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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1968.

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Events

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Bands formed

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Albums released

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In the US, 6,540 pop singles and 4,057 albums were released.[3]

January

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Day Album Artist Notes
2 Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4 Elvis Presley Compilation
Sing Me Back Home Merle Haggard
15 The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Byrds
From Sea to Shining Sea Johnny Cash
Nefertiti Miles Davis
16 Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer
21 Boogie with Canned Heat Canned Heat
The Graduate Simon & Garfunkel (incidental music by Dave Grusin) Soundtrack
22 Gris-Gris Dr. John
Heavy Iron Butterfly
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin
Spirit Spirit
29 Steppenwolf Steppenwolf
30 White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground
A Beacon from Mars Kaleidoscope
Did She Mention My Name? Gordon Lightfoot
Horizontal The Bee Gees
Everybody Knows The Dave Clark Five US
Mass in F Minor The Electric Prunes
Now and Them Them
Om John Coltrane
Something Else Again Richie Havens

February

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Day Album Artist Notes
19 Once Upon a Dream The Rascals
21 Child Is Father to the Man Blood, Sweat & Tears
23 The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding Compilation
Doin' Our Thing Booker T and The MG's
- Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac
There Are But Four Small Faces Small Faces US[4]
The Beat Goes On Vanilla Fudge
Hangin' On Waylon Jennings
The Inner Mystique The Chocolate Watch Band
The Mason Williams Phonograph Record Mason Williams
It's Been a Long Long Time Hep Stars

March

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack The Nice Debut
4 We're Only in It for the Money The Mothers of Invention
6 The United States of America The United States of America
7 Birthday The Association
13 Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro
25 Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls Dionne Warwick
Reflections Diana Ross & The Supremes
- Move The Move Debut
Song to a Seagull Joni Mitchell
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter The Incredible String Band
I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me James Brown
A Long Time Comin' Electric Flag
A Portrait of Ray Ray Charles
Safe at Home The International Submarine Band
Scott 2 Scott Walker
The Further Adventures of Charles Westover Del Shannon -

April

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Day Album Artist Notes
3 Bookends Simon & Garfunkel
Wow/Grape Jam Moby Grape double LP
6 Sher-oo! Cilla Black
8 The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde Merle Haggard
17 The Pentangle Pentangle
19 Odessey and Oracle The Zombies
22 The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees The Monkees
29 The Temptations Wish It Would Rain The Temptations
Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III Stone Poneys
- Dance to the Music Sly & the Family Stone
Children of the Future Steve Miller Band Debut
Just Because I'm a Woman Dolly Parton
God Bless Tiny Tim Tiny Tim
I Love Charley Brown Connie Smith -
Randy Newman Randy Newman
I Got the Feelin' James Brown
Journey to the Center of the Mind Amboy Dukes
Just Today Bobby Vee -
Like to Get to Know You Spanky and Our Gang
Simon Says 1910 Fruitgum Company
The Twain Shall Meet Eric Burdon & The Animals

May

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Day Album Artist Notes
6 At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash Live
13 Lumpy Gravy Frank Zappa Reedited version
14 La La Means I Love You The Delfonics
17 The Pentangle Pentangle Debut
24 Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Small Faces
- Basic Blues Magoos Blues Magoos
The Beat of the Brass Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
The Papas & The Mamas The Mamas & the Papas
Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service Debut
The Tom Jones Fever Zone Tom Jones Parrot album
A Tramp Shining Richard Harris
Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

June

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Day Album Artist Notes
14 Aretha Now Aretha Franklin
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly
Renaissance Vanilla Fudge
The Inflated Tear Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Renaissance Vanilla Fudge
21 Bare Wires John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
24 Friends The Beach Boys
Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits The Rascals Compilation
26 It's All About Spooky Tooth
28 A Saucerful of Secrets Pink Floyd [5]
- Speedway Elvis Presley
40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve Chicken Shack Debut
Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time Joan Baez
Fairport Convention Fairport Convention Debut
Feliciano! José Feliciano
The Immortal Otis Redding Otis Redding Compilation
Old Golden Throat Johnny Cash
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes
Ptooff! The Deviants
Silver Apples Silver Apples

