The Ultimate Averaged Chart - The BBC Chart Re-Imagined

[Splodj]

My memory of WH Smith at this time was that they had the Top 20 in a special display rack. I imagine this was to make purchasing easier, as you could put your favourite record in the basket with whatever else you were buying, and to encourage impulse buying. I wonder if it was the Top Pops chart that they used for the display.

[RokinRobinOfLocksley]

Just to compare/contrast this momentous week of Ult-BBC-NME-MM-RR versus the Top Pops/Music Now chart, the Top 7 on that were:

2-1-2-3-2 . vs. 1 . The Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
4-4-1-5-5 . vs. 2 . Tom Jones - Help Yourself
7-7-6-7-8 . vs. 3 . Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer
1-1-3-1-3 . vs. 4 . Herb Alpert - This Guy's In Love With You
5-5-5-6-4 . vs. 5 . Tommy James and The Shondells - Mony Mony
3-1-4-2-1 . vs. 6 . The Beach Boys - Do It Again
6-6-7-4-6 . vs. 7 . The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Ok. So this is the week that was the main catalyst for change in music chart history.
3 records tie at #1 on the BBC solely points based chart, however, The Ultimate Averaged Chart places Herb Alpert on top of the stack as the dealer returns break the tie in his favour.
In fairness the Bee Gees time will come as they will claim #1 as their own next week but for this week as you can see across the charts there was no way their record could possibly be #1 as it did not hold that position on any one individual chart, being 2, 3, and 2. It was a fluke because of BBC methodology based solely on counting points that it was given that enviable position.
The Beach Boys fall behind the Bee Gees so #1 was never really theirs either. So that leaves Herb Alpert as the outright winner for that week.

Also, I mentioned a few posts back that two classic records still to chart in 1968 should have been #1's as they stand out as classics to this day.
Into the chart this week comes the first of the two, the brilliant haunting Jesamine by The Casuals. Oh the injustice !

There are 11 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

So, Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending August 31st 1968. Enjoy

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending August 31st 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
4	1	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					1=	3	1	3	15480
8	2	I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees					1=	2	3	2	15265
5	3	Do It Again - The Beach Boys					1=	4	2	1	15200
3	4	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					4	1	5	5	14710
1	5	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					5	5	6	4	13745
2	6	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					6	7	4	6	13675
16	7	I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin					7	6	7	8	12955
13	8	High In The Sky - Amen Corner					8	8	8	7	12390
6	9	Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits					9	9	9	9	11770
7	10	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					12	12	10	13	10580
11	11	Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					10	10	13	10	10485
18	12	Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash					11	11	12	11	10450
12	13	Keep On - Bruce Channel					13	15	11	12	9815
17	14	On The Road Again - Canned Heat					14	13	14	16	9125
9	15	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					15	14	16	14	8595
10	16	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					16	16	15	17	8190
14	17	Days - The Kinks					17	17	17	15	7660
28	18	Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass					18	18	18	18	6955
15	19	Last Night In Soho - Dave dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					19	22	19	20	5735
21	20	Hard To Handle - Otis Redding					20	23	21	19	5120
24	21	Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley					21	19	24	22	4915
29	22	Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and The Union Gap					22	24	22	21	4500
27	23	Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Anita Harris					25	21	23		4000
19	24	The Universal - The Small Faces					24	29	20	23	3830
NEW	25	Jesamine - The Casuals					23	20	28	24	3545
20	26	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					26		25	26	1925
RE	27	America - The Nice					27		26	25	1760
NEW	28	Eleanor Rigby - Ray Charles					30	25			1200
NEW	29	Voices In The Sky - The Moody Blues					28	27		28	1055
22	30	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express							27		1000
		We Can Help You - Alan Bown						26			1000
		Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O.C. Smith					29	28		27	940
		Baby Come Back - The Equals							29	29	670
		Laurel And Hardy - The Equals						30	30		450
		Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham								30	85

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

It's THE week for the chart following this, the infamous BBC 3 way tie at #1, but The Ultimate Averaged Chart doesn't have a tie, it has an outright winner

