{"id":211,"date":"2024-05-19T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T21:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2024-05-19T22:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T22:32:30","slug":"music-68","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/?page_id=211","title":{"rendered":"Notable Music ’68"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Does Your Mama Know About Me<\/strong>” – Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers\u00a0were a Canadian\u00a0soul\u00a0band from\u00a0Vancouver,\u00a0British Columbia, Canada. The group recorded for the\u00a0Gordy Records\u00a0division of\u00a0Motown Records\u00a0in 1968, where they had a top 30 hit single,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 8, 1968 – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay<\/strong>” is a song co-written by\u00a0soul\u00a0singer\u00a0Otis Redding\u00a0and guitarist\u00a0Steve Cropper.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Think<\/strong>” is a song written by American singer\u00a0Aretha Franklin\u00a0and\u00a0Ted White, and first recorded by Franklin. It was released as a\u00a0single\u00a0in 1968, from her\u00a0Aretha Now<\/em>\u00a0album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh, How It Hurts<\/strong>” – Barbara Mason\u00a0(born August 9, 1947, in\u00a0Philadelphia,\u00a0Pennsylvania, United States) is an American\u00a0soul singer with several R&B and pop hits in the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her self-written 1965\u00a0hit song\u00a0“Yes, I’m Ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cowboys to Girls<\/strong>” is a 1968 R&B single written by\u00a0Kenny Gamble\u00a0and\u00a0Leon Huff\u00a0and performed by\u00a0The Intruders. The single was a crossover hit becoming The Intruders<\/strong>‘ first\u00a0Top 40\u00a0single. “Cowboys to Girls” was also The Intruders’ only #1 song on the R&B singles chart and a Top 10 smash on the\u00a0Billboard Hot 100<\/em>, peaking at #6, making it the biggest hit of The Intruders’ career. “Slow Drag”<\/strong> released the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 1968 – “Tell Mama<\/strong>”\u00a0is the seventh studio album by American singer\u00a0Etta James. Her second album release for\u00a0Cadet Records, produced by\u00a0Rick Hall\u00a0at his\u00a0FAME Studios\u00a0in\u00a0Muscle Shoals, Alabama, it was James’s first album since 1964 to enter the\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0200 chart. It contained her first Top 10 R&B hits since 1964 \u2013 the\u00a0title cut\u00a0and “Security”. The “Tell Mama” single gave James her all-time highest\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100\u00a0position, reaching number 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 1968 – “Listen Here<\/strong>” Eddie Harris<\/strong>\u00a0(October 20, 1934 \u2013 November 5, 1996) was an American\u00a0jazz\u00a0musician, best known for playing\u00a0tenor saxophone\u00a0and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the\u00a0electric piano\u00a0and organ. His best-known compositions are “Freedom Jazz Dance”, popularized by\u00a0Miles Davis\u00a0in 1966, and “Listen Here”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 12, 1968 – “Grazing in the Grass<\/strong>” is an\u00a0instrumental\u00a0composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter\u00a0Hugh Masekela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 28, 1968 – “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing<\/strong>” is a 1968 single released by American\u00a0R&B\/soul\u00a0duo\u00a0Marvin Gaye\u00a0and\u00a0Tammi Terrell, on the\u00a0Tamla\u00a0label\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1968 – “Dance to the Music<\/strong>” <\/em>is the second\u00a0studio album\u00a0by\u00a0funk\/soul\u00a0band\u00a0Sly and the Family Stone, released in 1968 on\u00a0Epic\/CBS Records. It contains the\u00a0Top Ten\u00a0hit single of the same name, which was influential in the formation and popularization of the musical subgenre of\u00a0psychedelic soul\u00a0and helped lay the groundwork for the development of funk music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April\u00a05,\u00a01968 – “Mrs. Robinson<\/strong>” is a song by American\u00a0folk rock\u00a0duo\u00a0Simon & Garfunkel\u00a0from their fourth\u00a0studio album,\u00a0Bookends<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 30, 1968 – “Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day<\/strong>” is a 1968\u00a0single\u00a0released by American and\u00a0Motown\u00a0recording artist\u00a0Stevie Wonder.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 9, 1968 – “Born to Be Wild<\/strong>” is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf. 
“Magic Carpet Ride<\/strong>” is a rock song written by John Kay and Rushton Moreve from the Canadian-American hard rock band Steppenwolf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May\u00a014,\u00a01968 – “La La Means I Love You<\/strong><\/em>”\u00a0is the debut studio album by American vocal group\u00a0the Delfonics. It was released via\u00a0Philly Groove Records\u00a0in 1968. It peaked at number 100 on the\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0200\u00a0chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 31, 1968 – “Jumpin’ Jack Flash<\/strong>” is a song by the English\u00a0rock\u00a0band\u00a0the Rolling Stones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 11, 1968 – “Hello, I Love You<\/strong>” is a song recorded by American rock band the Doors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 9, 1968 – “You’re All I Need to Get By<\/strong>” is a song recorded by the American\u00a0R&B\/soul\u00a0duo\u00a0Marvin Gaye\u00a0and\u00a0Tammi Terrell\u00a0and released on\u00a0Motown Records’ Tamla label<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August,\u00a01968 – “Stoned Soul Picnic<\/strong>”\u00a0is the third album by the American\u00a0pop\u00a0group\u00a0the 5th Dimension, released in 1968. Early versions of the album had a lyric sheet inserted in the sleeve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 7, 1968 – “Say It Loud \u2013 I’m Black and I’m Proud<\/strong>” is a\u00a0funk\u00a0song performed by\u00a0James Brown, and written with his\u00a0bandleader\u00a0Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 26, 1968 – “Hey Jude<\/strong>” is a song by the English\u00a0rock\u00a0band\u00a0the Beatles\u00a0that was released as a non-album single<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 30, 1968 – “Love Child<\/strong>” released by the\u00a0Motown\u00a0label for\u00a0Diana Ross & the Supremes. The second single and title track from their album\u00a0Love Child<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October\u00a01968 – “Who’s Making Love<\/strong>” is a song written by\u00a0Stax Records\u00a0staffers\u00a0Homer Banks,\u00a0Bettye Crutcher,\u00a0Don Davis\u00a0and\u00a0Raymond Jackson\u00a0and recorded by singer\u00a0Johnnie Taylor\u00a0in 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Does Your Mama Know About Me” – Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers\u00a0were a Canadian\u00a0soul\u00a0band from\u00a0Vancouver,\u00a0British Columbia, Canada. The group recorded for the\u00a0Gordy Records\u00a0division of\u00a0Motown Records\u00a0in 1968, where they had a top 30 hit single, January 8, 1968 – “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is a song co-written by\u00a0soul\u00a0singer\u00a0Otis Redding\u00a0and guitarist\u00a0Steve Cropper.\u00a0 “Think” is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257,"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}