List of mono and Stereo 45s - 1968

The following is a list of every single that peaked on the Billboard Top 40 chart in 1968 (based on Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual 1955-1999 publication) and also includes the Top 40 hits Pat has included in the database based a composite of other music charts. Through extensive research (and the assistance of many, many posted contributions here on this message board from very helpful board members, especially my good friend Jim a.k.a. "jimct"), I've made my best efforts to determine whether the corresponding commercial 45 release for each single was issued in mono or stereo. This list only accounts for original 45 releases and not later re-issues.

I have posted a mono/stereo 45 list for each year from 1968-1975 (see links below) and hope forum members and fellow music collectors will find these lists to be a useful reference guide. I also highly encourage anyone to let me know if there are any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions so that I can make the necessary corrections.


Mono and Stereo Commercial 45 Releases of Top 40 Singles from 1968

Acklin, Barbara - "Love Makes a Woman" (mono)
Alpert, Herb - "This Guy's in Love with You" (mono)
Alpert, Herb, & the Tijuana Brass - "My Favorite Things" (mono)
Amboy Dukes, The - "Journey to the Center of the Mind" (mono)
American Breed, The - "Bend Me, Shape Me" (mono)
American Breed, The - "Green Light "(mono)
Ames, Ed - "Who Will Answer?" (mono)
Archies, The - "Bang-Shang-a-Lang" (mono)
Association, The - "Everything That Touches You" (mono)
Association, The - "Six Man Band" (mono)
Association, The - "Time for Livin'" (mono)
Avant-Garde, The - "Naturally Stoned" (mono)
Balloon Farm, The - "A Question of Temperature" (mono)
Beach Boys, The - "Darlin'" (mono)
Beach Boys, The - "Do It Again" (mono)
Beach Boys, The - "Friends" (mono and stereo)
Beatles, The - "Hey Jude" (mono)
Beatles, The - "Lady Madonna" (mono)
Beatles, The - "Revolution" (mono)
Bee Gees - "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (mono)
Bee Gees - "Words" (mono)
Bell, Archie, & the Drells - "I Can't Stop Dancing" (mono)
Bell, Archie, & the Drells - "Tighten Up" (mono)
Bell, Madeline - "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (mono)
Big Brother & the Holding Company - "Piece of My Heart" (mono)
Blue Cheer - "Summertime Blues" (mono and stereo)
Booker T. & the MG's - "Soul-Limbo" (mono)
Box Tops, The - "Choo Choo Train" (mono)
Box Tops, The - "Cry Like a Baby" (mono)
Box Tops, The - "I Met Her in Church" (mono)
Boyce, Tommy, & Mike Hart - "Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)" (mono)
Boyce, Tommy, & Mike Hart - "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite" (mono)
Brown, Arthur, The Crazy World of - "Fire" (mono)
Brown, James - "Goodbye My Love" (mono)
Brown, James - "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1)" (mono and stereo)
Brown, James, and the Famous Flames - "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)" (mono)
Brown, James, and the Famous Flames - "I Got the Feelin'" (mono)
Brown, James, and the Famous Flames - "Licking Stick - Licking Stick (Part 1)" (mono)
Brown, James, and the Famous Flames - "There Was a Time" (mono)
Buckinghams, The - "Susan" (mono)
Bull & the Matadors - "The Funky Judge" (mono)
Burdon, Eric, & the Animals - "Monterey" (mono)
Burdon, Eric, & the Animals - "Sky Pilot (Part One)" (mono and stereo)
Butler, Jerry - "Never Give You Up" (mono)
Butler, Jerry - "Hey, Western Union Man" (mono)
Canned Heat - "On the Road Again" (mono)
Campbell, Glen - "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" (mono)
Campbell, Glen - "Gentle on My Mind" (mono)
Campbell, Glen - "I Wanna Live" (mono)
Cargill, Henson - "Skip a Rope" (mono)
Carr, Vikki - "The Lesson" (mono)
Carter, Clarence - "Slip Away" (mono)
Cash, Johnny - "Folsom Prison Blues" (mono)
Chambers Brothers, The - "I Can Turn You Loose" (mono)
Chambers Brothers, The - "Time Has Come Today" (mono)
Chandler, Gene, and Barbara Acklin - "From the Teacher to the Preacher" (mono)
Charles, Ray - Eleanor Rigby (mono)
Clark, Petula - "Don't Give Up" (mono)
Clark, Petula - "Kiss Me Goodbye" (mono)
Classics IV - "Spooky" (mono)
Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost - "Stormy" (mono)
Collins, Judy - "Both Sides Now" (mono - all 45 copies incorrectly state "stereo" on the label)
Conley, Arthur - "Funky Street" (mono)
Cowsills, The - "Indian Lake" (mono)
Cowsills, The - "Poor Baby" (mono)
Cowsills, The - "We Can Fly" (mono)
Cream - "White Room" (mono)
