Editing 1968 in music

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[[File:The Doors in Copenhagen 1968.jpg|260px|thumb|[[The Doors]] in 1968]]
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1968.

==Specific locations==
*[[1968 in British music]]
*[[1968 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1968 in country music]]
*[[1968 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 4]] – Guitarist [[Jimi Hendrix]] is jailed by [[Stockholm]] police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist [[Noel Redding]].
*[[January 13]] – [[Johnny Cash]] records ''[[At Folsom Prison]]'' live at [[Folsom State Prison]], California.
*[[January 20]] – [[The Who]] and the [[Small Faces]] start a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
*[[January 24]] – Inaugural concert of the [[London Sinfonietta]] under [[David Atherton]] at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]], London, including the premiere of [[John Tavener]]'s dramatic cantata ''[[The Whale (Tavener)|The Whale]]''.
*[[February 1]] – [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] offers [[The Doors]] $500,000 to star in a feature film, which is never made.
*[[February 4]] – The [[Bee Gees]] make their American television debut on ''[[The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]''.
*[[February 12]] – [[Jimi Hendrix]] is given an honorary high school diploma from [[James A. Garfield High School (Seattle)|Garfield High School]] in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]]. He is also given the key to the city.
*[[February 16]] – [[The Beatles]], [[Mike Love]], [[Mia Farrow]], [[Donovan]] and others travel to [[India]] to visit [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]] at [[Rishikesh]].
*[[February 18]] – [[David Gilmour]] joins [[Pink Floyd]], replacing founder [[Syd Barrett]], who has checked himself into a psychiatric hospital.
*[[February 21]] – [[McGraw-Hill]], Inc., outbids eight other publishers and pays $150,000 for the U.S. rights to [[Hunter Davies]]' authorized biography of [[The Beatles]].
*[[February 22]] – [[Florence Ballard]] of [[The Supremes]] is released from her contract with [[Motown]].
*[[February 27]] – Doo-wop singer [[Frankie Lymon]] is found dead at his grandmother's house in Harlem, New York, of a heroin overdose.
*[[February 29]] – The [[10th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held in [[Chicago]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Nashville]] and [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Stan Freberg]]. [[The Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] (the first rock LP to receive the award), while [[The 5th Dimension]]'s "[[Up, Up and Away (song)|Up, Up and Away]]" wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Bobbie Gentry]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[March 1]] – [[Johnny Cash]] and [[June Carter]] are married in Franklin, Kentucky, with [[Merle Kilgore]] as best man.
*[[March 8]] – [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] opens the [[Fillmore East]] in an abandoned movie theater in New York City.
*[[March 25]] – The 58th and final new episode of ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' airs on NBC.
*[[March 30]] – [[The Yardbirds]] record their live album ''Live Yardbirds'' at the Anderson Theater.
*[[April 5]] – [[James Brown]] appears on national television in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]]
*[[April 6]]
**[[Pink Floyd]] announces that [[Syd Barrett]], who was replaced two months earlier amid deteriorating mental health, has officially left the group.
**The 13th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1968|Eurovision Song Contest]] is held in the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London. The winning song, [[Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest|Spain]]'s "[[La La La (Massiel song)|La, la, la]]" is sung by [[Massiel]], after Spanish authorities refuse to allow [[Joan Manuel Serrat]] to perform it in Catalan. The [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|UK]] finish in second place, just one point behind, with the song "[[Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)|Congratulations]]" sung by [[Cliff Richard]], which goes on to outsell the winning Spanish entry throughout Europe.
**The Open [[Pibroch]] Competition of the [[Scottish Piping Society of London]] is held at the [[London Scottish (regiment)|London Scottish]] headquarters at [[Buckingham Gate]]. First place is won by Robert Brown, for the ninth time in ten years, with a performance of ''The King's Taxes''. Second prize goes to Seamus McNeill of the [[College of Piping]], Glasgow, with ''The Bells of Perth'', third prize to Pipe Major Angus MacDonald of the First Battalion, [[Scots Guards]], with ''Macfarlane's Gathering'', and fourth prize to John MacFadyen with ''The Battle of Auldern''. MacFadyen, however, wins narrowly over Brown in the second big competition, that for the [[Bratach Gorm]], the blue banner of the [[MacCrimmon (piping family)|MacCrimmons]].<ref>Iverach McDonald, "Ninth Win for Piper Brown", ''[[The Times]]'', issue 57221 (Monday 8 April 1968): 10.</ref>
*[[April 7]] – Singer/pianist/songwriter [[Nina Simone]]'s performance at [[Westbury Music Fair]] is dedicated to the late Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] The song "Why? (the king of love is dead)" by Gene Taylor is performed for the first time. The show is partially released on the Emmy nominated album ''[['Nuff Said! (Nina Simone album)|'Nuff Said!]]'' (1968).
*[[April 29]] – The rock musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' opens on Broadway at the [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre|Biltmore Theatre]].
*[[May 4]] – [[Mary Hopkin]] performs on the British TV show ''Opportunity Knocks''. Hopkin catches the attention of model [[Twiggy]], who recommends her to [[Paul McCartney]] who will soon sign Hopkin to [[Apple Records]].
*[[May 5]] – [[Buffalo Springfield]] perform together for the last time in [[Long Beach, California]].
*[[May 7]]
**[[Aretha Franklin]] records her live LP ''[[Aretha in Paris]]'' at the Olympia Theater.
**[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] begins composing his fifteen [[intuitive music]] works, ''[[Aus den sieben Tagen]]''.
*[[May 14]] – At a press conference, [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] introduce the Beatles' new business concept, [[Apple Corps, Ltd.]], an entertainment company that includes a recording studio, a record label and a clothing store.
*[[May 26]] – Blues artist [[Little Willie John]] dies in prison after being convicted of manslaughter.
*[[May 30]] – [[The Beatles]] begin recording "The White Album" (officially titled, simply, ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]''). Sessions will span over 4 months, ending on October 14.
*[[June 20]]
**[[David Ruffin]] is fired from [[The Temptations]] due to his ego and because he has begun inquiring into the Temptations' financial records, demanding an accounting of the group's money.
**[[Martha Reeves]] and The Vandellas make their debut at the Copacabana in New York City, winning a rave review in ''[[The New York Times]]''. The engagement is recorded but remains in the Motown vaults.
* July – Release in Brazil of the album ''[[Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis]]'' by [[Gilberto Gil]], [[Caetano Veloso]] and others, with arrangements by [[Rogério Duprat]], inaugurates the [[Tropicália]] movement in music, which lasts in Brazil only for this year.
*[[July 7]] – [[The Yardbirds]] perform for the last time before disbanding.
*[[July 9]]–14 – The [[International Eisteddfod]] takes place in [[Llangollen]], [[North Wales]]
*[[July 18]] – [[Mina (Italian singer)|Mina]] presents her Italian [[white soul]] hits "Se stasera sono qui" and "Colpo al cuore". The performance is transmitted live without playback from the ''Auditorio A'' of the [[Radiotelevisione Italiana]] regional headquarters in [[Naples]].
*[[August 1]] – [[Jeff Beck Group]] release their album ''[[Truth (Jeff Beck album)|Truth]]''. A seminal work of heavy metal, it incorporates blues and hard rock and introduces the talents of [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Ronnie Wood]].
*[[August 4]] – [[Yes (band)|Yes]] perform for the first time, at a summer camp.
*[[August 5]]–10 – The [[National Eisteddfod of Wales|Royal National Eisteddfod]] takes place in [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Wales]].
*[[August 21]] – [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]]. Protests are heard at this evening's performance of [[The Proms]] in London when the [[USSR Symphony Orchestra]] plays, with [[Mstislav Rostropovich]] as soloist in [[Dvořák]]'s [[Cello Concerto (Dvořák)|Cello Concerto]].
*[[August 23]] – [[Simon & Garfunkel]] give a live concert at the [[Hollywood Bowl]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood, California]]. A recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records as ''Voices of Intelligent Dissent''.
*[[September 7]]
**[[Led Zeppelin]] perform for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitarist [[Jimmy Page]] has subsequently formed this new group).
**''[[The Banana Splits]] Adventure Hour'' premieres on [[NBC]].
*[[September 14]] – Two sons of singer [[Roy Orbison]], 10-year-old Roy DeWayne Orbison and 6-year-old Anthony King Orbison, die in a house fire in [[Hendersonville, Tennessee]]. Orbison's youngest son, Wesley, is miraculously saved by Roy's parents.
*[[September 15]]
**''[[Song of Summer]]'', [[Ken Russell]]'s noted TV documentary about [[Frederick Delius]], is shown for the first time as part of the BBC's ''Omnibus'' series in the UK.
**[[PocketDisc]]s are released in several test markets in the United States.
*[[September 19]] – [[The Who]] begin recording ''[[Tommy (The Who album)|Tommy]]'', a [[rock opera]] that tells the story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, including his experiences with life and the relationship with his family.
*[[October 7]] – [[José Feliciano]] at Tiger Stadium for the 1968 World Series in Detroit sings a personal and controversial soul version of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", the first time for the U.S. national anthem in a different style.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/11/02/560948130/a-different-national-anthem-before-the-nation-was-ready-for-it?t=1568931728210|title = A Different National Anthem, Before the Nation Was Ready for It|newspaper = NPR|date = November 2, 2017|last1 = Bates|first1 = Karen Grigsby}}</ref>
*[[October 8]] – The [[Romeo and Juliet (1968 film soundtrack)|soundtrack for the 1968 film ''Romeo and Juliet'']] is released, containing the popular "What Is a Youth" theme.
*[[November 8]] – [[John Lennon|John]] and [[Cynthia Powell|Cynthia Lennon]] are divorced.
*[[November 11]] – Three days after his divorce, John Lennon and [[Yoko Ono]]'s experimental album ''[[Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins]]'' is released in the United States. Noted for its cover photographs of the couple naked, it ends up being a flop.
*[[November 17]] – [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & The Supremes]] replace [[The Beatles]]' hugely successful "[[Hey Jude]]" at [[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1968 (U.S.)|number one in the U.S.]] with "[[Love Child (song)|Love Child]]"; this would be the last of five turnovers at number one between the two most successful music acts in America during the 1960s.
*[[November 22]] – ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (also known as "The White Album") by [[The Beatles]] is released. Also released is ''[[The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society]]'' by [[The Kinks]].
*[[November 26]] – [[Cream (band)|Cream]] plays their farewell concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London. It will be the last time [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jack Bruce]], and [[Ginger Baker]] play together until their 1993 induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].
*[[December 2]]
**Jimi Hendrix's manager [[Chas Chandler]] quits over differences with Hendrix during the recording of ''[[Electric Ladyland]]''
**[[Janis Joplin]] and [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] perform their last concert together before Janis goes solo.
*[[December 3]] – The 50-minute television special ''[[Elvis (1968 TV program)|Elvis]]'' (sponsored by sewing machine manufacturer [[The Singer Company]]), taped in June with a live audience in [[Burbank, California]], airs on [[NBC]] in the United States marking the comeback of [[Elvis Presley]] after 7 years during which the legendary rock and roll musician's career has centered on the movie industry. Concluding with the premiere of "[[If I Can Dream]]", it is not only the highest rated television show for the week of broadcast, but the highest rated television special of the year.
*[[December 6]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] release ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'', which contains the classic song "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]."
*[[December 9]]
**A political confrontation at the [[Planten un Blomen]] Hall in Hamburg results in cancellation of the scheduled premiere of [[Hans Werner Henze]]'s [[oratorio]] ''[[Das Floß der Medusa]]'', a score dedicated to [[Che Guevara]].
**''[[TCB (TV program)|TCB]]'' airs on [[NBC]] starring Diana Ross & the Supremes and [[The Temptations]], becoming the first [[variety show|variety special]] in America to feature an exclusively African American cast.
**[[Shinjuku Music Festival]] is broadcast for the first time by [[Nippon Cultural Broadcasting]].
*[[December 11]] – ''[[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]]'' is filmed. Acts include [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Who]], [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], [[The Dirty Mac]] and [[Marianne Faithfull]]. This is the last appearance of [[Brian Jones]] as a member of the Rolling Stones.
*[[December 20]] – [[Peter Tork]] announces he is leaving [[The Monkees]].
*[[December 22]] – [[The Animals]] reunite for one [[benefit concert]] at the Newcastle City Hall while Eric Burdon & The Animals are disbanding.
*[[December 31]] – [[Small Faces]] break up when [[Steve Marriott]] storms off the stage.

