Nick’s Popular Music Ranking for December 1968

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Positions are based on comparative chart performances within formats and weighted by market share of formats. Stats for the past twelve months (it works a bit like the tennis or golf ranking system)…

 

1    (1)   Tom Jones

2    (3)   Otis Redding

3    (2)   The Beach Boys

4    (4)   Englebert Humperdinck

5    (5)   The Four Tops

6    (7)   Diana Ross and the Supremes

7    (6)   The Beatles

8    (9)   Simon & Garfunkel

9    (8)   The Bee Gees

10  (10) Fleetwood Mac

11  (11) The Jimi Hendrix Experience

12  (12) Cream

13  (16) The Seekers

14  (19) The Hollies

15  (13) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

16  (15) Andy Williams

17  (14) The Small Faces

18  (17) Val Doonican

19  (24) Des O’Connor

20  (18) Aretha Franklin

21  (25) The Love Affair

22  (20) Esther & Abi Ofarim

23  (28) The Moody Blues

24  (21) Donovan

25  (26) Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

26  (27) Bob Dylan

27  (22) The Monkees

28  (23) Scott Walker

29  (30) Canned Heat

30  (31) The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

31  (33) The Tremeloes

32  (29) Cliff Richard

33  (32) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

34  (34) Amen Corner

35  (36) Herman’s Hermits

36  (35) Louis Armstrong

37  (38) The Rolling Stones

38  (40) Dionne Warwick

39  (42) Don Partridge

40  (37) John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

41  (45) Cilla Black

42  (43) Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity

43  (44) John Rowles

44  (60) Lulu

45  (46) Solomon King

46  (41) The Temptations

47  (48) Manfred Mann

48  (47) The Incredible String Band

49  (64) Jose Feliciano

50  (39) The Equals