Mining the Charts: Canada supplement for Autumn 1968

 Canada Autumn 1968

Mining the Charts: Billboard's Hits of the World supplement for Autumn 1968

 

Only 5 songs because I previously included a bunch of them in the Mining the Charts Autumn 1968 folder when I posted it back on the 20th of March.

HOLLAND

Don't You Cry For A Girl - The Shoes

Lea - The Cats

DENMARK

Evening's Child - Savage Rose

SWEDEN

Let's Dance - Ola & The Janglers

FRANCE

Tiger - Brian Auger & The Trinity

HOTW Autumn 1968

Mining the Charts: Canada supplement for Summer 1968

 

Canada Summer 1968

Mining the Charts: Billboard's Hits of the World supplement for Summer 1968

 

PHILIPPINES

And You Let Her Pass - The Rogues

Every Single Day - Two of Each

Here's a Heart - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

If Ever I Would Leave You - The Bachelors

It's Getting Harder All The Time - The Mindbenders

Why Can't I Remember - Samantha Jones

SWITZERLAND

Heavenly Club - Les Sauterelles

This Side of Heaven - David McWilliams

HOLLAND

Dong-Dong-Di-Ki-Di-Gi-Dong - Golden Earrings

Times Were When - The Cats

DENMARK

A Girl I Knew - The Savage Rose

NORWAY

Things - Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin

AUSTRIA

And At Night - The Lords

NEW ZEALAND

The Rivers Run Dry - Mr. Lee Grant

AUSTRALIA

The Orange and The Green - The Irish Rovers

HOTW Summer 1968

Mining the Charts: Canada supplement for Spring 1968

 

As the music industry polar flip plowed through 1968, RPM eliminated it's Canadian Hits chart in February, and by April Canadian artist records all but disappeared from the RPM 100 chart. The only record that carried-over into April (barely) was by the Lords of London and during the next 3 months only 3 Canadian artists successfully landed records in the RPM 100, which became just another Top 100 chart akin to those found in Cash Box, Billboard and Record World. Nothing to see here.

Gordon Lightfoot, Witness Inc. and 3's a Crowd were the chosen three. RPM did return a short Canadian Content chart (there's a big difference between "content" and "hits") at some point during the summer of 1968, perhaps following a backlash in regards to what transpired during the Spring.

Canada Spring 1968 

Mining the Charts: Billboard's Hits of the World supplement for Spring 1968

 

The record / music industry went through a polarity flip around 1968 and its on full display here. Not only in quantity, but quality as well. Not much to see here.

MALAYSIA

Dawn Go Away - The Rockin' Berries

Don't Be Surprised - Naomi & The Boys

Man Without A Woman - The Flower Pot Men

Up the Junction - Manfred Mann

BELGIUM

Giddy Up A Ding Dong - O.J. Armath

My Year Is A Day - Les Irresistibles

I'll Never Leave You - Nicole Croisille

HOLLAND

I've Just Lost Somebody - Golden Earrings

SWEDEN

Two Faces Have I - The New Generation

IRELAND

Simon Says - Dickie Rock & The Miami

HOTW Spring 1968

Mining the Charts: Canada supplement for Winter 1968

 

Canada Winter 1968