De volgende nummers stonden in 1968 in de tipparade. Willen jullie hiervan een top 10 of top 20 maken?

After Tea - Peruquine Thomas(1968).mp3
Allemen - Imagination(1968).mp3
American Breed - Green Light(1968).mp3
American Breed - Ready, Willing And Able(1968).mp3
Andy Star & Stripes - Marian(1968).mp3
Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You(1968).mp3
Archie Bell & Drells - Tighten Up(1968).mp3
Aretha Franklin - Think(1968).mp3
Arthur Conley - Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack(1968).mp3
Association - Time For Living(1968).mp3
Beach Boys - Friends(1968).mp3
Ben Cramer - Dreams Never Come True(1968).mp3
Ben Cramer - M'lady(1968).mp3
Bill Haley & Comets - Rock Around The Clock(1968).mp3
Blue Cheer - Just A Little Bit(1968).mp3
Blue Cheer - The Hunter(1968).mp3
Blue Diamonds - Someday Morgen(1968).mp3
Blues Dimension - Baby I Need Your Loving(1968).mp3
Blues Dimension - Get Ready(1968).mp3
Bob Bouber - Ik Weet Nog Goed(1968).mp3
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding(1968).mp3
Bob Smit & Duke City Sextet - Ik Kom Naar Je Toe(1968).mp3
Bobby Goldsboro - Honey(1968).mp3
Bojoura - Circus Will Be In Town In Time(1968).mp3
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman(1968).mp3
Boudewijn de Groot - Picknick(1968).mp3
Boxtops - Choo Choo Train(1968).mp3
Boxtops - Cry Like A Baby(1968).mp3
Brenton Wood - Gimme A Little Sign(1968).mp3
Bruce Channel - Keep On(1968).mp3
Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere(1968).mp3
BZN - Maybe Someday(1968).mp3
Carolientje - Als Mijn Popje Slapen Gaat(1968).mp3
Casuals - Jesamine(1968).mp3
Classics IV - Spooky(1968).mp3
Cliff Nobles - The Horse(1968).mp3
Cocktail Trio - Het Is Altijd Carnaval Voor Mij(1968).mp3
Cream - Anyone For Tennis(1968).mp3
Cuby & Blizzards - Sunshine Of Your Shadow(1968).mp3
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Wreck Of The Antoinette(1968).mp3
David Garrack - A Little Bit Of This, A Little Bit Of That(1968).mp3
David McWilliams - Can I Get There By Candlelight(1968).mp3
David McWilliams - This side of heaven(1968).mp3
Deep Purple - Hush(1968).mp3
Diana Ross & Supremes - In And Out Of Love(1968).mp3
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose(1968).mp3
Donovan - Atlantis(1968).mp3
Donovan - Lalena(1968).mp3
Dragon Fly - Celestial Empire(1968).mp3
Duo de Koning - Zij Draagt Een Ring(1968).mp3
Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes (and count to ten) (1968).mp3
Easybeats - Land Of Make Believe(1968).mp3
Eddie Becker - M'n Tante Weet Van Wanten(1968).mp3
Eddie Floyd - Big Bird(1968).mp3
Eddysons - A Face(1968).mp3
Eddysons - Watching The City(1968).mp3
Elly Nieman & Boudewijn de Groot - Meester Prikkebeen(1968).mp3
Elvis Presley - Guitar Man(1968).mp3
Equals - Giddy Up A Ding Dong(1968).mp3
Equals - I Get So Exited(1968).mp3
Equals - Softly Softly(1968).mp3
Euson & Stax - I Want You Around Me(1968).mp3
Fats Domino - Lady Madonna(1968).mp3
Felice Taylor - Surree Surrender(1968).mp3
Fireballs - Bottle Of Wine(1968).mp3
Flashpoint Six - Zangles(1968).mp3
Foundations - Any Old Time (you're lonely and sad) (1968).mp3
Four Seasons - Will You Leave Me Tomorrow(1968).mp3
Four Tops - I'm A Believer(1968).mp3
Four Tops - I'm In A Different World(1968).mp3
Frank Sinatra - The Way Of Life(1968).mp3
Frans Krassenburg - High In The Sky(1968).mp3
