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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1968.

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• January 4 – GuitaristJimi Hendrix is jailed byStockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassistNoel Redding.
• January 13 –Johnny Cash recordsAt Folsom Prison live atFolsom State Prison, California.
• January 20 –The Who and theSmall Faces start a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
• January 24 – Inaugural concert of theLondon Sinfonietta underDavid Atherton at theQueen Elizabeth Hall, London, including the premiere ofJohn Tavener's dramatic cantataThe Whale.
• February 1 –Universal Studios offersThe Doors $500,000 to star in a feature film, which is never made.
• February 4 – TheBee Gees make their American television debut onThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
• February 12 –Jimi Hendrix is given an honorary high school diploma fromGarfield High School inSeattle, Washington. He is also given the key to the city.
• February 16 –The Beatles,Mike Love,Mia Farrow,Donovan and others travel toIndia to visitMaharishi Mahesh Yogi atRishikesh.
• February 18 –David Gilmour joinsPink Floyd, replacing founderSyd Barrett, who has checked himself into a psychiatric hospital.
• February 21 –McGraw-Hill, Inc., outbids eight other publishers and pays $150,000 for the U.S. rights toHunter Davies' authorized biography ofThe Beatles.
• February 22 –Florence Ballard ofThe Supremes is released from her contract withMotown.
• February 27 – Doo-wop singerFrankie Lymon is found dead at his grandmother's house in Harlem, New York, of a heroin overdose.
• February 29 – The10th Annual Grammy Awards are held inChicago,Los Angeles,Nashville andNew York, hosted byStan Freberg.The Beatles'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band winsAlbum of the Year (the first rock LP to receive the award), whileThe 5th Dimension's "Up, Up and Away" wins bothRecord of the Year andSong of the Year.Bobbie Gentry winsBest New Artist.
• March 1 –Johnny Cash andJune Carter are married in Franklin, Kentucky, withMerle Kilgore as best man.
• March 8 –Bill Graham opens theFillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City.
• March 25 – The 58th and final new episode ofThe Monkees airs on NBC.
• March 30 –The Yardbirds record their live albumLive Yardbirds at the Anderson Theater.
• April 5 –James Brown appears on national television in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following theassassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
• April 6
  • Pink Floyd announces thatSyd Barrett, who was replaced two months earlier amid deteriorating mental health, has officially left the group.
  • The 13thEurovision Song Contest is held in theRoyal Albert Hall, London. The winning song,Spain's "La, la, la" is sung byMassiel, after Spanish authorities refuse to allowJoan Manuel Serrat to perform it in Catalan. TheUK finish in second place, just one point behind, with the song "Congratulations" sung byCliff Richard, which goes on to outsell the winning Spanish entry throughout Europe.
  • The OpenPibroch Competition of theScottish Piping Society of London is held at theLondon Scottish headquarters atBuckingham Gate. First place is won by Robert Brown, for the ninth time in ten years, with a performance ofThe King's Taxes. Second prize goes to Seamus McNeill of theCollege of Piping, Glasgow, withThe Bells of Perth, third prize to Pipe Major Angus MacDonald of the First Battalion,Scots Guards, withMacfarlane's Gathering, and fourth prize to John MacFadyen withThe Battle of Auldern. MacFadyen, however, wins narrowly over Brown in the second big competition, that for theBratach Gorm, the blue banner of theMacCrimmons.^[1]
• April 7 – Singer/pianist/songwriterNina Simone's performance atWestbury Music Fair is dedicated to the late Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. The song "Why? (the king of love is dead)" by Gene Taylor is performed for the first time. The show is partially released on the Emmy nominated album'Nuff Said! (1968).
• April 29 – The rock musicalHair opens on Broadway at theBiltmore Theatre.
• May 4 –Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV showOpportunity Knocks. Hopkin catches the attention of modelTwiggy, who recommends her toPaul McCartney who will soon sign Hopkin toApple Records.
• May 5 –Buffalo Springfield perform together for the last time inLong Beach, California.
• May 7
  • Aretha Franklin records her live LPAretha in Paris at the Olympia Theater.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen begins composing his fifteenintuitive music works,Aus den sieben Tagen.
• May 14 – At a press conference,John Lennon andPaul McCartney introduce the Beatles' new business concept,Apple Corps, Ltd., an entertainment company that includes a recording studio, a record label and a clothing store.
• May 26 – Blues artistLittle Willie John dies in prison after being convicted of manslaughter.
• May 30 –The Beatles begin recording "The White Album" (officially titled, simply,The Beatles). Sessions will span over 4 months, ending on October 14.
• June 20
  • David Ruffin is fired fromThe Temptations due to his ego and because he has begun inquiring into the Temptations' financial records, demanding an accounting of the group's money.
  • Martha Reeves and The Vandellas make their debut at the Copacabana in New York City, winning a rave review inThe New York Times. The engagement is recorded but remains in the Motown vaults.
• July – Release in Brazil of the albumTropicália: ou Panis et Circencis byGilberto Gil,Caetano Veloso and others, with arrangements byRogério Duprat, inaugurates theTropicália movement in music, which lasts in Brazil only for this year.
• July 7 –The Yardbirds perform for the last time before disbanding.
• July 9–14 – TheInternational Eisteddfod takes place inLlangollen,North Wales
• July 18 –Mina presents her Italianwhite soul hits "Se stasera sono qui" and "Colpo al cuore". The performance is transmitted live without playback from theAuditorio A of theRadiotelevisione Italiana regional headquarters inNaples.
• August 1 –Jeff Beck Group release their albumTruth. A seminal work of heavy metal, it incorporates blues and hard rock and introduces the talents ofRod Stewart andRonnie Wood.
• August 4 –Yes perform for the first time, at a summer camp.
• August 5–10 – TheRoyal National Eisteddfod takes place inBarry,Wales.
• August 21 –Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Protests are heard at this evening's performance ofThe Proms in London when theUSSR Symphony Orchestra plays, withMstislav Rostropovich as soloist inDvořák'sCello Concerto.
• August 23 –Simon & Garfunkel give a live concert at theHollywood Bowl,Hollywood, California. A recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records asVoices of Intelligent Dissent.
• September 7
  • Led Zeppelin perform for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitaristJimmy Page has subsequently formed this new group).
  • The Banana Splits Adventure Hour premieres onNBC.
• September 14 – Two sons of singerRoy Orbison, 10-year-old Roy DeWayne Orbison and 6-year-old Anthony King Orbison, die in a house fire inHendersonville, Tennessee. Orbison's youngest son, Wesley, is miraculously saved by Roy's parents.
• September 15
  • Song of Summer,Ken Russell's noted TV documentary aboutFrederick Delius, is shown for the first time as part of the BBC'sOmnibus series in the UK.
  • PocketDiscs are released in several test markets in the United States.
• September 19 –The Who begin recordingTommy, arock opera that tells the story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, including his experiences with life and the relationship with his family.
• October 7 –José Feliciano at Tiger Stadium for the 1968 World Series in Detroit sings a personal and controversial soul version of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the first time for the U.S. national anthem in a different style.^[2]
• October 8 – Thesoundtrack for the 1968 filmRomeo and Juliet is released, containing the popular "What Is a Youth" theme.
• November 8 –John andCynthia Lennon are divorced.
• November 11 – Three days after his divorce, John Lennon andYoko Ono's experimental albumUnfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins is released in the United States. Noted for its cover photographs of the couple naked, it ends up being a flop.
• November 17 –Diana Ross & The Supremes replaceThe Beatles' hugely successful "Hey Jude" atnumber one in the U.S. with "Love Child"; this would be the last of five turnovers at number one between the two most successful music acts in America during the 1960s.
• November 22 –The Beatles (also known as "The White Album") byThe Beatles is released. Also released isThe Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society byThe Kinks.
• November 26 –Cream plays their farewell concert at theRoyal Albert Hall in London. It will be the last timeEric Clapton,Jack Bruce, andGinger Baker play together until their 1993 induction into theRock and Roll Hall of Fame.
• December 2
  • Jimi Hendrix's managerChas Chandler quits over differences with Hendrix during the recording ofElectric Ladyland
  • Janis Joplin andBig Brother and the Holding Company perform their last concert together before Janis goes solo.
• December 3 – The 50-minute television specialElvis (sponsored by sewing machine manufacturerThe Singer Company), taped in June with a live audience inBurbank, California, airs onNBC in the United States marking the comeback ofElvis Presley after 7 years during which the legendary rock and roll musician's career has centered on the movie industry. Concluding with the premiere of "If I Can Dream", it is not only the highest rated television show for the week of broadcast, but the highest rated television special of the year.
• December 6 –The Rolling Stones releaseBeggars Banquet, which contains the classic song "Sympathy for the Devil."
• December 9
  • A political confrontation at thePlanten un Blomen Hall in Hamburg results in cancellation of the scheduled premiere ofHans Werner Henze'soratorioDas Floß der Medusa, a score dedicated toChe Guevara.
  • TCB airs onNBC starring Diana Ross & the Supremes andThe Temptations, becoming the firstvariety special in America to feature an exclusively African American cast.
  • Shinjuku Music Festival is broadcast for the first time byNippon Cultural Broadcasting.
• December 11 –The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is filmed. Acts includeThe Rolling Stones,The Who,Taj Mahal,Jethro Tull,The Dirty Mac andMarianne Faithfull. This is the last appearance ofBrian Jones as a member of the Rolling Stones.
• December 20 –Peter Tork announces he is leavingThe Monkees.
• December 22 –The Animals reunite for onebenefit concert at the Newcastle City Hall while Eric Burdon & The Animals are disbanding.
• December 31 –Small Faces break up whenSteve Marriott storms off the stage.

