Musik i 1968



Begivenheder 
 13. januar – Johnny Cash holder sin berømte koncert i Folsom State Prison i Californien.
 6. april – Massiels sang La La La vinder Eurovision Song Contest i London for Spanien .
 7. juli – The Yardbirds giver den sidste optrædning inden bandet bliver opløst.
 1. september - Dansktoppen gik i luften for første gange, med Jørn Hjorting som programvært.
 7. september – Under navnet The New Yardbirds optræder Led Zeppelin for første gang offentligt i Gladsaxe Teen Club.
 14. september – Den amerikanske hippie-musical "Hair" havde premiere på Gladsaxe Teater.
 14. september - Sangeren Roy Orbison, mister sine sønner den 10-årige Roy DeWayne Orbison og 6-årige Anthony King Orbison, dør i en brand i deres hjem i Hendersonville, Tennessee. Orbison yngste søn overlever.
 15. oktober – The New Yardbirds skifter navn til Led Zeppelin i forbindelse med en koncert i Surrey University, England.

Bands dannet 
 Amon Düül II
 Black Sabbath (som Earth)
 Can
 Deep Purple
 Fitzwilliam Quartet
 Free
 Henry Cow
 Jacula
 Led Zeppelin (som The New Yardbirds)
 Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge (som Brooklyn Bridge)
 Nazareth
 Rush
 Yes
 Colosseum
 King Crimson
 Crosby, Stills & Nash

Bands opløst 
 Buffalo Springfield
 Cream
 Freddie and the Dreamers
 The Righteous Brothers
 The Seekers
 The Shangri-Las
 The Yardbirds (gendannet i 1992)
 The Zombies (gendannet i 1991)
 Los Speakers

Årets album 
Venligst sortere solister på efternavne, musikgrupper på det første bogstav (undtaget det engelske "The" og "A")

A – G 
 Joan Baez – Any Day Now
 The Band – Music from Big Pink
 The Beach Boys – Friends
 The Beach Boys – Stack-o-Tracks
 The Beatles –  The Beatles ("The White Album")
 Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
 Blue Cheer – Outsideinside
 Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
 The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
 Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
 Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
 Canned Heat – Boogie With Canned Heat
 John Coltrane – Cosmic Music
 John Coltrane – Om
 Country Joe and the Fish – Together
 Cream – Wheels of Fire
 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Creedence Clearwater Revival
 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – If No-One Sang
 Deep Purple – Shades of Deep Purple
 Dion – Dion
 Donovan – Donovan in Concert
 The Doors – Waiting for the Sun
 The Dubliners – At It Again
 The Dubliners – Drinkin' and Courtin'
 The Everly Brothers – Roots
 Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now
 Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
 The Fugs – Tenderness Junction
 The Fugs – It Crawled into My Hand, Honest

H – R 
 Herbie Hancock – Speak Like a Child
 Lee Hazlewood – Love and Other Crimes
 Keith Jarrett – Life Between the Exit Signs
 Jefferson Airplane – Crown of Creation
 Jethro Tull – This Was
 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
 Jan Johansson & Radiojazzgruppen – Den korta fristen
 Jan Johansson – Jazz på ungerska
 The Kinks – Live at Kelvin Hall
 The Kinks – The Village Green Preservation Society
 Lennart Kjellgren & Gunnel Nilsson – Glada visor från Bialitt
 The Lovin' Spoonful – Everything Playing
 Joni Mitchell – Song to a Seagull
 The Monkees – The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees
 The Monkees – Head
 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
 Tom Paxton – Morning Again
 Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets
 The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet

S – Å 
 The Savage Rose - The Savage Rose
 The Savage Rose - In the Plain
 Simon & Garfunkel – The Graduate (soundtrack)
 Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
 Nina Simone – 'Nuff Said!
 Sly and the Family Stone – Dance to the Music
 Sly and the Family Stone – Life
 The Small Faces – Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
 The Small Faces – There Are But Four Small Faces
 Joe South – Introspect Spirit – The Family That Plays Together Spooky Tooth – It's All About
 Status Quo – Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
 Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf
 Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf the Second
 James Taylor – James Taylor
 Ten Years After – Undead
 Traffic – Heaven Is In Your Mind
 Traffic – Traffic
 The Turtles – The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
 The Who – Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
 Young Flowers – Blomsterpistolen
 The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention – Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention – We're Only in It for the Money

Priser og hædersbevisninger 
 Oscar for bedste musik
 Originalt – John Barry for The Lion in Winter
 Musical eller adapteret – John Green for Oliver!
 Oscar for bedste sang
 Windmills of Your Mind (fra Thomas Crown & Co) – Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
 Grammy Awards i 1968

Eurovision Song Contest 
 Eurovision Song Contest 1968

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger 

 
1968