12 June 1968
Go-Set’s National Top 40
The 12th of June 1968
#1: The Irish Rovers
The Unicorn
The most well-known cover of a song written and originally recorded by children’s book writer, cartoonist and songwriter Shel Silverstein.
1. | (2) | THE UNICORN | The Irish Rovers | 6 | |
2. | (1) | HONEY | Bobby Goldsboro | 8 | |
3. | (3) | YOUNG GIRL | The Union Gap | 10 | |
4. | (8) | THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY | Hugo Montenegro | 6 | |
5. | (5) | IF I ONLY HAD TIME | John Rowles | 8 | |
6. | (4) | CONGRATULATIONS | Cliff Richard | 8 | |
7. | (13) | LAZY SUNDAY | Small Faces | 3 | |
8. | (9) | SON OF HICKORY HOLLER’S TRAMP | O. C. Smith | 6 | |
9. | (18) | IF I WERE A CARPENTER | Four Tops | 4 | |
10. | (6) | DELILAH | Tom Jones | 13 | |
11. | (25) | THIS GUY’S IN LOVE WITH YOU | Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | 3 | |
12. | (7) | LADY MADONNA/THE INNER LIGHT | The Beatles | 10 | |
13. | (17) | U.S. MALE/STAY AWAY | Elvis Presley | 4 | |
14. | (12) | THE DOCK OF THE BAY | Otis Redding | 8 | |
15. | (14) | A MAN WITHOUT LOVE | Engelbert Humperdinck | 5 | |
16. | (11) | THE LEGEND OF XANADU | Dave Dee, Beaky, Mick And Tich | 11 | |
17. | (10) | VALLERI/TAPICA TUNDRA | The Monkees | 9 | |
18. | (27) | DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE? | Dionne Warwick | 2 | |
19. | (15) | MASTER JACK | Four Jacks And A Jill | 8 | |
20. | (31) | LOVE MACHINE | Pastoral Symphony | 2 | |
21. | (16) | LOVE IS BLUE | Paul Mauriat | 17 | |
22. | (24) | PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN | Status Quo | 5 | |
23. | (33) | MRS. ROBINSON | Simon And Garfunkel | 2 | |
24. | (23) | THE UNICORN | The Bachelors | 4 | |
25. | (19) | JUMBO/THE SINGER SANG THE SONG | Bee Gees | 6 | |
26. | (20) | ME THE PEACEFUL HEART | Lulu | 7 | |
27. | (26) | TO SIR WITH LOVE | Lulu | 30 | |
28. | (-) | SLEEPY JOE | Herman’s Hermits | 1 | |
29. | (38) | CUDDLY TOY (EP) | The Monkees | 2 | |
30. | (22) | JENNIFER ECCLES | The Hollies | 10 | |
31. | (21) | KISS ME GOODBYE | Petula Clark | 11 | |
32. | (37) | HIDE AND SEEK | Somebody’s Image | 4 | |
33. | (28) | CINDARELLA ROCKERFELLER | Johnny And Ann Hawker | 12 | |
34. | (39) | GEE I’M GONNA MISS YOU | Graham Chapman | 3 | |
35. | (30) | CINERELLA ROCKERFELLA | Esther & Abi Ofarim | 11 | |
36. | (32) | MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (EP) | The Beatles | 12 | |
37. | (-) | MAY I TAKE A GIANT STEP? | 1910 Fruitgum Co. | 1 | |
38. | (-) | HELULE HELULE | The Tremeloes | 1 | |
39. | (35) | GOIN’ AWAY | The Fireballs | 4 | |
40. | (-) | ALWAYS/WHAT A SILLY THING TO DO | The Twilights | 1 |