| Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1968 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $6.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4594
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 71938
UPC: 081227193829
EAN: 0081227193829
ASIN: B0000033IZ
Release Date: May 30, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Classical Gas - Mason Williams | | • | A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals | | • | Honey - Bobby Goldsboro | | • | Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat | | • | Young Girl - The Union Gap | | • | Spooky - Classics lV | | • | Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley | | • | Abraham, Martin And John - Dion | | • | Slip Away - Clarence Carter | | • | Hush - Deep Purple |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
outstanding pop hits from 1968 February 3, 2008
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1968 is an inexpensive CD with great sounds of 1968 on it to entertain you over and over again. The sound quality is excellent; these songs sound just as fresh as the first day you ever heard them! Newcomers to this genre of music would do well to choose this CD.
Mason Williams kicks things off with "Classical Gas;" this features some wonderful guitar playing and the orchestration can't be beat! The strings, percussion and more enhance the beauty of this melody. I predict that you will enjoy "Classical Gas" very much. The Rascals also turn in a performance of their huge hit entitled "A Beautiful Morning;" they sing this to perfection and the backup vocalists never miss a beat as they harmonize so well. I love that percussion, too!
Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" is a sweet tune that is sure to bring back memories; Bobby sings this with such passion and style that it really moves me every time I heard it. Bobby makes "Honey" a true masterpiece in his capable hands.
The Union Gap performs "Young Girl" with all their might, heart and soul. The arrangement works wonders and "Young Girl" is a very fine ballad that is timeless the more I think about it. The musical arrangement enhances the beauty of "Young Girl," too.
"Spooky" by The Classics IV is a tune you just may recognize when you hear it; and Jeannie C. Riley makes a big splash with her hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." "Harper Valley P.T.A." works well on many levels and Jeannie C. Riley delivers this with panache like the pro she always was! You go, Jeannie!
Moreover, listen for Dion to do his famous "Abraham, Martin And John;" this touching ballad still resonates with listeners today in our times. Deep Purple ends the CD masterfully with their tune named "Hush;" this tune really rocks and it's anything but a hushed performance! The electric guitars sound great on "Hush" and Deep Purple sings this very well.
Overall, this is one great CD to celebrate the pop music of 1968. I highly recommend this CD.
UNIVERSAL Sounds February 11, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Universal , because the first time I heard these songs ; I had no idea what the words meant . I arrived to this U.S.of A during mid 1968, and these songs were being played all over . I was only 15, and fell in Love with this country instantly because of this music .Then, I had no idea what they were singing about . Today , I understand the words and I am still in Love . All memories attached to this Music bring back precious moments to my heart and mind. Gracias
 BILLBOARD 1968 November 9, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this CD because I had been looking for "Love Is Blue" for years, and this was my last option. The song is a masterpiece, as beautiful a song as any from the sixties. Other highlights include "Classical Gas", another pop masterpiece, and "Abraham, Martin, and John", yet another classes. But, those stand out over such pedestrian hits as "Young Girl" and "A Beautiful Morning", which today sound hopelessly dated. If you want the two best intrumentals of the 60's, buy this CD.
Terrific Collection August 14, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The original version of Paul Mauriat's "Love Is Blue" was impossible to find. I was so happy to come across this CD which includes it!!! The sound is great too on all the songs.
Una seleccion muy recomendable de musica de los 60's July 30, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Soy un aficionado a coleccionar canciones que de alguna manera dejaron huella en la mente de la gente de mi generacion. Siempre he tratado de buscar a los interpretes de esas canciones y comprar sus CDs con aquellos temas que son de mi interes. En esos casos, por lo general termino comprando una o dos de las canciones que me gustan junto con 10 o mas de las que no disfruto lo mismo. Eso me ha dejado una cierta frustracion y hasta me ha parecido, a veces, que he gastando mas dinero del debido por un par de canciones. Por esta razon, ha sido un descubrimiento para mi encontrar disponible la serie de Billboard donde en un solo disco, a un precio muy economico, podemos disfrutar de las melodias en su version ORIGINAL de cinco o seis temas por CD (cuando no es mas).
Hace anos que no encontraba -en CD- la version original de Love is blue de Paul Mauriat y su Orquesta, y para mi sorpresa, aqui la encontre, junto a otras canciones de coleccion como Honey, Young girl, Hush y otras tambien en sus versiones en original y con una excelente calidad de sonido. Estoy contento con haber elegido comprar este disco que creo esta a la altura de otras selecciones de la serie Billboard que son una fuente muy rica de canciones con significado en nuestros recuerdos.
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