⇦ 1967

1969 ⇨

Top 15 Artists Who Released their Debut Recording in 1968

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These artists released their first recording in 1968, which made them first eligible for the 1994 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Artists aleady inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are highlighted in orange.

1.	Elton John
2.	Joni Mitchell
3.	Fleetwood Mac
4.	The Band
5.	James Taylor
6.	John Lennon
7.	George Harrison
8.	T. Rex
9.	The Jackson Five
10.	Genesis
11.	Jethro Tull
12.	Deep Purple
13.	Dr. John
14.	Can
15.	Steve Miller

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Essential Debut Albums from 1968

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Blood, Sweat & Tears	Blood, Sweat & Tears	☆
Blood, Sweat & Tears	Child Is Father to the Man	☆
Blue Cheer	Vincebus Eruptum	☆
Deep Purple	Shades Of Deep Purple	☆
Dr. John	Gris-Gris	☆
Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	☆
Iron Butterfly	In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida	☆
Jethro Tull	This Was	☆
Nazz	Nazz	☆
Os Mutantes	Os Mutantes	☆
Quicksilver Messenger Service	Quicksilver Messenger Service	☆
Silver Apples	Silver Apples	☆
Steppenwolf	Steppenwolf	☆
Steve Miller Band	Children of the Future	☆
Taj Mahal	Taj Mahal	☆
The Band	Music From Big Pink	☆
Townes Van Zandt	For the Sake of the Song	☆

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Essential Debut Songs from 1968

Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Blood, Sweat & Tears	Spinning Wheel	☆
Blood, Sweat & Tears	You've Made Me So Very Happy	☆
Blood, Sweat & Tears	I Can't Quit Her	☆
Blue Cheer	Summertime Blues	☆
Deep Purple	Hush	☆
Dr. John	I Walk On Guilded Splinters	☆
Dr. John	Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya	☆
Fleetwood Mac	Black Magic Woman	☆
Fleetwood Mac	Albatross	☆
Iron Butterfly	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	☆
Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley PTA	☆
Silver Apples	Oscillations	☆
Spirit	I Got a Line on You	☆
Steppenwolf	Born To Be Wild	☆
Steppenwolf	Magic Carpet Ride	☆
Steppenwolf	The Pusher	☆
The Band	The Weight	☆
The Band	Chest Fever	☆
The Band	I Shall Be Released	☆

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