==Bands formed==
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*[[Amon Düül II]]
*[[Bearsden Choir]] (founded)
*[[Black Sabbath]] (as '''Earth''')
*[[The Brooklyn Bridge (band)|The Brooklyn Bridge]]
*[[Can (band)|Can]]
*[[Colosseum (band)|Colosseum]]
*[[Crosby, Stills & Nash]]
*[[Deep Purple]]
*[[Fitzwilliam Quartet]]
*[[Free (band)|Free]]
*[[Henry Cow]]
*[[Jacula]]
*[[King Crimson]]
*[[Led Zeppelin]] (as '''The New Yardbirds''')
*[[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]
*[[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*[[UFO (band)|UFO]]
*[[Yes (band)|Yes]]
{{div col end}}

==Bands disbanded==
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*[[Buffalo Springfield]]
*[[Cream (band)|Cream]]
*[[Freddie and the Dreamers]]
*[[Los Speakers]]
*[[The Righteous Brothers]]
*[[The Seekers]]
*[[The Shangri-Las]]
*[[The Yardbirds]] (Reformed in 1992)
*[[The Zombies]] (Reformed in 1991)
{{div col end}}

==Albums released==

In the US, 6,540 pop singles and 4,057 albums were released.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC&dq=1968+4057+albums&pg=PA307 Encyclopedia of recorded sound, Volume 1 | Frank W. Hoffmann, Howard Ferstler]</ref>

===January===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sing Me Back Home]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] || –
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |15
| ''[[The Notorious Byrd Brothers]]'' || [[The Byrds]] || –
|-
| ''[[From Sea to Shining Sea]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || –
|-
| ''[[Nefertiti (Miles Davis album)|Nefertiti]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Vincebus Eruptum]]'' || [[Blue Cheer]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Boogie with Canned Heat]]'' || [[Canned Heat]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Graduate (soundtrack)|The Graduate]]'' || [[Simon & Garfunkel]] (incidental music by [[Dave Grusin]]) || Soundtrack
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Gris-Gris]]'' || [[Dr. John]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Heavy (Iron Butterfly album)|Heavy]]'' || [[Iron Butterfly]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Lady Soul]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] || –
|-
| ''[[Spirit (Spirit album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf album)|Steppenwolf]]'' || [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |30
| ''[[White Light/White Heat]]'' || [[The Velvet Underground]] || –
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="top" | –
| ''[[A Beacon from Mars]]'' || [[Kaleidoscope (U.S. band)|Kaleidoscope]] || –
|-
| ''[[Did She Mention My Name?]]'' || [[Gordon Lightfoot]] || –
|-
| ''[[Horizontal (album)|Horizontal]]'' || The [[Bee Gees]] || –
|-
| ''[[Everybody Knows (Dave Clark Five album)|Everybody Knows]]'' || [[The Dave Clark Five]] || US
|-
| ''[[Mass in F Minor]]'' || [[The Electric Prunes]] || –
|-
| ''[[Now and Them]]'' || [[Them (band)|Them]] || –
|-
| ''[[Om (John Coltrane album)|Om]]'' || [[John Coltrane]] || –
|-
| ''[[Something Else Again]]'' || [[Richie Havens]] || –
|-
|}

===February===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Once Upon a Dream (The Rascals album)|Once Upon a Dream]]'' || [[The Rascals]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Child Is Father to the Man]]'' || [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |23
| ''[[The Dock of the Bay (album)|The Dock of the Bay]]'' || [[Otis Redding]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Doin' Our Thing]]'' || [[Booker T and The MG's]] || –
|-
|rowspan="7" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1968 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[There Are But Four Small Faces]]'' || [[Small Faces]] || US<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=there+are+but+four+small+faces&pg=RA1-PA74 | title=Billboard Album Reviews | date=24 February 1968 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Beat Goes On (Vanilla Fudge album)|The Beat Goes On]]'' || [[Vanilla Fudge]] || –
|-
| ''[[Hangin' On (album)|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 (album)|It's Been a Long Long Time]]'' || [[Hep Stars]] || –
|}

===March===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack]]'' || [[The Nice]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |4
| ''[[We're Only in It for the Money]]'' || [[The Mothers of Invention]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |6
| ''[[The United States of America (album)|The United States of America]]'' || [[The United States of America (band)|The United States of America]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |7
| ''[[Birthday (The Association album)|Birthday]]'' || [[The Association]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Eli and the Thirteenth Confession]]'' || [[Laura Nyro]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |25 
| ''[[Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] ||
|-
| ''[[Reflections (The Supremes album)|Reflections]]'' || [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & The Supremes]] || –
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="top" | -
| ''[[Move (The Move album)|Move]]'' || [[The Move]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Song to a Seagull]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[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 (singer)|Scott Walker]] || –
|-
|[[The Further Adventures of Charles Westover]]
|[[Del Shannon]]
| -
|-
|}

===April===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Bookends (album)|Bookends]]'' || [[Simon & Garfunkel]] || –
|-
| ''[[Wow/Grape Jam]]'' || [[Moby Grape]] || double LP
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Sher-oo!]]'' || [[Cilla Black]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |8
| ''[[The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[The Pentangle (album)|The Pentangle]]'' || [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Odessey and Oracle]]'' || [[The Zombies]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |22
| ''[[The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees]]'' || [[The Monkees]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |29
| ''[[The Temptations Wish It Would Rain]]'' || [[The Temptations]] || –
|-
| ''[[Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III]]'' || [[Stone Poneys]] || –
|-
| rowspan="12" valign="top" | -
| ''[[Dance to the Music (Sly and the Family Stone album)|Dance to the Music]]'' || [[Sly & the Family Stone]] || –
|-
| ''[[Children of the Future (Steve Miller Band album)|Children of the Future]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Just Because I'm a Woman (1968 album)|Just Because I'm a Woman]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] || –
|-
| ''[[God Bless Tiny Tim]]'' || [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[I Love Charley Brown]]'' || [[Connie Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Randy Newman (album)|Randy Newman]]'' || [[Randy Newman]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[I Got the Feelin' (album)|I Got the Feelin']]'' || [[James Brown]] || –
|-
| ''[[Journey to the Center of the Mind]]'' || [[The Amboy Dukes (band)|Amboy Dukes]] || –
|-
|[[Just Today]]
|[[Bobby Vee]]
| -
|-
| ''[[Like to Get to Know You (album)|Like to Get to Know You]]'' || [[Spanky and Our Gang]] || –
|-
| ''[[Simon Says (album)|Simon Says]]'' || [[1910 Fruitgum Company]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Twain Shall Meet]]'' || [[The Animals|Eric Burdon & The Animals]] || –
|-
|}

===May===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |6
| ''[[At Folsom Prison]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || Live
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Reedited version
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |14
| ''[[La La Means I Love You (album)|La La Means I Love You]]'' || [[The Delfonics]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[The Pentangle (album)|The Pentangle]]'' || [[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake]]'' || [[Small Faces]] || –
|-
|rowspan="7" valign="top" |-
| ''[[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 (album)|Quicksilver Messenger Service]]'' || [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Tom Jones Fever Zone]]'' || [[Tom Jones (singer)|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===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Aretha Now]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] || –
|-
| ''[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]'' || [[Iron Butterfly]] || –
|-
| ''[[Renaissance (Vanilla Fudge album)|Renaissance]]'' || [[Vanilla Fudge]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Inflated Tear]]'' || [[Rahsaan Roland Kirk]] || –
|-
| ''[[Renaissance (Vanilla Fudge album)|Renaissance]]'' || [[Vanilla Fudge]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Bare Wires]]'' || [[John Mayall's Bluesbreakers]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Friends (The Beach Boys album)|Friends]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || –
|-
| ''[[Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits]]'' || [[The Rascals]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |26
| ''[[It's All About]]'' || [[Spooky Tooth]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |28
| ''[[A Saucerful of Secrets]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline |url=https://www.pinkfloyd.com/history/timeline_1968.php |website=Pink Floyd - The Official Site |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="11" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Speedway (soundtrack)|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 (album)|Fairport Convention]]'' || [[Fairport Convention]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Feliciano!]]'' || [[José Feliciano]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Immortal Otis Redding]]'' || [[Otis Redding]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Old Golden Throat]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || –
|-
| ''[[Os Mutantes (album)|Os Mutantes]]'' || [[Os Mutantes]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ptooff!]]'' || [[The Deviants (band)|The Deviants]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Silver Apples (album)|Silver Apples]]'' || [[Silver Apples]] || Debut
|-
|}

===July===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Music from Big Pink]]'' || [[The Band]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Waiting for the Sun]]'' || [[The Doors]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |5
| ''[[My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows|My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair...]]'' || [[T. Rex (band)|Tyrannosaurus Rex]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Delilah (Tom Jones album)|Delilah]]'' || [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Shades of Deep Purple]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] || US Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |18
| ''[[Anthem of the Sun]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Music in a Doll's House]]'' || [[Family (band)|Family]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Miles in the Sky]]'' || [[Miles Davis]] || –
|-
| ''[[Super Session]]'' || [[Mike Bloomfield]]/[[Al Kooper]]/[[Stephen Stills]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |26
| ''[[In Search of the Lost Chord]]'' || [[The Moody Blues]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Truth (Jeff Beck album)|Truth]]'' || [[The Jeff Beck Group]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Last Time Around]]'' || [[Buffalo Springfield]] || –
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="top" | –
| ''[[Creedence Clearwater Revival (album)|Creedence Clearwater Revival]]'' || [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=American album certifications – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=creedence+clearwater+revival&ti=CREEDENCE+CLEARWATER+REVIVAL&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref> Debut
|-
| ''[[Undead (Ten Years After album)|Undead]]'' || [[Ten Years After]] || <ref>{{cite magazine|date=20 July 1968|title=Ten Years Later|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/68/Record-Mirror-1968-07-20.pdf|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=4|access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Begin (The Millennium album)|Begin]]'' || [[The Millennium (band)|The Millennium]] ||<ref name="notes-1990">{{cite AV media notes |title=Begin [back cover]|others=The Millennium |publisher=Sony Music Special Products |id=WK 75030|year=1990|last=Eden|first=Dawn}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Getting to the Point (album)|Getting to the Point]]'' || [[Savoy Brown]] || –
|-
| ''[[Only the Greatest]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] || –
|-
|''[[So Fine (Ike & Tina Turner album)|So Fine]]''
|[[Ike & Tina Turner]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tape from California]]'' || [[Phil Ochs]] || –
|-
|}