There are 16 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending August 24th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending August 24th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					1	2	1	1	15850
2	2	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					2	3	2	2	15315
3	3	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					3=	1	4	5	14960
4	4	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					3=	4	3	3	14780
13	5	Do It Again - The Beach Boys					8	6	5	4	13795
8	6	Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits					5	7	6	8	13005
5	7	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					6	8	7	6	12725
15	8	I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees					7	5	11	7	12240
7	9	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					9	9	9	12	11515
6	10	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					10	11	8	11	11450
11	11	Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					11	10	12	10	10735
10	12	Keep On - Bruce Channel					13	14	10	13	10180
16	13	High In The Sky - Amen Corner					12	12	14	9	9920
12	14	Days - The Kinks					14	16	13	14	8945
9	15	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					15	15	15	15	8560
22	16	I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin					16	13	16	17	8540
23	17	On The Road Again - Canned Heat					17	17	17	16	7575
26	18	Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash					18	18	18	20	6785
19	19	The Universal - The Small Faces					19	19	20	19	6170
14	20	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					20	20	19	27	5540
28	21	Hard To Handle - Otis Redding					22	23	22	23	4530
17	22	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					21	27	21	18	4405
20	23	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					23	22	27	22	3565
24	24	Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley					24	24	25	24	3495
18	25	Baby Come Back - The Equals							23	21	2850
21	26	Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham					25	28	24	26	2775
NEW	27	Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Anita Harris					27	21	28		2750
NEW	28	Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Mama Cass					26	25	26	28	2705
NEW	29	Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and The Union Gap					28	26	29	30	1585
27	30	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					29			25	510
		We Can Help You - Alan Bown					30=	29			400
		America - The Nice							30		250
		C'Mon Marianne - Grapefruit						30			200
		Voices In The Sky - The Moody Blues					30=			29	170

[Graham76man]

The fact that Record Retailer doesn't have Tommy top shows how badly distributed the record was. You sometimes pick up on these point based charts. What should have been top for several more weeks is let down by pressing issues. Probably not major ones, as that would show in all the charts. It's a side effect of the charts, tell everybody a record is top and you soon run out of copies! But shops will say it's top, but as they don't say how many they have sold, when you add them all up they haven't shifted that many.
Looking at these charts combined sometimes explains why things happened in the Real Chart list of Number Ones, when I haven't done the full charts yet. But this is a period when the chart had a list of one week chart toppers. Starting with Arthur after the two run of Tommy and before he tops RR. Then Richard Harris, who was at 10! (Woolies know doubt there) Simon and Garfunkel, then Beach Boys and Bee Gees, before the Beatles end the run.

[MrTibbs]

and there's so many more standout discs to come before the end of the year including 2 classics, that like Ultravox many years later, should have been #1's .
I will identify them as they chart although you all probably have a good idea of what they were already

[Robbie]

Yes, an absolute classic song from Aretha Franklin. I hadn't noticed that 'Gotta See Jane' by R.Dean Taylor is in the UAC 30. I love that record too. Plus, Tom Jones apart, the top 6 is great too. 'Days' too by The Kinks. In fact the list of great songs is quite long.

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

1968 keeps getting better, 2 stonking new entries this week from Johnny Nash and Aretha Franklin, mmmmmmmmm.

There are a huge 18 minor differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending August 17th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending August 17th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					1	1	1	2	15965
2	2	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					2	3	2	1	15400
6	3	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					4	2	3	9	14670
7	4	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					3	4	4	3	14530
4	5	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					5	6	5	4	13795
3	6	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					7	8	6	6	12975
5	7	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					6	5	9	5	12910
9	8	Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits					8	7	7	8	12755
8	9	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					9	9	8	10	11935
16	10	Keep On - Bruce Channel					11=	11	10	14	10695
12	11	Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					10	10	14	7	10490
15	12	Days - The Kinks					13	14	10	12	10265
17	13	Do It Again - The Beach Boys					11=	12	12	11	10250
10	14	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					15	17	13	15	8660
23	15	I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees					14	14	18	13	8180
22	16	High In The Sky - Amen Corner					16	13	19	17	7790
14	17	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					18	19	15	18	7505
11	18	Baby Come Back - The Equals					17	18	17	16	7375
18	19	The Universal - The Small Faces					19	20	16	20	6885
13	20	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					21	21	20	21	5600
21	21	Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham					20	22	21	19	5320
NEW	22	I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin					22	16	26	26	4675
30	23	On The Road Again - Canned Heat					23	24	24	27	3490
29	24	Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley					24		23	23	2680
20	25	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					27	23	28		2350
NEW	26	Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash					28		22		2250
25	27	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					25	29	27	22	2165
27	28	Hard To Handle - Otis Redding					26	25	30	24	2045
19	29	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					29		25	28	1755
24	30	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					30		29	25	1010
		Laurel And Hardy - The Equals						26			1000
		Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Anita Harris						27			800
		Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and The Union Gap						28			600
		One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim						30		30	285
		Angel Of The Morning - P. P. Arnold								29	170

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

.. The Bee Gees are the last to enter the battlefield !

There are 13 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending August 10th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending August 10th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					1	1	1	1	16050
3	2	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					2	2	2	2	15515
6	3	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					3	5	4	4	14245
8	4	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					5	6	3	6	14125
2	5	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					4	3	7	3	13980
10	6	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					6=	4	6	7	13690
7	7	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					6=	7	5	5	13510
12	8	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					8	8	9	9	11970
14	9	Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits					10	10	8	10	11735
4	10	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					9	9	10	8	11605
5	11	Baby Come Back - The Equals					11	12	12	11	10250
15	12	Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					12	11	13	12	10115
11	13	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					14	15	11	16	9475
9	14	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					13	13	14	13	9380
16	15	Days - The Kinks					15	14	15	15	8760
20	16	Keep On - Bruce Channel					16	16	16	14	8195
25	17	Do It Again - The Beach Boys					17	17	17	17	7490
18	18	The Universal - The Small Faces					18	18	18	18	6955
13	19	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					19	19	19	20	6335
19	20	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					21	20	21	22	5465
23	21	Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham					20	23	20	19	5370
NEW	22	High In The Sky - Amen Corner					22	22	23	23	4480
NEW	23	I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Bee Gees					23	21	25	27	3840
17	24	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					25	25	24	26	3375
22	25	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					24	30	22	21	3300
21	26	Hush.. Not A Word To Mary - John Rowles					26	26	26	24	2845
NEW	27	Hard To Handle - Otis Redding					28	24	29		1900
24	28	One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim					27		27	25	1510
NEW	29	Your Time Hasn't Come yet Baby - Elvis Presley					29	27	30	28	1305
NEW	30	On The Road Again - Canned Heat					30		28	29	920
		America - The Nice						28			600
		Here Comes The Judge - Shorty Long						29			400
		Angel Of The Morning - P. P. Arnold								30	85

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

.. and as Herb climbs in come The Beach Boys, August 31st confrontation gets under way !

There are 10 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending August 3rd 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending August 3rd 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					1	1	1	1	16050
2	2	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					2	3	2	2	15315
7	3	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					3	2	4	3	14930
6	4	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					4	7	3	4	14095
3	5	Baby Come Back - The Equals					6	6	5	6	13625
10	6	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					5	4	7	5	13610
9	7	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					7	5	6	11	13150
11	8	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					8	9	9	7	11940
5	9	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					9	10	8	10	11735
13	10	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					10	8	10	12	11465
4	11	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					11	11	11	9	10870
14	12	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					12	12	12	8	10505
8	13	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					13	13	13	13	9630
25	14	Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits					14	14	14	15	9010
24	15	Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					15	15	16	14	8395
28	16	Days - The Kinks					17	17	17	19	7320
12	17	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					18	19	15	21	7250
21	18	The Universal - The Small Faces					16	16	20	16	7025
18	19	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					19	18	19	22	6365
26	20	Keep On - Bruce Channel					20	19	23	18	5505
15	21	Hush.. Not A Word To Mary - John Rowles					22	23	18	24	5445
22	22	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					21	25	21	17	4890
30	23	Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham					23	22	24	20	4485
17	24	One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim					24	24	22	23	4330
NEW	25	Do It Again - The Beach Boys					25	21	27	26	3425
20	26	Blue Eyes - Don Partridge					26	28	25	25	2610
16	27	Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones					28	29	26	28	1905
19	28	Lovin' Things - The Marmalade					27	27	28	27	1890
NEW	29	America - The Nice					29	26			1000
27	30	Young Girl - The Union Gap					30		29	29	670
		Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan							30		250
		Love Grows - Gene Pitney						30			200
		Here Comes The Judge - Shorty Long								30	85

[braindeadpj]

Yeah Brain, I first looked to see if they could be split using MM positions but neither was on the MM chart, so I moved to the RR chart, Sue was 33 Dusty still hadn't entered their Top 50 so Sue got the higher ranking.

It's difficult to conclude how the BBC split them as the BBC kept changing the rules on splitting ties. Both were technically climbing so heaven knows why the BBC ranked Dusty higher. I can see no logic in it, but then I see no logic in many of the errors the BBC made in their chart down the years.

Thank you for confirming how you split them.
Looking at the previous weeks Top 30 charts, Dusty was a new entry on NME this week, while Sue was climbing from 27, the BBC probably considered a new entry a greater improvement from last week than a climber...That may have been their reasoning..... or of course it could be something else entirely!

[Graham76man]

So is 'I Pretend' by Des O'Connor (R.I.P.) another RR only number 1?

Yes RR got that wrong completely. The Real Chart also agrees with the others on Tommy being top, though he looses it next week, but Des does get to the top with 1,2,3 O'Leary at the start of December 1968, but I would be surprised if the other charts agree with that.

Did you know that the Equals top seller took over a year to make the chart!
Check out the release date on 45 Cat.

[MrTibbs]

Yeah Robbie, it only made No 1 on RR.

[Robbie]

So is 'I Pretend' by Des O'Connor (R.I.P.) another RR only number 1?

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

There are 16 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending July 27th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending July 27th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
6	1	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					1	1	1	2	15965
3	2	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					2	3	2	1	15400
1	3	Baby Come Back - The Equals					3	2	3	3	15180
2	4	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					5	4	5	6	14025
4	5	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					4	6	4	5	13960
7	6	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					6	6	6	4	13545
10	7	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					7	5	7	8	13155
5	8	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					8	8	8	7	12390
15	9	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					9	9	9	9	11770
19	10	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					10	10	10	10	11235
18	11	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					11	12	13	11	10000
8	12	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					12	13	12	13	9880
24	13	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					14	11	11	22	9765
23	14	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					13	14	14	12	9265
14	15	Hush.. Not A Word To Mary - John Rowles					15	15	15	14	8645
9	16	Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones					17	16	17	19	7520
16	17	One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim					16	20	16	15	7310
20	18	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					18	17	21	17	6490
11	19	Lovin' Things - The Marmalade					20	18	19	26	6025
12	20	Blue Eyes - Don Partridge					19	25	18	16	5725
26	21	The Universal - The Small Faces					21	23	23	18	4705
22	22	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					22	26	20	20	4685
13	23	Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan					25	26	22	24	3845
NEW	24	Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					23	19	28	23	3830
NEW	25	Sunshine Girl - Herman's Hermits					26	21	25	29	3670
28	26	Keep On - Bruce Channel					24	24	26	21	3500
17	27	Young Girl - The Union Gap					30	30	24	25	2460
29	28	Days - The Kinks					27	22	29		2300
21	29	D. W. Washburn - The Monkees					28		27	27	1340
NEW	30	Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham					29	28	30	28	1105
		Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross and The Supremes						29			400
		I'll Love You Forever Today - Cliff Richard								30	85

[MrTibbs]

Yeah Brain, I first looked to see if they could be split using MM positions but neither was on the MM chart, so I moved to the RR chart, Sue was 33 Dusty still hadn't entered their Top 50 so Sue got the higher ranking.

It's difficult to conclude how the BBC split them as the BBC kept changing the rules on splitting ties. Both were technically climbing so heaven knows why the BBC ranked Dusty higher. I can see no logic in it, but then I see no logic in many of the errors the BBC made in their chart down the years.

[braindeadpj]

For the July 6th chart, numbers 29 and 30 had the same points from both being no.24 in NME. Did you split them based on RR placing as MM no longer goes below 30? Also how did the BBC split them?

[Splodj]

Dave Dee etc's last top 10 hit, which epitomises the mischievous fun of Howard / Blaikley compositions for them.