July

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Music from Big Pink The Band
3 Waiting for the Sun The Doors
5 My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... Tyrannosaurus Rex
12 Delilah Tom Jones
17 Shades of Deep Purple Deep Purple US
18 Anthem of the Sun Grateful Dead
19 Music in a Doll's House Family
22 Miles in the Sky Miles Davis
Super Session Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Stephen Stills
26 In Search of the Lost Chord The Moody Blues
29 Truth The Jeff Beck Group
30 Last Time Around Buffalo Springfield
Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival [6]
Undead Ten Years After [7]
Begin The Millennium [8]
Getting to the Point Savoy Brown
Only the Greatest Waylon Jennings
So Fine Ike & Tina Turner
Tape from California Phil Ochs

August

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Day Album Artist Notes
9 Wheels of Fire Cream
12 Cheap Thrills Big Brother and the Holding Company
19 The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3 The Beach Boys Compilation
Stack-O-Tracks The Beach Boys Compilation
21 Tell Mama Etta James
23 Mr. Wonderful Fleetwood Mac
26 Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" Diana Ross & the Supremes performance of Funny Girl Broadway musical
I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye
Live at London's Talk of the Town The Supremes Live
Special Occasion The Miracles
30 Sweetheart of the Rodeo The Byrds
- Stoned Soul Picnic The 5th Dimension
Behold & See Ultimate Spinach
Donovan in Concert Donovan Live
Every One of Us Eric Burdon & The Animals
Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits Frank Sinatra Compilation
James Brown Plays Nothing But Soul James Brown
Live at the Apollo, Volume II James Brown Live
Lonely Is the Name Sammy Davis Jr.
Memories The Vogues
Outsideinside Blue Cheer
Together Country Joe and the Fish
Turn Around, Look at Me The Vogues
You're All I Need Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

September

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Day Album Artist Notes
19 Crown of Creation Jefferson Airplane
27 Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Status Quo
Hair West End cast
- Avant Slant The John Benson Brooks Trio [9]
Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto Bobby Darin
Idea Bee Gees
Life Sly & the Family Stone
Magic Bus: The Who on Tour The Who Compilation
Shine On Brightly Procol Harum

October

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 In Person at the Whisky a Go Go Otis Redding Live
3 Mama Tried Merle Haggard
14 Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages Tyrannosaurus Rex
16 Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Three Dog Night Three Dog Night
25 This Was Jethro Tull
- Aretha in Paris Aretha Franklin Live
Electric Mud Muddy Waters
Dream a Little Dream Cass Elliot
1, 2, 3, Red Light 1910 Fruitgum Company
The Book of Taliesyn Deep Purple US
Bradley's Barn The Beau Brummels
The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark Dillard & Clark
The Hurdy Gurdy Man Donovan
Nazz Nazz
Sailor Steve Miller Band
The Second Steppenwolf
Traffic Traffic
The Tumbler John Martyn
The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers The Osmonds

November

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Day Album Artist Notes
1 Living the Blues Canned Heat double LP; studio + live
5 By 5 (1964–69) The Dave Clark Five
Wonderwall Music George Harrison Soundtrack
The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands The Turtles
Sweet Child Pentangle
8 Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations Diana Ross & the Supremes & The Temptations Duets
12 Neil Young Neil Young Re-released November 1969
13 Love Child Diana Ross & the Supremes
20 Eivets Rednow Stevie Wonder released under pseudonym Eivets Rednow
22 The Beatles The Beatles commonly referred to as The White Album
Dusty... Definitely Dusty Springfield
Elvis Elvis Presley Soundtrack to 1968 TV special
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks
29 Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Astral Weeks Van Morrison
- Ars Longa Vita Brevis The Nice
Head The Monkees Soundtrack
The Best of Cilla Black Cilla Black
Back Here on Earth Gordon Lightfoot
Blues from Laurel Canyon John Mayall
Born to Be Melanie Safka
The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Gentle on My Mind Dean Martin
Help Yourself Tom Jones
I've Gotta Be Me Sammy Davis Jr.
The Ice Man Cometh Jerry Butler
The Marble Index Nico
Promises, Promises Dionne Warwick
Release of an Oath The Electric Prunes
This Is My Country The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield
Time Out! Time In For Them Them
Wee Tam and the Big Huge The Incredible String Band

