Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1968. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia |
| Albert King | Blues Power | ☆ |
| American Breed | Bend Me, Shape Me | ☆ |
| Archie Bell & The Drells | Tighten Up | ☆ |
| Aretha Franklin | Think | ☆ |
| Aretha Franklin | The House That Jack Built | ☆ |
| Aretha Franklin | I Say a Little Prayer | ☆ |
| Aretha Franklin | Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) | ☆ |
| B.J. Thomas | Hooked on a Feeling | ☆ |
| Barbara Acklin | Love Makes a Woman | ☆ |
| Barbra Streisand | Don't Rain on My Parade | ☆ |
| Big Brother & The Holding Co. | Piece Of My Heart | ☆ |
| Big Mama Thornton | Ball And Chain | ☆ |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | Spinning Wheel | ☆ |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | And When I Die | ☆ |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | You've Made Me So Very Happy | ☆ |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | I Can't Quit Her | ☆ |
| Blue Cheer | Summertime Blues | ☆ |
| Bobby Goldsboro | Honey | ☆ |
| Buddy Guy | Mary Had a Little Lamb | ☆ |
| Candy Graham | Cry a Little Tear (For Me) | ☆ |
| Canned Heat | Going Up The Country | ☆ |
| Canned Heat | On the Road Again | ☆ |
| Cream | White Room | ☆ |
| Cream | Crossroads | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Suzie Q | ☆ |
| Deep Purple | Hush | ☆ |
| Desmond Dekker And The Aces | Israelites | ☆ |
| Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations | I'm Gonna Make You Love Me | ☆ |
| Diana Ross And The Supremes | Love Child | ☆ |
| Dion | Abraham, Martin And John | ☆ |
| Dionne Warwick | Do You Know the Way to San Jose | ☆ |
| Donovan | Hurdy Gurdy Man | ☆ |
| Donovan | Jennifer Juniper | ☆ |
| Dr. John | I Walk On Guilded Splinters | ☆ |
| Dr. John | Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya | ☆ |
| Dusty Springfield | Son Of A Preacher Man | ☆ |
| Eduard Khil | I Am So Glad Because I Am Finally Returning Home (Trololo) | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | A Little Less Conversation | ☆ |
| Eric Burdon and The Animals | Sky Pilot | ☆ |
| Etta James | I'd Rather Go Blind | ☆ |
| Fleetwood Mac | Black Magic Woman | ☆ |
| Fleetwood Mac | Albatross | ☆ |
| Fred Rogers | Won't You Be My Neighbor | ☆ |
| Glen Campbell | Wichita Lineman | ☆ |
| Henry Mancini | Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet | ☆ |
| Hugh Masekela | Grazing in the Grass | ☆ |
| Iron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | ☆ |
| James Brown | Say It Loud- I'm Black And I'm Proud | ☆ |
| Jeannie C. Riley | Harper Valley PTA | ☆ |
| Jerry Butler | Only the Strong Survive | ☆ |
| Jerry Jeff Walker | Mr. Bojangles | ☆ |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) | ☆ |
| Joan Baez | Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word | ☆ |
| Joe Cocker | With A Little Help From My Friends | ☆ |
| Joe South | Games People Play | ☆ |
| Johnnie Taylor | Who's Making Love | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Daddy Sang Bass | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Cocaine Blues | ☆ |
| Laura Nyro | Stoned Soul Picnic | ☆ |
| Laura Nyro | Eli's Coming | ☆ |
| Loretta Lynn | Fist City | ☆ |
| Los Bravos | Bring a Little Lovin' | ☆ |
| Louis Armstrong | What A Wonderful World | ☆ |
| Manfred Mann | Mighty Quinn | ☆ |
| Marvin Gaye | I Heard It Through The Grapevine | ☆ |
| Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing | ☆ |
| Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | You're All I Need to Get By | ☆ |
| Mary Hopkin | Those Were the Days | ☆ |
| Mason Williams | Classical Gas | ☆ |
| Merle Haggard | Mama Tried | ☆ |
| Moby Grape | Murder In My Heart For The Judge | ☆ |
| Morgen | Welcome to the Void | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Red Red Wine | ☆ |
| Nilsson | Everbody's Talkin' | ☆ |
| Nina Simone | Ain't Got No/I Got Life | ☆ |
| Otis Redding | (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay | ☆ |
| Otis Redding | Hard to Handle | ☆ |
| Otis Redding | Merry Christmas, Baby | ☆ |
| Randy Newman | I Think It's Going to Rain Today | ☆ |
| Richard Harris | MacArthur Park | ☆ |
| Sam & Dave | I Thank You | ☆ |
| Sam & Dave | Wrap It Up | ☆ |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | I've Gotta be Me | ☆ |
| Scott Walker | Plactic Palace People | ☆ |
| Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot | Bonnie and Clyde | ☆ |
