inch label

TW LW TITLE ЉۢРArtist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

1 2 LOVE CHILD –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-7 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-12 (1)
3 4 MAGIC CARPET RIDE –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-9 (3)
4 3 THOSE WERE THE DAYS –•– Mary Hopkin (Apple)-10 (2)
5 5 ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN –•– Dion (Laurie)-6 (5)
6 8 WHO’S MAKING LOVE –•– Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-6 (6)
7 14 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE –•– Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-5 (7)
8 10 WICHITA LINEMAN –•– Glen Campbell (Capitol)-5 (8)
9 7 HOLD ME TIGHT –•– Johnny Nash (JAD)-12 (5)
10 6 WHITE ROOM –•– Cream (Atco)-9 (6)

11 11 STORMY –•– The Classics IV Featuring Dennis Yost (Imperial)-6 (11)
12 17 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME –•– Bobby Vinton (Epic)-5 (12)
13 19 BOTH SIDES NOW –•– Judy Collins (Elektra)-4 (13)
14 12 ELENORE –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-11 (6)
15 16 CHEWY CHEWY –•– The Ohio Express (Buddah)-7 (15)
16 34 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-2 (16)
17 9 LITTLE GREEN APPLES –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-16 (2)
18 15 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-14 (5)
19 22 LITTLE ARROWS –•– Leapy Lee (Decca)-8 (19)
20 21 PROMISES, PROMISES –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-5 (20)

21 27 BRING IT ON HOME TO ME –•– Eddie Floyd (Stax)-7 (21)
22 35 SEE SAW –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-2 (22)
23 23 CYCLES –•– Frank Sinatra (Reprise)-8 (23)
24 24 BANG-SHANG-A-LANG –•– The Archies (Calendar)-10 (24)
25 25 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-7 (25)
26 39 CLOUD NINE –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-3 (26)
27 13 OVER YOU –•– Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)-11 (7)
28 28 QUICK JOEY SMALL (Run Joey Run) –•– The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus (Buddah)-9 (28)
29 18 ALWAYS TOGETHER –•– The Dells (Cadet)-8 (18)
30 46 SHAME, SHAME –•– The Magic Lanterns (Atlantic)-6 (30)

31 32 LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-7 (31)
32 20 FIRE –•– The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)-13 (2)
33 26 SWEET BLINDNESS –•– The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-10 (13)
34 37 CINNAMON –•– Derek (Bang)-6 (34)
35 48 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC –•– Andy Williams with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir (Columbia)-7 (35)
36 41 THE STRAIGHT LIFE –•– Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)-6 (36)
37 42 PICKIN’ WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES –•– Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (SSS International)-7 (37)
38 38 DO SOMETHING TO ME –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-8 (38)
39 47 TOO WEAK TO FIGHT –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-4 (39)
40 36 1432 FRANKLIN PIKE CIRCLE HERO –•– Bobby Russell (Elf)-6 (36)

THIS WEEK’S DROP – NOVEMBER 30TH, 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 – NOVEMBER 30TH, 1968

41 50 SCARBOROUGH FAIR –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-3 (41)
42 53 TILL –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-2 (42)
43 52 NOT ENOUGH INDIANS –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-5 (43)
44 44 KENTUCKY WOMAN –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-4 (44)
45 45 GOODY GOODY GUMDROPS –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-6 (45)
46 58 SHAKE –•– The Shadows Of Knight (Team)-6 (46)
47 56 PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER –•– The Lettermen (Capitol)-3 (47)
48 51 PEACE BROTHER PEACE –•– Bill Medley (MGM)-6 (48)
49 55 GOODBYE MY LOVE –•– James Brown (King)-4 (49)
50 54 THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-5 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK – NOVEMBER 30TH, 1968

57 — PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG –•– Otis Redding (Atco)-1 (57)
62 — SON-OF-A PREACHER MAN –•– Dusty Springfield (Atlantic)-1 (62)
65 — SOULFUL STRUT –•– Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick)-1 (65)
73 — CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC –•– The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)-1 (73)
77 — MY SONG –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-1 (77)
91 — GOOD TIME GIRL –•– Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)-1 (91)
92 — DON’T MAKE THE GOOD GIRLS GO BAD –•– Della Humphrey (Arctic)-1 (92)
93 — EVERYDAY PEOPLE –•– Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-1 (93)
98 — THIS IS MY COUNTRY –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-1 (98)
99 — BELLA LINDA –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-1 (99)
100 — IF I CAN DREAM –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-1 (100)