Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1968
| Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1968 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released |
1989 1993 (re-release) | |||
| Genre | Pop, Rock | |||
| Length |
28:28 (original 1988 release) 27:46 (1993 re-release) | |||
| Label | Rhino Records | |||
| Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits chronology | ||||
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Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1968 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1968.
The album includes five songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining five tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5. When the album was re-release in 1993, a number of tracks were taken off the collection and replaced with other hits from 1968. "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," "Love Child," "Born to Be Wild," & "Grazing in the Grass" were replaced with "Tighten Up," (the #1 song of the year) "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay," "People Got to Be Free," & "Chain of Fools."
Track listing
1989 original release
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Billboard peak No. 1 in December) | Whitfield/Strong | Marvin Gaye | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" (Billboard peak No. 1 in January) | John Fred & His Playboy Band | 2:58 | |
| 3. | "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (Billboard peak No. 4 in June) | Levine/Resnick | Ohio Express | 2:22 |
| 4. | "Green Tambourine" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February) | Leka/Pinz | The Lemon Pipers | 2:25 |
| 5. | "Grazing in the Grass" (Billboard peak No. 1 in July) | Hou | Hugh Masekela | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Born to Be Wild" (Billboard peak No. 2) | Bonfire | Steppenwolf | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Cry Like a Baby" (Billboard peak No. 2 in April) | Penn/Oldham | The Box Tops | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Mony Mony" (Billboard peak No. 3 in June) | Tommy James & the Shondells | 2:54 | |
| 9. | "Love Child" (Billboard peak No. 1 in November) | Taylor/Wilson/Sawyer/Richards | Diana Ross & the Supremes | 2:58 |
| 10. | "The Horse" (Billboard peak No. 2 in June) | James | Cliff Nobles & Co. | 2:39 |
1993 re-release
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tighten Up" (Billboard peak No. 1 in May) | Bell/Buttier | Archie Bell & the Drells | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" (Billboard peak No. 1 in January) | Fred/Bernard | John Fred & His Playboy Band | 2:58 |
| 3. | "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" (Billboard peak No. 1 in March) | Redding/Cropper | Otis Redding | 2:41 |
| 4. | "People Got to Be Free" (Billboard peak No. 1 in August) | Cavaliere/Brigati | The Rascals | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Chain of Fools" (Billboard peak No. 2 in January) | Covay | Aretha Franklin | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Green Tambourine" (Billboard peak No. 1 in February) | Leka/Pinz | The Lemon Pipers | 2:27 |
| 7. | "Cry Like a Baby" (Billboard peak No. 2 in April) | Penn/Oldham | The Box Tops | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Mony Mony" (Billboard peak No. 3 in June) | Bloom/Cordell/Gentry/James | Tommy James & the Shondells | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (Billboard peak No. 4 in June) | Levine/Resnick | Ohio Express | 2:22 |
| 10. | "The Horse" (Billboard peak No. 2 in June) | James | Cliff Nobles & Co. | 2:39 |
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