NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Week: 1968-08-07
Format: T40WMAK SUPER SUMMER SURVEY
WEEK BEGINNING AUGUST 7, 1968
1. The Vogues - Turn Around, Look At Me
2. Mason Williams - Classical Gas
3. The Doors - Hello, I Love You
4. Bobby Vinton - Halfway To Paradise
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
6. Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
7. The Rascals - People Got To Be Free
8. Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
9. Hugh Masekela - Grazing In The Grass
10. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
… (click here to view all chart data)
FEATURED DJ: JACK KANE 3:00-7:00 P.M.
HOME OF THE ALL-AMERICANS
‘turn on a tan’ Johnson’s Baby Oil
Survey note: Chart movement: with 3 exceptions, #20-#31 remained in order
Song notes cont
14. He had no involvement in this, the “b” side.
24. 5-week stay, peaking at #67. then on July 13, 1968 for 18 weeks, peaking
at #6. Joe Simon’s take April 13, 1968, for 15 weeks, peaking at #25,
where it stalled for 5 consecutive weeks!
PH It was to be the first Mark Lindsay solo 45 (no other Raider was involved
in its recording), until Paul Revere (don’t goggle his full name)criss-
crossed the country promoting it. Marvin Rainwater recorded it in ’59, but
only crickets noticed. Roy Acuff *JR* in ’67. Don Fardon had the first hit
version in ’68.
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