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 | |||
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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" | Whitfield/Strong | Marvin Gaye | 3:19 |
| 2. | "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" | John Fred & His Playboy Band | 2:58 | |
| 3. | "Yummy Yummy Yummy" | Levine/Resnick | Ohio Express | 2:22 |
| 4. | "Green Tambourine" | Leka/Pinz | The Lemon Pipers | 2:25 |
| 5. | "Grazing in the Grass" | Hou | Hugh Masekela | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Born to Be Wild" | Bonfire | Steppenwolf | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Cry Like a Baby" | Penn/Oldham | The Box Tops | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Mony Mony" | Tommy James & the Shondells | 2:54 | |
| 9. | "Love Child" | Taylor/Wilson/Sawyer/Richards | Diana Ross & the Supremes | 2:58 |
| 10. | "The Horse" | James | Cliff Nobles & Co. | 2:39 |
1993 re-release
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Tighten Up" | Bell/Buttier | Archie Bell & the Drells | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" | Fred/Bernard | John Fred & His Playboy Band | 2:58 |
| 3. | "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay" | Redding/Cropper | Otis Redding | 2:41 |
| 4. | "People Got to Be Free" | Cavaliere/Brigati | The Rascals | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Chain of Fools" | Covay | Aretha Franklin | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Green Tambourine" | Leka/Pinz | The Lemon Pipers | 2:27 |
| 7. | "Cry Like a Baby" | Penn/Oldham | The Box Tops | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Mony Mony" | Bloom/Cordell/Gentry/James | Tommy James & the Shondells | 2:54 |
| 9. | "Yummy Yummy Yummy" | Levine/Resnick | Ohio Express | 2:22 |
| 10. | "The Horse" | James | Cliff Nobles & Co. | 2:39 |
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