Let’s escape the current news cycle and slip back in time to listen to the sweet sounds of March, 1968…
Songs of the month
“Baby Now That I’ve Found You” – Foundations
[new] “Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde” – Georgie Fame
“Bend Me Shape Me” – American Breed
“Bottle Of Wine” – Fireballs
[new] “Cab Driver” – Mills Brothers
[new] “Carpet Man” – 5Th Dimenision
[new] “Cry Like A Baby” – Box Tops
[new] “Dance To The Music” – Sly And The Family Stone
“Everything That Touches You” – Association
“Goin’ Out Of My Head / Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” – Lettermen
“Green Tambourine” – Lemon Pipers
[new] “Honey” – Bobby Goldsboro
“I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving” – Herman’s Hermits
[new] “I Got The Feelin'” – James Brown
“I Thank You” – Sam And Dave
“I Wish It Would Rain” – Temptations
“I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight” – Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart
[new] “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” – Madeline Bell
[new] “If You Can Want” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
“Itchycoo Park” – Small Faces
[new] “Jennifer Juniper” – Donovan
“Judy In Disguise” – John Fred And His Playboy Band
“Just Dropped In” – First Edition
[new] “Kiss Me Goodbye” – Petula Clark
[new] “La La Means I Love You” – Delfonics
[new] “Lady Madonna” – Beatles
[new] “Love Is All Around” – Troggs
“Love Is Blue” – Paul Mauriat
[new] “Mighty Quinn” – Manfred Mann
“Nobody But Me” – Human Beinz
[new] “Playboy” – Gene And Debbie
[new] “Scarborough Fair” – Simon And Garfunkel
“Simon Says” – 1910 Fruitgum Co.
[new] “Since You’ve Been Gone” – Aretha Franklin
“Skip A Rope” – Henson Cargill
“Spooky” – Classics Iv
[new] “Sweet Inspiration” – Sweet Inspirations
[new] “Talk Too Much” – Paul Revere And The Raiders
[new] “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde” – Georgie Fame
“The Dock Of The Bay” – Otis Redding
“The End Of Our Road” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“There Is” – Dells
[new] “Too Much Talk” – Paul Revere And The Raiders
[new] “Valleri” – Monkees
“Valley Of The Dolls” – Dionne Warwick
“Walk Away Renee” – Four Tops
“We Can Fly” – Cowsills
“We’re A Winner” – Impressions
[new] “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” – Four Seasons
“Woman Woman” – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
“Words” – Bee Gees
[new] “Young Girl” – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
[new] = New to the chart this week.
You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.
This month in history
On the 4th the film adaptation, by Franco Zeffirelli, of Romeo and Juliet was shown for the first time, as the feature of the annual Royal Film Performance at the Odeon Cinema in London’s Leicester Square. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh were in attendance along with their son, Prince Charles. The American press made note of the fact that the silver screen version of William Shakespeare’s late 16th Century play included nudity and that the love scene between teenage actors Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey “was passed for general exhibition by Britain’s board of movie censors which decided it was filmed in impeccable taste.”
On the 14th the nationwide introduction of the “child-proof cap” for medicines was announced at a news conference in Chicago, three days before the start of National Poison Prevention Week.The new type of container had been developed in Canada and had been tested in Tacoma, Washington during 1967, where local pediatricians had determined that their patients couldn’t open the bottle unless they knew to push down on the cap before it could be turned. The Journal of the American Pediatrics Society reported in its most recent journal that the number of children treated for serious poisoning at one Tacoma hospital over a six-month period had decreased from 50 to only three.
Also on the 14th ABC aired the final original episode of its Batman television series with Adam West and Burt Ward. The final guest villain was Zsa Zsa Gabor as “Minerva” in a 30-minute episode titled “Minerva, Mayhem and Millionaires”. A great documentary on that below:
What’d Sadie think?
Two weeks at the top for “Love Is Blue” – Paul Mauriat before classic “The Dock Of The Bay” by Otis Redding reigns for the next three weeks.
Loved ’em
- “I Got The Feelin'” – James Brown
- “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” – Madeline Bell
- “Jennifer Juniper” – Donovan
- “La La Means I Love You” – Delfonics
- “Lady Madonna” – Beatles
- “Love Is All Around” – Troggs
- “Scarborough Fair” – Simon And Garfunkel
- “Since You’ve Been Gone” – Aretha Franklin
Liked ’em
- “Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde” – Georgie Fame
- “Carpet Man” – 5Th Dimenision
- “Cry Like A Baby” – Box Tops
- “Dance To The Music” – Sly And The Family Stone
- “Honey” – Bobby Goldsboro
- “If You Can Want” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
- “Kiss Me Goodbye” – Petula Clark
- “Mighty Quinn” – Manfred Mann
- “Playboy” – Gene And Debbie
- “Sweet Inspiration” – Sweet Inspirations
- “Valleri” – Monkees
- “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” – Four Seasons
- “Young Girl” – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
Leave ’em
- “Cab Driver” – Mills Brothers
Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.