In the US, 6,540 pop singles and 4,057 albums were released.^[3]

The 1968 Billboard year-end list is composed of records that entered theBillboard Hot 100 during November–December 1967 (only when the majority of chart weeks were in 1968), January to November–December 1968 (majority of chart weeks in 1968). Records with majority of chart weeks in 1967 or 1969 are included in the year-end charts for those years, respectively, and multiple appearances are not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks in top ten, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks on Hot 100 chart.

The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page.Billboard also has chart summaries on its website.Cashbox rankings were derived by same process as the Billboard rankings. Sales information was derived from theRIAA's Gold and Platinum database, theBRIT Certified database and The Book of Golden Discs,^[12] but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates.Grammy Hall of Fame andNational Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia.

   Billboard Top Soul Singles 1968

   Billboard Top Country Singles 1968

   Billboard Top Easy Listening Singles 1968

   Top Rock Tracks 1968 (unofficial)

• "1,2,3, Red Light" w.m. Sal Trimachi and Bobbi Trimachi
• "1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero" w.m.Bobby Russell
• "Abraham, Martin and John" w.m. Dick Holler
• "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" w.m.Les Reed &Barry Mason
• "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" w.m.Richard M. Sherman &Robert B. Sherman from thefilm of the same name
• "Classical Gas" m.Mason Williams
• "Congratulations" w.m.Bill Martin andPhil Coulter
• "Dear World" w.m.Jerry Herman from the musicalDear World
• "Eli's Comin'" w.m.Laura Nyro
• "The Fool on the Hill" w.m.John Lennon &Paul McCartney
• "For the Good Times" w.m.Kris Kristofferson
• "Galveston" w.m.Jimmy Webb
• "Heffalumps and Woozles" w.m.Richard M. Sherman &Robert B. Sherman from the filmWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
• "Honey Pie" w.m.John Lennon andPaul McCartney
• "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" w.Hal David m.Burt Bacharach from the musicalPromises, Promises
• "Indian Lake" w.m.Tony Romeo
• "Indian Reservation" w.m.John D. Loudermilk, first recorded byDon Fardon
• "Little Green Apples" w.m.Bobby Russell
• "Mac Arthur Park" w.m.Jimmy Webb
• "Mr. Bojangles" w.m.Jerry Jeff Walker
• "My Way" (French: "Comme d'habitude") w.m.Claude François &Jacques Revaux, Eng.:Paul Anka
• "The Night They Raided Minsky's" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse from the filmThe Night They Raided Minsky's
• "A Perfect Gentleman" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse Introduced byJason Robards andNorman Wisdom in the filmThe Night They Raided Minsky's
• "Promises, Promises" w.Hal David m.Burt Bacharach from the musicalPromises, Promises
• "Save The Country" w.m.Laura Nyro
• "Stand By Your Man" w.m. Billy Sherrill &Tammy Wynette
• "Stoned Soul Picnic" w.m.Laura Nyro
• "Sweet Blindness" w.m.Laura Nyro
• "Take Ten Terrific Girls" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse from the filmThe Night They Raided Minsky's
• "Ten Feet off the Ground" w.m.Richard M. Sherman &Robert B. Sherman from the filmThe One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• "This Guy's In Love With You" w.Hal David m.Burt Bacharach
• "Wichita Lineman" w.m.Jimmy Webb
• "The Windmills of Your Mind" w.Alan Bergman &Marilyn Bergman m.Michel LeGrand from the filmThe Thomas Crown Affair
• "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" w.m.Richard M. Sherman &Robert B. Sherman from the filmWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
• "You Rat, You" w. Lee Adams m. Charles Strouse from the filmThe Night They Raided Minsky's

• Milton Babbitt –Relata II for orchestra
• Henk Badings
  • Symphony No. 14
  • Armageddon
• Samuel Barber –Twelfth Night andTo Be Sung on the Water, op. 42
• Jean Barraqué –
  • Concerto, for six instrumental formations and two solo instruments (vibraphone and clarinet)
  • Le Temps restitué for mezzo-soprano, choir, and orchestra
• Luciano Berio –
  • O King
  • Sinfonia
  • Chemins III
  • Questo vuol dire che for three female voices, small chorus, tape and other available resources
• Pierre Boulez -Domaines
  • Livre pour cordes
• Carlos Chávez –Pirámide (ballet)
• John Corigliano – Piano Concerto
• George Crumb –Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death for baritone, electric guitar, electric double bass, amplified piano/electric harpsichord, and two percussionists
• Mario Davidovsky –Music for Solo Violin
• Havergal Brian
  • Symphony No. 31
  • Symphony No. 32 in A flat major
  • Legend "Ave atque vale"
• Peter Maxwell Davies –
  • Stedman Caters
  • Stedman Doubles (revised version)
  • Fantasia on a Ground and 2 Pavans (after Purcell)
  • Epistrophe for two pianos
  • L'homme armé
• Edison Denisov –
  • Osen′ (Autumn), for 13 solo voices
  • Oda, pamyati Khe Gevara (Ode in Memory of Che Guevara)
  • Romanticheskaya muzïka (Romantic Music)
• Cristóbal Halffter –
  • Symposion
  • Yes, Speak Out, Yes
• Roy Harris –
  • Symphony no. 12
  • Concerto for Amplified Piano, Brass, Double Bass, and Percussion
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano (revised version)
• Hans Werner Henze –Das Floß der Medusa
• Heinz Holliger –h for wind quintet
• Karel Husa –Music for Prague 1968
• Wojciech Kilar –Training 68 for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano
• Ladislav Kupkovic –Souvenir (one of his few recorded works)
• Helmut Lachenmann –temA for flute, voice and cello
• György Ligeti –Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett (Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet)
• Witold Lutosławski –Livre pour orchestre
• Ester Mägi –Symphony
• Krzysztof Meyer – Sonatas for Piano, No. 4
• Bo Nilsson –Attraktionen, for string quartet
• Per Nørgård –
  • Rejse ind i den gyldne skærm (Voyage into the Golden Screen)
  • Concerto for AccordionRecall
• Arvo Pärt – "Credo" for piano, chorus and orchestra
• Krzysztof Penderecki –St Luke Passion (Penderecki)
• John Serry Sr. –Processional for Organ
• Roger Sessions – Symphony no. 8
• Dmitri Shostakovich –
  • String Quartet no. 12 in D♭ major, op. 133
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, op. 134
• Karlheinz Stockhausen –
  • Aus den sieben Tagen
  • Kurzwellen
  • Stimmung
  • Spiral
• John Tavener –The Whale (cantata)
• David Tudor &Lowell Cross –Reunion
• Charles Wuorinen –
  • Flute Variations II
  • String Trio
• Iannis Xenakis –Nomos Gamma for 98 musicians dispersed among the audience

• Benjamin Britten –The Prodigal Son (church parable)
• Carlos Chávez –Los visitantes (revision ofPanfilo e Lauretta)
• Peter Maxwell Davies –Revelation and Fall
• Gian Carlo Menotti –Help, Help, the Globolinks!
• Ástor Piazzolla –María de Buenos Aires

• Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) – London production
• Canterbury Tales     London production
• Dames at Sea     Off-Broadway production opened at theBouwerie Lane Theatre on December 20 and transferred to theTheatre de Lys on April 22, 1969, for a total run of 575 performances.
• The Dancing Years (Ivor Novello) – London revival
• Darling of the Day (w.E. Y. Harburg m.Jule Styne)Broadway production opened at theGeorge Abbott Theatre on January 27 and ran for 31 performances. StarredPatricia Routledge andVincent Price
• George M!     Broadway production opened at thePalace Theatre and ran for 433 performances
• Golden Boy     London production
• Golden Rainbow     Broadway production opened at theGeorge Abbott Theatre and ran for 388 performances
• Hair – Broadway (1,750 performances) and London (1,997 performances) productions
• House of Flowers     off-Broadway revival
• Lady, Be Good!     London revival
• Man of La Mancha     London production
• Promises, Promises     Broadway production opened at theShubert Theatre and ran for 1,281 performances
• The Happy Time Broadway production opened at theBroadway Theatre and ran for 286 performances
• Zorba – after the movie (Zorba the Greek, 1964) and book (Nikos Kazantzakis, 1952).1969Tony Award for Best Musical and numerous other nominations, 1969Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics (to Fred Ebb, the first year of that category) and three other nominations. 305 performances starting 11/16/68 at the Imperial Theatre, NY. (Revival 9/16/83 at the Broadway Theatre, NY, ran 362 performances with 1984Theatre World Award to actorRobert Westenberg.)

• Aashirwad
• Bhagyamudra
• Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Finian's Rainbow
• Funny Girl
• Head – starringThe Monkees and written byJack Nicholson.
• The Jungle Book – animated feature film
• Monterey Pop
• The Night They Raided Minsky's – released December 22 starringJason Robards andBritt Ekland
• Oliver!
• The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
• Star!
• Yellow Submarine – animated feature film

