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The Best Music of 1968
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1968. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1968, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
Albert King | Live Wire/Blues Power | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | Aretha: Lady Soul | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | Aretha Now | ☆ |
Barbra Streisand | Funny Girl: The Original Soundtrack Recording | ☆ |
Big Brother and the Holding Company | Cheap Thrills | ☆ |
Blood, Sweat & Tears | Blood, Sweat & Tears | ☆ |
Blood, Sweat & Tears | Child Is Father to the Man | ☆ |
Blue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum | ☆ |
Buddy Guy | A Man and the Blues | ☆ |
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Strictly Personal | ☆ |
Cream | Wheels Of Fire | ☆ |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Creedence Clearwater Revival | ☆ |
Deep Purple | Shades Of Deep Purple | ☆ |
Desmond Dekker & the Aces | Action! | ☆ |
Diana Ross & the Supremes | Reflections | ☆ |
Dion | Dion | ☆ |
Dolly Parton | Just Because I'm a Woman | ☆ |
Donovan | The Hurdy Gurdy Man | ☆ |
Dr. John | Gris-Gris | ☆ |
Ennio Morricone | Once Upon a Time in the West | ☆ |
Etta James | Tell Mama | ☆ |
Fairport Convention | Fairport Convention | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac | ☆ |
Glen Campbell | Wichita Lineman | ☆ |
Gordon Lightfoot | Did She Mention My Name? | ☆ |
Harry Nilsson | Aerial Ballet | ☆ |
Iron Butterfly | In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida | ☆ |
Jerry Lee Lewis | Another Place, Another Time | ☆ |
Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison | ☆ |
Laura Nyro | Eli and the Thirteenth Confession | ☆ |
Merle Haggard and the Strangers | Mama Tried | ☆ |
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Steve Stills | Super Session | ☆ |
Miles Davis | Miles in the Sky | ☆ |
Miles Davis | Nefertiti | ☆ |
Miles Davis | Filles de Kilimanjaro | ☆ |
Nazz | Nazz | ☆ |
Original Broadway Cast | Hair | ☆ |
Os Mutantes | Os Mutantes | ☆ |
Otis Redding | The Dock Of The Bay | ☆ |
Pink Floyd | A Saucerful of Secrets | ☆ |
Procol Harum | Shine on Brightly | ☆ |
Quicksilver Messenger Service | Quicksilver Messenger Service | ☆ |
Richie Havens | Something Else Again | ☆ |
Scott Walker | Scott 2 | ☆ |
Silver Apples | Silver Apples | ☆ |
Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | ☆ |
Steppenwolf | Steppenwolf | ☆ |
Steve Miller Band | Children of the Future | ☆ |
Taj Mahal | Taj Mahal | ☆ |
The Band | Music From Big Pink | ☆ |
The Beach Boys | Friends | ☆ |
The Beatles | The Beatles | ☆ |
The Bee Gees | Horizontal | ☆ |
The Byrds | Sweetheart Of The Rodeo | ☆ |
The Byrds | The Notorious Byrd Brothers | ☆ |
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | ☆ |
The Dells | There Is | ☆ |
The Doors | Waiting For The Sun | ☆ |
The Everly Brothers | Roots | ☆ |
The Grateful Dead | Anthem Of The Sun | ☆ |
The Impressions | This Is My Country | ☆ |
The Jeff Beck Group | Truth | ☆ |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Electric Ladyland | ☆ |
The Kinks | The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | ☆ |
The Moody Blues | In Search Of The Lost Chord | ☆ |
The Mothers Of Invention | We're Only In It For The Money | ☆ |
The Pretty Things | S.F. Sorrow | ☆ |
The Rascals | Once Upon a Dream | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet | ☆ |
The Small Faces | Ogden's Nut Gone Flake | ☆ |
The Soft Machine | The Soft Machine | ☆ |
The Staple Singers | Soul Folk in Action | ☆ |
The Supremes | Love Child | ☆ |
The Temptations | The Temptations Wish It Would Rain | ☆ |
The Velvet Underground | White Light/White Heat | ☆ |
The Zombies | Odessey And Oracle | ☆ |