===August===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Wheels of Fire]]'' || [[Cream (band)|Cream]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)|Cheap Thrills]]'' || [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |19
| ''[[The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 3]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Stack-O-Tracks]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Compilation
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Tell Mama]]'' || [[Etta James]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |23
| ''[[Mr. Wonderful (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mr. Wonderful]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || –
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="top" |26
| ''[[Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl"]]'' || [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]] || performance of ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' [[Broadway musical]]
|-
| ''[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine (album)|I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] || –
|-
| ''[[Live at London's Talk of the Town]]'' || [[The Supremes]] ||Live
|-
| ''[[Special Occasion (The Miracles album)|Special Occasion]]'' || [[The Miracles]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |30
| ''[[Sweetheart of the Rodeo]]'' || [[The Byrds]] || –
|-
|rowspan="14" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Stoned Soul Picnic (The 5th Dimension album)|Stoned Soul Picnic]]'' || [[The 5th Dimension]] || –
|-
| ''[[Behold & See]]'' || [[Ultimate Spinach]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Donovan in Concert]]'' || [[Donovan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Every One of Us]]'' || [[The Animals|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 album)|Memories]]'' || [[The Vogues]] || –
|-
| ''[[Outsideinside]]'' || [[Blue Cheer]] || –
|-
| ''[[Together (Country Joe and the Fish album)|Together]]'' || [[Country Joe and the Fish]] || –
|-
| ''[[Turn Around, Look at Me (album)|Turn Around, Look at Me]]'' || [[The Vogues]] || –
|-
| ''[[You're All I Need]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] & [[Tammi Terrell]] || –
|-
|}

===September===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |19
| ''[[Crown of Creation]]'' || [[Jefferson Airplane]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' || West End cast || –
|-
|rowspan="6" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Avant Slant]]'' || [[John Benson Brooks|The John Benson Brooks Trio]] ||<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ford |first1=Phil |title=Dig: Sound & Music in Hip Culture |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780199939923 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iMJpAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22medium+is+the+massage%22+musique+concrete&pg=PA194 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |page=181 |chapter=Chapter 6: "Let's say that we're new, every minute" (John Benson Brooks)}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto]]'' || [[Bobby Darin]] || –
|-
| ''[[Idea (album)|Idea]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] || –
|-
| ''[[Life (Sly and the Family Stone album)|Life]]'' || [[Sly & the Family Stone]] || –
|-
| ''[[Magic Bus: The Who on Tour]]'' || [[The Who]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Shine On Brightly]]'' || [[Procol Harum]] || –
|-
|}

===October===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |1
| ''[[In Person at the Whisky a Go Go]]'' || [[Otis Redding]] ||Live
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Mama Tried (album)|Mama Tried]]'' || [[Merle Haggard]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages]]'' || [[T. Rex (band)|Tyrannosaurus Rex]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[Electric Ladyland]]'' || [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] || –
|-
| ''[[Three Dog Night (album)|Three Dog Night]]'' || [[Three Dog Night]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |25
| ''[[This Was]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Debut
|-
|rowspan="14" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Aretha in Paris]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Electric Mud]]'' || [[Muddy Waters]] || –
|-
| ''[[Dream a Little Dream (Cass Elliot album)|Dream a Little Dream]]'' || [[Cass Elliot]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[1, 2, 3, Red Light]]'' || [[1910 Fruitgum Company]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Book of Taliesyn]]'' || [[Deep Purple]] || US
|-
| ''[[Bradley's Barn (album)|Bradley's Barn]]'' || [[The Beau Brummels]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark]]'' || [[Dillard & Clark]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Hurdy Gurdy Man]]'' || [[Donovan]] || –
|-
| ''[[Nazz (album)|Nazz]]'' || [[Nazz]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sailor (Steve Miller Band album)|Sailor]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Second]]'' || [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] || –
|-
| ''[[Traffic (Traffic album)|Traffic]]'' || [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Tumbler]]'' || [[John Martyn]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers]]'' || [[The Osmonds]] || –
|}

===November===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="5" valign="top" |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 (band)|Pentangle]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations]]'' || [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]] & [[The Temptations]] || Duets
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Neil Young (album)|Neil Young]]'' || [[Neil Young]] || Debut, Re-released November 1969
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Love Child (The Supremes album)|Love Child]]'' || [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |20
| ''[[Eivets Rednow]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] || released under pseudonym ''Eivets Rednow''
|-
|rowspan="4" valign="top" |22
| ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || commonly referred to as The White Album
|-
| ''[[Dusty... Definitely]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] || –
|-
| ''[[Elvis (NBC TV Special)|Elvis]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Soundtrack to [[Elvis (1968 TV program)|1968 TV special]]
|-
| ''[[The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society]]'' || [[The Kinks]] || –
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins]]'' || [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]] || –
|-
| ''[[Astral Weeks]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] || –
|-
|rowspan="17" valign="top" |-
| ''[[Ars Longa Vita Brevis (album)|Ars Longa Vita Brevis]]'' || [[The Nice]] || –
|-
| ''[[Head (The Monkees album)|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 album)|Born to Be]]'' || [[Melanie Safka]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse]]'' || [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]] || –
|-
| ''[[Gentle on My Mind (Dean Martin album)|Gentle on My Mind]]'' || [[Dean Martin]] || –
|-
| ''Help Yourself'' || [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] || –
|-
| ''[[I've Gotta Be Me (Sammy Davis, Jr. album)|I've Gotta Be Me]]'' || [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Ice Man Cometh (album)|The Ice Man Cometh]]'' || [[Jerry Butler]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Marble Index]]'' || [[Nico]] || –
|-
| ''[[Promises, Promises (Dionne Warwick album)|Promises, Promises]]'' || [[Dionne Warwick]] || –
|-
| ''[[Release of an Oath]]'' || [[The Electric Prunes]] || –
|-
| ''[[This Is My Country (The Impressions album)|This Is My Country]]'' || [[The Impressions]] with [[Curtis Mayfield]] || –
|-
| ''Time Out! Time In For Them'' || [[Them (band)|Them]] || –
|-
| ''[[Wee Tam and the Big Huge]]'' || [[The Incredible String Band]] || –
|-
|}

