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19th Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones   (#2)
634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) - Wilson Pickett   (#13)
7 and 7 Is - Love   (#33)
96 Tears - ? & The Mysterians   (#1)
98.6 - Keith   (#7)
The "A" Team - Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler   (#28)
Ain't Gonna Lie - Keith   (#39)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations   (#13)
Alfie - Cher   (#32)
All I See Is You - Dusty Springfield   (#20)
All Strung Out - Nino Tempo & April Stevens   (#26)
Almost Persuaded - David Houston   (#24)
Along Comes Mary - The Association   (#7)
Are You Lonely for Me - Freddie Scott   (#39)
At the Scene - The Dave Clark Five   (#18)
At the Zoo - Simon & Garfunkel   (#16)
B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas   (#14)
Baby, Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo   (#16)  (instrumental)
Backstage - Gene Pitney   (#25)
The Ballad Of Irving - Frank Gallop   (#34)
Ballad Of the Green Berets - Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler   (#1)
Band of Gold - Mel Carter   (#32)
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Cher   (#2)
Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys   (#2)
Barefootin' - Robert Parker   (#7)
"Batman" Theme - The Marketts   (#17)  (instrumental)
Batman Theme - Neal Hefti & His Orchestra   (#35)  (instrumental)
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep - The Temptations   (#3)
Billy and Sue - B.J. Thomas & the Triumphs   (#34)
Black is Black - Los Bravos   (#4)
Blowin' in the Wind - Stevie Wonder   (#9)
Born a Woman - Sandy Posey   (#12)
Born Free - Roger Williams   (#7)
Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart - Roy Orbison   (#31)
Bus Stop - The Hollies   (#5)
But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson   (#22)
California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas   (#4)
Call Me - Chris Montez   (#22)
Caroline, No - Brian Wilson   (#32)
The Cheater - Bob Kuban & The In-Men   (#12)
Cherish - The Association   (#1)
Cherry, Cherry - Neil Diamond   (#6)
Come On, Let's Go - The McCoys   (#22)
(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need - The Miracles   (#17)
Come Running Back - Dean Martin   (#35)
Coming Home Soldier - Bobby Vinton   (#11)
Coming on Strong - Brenda Lee   (#11)
Cool Jerk - The Capitols   (#7)
Cry - Ronnie Dove   (#18)
Crying - Jay & The Americans   (#25)
Crying Time - Ray Charles   (#6)
Dandy - Herman's Hermits   (#5)
The Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel   (#25)
Day for Decision - Johnny Sea   (#35)
Daydream - The Lovin' Spoonful   (#2)
Day Tripper - The Beatles   (#5)
Dedicated Follower of Fashion - The Kinks   (#36)
Devil with a Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels   (#4)
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? - The Lovin' Spoonful   (#2)
Dirty Water - The Standells   (#11)
Distant Shores - Chad & Jeremy   (#30)
Don't Bring Me Down - The Animals   (#12)
Don't Mess with Bill - The Marvelettes   (#7)
Double Shot (of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions   (#17)
Dum-De-Da - Bobby Vinton   (#40)
East West - Herman's Hermits   (#27)
Eight Miles High - The Byrds   (#14)
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles   (#11)
Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind   (#5)
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding   (#29)
Flamingo - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#28)  (instrumental)
Frankie and Johnny - Elvis Presley   (#25)
Friday's Child - Nancy Sinatra   (#36)
Georgy Girl - The Seekers   (#2)
Get Ready - The Temptations   (#29)
Girl in Love - The Outsiders   (#21)
Girl on a Swing - Gerry & The Pacemakers   (#28)
Gloria - The Shadows of Knight   (#10)
Go Ahead and Cry - The Righteous Brothers   (#30)
Go Away Little Girl - The Happenings   (#12)
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys   (#39)
Good Lovin' - The Young Rascals   (#1)
Good Thing - Paul Revere & The Raiders   (#4)
Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys   (#1)
The Great Airplane Strike - Paul Revere & The Raiders   (#20)
