The Music Explosion knock The Association out of the top spot on the chart as "Little Bit O'Soul" climbs to #1 and "Windy" falls to #3. Wedged in between them is Frankie Valli with his #2 Hit "Can't Take My Eyes Off You". "San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie holds at #4. "Don't Sleep In The Subway" by Petula Clark is up a notch to #5, "Come On Down To My Boat" by Every Mother's Son climbs two spots to #6, The Fifth Dimension continue their climb up the chart as "Up, Up And Away" moves from #10 to #7, and "Light My Fire" by The Doors and "C'mon Marianne" by The Four Seasons make their Top Ten debuts at #9 and #10 respectively.
Climbing up The Top 20 we find "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder (up to #11 from #17), "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procol Harum (#19 to #13), "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane (#21 to #14), "Society's Child" by Janis Ian (#18 to #15) ... that's three "white" songs in a row ... (think about it) ... "Mercy Mercy Mercy" by The Buckinghams becomes their third straight Top 20 Hit, moving from #24 to #16, "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles (#20 to #17), "Jackson" by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (#29 to #18), "Don't Go Out Into The Rain" by Herman's Hermits (up fifteen places from #34 to #19) and "I Take It Back" by Sandy Posey (#30 to #20).
#1 on the LP chart is "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles.
Kenny Rogers, Mike Settle, Terry Williams and Thelma Camacho leave The New Christy Minstrels to form The First Edition (with drummer Mickey Jones).
