US Top 40 Singles Week Ending October 19th, 1968

These are all the US Top 40 singles for Week Ending October 19th, 1968.

Check out the top 100 artists of 1960s here.

You can also check the complete 1968 Top 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 – OCTOBER 19TH, 1968

#1
HEY JUDE
The Beatles

The Beatles - Hey Jude 7-inch label

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

1 1 HEY JUDE –•– The Beatles (Apple)-6 (4 weeks at #1) (1)
2 3 FIRE –•– The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)-7 (2)
3 4 LITTLE GREEN APPLES –•– O.C. Smith (Columbia)-10 (3)
4 2 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. –•– Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)-9 (1)
5 5 GIRL WATCHER –•– The O’Kaysions (ABC)-10 (5)
6 6 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-8 (6)
7 7 MY SPECIAL ANGEL –•– The Vogues (Reprise)-7 (7)
8 8 I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU –•– The Bee Gees (Atco)-10 (8)
9 9 OVER YOU –•– Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)-5 (9)
10 14 SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (Part 1) –•– James Brown (King)-7 (10)

11 11 TIME HAS COME TODAY –•– The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)-11 (11)
12 17 SUZIE Q. (Part 1) –•– Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-7 (12)
13 18 THOSE WERE THE DAYS –•– Mary Hopkin (Apple)-4 (13)
14 24 ELENORE –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-5 (14)
15 19 PIECE OF MY HEART –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Columbia)-8 (15)
16 10 SLIP AWAY –•– Clarence Carter (Atlantic)-15 (6)
17 15 REVOLUTION –•– The Beatles (Apple)-6 (12)
18 28 HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN –•– Jerry Butler (Mercury)-8 (18)
19 38 HOLD ME TIGHT –•– Johnny Nash (JAD)-6 (19)
20 29 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER –•– The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)-5 (20)

21 13 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-10 (10)
22 50 WHITE ROOM –•– Cream (Atco)-3 (22)
23 36 FOOL FOR YOU –•– The Impressions (Curtom)-7 (23)
24 22 THE FOOL ON THE HILL –•– Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)-11 (6)
25 20 (The Lament Of the Cherokee) INDIAN RESERVATION –•– Don Fardon (GNP Crescendo)-8 (20)
26 26 SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME –•– Max Frost and the Troopers (Tower)-7 (26)
27 12 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-14 (1)
28 23 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT –•– 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)-13 (5)
29 16 HUSH –•– Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)-10 (4)
30 27 THE SNAKE –•– Al Wilson (Soul City)-10 (27)

31 21 ON THE ROAD AGAIN –•– Canned Heat (Liberty)-11 (16)
32 32 IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA –•– Iron Butterfly (Atco)-9 (32)
33 47 CHAINED –•– Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-6 (33)
34 34 BABY, COME BACK –•– The Equals (RCA Victor)-7 (34)
35 31 HIP CITY (Part 2) –•– Jr. Walker and the All Stars (Soul)-11 (31)
36 40 BREAK YOUR PROMISE –•– The Delfonics (Philly Groove)-8 (36)
37 57 LALENA –•– Donovan (Epic)-3 (37)
38 69 KEEP ON LOVIN’ ME HONEY –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-2 (38)
39 46 COURT OF LOVE –•– The Unifics (Kapp)-5 (39)
40 45 SHOOT’EM UP, BABY –•– Andy Kim (Steed)-7 (40)

THIS WEEK’S DROP – OCTOBER 19TH, 1968

48 39 WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME –•– Dionne Warwick (Scepter)-9 (33)
50 37 I MET HER IN CHURCH –•– The Box Tops (Mala)-6 (37)
53 35 HELP YOURSELF –•– Tom Jones (Parrot)-8 (35)

POWER PLAYS – OCTOBER 19TH, 1968

41 41 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN –•– Gladys Knight and the Pips (Soul)-9 (41)
42 52 SWEET BLINDNESS –•– The 5th Dimension (Soul City)-4 (42)
43 — LOVE CHILD –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-1 (43)
44 51 DO THE CHOO CHOO –•– Archie Bell and the Drells (Atlantic)-4 (44)
45 56 MAGIC CARPET RIDE –•– Steppenwolf (Dunhill)-3 (45)
46 49 I FOUND A TRUE LOVE –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-5 (46)
47 43 DOWN ON ME –•– Big Brother and the Holding Company (Mainstream)-8 (43)
49 — HI-HEEL SNEAKERS –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-1 (49)

NEW THIS WEEK – OCTOBER 19TH, 1968

43 — LOVE CHILD –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-1 (43)
49 — HI-HEEL SNEAKERS –•– Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)-1 (49)
72 — CHEWY CHEWY –•– The Ohio Express (Buddah)-1 (72)
73 — PICKIN’ WILD MOUNTAIN BERRIES –•– Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (SSS International)-1 (73)
79 — BRING IT ON HOME TO ME –•– Eddie Floyd (Stax)-1 (79)
86 — WHERE DO I GO –•– Carla Thomas (Stax)-1 (86)
89 — FROM THE TEACHER TO THE PREACHER –•– Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin (Brunswick)-1 (89)
92 — LISTEN, THEY’RE PLAYING MY SONG –•– Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)-1 (92)
94 — BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC –•– Andy Williams with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir (Columbia)-1 (94)
95 — SOUL DRIPPIN’ –•– The Mauds (Mercury)-1 (95)
97 — LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-1 (97)
98 — ISN’T IT LONELY TOGETHER –•– Robert Knight (Elf)-1 (98)
99 — NEVER MY LOVE –•– The Sandpebbles (Calla)-1 (99)
100 — DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO –•– Nina Simone (RCA Victor)-1 (100)