Green Grass - Gary Lewis & The Playboys   (#8)
Green, Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones   (#11)
A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders   (#2)
Guantanamera - The Sandpipers   (#9)
The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs   (#22)
Hanky Panky - Tommy James & The Shondells   (#1)
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago - The Yardbirds   (#30)
Happy Summer Days - Ronnie Dove   (#27)
A Hard Day's Night - Ramsey Lewis   (#29)  (instrumental)
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? - The Rolling Stones   (#9)
A Hazy Shade of Winter - Simon & Garfunkel   (#13)
He - The Righteous Brothers   (#18)
Hello Hello - The Sopwith "Camel"   (#26)
Help Me Girl - Eric Burdon & The Animals   (#29)
Hey Joe - The Leaves   (#31)
History Repeats Itself - Buddy Starcher   (#39)
Hold On! I'm A-Comin' - Sam & Dave   (#21)
Holy Cow - Lee Dorsey   (#23)
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel   (#5)
Hooray for Hazel - Tommy Roe   (#6)
How Do You Catch a Girl - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs   (#27)
How Does That Grab You, Darlin'? - Nancy Sinatra   (#7)
How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved By You) - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars   (#18)
Hungry - Paul Revere & The Raiders   (#6)
Husbands and Wives - Roger Miller   (#26)
I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel   (#3)
I Can Make It With You - Pozo-Seco Singers   (#32)
I Can't Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree - Just Us   (#34)
I Chose to Sing the Blues - Ray Charles   (#32)
I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark   (#9)
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four   (#9)
I Got the Feelin' (Oh No, No) - Neil Diamond   (#16)
I Hear Trumpets Blow - The Tokens   (#30)
I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself - Dionne Warwick   (#26)
(I Know) I'm Losing You - The Temptations   (#8)
I Love You 1000 Times - The Platters   (#31)
I Love You Drops - Vic Dana   (#30)
I Need Somebody - ? & The Mysterians   (#22)
I Really Don't Want to Know - Ronnie Dove   (#22)
I Saw Her Again (Last Night) - The Mamas & The Papas   (#5)
I See the Light - The Five Americans   (#26)
I Want To Go With You - Eddy Arnold   (#36)
I Want You - Bob Dylan   (#20)
(I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water - Johnny Rivers   (#19)
I'll Take Good Care of You - Garnet Mimms   (#30)
I'm A Believer - The Monkees   (#1)
I'm Comin' Home, Cindy - Trini Lopez   (#39)
I'm Ready for Love - Martha & The Vandellas   (#9)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - B.J. Thomas & The Triumphs   (#8)
I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify   (#6)
I've Got You Under My Skin - The 4 Seasons   (#9)
I've Passed This Way Before - Jimmy Ruffin   (#17)
If I Were A Carpenter - Bobby Darin   (#8)
The Impossible Dream (The Quest) - Jack Jones   (#35)
Inside - Looking Out - The Animals   (#34)
It Tears Me Up - Percy Sledge   (#20)
It's a Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown   (#8)
It's Now Winter's Day - Tommy Roe   (#23)
It's Only Love - Tommy James & The Shondells   (#31)
It's Over - Jimmie Rodgers   (#37)
It's Too Late - Bobby Goldsboro   (#23)
The Joker Went Wild - Brian Hyland   (#20)
Just Like a Woman - Bob Dylan   (#33)
Kicks - Paul Revere & The Raiders   (#4)
Knight in Rusty Armour - Peter & Gordon   (#15)
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd   (#28)
Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon   (#6)
Lady Jane - The Rolling Stones   (#24)
Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett   (#6)
The Land of Milk and Honey - The Vogues   (#29)
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees   (#1)
The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me - Eddy Arnold   (#40)
Leaning on the Lamp Post - Herman's Hermits   (#9)
Let's Fall in Love - Peaches & Herb   (#21)
Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles   (#31)
Let's Start All Over Again - Ronnie Dove   (#20)
Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie   (#1)
Like A Baby - Len Barry   (#27)
Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs   (#2)
