September 5, 2026
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: The Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending 9/7/68.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Background song: Soul Limbo - Booker T. and the MGs (#20 on our chart date)
Hello, I Love You - The Doors (#5 on our chart date down from #1 on the 8/3/68 BB Hot100)
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley (#4 on our chart date, song would go to #1 on 9/21 and stay there for two weeks; song was written by Tom T. Hall and would win Riley a Grammy for Best Country Performance, Female)
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano (#3 that week, as high as this cover of The Doors would go)
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf (#2: another song that was peaking)
People Got to be Free - The Rascals (#1 for the third of 5 weeks)
I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (#34: song was peaking for the Detroit performer known as "Mr. Excitement")
Journey to the Center of Your Mind - Amboy Dukes (#19: psychedelic rocker featuring Ted Nugent; down from its peak at #16)
The Weight - Jackie DeShannon (#65 on our chart date, the song would peak at #55; coincidentally, the original version by The Band was at #76 on our chart date)
*The Eyes of a New York Woman - B.J. Thomas (#32: song would peak at #28)
I Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin (#23: song would peak at #10 for the "Queen of Soul"; song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and had been a #4 hit for Dionne Warwick in 1967)
Shape of Things to Come - Max Frost and the Troopers (song was making its chart debut at #90 and would peak at #22)
Piece of My Heart - Big Brother and the Holding Company (#59 on our chart date, on its way to a peak of #12; song went to #62 for Erma Franklin in 1967; Janis Joplin would go solo in 1969)
Six Man Band - The Association (#48 on our chart date, the song would go only one spot higher)
Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension (#24; song was down from its #3 peak; written by Laura Nyro)
7:00 - 8:00 The Birthday Calendar
August 30:
John Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) - b. 1935
John McNally (The Searchers) - 85
August 31:
Jerry Allison (The Crickets) - b. 1939
Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac) - b. 1945
Van Morrison - 81
September 1:
Archie Bell - 82
Barry Gibb - 80
September 2:
Rick Lewis (The Silhouettes) - b. 1933
Jimmy Clanton - 88
Sam Gooden (The Impressions) - b. 1939
September 3:
Al Jardine (The Beach Boys) - 84
September 4:
Sonny Charles - 86
Merald "Bubba" Knight - 84
September 5:
John Stewart - b. 1939
Al Stewart - 81
Freddy Mercury (Queen) - b. 1946
For the Love of Ivy - The Mamas and The Papas (1968 - song was "Bubbling Under" at #104 on our chart date and would peak at #81)
When You Walk in the Room - The Searchers (1964 - #35: song was written by Jackie DeShannon and features a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar played by John McNally; group took their name from the movie of the same name starring John Wayne)
That'll Be the Day - Buddy Holly and the Crickets (1959 - #1: Jerry Allison co-wrote the song, which ranks #39/RS500, with Holly after seeing John Wayne say the line in the movie "The Searchers")
Sentimental Lady - Fleetwood Mac (1972 - DNC: original version from the "Bare Trees" LP written by Bob Welch for his wife; it would be a #8 hit for him when he re-recorded it as a solo artist in 1977)
Call Me Up in Dreamland - Van Morrison (1971 - #95: released from Morrison's "His Band and Street Choir" LP)
I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell and the Drells (1968 - #9: follow-up to "Tighten Up", song peaked on our chart date)
I've Gotta Get a Message to You - The Bee-Gees (1968 - #8: song was #30 on our chart date; Barry Gibb co-wrote the song and sang lead vocals on the second verse)
Get a Job - The Silhouettes (1958 - #1: Rick Lewis sang tenor for the doo-wop group out of Philadelphia)
Venus in Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton (1962 - #7: song was written by Neil Sedaka)
Gypsy Woman - The Impressions (1961 - #20: Sam Gooden sang bass for the group that featured Curtis Mayfield)
Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys (1965 - #1: one of the group's few songs that featured Al Jardine on lead vocals)
Black Pearl - Sonny Charles and the Checkmates, Ltd. (1969 - #13: song was produced by Phil Spector)
I Wish It Would Rain - Gladys Knight and the Pips (1968 - #41: their cover of The Temptations hit, the song was #49 on our chart date)
Armstrong - John Stewart (1969 - #74: his tribute to man's first steps on the moon)
Flying Sorcery - Al Stewart (1977 - DNC: song was released as the "B"-side to "On the Border")
8:00 - 9:00
Killer Queen - Queen (1975 - #12: the first charting single for the band)
Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (#17 on our chart date on its way up to a peak of #6; Beatles cover)
Lady Madonna - Fats Domino (another Beatles cover, and Domino's last charting single, the song was making its chart debut on 9/7/68 at #100 and would go no higher)
Turn Around Look at Me - The Vogues (#14 on our chart date, down from its peak at #7; their song "My Special Angel" made its chart debut the same week)
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (#11 on our chart date, down from a peak at #5; we heard the LP version of the song which ranks #65/RS500)
Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It) - Sam & Dave (song was at #55, down from its peak at #54)
Pictures of Matchstick Men - The Status Quo (song had peaked at #12 and was down to #31 on our chart date)
Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens (song was peaking at #28 on our chart date, up from #33 the previous week)
1,2,3, Red Light - The 1910 Fruitgum Company (the bubblegum hit was at #7 on its way up to a peak of #5)
45 Corner
Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (song was making its chart debut at #89, on its way up to #2 for one of the original shock rockers; "Hey Jude" kept it from #1)
Naturally Stoned - The Avant-Garde (#89 on our chart date and would peak at #40; group featured future game show host Chuck Woolery, who wrote the song)
Hush - Deep Purple (#13 on our chart date, the song, written by Joe South, would peak at #4)
Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (down from its peak at #27, the song was at #39 on our chart date)
In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (we heard the single version of the heavy metal classic, which was #67 on our chart date on its way up to #30)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
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