Acclaimed Music 1968 (Top 20 Songs & Top 20 Albums)

1968

Let's write a new chapter of the year-by-year series based on Acclaimed Music aggregated charts. 1968. Here in Europe, the year of youth revolutions (and of the Prague Spring, forty-three years before the Arab Spring). In the US (and in the UK), rock was definitely blossoming. It rules the albums' playlist - Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash at Folsom, Velvet Underground - while soul is the king of singles: I Heard It Through the Grapevine, The Dock of the Bay, Aretha. As you can see below, just The Beatles (and young Frank Zappa) are out of this big Spotify party. Enjoy!

(legenda: the number preceding the artist name is the ranking of that song or album in Acclaimed Music Top 3000 charts)

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ACCLAIMED MUSIC TOP 20 SONGS OF 1968
Source: Acclaimed Music

1 (8) Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
2 (9) Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
3 (31) The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
- (42) The Beatles - Hey Jude
4 (46) The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
5 (113) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower
6 (176) Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
7 (188) Desmond Dekker - Israelites
8 (194) Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
9 (199) The Band - The Weight
10 (204) Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
11 (220) Dusty Springfield - Son-of-a Preacher Man
12 (225) Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
13 (229) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
-- (303) The Beatles - Revolution
14 (347) Sly and the Family Stone - Everyday People
-- (348) The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
15 (364) Tammy Wynette - Stand by Your Man
-- (403) The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun
16 (428) Van Morrison - Madame George
17 (594) The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
18 (610) Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson and Clover
19 (663) Big Brother and The Holding Company - Piece of My Heart
20 (673) Aretha Franklin - Think

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ACCLAIMED MUSIC TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 1968
Source: Acclaimed Music

- (14) The Beatles - The Beatles ("White Album")
1 (15) Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
2 (22) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
3 (30) The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
4 (80) The Band - Music from Big Pink
5 (130) Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
6 (169) Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
7 (174) The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
8 (187) The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
9 (190) The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
-- (205) The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
10 (242) The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
11 (243) Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
12 (316) The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
13 (319) Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
14 (340) Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
15 (483) Cream - Wheels of Fire
16 (625) Jeff Beck - Truth
17 (711) Dr. John - Gris-Gris
18 (729) The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
19 (768) Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
20 (782) Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay

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