Frans Krassenburg - I Changed My Mind Just In Time(1968).mp3
Free - Because I Love You(1968).mp3
Friend & Lover - Reach Out Of The Darkness(1968).mp3
Frogs Ltd. - Judgement(1968).mp3
Gary Puckett & Union Gap - Young girl(1968).mp3
Geebros - Everyday(1968).mp3
Geebros - Let Me Find The Sun(1968).mp3
Gert & Hermien - Een Droombeeld(1968).mp3
Gerto's - Jan Jan Jan(1968).mp3
Gilles Dreu - Alouette(1968).mp3
Gloria - Bitter Sweet(1968).mp3
Gods - Baby's Rich(1968).mp3
Golden Earrings - I've Just Lost Somebody(1968).mp3
Grapefruit - Dear Delilah(1968).mp3
Greetje Kauffeld - Schrikkeljaar(1968).mp3
Groep 1850 - We Love Life(1968).mp3
Groep 1850 - Zero(1968).mp3
Han Grevelt - De Fanfare(1968).mp3
Heikrekels - Jij Bent De Zon In Mijn Leven(1968).mp3
Henriette Heintje Davids - Er Is Maar Een Carre(1968).mp3
Hepstars & Charlotte - Let It Be Me(1968).mp3
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Cabaret(1968).mp3
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass - Carmen(1968).mp3
Herd - I Don't Want Our Loving To Die(1968).mp3
Herman's Hermits - I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving(1968).mp3
Herman's Hermits - Sleepy Joe(1968).mp3
Hetty Block - Mini en Maxi(1968).mp3
Honest Man - It's Too Late To Turn Around(1968).mp3
Hugh Masekela - Grazing The Grass(1968).mp3
Hugo Montenegro - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly(1968).mp3
Hunters - Lost Money(1968).mp3
Isabella Ianetti - Corriamo(1968).mp3
Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine(1968).mp3
Jackie Lomax - Sour Milk Sea(1968).mp3
Jeanne C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA(1968).mp3
Jefferson Airplane - If You Feel Like China Breakin'(1968).mp3
Jess & James - Move(1968).mp3
Jethro Tull - A Song For Jeffrey(1968).mp3
John Freddy & Playboy Band - Hey Hey Bunny(1968).mp3
John Lamers - Puur, Pure Natuur(1968).mp3
John Lamers - Roosmarie(1968).mp3
John Mayall - Jenny(1968).mp3
John Mayall - No Reply(1968).mp3
John Woodhouse - Schenkt Man Sich Rosen In Tirol(1968).mp3
Jose Feliciano - Hi-heel Sneakers(1968).mp3
Julie Driscoll, Brian Augar & Trinity - Save Me(1968).mp3
Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In(1968).mp3
Leapy Lee - Little Arrows(1968).mp3
Leedy Trio - Ajax Is Zo(1968).mp3
Lemon Pipers - Jelly Jungle Of Orange Marmelade(1968).mp3
Les Baroques - Indication(1968).mp3
Les Baroques - Without Feeling, Without Mind(1968).mp3
Livin' Blues - Murphy McCoy(1968).mp3
Locomotive - Rudi's In Love(1968).mp3
Long John Baldry - Hold Back The Daybreak(1968).mp3
Long John Baldry - Mexico(1968).mp3
Los Bravos - Bring A Little Loving(1968).mp3
Love Affair - A Day Without Love(1968).mp3
Lovin' Spoonful - Money(1968).mp3
Lowland Trio - Dikke Wang(1968).mp3
Lulu - Me, The Peaceful Heart(1968).mp3
Marius Monkau - Two Lovely Blue Eyes(1968).mp3
Mark Jansen - Mark's Special(1968).mp3
Marmalade - Lovin' Things(1968).mp3
Marmalade - Wait For Me Marianne(1968).mp3
Martine Bijl - Belletjes(1968).mp3
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By(1968).mp3
Mike Tingley - A Real Time For Me(1968).mp3
Monkees - DW Washburn(1968).mp3
Monkees - Valleri(1968).mp3
Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky(1968).mp3
Motions - Hamburg City(1968).mp3
Motions - Miracle Man(1968).mp3
Motions - Take The Fast Train(1968).mp3
Motions - You're My Adee(1968).mp3
