As expected, Lulu takes over the #1 spot on the chart this week with her movie theme hit "To Sir With Love". "The Letter" by The Box Tops and "Never My Love" by The Association each fall a spot to numbers 2 and 3 respectively. Meanwhile, "How Can I Be Sure" by The Young Rascals continues its climb, moving from #6 to #4 this week. "Soul Man" by Sam and Dave enters The Top Ten, climbing from #14 to #6, as does "Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song" by The Buckinghams (#12 to #8), "Your Precious Love" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (#17 to #9) and "Expressway To Your Heart" by The Soul Survivors (#15 to #10).
"It Must Be Him" by Vikki Carr continues its rise up the ranks, moving from #24 to #11 this week, a jump of 13 positions. "A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin is up from #16 to #12, "People Are Strange" by The Doors climbs from #18 to #14, "Get On Up" by The Esquires moves up four spots from #20 to #16 and "Lightning's Girl" by Nancy Sinatra cracks The Top Twenty, moving from #25 to #20 this week.
Other big movers within The Top 40: "Incense And Peppermints" by The Strawberry Alarm Clock (#41 to #22), "Let It Out" by The Hombres (#28 to #23), "Please Love Me Forever" by Bobby Vinton (#39 to #24), "The Last Waltz" by Engelbert Humperdinck (#30 to #25), "I'm Wondering" by Stevie Wonder (#42 to #27), "Love Is Strange" by Peaches and Herb (#40 to #28), "The Rain, The Park And Other Things" by The Cowsills (#52 to #29), "Holiday" by The Bee Gees (#47 to #34) and last week's top debut, "It's You That I Need" by The Temptations, climbs from #61 to #39.
"Ode To Billie Joe" holds on to the #1 spot on the album chart.
55 people, including singer / activist Joan Baez (and her mother!), are arrested in Oakland, California, and sentenced to ten days in jail for blocking the entrance to the city's armed forces military induction center in protest of the draft.