Cream, The - "Sunshine of Your Love" (mono)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Suzie Q (Part One)" (mono)
Deep Purple - "Hush" (mono)
Deep Purple - "Kentucky Woman" (mono)
Delfonics, The - "Break Your Promise" (mono)
Delfonics, The - "La - La - Means I Love You" (mono)
Dells, The - "Always Together" (mono)
Dells, The - "Stay in My Corner" (mono)
Dells, The - "There Is" (mono)
Dion - "Abraham, Martin & John" (mono)
Donovan - "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (mono)
Donovan - "Jennifer Juniper" (mono)
Donovan - "Lalena" (mono)
Doors, The - "Hello, I Love You" (stereo)
Doors, The - "Love Me Two Times" (mono)
Doors, The - "The Unknown Soldier" (mono)
Equals, The - "Baby, Come Back" (mono)
Fame, Georgie, and the Blue Flames - "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" (mono)
Fantastic Johnny C, The - "Hitch It to the Horse" (mono)
Fardon, Don - "(The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation" (mono)
Feliciano, Jose - "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (mono)
Feliciano, Jose - "Light My Fire" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Carpet Man" (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Stoned Soul Picnic (mono)
5th Dimension, The - "Sweet Blindness" (stereo)
Fireballs, The - "Bottle of Wine" (mono)
First Edition, The - "Just Dropped in (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (mono)
Floyd, Eddie - "Bring It on Home to Me" (mono)
Floyd, Eddie - "I've Never Found a Girl (to Love Me Like You Do)" (mono)
Foundations, The - "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (mono)
Four Jacks and a Jill - "Master Jack" (mono)
4 Seasons, The - "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (mono)
Four Tops - "If I Were a Carpenter" (mono)
Four Tops - "Walk Away Renee" (mono)
Four Tops - "Yesterday's Dreams" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Ain't No Way" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Chain of Fools" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "The House That Jack Built" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "I Say a Little Prayer" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "See Saw" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (mono)
Franklin, Aretha - "Think" (mono)
Fred, John, & His Playboy Band - "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" (mono)
Friend and Lover - "Reach out of the Darkness" (mono)
Frost, Max, and the Troopers - "Shape of Things to Come" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "Chained" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin - "You" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin, & Tammi Terrell - "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin, & Tammi Terrell - "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin, & Tammi Terrell - "Keep on Lovin' Me Honey" (mono)
Gaye, Marvin, & Tammi Terrell - "You're All I Need to Get By" (mono)
Gene & Debbe - "Playboy" (mono)
Goldsboro, Bobby - "Autumn of My Life" (mono)
Goldsboro, Bobby - "Honey" (mono)
Goldsboro, Bobby - "The Straight Life" (mono)
Grass Roots, The - "Midnight Confessions" (mono)
Harris, Richard - "MacArthur Park" (mono)
Hendrix, Jimi, The, Experience - "All Along the Watchtower" (mono)
Hendrix, Jimi, The, Experience - "Crosstown Traffic" (mono)
Herman's Hermits - "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving" (mono)
Hesitations, The - "Born Free" (mono)
Hollies, The - "Jennifer Eccles" (mono)
Hopkin, Mary - "Those Were the Days" (mono)
Human Beinz, The - "Nobody but Me" (mono)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "Am I That Easy to Forget" (mono)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" (mono)
Humperdinck, Engelbert - "A Man Without Love(Quando M'innamoro)" (mono)
Impressions, The - "Fool for You" (mono)
Impressions, The - "We're a Winner" (mono)
Intruders, The - "Cowboys to Girls" (mono)
Intruders, The - (Love Is Like a) Baseball Game" (mono)
Irish Rovers, The - "The Unicorn" (mono)
Iron Butterfly - "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" (mono)
James, Etta - "Security" (mono)
James, Etta - "Tell Mama" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Do Something to Me" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Get out Now" (mono)
James, Tommy, and the Shondells - "Mony Mony" (mono)
Jay and the Techniques - "Strawberry Shortcake" (mono)
John, Robert - "If You Don't Want My Love" (mono)
Jones, Tom - "Delilah" (mono and stereo)
Jones, Tom - "Help Yourself" (mono)
Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus - "Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)" (mono)
Kim, Andy - "How'd We Ever Get This Way" (mono)
Kim, Andy - "Shoot'em Up, Baby" (mono)
King, B.B. - "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "The End of Our Road" (mono)
Knight, Gladys, & the Pips - "It Should Have Been Me" (mono)
Leapy Lee - "Little Arrows" (mono)
Lefevre, Raymond - "Ame Caline (Soul Coaxing)" (mono)
Lemon Pipers, The - "Green Tambourine" (mono)
Lettermen, The - "Goin' out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes off You" (mono)
Lewis, Gary, and the Playboys - "Sealed with a Kiss" (mono)
Long, Shorty - "Here Comes the Judge" (mono)
Lulu - "Best of Both Worlds" (mono)
Magic Lanterns - "Shame, Shame" (mono)
Mama Cass with the Mamas & the Papas - "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (mono)
Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (mono)
Markham, Pigmeat - "Here Comes the Judge" (mono)
Marvelettes, The - "My Baby Must Be a Magician" (mono)
Masakela, Hugh - "Grazing in the Grass" (mono)
Mauriat, Paul, and His Orchestra - "Love Is Blue" (mono)
Medley, Bill - "Brown Eyed Woman" (mono)
Mendes, Sergio, & Brasil '66 - "The Fool on the Hill" (mono)
Mendes, Sergio, & Brasil '66 - "The Look of Love" (mono)
Mendes, Sergio, & Brasil '66 - "Scarborough Fair" (mono)
Miller, Roger - "Little Green Apples" (mono)
Mills Brothers, The - "Cab Driver" (mono)
Mitchell, Willie - "Soul Serenade" (mono)
Monkees, The - "D.W. Washburn" (mono)
Monkees, The - "Tapioca Tundra" (mono)
Monkees, The - "Valleri" (mono)
Montenegro, Hugo, His Orchestra and Chorus - "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" (mono)
Moody Blues, The - "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" (mono)
Nash, Johnny - "Hold Me Tight" (mono)
New Colony Six - "I Will Always Think About You" (mono)
1910 Fruitgum Co. - "Goody Goody Gumdrops" (mono)
1910 Fruitgum Co. - "1, 2, 3, Red Light" (mono)
1910 Fruitgum Co. - "Simon Says" (mono)
Nobles, Cliff, & Co. - "The Horse" (mono)
Ohio Express - "Chewy Chewy" (mono)
Ohio Express - "Down at Lulu's" (mono)
Ohio Express - "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (mono)
O'Kaysions, The - "Girl Watcher" (mono)
Peaches & Herb - "Two Little Kids" (mono)
Peaches & Herb - "United" (mono)
People - "I Love You" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "I'm a Midnight Mover" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "She's Lookin' Good" (stereo)
Pitney, Gene - "She's a Heartbreaker" (mono)
Presley, Elvis - "Guitar Man" [original version] (mono)
Presley, Elvis, with the Jordanaires - "U.S. Male" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "Lady Willpower" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "Over You" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "Woman, Woman" (mono)
Puckett, Gary, and the Union Gap - "Young Girl" (mono)
Rascals, The - "People Got to Be Free" (mono)
Rascals, The - "A Beautiful Morning" (stereo)
Rascals, The [The Young Rascals] - "It's Wonderful" (mono)
Redding, Otis - "Amen" (mono)
Redding, Otis - "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" (mono)
Redding, Otis - "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (mono)
Redding, Otis - "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" (mono)
Revere, Paul, and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay - "Don't Take It So Hard" (mono)
Revere, Paul, and the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay - "Too Much Talk" (mono)
Riley, Jeannie C. - "Harper Valley P.T.A." (mono)
Rivers, Johnny - "Look to Your Soul" (mono)
Rivers, Johnny - "Summer Rain" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "If You Can Want" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Special Occasion" (mono)
Robinson, Smokey, & the Miracles - "Yester Love" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "She's a Rainbow" (mono)
Rolling Stones, The - "Street Fighting Man" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "Forever Came Today" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "Love Child" (mono)
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes - "Some Things You Never Get Used To" (mono)
Rush, Merrillee, & the Turnabouts - "Angel of the Morning" (mono)
Russell, Bobby - "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" (mono)
Sam & Dave - "I Thank You" (mono)
Sandpebbles, The - "Love Power" (mono)
Schifren, Lalo - "Mission-Impossible" (mono)
Scott, Peggy, & Jo Jo Benson - "A Lover's Holiday" (mono)
Scott, Peggy, & Jo Jo Benson - "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" (mono)
