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“A month in a life” – Feb 1969

All tracks released in February 1969 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Some girls do Tony Mason
2 Aquarius (12/68) Paul Jones *
3 May I Bill Deal & Rhondels
4 Too late for tears Glen South
5 I can hear music Beach Boys *
6 I could be so good Playground
7 Waterloo Road Jason Crest
8 Cherie Alamayonaika Disciple
9 Montego Bay Pattersons
10 Doesn't anybody know my name (12/68) Vince Hill *
11 Blackberry way (11/68) Move # 1
12 It's what you give Actress
13 Great balls of fire (01/69) Tiny Tim *
14 Let me tell ya U.K. Jones
15 Changes in our time Colin Giffin
16 Bitter honey Stuart Smith
17 Oh what a naughty man! Alan David
18 Maypole mews David Garrick
19 Breakfast on Pluto Don Partridge *
20 Good times (better times) Cliff Richard *
21 It's all in my imagination Val McKenna
22 Save me, save me Los Bravos
23 Next time you see me Garfield Love & Jimmy Spruill Orchestra
24 I like what you're doing to me Carla Thomas
25 Pretty girl Chi-Lites
26 Can't satisfy Impressions
27 With you beside me Ken Dodd
28 If you love her (01/69) Dick Emery *
29 My girl Maria Peter Gordeno
30 You're my everything Max Bygraves *
31 You've lost that lovin' feelin' (RR – 1965) (01/69) Righteous Brothers *
32 Turn to me Guy Darrell
33 Don't turn away Johnny Hackett
34 If I can dream Elvis Presley *
35 November snow Rejoice
36 Nothing in the world Tina Charles
37 The way it used to be (01/69) Engelbert Humperdinck *
38 Only the lonely (know the way I feel) Sonny James
39 Nancy Graham Leyden
40 I can't see nobody Tommy Farrell
41 (If paradise is) half as nice (01/69) Amen Corner # 1
42 Morning sky Thoughts & Words
43 Liar Fleur de Lys
44 Children of the sun Misunderstood
45 All the love in the world (01/69) Consortium *
46 One road Love Affair *
47 Roundabout Montanas
48 Jack rabbit Exception
49 Mockingbird (RR – 1963) Inez & Charlie Foxx *
50 Water woman Amazing Friendly Apple
51 Colinda Hapshash & Coloured Coat
52 Polk salad Annie Tony Joe White
53 Let the sun shine in Andy Forray
54 Hey bulldog Gods
55 You got it Squibby & Reflections
56 Grits ain't groceries (all around the world) Little Milton
57 I thank you Raisins
58 Look what you've done to my heart Shirley & Shirelles
59 What kind of lady Dee Dee Sharp
60 Without you Donnie Elbert
61 Witchi tai to Everything is Everything
62 Willows' harp World of Oz
63 Love is love Barry Ryan *
64 River deep mountain high (RR – 1966) (01/69) Ike & Tina Turner *
65 She's not there (01/69) Neil MacArthur *
66 You showed me Turtles
67 Are you happy Jerry Butler
68 Baby baby don't cry Smokey Robinson & Miracles
69 I heard it through the grapevine Marvin Gaye *
70 You (01/69) Johnny Johnson & Bandwagon *
71 I spy (for the F.B.I.) (RR – 1966) Jamo Thomas *
72 Higher and higher Moving Finger
73 Santa Maria Ian Green Revelation
74 Windmills of your mind (12/68) Noel Harrison *
75 First of May Bee Gees *
76 Where do you go to (my lovely) (01/69) Peter Sarstedt # 1
77 Woman helping man Vogues
78 Don't make me over Shirley & Johnny
79 This magic moment Jay & Americans
80 Gentle on my mind (01/69) Dean Martin *
81 Broken hearts brigade Hammond Hazelwood
82 You baby Mama's & Papa's
83 Highway of dreams Vanity Fare
84 Surround yourself with sorrow Cilla Black *
85 Mendocino Sir Douglas Quintet
86 Monsieur Dupont (01/69) Sandie Shaw *
87 I got a line on you Spirit
88 Broken hearted pirates Simon Dupree & Big Sound
89 Daydream Wallace Collection
90 Sophisticated Cissy Meters

“A month in a life” – Jan 1969

All tracks released in January 1969 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart on re-release 1975
[**] : will chart on re-release 1971