December

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Day Album Artist Notes
2 Cruising with Ruben & the Jets The Mothers of Invention
6 Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones
James Taylor James Taylor
For Once in My Life Stevie Wonder
9 Live at the Copa The Temptations Live
11 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears
23 The Natch'l Blues Taj Mahal
- An American Music Band The Electric Flag
Any Day Now Joan Baez
Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge
The Circle Game Tom Rush
The Family That Plays Together Spirit
I Love How You Love Me Bobby Vinton
Jewels Waylon Jennings
Love Is Eric Burdon & The Animals
Rock and Other Four Letter Words Marks and Lebzelter [10]
The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas Frank Sinatra
The Soft Machine The Soft Machine
Transformer David Stoughton [11]

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The 1968 Billboard year-end list is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 during November–December 1967 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1968), January to November–December 1968 (majority of chart weeks in 1968). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1967 or 1969 are included in the year-end charts for those years, respectively, and multiple appearances are not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.

The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Cashbox rankings were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs,[12] but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Release Date CB Sales Charts, Awards
1 The Beatles "Hey Jude" Apple 2276 July 31, 1968 August 26, 1968 1 8.00[13] US Billboard 1968 #1, Hot100 #1 for 9 weeks, 19 total weeks, 323 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
2 Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Tamla 54176 April 10, 1967 October 30, 1968 3 4.00[14] US Billboard 1968 #2, Hot100 #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks, 246 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, 275 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
3 Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" Philips 40495 October 21, 1967 December 1967 2 4.00 US Billboard 1968 #3, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 225 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #1, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 11 weeks, 24 total weeks, 187 points
4 Otis Redding "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Volt 157 November 22, 1967 January 8, 1968 11 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #4, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 216 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 224 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
5 Bobby Goldsboro "Honey" United Artists 50283 January 30, 1968 February 17, 1968 6 3.00 US Billboard 1968 #5, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 210 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #10, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 200 points
6 Herb Alpert "This Guy's in Love with You" A&M Records 929 April 1968 April 10, 1968 4 2.50 US Billboard 1968 #6, Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 204 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #2, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 10 weeks, 17 total weeks, 185 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
7 The Rascals "People Got to Be Free" Atlantic 2537 May 14, 1968 July 1, 1968 8 1.50 US Billboard 1968 #7, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, 201 points
8 Diana Ross and the Supremes "Love Child" Motown 1135 September 1968 September 30, 1968 5 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #8, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, US R&B 1968 #24, R&B #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 200 points
9 Simon and Garfunkel "Mrs. Robinson" Columbia 44511 February 2, 1968 April 5, 1968 7 1.50 US Billboard 1968 #9, Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 173 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999
10 The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett "Young Girl" Columbia 44450 January 9, 1968[15] February 1968 9 1.25 US Billboard 1968 #10, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 162 points
11 Archie Bell & the Drells "Tighten Up" Atlantic 2478 August 1967 February 1968 14 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #11, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 160 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #10, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 197 points
12 Jeannie C. Riley "Harper Valley P.T.A." RCA Victor 20-1759 1968 August 1968 21 5.50 US Billboard 1968 #12, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 160 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #8, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 208 points, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2019
13 John Fred and His Playboy Band "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" Paula 282 September 1967 October 1967 12 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #13, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 159 points
14 The Doors "Hello, I Love You" Elektra 45635 February to May 1968 June 11, 1968 16 1.50 US Billboard 1968 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 156 points
15 The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett "Woman, Woman" Columbia 37095 August 16, 1967[15] September 19, 1967 17 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #15, Hot100 #4 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 150 points
16 Glen Campbell "Wichita Lineman" Capitol 2302 August 4, 1968 October 1968 19 3.00 US Billboard 1968 #16, Hot100 #3 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 149 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #11, Country Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 194 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #3, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 172 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2019, National Recording Registry 2019
17 Stevie Wonder "For Once in My Life" Tamla 54174 April 10, 1968 October 1968 27 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #17, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 148 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009
18 Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" RCA Victor 47-9423 November 22, 1967 January 1968 25 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #18, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks, 148 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 167 points
19 Mary Hopkin "Those Were The Days" Apple 8526 July 1968 August 26, 1968 10 8.00 US Billboard 1968 #19, Hot100 #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 146 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #6, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks, 167 points
20 The Lemon Pipers "Green Tambourine" Buddah 23 August 1967 November 1967 13 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #20, Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 139 points
21 Dionne Warwick "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" Scepter 12203 1967 October 1967 49 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #21, Hot100 #2 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 139 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
22 O. C. Smith "Little Green Apples" Columbia 44616 August 1968 September 1968 35 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #22, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 137 points
23 Hugh Masekela "Grazing in the Grass" Uni 55066 March 12, 1968 May 1968 47 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #23, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 134 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #7, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 215 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018
24 The Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" London 908 April 20, 1968 June 1, 1968 15 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #24, Hot100 #3 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 131 points
25 Gary Puckett and the Union Gap "Lady Willpower" Columbia 44547 April 9, 1968[15] June 1, 1968 20 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #25, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 130 points
26 Steppenwolf "Born To Be Wild" Dunhill 4138 April 10, 1967 October 1968 26 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #26, Hot100 #2 for 3 week, 13 total weeks, 129 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2002
27 The Rascals "A Beautiful Morning" Atlantic 2493 March 6, 1968 March 22, 1968 18 1.50 US Billboard 1968 #27, Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 128 points
28 Classics IV "Spooky" Imperial 66259 August 1967 December 1967 40 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #28, Hot100 #3 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 127 points
29 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown "Fire" Atlantic 2556 September 1, 1968 September 7, 1968 33 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #29, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 126 points
30 The Box Tops "Cry Like a Baby" Mala 593 August 1967 February 1968 34 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #30, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 125 points
31 Aretha Franklin "Chain Of Fools" Atlantic 2464 August 1967 November 1967 29 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #31, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 124 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 238 points
32 Richard Harris "MacArthur Park" Dunhill 4134 December 21, 1967 April 1968 31 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #32, Hot100 #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 122 points
33 The Beatles "Lady Madonna" Capitol 2138 February 6, 1968 March 18, 1968 30 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #33, Hot100 #4 for 3 week, 11 total weeks, 121 points
34 Mason Williams "Classical Gas" Warner Bros./Seven Arts 7190 August 1967 February 1968 22 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #34, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 120 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #7, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 161 points
35 Dion "Abraham, Martin and John" Laurie 3464 1968 August 1968 32 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #35, Hot100 #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 120 points
37 Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride" Dunhill 4161 March 1, 1968 September 1968 48 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #37, Hot100 #3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 119 points
149 Tiny Tim "Tiptoe Thru’ the Tulips with Me" Reprise 0679 December 21, 1967 April 1968 170 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #149, Hot100 #17 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points