Thelonious Monk | Underground | ☆ |
Tommy James and the Shondells | Crimson and Clover | ☆ |
Townes Van Zandt | For the Sake of the Song | ☆ |
Traffic | Traffic | ☆ |
Van Morrison | Astral Weeks | ☆ |
Wendy Carlos | Switched on Bach | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
Albert King | Blues Power | ☆ |
American Breed | Bend Me, Shape Me | ☆ |
Archie Bell & The Drells | Tighten Up | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | Think | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | The House That Jack Built | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | I Say a Little Prayer | ☆ |
Aretha Franklin | Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) | ☆ |
B.J. Thomas | Hooked on a Feeling | ☆ |
Barbara Acklin | Love Makes a Woman | ☆ |
Barbra Streisand | Don't Rain on My Parade | ☆ |
Big Brother & The Holding Co. | Piece Of My Heart | ☆ |
Big Mama Thornton | Ball And Chain | ☆ |
Blood, Sweat & Tears | Spinning Wheel | ☆ |
Blood, Sweat & Tears | You've Made Me So Very Happy | ☆ |
Blood, Sweat & Tears | I Can't Quit Her | ☆ |
Blue Cheer | Summertime Blues | ☆ |
Bobby Goldsboro | Honey | ☆ |
Buddy Guy | Mary Had a Little Lamb | ☆ |
Canned Heat | Going Up The Country | ☆ |
Canned Heat | On the Road Again | ☆ |
Cream | White Room | ☆ |
Cream | Crossroads | ☆ |
Creedence Clearwater Revival | Suzie Q | ☆ |
Deep Purple | Hush | ☆ |
Desmond Dekker And The Aces | Israelites | ☆ |
Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me | ☆ |
Diana Ross And The Supremes | Love Child | ☆ |
Dion | Abraham, Martin And John | ☆ |
Dionne Warwick | Do You Know the Way to San Jose | ☆ |
Donovan | Hurdy Gurdy Man | ☆ |
Donovan | Jennifer Juniper | ☆ |
Dr. John | I Walk On Guilded Splinters | ☆ |
Dr. John | Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya | ☆ |
Dusty Springfield | Son Of A Preacher Man | ☆ |
Elvis Presley | A Little Less Conversation | ☆ |
Eric Burdon and The Animals | Sky Pilot | ☆ |
Etta James | I'd Rather Go Blind | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Black Magic Woman | ☆ |
Fleetwood Mac | Albatross | ☆ |
Fred Rogers | Won't You Be My Neighbor | ☆ |
Glen Campbell | Wichita Lineman | ☆ |
Henry Mancini | Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet | ☆ |
Hugh Masekela | Grazing in the Grass | ☆ |
Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | ☆ |
James Brown | Say It Loud- I'm Black And I'm Proud | ☆ |
Jeannie C. Riley | Harper Valley PTA | ☆ |
Jerry Butler | Only the Strong Survive | ☆ |
Jerry Jeff Walker | Mr. Bojangles | ☆ |
Jerry Lee Lewis | What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) | ☆ |
Joan Baez | Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word | ☆ |
Joe Cocker | With A Little Help From My Friends | ☆ |
Joe South | Games People Play | ☆ |
Johnnie Taylor | Who's Making Love | ☆ |
Johnny Cash | Daddy Sang Bass | ☆ |
Johnny Cash | Cocaine Blues | ☆ |
Laura Nyro | Stoned Soul Picnic | ☆ |
Laura Nyro | Eli's Coming | ☆ |
Loretta Lynn | Fist City | ☆ |
Los Bravos | Bring a Little Lovin' | ☆ |
Louis Armstrong | What A Wonderful World | ☆ |
Manfred Mann | Mighty Quinn | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye | I Heard It Through The Grapevine | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing | ☆ |
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | You're All I Need to Get By | ☆ |
Mary Hopkin | Those Were the Days | ☆ |
Mason Williams | Classical Gas | ☆ |
Merle Haggard | Mama Tried | ☆ |
Moby Grape | Murder In My Heart For The Judge | ☆ |
Morgen | Welcome to the Void | ☆ |
Neil Diamond | Red Red Wine | ☆ |
Nilsson | Everbody's Talkin' | ☆ |
Nina Simone | Ain't Got No/I Got Life | ☆ |
Otis Redding | (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay | ☆ |
