Top Songs of 1968 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

[United Artists 50283]
written by Bobby Russell

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #8]
[Apple 2276]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

instrumental
[RCA Victor 9223]
written by Ennio Morricone

melody based on a traditional russian folk song
[Apple 1801]
written by Boris Fomin & Gene Raskin

as The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
[Columbia 44450]
written by Jerry Fuller

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28] [recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

as Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
[A&M 929]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Atlantic 45-2556]
written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver & Peter Ker

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1969
[Columbia 44511]
written by Paul Simon

[Roulette 7008]
written by Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Richie Cordell & Bobby Bloom

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #124]
[London 908]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Tamla 54174]
written by Ron Miller & Orlando Murden

[Motown 1137]
written by Kenny Gamble, Jerry Ross & Jerry Williams

[Capitol 2138]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Dunhill 4134]
written by Jimmy Webb

[Uni 55101]
written by Mike d'Abo & Tony Macaulay

[Plantation 3]
written by Tom T. Hall

[Buddah 24]
written by Elliot Chiprut

as Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
[Columbia 44547]
written by Jerry Fuller

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #192]
[Capitol 2302]
written by Jimmy Webb

[Atco 6603]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1135]
written by Henry Cosby, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards & R. Dean Taylor

instrumental
[Warner 7190]
written by Mason Williams

[Mercury 72770]
written by Bob Dylan

[Elektra 45635]
written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore

[RCA 9550]
written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore

[JAD 207]
written by Johnny Nash

[Buddah 38]
written by Joey Levine & Arthur Resnick

[Epic 10345]
written by Donovan

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #145]
[Epic 10407]
written by Sylvester Stewart

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #265]
[Atlantic 2478]
written by Archie Bell & Billy Buttier

[Parrot 40025]
written by Les Reed, Barry Mason & Sylvan Whittingham

[Capitol 2239]
written by Brian Wilson & Mike Love

instrumental
[Uni 55066]
written by Philemon Hou

[Parrot 40027]
written by Roberto Livraghi, Barry Mason, Daniele Pace & Mario Panzeri

[Decca 32380]
written by Albert Hammond & Mike Hazlewood

[Mala 593]
written by Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham

B side to The House That Jack Built
[Atlantic 2546]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[RCA 9583]
written by Eddy Grant

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1969
[Columbia 44616]
written by Bobby Russell

[Colgems 1019]
written by Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

[Atlantic 45-2537]
written by Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere

[White Whale 276]
written by Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Pons & John Barbata

instrumental
[Phil.-L.A. 313]
written by Jesse James

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #223]
[Epic 10256]
written by Sylvester Stewart

[Philips 40526]
written by Mason Williams

[Roulette 7028]
written by Tommy James & Peter Lucia Jr.

[A&M 991]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #129]
[Dunhill 4138]
written by Mars Bonfire

[Uni 55069]
written by Bill Martin & Phil Coulter

[Gordy 7081]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

instrumental
[Epic 10436]
written by Peter Green

[Imperial 66287]
written by Alan Blaikley & Kenneth Howard

written by John Gorman, Mike McCartney & Roger McGough

written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

[Scepter 12216]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Date 1591]
written by Buzz Cason & Mac Gayden

[Diamond 247]
written by Barry Mason & Les Reed

written by Roy Wood

instrumental
[Brunswick 55391]
written by Eugene Record & William Sanders

[Columbia 44425]
written by Dallas Frazier

[Gordy 7068]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene

[Tamla 54169]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

charted as Ain't Got No - I Got Life / Do What You Gotta Do in UK charts
[RCA 9602]
written by Jimmy Webb

[Elektra 45639]
written by Joni Mitchell

[MGM 14010]
written by Paul Ryan

charted as Ain't Got No - I Got Life / Do What You Gotta Do in UK charts
[RCA 9686]
written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot

[Soul City 766]
written by Laura Nyro

[Cadet Con. 7001]
written by Francis Rossi

[Immediate 5007]
written by Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane

[Atlantic 2486]
written by Aretha Franklin & Ted White

[Dunhill 4145]
written by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt & Gus Kahn

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #48]
[Reprise 0767]
written by Bob Dylan

[Parrot 40032]
written by Barry Mason & Les Reed

written by Frere Manston & Jack Gellar

[Atlantic 2518]
written by Aretha Franklin & Teddy White

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #65]
[Atco 6544]
written by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce & Pete Brown

[Parrot 40029]
written by Carlo Donida Labati, Giulio Rapetti & Jack Fishman

[Philly Groove 150]
written by Thom Bell & William Hart

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #240]
[Atlantic 45-2580]
written by John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins

as Sérgio Mendes & Brazil '66
[A&M 924]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

[Epic 10300]
written by Donovan Leitch

[Stax 0009]
written by Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis & Raymond Jackson

[Motown 1124]
written by Tim Hardin

[Dakar 602]
written by Barry Despenza & Carl Wolfolk

[Atco 6548]
written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb

[tribute to A. Lincoln, M.L. King & J.F. Kennedy]
[Laurie 3464]
written by Dick Holler

[Atlantic 45-2493]
written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati

[Tetragrammaton 1503]
written by Joe South

[Liberty 56038]
written by Alan Wilson & Floyd Jones

[Dunhill 4161]
written by John Kay & Rushton Moreve

[Elektra 45646]
written by Robby Krieger

featuring Johnny Maestro
[Buddah 75]
written by Jimmy Webb

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #367]
[Atco 6617]
written by Jack Bruce & Peter Brown

[Tamla 54163]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

live
[RCA 47-9670]
written by Walter Earl Brown

B side to To Susan on the West Coast Waiting
[Epic 10434]
written by Donovan Leitch

[Capitol 2114]
written by Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant

[Gamble 214]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff