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21 unusual facts about 1968 in music


Adelphi Records

Adelphi Records is a US record label founded in 1968 by Gene Rosenthal.

Are You Hung Up?

"Are You Hung Up?" is the opening track on the 1968 album We're Only in It for the Money by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention.

Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival

Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival  is a 1968 (see 1968 in music) album by the American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded live at that year's Montreux Jazz Festival.

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1968.

Child Is Father to the Man

Child Is Father to the Man is the debut album by Blood, Sweat & Tears, released in February 1968.

Curtom Records

Curtom Records was a record label started by Curtis Mayfield of The Impressions along with Impressions associate Eddie Thomas (the band's manager and Jerry Butler's former driver) in 1968 although the name was used as early as 1963.

Do Something to Me

"Do Something to Me" is a song written by Jimmy Calvert, Norman Marzano, and Paul Naumann and was recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells for their 1968 album, Crimson & Clover.

Ernest Tubb Sings Hank Williams

Ernest Tubb Sings Hank Williams is an album by American country singer Ernest Tubb, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music).

High Blues Pressure

High Blues Pressure is the thirteenth album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded in 1967 in music and released in 1968 in music.

Last Time Around

Released 1968, it featured Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Dewey Martin, Bruce Palmer, and Jim Messina, who also worked as producer and a recording engineer.

Le più belle canzoni italiane interpretate da Mina

Le più belle canzoni italiane interpretate da Mina is a compilation album by Italian singer Mina, released in 1968.

My Special Angel

It was revived in 1968 by The Vogues, a vocal group founded in Pennsylvania who had already scored top ten hits in the US with the songs "You're The One", "Five O'Clock World", and "Turn Around, Look at Me".

Power of Love/Love Power

The song is a medley of two songs titled "Power of Love" and "Love Power." "Love Power" had been a minor hit in 1968 for the one-hit wonder R&B group The Sandpebbles.

Put Your Head on My Shoulder

The song was repopularized when released as a single by The Lettermen in 1968.

The Mason Williams Phonograph Record

The Mason Williams Phonograph Record is a solo album by guitarist and composer Mason Williams released in 1968.

This Is Ray Stevens

His re-recording of "Funny Man" was included on his third album, Even Stevens (released in 1968), while the re-recordings of the last two songs were included on his fourth album, Gitarzan.

Tutti morimmo a stento

is the third album and the second studio release by Fabrizio De André, issued in 1968 by Bluebell Records.

Tutto Fabrizio De André

The album was re-released in 1968, on Roman Record Company label (Catalog: RCP 703), with a different artwork, under the title La canzone di Marinella.

Upsetter Records

Upsetter Records was a Jamaican record label set up by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1968.

What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?

"What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" is a song written by Frank Zappa and released on the Mothers of Invention album We're Only in It for the Money in 1968. The song appears twice on the album: once on side one (track 8 on the CD version of the album), and once as a reprise on side two (track 17 on the CD).

Wheatstraw Suite

Wheatstraw Suite is the fourth album by progressive bluegrass band The Dillards, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music).