List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1968 explained

Here are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1968.

That year, 10 acts hit number one for the first time, such as John Fred and His Playboy Band, The Lemon Pipers, Paul Mauriat, Otis Redding, Bobby Goldsboro, Archie Bell & the Drells, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masekela, Jeannie C. Riley, and Marvin Gaye.

Otis Redding, after his death in late 1967, was the first artist to hit number one posthumously. The Beatles were the only group or artist to have more than one #1 song in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Their song "Hey Jude" was the best-performing single in 1968, spending a total of nine consecutive weeks atop the chart and tying the record at the time for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, set by "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith in 1960.

Chart history

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The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1968 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	195	January 6	"Hello, Goodbye"	The Beatles	^[1]
January 13	^[2]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	196	January 20	"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"	John Fred and His Playboy Band	^[3]
January 27	^[4]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	197	February 3	"Green Tambourine"	The Lemon Pipers	^[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	198	February 10	"Love is Blue"	Paul Mauriat	^[6]
February 17	^[7]
February 24	^[8]
March 2	^[9]
March 9	^[10]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	199	March 16	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Otis Redding	^[11]
March 23	^[12]
March 30	^[13]
April 6	^[14]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	200	April 13	"Honey"	Bobby Goldsboro	^[15]
April 20	^[16]
April 27	^[17]
May 4	^[18]
May 11	^[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	201	May 18	"Tighten Up"	Archie Bell & the Drells	^[20]
May 25	^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	202	June 1	"Mrs. Robinson"	Simon & Garfunkel	^[22]
June 8	^[23]
June 15	^[24]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	203	June 22	"This Guy's in Love with You"	Herb Alpert	^[25]
June 29	^[26]
July 6	^[27]
July 13	^[28]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	204	July 20	"Grazing in the Grass"	Hugh Masekela	^[29]
July 27	^[30]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	205	August 3	"Hello, I Love You"	The Doors	^[31]
August 10	^[32]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5	206	August 17	"People Got to Be Free"	The Rascals	^[33]
August 24	^[34]
August 31	^[35]
September 7	^[36]
September 14	^[37]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	207	September 21	"Harper Valley PTA"	Jeannie C. Riley	^[38]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=9	208	September 28	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="9"	"Hey Jude"	The Beatles	^[39]
October 5	^[40]
October 12	^[41]
October 19	^[42]
October 26	^[43]
November 2	^[44]
November 9	^[45]
November 16	^[46]
November 23	^[47]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	209	November 30	"Love Child"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	^[48]
December 7	^[49]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	210	December 14	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Marvin Gaye	^[50]
December 21	^[51]
December 28	^[52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	The Beatles	11
2	Paul Mauriat	5
	Bobby Goldsboro
	The Rascals
5	Otis Redding	4
	Herb Alpert
7	Simon & Garfunkel	3
	Marvin Gaye
9	John Fred and His Playboy Band	2
	Archie Bell & the Drells
	Hugh Masekela
	The Doors
	Diana Ross & the Supremes
14	The Lemon Pipers	1
	Jeannie C. Riley

See also

• 1968 in music
• List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1968
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1968
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969

Sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. Web site: April 16, 1960 . Billboard Hot 100.
2. Web site: January 13, 1968. .
3. Web site: January 20, 1968. .
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5. Web site: February 3, 1968. .
6. Web site: February 10, 1968. .
7. Web site: February 17, 1968. .
8. Web site: February 24, 1968. .
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10. Web site: March 9, 1968. .
11. Web site: March 16, 1968. .
12. Web site: March 23, 1968. .
13. Web site: March 30, 1968. .
14. Web site: April 6, 1968. .
15. Web site: April 13, 1968. .
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17. Web site: April 27, 1968. .
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20. Web site: May 18, 1968. .
21. Web site: May 25, 1968. .
22. Web site: June 1, 1968. .
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24. Web site: June 15, 1968. .
25. Web site: June 22, 1968. .
26. Web site: June 29, 1968. .
27. Web site: July 6, 1968. .
28. Web site: July 13, 1968. .
29. Web site: July 20, 1968. .
30. Web site: July 27, 1968. .
31. Web site: August 3, 1968. .
32. Web site: August 10, 1968. .
33. Web site: August 17, 1968. .
34. Web site: August 24, 1968. .
35. Web site: August 31, 1968. .
36. Web site: September 7, 1968. .
37. Web site: September 14, 1968. .
38. Web site: September 21, 1968. .
39. Web site: September 28, 1968. .
40. Web site: October 5, 1968. .
41. Web site: October 12, 1968. .
42. Web site: October 19, 1968. .
43. Web site: October 26, 1968. .
44. Web site: November 2, 1968. .
45. Web site: November 9, 1968. .
46. Web site: November 16, 1968. .
47. Web site: November 23, 1968. .
48. Web site: November 30, 1968. .
49. Web site: December 7, 1968. .
50. Web site: December 14, 1968. .
51. Web site: December 21, 1968. .
52. Web site: December 28, 1968. .