18 September 1968
Go-Set’s National Top 40
The 18th of September 1968
#1: Tom Jones
Help Yourself
A reworked English language version of the Italian song Gli Occhi Miei (My Eyes). The English lyrics bear no relation to the original Italian.
1. | (2) | HELP YOURSELF | Tom Jones | 5 | |
2. | (1) | DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME | Mama Cass | 7 | |
3. | (3) | MACARTHUR PARK | Richard Harris | 11 | |
4. | (5) | DO IT AGAIN | Beach Boys | 5 | |
5. | (6) | THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN/WHISKEY ON A SUNDAY | The Irish Rovers | 11 | |
6. | (4) | INDIAN LAKE | The Cowsills | 11 | |
7. | (10) | CLASSICAL GAS | Mason Williams | 4 | |
8. | (14) | I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU/KITTY CAN | Bee Gees | 3 | |
9. | (16) | YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON | Vanilla Fudge | 7 | |
10. | (7) | ANGEL OF THE MORNING | Merrilee Rush | 13 | |
11. | (8) | I DON’T WANT TO LOVE YOU/JAMIE | Johnny Farnham | 9 | |
12. | (9) | ABERGAVENNY | Marty Wilde | 7 | |
13. | (15) | SOUL LIMBO | Booker T And The MGs | 6 | |
14. | (19) | PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE | The Rascals | 4 | |
15. | (-) | HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. | Jeannie C. Riley | 1 | |
16. | (12) | LADY WILLPOWER | The Union Gap | 12 | |
17. | (28) | 1-2-3 RED LIGHT | 1910 Fruitgum Co. | 2 | |
18. | (20) | DREAMS OF THE EVERYDAY HOUSEWIFE | Wayne Newton | 8 | |
19. | (29) | MR. BOJANGLES | Jerry Lee Walker | 4 | |
20. | (27) | BABY COME BACK | The Equals | 3 | |
21. | (18) | ALICE LONG | Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart | 8 | |
22. | (35) | MR. BUSINESS MAN | Ray Stevens | 2 | |
23. | (-) | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER/THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT | Aretha Franklin | 1 | |
24. | (11) | HURDY GURDY MAN | Donovan | 11 | |
25. | (21) | HERE COMES THE JUDGE | Shorty Long | 7 | |
26. | (22) | LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE/GOOD TIMES | The Easybeats | 7 | |
27. | (-) | MAGIC BUS | The Who | 1 | |
28. | (13) | MY NAME IS JACK | Manfred Mann | 10 | |
29. | (24) | I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT/MARIA | Burl Ives | 9 | |
30. | (25) | THE MUSIC PLAYED | Matt Monroe | 3 | |
31. | (17) | JUMPING JACK FLASH | The Rolling Stones | 14 | |
32. | (32) | THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM | Jim Nabors | 6 | |
33. | (33) | HERE COMES THE JUDGE | The Magistrates | 3 | |
34. | (-) | FOOL ON A HILL | Sergio Mendes And Brasil ’66 | 1 | |
35. | (37) | DON’T GIVE UP | Petula Clark | 2 | |
36. | (34) | UNIVERSAL | Small Faces | 4 | |
37. | (-) | ADAM AND EVE | Buzz Cason | 1 | |
38. | (36) | DEAR HEART/WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WORLD | Mike Preston | 3 | |
39. | (-) | DOWN AT LULU’S | Ohio Express | 1 | |
40. | (23) | LET YOURSELF GO/YOUR TIME HASN’T COME YET BABY | Elvis Presley | 9 |