Music is all about what you like you either like it or hate it no music is great what is great to one person is rubbish to another i personally like music from the 60's to today and there are some great artists around today in my opinion
1968-9 is before my time... yet I recognize so much of it - some from movies, some from having gone to a discotheque specializing in old music, some from having recorded vinyl records by Beatles and Rolling Stones on my 7" tape-recorder, some were still playing in the 70s, and finally from listening to my elder sister's vinyl LP records.
Lulu never had a solo number 1 in the UK. She had To Sir With Love in the US in 1967 but had to wait until 1993 for Relight My Fire as a featured artist with Take That. Her biggest UK hit was Boom Bang A Bang (Why oh why that one!) in 1969 which was No.2 behind Marvin Gaye.
For comparison and contrast, here are the #1's of U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 for those years (with number of weeks on top in parentheses and UK chart positions, if any, in brackets; on those where UK and US charts both placed at #1, artist name will not be cited on Billboard list): *1968* - "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" by John Fred And His Playboy Band (2 weeks) [UK #3] - "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers (1 week) [UK #7] - "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" by Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra (5 weeks) [UK #12] - "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding (4 weeks) [UK #3] - "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro (5 weeks) [UK #2 - both in 1968 & 1975] - "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells (2 weeks) [UK uncharted] - "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon And Garfunkel (3 weeks) [UK #4] - "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert (4 weeks) [UK #3] - "Grazing In The Grass" by Hugh Masekela (2 weeks) [UK uncharted] - "Hello, I Love You" by The Doors (2 weeks) [UK #15] - "People Got To Be Free" by The Rascals (5 weeks) [UK uncharted] - "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley (1 week) [UK #12] - "Hey Jude" (9 weeks) [UK #1 (2 weeks)] - "Love Child" by Diana Ross And The Supremes (2 weeks) [UK #15] - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (7 weeks) [UK #1 (3 weeks) in 1969] *1969* - "Crimson And Clover" by Tommy James And The Shondells (2 weeks) [UK uncharted] - "Everyday People" by Sly & The Family Stone (4 weeks) [UK #36] - "Dizzy" (4 weeks) [UK #1 (1 week)] - "Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension (6 weeks) [UK #11] - "Get Back" (5 weeks) [UK #1 (6 weeks)] - "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet" by Henry Mancini And His Orchestra (2 weeks) [UK uncharted] - "In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)" (6 weeks) [UK #1 (3 weeks)] - "Honky Tonk Women" (4 weeks) [UK #1 (5 weeks)] - "Sugar, Sugar" (4 weeks) [UK #1 (8 weeks)] (both countries named this the #1 song of the year) - "I Can't Get Next To You" by The Temptations (2 weeks) [UK #13] - "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley (1 week) [UK #2 in 1970] - "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension (3 weeks) [UK #16] - "Come Together" / "Something" by The Beatles (1 week) [UK #4] - "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam (2 weeks) [UK #9 in 1970] - "Leaving On A Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul And Mary (1 week) [UK #2 in 1970] - "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross And The Supremes (1 week) [UK #13 in 1970] Flip the coin, and here are the Hot 100 chart positions for these UK #1's (outside of those which hit the top of both charts): *1968* - "The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde" [#7] - "Everlasting Love" [uncharted] - "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)" [#10] - "Cinderella Rockefella" [#68] - "The Legend Of Xanadu" [uncharted] - "Lady Madonna" [#4] - "Congratulations" [#99] - "What A Wonderful World" [#116] - "Young Girl" [#2] - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" [#3] - "Baby Come Back" [#32] - "I Pretend" [uncharted] - "Mony Mony" [#3] - "Fire" [#2] - "Do It Again" [#20] - "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" [#8] - "Those Were The Days" [#2] - "With A Little Help From My Friends" [#68] - "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" [#2] - "Lily The Pink" [uncharted] *1969* - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" [uncharted] - "Albatross" [#104] - "Blackberry Way [uncharted] (this was the last #1 of Record Retailer's independently-compiled chart, before they, their then-parent Billboard, and the BBC set up an "official" chart and contracted with the BMRB to compile it) - "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" [uncharted] (the first #1 of the "official" era) - "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" [#70] - "Israelites" [#9] - "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" [#8] - "Something In The Air" [#37] - "Bad Moon Rising" [#2] - "Je T'aime . . . Moi Non Plus" [#58 in 1970] - "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" [not only uncharted, but never even released as a single in U.S.] - "Two Little Boys" [#119 in 1970]
But made #1 on the NME, Melody Maker and Top Pops/Music Now charts. Yeah, we know, that doesn't count . . . but in the U.S., they had four "official" (read: Billboard) #1's plus at least three others that made the top of one or both "other" charts (Cash Box, Record World).
