What was top of the charts in 1968?

Top 100 Hits of 1968/Top 100 Songs of 1968

  • Hey Jude – The Beatles.
  • Love is Blue – Paul Mauriat.
  • Honey – Bobby Goldsboro.
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  • People Got to Be Free – The Rascals.
  • Sunshine of Your Love – Cream.
  • This Guy’s In Love With You – Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.
  • The Good, The Bad and the Ugly – Hugo Montenegro.

What was the top number one song in 1968?

Hey Jude
This list is of Billboard magazine’s Top Hot 100 songs of 1968….Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968.

No. Title Artist(s)
1 “Hey Jude” The Beatles
2 “Love is Blue” Paul Mauriat
3 “Honey” Bobby Goldsboro
4 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding

Who had hits in 1968?

1968 Number One Singles U.K.

  • The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde – Georgie Fame (1 week)
  • Everlasting Love – Love Affair (2 weeks)
  • Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann (2 weeks)
  • Cinderella Rockafella – Esther & Abi Ofarim (3 weeks)
  • Legend of Xanadu – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich (1 week)
  • Lady Madonna – The Beatles (2 weeks)

What was the number one song in July of 1968?

List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1968

Issue Date Song Artist
July 13 “This Guy’s in Love with You” Herb Alpert
July 20 “Jumpin Jack Flash” The Rolling Stones
July 27 “Grazing in the Grass” Hugh Masekela
August 3 “Lady Willpower” Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

What was the number 1 song in September 1968?

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968

No. Issue date Song
206 September 7 “People Got to Be Free”
September 14
207 September 21 “Harper Valley PTA”
208 September 28 “Hey Jude”

What kind of music was popular in 1968?

‘It Was Allowed To Be Art’ Half a century later, 1968 continues to resonate as a landmark year for rock, pop and soul — in part, say musicians who were there in the studio, because artists were trying things no one had before.

What was the number 1 song in November 1968?

Simon & Garfunkel scored a #1 hit in 1968 with “Mrs. Robinson”.

What was the number one song on May 31st 1968?

The number one song in the week of May 31, 1968 was Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel in US and Young Girl by Union Gap in UK.

What was the number one song in 1969?

Sugar, Sugar
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1969

No. Title Artist(s)
1 “Sugar, Sugar” The Archies
2 “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
3 “I Can’t Get Next to You” The Temptations
4 “Honky Tonk Women” The Rolling Stones

What was the number 1 song in August 1968?

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968

No. Issue date Song
204 July 27 “Grazing in the Grass”
205 August 3 “Hello, I Love You”
August 10
206 August 17 “People Got to Be Free”

What was the number one song in October of 1968?

List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968

No. Issue date Song
207 September 21 “Harper Valley PTA”
208 September 28 “Hey Jude”
October 5
October 12

What was the number one song on July 21 1968?

In that special week of July people in US were listening to Grazing In The Grass by Hugh Masekela. In UK Baby Come Back by The Equals was in the top 5 hits.