Popular Songs Of 1968, Vol. 1

I'll bet you thought I forgot about continuing these Popular Songs Of..." posts this year, didn't you? Well, you were right! I kinda did forget. But not anymore! Here's part 1 of 4 featuring the best and/or most Popular Songs Of 1968. If you remember these songs when they came out, I'm sorry to tell you that you might be old. But that's alright. Some really great classics in these sets. I hope you will...enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Beatles  ~  “Hey Jude”

2)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone”

3)  Gary Puckett & The Union Gap  ~  “Woman, Woman”

4)  Tammy Wynette  ~  “Stand By Your Man”

5)  Simon & Garfunkel  ~  “Scarborough Fair”

6)  The Grass Roots  ~  “Midnight Confessions”

7)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”

8)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

9)  The Foundations  ~  “Baby, Now That I’ve Found You”

10)  Dusty Springfield  ~  “Son Of A Preacher Man”

11)  Iron Butterfly  ~  “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

12)  O.C. Smith  ~  “Little Green Apples”

13)  Tiny Tim  ~  “Tiptoe Through The Tulips”

14)  The Delfonics  ~  “La-La (Means I Love You)”

15)  Paul Mauriat Orchestra  ~  “Love Is Blue”

16)  Spanky And Our Gang  ~  “Like To Get To Know You”

17)  Richard Harris  ~  “MacArthur Park”

18)  People!  ~  “I Love You”

19)  Stevie Wonder  ~  “Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day”

20)  The Doors  ~  “Hello, I Love You”

21)  Friend & Lover  ~  “Reach Out Of The Darkness”

22)  Waylon Jennings  ~  “The Chokin’ Kind”

23)  The Box Tops  ~  “Cry Like A Baby”

24)  Jerry Butler  ~  “Hey, Western Union Man”

25)  Joe Cocker  ~  “With A Little Help From My Friends”

Popular Songs Of 1967, Vol. 2

The year was 1967. A year in which such future music stars as Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain (Nirvana), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Harry Connick, Jr., Keith Urban, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill would come into existence. Also the year that these great songs first came onto the scene. Part 2 of 4 of the Popular Songs of 1967 starts...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Buffalo Springfield  ~  “For What It’s Worth”

2)  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell  ~  “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

3)  The Five Americans  ~  “Western Union”

4)  Donovan  ~  “Mellow Yellow”

5)  The Supremes  ~  “Reflections”

6)  Van Morrison  ~  “Brown-Eyed Girl”

7)  The Temptations  ~  “You’re My Everything”

8)  Jefferson Airplane  ~  “Somebody To Love”

9)  Scott McKenzie  ~  “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”

10)  Glen Campbell  ~  “Gentle On My Mind”

11)  Aretha Franklin  ~  “Chain Of Fools”

12)  The Jimi Hendrix Experience  ~  “Foxy Lady”

13)  The Hollies  ~  “Carrie Anne”

14)  Dionne Warwick  ~  “Alfie”

15)  Wynn Stewart  ~  “It’s Such A Pretty World Today”

16)  Robert Knight  ~  “Everlasting Love”  (This performance was obviously forty-some years after his song was a hit, so forgive Mr. Knight if his vocals got a little thin over time.)

17)  Bobbie Gentry  ~  “Ode To Billie Joe”

18)  Procol Harum  ~  “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”

19)  Jay & The Techniques  ~  “Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie”

20)  The Mamas & Papas  ~  “Dedicated To The One I Love”

21)  The Beatles  ~  “Strawberry Fields Forever”

22)  The Buckinghams  ~  “Don’t You Care”

23)  Janis Ian  ~  “Society’s Child”

24)  The Doors  ~  “Break On Through (To The Other Side)”

25)  Herman’s Hermits  ~  “No Milk Today”