1968

[NightTrain]

I spent the workday in my delivery vehicle listening to the 4-CD set I made last summer of my 100 favorite recordings of 1968. Here they are, in the order they played:

1. THINK – Aretha Franklin
2. REVOLUTION – The Beatles
3. DANCE TO THE MUSIC – Sly & The Family Stone
4. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – Marvin Gaye
5. THERE IS - The Dells
6. NEVER GIVE YOU UP – Jerry Butler
7. CHAIN OF FOOLS – Aretha Franklin
8. PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE – The Rascals
9. WHO’S MAKING LOVE – Johnnie Taylor
10. SLIP AWAY – Clarence Carter

11. STREET FIGHTING MAN – The Rolling Stones
12. TIME HAS COME TODAY – The Chambers Brothers
13. I THANK YOU – Sam & Dave
14. (SWEET SWEET BABY) SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – Aretha Franklin
15. YOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING – Maurice & Mac
16. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
17. CLOUD NINE – The Temptations
18. THE MIGHTY QUINN – Manfred Mann
19. I GOT THE FEELIN’ – James Brown
20. TIGHTEN UP (PART 1) – Archie Bell & The Drells

21. (SITTIN’ ON THE) DOCK OF THE BAY – Otis Redding
22. SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - Cream
23. COWBOYS TO GIRLS – The Intruders
24. STAY IN MY CORNER (Radio Edit) – The Dells
25. AIN’T NO WAY – Aretha Franklin
26. 2+2=? – The Bob Seger System
27. JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH – The Rolling Stones
28. BIG BIRD – Eddie Floyd
29. HOLD ON – The Radiants
30. NOBODY BUT ME – The Human Beinz

31. WRAP IT UP – Sam & Dave
32. SWEET INSPIRATION – The Sweet Inspirations
33. HELLO, I LOVE YOU – The Doors
34. I WISH IT WOULD RAIN – The Temptations
35. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT – Aretha Franklin
36. PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN – The Status Quo
37. WHEN I’M IN YOUR ARMS – The Dells
38. DO IT AGAIN – The Beach Boys
39. THE SNAKE – Al Wilson
40. STOP – Howard Tate

41. I’M A MIDNIGHT MOVER – Wilson Pickett
42. RAMBLIN’ GAMBLIN’ MAN – The Bob Seger System
43. I’VE GOT DREAMS TO REMEMBER – Otis Redding
44. BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. – The Beatles
45. LOVE IS SO SIMPLE – The Dells
46. IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
47. BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf
48. HIP CITY – PART 2 – Junior Walker & The All-Stars
49. BEHIND A PAINTED SMILE – The Isley Brothers
50. CRY LIKE A BABY – The Box Tops

51. I COULD NEVER LOVE ANOTHER (AFTER LOVING YOU) – The Temptations
52. MAGIC BUS – The Who
53. DOES YOUR MAMA KNOW ABOUT ME? – Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
54. WE’RE A WINNER – The Impressions
55. NOT ON THE OUTSIDE – The Moments
56. LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU – The Delfonics
57. SON OF A PREACHER MAN – Dusty Springfield
58. LOVE CHILD – The Supremes
59. ALMOST PERSUADED – Etta James
60. LOVE MAKES A WOMAN – Barbara Acklin

61. A MAN AND A HALF – Wilson Pickett
62. HEY WESTERN UNION MAN – Jerry Butler
63. WEAR IT ON OUR FACE – The Dells
64. WHATEVER HURTS YOU – The Mad Lads
65. MIRROR OF YOUR MIND – Joe South
66. FREEDOM TRAIN – James Carr
67. MR. STARLIGHT – Johnny Barfield
68. COVER ME – Percy Sledge
69. THERE WAS A TIME – James Brown
70. ALL MY HARD TIMES – Joe South