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Oh Lonesome Me(1968).mp3
New Inspiration - I See No Reason Why(1968).mp3
Nice - America(1968).mp3
Nicols - This World Is My World(1968).mp3
Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser(1968).mp3
Outsiders - A Cup Of Hot Coffee(1968).mp3
Paper Dolls - Something Here In My Heart(1968).mp3
Patricia - Corriamo(1968).mp3
Pebbles - Get Around(1968).mp3
Penny Wise - Lily Come Near Me(1968).mp3
Petula Clark - Don't Give Up(1968).mp3
Petula Clark - Kiss Me Goodbye(1968).mp3
Plastic Penny - Nobody Knows It(1968).mp3
Pop Tops - Oh Lord, Why Lord(1968).mp3
Ray Stevens - Mr. Businessman(1968).mp3
Residents - Gabrielle(1968).mp3
Ria Valk - Dansen Met Jou(1968).mp3
Ria Valk - We Hebben De Feestneus Van Toon Gevonden(1968).mp3
Rika Zarai - Jerushala'im Shel Zahav(1968).mp3
Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Groep - Lying In The Grass(1968).mp3
Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Groep - Try To Realize(1968).mp3
Ro-d-ys - Any time(1968).mp3
Ro-d-y-s - Sleep sleep sleep (flower power from Holland) (1968).mp3
Ronnie & Ronnies - Ikke (ga d'r eentje pikken) (1968).mp3
Sam & Dave - Everybody Got To Believe In Somebody(1968).mp3
Sandie Shaw - Today(1968).mp3
Sandy Coast - Innnocent Girl(1968).mp3
Sandy Posey - Something I'll Remember(1968).mp3
Scaffold - Do You Remember(1968).mp3
Scott Walker - Joanna(1968).mp3
Sharons - Turn On The Coloured Lights(1968).mp3
Shirley - Big Boss Man(1968).mp3
Short 66 - Going My Way(1968).mp3
Showstoppers - Ain't Nothing But A House Party(1968).mp3
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson(1968).mp3
Simon Dupree & Big Sound - Thinking About My Life(1968).mp3
Singing Boys - Ton Doux Visage(1968).mp3
Siw Malmkwist - Der Bunte Harlekine(1968).mp3
Sjakie Schram - Vooruit Met De Geit(1968).mp3
Sly & Family Stone - Dance To The Music(1968).mp3
Solomon King - She Wears My Ring(1968).mp3
Soul Clan - Soul Meeting(1968).mp3
Spencer Davis Group - After Tea(1968).mp3
Status Quo - Technicolor Dreams(1968).mp3
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride(1968).mp3
Stevie Wonder - Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-da-lay(1968).mp3
Sylvain Poons & Oetze Verschoor - Zuiderzeeballade(1968).mp3
Tee Set - Life's But Nothing(1968).mp3
Timebox - Beggin'(1968).mp3
Timebox - Girl Don't Make Me Wait(1968).mp3
Tom & Mick - Somebody's Taken Maria Away(1968).mp3
Toon Hermans - Akke Fietje(1968).mp3
Traffic - Medicated Goo(1968).mp3
Trea Dobbs - Was Jij Maar In Lutjebroek Gebleven(1968).mp3
Tremeloes - I Shall Be Released(1968).mp3
Tremeloes - My Little Lady(1968).mp3
Tremeloes - Suddenly you love me(1968).mp3
Turtles - Eleonore(1968).mp3
Turtles - Sound Asleep(1968).mp3
Udo Jurgens - Cotton Fields(1968).mp3
Wally Tax - Come Closer(1968).mp3
Wally Tax - I Won't Feel Alone(1968).mp3
Westlands Mannenkoor - Westlandlied (Glazen Stad) (1968).mp3
Whiskers - Morning Dew(1968).mp3
Who - Dogs(1968).mp3
Who - Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand(1968).mp3
Will Tura - Nog 20 Minuten Geduld(1968).mp3
Will Tura - Viva d'Amore(1968).mp3
Willy Alberti - De Glimlach Van Een Kind(1968).mp3
Willy Alberti & Wim Sonneveld - Mooi Amsterdam(1968).mp3
Wilpi's - Het Vissertje Uit Het Biesboschland(1968).mp3
Wilson Pickett - I'm A Midnight Mover(1968).mp3
Zen - Don't Try Reincarnation(1968).mp3

