List of number-one singles of 1968 (Canada)

This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1968.[n 2][n 3]

Top singles chart of 1968
denotes Canadian Content
Volume:IssueIssue Date(s)SongArtistReference
8:196 January"Hello, Goodbye"The Beatles[1]
8:2013 January"Woman, Woman"The Union Gap[2]
8:2120 January"Next Plane to London"The Rose Garden[3]
8:2227 January"Itchycoo Park"Small Faces[4]
8:233 February"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart[5]
8:2410 February"Baby Now That I've Found You"The Foundations[6]
8:2517 February"Zabadak"Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich[7]
8:2624 February"Spooky"Classics IV[8]
9:12 March"I Can Take or Leave Your Loving"Herman's Hermits[9]
9:29 March"Words"Bee Gees[10]
9:316 March"Simon Says"1910 Fruitgum Company[11]
9:423 March"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"Georgie Fame[12]
9:5 30 March [13]
9:66 April"La-La (Means I Love You)"The Delfonics[14]
9:713 April"Valleri"The Monkees[15]
9:820 April"Young Girl"The Union Gap[16]
9:927 April"Honey"Bobby Goldsboro[17]
9:10 4 May [18]
9:1111 May"A Beautiful Morning"The Rascals[19]
9:1218 May"Mrs. Robinson"Simon & Garfunkel[20]
9:13 25 May [21]
9:141 June"Master Jack"Four Jacks and a Jill[22]
9:15 8 June [23]
9:1615 June"Yummy Yummy Yummy"Ohio Express[24]
9:1722 June"MacArthur Park"Richard Harris[25]
9:1829 June"This Guy's in Love with You"Herb Alpert
9:196 July"Angel of the Morning"Merrillee Rush[26]
9:2013 July"Lady Willpower"Gary Puckett & The Union Gap[27]
9:21 20 July [28]
27 July [n 4]
9:22–23 3 August [29][n 5]
10 August
9:2419 August"Hello, I Love You"The Doors[30][n 6]
9:2626 August"People Got to Be Free"The Rascals[31][n 7]
10.12 September"Born to Be Wild"Steppenwolf [32]
10.29 September"Light My Fire"José Feliciano[33]
10:316 September"1, 2, 3, Red Light"1910 Fruitgum Company[34]
10:423 September"Harper Valley PTA"Jeannie C. Riley[35]
10:530 September"Hey Jude"The Beatles[36]
10:6 7 October [37]
10:7 14 October [38]
10:821 October"Fire"Arthur Brown[39]
10:928 October"Those Were the Days"Mary Hopkin[40]
10:10 2 November [41]
10:1111 November"Hold Me Tight"Johnny Nash[42]
10:1218 November"Magic Carpet Ride"Steppenwolf [43]
10:1325 November"Abraham, Martin and John"Dion[44]
10:142 December"Love Child"Diana Ross & the Supremes[45]
10:15 9 December [46]
10:1616 December"Wichita Lineman"Glen Campbell[47]
10:17–18 23 December [48][n 8]
30 December

See also

References

Notes
  1. The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
    The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match.
  2. A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
  3. † On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
  4. No issue was published the week of 27 July 1968, as implied by the issue numbering.
  5. On the week of 3 August 1968, issues 22 & 23 are released.
  6. On the week of 19 August 1968, the issues are numbered 23 & 24, in spite of 23 being an issue of 3 August 1968.
  7. Although the charts were corresponding, the archive numbered this as no. 26 instead of 25.
  8. On the week of 23 December 1968, issues 17 & 18 are released.

Citations
  1. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 19. 6 January 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  2. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 20. 13 January 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  3. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 21. 20 January 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  4. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 22. 27 January 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  5. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 23. 3 February 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  6. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 24. 10 February 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  7. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 25. 17 February 1968. p. 6 – via American Radio History.
  8. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 8 no. 26. 24 February 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  9. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 1. 2 March 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  10. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 2. 9 March 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  11. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 3. 16 March 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  12. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 4. 23 March 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  13. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 5. 30 March 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  14. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 6. 6 April 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  15. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 7. 13 April 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  16. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 8. 20 April 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  17. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 9. 27 April 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  18. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 10. 4 May 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  19. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 11. 11 May 1968. p. 1 – via American Radio History.
  20. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 12. 18 May 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  21. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 13. 25 May 1968. p. 12 – via American Radio History.
  22. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 14. 1 June 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  23. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 15. 8 June 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  24. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 16. 15 June 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  25. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 17. 22 June 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  26. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 19. 6 July 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  27. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 20. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  28. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 21. 20 July 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  29. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 22–23. 3 August 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  30. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 19 August 1968 no. 23–24. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  31. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 9 no. 26. 26 August 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  32. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 1. 2 September 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  33. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 2. 9 September 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  34. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 3. 16 September 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  35. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 4. 23 September 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  36. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 5. 30 September 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  37. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 6. 7 October 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  38. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 7. 14 October 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  39. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 8. 21 October 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  40. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 10 no. 9. 28 October 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  41. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 10. 2 November 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  42. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 11. 11 November 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  43. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 12. 18 November 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  44. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 13. 25 November 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  45. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 14. 2 December 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  46. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 15. 9 December 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  47. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 16. 16 December 1968. p. 5 – via American Radio History.
  48. "The RPM 100" (PDF). RPM Music Weekly. Vol. 10 no. 17–18. 23 December 1968. p. 11 – via American Radio History.

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