===December===
{|class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Cruising with Ruben & the Jets]]'' || [[The Mothers of Invention]] || –
|-
|rowspan="3" valign="top" |6
| ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || –
|-
| ''[[James Taylor (album)|James Taylor]]'' || [[James Taylor]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album)|For Once in My Life]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Live at the Copa (The Temptations album)|Live at the Copa]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||Live
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |11
| ''[[Blood, Sweat & Tears (Blood, Sweat & Tears album)|Blood, Sweat & Tears]]'' || [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] || –
|-
|rowspan="1" valign="top" |23
| ''[[The Natch'l Blues]]'' || [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] || –
|-
|rowspan="12" valign="top" |-
| ''[[An American Music Band]]'' || [[The Electric Flag]] || –
|-
| ''[[Any Day Now (Joan Baez album)|Any Day Now]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] || –
|-
| ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (album)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' || [[The Brooklyn Bridge (band)|The Brooklyn Bridge]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Circle Game (album)|The Circle Game]]'' || [[Tom Rush]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Family That Plays Together]]'' || [[Spirit (band)|Spirit]] || –
|-
| ''[[I Love How You Love Me (album)|I Love How You Love Me]]'' || [[Bobby Vinton]] || –
|-
| ''[[Jewels (Waylon Jennings album)|Jewels]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] || –
|-
| ''[[Love Is (The Animals album)|Love Is]]'' || [[The Animals|Eric Burdon & The Animals]] || –
|-
| ''[[Rock and Other Four Letter Words]]'' || [[J Marks|Marks and Lebzelter]] || <ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Album Releases for December |magazine=Billboard |date=December 14, 1968 |volume=80 |issue=50 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_kQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rock+and+Other+Four+Letter+Words+marks+lebzelter&pg=PA12 |access-date=July 19, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas]]'' || [[Frank Sinatra]] || –
|-
| ''[[The Soft Machine (Soft Machine album)|The Soft Machine]]'' || [[Soft Machine]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Transformer (David Stoughton album)|Transformer]]'' || [[David Stoughton]] || <ref name="New Album Releases">{{cite magazine |title=New Album Releases for January |magazine=Billboard |date=January 11, 1969 |page=47 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/BB-1969-01-11.pdf |access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*''3 in the Attic'' – [[Chad & Jeremy]]
*''[[30 by Ella]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Accent on Africa]]'' – [[Cannonball Adderley]]
*''[[Action! (Desmond Dekker album)|Action!]]'' – [[Desmond Dekker & the Aces]]
*''[[Action (Oscar Peterson album)|Action]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth'' – [[Group 1850]]
*''[[Aerial Ballet]]'' – [[Harry Nilsson]]
*''[[Afro-Harping]]'' – [[Dorothy Ashby]]
*''[[All of Us (album)|All of Us]]'' – [[Nirvana (UK band)|Nirvana]]
*''[[Alto Summit]]'' – [[Lee Konitz]]
*''[[The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey]]'' – [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]]
*''[[The Archies (album)|The Archies]]'' – [[The Archies]]
*''[[As If It Were the Seasons]]'' – [[Joseph Jarman]]
*''[[At It Again (album)|At It Again]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''[[Autumn (Don Ellis album)|Autumn]]'' – [[Don Ellis]]
*''[[Baby, Come Back (album)|Baby, Come Back]]'' – [[The Equals]]
*''[[Backstage (album)|Backstage]]'' – [[Cher]]
*''[[Baiyina (The Clear Evidence)]]'' – [[Pat Martino]]
*''[[Balaklava (album)|Balaklava]]'' – [[Pearls Before Swine (band)|Pearls Before Swine]]
*''A Banda Tropicalista do Duprat'' – [[Rogério Duprat]]
*''Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid'' – [[Terry Reid]]
*''[[The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss album)|The Beat Goes On!]]'' – [[Sonny Criss]]
*''[[Bend Me, Shape Me (album)|Bend Me, Shape Me]]'' – [[The American Breed]]
*''[[Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival]]'' – [[Bill Evans]]
*''Bill Haley's Biggest Hits'' – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
*''[[Black Magic (Magic Sam album)|Black Magic]]'' – [[Magic Sam]]
*''[[Blue Odyssey]]'' – [[Houston Person]]
*''[[Blues – The Common Ground]]'' – [[Kenny Burrell]]
*''[[Blues on Top of Blues]]'' – [[B. B. King]]
*''[[Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell]]'' – [[Bobbie Gentry]] and [[Glen Campbell]]
*''Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers'' – [[Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers]]
*''[[The Bonniwell Music Machine (album)|The Bonniwell Music Machine]]'' – [[The Music Machine]]
*''[[Boppin' & Burnin']]'' – [[Don Patterson (organist)|Don Patterson]]
*''[[The Bottom of the Blues]]'' – [[Otis Spann]]
*''[[Bottoms Up (Illinois Jacquet album)|Bottoms Up]]'' – [[Illinois Jacquet]]
*''[[The Bright, the Blue and the Beautiful]]'' – [[Ahmad Jamal]]
*''[[Bull's Eye!]]'' – [[Barry Harris]]
*''[[Caetano Veloso (1968 album)|Caetano Veloso]]'' – [[Caetano Veloso]]
*''[[Calling Out Loud]]'' – [[Nat Adderley]]
*''[[Caravan (Caravan album)|Caravan]]'' – [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]]
*''[[The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp]]'' – [[Giles, Giles and Fripp]]
*''[[The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle]]'' - [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]
*''[[Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
*''[[Congliptious]]'' – [[Roscoe Mitchell]]
*''[[Count Your Blessings, Woman (album)|Count Your Blessings, Woman]]'' – [[Jan Howard]]
*''[[Country Girl (Dottie West album)|Country Girl]]'' – [[Dottie West]]
*''[[Country Hall of Fame (1968 album)|Country Hall of Fame]]'' – [[Hank Locklin]]
*''[[The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (album)|The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]]'' – [[The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]]
*''[[Cream of the Crop (Wanda Jackson album)|Cream of the Crop]]'' – [[Wanda Jackson]]
*''[[Cry Like a Baby (album)|Cry Like a Baby]]'' – [[The Box Tops]]
*''[[Cycles (Frank Sinatra album)|Cycles]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]]
*''[[D-I-V-O-R-C-E (album)|D-I-V-O-R-C-E]]'' – [[Tammy Wynette]]
*''[[The Delta Sweete]]'' – [[Bobbie Gentry]]
*''[[Devil Got My Woman]]'' – [[Skip James]]
*''Dino Valente'' – [[Chet Powers|Dino Valente]]
*''Dion'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''[[Dirty Grape]]'' – [[Johnny "Hammond" Smith]]
*''[[Disposable (album)|Disposable]]'' – [[The Deviants (band)|The Deviants]]
*''[[Down Here on the Ground]]'' – [[Wes Montgomery]]
*''[[Drinkin' and Courtin']]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''[[Earth Opera (album)|Earth Opera]]'' – [[Earth Opera]]
*''[[Easy Does It (Julie London album)|Easy Does It]]'' – [[Julie London]]
*''Eden's Children'' – Eden's Children
*''The Electricfying Eddie Harris'' – [[Eddie Harris]]
*''Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera'' – [[Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera]]
*''Fall Out'' – [[Terry Smith (British jazz guitarist)|Terry Smith]]
*''Feelings'' – [[The Grass Roots]]
*''[[Filles de Kilimanjaro]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
*''First Edition's 2nd'' – [[The First Edition (band)|The First Edition]]
*''[[For the Sake of the Song (album)|For the Sake of the Song]]'' – [[Townes Van Zandt]]
*''[[Francis A. & Edward K.]]'' – [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Duke Ellington]]
*''[[From St. Louie to Frisco]]'' – [[Chuck Berry]]
*''Gal Costa'' – [[Gal Costa]]
*''[[Gentle on My Mind (Patti Page album)|Gentle on My Mind]]'' – [[Patti Page]]
*''[[Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''[[God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It]]'' – [[Red Krayola]]
*''[[Goin' to Memphis]]'' – [[Paul Revere & the Raiders]]
*''Golden Grass'' – [[The Grass Roots]]
*''Gun'' – [[The Gun (band)|Gun]]
*''[[H. P. Lovecraft II]]'' – [[H. P. Lovecraft (band)|H. P. Lovecraft]]
*''[[Heart of Cash]]'' – [[Johnny Cash]]
*''Here Comes The Judge'' – [[Shorty Long|Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long]]
*''[[Hey Little One]]'' – [[Glen Campbell]]
*''Hickory Holler Revisited'' – [[O.C. Smith]]
*''[[Honey (Andy Williams album)|Honey]]'' – [[Andy Williams]]
*''The Horse'' – [[Cliff Nobles]] & Co.
*''[[House Project|Housing Project]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''[[I Can't Stop Dancing]]'' – [[Archie Bell & The Drells]]
*''[[I Stand Alone (Al Kooper album)|I Stand Alone]]'' – [[Al Kooper]]
*''I'm a Fool to Want You'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
*''[[In My Own Dream]]'' – [[Paul Butterfield]]
*''[[In New York (EP)|In New York]]'' – [[Ravi Shankar]]
*''[[It Crawled into My Hand, Honest]]'' – [[The Fugs]]
*''[[It's All About]]'' – [[Spooky Tooth]]
*''Karyobin'' – [[Spontaneous Music Ensemble]]
*''Large as Life and Twice as Natural'' – [[Davey Graham]]
*''[[The Left Banke Too]]'' – [[The Left Banke]]
*''[[Live (13th Floor Elevators album)|Live]]'' – [[The 13th Floor Elevators]]
*''[[The Love Album (John Hartford album)|The Love Album]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''[[Look to Your Heart (Perry Como album)|Look to Your Heart]]'' – [[Perry Como]]
*''Love Is All Around'' – [[The Troggs]]
*''Love and Other Crimes'' – [[Lee Hazlewood]]
*''[[Love Is Blue (Johnny Mathis album)|Love is Blue]]'' – [[Lawrence Welk|The Lawrence Welk Orchestra]]
*''[[Lucille (album)|Lucille]]'' – [[B. B. King]]
*''A Man Without Love'' – [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]
*''Members, Don't Git Weary'' – [[Max Roach]]
*''The Midnight Mover'' – [[Wilson Pickett]]
*''[[Miracle Mirror]]'' – [[Golden Earring]]
*''[[Mony Mony (album)|Mony Mony]]'' – [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]
*''[[A Morning Raga / An Evening Raga]]'' – [[Ravi Shankar]]
*''Nancy & Lee'' – [[Nancy Sinatra]] & [[Lee Hazlewood]]
*''NBC-TV Special:TCB Soundtrack'' – [[Diana Ross & The Supremes]] with [[The Temptations]]
*''[['Nuff Said! (Nina Simone album)|'Nuff Said!]]'' – [[Nina Simone]]
*''On Stage'' – [[Bill Haley & His Comets]]
*''[[One to Get Ready, Four to Go]]'' – [[Clare Fischer]]
*''Otis Redding Live at the Whiskey A Go Go'' – [[Otis Redding]]
*''[[Outrageous (Kim Fowley album)|Outrageous]]'' – [[Kim Fowley]]
*''[[The Perry Como Christmas Album]]'' – [[Perry Como]]
*''[[Power of Love (Hour Glass album)|Power of Love]]'' – [[Hour Glass (band)|Hour Glass]]
*''[[The Progressive Blues Experiment]]'' – [[Johnny Winter]]
*''Promise Of A Future'' – [[Hugh Masekela]]
*''[[Rare Junk]]'' – [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
*''[[Reality Is Bad Enough]]'' – [[Patrick Sky]]
*''Realization'' – [[Johnny Rivers]]
*''Recital na Boite Barroco'' – [[Maria Bethânia]]
*''Rhinoceros'' – [[Rhinoceros (band)|Rhinoceros]]
*''[[Ring Out Joy]]'' – [[Ed Summerlin]]
*''[[Roots (The Everly Brothers album)|Roots]]'' – [[The Everly Brothers]]
*''[[S.F. Sorrow]]'' – [[The Pretty Things]]
*''[[Scratching the Surface (The Groundhogs album)|Scratching the Surface]]'' – [[The Groundhogs]] (debut)
*''[[Shake! (album)|Shake!]]'' – [[Siegel-Schwall Band]]
*''Sir John Alot of Merry Englandes Musyk Thynge and ye Grene Knyghte'' – [[John Renbourn]]
*''[[Slow Drag (album)|Slow Drag]]'' – [[Donald Byrd]]
*''Soul Master'' – [[Edwin Starr]]
*''Soulful Christmas'' – [[James Brown]]
*''[[The Sounds of India]]'' – [[Ravi Shankar]]
*''[[Soul Limbo]]'' – [[Booker T. & the MGs]]
*''[[Speak Like a Child (album)|Speak Like a Child]]'' – [[Herbie Hancock]]
*''Special Occasion'' – [[Smokey Robinson & The Miracles]]
*''[[Strictly Personal]]'' – [[Captain Beefheart]] and his Magic Band
*''Su piano y su música'' – [[Armando Manzanero]]
*''[[Switched-On Bach]]'' – [[Walter Carlos]]
*''[[Taj Mahal (album)|Taj Mahal]]'' – [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]]
*''[[Le temps des fleurs (album)|Le temps des fleurs]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Tenderness Junction]]'' – [[The Fugs]]
*''[[Texas in My Soul]]'' – [[Willie Nelson]]
*''There Is'' – [[The Dells]]
*''There Goes My Everything'' – [[Don Cherry (singer)|Don Cherry]]
*''[[Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells album)|Tighten Up]]'' – [[Archie Bell & The Drells]]
*''Tiny Tim's 2nd Album'' – [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]]
*''[[Tomorrow (Tomorrow album)|Tomorrow]]'' – [[Tomorrow (band)|Tomorrow]]
*''[[The Transformed Man]]'' – [[William Shatner]]
*''[[Vigil (album)|Vigil]]'' – [[The Easybeats]]
*''[[Wake Up...It's Tomorrow]]'' – [[Strawberry Alarm Clock]]
*''[[Welcome to Trini Country]]'' – [[Trini Lopez]]
*''Wine and Song'' – [[Sergio Franchi]]
*''[[With Their New Face On]]'' – [[The Spencer Davis Group]]
*''[[The World in a Sea Shell]]'' – Strawberry Alarm Clock
{{div col end}}

==Billboard Top popular records of 1968==

The 1968 Billboard year-end list is composed of records that entered the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|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. [https://www.billboard.com/charts/ Billboard also has chart summaries] on its website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081205052839/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/1968YESP.html Cashbox rankings] were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from the [https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ RIAA's Gold and Platinum database], the [https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BRIT Certified database]  and The Book of Golden Discs,<ref name=goldendiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref> but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] and [[National Recording Registry]] information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! [[Billboard Hot 100|Rank]] 
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Release Date
! CB
! Sales
! Charts, Awards
|-
| 1 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[Hey Jude]]" || Apple 2276 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 31, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 26, 1968 || 1 || 8.00<ref>{{cite book|first=Walter|last=Everett|author-link=Walter Everett (musicologist)|year=1999|title=The Beatles as Musicians: Revolver Through the Anthology|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York, NY|isbn=0-19-509553-7}}</ref> || 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 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 10, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|October 30, 1968 || 3 || 4.00<ref>{{cite book |title=The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: Folk, pop, mods, and rockers, 1960-1966 |date=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Press |page=33 |isbn=9780313329609 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CEKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Heard+It+Through+the+Grapevine%22+%224+million%22 |access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref> || 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|Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra]] || "[[L'amour est bleu|Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)]]" || Philips 40495 || {{Date table sorting|196710}}|October 21, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 22, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|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 (Bobby Goldsboro song)|Honey]]" || United Artists 50283 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 30, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|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 ||  {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|May 14, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 1, 1968 || 8 || 1.50  || US Billboard 1968 #7, Hot100 #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, 201 points
|-
| 8 || [[The Supremes|Diana Ross and the Supremes]] || "[[Love Child (song)|Love Child]]" || Motown 1135 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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 & Garfunkel|Simon and Garfunkel]] || "[[Mrs. Robinson]]" || Columbia 44511 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 2, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|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 (song)|Young Girl]]" || Columbia 44450 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 9, 1968<ref name=GaryPuckett/> || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|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 (Archie Bell & the Drells song)|Tighten Up]]" || Atlantic 2478 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|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 PTA|Harper Valley P.T.A.]]" || RCA Victor 20-1759 || {{Date table sorting|1968}}|1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|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|John Fred and His Playboy Band]] || "[[Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)]]" || Paula 282 || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|September 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196710}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|February to May 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 11, 1968 || 16 || 1.50 || US Billboard 1968 #14, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 156 points
|-
| 15 || [[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap|The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett]] || "[[Woman, Woman]]" || Columbia 37095 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 16, 1967<ref name=GaryPuckett>{{Cite AV media notes |title = The Best Of Gary Puckett And The Union Gap |last = Gary Puckett & The Union Gap |first =Scan of Official Cover  |url = https://i.discogs.com/WsSn8kEgQmd8e7xT4AJfXOMH4h4EMQkLntAR8DCDLvI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE0MTY1/MTExLTE1NjkwNzI2/NDYtMjU1Ni5qcGVn.jpeg |date  = 2004 |access-date = 2023-02-04| page  = 10 |type = booklet |publisher   = Sony, Columbia|id = CK 90626}}</ref><!--This is not user-generated content--> || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 4, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 10, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|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|Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus]] || "[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (song)|The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]" || RCA Victor 47-9423 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 22, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|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 (song)|Those Were The Days]]" || Apple 8526 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|1967 || {{Date table sorting|196710}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 12, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 20, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 9, 1968<ref name=GaryPuckett/><!--This is not user-generated content--> || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 1, 1968 || 20 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #25, Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 130 points
|-
| 26 || [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] || "[[Born To Be Wild]]" || Dunhill 4138 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 10, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 6, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 22, 1968 || 18 || 1.50  || US Billboard 1968 #27, Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 128 points
|-
| 28 || [[Classics IV]] || "[[Spooky (Classics IV song)|Spooky]]" || Imperial 66259 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|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 (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]" || Atlantic 2556 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|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 (song)|MacArthur Park]]" || Dunhill 4134 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|December 21, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|February 6, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196708}}|August 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196802}}|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 DiMucci|Dion]] || "[[Abraham, Martin and John]]" || Laurie 3464 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || 32 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #35, Hot100 #4 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 120 points
|-
| 37 || Steppenwolf || "[[Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)|Magic Carpet Ride]]" || Dunhill 4161 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 1, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 1968 || 48 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #37, Hot100 #3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 119 points
|-
| 149 || [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] || "[[Tiptoe Through the Tulips|Tiptoe Thru’ the Tulips with Me]]" || Reprise 0679 || {{Date table sorting|196712}}|December 21, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|April 1968 || 170 || 1.00 || US Billboard 1968 #149, Hot100 #17 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 4 points
|}


    Billboard Top Soul Singles 1968
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || Marvin Gaye || "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 2]]
|-
| 2 || [[Johnnie Taylor]] || "[[Who's Making Love]]" || Stax 0009 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196810}}|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|James Brown & His Famous Flames]] || "[[Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud]]" || King 6187 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 7, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|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" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 31]]
|-
| 5 || Marvin Gaye and [[Tammi Terrell]] || "[[You're All I Need To Get By]]" || Tamla 54169 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 10, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Henson Cargill]] || "[[Skip a Rope]]" || Monument 1041 || {{Date table sorting|196709}}|September 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|August 28, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196803}}|March 22, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|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 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 13, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra || "Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 3]]
|-
| 2  || Herb Alpert || "This Guy's in Love with You" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 6]]
|-
| 3 || Glen Campbell || "Wichita Lineman" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 16]]
|-
| 4 || Hugo Montenegro, His Orchestra And Chorus || "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" || || || || || || [[#Billboard Top popular records of 1968|see number 18]]
|-
| 5 || [[Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66]] || "[[The Fool On The Hill]]" || A&M 961 || {{Date table sorting|196806}}|June 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|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)'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| 1 || [[Cream (band)|Cream]] || "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]" || Atco 6544 || {{Date table sorting|196705}}|May 30, 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|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|Disraeli Gears - Atco 232]]
|-
| 2  || [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] || "[[All Along the Watchtower]]" || Reprise 0767 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 21, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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|Electric Ladyland - Reprise 6307]], Grammy Hall of Fame 2001
|-
| 3 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || "[[Sympathy For The Devil]]" || London 33 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 25, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196812}}|December 6, 1968 ||  || 1.00 || Top Rock Tracks 1968 #3, from [[Beggars Banquet|Beggars Banquet - London 33]]
|-
| 4 || [[The Beatles]] || "[[While My Guitar Gently Weeps]]" || Apple 101 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|September 5–6, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196811}}|November 22, 1968 ||  || 1.00 || Top Rock Tracks 1968 #4, from [[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles (White Album) - Apple 101]]
|-
| 5 || [[The Band]] || "[[The Weight]]" || Capitol 2269 || {{Date table sorting|196801}}|January 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|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|Music From Big Pink - Capitol 2955]]
|-
| 6 || The Doors || "[[Love Me Two Times]]" || Elektra 45624 || {{Date table sorting|196704}}|April 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|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 (The Doors album)|Strange Days - Elektra 74014]].
|-
| 7 || Cream || "[[White Room]]" || Atco 6617 || {{Date table sorting|196804}}|June 1967-April 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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|Wheels of Fire - Atco 700]]
|-
| 8 || [[The Rolling Stones]] || "[[Stray Cat Blues]]" || London 33 || {{Date table sorting|196807}}|July 25, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196812}}|December 6, 1968 ||  ||  || Top Rock Tracks 1968 #8, from [[Beggars Banquet|Beggars Banquet - London 33]]
|-
| 9 || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] || "[[Pictures Of Matchstick Men]]" || Cadet Concept 7001 || {{Date table sorting|196711}}|November 1967 || {{Date table sorting|196809}}|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|Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo - Cadet Concept single 7001]]
|-
| 10 || [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] || "[[Piece Of My Heart]]" || Columbia 44626 || {{Date table sorting|196805}}|March 2-May 20, 1968 || {{Date table sorting|196808}}|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 (Big Brother and the Holding Company album)|Cheap Thrills - Columbia 9700]]
|}