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

There are 15 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending July 20th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending July 20th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Baby Come Back - The Equals					1	1	1	1	16050
2	2	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O . C. Smith					2	2	2	2	15515
3	3	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					3	3	3	3	14980
6	4	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					5	6	4	5	13960
5	5	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					4	4	6	4	13945
12	6	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					6	5	5	6	13825
13	7	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					7	7	7	7	12840
10	8	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					8	8	8	10	12135
4	9	Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones					10	11	10	9	11120
16	10	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					9	9	13	8	10855
9	11	Lovin' Things - The Marmalade					12	10	11	14	10645
8	12	Blue Eyes - Don Partridge					13	15	9	11	10400
7	13	Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan					11	12	11	20	9735
14	14	Hush.. Not A Word To Mary - John Rowles					14	17	15	12	8415
22	15	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					15	13	18	16	8125
15	16	One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim					16	20	14	14	7895
11	17	Young Girl - The Union Gap					17	18	16	15	7710
23	18	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					19	14	17	22	7665
NEW	19	Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel					18	16	20	17	6940
19	20	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					20	19	21	19	5920
17	21	D. W. Washburn - The Monkees					22	24	19	21	5250
25	22	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					21	22	22	18	5155
29	23	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich					23	21	26	24	3845
NEW	24	Help Yourself - Tom Jones					24	22	24	28	3805
18	25	This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity					26		22	26	2675
NEW	26	The Universal - The Small Faces					25	27	27	23	2480
21	27	Honey - Bobby Goldsboro					27		25	25	2010
NEW	28	Keep On - Bruce Channel					28	26	28	29	1920
NEW	29	Days - The Kinks					29	25			1200
NEW	30	Some Things You Never Get Used To - Diana Ross and The Supremes						28			600
		What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong							29		500
		America - The Nice						29			400
		Dance To The Music - Sly and The Family Stone					30			27	340
		I'll Love You Forever Today - Cliff Richard							30	30	335
		Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby - Elvis Presley						30			200

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Cliff Richard's I'll Love You Forever today is actually his best single of 1968, yet flounders in the bottom third of the chart. Shame.

And !!! Here comes Herb Alpert into battle.

There are a massive 17 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending July 13th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending July 13th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
1	1	Baby Come Back - The Equals					1	1	1	1	16050
3	2	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					2	2	2	2	15515
5	3	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					3	3	3	3	14980
2	4	Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones					4	4	4	5	14360
11	5	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					5	5	5	4	13995
10	6	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					7	6	6	9	13120
4	7	Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan					6	7	7	6	12925
6	8	Blue Eyes - Don Partridge					9	9	8	10	11935
9	9	Lovin' Things - The Marmalade					8	8	11	7	11640
8	10	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					10	10	10	8	11405
7	11	Young Girl - The Union Gap					13	14	9	13	10430
17	12	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					11	11	13	11	10200
18	13	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					12	12	12	12	10165
14	14	Hush.. Not A Word To Mary - John Rowles					14	13	14	14	9295
16	15	One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim					15	15	15	15	8560
28	16	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					16	16	20	18	6855
22	17	D. W. Washburn - The Monkees					17	20	18	17	6640
12	18	This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity					18	23	16	16	6625
29	19	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					20	19	19	24	5995
15	20	Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick					19	21	21	19	5520
13	21	Honey - Bobby Goldsboro					21	26	17	20	5435
NEW	22	This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert					22	18	27	28	3855
30	23	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					24	17	28		3550
24	24	I'll Love You Forever Today - Cliff Richard					27	28	23	29	2770
NEW	25	Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor					23	22	30	23	2730
19	26	Boy - Lulu					26		22	26	2675
21	27	A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck					25		25	21	2350
20	28	What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong					29		24	27	2090
NEW	29	Last Night In Soho - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Touch					30=	25	29	30	1785
27	30	Dogs - The Who					28		26	25	1760
		If You Don't Want My Love - Robert John						24			1400
		Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel						27			800
		Keep On - Bruce Channel					30=			22	765
		Help Yourself - Tom Jones						29			400
		Some Things You Never Get used To - Diana Ross and The Supremes						29			400

[MrTibbs]

Yeah membrane and Robbie, I'm a few months into compilation in 1960 and it's a bit of a culture shock going back from 1968. I was just a kid myself in 1960 so my memories of songs from that era mainly come from hearing the songs later on the radio etc.
The innocence and simplicity of the era is the first thing thing that strikes me working with the songs.