Listen People - Herman's Hermits   (#3)
Little Girl - Syndicate of Sound   (#8)
The Little Girl I Once Knew - The Beach Boys   (#20)
Little Latin Lupe Lu - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels   (#17)
Little Man - Sonny & Cher   (#21)
Long Live Our Love - The Shangri-Las   (#33)
Look Through Any Window - The Hollies   (#32)
Look Through My Window - The Mamas & The Papas   (#24)
Look What You've Done - Pozo-Seco Singers   (#32)
Louie, Louie - The Sandpipers   (#30)
Love Is a Hurtin' Thing - Lou Rawls   (#13)
Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart - The Supremes   (#9)
Love Letters - Elvis Presley   (#19)
Love Makes the World Go 'Round - Deon Jackson   (#11)
Love Me with All of Your Heart - The Bachelors   (#38)
Love's Made a Fool of You - Bobby Fuller Four   (#26)
Magic Town - The Vogues   (#21)
Make Me Belong To You - Barbara Lewis   (#28)
Mama - B.J. Thomas   (#22)
Mame - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#19)
Mellow Yellow - Donovan   (#2)
The Men in My Little Girl's Life - Mike Douglas   (#6)
Message to Michael - Dionne Warwick   (#8)
Michelle - David & Jonathan   (#18)
Monday, Monday - The Mamas & The Papas   (#1)
The More I See You - Chris Montez   (#16)
Mother's Little Helper - The Rolling Stones   (#8)
Mr. Dieingly Sad - The Critters   (#17)
Mr. Spaceman - The Byrds   (#36)
A Must to Avoid - Herman's Hermits   (#8)
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett   (#23)
My Baby Loves Me - Martha & The Vandellas   (#22)
My Heart's Symphony - Gary Lewis & The Playboys   (#13)
My Love - Petula Clark   (#1)
My World Is Empty Without You - The Supremes   (#5)
Night Time - The Strangeloves   (#30)
Nothing's Too Good for My Baby - Stevie Wonder   (#20)
Nowhere Man - The Beatles   (#3)
Oh How Happy - Shades of Blue   (#12)
Oh Yeah - The Shadows of Knight   (#39)
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) - Barry Young   (#13)
One More Heartache - Marvin Gaye   (#29)
Open the Door to Your Heart - Darrell Banks   (#27)
Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me) - The 4 Seasons   (#13)
Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds   (#13)
Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones   (#1)
Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies - The Association   (#35)
Paperback Writer - The Beatles   (#1)
"The Phoenix" Love Theme (Senza Fine) - The Brass Ring   (#32)  (instrumental)
The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters   (#4)
A Place in the Sun - Stevie Wonder   (#9)
Please Tell Me Why - The Dave Clark Five   (#28)
Poor Side of Town - Johnny Rivers   (#1)
Popsicle - Jan & Dean   (#21)
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann   (#29)
Psychotic Reaction - Count Five   (#5)
Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds   (#36)
Rain - The Beatles   (#23)
Rain on the Roof - The Lovin' Spoonful   (#10)
The Rains Came - Sir Douglas Quintet   (#31)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan   (#2)
Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops   (#1)
Recovery - Fontella Bass   (#37)
Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle   (#2)
Respectable - The Outsiders   (#15)
Rhapsody in the Rain - Lou Christie   (#16)
(I'm a) Road Runner - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars   (#20)
Run, Run, Look and See - Brian Hyland   (#25)
S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) - Joe Tex   (#39)
Satisfaction - Otis Redding   (#31)
A Satisfied Mind - Bobby Hebb   (#39)
Say I Am (What I Am) - Tommy James & The Shondells   (#21)
Searching for My Love - Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces   (#27)
Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers   (#3)
Secret Love - Billy Stewart   (#29)
See See Rider - Eric Burdon & The Animals   (#10)
See You in September - The Happenings   (#3)
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) - Four Tops   (#18)
Shapes of Things - The Yardbirds   (#11)
A Sign of the Times - Petula Clark   (#11)
Single Girl - Sandy Posey   (#12)
Sloop John B - The Beach Boys   (#3)
Snoopy vs. the Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen   (#2)
Somewhere - Len Barry   (#26)
