WLS Top 40 for October 7, 1968-- Part 4: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"

Fifty years ago.

25.  FIRE--  Five By Five      #52    True one-hit wonders.  Jimi couldn't have done any better.  On Paula Records.  Great use of the organ.  Quartet from Arkansas.

24.  BABY COME BACK--  Equals      #32   Another true one-hit wonders.  First interracial British-Jamaican group, featuring Eddy Grant.

23.  INDIAN RESERVATION--  Don Fardon    #20  Full song title  "(The Lament of the Cherokee) Indian Reservation."   "They took the whole Cherokee Nation."  Born in England.

22.  IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA--  Iron Butterfly     #30    Needless to say, the full version was not the one that hit the charts.  First notes you'll never forget.  San Diego heavy metal band.

21.  THOSE WERE THE DAYS--  Mary Hopkin     #2     From Wales.      "Once upon a time there was a tavern."   Biggest hit.  First chart topper of sic Top 100s.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  " Took Away Our Native Tongue."  Answer below.  --RoadDog



"Indian Reservation"