[Robbie]

Mr Tibbs: yes please I look forward to you proceeding with the UAC for 1960 to 1963! Strange and innocent times.

Yes, it will be interesting to see the UAC from 1960 to 1963. I only know of the era from chart books and Pick Of The Pops but it's a fascinating time that is often overlooked due to those years falling after the rock n roll boom years and before Beatlemania and all that followed from that.

[membranemusic]

Mr Tibbs: yes please I look forward to you proceeding with the UAC for 1960 to 1963! Strange and innocent times.

[membranemusic]

In answer to Robbie, as well as others' comments, in my opinion the main reason why chart runs became longer in 67/68 is because of the influence of the fast pirate radio charts during 65/66/67. Once they were outlawed in 1967, everyone had to start thinking for themselves again!

[MrTibbs]

Greetings Pop Pickers !

Another 2 outstanding new entries this week further complimenting the 1968 Hall Of Fame. Arthur Brown's Fire, and Dusty's wistful I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten.

There are 12 differences this week in chart positions between the BBC Chart and The Ultimate Averaged Chart.

Here is the next Ultimate Averaged Chart for Week Ending July 6th 1968.

The Ultimate Averaged Chart - Week Ending July 6th 1968								NME	MM	RR	Total
Last	This		The Sound Survey				Stores	200	250	85	Points
Week	Week		The Top 30 Singles Chart				BBC		TOP	30	Scored
2	1	Baby Come Back - The Equals					1	1	1	1	16050
1	2	Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones					2	2	2	3	15430
8	3	Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp - O. C. Smith					3	3	3	2	15065
4	4	Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan					4	6	4	4	14045
6	5	I Pretend - Des O'Connor					5	5	5	5	13910
5	6	Blue Eyes - Don Partridge					6	4	6	7	13690
3	7	Young Girl - The Union Gap					8	7	7	10	12585
11	8	My Name Is Jack - Manfred Mann					9	8	8	9	12220
10	9	Lovin' Things - The Marmalade					7	9	9	6	12025
17	10	Yummy Yummy Yummy - The Ohio Express					11	11	10	11	10950
15	11	Yesterday Has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration					10	10	13	8	10655
7	12	This Wheel's On Fire - Julie Driscoll and The Brian Auger Trinity					12	12	12	13	10080
9	13	Honey - Bobby Goldsboro					13	13	11	16	9875
18	14	Hush.. Not A Word To Mary - John Rowles					14	14	16	12	8765
12	15	Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick					16	16	14	17	8440
21	16	One More Dance - Esther and Abi Ofarim					15	17	15	15	8160
24	17	Mony Mony - Tommy James and The Shondells					17	15	21	14	7145
30	18	Macarthur Park - Richard Harris					18	18	17	19	7120
14	19	Boy - Lulu					19	19	18	18	6755
20	20	What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong					21	23	19	22	5365
13	21	A Man Without Love - Engelbert Humperdinck					22	21	20	25	5260
26	22	D. W. Washburn - The Monkees					20	20	24	20	4885
16	23	Rainbow Valley - The Love Affair					23	27	22	21	3900
NEW	24	I'll Love You Forever Today - Cliff Richard					24	22	27	27	3140
19	25	Joanna - Scott Walker					25		23	23	2680
23	26	Time For Livin' - The Association					26		25	24	2095
NEW	27	Dogs - The Who					27		26	26	1675
NEW	28	Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown					28	26	29	30	1585
NEW	29	Where Will You Be - Sue Nicholls					30	24			1400
NEW	30	I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield					29	24			1400
		Simon Says - The 1910 Fruitgum Company							28		750
		Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor						28			600
		America - The Nice						29			400
		Helule Helule - The Tremeloes								28	255
		Think - Aretha Franklin							30		250
		U.S. Male - Elvis Presley						30			200
		White Horses - Jacky								29	170