1968: ‘Skip A Rope’ by Henson Cargill

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Number of weeks spent as #1: 5

Oklahoma-born Henson Cargill sang this song, asking adults to listen to their children in the midst of the Vietnam War and civil rights movement. The song was very successful, but it was the only #1 single of Cargill’s career.

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