What were the top hit LPs of 1968? Billboard magazine this week prints a chart of the 100 albums that dominated its bestseller lists during the year, asmeasured by rank and staying power. Predictably, there are no classical — and few jazz — releases among them. It was a year for pop albums, especially for those by the Beatles (of course) and by Simon & Garfunkel. Both had two releases in the magazine’s Big Ten:
1. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced
2. Simon & Garfunkel: The Graduate
3. Cream: Disraeli Gears
4. The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
5. Diana Ross & the Supremes: Greatest Hits
6. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. The Doors: The Doors
8. Simon & Garfunkel: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
9. Vanilla Fudge: Vanilla Fudge
10. Paul Mauriat: Blooming Hits
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