Somewhere There's A Someone - Dean Martin   (#32)
Somewhere, My Love - Ray Conniff & The Singers   (#9)
Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#27)  (instrumental)
Spinout - Elvis Presley   (#40)
Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies   (#7)
Strangers In the Night - Frank Sinatra   (#1)
Sugar Town - Nancy Sinatra   (#5)
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful   (#1)
Summer Samba (So Nice) - Walter Wanderley   (#26)  (instrumental)
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra   (#25)
Summertime - Billy Stewart   (#10)
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) - The Walker Brothers   (#13)
Sunny - Bobby Hebb   (#2)
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks   (#14)
Sunshine Superman - Donovan   (#1)
Sure Gonna Miss Her - Gary Lewis & The Playboys   (#9)
Sweet Dreams - Tommy McLain   (#15)
Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe   (#8)
Sweet Talkin' Guy - The Chiffons   (#10)
Talk Talk - The Music Machine   (#15)
Tar and Cement - Verdelle Smith   (#38)
Tell Me Why - Elvis Presley   (#33)
That's Life - Frank Sinatra   (#4)
There Will Never Be Another You - Chris Montez   (#33)
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra   (#1)
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV   (#3)
Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself to Sleep - Al Martino   (#30)
This Door Swings Both Ways - Herman's Hermits   (#12)
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) - The Isley Brothers   (#12)
Tijuana Taxi - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#38)  (instrumental)
Time After Time - Chris Montez   (#36)
Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders   (#5)
Together Again - Ray Charles   (#19)
Trains and Boats and Planes - Dionne Warwick   (#22)
Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding   (#25)
Try Too Hard - The Dave Clark Five   (#12)
Turn-Down Day - The Cyrkle   (#16)
Twinkle Toes - Roy Orbison   (#39)
Wade in the Water - Ramsey Lewis   (#19)  (instrumental)
Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke   (#5)
Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega   (#22)
Warm and Tender Love - Percy Sledge   (#17)
We Can Work It Out - The Beatles   (#1)
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? - Jimmy Ruffin   (#7)
What Now My Love - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#24)  (instrumental)
What Now My Love - Sonny & Cher   (#14)
The Wheel of Hurt - Margaret Whiting   (#26)
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge   (#1)
(When She Needs Good Lovin') She Comes to Me - The Chicago Loop   (#37)
Where Were You When I Needed You - The Grass Roots   (#28)
Where Will the Words Come From? - Gary Lewis & The Playboys   (#21)
Whispers (Gettin' Louder) - Jackie Wilson   (#11)
Who Am I - Petula Clark   (#21)
Wild Thing - The Troggs   (#1)
Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band   (#1)
Wipe Out - The Surfaris   (#16)  (instrumental)
With A Girl Like You - The Troggs   (#29)
Woman - Peter & Gordon   (#14)
Words of Love - The Mamas & The Papas   (#5)
The Work Song - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#18)  (instrumental)
Working in the Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey   (#8)
Working My Way Back to You - The 4 Seasons   (#9)
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys   (#8)
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles   (#2)
You Baby - The Turtles   (#20)
You've Been Cheatin' - The Impressions   (#33)
You Better Run - The Young Rascals   (#20)
You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes   (#1)
You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller   (#40)
You Didn't Have To Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful   (#10)
(You Don't Have To) Paint Me a Picture - Gary Lewis & The Playboys   (#15)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield   (#4)
You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Supremes   (#1)
(You're Gonna) Hurt Yourself - Frankie Valli   (#39)
(You're My) Soul and Inspiration - The Righteous Brothers   (#1)
Zorba the Greek - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass   (#11)  (instrumental)