Last updated 12/15/2019
Song 41
Peaked at #4 for three weeks on 4/20/68.
The last Beatles record to be issued on Capitol. All future releases were on Apple.
This is the 2015 stereo remix, transferred from a 24/96 Blu-Ray digital file.
#41 – “Lady Madonna” by The Beatles
Song 42
Peaked at #4 for three weeks on 6/15/68.
The group was actually just singer/songwriter Joey Levine backed by New York studio musicians.
#42 – “Yummy Yummy Yummy” by The Ohio Express
Song 43
Peaked at #4 for two weeks on 12/14/68.
Dion’s first Top 40 record in five years. It was also his last.
#43 – “Abraham, Martin And John” by Dion
Song 44
Peaked at #4 for two weeks on 9/21/68.
Written by Joe South, first recorded by Billy Joe Royal.
The group only reached the U.S. Top 20 twice. Neither of those was a hit in the U.K.
#44 – “Hush” by Deep Purple
Song 45
Peaked at #4 for one week on 4/6/68.
The group’s first Top 20 record. They only had one other.
#45 – “La – La – Means I Love You” by The Delfonics
Song 46
Peaked at #4 for one week on 7/6/68.
Mendes had his first three Top 20 hits in 1968. His only other one, without Brazil ’66, came in 1983.
#46 – “The Look Of Love” by Sergio Mendes and Brazil ’66
Song 47
Peaked at #5 for five weeks on 3/30/68.
Fourth of her five Top 10 hits for the year.
Transferred from a 24/192 hi-res digital file.
#47 – “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone” by Aretha Franklin
Song 48
Peaked at #5 for four weeks on 10/5/68.
The only Top 40 record for this group from North Carolina.
This is a mono recording.
#48 – “Girl Watcher” by The O’Kaysions
Song 49
Peaked at #5 for two weeks on 12/7/68.
His first Top 10 hit. His only other one, “Disco Lady,” came in 1976 and reached #1.
#49 – “Who’s Making Love” by Johnnie Taylor
Song 50
Peaked at #5 for two weeks on 1/27/68.
Their only Top 20 hit. Later, several members of the group joined with singer Chaka Khan to form Rufus.
#50 – “Bend Me, Shape Me” by The American Breed
Song 51
Peaked at #5 for two weeks on 11/9/68.
Despite a 30-year recording career, Nash had only two U.S. Top 10 hits.
#51 – “Hold Me Tight” by Johnny Nash
Song 52
Peaked at #5 for two weeks on 9/14/68.
The second of their three Top 5 hits.
#52 – “1, 2, 3, Red Light” by 1910 Fruitgum Company
Song 53
Peaked at #5 for two weeks on 3/16/68.
I doubt that in 1968 anyone thought that, ten years later, lead singer Kenny Rogers would be one of the biggest stars in the music business.
#53 – “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” by The First Edition
Song 54
Peaked at #5 for one week on 8/31/68.
This is the mono single edit, which is over a minute shorter than the stereo album version.
#54 – “Sunshine Of Your Love” by Cream
Song 55
Peaked at #5 for one week on 11/2/68.
The group’s only Top 5 hit, and one of just three Top 10 hits.
#55 – “Midnight Confessions” by The Grass Roots
Song 56
Peaked at #5 for one week on 12/28/68.
Like The Union Gap, the group’s name kept changing. Starting with this second hit, lead singer Yost got a featured credit.
#56 – “Stormy” by Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Song 57
Peaked at #5 for one week on 8/3/68.
Donovan’s next-to-last Top 30 record. George Harrison helped with the lyrics.
#57 – “Hurdy Gurdy Man” by Donovan
Song 58
Peaked at #6 for three weeks on 11/9/68.
This is the mono single edit. The stereo album version has a third verse.
#58 – “White Room” by Cream
Song 59
Peaked at #6 for two weeks on 5/18/68.
This was their only Top 20 hit and their only #1 R&B hit.
#59 – “Cowboys To Girls” by The Intruders
Song 60
Peaked at #6 for two weeks on 4/27/68.
Brown’s second-biggest pop hit of the Sixties and third biggest of his career.
This is a mono recording downloaded from Google Play.
#60 – “I Got The Feelin'” by James Brown
Song 61
Peaked at #6 for two weeks on 9/7/68.
Third of her five Top 10 hits for the year.
Transferred from a 24/192 hi-res digital file.
#61 – “The House That Jack Built” by Aretha Franklin
Song 62
Peaked at #6 for one week on 11/2/68.
Next-to-last of the group’s five Top 10 hits.
#62 – “Elenore” by The Turtles
Song 63
Peaked at #6 for one week on 10/5/68.
Carter’s first Top 10 hit. He only had one other.
This is a mono recording.
#63 – “Slip Away” by Clarence Carter
Song 64
Peaked at #6 for one week on 9/28/68.
The only cover of a Beatles song to make the Top 200 for the year.
#64 – “The Fool On The Hill” by Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66
Song 65
Peaked at #6 for one week on 8/31/68.
This is the second of three hit versions of the song. Kim Wilde reached #1 in 1987.
This is the single edit. The album version is 7:20. It’s a mono recording, done in one take.
#65 – “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by The Vanilla Fudge
Song 66
Peaked at #7 for three weeks on 6/29/68.
Despite the credit on the label, Rush’s group, The Turnabouts, doesn’t appear on the record – only Memphis studio musicians are playing.
Written by Chip Taylor, who previously wrote “Wild Thing.”
Juice Newton’s 1981 recording reached #4.
This is a mono recording.
#66 – “Angel Of The Morning” by Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts
Song 67
Peaked at #7 for two weeks on 4/13/68.
British singer/pianist who had no other Top 20 hits in the U.S. Most of his later work has been jazz-oriented.
This is a mono recording.
#67 – “The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde” by Georgie Fame
Song 68
Peaked at #7 for two weeks on 8/17/68.
Originally recorded by Glen Campbell in 1961 (peaked at #62).
After four Top 40 hits on a smaller label, this was their first hit on Reprise.
#68 – “Turn Around, Look At Me” by The Vogues
Song 69
Peaked at #7 for two weeks on 2/10/68.
This is the 1991 remaster, which corrects some really sloppy mixing errors in the original live album (like singers and strings moving from side to side).
Downloaded from Amazon Music.
#69 – “Goin’ Out Of My Head / Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” by The Lettermen
Song 70
Peaked at #7 for two weeks on 10/26/68.
The first of their four Top 10 hits on the list.
#70 – “Over You” by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap