US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 14th December, 1968
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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)
https://www.discogs.com/Deep-Purple-Kentucky-Woman/release/150784939 58 A RAY OF HOPE –•– The Rascals (Atlantic)-2 (39)
40 63 IF I CAN DREAM –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-3 (40)