Friday, April 5, 2024

VA - In The Charts 1968, APRIL (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

IN THE CHARTS 1968

VA - In the Charts 1968, APRIL (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

"In The Charts 1968" ... visiting the tracks that are familiar and forgotten.

All these track were in the US and/or UK charts in 1968. 

It seems like yesterday we were dancing to these tunes. I hope you enjoy this mix of artists from USA and UK. 

I hope you enjoy these sometimes-forgotten tracks from 1968.

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Track lists

CD1

01 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 3:15

02 Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman 2:55

03 Beach Boys - Friends (Mono) 2:31

04 Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die 2:57

05 Bobbie Gentry - Louisiana Man 2:39

06 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 2:17

07 Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - Goodbye Baby (I Don't Want To See You Cry) 3:02

08 Spanky & Our Gang - Like To Get To Know You 3:15

09 Procol Harum - Quite Rightly So 3:41

10 Eric Burdon & The Animals - Anything 3:21

11 Jefferson Airplane - Greasy Heart 3:27

12 Gene Pitney - Somewhere In The Country 3:04

13 Jay & The Techniques - Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music 2:18

14 Vibrations - Love In Them There Hills 2:32

15 1910 Fruitgum Company - May I Take A Giant Step (Into Your Heart) 2:27

16 Bobby Vee - My Girl, Hey Girl (Medley) (1990 - 2:32

17 Cryan' Shames - Up On The Roof (Single) 3:28

18 Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose 2:57

19 Ray Stevens - Unwind (Mono) 2:56

20 Soul Survivors - Impossible Mission 2:21


CD2

21 Kinks - Wonderboy 2:49

22 Johnny Rivers - Look To Your Soul 3:34

23 Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll - This Wheel's On Fire 3:32

24 Rascals - A Beautiful Morning 2:36

25 Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers - Does Your Mama Know About Me 2:48

26 People! - I Love You 4:31

27 Tommy James And The Shondells - Mony Mony 2:49

28 Dorian Gray - I've Got You On My Mind 2:22

29 Robert John - If You Don't Want My Love 2:20

30 Fireballs - Goin' Away 2:25

31 Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day 2:47

32 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - If You Can Want 2:27

33 Jimmy Smith - Chain Of Fools Pt. 1 2:34

34 Wilson Pickett - She's Lookin' Good 2:23

35 Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Walk Pt. 1 3:10

36 Ollie And The Nightingales - I Got A Sure Thing 2:39

37 Aretha Franklin - Ain't No Way (Mono) 4:16

38 Dells - Wear It On Our Face 2:41

39 Impressions - We're Rolling On Pt. 1 2:18

40 Jackie Wilson & Count Basie - Chain Gang 2:51


CD3

41 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson 4:07

42 Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love 3:19

43 Joe Simon - (You Keep Me) Hangin' On 2:45

44 Delfonics - I'm Sorry 2:46

45 James & Bobby Purify - I Can Remember (Mono) 2:38

46 Otis Redding - The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) 2:44

47 Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - I Promise To Wait My Love 2:08

48 Four Tops - If I Were A Carpenter 2:47

49 Simon Dupree And The Big Sound - For Whom The Bells Toll 3:30

50 William Bell - Tribute To A King 2:51

51 Glen Campbell - I Wanna Live 2:44

52 Easybeats - Hello, How Are You 3:14

53 Jacky - White Horses 2:20

54 Love Affair - Rainbow Valley 3:50

55 Frank Sinatra - I Can't Believe I'm Losing You 2:46

56 John Rowles - If I Only Had Time 2:50

57 Scott Walker - Joanna 3:52

58 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Cabaret 2:41

59 Raymond Lefevre & His Orchestra - Soul Coazing (Ame Caline) 2:37

60 Guy Marks - Loving You Has Made Me Bananas 2:53

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12 comments:

  1. It shows how much radio controlled what we heard. "In the charts" and some I have never ever heard.
    Great selection BB. Thanks.

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    1. Thanks, lemonflag.
      Yes, the charts can be an interesting exploration.
      Cheers.

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  2. I love these familiar/unfamiliar comps as it puts them in context - thanks BB

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  3. It was 1964 when the Beatles dominated the Billboard 100!

    Just look at the difference four years later!!!

    Cheers
    Stephen

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    1. Hi Stephen.
      The Beatles always charted.
      Beatles were still around with a number of excellent tracks in 1968.
      Hello Goodbye (Number 1, December 1967) 1968 charts.
      Lady Madonna (Number 1, 1968)
      Hey Jude (Number 1, March 1968)
      Also released.... in 1968
      Revolution
      The Inner Light
      Back In The U.S.S.R
      Birthday
      Blackbird
      Cry Baby Cry
      Dear Prudence
      Don't Pass Me By
      Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
      These compilations are not based on the biggest hits of 1968 but simply tries to represent the mix of artists that were in the top 100 sometimes at the lower end of the charts. The Beatles sure did influence many.
      Cheers.

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    2. Yes.......

      What I was really referring to was:

      The Beatles - Billboard Hot 100 Top Five - Saturday 4th April 1964
      In an achievement unlikely to ever be equalled, for the week of 4th April 1964 The Beatles occupied the top five positions of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In all they had 12 places on the US chart.
      Made possible by the several Record Labels who had the Beatles all releasing or re-releasing their singles as the Beatles were about to touch down on their first North American tour!
      The chart placings were as follows, with the respective record labels in brackets:
      1: ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ (Capitol)
      2: ‘Twist And Shout’ (Tollie)
      3: ‘She Loves You’ (Swan)
      4: ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ (Capitol)
      5: ‘Please Please Me’ (Vee Jay)
      31: ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ (Capitol)
      41: ‘From Me To You’ (Vee Jay)
      46: ‘Do You Want To Know A Secret’ (Vee Jay)
      58: ‘All My Loving’ (Capitol)
      65: ‘You Can’t Do That’ (Capitol)
      68: ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ (Capitol)
      79: ‘Thank You Girl’ (Vee Jay)
      There were also two Beatles tribute records on the list:
      42: We Love You Beatles by The Carefrees
      85: A Letter To The Beatles by The Four Preps
      The following week two more Beatles singles entered the chart:
      74: ‘There’s A Place’
      81: ‘Love Me Do’

      Amazing truly amazing..............and let's not forget...No major (instant) communication the likes of which we have nowadays....No Internet etc

      Cheers
      Stephen

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    3. That is impressive, Stephen.
      I saw that you referenced 1964 and that record of hits is amazing.
      What is also amazing is that they continued to have number one hits each year. (In the UK /USA 1963-1970 and again in 2023 with "Now and Then")
      Cheers.

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  4. As I tell my kids these "hits" were physical purchases. You had to go to the store/shop, put your money on the counter and then rush home to play it. Not just press a button!

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