Top Music 1968
- Doug
- Dec 31, 1968
- 7 min read
Updated: Jan 6, 2023
Top Albums 1968
White Album - Beatles
Music from the Big pink - The Band
Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Jimi Hendrix
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
Truth - Jeff Beck
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Safe at Home - The International Submarine Band
Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro
The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
Cheap Thrills - Big Brother & the Holding Company
Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
We're Only in It for the Money - The Mothers of Invention / Frank Zappa
Traffic - Traffic
Life - Sly & the Family Stone
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
Live Wire/Blues Power - Albert King
Another Place Another Time - Jerry Lee Lewis
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
The Natch'l Blues - Taj Mahal
Soul Folk in Action - The Staple Singers
Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin
Elvis (1968 TV Special) - Elvis
The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark - Dillard & Clark
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard & the Strangers
S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things
Top Jazz Albums 1968 (not ranked)
Shape of Things to Come - George Benson
Nefertiti - Miles Davis
Think! - Dr. Lonnie Smith
Expansions - McCoy Tyner
Eternal Rhythm - Don Cherry
The Jaki Byard Experience - Jaki Byard
The Electrifying Eddie Harris - Eddie Harris
Forest Flower: Charles Lloyd at Monterey - Charles Lloyd
Acid - Ray Barretto
Songs of 1968 Playlist (not ranked)
1910 Fruitgum Company - Simon Says
1910 Fruitgum Company - 1,2,3 Red Light
Al Kooper, Michael Bloomfield - Albert's Shuffle
Albert King - Cold Feet
Archie Bell and The Drells - Tighten Up, Pt. 1
Archie Bell and The Drells - I Can't Stop Dancing (Mono)
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
Aretha Franklin - (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
Aretha Franklin - Think
Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin - See Saw
Aretha Franklin - I Can't See Myself Leaving You
Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Arthur Conley - Funky Street
B.B. King - Paying The Cost To Be The Boss
B.J. Thomas - Hooked On A Feeling
Bee Gees - I've Gotta Get A Message To You
Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin - Summertime
Blood Sweat & Tears - I Can't Quit Her
Blood Sweat & Tears - Morning Glory
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
Bobbie Gentry - Okolona River Bottom Band
Bobbie Gentry - Louisiana Man
Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (1991 - Remaster)
Booker T & The MG's - Hang 'Em High
Buffalo Springfield - I Am a Child
Buffalo Springfield - On the Way Home
Canned Heat - On The Road Again
Canned Heat - Goin' Up The Country
Charles Lloyd - Forest Flower - Sunrise (Live@Monterey)
Clarence Carter - Slip Away
Cliff Nobles - The Horse (Stereo)
Cream - White Room
Cream - Crossroads (Live)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
Deep Purple - Hush
Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'm Livin' In Shame (Juke Box Single Version / Stereo)
Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Temptations - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Dillard & Clark - Train Leaves Here This Mornin
Dillard & Clark - With Care From Someone
Dion - Abraham, Martin And John
Dolly Parton - Just Because I'm a Woman
Don Ellis, The Don Ellis Orchestra - Pussy Wiggle Stomp (Album Version)
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Dr. John - Mama Roux
Dr. Lonnie Smith - Think (Remastered 2003/Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
Eddie Harris - Listen Here
Edwin Starr - Agent Double-O-Soul
Edwin Starr - Stop Her On The Sight (S.O.S.)