==Other hit singles==
{{See also|List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968}}
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
*"2 in 3" – [[Esther & Abi Ofarim]]
*"[[Ain't Got No, I Got Life]]"/"Do What You Gotta Do" – [[Nina Simone]]
*"[[Ain't No Way]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"Ain't Nothin' but a Houseparty" – The Showstoppers
*"[[Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing]]" – [[Marvin Gaye]] & [[Tammi Terrell]]
*"[[Albatross (composition)|Albatross]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"[[Am I That Easy to Forget]]" – [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]
*"[[Anything (The Animals song)|Anything]]" – [[The Animals|Eric Burdon & The Animals]]
*"[[Baby Come Back (The Equals song)|Baby Come Back]]" – [[The Equals]]
*"[[The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde]]" – [[Georgie Fame]]
*"[[Bend Me, Shape Me]]" – [[The American Breed]]
*"Bend Me, Shape Me" – [[Amen Corner (band)|Amen Corner]]
*"Blue Eyes" – [[Don Partridge]]
*"[[Both Sides Now]]" – [[Judy Collins]]
*"Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache" – [[Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon|The Bandwagon]]
*"[[Cab Driver (song)|Cab Driver]]" – [[The Mills Brothers]]
*"[[California Dreamin']]" – [[Bobby Womack]]
*"[[Can't Take My Eyes Off You]]" – [[Andy Williams]]
*"[[Captain of Your Ship]]" – [[Reparata and the Delrons]]
*"[[Cloud Nine (The Temptations song)|Cloud Nine]]" – [[The Temptations]]
*"[[Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)|Congratulations]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Dance to the Music (song)|Dance to the Music]]" – [[Sly & the Family Stone]]
*"[[Darlin' (The Beach Boys song)|Darlin']]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"A Day Without Love" – [[Love Affair (band)|Love Affair]]
*"[[Days (The Kinks song)|Days]]" – [[The Kinks]]
*"[[Delilah (1968 song)|Delilah]]" – [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]
*"[[Do It Again (Beach Boys song)|Do It Again]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
*"[[Do You Know the Way to San Jose]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
*"Du sollst nicht weinen" – [[Heintje]]
*"[[Eloise (Paul Ryan song)|Eloise]]" – [[Barry Ryan (singer)|Barry Ryan]]
*"[[Everlasting Love]]" – [[Love Affair (band)|Love Affair]]
*"Everything I Am" – [[Plastic Penny]]
*"[[Feliciano!]]" – [[Jose Feliciano]]
*"[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire!]]" – [[Arthur Brown (musician)|The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]]
*"[[Fire Brigade (Move song)|Fire Brigade]]" – [[The Move]]
*"[[The Fool on the Hill|Fool on the Hill]]" – [[Sergio Mendes]] & Brasil '66
*"[[Girl Watcher]]" – [[The O'Kaysions]]
*"[[Going Up the Country]]" – [[Canned Heat]]
*"[[Gimme Little Sign]]" – [[Brenton Wood]]
*"[[Help Yourself (Tom Jones song)|Help Yourself]]" – [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]
*"Helule Helule" – [[The Tremeloes]]
*"High in the Sky – [[Amen Corner (band)|Amen Corner]]
*"[[Hold Me Tight (Johnny Nash song)|Hold Me Tight]]" – [[Johnny Nash]]
*"[[The House That Jack Built (Aretha Franklin song)|The House That Jack Built]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"[[The Hurdy Gurdy Man (song)|Hurdy Gurdy Man]]" – [[Donovan]]
*"[[Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)|Hush]]" – [[Deep Purple]]
*"[[The Horse]]" – [[Cliff Nobles|Cliff Nobles & Co.]]
*"[[I Can Take or Leave Your Loving]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]
*"[[I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten]]" – [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"I Don't Want Our Loving to Die" – [[The Herd (UK band)|The Herd]]
*"[[I Love You (The Zombies song)|I Love You]]" – [[People!]]
*"[[Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille]]" – [[Jacques Dutronc]]
*"[[I Pretend]]" – [[Des O'Connor]]
*"[[I Wish It Would Rain]]" – [[The Temptations]]
*"I'll Love You Forever Today" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"I'm a Tiger" – [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
*"[[I'm the Urban Spaceman]]" – [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]]
*"[[I've Gotta Be Me]]" – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*"[[I've Gotta Get a Message to You]]" – [[Bee Gees]]
*"[[Ice in the Sun]]" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
*"If I Only Had Time" – [[John Rowles]]
*"[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (song)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]" – [[Iron Butterfly]]
*"Indian Rope Man" – [[Julie Driscoll]], [[Brian Auger]] & [[Brian Auger and the Trinity|The Trinity]]
*"[[Jennifer Juniper]]" – [[Donovan]]
*"[[Jesamine]]" – [[The Casuals]]
*"Journey to the Center of the Mind" – [[The Amboy Dukes (band)|The Amboy Dukes]]
*"[[Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)]]" – [[The First Edition (band)|The First Edition]]
*"Keep On" – [[Bruce Channel]]
*"[[Keep the Ball Rollin']]" – [[Al Hirt]]
*"[[Lazy Sunday (Small Faces song)|Lazy Sunday]]" – [[Small Faces]]
*"[[The Legend of Xanadu]]" – [[Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich]]
*"[[Light My Fire]]" – [[Jose Feliciano]]
*"[[Little Arrows]]" – [[Leapy Lee]]
*"[[Little Green Apples]]" – [[Roger Miller]]
*"[[The Look of Love (1967 song)|The Look of Love]]" – [[Sergio Mendes]] & Brasil '66
*"[[Lovin' Things (song)|Lovin' Things]]" – [[Marmalade (band)|Marmalade]]
*"[[Magic Bus (song)|Magic Bus]]" – [[The Who]]
*"[[Quando m'innamoro|A Man Without Love]]" – [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]
*"Marianne" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Master Jack]]" – [[Four Jacks and a Jill]]
*"Mathilda" – [[Udo Jürgens]]
*"Me the Peaceful Heart" – [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]]
*"[[Midnight Confessions]]" – [[The Grass Roots]]
*"[[Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)|Mighty Quinn]]" – [[Manfred Mann]]
*"[[Monterey (Eric Burdon and the Animals song)|Monterey]]" – [[The Animals|Eric Burdon & The Animals]]
*"[[Mony Mony]]" – [[Tommy James & the Shondells]]
*"[[Mountain of Love]]" - [[Ronnie Dove]]
*"My Little Lady" – [[The Tremeloes]]
*"[[My Name is Jack]]" – [[Manfred Mann]]
*"[[My Song (Johnny Ace song)|My Song]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"[[Need Your Love So Bad]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"[[Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da]]" – [[The Marmalade]]
*"[[On the Road Again (Canned Heat song)|On the Road Again]]" – [[Canned Heat]]
*"[[Only One Woman]]" – [[The Marbles (duo)|The Marbles]]
*"[[Over You (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap song)|Over You]]" – [[Gary Puckett & The Union Gap]]
*"Paradise Lost" – [[The Herd (UK band)|The Herd]]
*"[[Playboy (Gene & Debbe song)|Playboy]]" – [[Gene & Debbe]]
*"Race with the Devil" – [[The Gun (band)|The Gun]]
*"Rainbow Valley" – [[Love Affair (band)|Love Affair]]
*"[[Reach out of the Darkness]]" – [[Friend & Lover]]
*"Rosie" – [[Don Partridge]]
*"[[Scarborough Fair (ballad)|Scarborough Fair]]" – [[Sergio Mendes]] & Brasil '66
*"Schlager Rendezvous 1" – [[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]]
*"[[See Saw (Don Covay song)|See Saw]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"[[The Silent Sun]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Simon Says (1910 Fruitgum Company song)|Simon Says]]" – [[1910 Fruitgum Company]]
*"[[Sky Pilot (song)|Sky Pilot]]" – [[The Animals|Eric Burdon & The Animals]]
*"[[Sleepy Joe (song)|Sleepy Joe]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]
*"[[Slip Away (Clarence Carter song)|Slip Away]]" – [[Clarence Carter]]
*"[[Some Velvet Morning]]" – [[Lee Hazlewood]] & [[Nancy Sinatra]]
*"[[Son of a Preacher Man]]" – [[Dusty Springfield]]
*"[[Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp]]" – [[O. C. Smith]]
*"[[Soulful Strut]]" – [[Young-Holt Unlimited]]
*"[[Step Inside Love]]" – [[Cilla Black]]
*"[[Stoned Soul Picnic (song)|Stoned Soul Picnic]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]]
*"Suddenly You Love Me" – [[The Tremeloes]]
*"[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" – [[Big Brother & The Holding Company]]
*"[[Sunshine Girl (Herman's Hermits song)|Sunshine Girl]]" – [[Herman's Hermits]]
*"[[Susie Q (song)|Suzie Q.]]" – [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]
*"[[Sweet Blindness]]" – [[The 5th Dimension]]
*"[[(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"[[Take Time to Know Her (song)|Take Time to Know Her]]" – [[Percy Sledge]]
*"[[This Wheel's on Fire (song)|This Wheel's on Fire]]" – [[Julie Driscoll]], [[Brian Auger]] & [[Brian Auger and the Trinity|The Trinity]]
*"[[Valleri]]" – [[The Monkees]]
*"[[What a Wonderful World]]" – [[Louis Armstrong]], His Orchestra & Chorus
*"[[The White Horses#Theme song|White Horses]]" – [[Jackie Lee (Irish singer)|Jacky]]
*"[[White Houses (The Animals song)|White Houses]]" – [[The Animals|Eric Burdon & The Animals]]
*"A Winter's Tale" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[With a Little Help from My Friends]]" – [[Joe Cocker]]
*"Yesterday Has Gone" – [[Cupid's Inspiration]]
*"[[You Ain't Goin' Nowhere]]" – [[The Byrds]]
*"[[Yummy Yummy Yummy]]" – [[The Ohio Express]]
{{Div col end}}

==Published popular music==
* "[[1, 2, 3, Red Light (song)|1,2,3, Red Light]]" w.m. Sal Trimachi and Bobbi Trimachi
* "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" w.m. [[Bobby Russell]]
* "[[Abraham, Martin and John]]" w.m. Dick Holler
* "[[Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (song)|Les Bicyclettes de Belsize]]" w.m. [[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]] & [[Barry Mason]]
* "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the [[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|film of the same name]]
* "[[Classical Gas]]" m. [[Mason Williams]]
* "[[Congratulations (Cliff Richard song)|Congratulations]]" w.m. [[Bill Martin (musician)|Bill Martin]] and [[Phil Coulter]]
* "Dear World" w.m. [[Jerry Herman]] from the musical ''[[Dear World]]''
* "[[Eli's Comin']]" w.m. [[Laura Nyro]]
* "[[The Fool on the Hill]]" w.m. [[John Lennon]] & [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[For the Good Times (song)|For the Good Times]]" w.m. [[Kris Kristofferson]]
* "[[Galveston (song)|Galveston]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Webb]]
* "Heffalumps and Woozles" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]''
* "Honey Pie" w.m. [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[I'll Never Fall in Love Again]]" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]] from the musical ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]''
* "Indian Lake" w.m. [[Tony Romeo]]
* "Indian Reservation" w.m. [[John D. Loudermilk]], first recorded by [[Don Fardon]]
* "[[Little Green Apples]]" w.m. [[Bobby Russell]]
* "[[Mac Arthur Park]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Webb]]
* "[[Mr. Bojangles (song)|Mr. Bojangles]]" w.m. [[Jerry Jeff Walker]]
* "[[My Way]]" (French: "''Comme d'habitude''") w.m. [[Claude François]] & [[Jacques Revaux]], Eng.: [[Paul Anka]]
* "The Night They Raided Minsky's" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse from the film ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]''
* "A Perfect Gentleman" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse Introduced by [[Jason Robards]] and [[Norman Wisdom]] in the film ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]''
* "Promises, Promises" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]] from the musical ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]''
* "Save The Country" w.m. [[Laura Nyro]]
* "[[Stand By Your Man]]" w.m. Billy Sherrill & [[Tammy Wynette]]
* "Stoned Soul Picnic" w.m. [[Laura Nyro]]
* "[[Sweet Blindness]]" w.m. [[Laura Nyro]]
* "Take Ten Terrific Girls" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse from the film ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]''
* "Ten Feet off the Ground" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band]]''
* "[[This Guy's In Love With You]]" w. [[Hal David]] m. [[Burt Bacharach]]
* "[[Wichita Lineman]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Webb]]
* "[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]" w. [[Alan Bergman]] & [[Marilyn Bergman]] m. [[Michel LeGrand]] from the film ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]''
* "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" w.m. [[Richard M. Sherman]] & [[Robert B. Sherman]] from the film ''[[Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day]]''
* "You Rat, You" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse from the film ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable"
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Jean Barraqué|Barraqué, Jean]] || ''[[Le Temps restitué]]'' (1956–68) || 1968-04-04 || [[Royan Festival]], France || [[Helga Pilarczyk|Pilarczyk]] – French Radio Choir – Ensemble du [[Domaine Musical]], [[Gilbert Amy|Amy]]<ref>Rose-Marie Janzen, "A Biographical Chronology of Jean Barraqué", translated by [[Adrian Jack]], ''[[Perspectives of New Music]]'' 27, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 234–245. Citation on 242.</ref>
|-
| [[Jean Barraqué|Barraqué, Jean]] || [[Concerto (Barraqué)|Concerto]] (1968) || 1968-11-20 || [[Royal Festival Hall]], London || [[Hubert Rostaing|Rostaing]] / [[Tristan Fry|Fry]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Gilbert Amy|Amy]]<ref>Jean Barraqué, "Concerto (1962–1968)". In his ''Écrits'', edited by Laurent Feneyrou, 205–206. Série Esthétique 3 (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2001): 205. English translation in [[Paul Griffiths (writer)|Paul Griffiths]], ''The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué'', Eastman Studies in Music 25 (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2003 ): 170.</ref>
|-
| [[Rued Langgaard|Langgaard, Rued]] || [[Violin Concerto (Langgaard)|Violin Concerto]] (1944) || 1968-01-10 || Odense, Denmark || [[Kai Laursen|Laursen]] / [[Odense Symphony Orchestra|Odense Municipal Orchestra]] – [[Aksel Wellejus|Wellejus]]<ref>[http://www.dacapo-records.dk/en/recording-romantic-violin-concertos.aspx DaCapo Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|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 and Alfons Kontarsky|Aloys Kontarsky]], [[Alfred Alings|Alings]], [[Rolf Gehlhaar|Gehlhaar]], [[Johannes Fritsch|Fritsch]], [[Harald Bojé|Bojé]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]<ref>Karlheinz Stockhausen, "''Kurzwellen''", in his ''Texte zur Musik'' 3, edited by [[Dieter Schnebel]], 112–120. DuMont Dokumente. Cologne: Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg. {{ISBN|3-7701-0493-5}}. Citation on 114, 116.</ref>
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[Fantaisie concertante]] for piano, clarinet and bassoon || 1968-11-19 || [[Rio de Janeiro]], <small>Sale Cecilia Meireles</small> || [[José Botelho|Botelho]], [[Noel Devos|Devos]], [[Ivy Improta|Improta]]<ref>''Villa-Lobos, sua obra'', second edition ([Rio de Janeiro]: MEC/DAC/Museu Villa-Lobos, 1972): 83.</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Milton Babbitt]] – ''Relata II'' for orchestra
*[[Henk Badings]]
**Symphony No. 14
**''Armageddon''
*[[Samuel Barber]] – ''Twelfth Night'' and ''To Be Sung on the Water'', op. 42
*[[Jean Barraqué]] –
**[[Concerto (Barraqué)|Concerto]], for six instrumental formations and two solo instruments (vibraphone and clarinet)
**''[[Le Temps restitué]]'' for mezzo-soprano, choir, and orchestra
*[[Luciano Berio]] –
**''O King''
**''[[Sinfonia (Berio)|Sinfonia]]''
**''Chemins III''
**''Questo vuol dire che'' for three female voices, small chorus, tape and other available resources
*[[Pierre Boulez]] - ''[[Domaines (Boulez)|Domaines]]''
**''[[Livre pour cordes]]''
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – ''Pirámide'' (ballet)
*[[John Corigliano]] – Piano Concerto
*[[George Crumb]] – ''Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death'' for baritone, electric guitar, electric double bass, amplified piano/electric harpsichord, and two percussionists
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Music for Solo Violin''
*[[Havergal Brian]]
**Symphony No. 31
**Symphony No. 32 in A flat major
**Legend "Ave atque vale"
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] –
**''Stedman Caters''
**''Stedman Doubles'' (revised version)
**''Fantasia on a Ground and 2 Pavans'' (after Purcell)
**''Epistrophe'' for two pianos
**''L'homme armé''
*[[Edison Denisov]] –
**''Osen′'' (Autumn), for 13 solo voices
**''Oda, pamyati Khe Gevara'' (Ode in Memory of Che Guevara)
**''Romanticheskaya muzïka'' (Romantic Music)
*[[Cristóbal Halffter]] –
**''Symposion''
**''Yes, Speak Out, Yes''
*[[Roy Harris]] –
**Symphony no. 12
**Concerto for Amplified Piano, Brass, Double Bass, and Percussion
**Sonata for Cello and Piano (revised version)
*[[Hans Werner Henze]] – ''[[Das Floß der Medusa]]''
*[[Heinz Holliger]] – ''h'' for wind quintet
*[[Karel Husa]] – ''[[Music for Prague 1968]]''
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Training 68'' for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano
*[[Ladislav Kupkovic]] – ''Souvenir'' (one of his few recorded works)
*[[Helmut Lachenmann]] – ''temA'' for flute, voice and cello
*[[György Ligeti]] – ''Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett'' (Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet)
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – ''Livre pour orchestre''
*[[Ester Mägi]] – ''Symphony''
*[[Krzysztof Meyer]] – Sonatas for Piano, No. 4
*[[Bo Nilsson]] – ''Attraktionen'', for string quartet
*[[Per Nørgård]] –
**''Rejse ind i den gyldne skærm (Voyage into the Golden Screen)''
**Concerto for Accordion ''Recall''
*[[Arvo Pärt]] – "Credo" for piano, chorus and orchestra
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – ''[[St Luke Passion (Penderecki)]]''
*[[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Processional for Organ''
*[[Roger Sessions]] – Symphony no. 8
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] –
**String Quartet no. 12 in D{{music|flat}} major, op. 133
**Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, op. 134
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] –
**''[[Aus den sieben Tagen]]''
**''[[Kurzwellen]]''
**''[[Stimmung]]''
**''[[Spiral (Stockhausen)|Spiral]]''
*[[John Tavener]] – ''The Whale'' (cantata)
*[[David Tudor]] & [[Lowell Cross]] – ''Reunion''
*[[Charles Wuorinen]] –
**''Flute Variations II''
**String Trio
*[[Iannis Xenakis]] – ''Nomos Gamma'' for 98 musicians dispersed among the audience