"People Got To Be Free" DIDN'T EVEN CHART in the UK! For shame. If you see the list of #1's from one country that failed to chart in the other, some of it may cause your hairs to stand up a la Art Garfunkel.
A couple of these songs I don't remember (maybe because I'm from the U.S.) but there was a greater variety of music in the hit parade back then. Could we really have #1s by artists as varied as the Beatles, and Louis Armstrong, etc., now days.
@@samfeldstein4498 - It was a ballad and he wanted more "Hello, Dolly!" type uptempo material. The ABC prexy raised such a stink that he was actually locked out of the recording session.
USA number one 1968 Hey Jude by the Beatles Honey by Bobby Goldsboro I heard it through the grapevine by Marvin Gaye Daydream believer by the monkees USA number one in 1969 Sugar sugar by Archie's In the year 2525 by Zager and Evans Hokey Tonk women by the Rolling Stones I heard it thought the grapevine by Marvin Gaye
look at reflections of 1965-1969. maybe there is some of your faves..Lulu should be there somewhere..I thought Mary Hopkins was way before this date and sugar sugar....
Bit unlikely with that one. No.2 for 2 weeks behind The Good The Bad and The Ugly. However, was No.1 for a week on the NME charts but that was not counted as the official charts since 1960.
@@dancingduade - "Eloise" was also #1 on the Melody Maker charts as well. OCC only counts Record Retailer as "official" from 1960-69. Not only were there artists cheated out of #1's by this machination (Joe Brown amongst them), there were ten #1's (out of nine records) that ONLY topped RR's chart but NOT NME, MM, Record Mirror, Disc or (after 1968) Top Pops.
Steppenwolf got very little airplay in England (same applies to the Doors). We had to suffer most of this rubbish instead. Sorry...Actually for No 1's this was our best year thanks to pirate radio pushing many great tunes.
One of the happiest times in my life was in 1968 69 this Music Takes Me Right Back
Micky Browne me too what a fantastic time we had eh?😍😍
Music is all about what you like you either like it or hate it no music is great what is great to one person is rubbish to another i personally like music from the 60's to today and there are some great artists around today in my opinion
Super songs thank you perfect
1968-9 is before my time... yet I recognize so much of it - some from movies, some from having gone to a discotheque specializing in old music, some from having recorded vinyl records by Beatles and Rolling Stones on my 7" tape-recorder, some were still playing in the 70s, and finally from listening to my elder sister's vinyl LP records.
I always thought 60s music was the best, but maybe because I was a teenager at the time
I can see it now. I'll be back and watch these vids with a pen and paper at the ready
Great job.
i was a wild 15 yrs old then.....still crazy after all these yrs :)
:) if only..
whoa! There are some really good songs in this video. I would have to say my favorite is "The Mighty Quinn" as much as I like them all.
Music was better than the rubbish we have today
Those were the days
my friend. I thought they'd never end.
I was two years old back then, but you are right
There's so much great music here.. and that was only one year or so! Today's inane popular music seems as thin as gruel compared to this fat feast.
with a little help from my friends- just one week?! incredible.
No Lulu singles reached #1 in these years. I'm amazed.
Lulu never had a solo number 1 in the UK. She had To Sir With Love in the US in 1967 but had to wait until 1993 for Relight My Fire as a featured artist with Take That. Her biggest UK hit was Boom Bang A Bang (Why oh why that one!) in 1969 which was No.2 behind Marvin Gaye.
