31 January 1968
Go-Set’s National Top 40
The 31st of January 1968
#1: Johnny Farnham
Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)
This was Farnham’s first solo single and became the largest selling single in Australia by an Australian artist in the sixties.
1. | (3) | SADIE (THE CLEANING LADY) | Johnny Farnham | 8 | |
2. | (1) | HELLO GOODBYE/I AM THE WALRUS | The Beatles | 8 | |
3. | (2) | DAYDREAM BELIEVER | The Monkees | 6 | |
4. | (6) | THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS | The Cowsills | 8 | |
5. | (7) | WORLD/SIR GEOFFREY SAVED THE WORLD | Bee Gees | 6 | |
6. | (4) | SNOOPY’S CHRISTMAS | The Royal Guardsmen | 8 | |
7. | (5) | THE LAST WALTZ | Engelbert Humperdinck | 19 | |
8. | (9) | CATHY COME HOME/THE WAY THEY PLAY | The Twilights | 10 | |
9. | (8) | YOU’VE NOT CHANGED | Sandie Shaw | 10 | |
10. | (10) | ALL MY LOVE | Cliff Richard | 7 | |
11. | (-) | JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES) | John Fred And His Playboy Band | 1 | |
12. | (14) | I’M COMING HOME | Tom Jones | 6 | |
13. | (12) | SHE’S A RAINBOW | The Rolling Stones | 4 | |
14. | (21) | SHE (EP) | The Monkees | 4 | |
15. | (33) | MONTEREY | Eric Burdon | 2 | |
16. | (17) | SUMMER RAIN | Johnny Rivers | 5 | |
17. | (11) | THE TWO OF US | Jackie Trent And Tony Hatch | 15 | |
18. | (20) | HUSH | Somebody’s Image | 8 | |
19. | (31) | TIN SOLDIER/I FEEL MUCH BETTER | Small Faces | 2 | |
20. | (13) | ALTERNATE TITLE | The Monkees | 13 | |
21. | (19) | GIMME LITTLE SIGN | Brenton Wood | 13 | |
22. | (26) | BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU | The Foundations | 4 | |
23. | (29) | LET THE HEARTACHES BEGIN | Long John Baldry | 3 | |
24. | (28) | BIG BOSS MAN | Elvis Presley | 8 | |
25. | (16) | MASSACHUSETTS | Bee Gees | 16 | |
26. | (15) | JUDY/THERE’S ALWAYS ME | Elvis Presley | 15 | |
27. | (34) | A DIFFERENT DRUM | Stone Poneys | 3 | |
28. | (23) | TO SIR WITH LOVE | Lulu | 11 | |
29. | (27) | WILD HONEY | Beach Boys | 6 | |
30. | (37) | THE MUSIC GOES ‘ROUND MY HEAD/COME IN YOU’LL GET PNEUMONIA | The Easybeats | 4 | |
31. | (24) | THE OTHER MAN’S GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER | Petula Clark | 4 | |
32. | (18) | MY PRAYER/DON’T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW | The Vibrants | 13 | |
33. | (40) | CONQUISTADOR | Procol Harum | 2 | |
34. | (-) | YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE/OH LONESOME ME | Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood | 1 | |
35. | (25) | ITCHYCOO PARK | Small Faces | 19 | |
36. | (-) | PAINT IT BLACK | Chris Farlowe | 2 | |
37. | (-) | THAT’S LIFE | The Wild Cherries | 1 | |
38. | (35) | SIMON SAYS | The Groove | 15 | |
39. | (38) | LET IT OUT | The Hombres | 4 | |
40. | (-) | NEON RAINBOW | Box Tops | 1 |