==Opera==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[The Prodigal Son (Britten)|The Prodigal Son]]'' (church parable)
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – ''[[The Visitors (opera)|Los visitantes]]'' (revision of ''Panfilo e Lauretta'')
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – ''Revelation and Fall''
*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[Help, Help, the Globolinks!]]''
*[[Ástor Piazzolla]] – ''[[María de Buenos Aires]]''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1968 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' ([[Kander and Ebb]]) – London production
* ''[[Canterbury Tales (musical)|Canterbury Tales]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;London production
* ''[[Dames at Sea]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Off-Broadway production opened at the [[Bouwerie Lane Theatre]] on December 20 and transferred to the [[Theatre de Lys]] on April 22, 1969, for a total run of 575 performances.
* ''[[The Dancing Years]]'' ([[Ivor Novello]]) – London revival
* ''[[Darling of the Day (musical)|Darling of the Day]]'' (w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Jule Styne]]) [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[George Abbott Theatre]] on January 27 and ran for 31 performances. Starred [[Patricia Routledge]] and [[Vincent Price]]
* ''[[George M!]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production opened at the [[Palace Theatre]] and ran for 433 performances
* ''[[Golden Boy (musical)|Golden Boy]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;London production
* ''[[Golden Rainbow (musical)|Golden Rainbow]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production opened at the [[George Abbott Theatre]] and ran for 388 performances
* ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' – Broadway (1,750 performances) and London (1,997 performances) productions
* ''[[House of Flowers (musical)|House of Flowers]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;off-Broadway revival
* ''[[Lady Be Good (musical)|Lady, Be Good!]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;London revival
* ''[[Man of La Mancha]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;London production
* ''[[Promises, Promises (musical)|Promises, Promises]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]] and ran for 1,281 performances
* ''[[The Happy Time (musical)|The Happy Time]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway Theatre]] and ran for 286 performances
* ''[[Zorba (musical)|Zorba]]'' – after the movie ([[Zorba the Greek]], 1964) and book ([[Nikos Kazantzakis]], 1952).1969 [[Tony Award]] for Best Musical and numerous other nominations, 1969 [[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Lyrics (to Fred Ebb, the first year of that category) and three other nominations. 305 performances starting 11/16/68 at the Imperial Theatre, NY. (Revival 9/16/83 at the Broadway Theatre, NY, ran 362 performances with 1984 [[Theatre World Award]] to actor [[Robert Westenberg]].)

==Musical films==
* ''[[Aashirwad (film)|Aashirwad]]''
* ''[[Bhagyamudra]]''
* ''[[Les Bicyclettes de Belsize]]''
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''
* ''[[Finian's Rainbow (1968 film)|Finian's Rainbow]]''
* ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''
* ''[[Head (film)|Head]]'' – starring [[The Monkees]] and written by [[Jack Nicholson]].
* ''[[The Jungle Book (1967 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' – animated feature film
* ''[[Monterey Pop]]''
* ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' – released December 22 starring [[Jason Robards]] and [[Britt Ekland]]
* ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
* ''[[The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band]]''
* ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]''
* ''[[Yellow Submarine (1968 film)|Yellow Submarine]]'' – animated feature film