Eric Burdon & The Animals - Sky Pilot
Etta James - Tell Mama
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Young Girl
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady Willpower
George Benson - Footin' It
Georgie Fame - The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (Remastered 2001)
Hank Thompson - On Tap, In the Can or in the Bottle
Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (From "Midnight Cowboy")
Harry Nilsson - One
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - This Guy's In Love With You
Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Single Version)
James Brown - I Got The Feelin'
Janis Joplin, Big Brother & The Holding Company - Ball and Chain
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (Mono / Remastered 2022)
Jeff Beck - Shapes of Things
Jeff Beck - I Ain't Superstitious
Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart - You Shook Me (Alternate Version)
Jerry Butler - Never Give You Up
Jerry Butler - Hey, Western Union Man
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles
Jerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place Another Time
Jerry Lee Lewis - Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Johnnie Taylor - Who's Making Love
Johnny Adams - Reconsider Me
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968)
Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968)
Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight
José Feliciano - Light My Fire (Remastered)
Judy Collins - Both Sides Now
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
Laura Nyro - Lu
Laura Nyro - Stoned Soul Picnic
Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
McCoy Tyner - Vision
Merle Haggard - The Legend Of Bonnie & Clyde
Merle Haggard And The Strangers - Mama Tried (Remastered 2001)
Miles Davis - Nefertiti
Nazz - Hello It's Me
Nazz - Open My Eyes
Neil Diamond - Shilo
Neil Young - The Loner
O.C. Smith - Little Green Apples
Ohio Express - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding - Let Me Come on Home
Paul Mauriat - Love is blue
Ray Barretto - Acid
Richard Davis, Jaki Byard, Roland Kirk, Alan Dawson - Shine On Me [feat. Roland Kirk & Richard Davis & Alan Dawson]
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park
Sam & Dave - Wrap It Up (LP / Single Version)
Shorty Long - Here Comes The Judge
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade Of Winter
Sly And The Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Sly And The Family Stone - Higher (Single Version)
Sly And The Family Stone - Life (Stereo)
Sly And The Family Stone - M'Lady (Stereo)
Spirit - I Got A Line On You
Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men (Stereo Version)
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (Single Version)
Steppenwolf - Sookie Sookie
Steppenwolf - The Pusher
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Stevie Wonder - Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
Taj Mahal - Leaving Trunk
Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues
Taj Mahal - She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
Taj Mahal - Going up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
Tammi Terrell, Marvin Gaye - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man (Official Audio)
Ted Nugent, The Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Centre of the Mind
The American Breed - Bend Me, Shape Me
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
The Archies - Jingle Jangle
The Band - The Weight (Remastered 2000)
The Band - Chest Fever (Remastered)
The Band - I Shall Be Released (Remastered)
The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R. (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles - Dear Prudence (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles - Blackbird (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles - Birthday (Remastered 2009)
The Beatles - Helter Skelter (Remastered 2009)
The Bob Seger System - Ramblin' Gamblin' Man
The Box Tops - Cry Like a Baby
The Box Tops - I Can Dig It
The Buckinghams - Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)
The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
The Byrds - Hickory Wind
The Byrds - You Don't Miss Your Water
The Byrds - One Hundred Years from Now
The City - That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)
The City - Now That Everything's Been Said
The Classics IV - Stormy
The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You
The Dells - Stay In My Corner
The Doors - Hello, I Love You
The Doors - Five to One
The Electric Flag - Killing Floor
The Fantastic Johnny C - Hitch It To the Horse
The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
The Foggy Mountain Boys, Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
The Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions
The International Submarine Band - Blue Eyes
The International Submarine Band - A Satisfied Mind
The International Submarine Band - Luxury Liner
The Intruders - Cowboys to Girls
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Crosstown Traffic
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (2018 Stereo Remaster)
The Kinks - Picture Book (2018 Stereo Remaster)
The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine
The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me
The Monkees - Valleri
The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) (Edit Single Version)
The Moody Blues - Ride My See-Saw
The Mothers Of Invention - What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
The Mothers Of Invention - Who Needs The Peace Corps?
The O'Kaysions - Girl Watcher
The Pretty Things - Private Sorrow
The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning
The Rascals - People Got to Be Free (Single Version)
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (Mono Version)
The Staple Singers - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
The Staple Singers - Slow Train
The Staple Singers - The Weight
The Staple Singers - People Get Ready
The Steve Miller Band - Living In The U.S.A.
The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
The Temptations - Cloud Nine
The Troggs - Love Is All Around
The Turtles - Elenore
The Turtles - You Showed Me
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
The Vogues - My Special Angel
The Who - Magic Bus (Original Stereo Version)
Tommy James And The Shondells - Mony Mony
Tommy James And The Shondells - Crimson & Clover (Long Version)
Tommy James And The Shondells - Crystal Blue Persuasion
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die
Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley
Traffic - Pearly Queen
Traffic - Feelin' Alright?
Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing (1999 Remaster)
Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do (1999 Remaster)
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1999 Remaster)
Wilson Pickett - She's Lookin' Good
Young-Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut
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