1968 was een prima hit- en tipjaar, ik heb veel moois moeten schrappen. Sommige nummers werden later toch een hit (Bobby Goldsboro - Honey, Donovan - Atlantis, Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson bv.) en heb ik niet opgenomen.

1. Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere(1968).mp3
2. Pebbles - Get Around(1968).mp3
3. Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes (and count to ten) (1968).mp3
4. Boxtops - Cry Like A Baby(1968).mp3
5. Elvis Presley - Guitar Man(1968).mp3
6. Hugo Montenegro - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly(1968).mp3
7. Classics IV - Spooky(1968).mp3
8. Boudewijn de Groot - Picknick(1968).mp3
9. Cream - Anyone For Tennis(1968).mp3
10. Bill Haley & Comets - Rock Around The Clock(1968).mp3

11. Marmalade - Wait For Me Marianne(1968).mp3
12. Monkees - Valleri(1968).mp3
13. Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky(1968).mp3
14. New Inspiration - I See No Reason Why(1968).mp3
15. Diana Ross & Supremes - In And Out Of Love(1968).mp3
16. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By(1968).mp3
17. Sly & Family Stone - Dance To The Music(1968).mp3
18. Who - Dogs(1968).mp3
19. Turtles - Eleonore(1968).mp3
20. Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser(1968).mp3

Aretha Franklin - Think (sleephit)
Cliff Nobles - The Horse (waar was dit ook al weer de tune van?)
Dionne Warwick - Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes (and count to ten)
Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser

Volgens mij was dat het muziekje van de agenda van de Top 40 drive-in show, zoals die tijdens de Veronica top 40 werd voorgelezen in de jaren ´70. Het is ook nog een hitje geweest als a/b-kant van de single met alle top 40 jingles van die tijd.

Thanks!

01 Status quo - Technicolour dreams
02 Who * Mary Anne with the shaky hands
03 Deep purple * Hush
04 The Nice * America
05 Who * Dogs
06 Byrds * You ain't going nowhere
07 Beach boys * Friends
08 Cream * Anyone for tennis
09 Moody blues * Voices in the sky
10 Steppenwolf * Magic carpet ride

Ik vind één van de vereisten, dat je de plaat toch moet kennen om in je top 10 te zetten. Als je dan de lijst langsgaat, staat er toch ook erg veel in waar je het nummer niet paraat van in je hoofd hebt zitten.

En:

Zou ik erg zeuren als ik op zou merken dat de volgende 5 platen allemaal in de top 40 van 13 juli 1968 zijn terug te vinden?

- Think * Aretha Franklin
- Rock around the clock * Bill Haley
- Honey * Bobby Goldsboro
- Simon & Garfunkel * Mrs. Robinson
- Gary Pucket & The Union Gap * Young girl

De Golden earring kwam met I've just lost somebody op 6 april 1968 binnen in de top 40. Atlantis van Donovan kwam op1 ergens in 1969. Ik moest deze grote hits dan ook helaas aan mijn lijst voorbij laten gaan.

The Horse van Cliff Nobles was inderdaad de tune van de drive in show van Veronica. Perfecte jingle in de laatste jaren van het zendschip. De ware liefhebbers hebben dit nummer, deze single, zelfs in de Nederlandse top 40 gekregen, in 1975.

Zoiets:

01 Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky(1968).mp3
02 Geebros - Let Me Find The Sun(1968).mp3
03 Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes (and count to ten) (1968).
04 Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson(1968).mp3
05 Golden Earrings - I've Just Lost Somebody(1968).mp3
06 Dragon Fly - Celestial Empire(1968).mp3
07 Donovan - Atlantis(1968).mp3
08 Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere(1968).mp3
09 Elly Nieman & Boudewijn de Groot - Meester Prikkebeen(1968).
10 Bobby Goldsboro - Honey(1968).mp3

Aretha Franklin - Think
Diana Ross & Supremes - In And Out Of Love
Boudewijn de Groot - Picknick
Beach Boys - Friends
Byrds - You Ain't Going Nowhere
Elvis Presley - Guitar Man
Jefferson Airplane - If You Feel Like China Breakin'
Frank Sinatra - The Way Of Life
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By
Who - Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand

Vele klassiekers in dit jaar. Ironisch dat ik de jaren voor m'n geboorte veel beter weet te waarderen dan wat er nu in de hitparades doorgaat voor muziek...

1. Classics IV - Spooky(1968).mp3
2. Kenny Rogers - Just Dropped In(1968).mp3 (Heeft na deze geniale single nooit meer iets deugdelijks gemaakt)
3. Hugh Masekela - Grazing In The Grass(1968).mp3
4. Cream - Anyone For Tennis(1968).mp3
5. Who - Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand(1968).mp3
6. Moody Blues - Voices In The Sky(1968).mp3
7. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need To Get By(1968).mp3
8. Dusty Springfield - I Close My Eyes (and count to ten) (1968).mp3
9. Deep Purple - Hush(1968).mp3
10. Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine(1968).mp3

Volgens mij werd Donovan's Atlantis het jaar erna een gigantische hit, dus laat ik die 'under bubblen'!