@@dancingduade - Which her U.S. label, Epic, didn't even bother to release as a single Stateside.
That's exactly what I've just thought about!
For comparison and contrast, here are the #1's of U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 for those years (with number of weeks on top in parentheses and UK chart positions, if any, in brackets; on those where UK and US charts both placed at #1, artist name will not be cited on Billboard list):
*1968*
- "Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" by John Fred And His Playboy Band (2 weeks) [UK #3]
- "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers (1 week) [UK #7]
- "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" by Paul Mauriat And His Orchestra (5 weeks) [UK #12]
- "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" by Otis Redding (4 weeks) [UK #3]
- "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro (5 weeks) [UK #2 - both in 1968 & 1975]
- "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells (2 weeks) [UK uncharted]
- "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon And Garfunkel (3 weeks) [UK #4]
- "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert (4 weeks) [UK #3]
- "Grazing In The Grass" by Hugh Masekela (2 weeks) [UK uncharted]
- "Hello, I Love You" by The Doors (2 weeks) [UK #15]
- "People Got To Be Free" by The Rascals (5 weeks) [UK uncharted]
- "Harper Valley P.T.A." by Jeannie C. Riley (1 week) [UK #12]
- "Hey Jude" (9 weeks) [UK #1 (2 weeks)]
- "Love Child" by Diana Ross And The Supremes (2 weeks) [UK #15]
- "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (7 weeks) [UK #1 (3 weeks) in 1969]
*1969*
- "Crimson And Clover" by Tommy James And The Shondells (2 weeks) [UK uncharted]
- "Everyday People" by Sly & The Family Stone (4 weeks) [UK #36]
- "Dizzy" (4 weeks) [UK #1 (1 week)]
- "Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension (6 weeks) [UK #11]
- "Get Back" (5 weeks) [UK #1 (6 weeks)]
- "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet" by Henry Mancini And His Orchestra (2 weeks) [UK uncharted]
- "In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)" (6 weeks) [UK #1 (3 weeks)]
- "Honky Tonk Women" (4 weeks) [UK #1 (5 weeks)]
- "Sugar, Sugar" (4 weeks) [UK #1 (8 weeks)] (both countries named this the #1 song of the year)
- "I Can't Get Next To You" by The Temptations (2 weeks) [UK #13]
- "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley (1 week) [UK #2 in 1970]
- "Wedding Bell Blues" by The 5th Dimension (3 weeks) [UK #16]
- "Come Together" / "Something" by The Beatles (1 week) [UK #4]
- "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam (2 weeks) [UK #9 in 1970]
- "Leaving On A Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul And Mary (1 week) [UK #2 in 1970]
- "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross And The Supremes (1 week) [UK #13 in 1970]
Flip the coin, and here are the Hot 100 chart positions for these UK #1's (outside of those which hit the top of both charts):
*1968*
- "The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde" [#7]
- "Everlasting Love" [uncharted]
- "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)" [#10]
- "Cinderella Rockefella" [#68]
- "The Legend Of Xanadu" [uncharted]
- "Lady Madonna" [#4]
- "Congratulations" [#99]
- "What A Wonderful World" [#116]
- "Young Girl" [#2]
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" [#3]
- "Baby Come Back" [#32]
- "I Pretend" [uncharted]
- "Mony Mony" [#3]
- "Fire" [#2]
- "Do It Again" [#20]
- "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" [#8]
- "Those Were The Days" [#2]
- "With A Little Help From My Friends" [#68]
- "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" [#2]
- "Lily The Pink" [uncharted]
*1969*
- "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" [uncharted]
- "Albatross" [#104]
- "Blackberry Way [uncharted] (this was the last #1 of Record Retailer's independently-compiled chart, before they, their then-parent Billboard, and the BBC set up an "official" chart and contracted with the BMRB to compile it)
- "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" [uncharted] (the first #1 of the "official" era)
- "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" [#70]
- "Israelites" [#9]
- "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" [#8]
- "Something In The Air" [#37]
- "Bad Moon Rising" [#2]
- "Je T'aime . . . Moi Non Plus" [#58 in 1970]
- "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" [not only uncharted, but never even released as a single in U.S.]