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 It’s too late now Long John Baldry *
2 Did you give the world some love today baby Marc Ellington
3 How are things in Glocca Morra Frankie McBride
4 They don’t make love like they used to Eddy Arnold
5 Rain in my heart Frank Sinatra
6 Lady Samantha Elton John
7 Hold my hand Dave Davies
8 Road to nowhere Lesley Duncan
9 Meadow of my love Youth
10 Easy street Eddy Howell
11 The thought of loving you Crystal Mansion
12 Love has got hold of me Phillip Goodhand-Tait
13 The stranger David McWilliams
14 Come live with me Shadow Mann
15 Candy floss man We 4
16 Don’t let me lose this dream Aretha Franklin
17 Ready or not here I come Delfonics [**]
18 To love somebody Nina Simone *
19 Crimson and clover Tommy James & Shondells
20 We got a need for each other Linda Russell
21 Yesterday I heard the rain Brenda Arnau
22 Stop the music Nina Shaw
23 Till Vogues
24 Stand by your man Tammy Wynette [*]
25 But you know I love you First Edition
26 Wichita lineman Glen Campbell *
27 Reason to believe Dillards
28 Early morning rain Dalys
29 Mrs. Robinson (EP) (12/68) Simon & Garfunkel *
30 Lily the pink (10/68) Scaffold # 1
31 Isn’t it lonely together O.C. Smith
32 There’ll come a time Betty Everett
33 I forgot to be your lover William Bell
34 Don’t let it rain Kathy Kissoon
35 Hey Jude Wilson Pickett *
36 You’re leaving me Ollie & Nightingales
37 Don’t make the good girls go bad Della Humphrey
38 I put a spell on you (RR – 1965) Nina Simone *
39 This little boy 1984
40 Sweet cream ladies Box Tops
41 Bella Linda Grass Roots
42 You made me what I am Cheryl Gray
43 Here comes the rain Leapy Lee
44 Knick knack man Cartoone
45 Albatross (11/68) Fleetwood Mac # 1
46 All the way to heaven Sue Nicholls
47 Heart Clive Westlake
48 A thousand hours Rim D. Paul
49 Some girls do Lee Vanderbilt
50 Come back to me Mark Murphy
51 It’s only make believe Emil Dean
52 (If paradise is) half as nice Amen Corner *
53 White room Cream *
54 Touch me Doors
55 Apricot brandy Rhinoceros
56 Ring of fire Eric Burdon & Animals *
57 Alice Jon Plum
58 Move in a little closer baby (12/68) Harmony Grass *
59 Movin’ in Toby Twirl
60 A man, a horse and a gun Alyn Ainsworth orchestra
61 Love story (11/68) Jethro Tull *
62 Going up the country (11/68) Canned Heat *
63 Look in my eyes Weather
64 Wings of love Nirvana
65 Never trust in tomorrow Gentle Influence
66 Rainbow ride Andy Kim
67 Kandy Kay Freedom
68 I’m into looking for someone to love me Bobby Vee
69 As long as there is you Timi Yuro
70 My groovy baby Tom Dooley & his Lovelights
71 You ain’t livin’ till you’re lovin’ Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell *
72 I’m gonna make you love me Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations *
73 Stay close to me Five Stairsteps & Cubie
74 California soul 5th Dimension
75 Marie take a chance Clem Curtis
76 Dancing in the street (RR – 1964) Martha Reeves & Vandellas *
77 Ob-la-di ob-la-da (12/68) Marmalade # 1
78 Hair Paul Nicholas, Oliver Tobias & Co.
79 Let the sunshine in (The flesh failures) Anthony & Imperials
80 Make the feeling go away Billie Davis
81 Come into my arms Jeannie Dee
82 Lea Cats
83 Stormy Classics IV ft Dennis Yost
84 Hooked on a feeling B.J. Thomas
85 You’re just what I was looking for today Andee Silver
86 You got soul (11/68) Johnny Nash *
87 People Tymes *
88 I’ll pick a rose for my Rose (12/68) Marv Johnson *
89 I guess I’ll always love you (RR 1966) Isley Brothers *
90 Soul sister brown sugar Sam & Dave *
91 Hang ’em high (12/68) Hugo Montenegro *

