List of number one hits in the UK charts (1968)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1968. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 50 and Albums Chart Top 40 determined by the Chart Information Network . There were 23 number-one singles and 14 number-one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1967 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1969 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) November 30, 1967 - January 17, 1968 7 weeks 7th The Beatles Hello, Goodbye John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - Jan. 18, 1968 - January 24, 1968 1 week 1 Georgie Fame The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde Music: Mitch Murray ; Text: Peter Callander - January 25, 1968 - February 7, 1968 2 weeks 2 The love affair Everlasting Love James E. Buzz Cason , Mack Gayden - February 8, 1968 - February 21, 1968 2 weeks 2 Manfred Mann Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) Bob Dylan - February 22, 1968 - March 13, 1968 3 weeks 3 Esther & Abi Ofarim Cinderella Rockefella Nancy Ames, Mason Douglas Williams - March 14, 1968 - March 20, 1968 1 week 1 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich The Legend of Xanadu Alan Tudor Blaikley, Kenneth Charles Howard - March 21, 1968 - April 3, 1968 2 weeks 2 The Beatles Lady Madonna John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - Apr. 04, 1968 - April 17, 1968 2 weeks 2 Cliff Richard Congratulations Phil Coulter , Bill Martin - April 18, 1968 - May 15, 1968 4 weeks 4th Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World / Cabaret George Douglas , George David Weiss / Music: John Kander ; Text: Fred Ebb - May 16, 1968 - June 12, 1968 4 weeks 4th Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Young Girl Jerry Fuller - June 13, 1968 - June 26, 1968 2 weeks 2 The Rolling Stones Jumpin 'Jack Flash Mick Jagger , Keith Richards - June 27, 1968 - July 17, 1968 3 weeks 3 The Equals Baby Come Back Edmund Grant - July 18, 1968 - July 24, 1968 1 week 1 O'Connor's I Pretend John Barry Mason , Leslie David Reed - July 25, 1968 - August 7, 1968 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Tommy James & the Shondells Mony Mony Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry, Thomas Conaway James - August 8, 1968 - August 14, 1968 1 week 1 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Fire Arthur Wilton Brown, Vincent Crane , Peter Ker, Michael Ivor Finesilver - August 15, 1968 - August 21, 1968 1 week (total 3) 3 Tommy James & the Shondells Mony, Mony Bobby Bloom, Ritchie Cordell, Bo Gentry, Thomas Conaway James - August 22, 1968 - August 28, 1968 1 week 1 The Beach Boys Do It Again Mike E. Love , Brian Wilson - August 29, 1968 - September 4, 1968 1 week 1 Bee Gees I've Gotta Get a Message to You Barry Alan Gibb , Robin Hugh Gibb , Maurice Ernest Gibb - September 5, 1968 - September 18, 1968 2 weeks 2 The Beatles Hey Jude John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - September 19, 1968 - October 30, 1968 6 weeks 6th Mary Hopkin Those Were the Days Gene Raskin - October 31, 1968 - November 6, 1968 1 week 1 Joe Cocker With a Little Help from My Friends John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney - Nov. 7, 1968 - December 4, 1968 4 weeks 4th Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Ennio Morricone - Dec. 05, 1968 - December 25th, 1968 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th The Scaffold Lily the Pink Mike McGear , John Gorman , Roger McGough - December 26, 1968 - January 1, 1969 1 week (total 3) 3 The Marmalade Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney -
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Albums

← 1967 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1969 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 31, 1967 - January 20, 1968 3 weeks 3 Val Doonican Val Doonican Rocks, but Gently - Jan. 21, 1968 - January 27, 1968 1 week (total 70) 70 ( Soundtrack ) The Sound of Music - Jan. 28, 1968 - February 3, 1968 1 week (total of 27) 27 The Beatles Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - February 4, 1968 - February 10, 1968 1 week 1 The Four Tops Greatest hits - February 11, 1968 - March 2, 1968 3 weeks 3 Diana Ross & the Supremes Greatest hits - Mar. 03, 1968 - May 11, 1968 10 weeks (total of 13) 13 Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding - May 12, 1968 - May 18, 1968 1 week 1 Scott Walker Scott 2 - May 19, 1968 - June 8, 1968 3 weeks (total of 13) 13 Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding - June 9, 1968 - June 15, 1968 1 week 1 Andy Williams Love Andy - June 16, 1968 - June 22, 1968 1 week 1 Otis Redding Dock of the Bay - June 23, 1968 - August 3, 1968 6 weeks 6th Small faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - August 4, 1968 - August 10, 1968 1 week (total 2) 2 Tom Jones Delilah - August 11, 1968 - September 14, 1968 5 weeks (total 7) 7th Simon & Garfunkel Bookends - September 15, 1968 - September 21, 1968 1 week (total 2) 2 Tom Jones Delilah - September 22, 1968 - October 5, 1968 2 weeks (total 7) 7th Simon & Garfunkel Bookends - October 6, 1968 - November 16, 1968 6 weeks (total 7) 7th The Hollies The Hollies' Greatest - November 17, 1968 - November 23, 1968 1 week (total 70) 70 (Soundtrack) The Sound of Music - November 24, 1968 - November 30, 1968 1 week 1 The Hollies The Hollies' Greatest - December 1, 1968 - January 18, 1969 7 weeks (8 in total) 8th The Beatles The Beatles (White Album) -
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The figures are based on the Chart Information Network's official UK sales hit parades . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parades

← 1967 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1969 →
Singles position# Albums What a Wonderful World / Cabaret Louis Armstrong George Douglas , George David Weiss / Music: John Kander ; Text: Fred Ebb 1 The Sound of Music ( Soundtrack ) I Pretend Des O'Connor John Barry Mason , Leslie David Reed 2 Tom Jones Live at the Talk of the Town Tom Jones Those Were the Days Mary Hopkin Gene Raskin 3 Greatest Hits Diana Ross & the Supremes Help Yourself Tom Jones Music: Carlo Donida Labati ; Original text: Giulio Rapetti Mogol ; English text: Jack Fishman 4th Greatest Hits The Four Tops Young Girl Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Jerry Fuller 5 Best of the Beach Boys The Beach Boys Delilah Tom Jones John Barry Mason , Leslie David Reed 6th 15 smash hits Tom Jones Little Arrows Leapy Lee Albert Louis Hammond , Mike Hazlewood 7th Jungle Book ( Original Soundtrack ) Baby Come Back The Equals Edmund Grant 8th Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra Ennio Morricone 9 The History of Otis Redding Otis Redding Hey Jude The Beatles John Winston Lennon , Paul James McCartney 10 John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan
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• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1968
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1968 / Top Albums of 1968

See also: 1968 number one hits in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Switzerland , Spain, and the United States .