▸ the year you arrived
1968
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You will be 58 this year — a child of the '60s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Your generation
Gen X
1968 belonged to
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
4 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1968
- 1
Hey Jude
The Beatles
- 2
Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat
- 3
Honey
Bobby Goldsboro
- 4
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
- 5
People Got to Be Free
The Rascals
- 6
Sunshine of Your Love
Cream
- 7
This Guy's In Love With You
Herb Alpert
- 8
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hugo Montenegro and His Orchestra
- 9
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
- 10
Tighten Up (Original Artist Re-Recording)
Archie Bell & The Drells
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsThe Beatles — The White Album
Johnny Cash — At Folsom Prison
Big Brother — Cheap Thrills
At the Movies2001: A Space Odyssey
Night of the Living Dead
Planet of the Apes
On TV60 Minutes premieres
Hawaii Five-O
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
In the HeadlinesMLK and RFK assassinated
Apollo 8 orbits the Moon
The first 911 call
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