List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1968
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1968.
Aretha Franklin scored five top ten hits during the year with "Chain of Fools", "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone", "Think", "The House That Jack Built", and "I Say a Little Prayer", the most among all other artists.
Top-ten singles
[edit]† — "Hey Jude" also made its Hot 100 debut on September 14.
1967 peaks
[edit]Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
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November 25 | "Daydream Believer" | The Monkees | 1 | December 2 | 10 |
December 2 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 2 | December 16 | 9 |
December 9 | "I Second That Emotion" | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | 4 | December 16 | 7 |
"Hello, Goodbye" | The Beatles | 1 | December 30 | 8 | |
December 16 | "Boogaloo Down Broadway" | The Fantastic Johnny C | 7 | December 23 | 4 |
December 30 | "Skinny Legs and All" | Joe Tex | 10 | December 30 | 3 |
1969 peaks
[edit]Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 23 | "Wichita Lineman" | Glen Campbell | 3 | January 11 | 9 |
December 28 | "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | 2 | January 11 | 8 |
"Cloud Nine" | The Temptations | 6 | January 4 | 3 |
See also
[edit]- 1968 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968
References
[edit]General sources
[edit]- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.