==Births==
*[[January 5]] – [[DJ BoBo]], Swiss singer, rapper, songwriter and dancer 
*[[January 9]] – [[Al Schnier]], American [[rock guitar]]ist
*[[January 11]] – [[Tom Dumont]], American guitarist
*[[January 13]] – [[Kim Gun-mo]], South Korean singer and songwriter
*[[January 14]] – [[LL Cool J]], American rapper and actor
*[[January 19]] – [[Ikuko Kawai]], Japanese classic violinist and composer
*[[January 27]]
**<!--January 27-->[[Mike Patton]], American alternative metal vocalist and producer ([[Faith No More]])
**<!--January 27-->[[Deb Talan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Weepies]])
**<!--January 27-->[[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], English rapper and songwriter
*[[January 28]]
**<!--January 28-->[[Sarah McLachlan]], Canadian singer-songwriter
**<!--January 28-->[[DJ Muggs]], American trip hop musician ([[Cypress Hill]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Lisa Marie Presley]], American singer-songwriter (daughter of [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] and [[Priscilla Presley]]) (died 2023)
*[[February 4]] – [[Marko Matvere]], Estonian actor and singer
*[[February 5]] – [[Chris Barron]], American alternative rock singer-songwriter ([[Spin Doctors]])
*[[February 7]] – [[Sully Erna]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Godsmack]] and [[Meliah Rage]])
*[[February 12]]
**[[Gregory Charles]], Canadian singer, dancer, pianist and actor
**[[Chynna Phillips]], American pop singer ([[Wilson Phillips]]) and actress (daughter of [[John Phillips (musician)|John]] & [[Michelle Phillips]] of [[the Mamas & the Papas]])
*[[February 13]] – [[Ahlam (singer)|Ahlam]], Emirati singer and actress
*[[February 19]] – [[Stochelo Rosenberg]], Dutch Gypsy jazz guitarist
*[[February 22]] – [[Brad Nowell]], American ska punk musician ([[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]) (died 1996)
*[[February 25]]
**[[Evridiki]], Cypriot singer
**[[Oumou Sangaré]], Malian Wassoulou singer
*[[March 4]] – [[Patsy Kensit]], British actress and singer
*[[March 8]] – [[Shawn Mullins]], American singer-songwriter
*[[March 11]] 
**[[Lisa Loeb]], American singer-songwriter
**[[Paul Turner (bassist)|Paul Turner]], English bassist ([[Jamiroquai]])
*[[March 15]]
**<!--March 15-->[[Kahimi Karie]], Japanese singer
**<!--March 15-->[[Mark McGrath]], American rock singer ([[Sugar Ray]]) and television presenter
**<!--March 15-->[[Jon Schaffer]], American heavy metal guitarist and singer-songwriter ([[Iced Earth]])
*[[March 23]] – [[Damon Albarn]], British singer ([[Blur (band)|Blur]] and [[Gorillaz]])
*[[March 26]]
**<!--March 26-->[[Kenny Chesney]], American country singer
**<!--March 26-->[[James Iha]], American alternative rock guitarist ([[The Smashing Pumpkins]])
*[[March 29]] – [[Lucy Lawless]], New Zealand born singer and actress
*[[March 30]] – [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[April 1]] – [[Julia Boutros]], Lebanese singer
*[[April 3]] – [[Sebastian Bach]] (Sebastian Philip Bierk), Canadian-born heavy metal singer ([[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]])
*[[April 9]] – [[Cutfather]], Danish music producer, songwriter, DJ and remixer
*[[April 12]] – [[Toby Gad]], Los Angeles based German singer-songwriter/music producer ([[The Veronicas]], [[Madonna]], [[Leona Lewis]], [[Hilary Duff]])
*[[April 15]] – [[Ed O'Brien]], English Guitarist and songwriter ([[Radiohead]])
*[[April 16]] – [[Boudewijn Vincent Bonebakker]], Dutch rock guitarrista ([[Gorefest]])
*[[April 28]] – [[Howard Donald]], British singer and dancer ([[Take That]])
*[[April 29]] – [[Carnie Wilson]], pop singer ([[Wilson Phillips]]), daughter of [[Brian Wilson]]
*[[May 1]] – [[D'arcy Wretzky]] ([[The Smashing Pumpkins]])
*[[May 16]] – [[Ralph Tresvant]] ([[New Edition]])
*[[May 28]] – [[Kylie Minogue]], Australian singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, music producer and philanthropist
*[[June 1]] – [[Jason Donovan]], Australian actor and singer
*[[June 3]] - [[Saffron]], English singer ([[Republica]])
*[[June 4]] - [[Al B. Sure!]], American R&B singer-songwriter
*[[June 6]] – [[Alan Licht]], American guitarist, composer and journalist ([[Run On (band)|Run On]])
*[[June 10]] – [[The D.O.C.]], African-American rapper
*[[June 12]] – [[Bobby Sheehan (musician)|Bobby Sheehan]] ([[Blues Traveler]])
*[[June 13]]
**[[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]], British folk rock singer-songwriter
**[[Denise Pearson]], British singer ([[Five Star]])
*[[June 30]] – [[Phil Anselmo]] ([[Pantera]])
*[[July 4]] – [[Jack Frost (musician)|Jack Frost]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Seven Witches]] and [[The Bronx Casket Co.]])
*[[July 5]] – [[Nardwuar the Human Serviette]], Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player ([[The Evaporators]])
*[[July 10]] – [[Claudia Pop]], Romanian soprano and opera stage director, Doctor in Music, senior lecturer
*[[July 11]] – [[Chu Ga-yeoul]], South Korean singer and songwriter
*[[July 16]] – [[Olga Souza]] ("Corona"), Brazilian singer and dancer
*[[July 19]] – [[Robert Flynn]], American musician
*[[July 22]] – [[Rhys Ifans]], actor, previously vocalist with [[Super Furry Animals]]
*[[July 24]] – [[Kristin Chenoweth]], American actress and singer
*[[July 30]] – [[Elvis Crespo]], Puerto Rican singer
*[[August 1]] – [[Dan Donegan]], American rock musician (''[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]'')
*[[August 2]] – [[John Stanier (drummer)|John Stanier]], American drummer ([[Helmet (band)|Helmet]], [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]], [[The Mark of Cain (band)|The Mark of Cain]] and [[Battles (band)|Battles]])
*[[August 10]] – [[Michael Bivins]], [[New Edition]], [[Bell Biv Devoe]]
*[[August 11]] – [[Charlie Sexton]], American guitarist, singer and songwriter
*[[August 12]] – [[Paul Tucker (musician)|Paul Tucker]], British musician ([[Lighthouse Family]])
*[[August 17]] - [[Dave Hollister]], American R&B singer-songwriter
*[[August 21]] – [[Dina Carroll]], British singer
*[[August 25]] – [[Stuart Murdoch (musician)|Stuart Murdoch]], Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist ([[Belle and Sebastian]])
*[[September 1]] - [[Regina "Queen" Saraiva]], Brazilian actress and singer
*[[September 10]] – [[Big Daddy Kane]], American rapper
*[[September 11]] – [[Kay Hanley]] ([[Letters To Cleo]])
*[[September 12]]  
**[[Ler LaLonde]] ([[Primus (band)|Primus]], [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]])
**[[Kenny Thomas (singer)|Kenny Thomas]], English singer
*[[September 13]] – [[Mike Davenport]] ([[The Ataris]])
*[[September 17]] - [[Anastacia]], American singer-songwriter
*[[September 21]] – [[David Jude Jolicoeur]] aka Trugoy the Dove, American rapper and record producer ([[De La Soul]]) (died 2023)
*[[September 25]]
** [[Will Smith]], American rapper, actor, producer, comedian and singer-songwriter ([[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]], [[DJ Jazzy Jeff]], [[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]])
** [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], Welsh-born actress, singer and dancer
*[[October 1]]
**[[Kevin Griffin]] ([[Better Than Ezra]])
**[[Sagol 59]], Israeli rapper
*[[October 3]] – [[Sevil Hajiyeva]], Azerbaijani singer
*[[October 5]] – [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]], rapper
*[[October 6]] – [[Dominique A]], French singer-songwriter
*[[October 7]] – [[Thom Yorke]], British musician ([[Radiohead]])
*[[October 8]] – [[CL Smooth]], African-American rapper
*[[October 11]] – [[Jane Krakowski]], American actress and singer
*[[October 12]] – [[Hugh Jackman]], Australian actor, dancer and singer
*[[October 14]] – [[Johnny Goudie]], American musician
*[[October 17]] – [[Ziggy Marley]], Jamaican reggae artist
*[[October 17]] – [[Alejandra Ávalos]], Mexican musician and actress
*[[October 19]] – [[Rodney Carrington]], American stand-up comic and country musician
*[[October 22]] – [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]], Jamaican-American reggae & dancehall singer
*[[October 30]] – [[Kiyoharu]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*[[November 9]] – [[Nazzareno Carusi]], Italian pianist
*[[November 10]] – [[Steve Brookstein]], British singer
*[[November 12]] – [[Kathleen Hanna]], [[riot grrrl]] pioneer, American singer ([[Bikini Kill]])
*[[November 14]] – [[Ken Ford (violinist)|Ken Ford]], jazz violinist
*[[November 15]]
**[[Jennifer Charles]], American singer
**[[Ol' Dirty Bastard]], American rapper (died 2004)
*[[November 21]] – [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]], British bassist ([[Blur (band)|Blur]])
*[[November 25]] – [[Tunde Baiyewu]], British singer ([[Lighthouse Family]])
*[[November 28]] – [[Dawn Robinson]], American singer ([[En Vogue]])
*[[November 29]]
**[[Martin Carr]] ([[Boo Radleys]])
**[[Jonathan Knight]], American singer ([[New Kids on the Block]])
*[[December 2]]
** [[Lucy Liu]], American actress, director, film producer, singer and artist
** [[Nate Mendel]] ([[Foo Fighters]])
*[[December 9]] – [[Brian Bell]] ([[Weezer]])
*[[December 16]] – [[Lalah Hathaway]], American singer and daughter of [[Donny Hathaway]]
*[[December 20]] – [[Billy Mann]], American songwriter, record producer, creative executive, music publisher and founder/CEO (P1Nk, Delta Goodrem, Cher, Robyn)
*[[December 29]] – [[Glen Phillips (singer)|Glen Phillips]] ([[Toad the Wet Sprocket]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 18]] – [[Gribouille]], French chanteuse, 26 (alcohol and drug-related)
*[[February 5]] – [[Luckey Roberts]], ragtime composer and pianist, 80
*[[February 13]]
**[[Ildebrando Pizzetti]], composer, 87
**[[Portia White]], contralto singer, 56
*[[February 15]] – [[Little Walter]], blues singer and harmonica player, 37
*[[February 27]] – [[Frankie Lymon]], American doo-wop singer, 25 (heroin overdose)
*[[February 28]] – [[Doretta Morrow]], dancer, 40 (cancer)
*[[March 6]] – [[Iša Krejčí]], composer and conductor, 63
*[[March 10]] – [[Blind Joe Reynolds]], blues singer-songwriter
*[[March 16]] – [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]], composer, 72
*[[April 15]] – [[Borys Lyatoshynsky]], composer, 73
*[[April 25]] – [[Harald Kreutzberg]], dancer and choreographer, 65
*[[May 15]] – [[Florence Austral]], operatic soprano, 76
*[[May 19]] – [[Coleman Hawkins]], jazz tenor saxophonist, 64
*[[May 24]] – [[Bernard Rogers]], composer, 75
*[[May 26]] – [[Little Willie John]], R&B singer, 30 (heart attack in prison)
*[[June 2]] – [[André Mathieu]], pianist and composer, 39
*[[June 8]] – [[Bumble Bee Slim]], Piedmont blues musician, 63
*[[June 14]] – [[Karl-Birger Blomdahl]], composer and conductor, 51
*[[June 15]] – [[Wes Montgomery]], jazz guitarist, 45 (heart attack)
*[[June 26]] – [[Ziggy Elman]], US trumpet player, 54
*[[July 21]] – [[Ruth St. Denis]], dancer, 89
*[[July 27]] – [[Lilian Harvey]], actress and singer, 62
*[[July 28]] – [[Carl Ravazza]], US violinist, vocalist and bandleader, 58
*[[July 30]] – [[Jón Leifs]], composer, 69
*[[August 5]] – [[Luther Perkins]], guitarist of The Tennessee Two, 40 (burns and smoke inhalation following a house fire)
*[[August 15]] – [[Luis Gianneo]], Argentine composer, pianist and conductor, 71
*[[August 18]] – [[Arthur Marshall (ragtime composer)|Arthur Marshall]], ragtime composer, 86
*[[September 19]] – [[Red Foley]], country singer, 58
*[[October 8]] – [[Frank Skinner (composer)|Frank Skinner]], film composer, 70
*[[October 15]] – [[Franz Reizenstein]], pianist and composer, 57
*[[October 20]] – [[Bud Flanagan]], music hall star, 72
*[[October 30]] – [[Pops Foster]], jazz musician, 77
*[[November 6]] – [[Charles Munch (conductor)|Charles Munch]], French conductor, 77 (heart attack)
*[[November 8]] – [[Kokomo Arnold]], American blues musician, 67
*[[November 9]] – [[Jan Johansson (jazz musician)|Jan Johansson]], Swedish jazz pianist, 37 (car crash)
*[[November 11]] – [[Jeanne Demessieux]], French organist, pianist and composer, 47 (embolism)<ref>{{cite book|first=Don Michael|last=Randel|author-link=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|location=Cambridge|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=1996|page=209|isbn=978-0-67437-299-3}}</ref>
*[[November 27]] – [[Hans Redlich]], Austrian composer and musicologist, 65
*[[December 1]] – [[Nicolae Bretan]], composer, 81
*[[December 9]] – [[Percy Greenbank]], lyricist, 90
*[[December 14]] – [[Margarete Klose]], operatic mezzo-soprano, 69
*[[December 19]] – [[Tiberiu Brediceanu]], composer, 91
*[[December 31]] – [[Sabin Drăgoi]], composer, 74
*''date unknown''
**[[Juan F. Acosta]], composer and music teacher
**[[Lucille Dompierre]], pianist and arranger
**[[Billy Pigg]], bagpiper
**[[Vincenzo Scaramuzza]], pianist

==Awards==

===Grammy Awards===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1968]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1968]]

{{Portal|1960s}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1968 in music| ]]
[[Category:20th century in music]]
[[Category:Music by year]]