1968
WINTER 1968
JAN 31: TET OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED IN VIETNAM
FEB: CASS ELLIOT INVITES FORMER SINGER & GUITARIST FROM THE BYRDS DAVID CROSBY, GRAHAM NASH OF THE HOLLIES, AND STEPHEN STILLS FORMERLY OF BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD, TO HER LOS ANGELES HOME. THE THREE ARTISTS THEN FORM CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH.
MAR 6: EVEN WALTER CRONKITE IS AGAINST THE WAR !!
CLASSICS FROM WINTER '68:
WOMAN, WOMAN - GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP
DAYDREAM BELIEVER - MONKEES
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - GLADDYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS
BEND ME, SHAPE ME - AMERICAN BREED
GREEN TAMBOURINE - LEMON PIPERS
I SECOND THE EMOTION - SMOKEY ROBINSON AND THE MIRACLES
IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU - MARVIN GAYE & TAMMY TERRELL
JUDY IN DISGUISE (WITH GLASSES) - JOHN FRED & HIS PLAYBOY BAND
HELLO GOODBYE - BEATLES
CHAIN OF FOOLS - URETHRA FRANKLIN
JUST DROPPED IN(TO SEE WHAT CONDITION MY CONDITION WAS IN) - FIRST EDITION
VALLERI - MONKEES
(SWEET SWEET BABY)SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE - URETHRA FRANKLIN
GREEN TAMBOURINE - LEMON PIPERS
SPOOKY - CLASSICS IV
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN - TEMPTATIONS
GOIN' OUT OF MY HEAD/CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - LETTERMEN
NOBODY BUT ME - HUMAN BEINZ
(THEME FROM)VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - DIONNE WARWICK
LOVE IS BLUE - PAUL MAURIAT
SIAMON SAYS - 1910 FRUITGUM CO.
SPRING '68
APRIL 4:"...EARLY MORNING, APRIL 4....SHOT RINGS OUT...IN THE MEMPHIS SKY... 'FREE AT LAST' THEY TOOK YOUR LIFE, THEY COULD NOT TAKE YOUR PRIDE !"(U2)
...MARTIN LUTHER KING SHOT AT MEMPHIS HOTEL
WHILE LEANING OVER BALCONY TO TALK TO JESSIE JACKSON
(ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1972 IN PARALLEL UNIVERSE
WHERE HE DID NOT GET ASSASSINATED)
APRIL 20: TASTRUP, DENMARK WITNESSES THE LIVE DEBUT OF A BAND WHO NOW NAMES THEMSELF AFTER GUITARIST RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S GRANDMOTHER'S FAVORITE SONG, "DEEP PURPLE"
DAVID BOWIE !?!?!?!? OOOOOOOPS !!!!!!!!
JUNE: JON ANDERSON MEETS CHRIS SQUIRE IN SOHO AND DISCUSS FORMING A BAND THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE NAMED "YES".
JUNE 6: BOBBY KENNEDY SHOT...TOO GOOD TO LIVE ON
THIS PLANET!
MEMORABLE TUNES FROM SPRING '68:
(SWEET SWEET BABY)SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE - URETHRA FRANKLIN LADY MADONNA - BEATLES THE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE - GEORGIE FAME LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU - DELFTONICS I GOT THE FEELIN' - JAMES BROWN DANCE TO THE MUSIC - SLY & THE FAMILY STONE TIGHTEN UP - ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS MONY MONY - TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS MacARTHUR PARK - RICHARD HARRIS THINK - URETHRA FRANKLIN THE LOOK OF LOVE - SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL '66 THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY - HUGO MONTENEGRO & ORCHESTRA YOUNG GIRL - GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP HONEY - BOBBY GOLDSBORO CRY LIKE A BABY - BOX TOPS (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY - OTIS REDDING A BEAUTIFUL MORNING - RASCALS COWBOYS TO GIRLS - INTRUDERS THE UNICORN - IRISH ROVERS MRS. ROBINSON - SIAMON AND GARFUNKEL LOVE IS ALL AROUND - TROGGS THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU - HERB ALBERT YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY - OHIO EXPRESS
SUMMER '68
JULY: DOUG INGLE, WHO ORIGINALLY TITLED HIS SONG "IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN", WATCHED IT ENTER THE US CHARTS RENAMED "IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA" BY AN INTOXICATED GROUP MEMBER !!!
JULY 7: JIMMY PAGE SPLITS YARDBIRDS AND FORMS "NEW YARDBIRDS", LATER INVITES ROBERT PLANT TO JOIN, WHO RECOMMENDS JOHN BONHAM, AND THE REST, AS THEY SAY....
AUG 29: "THE WHOLE WORLD'S WATCHING" THE DEMONSTRATION AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
TUNES THAT TAKE YOU BACK TO SUMMER '68:
THE HORSE - CLIFF NOBLES & CO. STONED SOUL PICKNIC - FIFTH DIMENSION THE LOOK OF LOVE - SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL '66 HERE COMES THE JUDGE - SHORTY LONG ANGEL OF THE MORNING - MERRILEE RUSH REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS - FRIEND & LOVER GRAZING IN THE GRASS - HUGH MASEKELA THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT THE FOOL ON THE HILL - SERGIO MENDES AND BRASIL '66 YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY - MARVIN GAYE AND TAMMI TERRELL THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU - HERB ALBERT JUMPIN' JACK FLASH - ROLLING STONES LADY WILLPOWER - GARY PUCKETT & THE UNION GAP HELLO, I LOVE YOU - DOORS PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE - RASCALS CLASSICAL GAS - MASON WILLIAMS BORN TO BE WILD - STEPPENWOLF SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE - CREAM TURN AROUND LOOK AT ME - VOGUES LIGHT MY FIRE - JOSE FELICIANO HURDY GURDY MAN - DONOVAN GRAZING IN THE GRASS - HUGH MASEKELA PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE - RASCALS HARPER VALLEY PTA - JEANNIE C RILEY 1 2 3 REDLIGHT - 1910 FRUITGUM CO. HUSH - DEEP PURPLE
AUTUMN '68
OCT 15:KIETH MOON OFTEN REFERRED TO DISASTEROUS GIGS AS "GOING DOWN LIKE A LEAD ZEPPELIN !" NEW YARDBIRDS GUITARIST JIMMY PAGE THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY COOL PHRASE.... PAGE AND BAND DEBUT AS "LED ZEPPELIN" AT SURREY UNIVERSITY
NOV 5: NIXON ELECTED (LAST HIGH PROFILE LIVING POLITITIAN, NO SURPRISE!)
NOV 25: "THE BEATLES"(WHITE ALBUM) RELEASED IN US
DEC 24: APOLLO 8 CREW BECOMES THE FIRST HUMANS TO GAZE UPON
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON....
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