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These are the ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' '''[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]''' number one hits of 1968.


{{More footnotes|date=April 2020}}
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[[File:Billboard Hot 100 logo.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Otis_Redding_(2).png|thumb|right|200px|[[Otis Redding]] became the first to have a #1 hit posthumously after his death in 1967 with "[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]".]]
[[File:Simon_&_Garfunkel_919-3036.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Simon & Garfunkel]] scored a #1 hit in 1968 with "[[Mrs. Robinson]]".]]
[[File:Marvin_Gaye_(1973_publicity_photo).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Marvin Gaye]] scored his first #1 as a solo artist with "[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]" in 1968 and 1969.]]
Here are the ''[[Billboard magazine]]'' '''[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]''' number one hits of 1968.

That year, 10 acts hit number one for the first time, such as [[John Fred|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.<ref name=":0" />

== Chart history ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width=31|{{abbr|No.|Hot 100 consecutive No.1 (re-entry)}}
!Issue Date
!Issue date
!Song
!Song
!Artist(s)
!Artist(s)
!Reference
!Reference
|-
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|195
|January 6
|January 6
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Hello, Goodbye]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Hello, Goodbye]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[The Beatles]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[The Beatles]]
|align="center"|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=April 16, 1960 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1960-04-16/ |work=[[Billboard Hot 100]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|January 13
|January 13
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-01-13|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 13, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|196
|January 20
|January 20
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[John Fred|John Fred and His Playboy Band]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[John Fred|John Fred and His Playboy Band]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-01-20|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 20, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|January 27
|January 27
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-01-27|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=January 27, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|197
|February 3
|February 3
|align="center"|"[[Green Tambourine]]"
|align="center"|"[[Green Tambourine]]"
|align="center"|[[The Lemon Pipers]]
|align="center"|[[The Lemon Pipers]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-02-03|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 3, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5|198
|February 10
|February 10
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"[[L'amour est bleu|Love is Blue]]"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"[[L'amour est bleu|Love is Blue]]"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[Paul Mauriat]]
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[Paul Mauriat]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-02-10|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 10, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|February 17
|February 17
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-02-17|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 17, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|February 24
|February 24
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-02-24|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=February 24, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|March 2
|March 2
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-03-02|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 2, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|March 9
|March 9
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-03-09|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 9, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4|199
|March 16
|March 16
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"[[(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay]]"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|[[Otis Redding]]
|align="center" rowspan="4"|[[Otis Redding]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-03-16|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 16, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|March 23
|March 23
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-03-23|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 23, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|March 30
|March 30
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-03-30|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=March 30, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|April 6
|April 6
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-04-06|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 6, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5|200
|April 13
|April 13
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"[[Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)|Honey]]"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"[[Honey (Bobby Goldsboro song)|Honey]]"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[Bobby Goldsboro]]
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[Bobby Goldsboro]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-04-13|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 13, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|April 20
|April 20
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-04-20|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 20, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|April 27
|April 27
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-04-27|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=April 27, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|May 4
|May 4
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-05-04|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 4, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|May 11
|May 11
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-05-11|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 11, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|201
|May 18
|May 18
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells song)|Tighten Up]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells song)|Tighten Up]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Archie Bell & the Drells]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Archie Bell & the Drells]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-05-18|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 18, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|May 25
|May 25
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-05-25|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=May 25, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3|202
|June 1
|June 1
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[Mrs. Robinson]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[Mrs. Robinson]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Simon & Garfunkel]]
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Simon & Garfunkel]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-06-01|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 1, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|June 8
|June 8
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-06-08|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 8, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|June 15
|June 15
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-06-15|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 15, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4|203
|June 22
|June 22
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"[[This Guy's in Love with You]]"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|"[[This Guy's in Love with You]]"
|align="center" rowspan="4"|[[Herb Alpert]]