“A month in a life” – Dec 1968

All tracks released in December 1968 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 Angel face Tim Andrews & Paul Korda
2 Long long road (for the broken hearts) Gilded Cage
3 Ob-la-di ob-la-da Bedrocks *
4 Something's happening (11/68) Herman's Hermits *
5 My friend the sea Nana Mouskouri
6 Adagio cardinal Raymond Lefevre Orchestra
7 Sleep safe and warm Claudine Longet
8 Goodnight Vic Lewis Singers & Orchestra
9 The windmills of your mind Michel Legrand Orchestra
10 Come back here with my heart Kathy Kirby
11 On mother Kelly's doorstep (11/68) Danny La Rue *
12 Lily the pink (10/68) Scaffold # 1
13 Chitty chitty bang bang Paul Mauriat orchestra
14 Carolyn Mirage
15 Sing out loud Shane Gray
16 The company I keep Brindley D. Spencer
17 Carolina Crispian St. Peters
18 Gabriel Billy Joe Royal
19 Someday New Faces
20 Nina Rory Fellowes
21 She's my girl Endevers
22 Ride my see-saw (10/68) Moody Blues *
23 Veils of mourning lace Tamara Koran
24 Uh! Barrier
25 One day in every week Procession
26 Kentucky woman Deep Purple
27 Back in the U.S.S.R. Cliff Bennett
28 What about the music Spice
29 Call on you Chuck Trois & Amazing Maze
30 Ramblin' gamblin' man Bob Seger System
31 When the train comes back Chicken Shack
32 Woman love Albert Washington
33 Beverley Eldridge Holmes
34 I can give you love Diplomats
35 S.O.S. [Stop her on sight] (RR – 1966) (11/68) Edwin Starr *
36 Tired of being nobody Valentinos
37 For once in my life (11/68) Stevie Wonder *
38 We can find that love Garnet Mimms
39 Baby please come home Donnie Elbert
40 Always together Dells
41 Reach out I'll be there Merrilee Rush
42 Rainmaker Rhubarb Rhubarb
43 Tomorrow today Kippington Lodge
44 Take it or leave it Blue Rivers & Maroons
45 Fox on the run (11/68) Manfred Mann *
46 Ob-la-di ob-la-da Spectrum
47 Point me at the sky Pink Floyd
48 Smell of incense Southwest F.O.B.
49 Someday soon Grapefruit
50 Cry me a river Kevin "King" Lear
51 Sitting in the park Owen Gray & Maximum Breed
52 When the first tear shows Brian Keith
53 I shall be released Tremeloes & Keith Mansfield Strings *
54 So much in love Eddie Swann
55 I love how you love me Bobby Vinton
56 Three squares (and a place to lay your head) Jimmy Gilmer
57 Shovelin' clay Arthur Murphy
58 Just wish you'd maybe change your mind Guy Mitchell
59 The good, the bad and the ugly (08/68) Hugo Montenegro Orchestra # 1
60 Bluebirds over the mountain (11/68) Beach Boys *
61 Blackberry way (11/68) Move *
62 Short change Spencer Davis Group
63 Medicated goo Traffic
64 Albatross (11/68) Fleetwood Mac *
65 People make the world Roosevelt Grier
66 Son of a preacher man (11/68) Dusty Springfield *
67 Lady Billy Fury
68 Please don't go (11/68) Donald Peers *
69 The impossible dream Matt Monro
70 Before today Honor Blackman
71 Les bicyclettes de Belsize Mireille Mathieu
72 Atlantis Donovan *
73 I've got something too Glen Dale
74 Five white horses Sun Dragon
75 Twisted nerve Lions
76 You're so young Shane Martin
77 I'll forget you John Roberts
78 The star Shirley Lawson
79 Strange things are happening Rings & Things
80 Weeping Analeah Gordon Waller
81 Right relations Johnny Rivers
82 Seasons in the sun Fortunes
83 Toy (11/68) Casuals *
84 Gabardine mac Freddie & Dreamers
85 Ob-la-di ob-la-da Marmalade *
86 I know what her name is Simon's Secrets
87 Soul limbo (10/68) Booker T. & M.G.'s *