   Billboard Top Soul Singles 1968
1 Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" see number 2
2 Johnnie Taylor "Who's Making Love" Stax 0009 August 1968 October 1968 52 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #43, Hot100 #5 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 113 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #2, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks, 258 points
3 James Brown & His Famous Flames "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" King 6187 August 7, 1968 August 1968 160 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #84, Hot100 #10 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 59 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #3, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 240 points
4 Aretha Franklin "Chain Of Fools" see number 31
5 Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell "You're All I Need To Get By" Tamla 54169 April 10, 1967 July 9, 1968 44 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #75, Hot100 #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 67 points, Top Soul Singles 1968 #5, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, 227 points


   Billboard Top Country Singles 1968
1 Henson Cargill "Skip a Rope" Monument 1041 September 1967 November 1967 187 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #188, Hot100 #25 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1968 #1, Country Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks, 261 points
2 Tammy Wynette "Stand By Your Man" Epic 10398 August 28, 1968 September 20, 1968 179 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #155, Hot100 #19 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 4 points, Top Country Singles 1968 #2, Country Singles #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks, 244 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1999, National Recording Registry 2010
3 Tammy Wynette "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" Epic 10315 March 22, 1968 May 1, 1968 179 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #427, Hot100 #63 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1968 #3, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 241 points
4 Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues" Columbia 44513 January 13, 1968 April 30, 1968 187 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #230, Hot100 #32 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, Top Country Singles 1968 #4, Country Singles #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks, 240 points, National Recording Registry 2003


