Category: Hot 100

Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.

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• July 1
  • The Central Intelligence Agency’s Phoenix Program is officially established.
  • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty opens for signature.
• July 4 – Yachtsman Alec Rose, 59, receives a hero’s welcome as he sails into Portsmouth, England after his 354-day round-the-world trip.
• July 13 – 1968 flu pandemic: Influenza A virus sub-type H3N2 first recorded in Hong Kong.
• July 15 – The soap opera One Life to Live premieres on ABC television in the United States.
• July 17 – Saddam Hussein becomes Vice Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Iraq after a coup d’état.
• July 18 – The semiconductor company Intel is founded.
• July 20 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Ill, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
• July 23–28 – Black militants led by Fred (Ahmed) Evans engage in a fierce gunfight with police in the Glenville Shootout of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
• July 25 – Pope Paul VI publishes the encyclical entitled Humanae vitae, on birth control.
• July 26 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to 5 years hard labor, for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
• July 29
  • Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica for the first time in centuries.
  • Yorkshire Television starts broadcasting.
• July 30 – Thames Television starts transmission in London.
• July 31 – BBC television sitcom Dad’s Army is broadcast for the first time in the UK.

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Source: ‘1968’; Wikipedia

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Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.

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— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —

 “CHERISH” | THE ASSOCIATION | VALIANT

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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

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September 18 through October 8, 1966

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“Cherish” by The Association debuted on the Billboard singles charts at #66, for the week ending, August 27, 1966. The Los Angeles-based six-man band would make its eventual climb to its three-week stay at the top — its fifth week on the charts — beginning September 18 through week-ending October 8, 1966.

Twelve weeks overall on the pop singles charts, “Cherish” drops out at #32 on its last charted week on Billboard, week-ending November 12, 1966.

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The above song/chart information researched by the author. Source credit: Billboard Hot 100 weekly charts of 1966

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— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —

 “(I Can’t Get No) SATISFACTION” | THE ROLLING STONES |  LONDON 9766

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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

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JULY 10 through July 31, 1965

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“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones debuted on the Billboard singles chart at #67, for the week ending, June 12, 1965. The Stones’ single would make its eventual climb to its four-week stay at the top — its fifth week on the charts — week-ending July 10 through week-ending July 31, 1965.

Fourteen weeks overall on the pop singles chart, “Satisfaction” dropped to #41 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending September 11, 1965.

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— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —

 “CHAPEL OF LOVE” | DIXIE CUPS |  RED BIRD 001

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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES NATIONALLY AND RADIO AIRPLAY

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MAY 31 through JUNE 20, 1964

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“Chapel Of Love” by The Dixie Cups debuted on the Billboard singles charts at # 72, for the week-ending, May 2, 1964. Just six weeks on the charts, the single hits the number one position for the week-ending June 6, 1964, having knocked off The Beatles’ fourth number one single (to date) here in the United States, “Love Me Do”.

Thirteen weeks on the charts, The Dixie Cups single dropped to #32 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending July 25, 1964.

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