“A month in a life” – Nov 1968

All tracks released in November 1968 unless otherwise indicated

* : new entry Record Retailer chart
[*] : will chart as re-release in 1970

NR Title Artist/Group Chart
1 I'm in a different world Four Tops *
2 Love child Diana Ross & Supremes *
3 Too weak to fight Clarence Carter
4 Chained Marvin Gaye
5 You can't do that Doris Willingham [aka Doris Duke]
6 Private number (10/68) William Bell & Judy Clay *
7 The hurt is just beginning Mary Love
8 You ain't changed Marie Franklin
9 Let's make a promise Peaches & Herb
10 Yours until tomorrow Gene Pitney *
11 Over you Gary Puckett & Union Gap
12 Montage Jefferson
13 And I'll find you Joy Marshall
14 Can I bring back yesterday Davy Clinton
15 Woman John Walker
16 Let the music play Allan Jeffers
17 If I ever get to Saginaw again Tony Crane
18 Watching the trains go by Steve Alaimo
19 Scarborough fair – Canticle Lyn & Graham McCarthy
20 You make me a man Eddie Stevens
21 The pleasure of you Precious Few
22 Someday Paper Dolls
23 Bring it to me baby Geno Washington & Ram Jam Band
24 Eeny meeny (09/68) Showstoppers *
25 Chewy chewy Ohio Express
26 Apples, peaches and pumpkin pie Fourmost
27 Goody goody gumdrops 1910 Fruitgum Company
28 You really know how to hurt a guy Martin Hummingbird
29 Why can't it rain Billy Budd
30 Hold me now Kate
31 Jack boy Sundae Times
32 Sabre dance Love Sculpture *
33 Look away Richard Barnes
34 In the year of April Gerry Marsden
35 L'Oiseau – BBC soundtrack (part 1) Belle et Sebastian & the Horses
36 Now the flowers cry Kiki Dee
37 Just a little lovin' Lyn Roman
38 Abraham, Martin and John Dion
39 I met her in church Box Tops
40 The "na na" song Ferris Wheel
41 Dong-dong-di-ki-di-gi-dong Golden Earrings
42 Girl don't make me wait Gladiators
43 Private sorrow Pretty Things
44 Softly softly (10/68) Equals *
45 Quick Joey small (Run Joey run) (10/68) Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus *
46 Cinderella Sunshine Paul Revere & Raiders
47 All day all night Blonde on Blonde
48 California earthquake Mama Cass
49 Police is here A New Generation
50 Henry's coming home Together
51 Woman on my mind Peter & Wolves
52 Son, son Liverpool Scene
53 Not that it matters anymore Roger James Cooke
54 Magic carpet ride Steppenwolf
55 My son John Onyx
56 A little less conversation Elvis Presley
57 With a little help from my friends (09/68) Joe Cocker # 1
58 She Tuesday's Children
59 Love me a lifetime Dave Hunter
60 Say goodbye John Rowles
61 Isn't it lonely together Ray Stevens
62 Build me up buttercup Foundations *
63 It's not unusual Dells
64 Maybe tomorrow Iveys
65 All of us (The touchables) Nirvana
66 Rain and tears (07/68) Aphrodite's Child *
67 Sure as sin Jeannie Greene
68 1, 2, 3, O'Leary (10/68) Des O'Connor *
69 A minute of your time Tom Jones *
70 Goodbye my old gal Solomon King
71 Then you can tell me goodbye Eddy Arnold
72 Don't forget to catch me Cliff Richard *
73 Both sides now Judy Collins [*]
74 Scarborough fair Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
75 Rosie can't fly Sleepy
76 Meet on the ledge Fairport Convention
77 I'm a tiger Lulu *
78 Stir it up Wailers
79 Cinnamon Derek
80 Anybody at the party seen Jenny Tony Ritchie
81 Girl watcher Tam White
82 I can't stand the pain Dee Irwin
83 Baby I need your love Bobby Williams
84 Nothing but a heartache Flirtations
85 Who's making love Johnnie Taylor
86 Love in every room (Meme si tu revenais) Laura Lee [UK]
87 You won't see me leaving Cinnamon
88 Girl don't make me wait Timebox
89 Live in the sky Dave Clark Five *
90 The good, the bad and the ugly (08/68) Hugo Montenegro Orchestra # 1
91 I'm the urban spaceman (10/68) Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band *
92 Baby won't you leave me alone Web
93 Lily the pink (10/68) Scaffold *
94 Race with the devil (10/68) Gun *