Wikipedia: 1968 in music

1968 in music
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See also: 1967 in music, other events of 1968, 1969 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.
January 6 - Gibson patents its "Flying V" electric guitar design
January 21 - Simon and Garfunkel release album The Graduate Original Soundtrack
January - The Beatles launch Apple Corps, Ltd, a disastrously mismanaged entertainment company that included a recording studio, a record label, and clothing store
February 1 - Priscilla Presley gives birth to Elvis' only child, Lisa Marie at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
February 1 - Universal Studios offers the Doors $500,000 to star in a feature film. The film is never made.
February 10 - The Beatles shut down "Beatles U.S.A.", their fan club and business office in the United States. The band also fires their US press agents and withdraw from Brian Epstein's NEMS Enterprises. The band then turns all business affairs over to the newly formed record company, Apple
February 12 - Jimi Hendrix is given an honorary high school diploma from Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington. Hendrix is also given the key to the city.
February 16 - The Beatles, Mike Love, Mia Farrow, Donovan and others travel to India to visit the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Rishikesh
February 18 - David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd, replacing founder Syd Barrett, who checked himself into a psychiatric hospital
February 21 - McGraw-Hill, Inc outbids eight other publishers and pays $150,000 for the U.S. rights to Hunter Davies' authorized biography of the Beatles
February 28 - Frankie Lymon dies.
March 8 - Bill Graham opens the Fillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City.
March 25 - The 58th and final episode of The Monkees airs on television.
March 30 - The Yardbirds record their live album Live Yardbirds at the Anderson Theater
April 3 - Simon and Garfunkel release the critically acclaimed album Bookends.
April 4 - James Brown appears on national television, in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr
April 6 - The Beatles' new record company, and management and publishing firm, Apple Corps Ltd, opens offices in London
April 29 - The rock musical Hair opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theater
May 4 - Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks. Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy, who recommends her to Beatle Paul McCartney. McCartney would soon sign Hopkin to Apple Records.
May 5 - Buffalo Springfield performs together for the last time in Long Beach, California
August 23 - Simon and Garfunkel give live concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, California. Recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records as Voices Of Intelligent Dissent
August - Blind Faith is formed, which includes Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker from Cream and Steve Winwood from Traffic.
Summer - Simon and Garfunkel, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin and John Sebastian give live concert at Shea Stadium in New York City as campaign benefit for Democratic presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy
October - The "Paul Is Dead" Beatles rumours begin
November 8 - John Lennon and his wife Cynthia divorce.
November 15 - 500,000 people march in Washington DC for peace, which becomes the largest anti-war rally in U.S. history. In attendance: Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul, & Mary, John Denver, Mitch Miller, touring cast of Hair
December 1 - Jimi Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler quits over differences with Hendrix during the recording of Electric Ladyland
New Jersey Police confiscate 30,000 copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Two Virgins album at Newark Airport, saying that the cover, which features a nude photo of the two artists, is "pornographic." In Chicago, Illinois, police officers shut down a record shop for displaying the album cover.
Elvis Presley's 68 Comeback Special airs on NBC.
Led Zeppelin is formed after the breakup of The Yardbirds
The Band's musical career begins
James Taylor's musical career begins
Joni Mitchell's musical career begins
The Carpenters' musical career begins
Warren Zevon's musical career begins

Albums released

The Beatles (The White Album) - The Beatles
This Was - Jethro Tull
Wheels of Fire - Cream
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
The Graduate Original Soundtrack - Simon and Garfunkel (incidental music by Dave Grusin)
God Bless Tiny Tim - Tiny Tim
Magic Bus: The Who On Tour - The Who
A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd
The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison
Folsom Prison Blues - Bobby Bare
Child is Father to the Man - Blood, Sweat and Tears
"Dusty in Memphis" - Dusty Springfield

Top hits on record

"All Along The Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix
"Born To Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
"Dance To The Music" - Sly & The Family Stone
"Goodnight Sweet Josephine" - The Yardbirds
"Hello, I Love You" - The Doors
"Hey Jude"/"Revolution" - The Beatles
"In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" - Iron Butterfly
"Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)" - John Fred & his Playboy Band
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" - Rolling Stones
"Lady Madonna" - The Beatles
"Mony Mony" - Tommy James & the Shondells
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Old Friends/Bookends" - Simon and Garfunkel
"(Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay" - Otis Redding
"Sunshine Of Your Love" - Cream
"This Guy's in Love With You" - Herb Alpert

Published popular music

"Eli's Coming" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Save The Country" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Stoned Soul Picnic" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Sweet Blindness" w.m. Laura Nyro

Musical theater

Cabaret London production
Canterbury Tales London production
Dames At Sea Broadway production
The Dancing Years London revival
George M Broadway production
Golden Boy London production
Hair Broadway production
Hair London production
House Of Flowers off-Broadway revival
Lady, Be Good London revival
Man Of La Mancha London production
Promises, Promises Broadway production

Musical films

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Finian's Rainbow
Funny Girl
The Jungle Book animated feature film
''The Night They Raided Minsky's
Oliver
"The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band"
Star
Yellow Submarine animated feature film

Births

January 11 - Tom Dumont, No Doubt
January 14 - L.L. Cool J
January 27 - Mike Patton, Faith No More
January 28 - Sarah McLachlan
February 1 - Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley
February 5 - Chris Barron, Spin Doctors
February 7 - Sully Enra, Godsmack
February 12 - Chynna Phillips, Wilson Phillips, daughter of John & Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas
March 8 - Shawn Mullins
March 11 - Lisa Loeb
March 23 - Damon Albarn, Blur
March 26 - James Iha, Smashing Pumpkins
March 30 - Celine Dion
April 3 - Sebastian Bach, Skid Row
April 29 - Carnie Wilson, Wilson Phillips, daughter of Brian Wilson
May 1 - D'Arcy Wretzky, The Samshing Pumpkins
May 28 - Kylie Minogue
June 12 - Bobby Sheehan, Blues Traveler
August 10 - Michael Bivins, New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe
August 11 - Charlie Sexton
September 10 - Big Daddy Kane
September 12 - Larry LaLonde, Primus
October 1 - Kevin Griffin, Better Than Ezra
October 7 - Toni Braxton
October 7 - Thom E. Yorke, Radiohead
October 17 - Ziggy Marley
November 21 - Alex James, Blur
November 28 - Dawn Robinson, En Vogue
November 29 - Martin Carr, Boo Radleys
December 2 - Nate Mendel, Foo Fighters
December 9 - Brian Bell, Weezer
December 29 - Glen Phillips, Toad The Wet Sprocket

Deaths

February 28 - Frankie Lymon

Awards

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 1968

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1968