| Silver Apples | Oscillations | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Mrs. Robinson | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | America | ☆ |
| Sly & The Family Stone | Everyday People | ☆ |
| Sly & The Family Stone | Dance To The Music | ☆ |
| Sly & The Family Stone | Sing a Simple Song | ☆ |
| Southwest F.O.B. | Smell of Incense | ☆ |
| Spirit | I Got a Line on You | ☆ |
| Status Quo | Pictures of Matchstick Men | ☆ |
| Steppenwolf | Born To Be Wild | ☆ |
| Steppenwolf | Magic Carpet Ride | ☆ |
| Steppenwolf | The Pusher | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | For Once In My Life | ☆ |
| Tammy Wynette | Stand By Your Man | ☆ |
| Tammy Wynette | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | ☆ |
| Terry Riley | In C | ☆ |
| The Amboy Dukes | Scottish Tea | ☆ |
| The Amboy Dukes | Journey to the Center of the Mind | ☆ |
| The Aquarian Age | 10,000 Words in a Cardboard Box | ☆ |
| The Band | The Weight | ☆ |
| The Band | Chest Fever | ☆ |
| The Band | I Shall Be Released | ☆ |
| The Band | Long Black Veil | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Do It Again | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Hey Jude | ☆ |
| The Beatles | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Helter Skelter | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Revolution | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Blackbird | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Happiness Is a Warm Gun | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Back in the U.S.S.R. | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Lady Madonna | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Ob La Di, Ob La Da | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Glass Onion | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Birthday | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Dear Prudence | ☆ |
| The Bob Seger System | Ramblin' Gamblin' Man | ☆ |
| The Bob Seger System | 2+2=? | ☆ |
| The Box Tops | Cry Like a Baby | ☆ |
| The Chocolate Watchband | I Ain't No Miracle Worker | ☆ |
| The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | Fire | ☆ |
| The Doors | Hello, I Love You | ☆ |
| The Doors | Touch Me | ☆ |
| The Doors | Love Street | ☆ |
| The First Edition | Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | ☆ |
| The Foundations | Build Me Up Buttercup | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Dark Star | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | These Eyes | ☆ |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | All Along The Watchtower | ☆ |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | ☆ |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Crosstown Traffic | ☆ |
| The Kinks | The Village Green Preservation Society | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Picture Book | ☆ |
| The Mamas & The Papas | Dream a Little Dream of Me | ☆ |
| The Maytals | Do the Reggay | ☆ |
| The Monkees | Valleri | ☆ |
| The Moody Blues | Ride My See-Saw | ☆ |
| The Osborne Brothers | Rocky Top | ☆ |
| The Rascals | People Got To Be Free | ☆ |
| The Rascals | A Beautiful Morning | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Sympathy For The Devil | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Jumpin' Jack Flash | ☆ |
| The Rolling Stones | Street Fighting Man | ☆ |
| The Sir Douglas Quintet | Mendocino | ☆ |
| The Small Faces | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake | ☆ |
| The Temptations | Cloud Nine | ☆ |
| The Temptations | I Wish It Would Rain | ☆ |
| The Turtles | Elenore | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | White Light / White Heat | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | Sister Ray | ☆ |
| The Ventures | Hawaii Five-O | ☆ |
| The Who | Magic Bus | ☆ |
| The Zombies | Time Of The Season | ☆ |
| The Zombies | Care of Cell 44 | ☆ |
| The Zombies | This Will Be Our Year | ☆ |
| Tom Jones | Delilah | ☆ |
| Tommy James & the Shondells | Mony Mony | ☆ |
| Tommy James And The Shondells | Crimson And Clover | ☆ |
| Toots & the Maytals | Sweet and Dandy | ☆ |
| Toots & The Maytals | 54-46 (That's My Number) | ☆ |
| Traffic | Feelin' Alright | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Madame George | ☆ |
| Vanilla Fudge | Season of the Witch | ☆ |
| Wilson Pickett | Hey Jude | ☆ |
| Young-Holt Unlimited | Soulful Strut | ☆ |
| Zager And Evans | In The Year 2525 | ☆ |