|align="center" rowspan="4"|[[Herb Alpert]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-06-22|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 22, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|June 29
|June 29
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-06-29|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=June 29, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|July 6
|July 6
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-07-06|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=July 6, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|July 13
|July 13
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-07-13|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=July 13, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|204
|July 20
|July 20
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Grazing in the Grass]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Grazing in the Grass]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Hugh Masekela]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Hugh Masekela]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-07-20|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=July 20, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|July 27
|July 27
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-07-27|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=July 27, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|205
|August 3
|August 3
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Hello, I Love You]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Hello, I Love You]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[The Doors]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[The Doors]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-08-03|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=August 3, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|August 10
|August 10
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-08-10|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=August 10, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=5|206
|August 17
|August 17
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"[[People Got to Be Free]]"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|"[[People Got to Be Free]]"
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[The Rascals]]
|align="center" rowspan="5"|[[The Rascals]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-08-17|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=August 17, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
|August 24
|August 24
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-08-24|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=August 24, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|August 31
|August 31
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-08-31|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=August 31, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|September 7
|September 7
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-09-07|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=September 7, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|September 14
|September 14
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-09-14|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=September 14, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center|207
|September 21
|September 21
|align="center"|"[[Harper Valley PTA]]"
|align="center"|"[[Harper Valley PTA]]"
|align="center"|[[Jeannie C. Riley]]
|align="center"|[[Jeannie C. Riley]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-09-21|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=September 21, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
|-
| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=9|208
|September 28
|September 28
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="9"|"[[Hey Jude]]"
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="9"|"[[Hey Jude]]"
|align="center" rowspan="9"|The Beatles
|align="center" rowspan="9"|The Beatles
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-09-28|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=September 28, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|October 5
|October 5
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-10-05|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=October 5, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|October 12
|October 12
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-10-12|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=October 12, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|October 19
|October 19
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-10-19|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=October 19, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|October 26
|October 26
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-10-26|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=October 26, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|November 2
|November 2
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-02|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=November 2, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|November 9
|November 9
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-09|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=November 9, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
|-
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|November 16
|November 16
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-16|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=November 16, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|November 23
|November 23
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-23|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=November 23, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2|209
|November 30
|November 30
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Love Child (song)|Love Child]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|"[[Love Child (song)|Love Child]]"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-11-30|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=November 30, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|December 7
|December 7
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-12-07|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=December 7, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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| bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3|210
|December 14
|December 14
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|"[[I Heard It Through the Grapevine]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Marvin Gaye]]
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Marvin Gaye]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-12-14|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=December 14, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|December 21
|December 21
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-12-21|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=December 21, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|December 28
|December 28
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1968-12-28|work=[[Billboard Hot 100]] |title=December 28, 1968}}</ref>
|align="center"|
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|}
|}

==Number-one artists==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
! Position
! Artist
! Weeks at No. 1
|-
| 1
| The Beatles
| 11
|-
| rowspan=3| 2
| Paul Mauriat
| rowspan=3| 5
|-
| Bobby Goldsboro
|-
| The Rascals
|-
| rowspan=2| 5
| Otis Redding
| rowspan=2| 4
|-
| Herb Alpert
|-
| rowspan=2| 7
| Simon & Garfunkel
| rowspan=2| 3
|-
| Marvin Gaye
|-
| rowspan=5| 9
| John Fred and His Playboy Band
| rowspan=5| 2
|-
| Archie Bell & the Drells
|-
| Hugh Masekela
|-
| The Doors
|-
| Diana Ross & the Supremes
|-
| rowspan=2| 14
| The Lemon Pipers
| rowspan=2| 1
|-
| Jeannie C. Riley
|}

==See also==
* [[1968 in music]]
* [[List of Billboard number-one singles]]
* [[List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1968]]
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles from 1958 to 1969]]


==Sources==
==Sources==
*''[[Fred Bronson]]'s Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
*''[[Fred Bronson]]'s Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' (