Simon, Joe - "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (mono)
Simon & Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson" (mono)
Simon & Garfunkel - "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" (mono)
Sinatra, Frank - "Cycles" (mono)
Sinatra, Nancy, & Lee Hazlewood - "Some Velvet Morning" (mono)
Sledge, Percy - "Take Time to Know Her" (mono)
Sly & the Family Stone - "Dance to the Music" (mono)
Small Faces - "Itchycoo Park" (mono)
Smith, O.C. - "Little Green Apples" (mono)
Smith, O.C. - "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp" (mono)
Soul Survivors - "Explosion (in Your Soul)" (mono)
Spanky and Our Gang - "Give a Damn" (mono)
Spanky and Our Gang - "Like to Get to Know You" (mono)
Spanky and Our Gang - "Sunday Mornin'" (mono)
Status Quo, The - "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild" (mono)
Steppenwolf - "Magic Carpet Ride" (mono)
Stevens, Ray - "Mr. Businessman" (mono)
Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt - "Different Drum" (mono)
Strawberry Alarm Clock - "Tomorrow" (mono)
Sweet Inspirations, The - "Sweet Inspiration" (mono)
Taylor, Bobby, & the Vancouvers - "Does Your Mama Know About Me" (mono)
Taylor, Johnnie - "Who's Making Love" (mono)
Temptations, The - "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" (mono)
Temptations, The - "I Wish It Would Rain" (mono)
Temptations, The - "Please Return Your Love to Me" (mono)
Tex, Joe - "Men Are Gettin' Scarce" (mono)
Thomas, B.J. - "The Eyes of a New York Woman" (mono)
Tiny Tim - "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips with Me" (mono)
Tremeloes, The - "Suddenly You Love Me" (mono)
Troggs, The - "Love Is All Around" (mono)
Turtles, The - "Elenore" (mono)
Tymes, The - "People" (mono)
Unifics, The - "Court of Love" (mono)
Valli, Frankie - "To Give (the Reason I Live)" (mono)
Vanilla Fudge - "Take Me for a Little While" (mono)
Vanilla Fudge - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (mono)
Vee, Bobby - "My Girl/Hey Girl" (mono)
Vera, Billy - "With Pen in Hand" (mono)
Vera, Billy, & Judy Clay - "Country Girl - City Man" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "Halfway to Paradise" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "I Love How You Love Me" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "Just as Much as Ever" (mono)
Vinton, Bobby - "Take Good Care of My Baby" (mono)
Vogues, The - "My Special Angel" (mono)
Vogues, The - "Till" (mono)
Vogues, The - "Turn Around, Look at Me" (mono)
Walker, Jr., & the All Stars - "Come See About Me" (mono)
Walker, Jr., & the All Stars - "Hip City - Pt. 2" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Promises, Promises" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Theme from Valley of the Dolls" (mono)
Warwick, Dionne - "Who Is Gonna Love Me?" (mono)
Who, The - "Call Me Lightning" (mono)
Who, The - "Magic Bus" (mono)
Williams, Andy, with the St. Charles Borromeo Choir - "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (mono)
Williams, Mason - "Classical Gas" (mono)
Wilson, Al - "The Snake" (mono)
Wilson, Jackie - "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (mono)
Wilson, Nancy - "Face It Girl, It's Over" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "For Once in My Life" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (mono)
Wonder, Stevie - "You Met Your Match" (mono)
Wright, Betty - "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" (mono)


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Edited by Todd Ireland

Ed Ames, Glen Campbell, Henson Cargill, Engelbert Humperdinck, Joe Simon
and Billy Vera are all in mono (based on original 45s--if you need specific
45 labels/numbers and/or inner ring info, please let me know.

Nice work, Todd! A few more I can confirm:

Carr, Vikki - "The Lesson" (mono)
Kim, Andy - "Shoot'Em Up, Baby" (mono)
Pickett, Wilson - "I'm A Midnight Mover" (mono)
Rivers, Johnny - "Look To Your Soul" (mono)

And, based on the previous discussion in David's "stereo vs. mono 45s" thread:

Brown, James - "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1)" (mono and stereo)



Edited by Yah Shure

Fantastic list, Todd! I've always wanted to have such a reference, but didn't think I was capable of compiling one myself. Bravo!

Thanks everyone for all your feedback and valuable input! I've gone back and incorporated the new information into the master list. This leaves Bill Medley's "Brown Eyed Woman" and Frank Sinatra's "Cycles" as the only 45s left without a confirmed mix designation.