Almost Senior Citizens - Top Songs of 1968

[CW Spook]

Here's the top fifty from my 6-month stint as DJ of the 6-midnight shift at the Big K, 1330 AM in Waterloo, IA.

1.Hey Jude Beatles
2.I Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye
3.Love Is Blue Paul Mauriat
4.Honey Bobby Goldsboro
5.People Got To Be Free Rascals
6.(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding
7.This Guy's In Love With You Herb Alpert
8.Mrs. Robinson Simon & Garfunkel
9.Love Child Supremes
10.Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) John Fred & Playboy Band
11.Tighten Up Archie Bell & Drells
12.Hello, I Love You Doors
13.Grazing In The Grass Hugh Masekela
14.Harper Valley P.T.A. Jeannie C. Riley
15. Green Tambourine Lemon Pipers
16.(Theme From) Valley Of The Dolls Dionne Warwick
17.Young Girl Gary Puckett & Union Gap
18.Those Were The Days Mary Hopkin
19.The Horse Cliff Nobles & Co.
20.Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf
21.Cry Like A Baby Box Tops
22.For Once In My Life Stevie Wonder
23.Classical Gas Mason Williams
24.Lady Willpower Gary Puckett & Union Gap
25.Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin
26.The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Hugo Montenegro
27.Little Green Apples O.C. Smith
28.Fire Crazy World of Arthur Brown
29.MacArthur Park Richard Harris
30.Mony Mony Tommy James & Shondells
31.Stoned Soul Picnic 5th Dimension
32.Magic Carpet Ride Steppenwolf
33.Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell
34.Spooky Classics IV
35.A Beautiful Morning Rascals
36.Light My Fire Jose Feliciano
37.Jumpin' Jack Flash Rolling Stones
38.Valleri Monkeys
39.Woman, Woman Gary Puckett & Union Gap
40.La - La - Means I Love You Delfonics
41.Abraham, Martin And John Dion
42.I Wish It Would Rain Temptations
43.Yummy, Yummy, Yummy Ohio Express
44.Simon Says 1910 Fruitgum Co.
45.The Look Of Love Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
46.Lady Madonna Beatles
47.Hush Deep Purple
48.Sunshine Of Your Love Cream
49.Midnight Confessions Grass Roots
50.Hold Me Tight Johnny Nash

 

[DeadAye]

Where's
Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly
Voices in the Sky by The Moody Blues
Time of the Season by The Zombies
etc
etc
etc

The late 60s sure were wonderful
Great music - No bras - Cheap gas - The summer of love
And then I joined the Army.... (RA, all the way)

 

[CW Spook]

Yeah, that's a list a grabbed off the 'net. I know In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida was on the Top 40 somewhere between June '68 & January '69 when I joined the Navy. I used to set up the long version of Hey Jude, followed by MacArthur Park at 10 PM following the news break which gave me almost 15 minutes to grab a cup of coffee and smoke an Anthony y Cleopatra slim.

 

[cowboy117]

I remember 47 out of the 50 listed.

 

[perrazi]

yr. i graduated from high school. remember all of those. we listened to KIOA,WLS,KOMA, and KAAY.remember those stations? although only in the evenings for the last three.

 

[wbraswell]

My era, I was 15. Ahhhh, it was good times. Cool cars, mini skirts, and psychedelic music. I still love it.

 

[P&R Fan]

I was only 3 in '68, but I remember the station well. When I was in high school in the '80s I drove a car that only had an AM radio, and it was always on 1330. Haven't listened to it in awhile but I think they are an oldies station now.
Jim

 

[kraigwy]

I was in the Army, in SE Asia, particapating in a Live Fire FTX, with pop up-shoot back targets.

People talk about the difference between the Vietnam War and our current wars. There is no compairson.

WE HAD BETTER MUSIC

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I was 13 in 1968. Who in the hell would'a thought we'd live this long
My goodness what interesting times!!!

 

[jkc]

What an eclectic variety of styles --- silly teenybopper bubblegum to heavy metal, some fairly sophisticated instrumentals, a bit of C&W, R&B, soul, something for everyone --- this in the days before cheap FM licenses allowed Balkanizing the markets into smaller and smaller niches, until there were more and more stations offering less and less variety ... this was the golden era of pop music, and pop music radio...

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I remember most of those. Had I known that I was going to liove this long, I might have have taken better care of myself.

 

[mike from st pete]

1968 I finished the 7th grade in June and entered the 8th grade in September.
My favorite group was Steppenwolf. And the protest folk music was just to annoy my Mom & Dad.

 

[LedFowl]

I was 15 in '68. Of those songs, these on my MP3 player right now:

1.Hey Jude, Beatles
6.(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding
8.Mrs. Robinson, Simon & Garfunkel
12.Hello, I Love You Doors
20.Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf
22.For Once In My Life, Stevie Wonder
25.Chain Of Fools, Aretha Franklin
31.Stoned Soul Picnic, 5th Dimension
32.Magic Carpet Ride, Steppenwolf
37.Jumpin' Jack Flash, Rolling Stones
46.Lady Madonna, Beatles
47.Hush, Deep Purple
48.Sunshine Of Your Love, Cream​

 

[Brian41]

I remember those songs and year well. I got my first car, a 1965 Falcon, with AM radio and first real date that year. That was a step up from the tinny transister radio before it and I thought those songs sounded great on it.
That car got replaced with a 1969 Chevelle also with an AM radio but put in a rear speaker to really enjoy those tunes. Later put an eight track in the glovebox and had those songs in stereo and hog heaven.

We were lucky in those days as we had AM stations in Detroit and Flint, Michigan we could tune into for the latest new songs. I still mainly listen to that era of music.