   Billboard Top Easy Listening Singles 1968
1 Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" see number 3
2 Herb Alpert "This Guy's in Love with You" see number 6
3 Glen Campbell "Wichita Lineman" see number 16
4 Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" see number 18
5 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 "The Fool On The Hill" A&M 961 June 1968 July 1968 84 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #91, Hot100 #6 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 53 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1968 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 294 points


   Top Rock Tracks 1968 (unofficial)
1 Cream "Sunshine of Your Love" Atco 6544 May 30, 1967 November 2, 1967 44 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #38, Hot100 #5 for 1 week, 26 total weeks, 119 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #1, from Disraeli Gears - Atco 232
2 The Jimi Hendrix Experience "All Along the Watchtower" Reprise 0767 January 21, 1968 September 2, 1968 169 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #163, Hot100 #20 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #2, from Electric Ladyland - Reprise 6307, Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
3 The Rolling Stones "Sympathy For The Devil" London 33 July 25, 1968 December 6, 1968 1.00 Top Rock Tracks 1968 #3, from Beggars Banquet - London 33
4 The Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Apple 101 September 5–6, 1968 November 22, 1968 1.00 Top Rock Tracks 1968 #4, from The Beatles (White Album) - Apple 101
5 The Band "The Weight" Capitol 2269 January 1968 August 8, 1968 422 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #424, Hot100 #63 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #5, from Music From Big Pink - Capitol 2955
6 The Doors "Love Me Two Times" Elektra 45624 April 1967 November 1967 221 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #194, Hot100 #25 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #6, from Strange Days - Elektra 74014.
7 Cream "White Room" Atco 6617 June 1967-April 1968 September 1968 46 2.00 US Billboard 1968 #54, Hot100 #6 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, 96 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #7, from Wheels of Fire - Atco 700
8 The Rolling Stones "Stray Cat Blues" London 33 July 25, 1968 December 6, 1968 Top Rock Tracks 1968 #8, from Beggars Banquet - London 33
9 Status Quo "Pictures Of Matchstick Men" Cadet Concept 7001 November 1967 January 5, 1968 116 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #113, Hot100 #12 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 28 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #9, from Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo - Cadet Concept single 7001
10 Big Brother and the Holding Company "Piece Of My Heart" Columbia 44626 March 2-May 20, 1968 August 12, 1968 132 1.00 US Billboard 1968 #111, Hot100 #12 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 33 points, Top Rock Tracks 1968 #10, from Cheap Thrills - Columbia 9700

Other hit singles

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Classical music

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Premieres

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Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barraqué, Jean Le Temps restitué (1956–68) 1968-04-04 Royan Festival, France Pilarczyk – French Radio Choir – Ensemble du Domaine Musical, Amy[16]
Barraqué, Jean Concerto (1968) 1968-11-20 Royal Festival Hall, London Rostaing / Fry / BBC Symphony OrchestraAmy[17]
Langgaard, Rued Violin Concerto (1944) 1968-01-10 Odense, Denmark Laursen / Odense Municipal OrchestraWellejus[18][19]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Kurzwellen for six players with shortwave receivers and live electronics 1968-05-05 Bremen, Germany, Radio Bremen TV Studio, Pro Musica Nova Aloys Kontarsky, Alings, Gehlhaar, Fritsch, Bojé, Stockhausen[20]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Fantaisie concertante for piano, clarinet and bassoon 1968-11-19 Rio de Janeiro, Sale Cecilia Meireles Botelho, Devos, Improta[21]

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Musical theater

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Births

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Deaths

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Awards

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Grammy Awards

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References

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  3. ^ Encyclopedia of recorded sound, Volume 1 | Frank W. Hoffmann, Howard Ferstler
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  8. ^ Eden, Dawn (1990). Begin [back cover] (Media notes). The Millennium. Sony Music Special Products. WK 75030.
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  12. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Internet Archive. London : Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 978-0-214-20512-5.
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