71. HELTER SKELTER - The Beatles
72. WHAT IS THIS? – Bobby Womack
73. I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (TO LOVE ME LIKE YOU) – Eddie Floyd
74. U.S. MALE – Elvis Presley
75. FIRE – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
76. LOVER’S HOLIDAY – Peggy Scott & Jo-Jo Benson
77. TAKE TIME TO KNOW HER – Percy Sledge
78. (YOU KEEP ME) HANGIN’ ON – Joe Simon
79. WHITE ROOM – Cream
80. IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR – The Mirettes

81. OPEN MY EYES – Nazz
82. AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
83. GUITAR MAN – Elvis Presley
84. THE WEIGHT – The Band
85. FUNKY MISSISSIPPI – Rufus Thomas
86. PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSS – B.B. King
87. SAY IT LOUD—I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD – James Brown
88. SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME – Max Frost & The Troopers
89. HUSH – Deep Purple
90. LOST – Jerry Butler

91. THE HORSE – Cliff Nobles & Co.
92. AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT A HOUSE PARTY – The Show Stoppers
93. A QUESTION OF TEMPERATURE – The Balloon Farm
94. BIRTHDAY – The Beatles
95. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND – The Amboy Dukes
96. ALWAYS TOGETHER – The Dells
97. I CAN’T STOP DANCING – Archie Bell & The Drells
98. STAND BY YOUR MAN – Tammy Wynette
99. GRAZING IN THE GRASS – Hugh Masekela
100. SHE’S A HEARTBREAKER – Gene Pitney

[flamingyouth]

1. It was the year of my birth

:hi:

[Aristus]

16. Mine too!

October 17th, baby! B-)

[flamingyouth]

17. December 27 here

"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" was #1 the day I was born. :hi:

[Aristus]

18. I was born while Apollo 7 was orbiting the Earth.

n/t.

[jeffrey_X]

21. Same here!!

:toast:

[maveric]

2. Wow! Great tunes and great memories to boot!

[MnFats]

3. I remember every one of 'em..

...It was the year I turned 16.
....Also the year Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, the Chicago Democratic convention riots and -- God help us - the year Richard Nixon won the presidency....

..
Talk about teen angst! Curt Cobain had nothing on me!

[DBoon]

20. Didn't something also happen in France that year?

Something about DeGaulle going into hiding ;)

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Thats a great list...

you've inspired me to (il)legally download some of those Mp3's! :evilgrin:

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. Damn, that's some great music.

:)

[mitchtv]

6. It was a wild year

SF State, Paris, Prague,;ots of shit going down, I lived in SF and if I had a nickel for everytime I heard Chain of folls at the Capri in Northbeach, i would be doing ok. Nighttrain , you got time/life beat by a mile.

[11 Bravo]

7. My senior year in High School.

Captain of the basketball team, a babe girlfriend, a 1963 red Pontiac Catalina convertible for my ride, and those great tunes blasting out of my radio. Damn, that was a god year!

[HeeBGBz]

8. Snagged a piece of time

I was hitting puberty about then. Hit me hard as I recall.

[bearfan454]

9. I was 12 that year.

I remember a lot of those.

[prairierose]

10. Wow, what a great bunch of tunes!...

That list certainly would help to make a day go by.

:hi:

[coloradodem2005]

11. Pretty good.

Good year for music.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. The year I graduated from high school

:-)

[Kat45]

13. A lot of good songs; bring back memories.

I was 13 then and I had a transistor radio up to my ear day and night.

Well, lookie there: the Nuge made the list! (I really like that song; I think I might even have the 45.) :-)

[Melynn]

15. I was 12 in 1968

and the only way to listen to those songs is on a transistor radio.

I was surprised that so much good music came out in just one year. 1968 was crazy, depressing year with Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy being shot and Nixon being elected but at least it had a great sound track.

Thanks for the memories, Night Train.

[cosmicdot]

14. 2nd semester HS Sr. year/1st term college

actually tuned-in to AM radio in those days :)

[last_texas_dem]

19. Awesome list of songs

I'm unfamiliar with a handful, but I love almost all the ones that I know.

Definitely one of the all-time greatest years for music.