Otis Redding | Hard to Handle | ☆ |
Otis Redding | Merry Christmas, Baby | ☆ |
Richard Harris | MacArthur Park | ☆ |
Sam & Dave | I Thank You | ☆ |
Sam & Dave | Wrap It Up | ☆ |
Sammy Davis Jr. | I've Gotta be Me | ☆ |
Scott Walker | Plactic Palace People | ☆ |
Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot | Bonnie and Clyde | ☆ |
Silver Apples | Oscillations | ☆ |
Simon & Garfunkel | Mrs. Robinson | ☆ |
Simon & Garfunkel | America | ☆ |
Sly & The Family Stone | Everyday People | ☆ |
Sly & The Family Stone | Dance To The Music | ☆ |
Spirit | I Got a Line on You | ☆ |
Status Quo | Pictures of Matchstick Men | ☆ |
Steppenwolf | Born To Be Wild | ☆ |
Steppenwolf | Magic Carpet Ride | ☆ |
Steppenwolf | The Pusher | ☆ |
Stevie Wonder | For Once In My Life | ☆ |
Tammy Wynette | Stand By Your Man | ☆ |
Tammy Wynette | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | ☆ |
The Amboy Dukes | Scottish Tea | ☆ |
The Amboy Dukes | Journey to the Center of the Mind | ☆ |
The Aquarian Age | 10,000 Words in a Cardboard Box | ☆ |
The Band | The Weight | ☆ |
The Band | Chest Fever | ☆ |
The Band | I Shall Be Released | ☆ |
The Beach Boys | Do It Again | ☆ |
The Beatles | Hey Jude | ☆ |
The Beatles | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | ☆ |
The Beatles | Helter Skelter | ☆ |
The Beatles | Revolution | ☆ |
The Beatles | Blackbird | ☆ |
The Beatles | Happiness Is a Warm Gun | ☆ |
The Beatles | Back in the U.S.S.R. | ☆ |
The Beatles | Lady Madonna | ☆ |
The Beatles | Ob La Di, Ob La Da | ☆ |
The Beatles | Glass Onion | ☆ |
The Bob Seger System | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | ☆ |
The Bob Seger System | 2+2=? | ☆ |
The Box Tops | Cry Like a Baby | ☆ |
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | Fire | ☆ |
The Doors | Hello, I Love You | ☆ |
The Doors | Touch Me | ☆ |
The First Edition | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | ☆ |
The Foundations | Build Me Up Buttercup | ☆ |
The Grateful Dead | Dark Star | ☆ |
The Guess Who | These Eyes | ☆ |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | All Along The Watchtower | ☆ |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | ☆ |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Crosstown Traffic | ☆ |
The Kinks | The Village Green Preservation Society | ☆ |
The Kinks | Picture Book | ☆ |
The Mamas & The Papas | Dream a Little Dream of Me | ☆ |
The Maytals | Do the Reggay | ☆ |
The Monkees | Valleri | ☆ |
The Moody Blues | Ride My See-Saw | ☆ |
The Rascals | People Got To Be Free | ☆ |
The Rascals | A Beautiful Morning | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Sympathy For The Devil | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Jumpin' Jack Flash | ☆ |
The Rolling Stones | Street Fighting Man | ☆ |
The Sir Douglas Quintet | Mendocino | ☆ |
The Small Faces | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake | ☆ |
The Temptations | Cloud Nine | ☆ |
The Temptations | I Wish It Would Rain | ☆ |
The Turtles | Elenore | ☆ |
The Velvet Underground | White Light / White Heat | ☆ |
The Velvet Underground | Sister Ray | ☆ |
The Ventures | Hawaii Five-O | ☆ |
The Who | Magic Bus | ☆ |
The Zombies | Time Of The Season | ☆ |
The Zombies | Care of Cell 44 | ☆ |
The Zombies | This Will Be Our Year | ☆ |
Tom Jones | Delilah | ☆ |
Tommy James & the Shondells | Mony Mony | ☆ |
Tommy James And The Shondells | Crimson And Clover | ☆ |
Toots & the Maytals | Sweet and Dandy | ☆ |
Toots & The Maytals | 54-46 (That's My Number) | ☆ |
Traffic | Feelin' Alright | ☆ |
Van Morrison | Madame George | ☆ |
Vanilla Fudge | Season of the Witch | ☆ |
Wilson Pickett | Hey Jude | ☆ |
Young-Holt Unlimited | Soulful Strut | ☆ |
Zager And Evans | In The Year 2525 | ☆ |
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