- "Two Little Boys" [#119 in 1970]
Jackson 5 had their first UK hits in 1970 according to Guinness Book of Hit Singles. Four in top 10 but highest I Want You Back at Number 2.
But made #1 on the NME, Melody Maker and Top Pops/Music Now charts. Yeah, we know, that doesn't count . . . but in the U.S., they had four "official" (read: Billboard) #1's plus at least three others that made the top of one or both "other" charts (Cash Box, Record World).
What no People Got To Be Free was the #1 SONG BY THE RASCALS FOR THE YEAR IN 1968 IN THE U.S.A.What happended in the U.K.?? Rock on
"People Got To Be Free" DIDN'T EVEN CHART in the UK! For shame. If you see the list of #1's from one country that failed to chart in the other, some of it may cause your hairs to stand up a la Art Garfunkel.
Brand new tv shows
1968- Hawaii five o and the mod squad
1969- the Brady bunch
A couple of these songs I don't remember (maybe because I'm from the U.S.) but there was a greater variety of music in the hit parade back then. Could we really have #1s by artists as varied as the Beatles, and Louis Armstrong, etc., now days.
'Twas true when The Beatles first conquered America in 1964 - Armstrong broke their streak that year (three straight #1's) with "Hello, Dolly!"
It's a shame What a Wonderful World didn't even make the Hot 100 here in the U.S.
It was not promoted in the US because the head of ABC Records didn't like it, but it did reach #32 on the BB Hot 100 in 1988.
No Name
What? Why didn't he like it?
@@samfeldstein4498 - It was a ballad and he wanted more "Hello, Dolly!" type uptempo material. The ABC prexy raised such a stink that he was actually locked out of the recording session.
they're #1's from the UK, that's why
1968 (age 21) was the best year of my life while 1969 (drafted ~ off to Vietnam) was the worst.
USA number one 1968
Hey Jude by the Beatles
Honey by Bobby Goldsboro
I heard it through the grapevine by Marvin Gaye
Daydream believer by the monkees
USA number one in 1969
Sugar sugar by Archie's
In the year 2525 by Zager and Evans
Hokey Tonk women by the Rolling Stones
I heard it thought the grapevine by Marvin Gaye
1968 for green tambourine by Lemon piper
1969 for sweet Caroline by Neil diamond
maybe the song list could work
look at reflections of 1965-1969. maybe there is some of your faves..Lulu should be there somewhere..I thought Mary Hopkins was way before this date and sugar sugar....
Lulu only had one solo #1 hit, in the U.S. - "To Sir With Love," in 1967.
in the year 2525
No Jackson Five ??
Hey Jude, only 2 weeks???
Wrong it was 12 weeks
@@46singledad46 maybe on Billboard
In the U.K. You must be thinking the 9 weeks it was atop U.S. Billboard's Hot 100.
Not 68 or 69 music
Barry Ryan......Eloise??????
Bit unlikely with that one. No.2 for 2 weeks behind The Good The Bad and The Ugly. However, was No.1 for a week on the NME charts but that was not counted as the official charts since 1960.
@@dancingduade - "Eloise" was also #1 on the Melody Maker charts as well.
OCC only counts Record Retailer as "official" from 1960-69. Not only were there artists cheated out of #1's by this machination (Joe Brown amongst them), there were ten #1's (out of nine records) that ONLY topped RR's chart but NOT NME, MM, Record Mirror, Disc or (after 1968) Top Pops.
No Steppenwolf.
Steppenwolf got very little airplay in England (same applies to the Doors). We had to suffer most of this rubbish instead. Sorry...Actually for No 1's this was our best year thanks to pirate radio pushing many great tunes.
I dont where the hell they got this shit, I guarantee
some this I have never heard, and I am 6os MUSIC
FANATIC
No you're not!! :)
1968 to 1969 AM music Not FM ! "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Number One FM , AM sucked back then , 1900 Fruit Gum , Yumi Yumi -shit like that was AM !
the British have weird taste...s totally forget bonnie and Clyde
@th3inquisitiv31 LOL
That is because it is SHIT. Not all of it, sadly, most of it.