• January 5 –DJ BoBo, Swiss singer, rapper, songwriter and dancer
• January 9 –Al Schnier, Americanrock guitarist
• January 11 –Tom Dumont, American guitarist
• January 13 –Kim Gun-mo, South Korean singer and songwriter
• January 14 –LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• January 19 –Ikuko Kawai, Japanese classic violinist and composer
• January 27
  • Mike Patton, American alternative metal vocalist and producer (Faith No More)
  • Deb Talan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Weepies)
  • Tricky, English rapper and songwriter
• January 28
  • Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • DJ Muggs, American trip hop musician (Cypress Hill)
• February 1 –Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter (daughter ofElvis andPriscilla Presley) (died 2023)
• February 4 –Marko Matvere, Estonian actor and singer
• February 5 –Chris Barron, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Spin Doctors)
• February 7 –Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Godsmack andMeliah Rage)
• February 12
  • Gregory Charles, Canadian singer, dancer, pianist and actor
  • Chynna Phillips, American pop singer (Wilson Phillips) and actress (daughter ofJohn &Michelle Phillips ofthe Mamas & the Papas)
• February 13 –Ahlam, Emirati singer and actress
• February 19 –Stochelo Rosenberg, Dutch Gypsy jazz guitarist
• February 22 –Brad Nowell, American ska punk musician (Sublime) (died 1996)
• February 25
  • Evridiki, Cypriot singer
  • Oumou Sangaré, Malian Wassoulou singer
• March 4 –Patsy Kensit, British actress and singer
• March 8 –Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter
• March 11
  • Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
  • Paul Turner, English bassist (Jamiroquai)
• March 15
  • Kahimi Karie, Japanese singer
  • Mark McGrath, American rock singer (Sugar Ray) and television presenter
  • Jon Schaffer, American heavy metal guitarist and singer-songwriter (Iced Earth)
• March 23 –Damon Albarn, British singer (Blur andGorillaz)
• March 26
  • Kenny Chesney, American country singer
  • James Iha, American alternative rock guitarist (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• March 29 –Lucy Lawless, New Zealand born singer and actress
• March 30 –Céline Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter
• April 1 –Julia Boutros, Lebanese singer
• April 3 –Sebastian Bach (Sebastian Philip Bierk), Canadian-born heavy metal singer (Skid Row)
• April 9 –Cutfather, Danish music producer, songwriter, DJ and remixer
• April 12 –Toby Gad, Los Angeles based German singer-songwriter/music producer (The Veronicas,Madonna,Leona Lewis,Hilary Duff)
• April 15 –Ed O'Brien, English Guitarist and songwriter (Radiohead)
• April 16 –Boudewijn Vincent Bonebakker, Dutch rock guitarrista (Gorefest)
• April 28 –Howard Donald, British singer and dancer (Take That)
• April 29 –Carnie Wilson, pop singer (Wilson Phillips), daughter ofBrian Wilson
• May 1 –D'arcy Wretzky (The Smashing Pumpkins)
• May 16 –Ralph Tresvant (New Edition)
• May 28 –Kylie Minogue, Australian singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, music producer and philanthropist
• June 1 –Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
• June 3 -Saffron, English singer (Republica)
• June 4 -Al B. Sure!, American R&B singer-songwriter
• June 6 –Alan Licht, American guitarist, composer and journalist (Run On)
• June 10 –The D.O.C., African-American rapper
• June 12 –Bobby Sheehan (Blues Traveler)
• June 13
  • David Gray, British folk rock singer-songwriter
  • Denise Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
• June 30 –Phil Anselmo (Pantera)
• July 4 –Jack Frost, American guitarist and songwriter (Seven Witches andThe Bronx Casket Co.)
• July 5 –Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Evaporators)
• July 10 –Claudia Pop, Romanian soprano and opera stage director, Doctor in Music, senior lecturer
• July 11 –Chu Ga-yeoul, South Korean singer and songwriter
• July 16 –Olga Souza ("Corona"), Brazilian singer and dancer
• July 19 –Robert Flynn, American musician
• July 22 –Rhys Ifans, actor, previously vocalist withSuper Furry Animals
• July 24 –Kristin Chenoweth, American actress and singer
• July 30 –Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
• August 1 –Dan Donegan, American rock musician (Disturbed)
• August 2 –John Stanier, American drummer (Helmet,Tomahawk,The Mark of Cain andBattles)
• August 10 –Michael Bivins,New Edition,Bell Biv Devoe
• August 11 –Charlie Sexton, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• August 12 –Paul Tucker, British musician (Lighthouse Family)
• August 17 -Dave Hollister, American R&B singer-songwriter
• August 21 –Dina Carroll, British singer
• August 25 –Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist (Belle and Sebastian)
• September 1 -Regina "Queen" Saraiva, Brazilian actress and singer
• September 10 –Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
• September 11 –Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo)
• September 12
  • Ler LaLonde (Primus,Possessed)
  • Kenny Thomas, English singer
• September 13 –Mike Davenport (The Ataris)
• September 17 -Anastacia, American singer-songwriter
• September 21 –David Jude Jolicoeur aka Trugoy the Dove, American rapper and record producer (De La Soul) (died 2023)
• September 25
  • Will Smith, American rapper, actor, producer, comedian and singer-songwriter (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince,DJ Jazzy Jeff,The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh-born actress, singer and dancer
• October 1
  • Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra)
  • Sagol 59, Israeli rapper
• October 3 –Sevil Hajiyeva, Azerbaijani singer
• October 5 –Nana, rapper
• October 6 –Dominique A, French singer-songwriter
• October 7 –Thom Yorke, British musician (Radiohead)
• October 8 –CL Smooth, African-American rapper
• October 11 –Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
• October 12 –Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, dancer and singer
• October 14 –Johnny Goudie, American musician
• October 17 –Ziggy Marley, Jamaican reggae artist
• October 17 –Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican musician and actress
• October 19 –Rodney Carrington, American stand-up comic and country musician
• October 22 –Shaggy, Jamaican-American reggae & dancehall singer
• October 30 –Kiyoharu, Japanese singer-songwriter
• November 9 –Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist
• November 10 –Steve Brookstein, British singer
• November 12 –Kathleen Hanna,riot grrrl pioneer, American singer (Bikini Kill)
• November 14 –Ken Ford, jazz violinist
• November 15
  • Jennifer Charles, American singer
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (died 2004)
• November 21 –Alex James, British bassist (Blur)
• November 25 –Tunde Baiyewu, British singer (Lighthouse Family)
• November 28 –Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
• November 29
  • Martin Carr (Boo Radleys)
  • Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
• December 2
  • Lucy Liu, American actress, director, film producer, singer and artist
  • Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters)
• December 9 –Brian Bell (Weezer)
• December 16 –Lalah Hathaway, American singer and daughter ofDonny Hathaway
• December 20 –Billy Mann, American songwriter, record producer, creative executive, music publisher and founder/CEO (P1Nk, Delta Goodrem, Cher, Robyn)
• December 29 –Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket)

• January 18 –Gribouille, French chanteuse, 26 (alcohol and drug-related)
• February 5 –Luckey Roberts, ragtime composer and pianist, 80
• February 13
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti, composer, 87
  • Portia White, contralto singer, 56
• February 15 –Little Walter, blues singer and harmonica player, 37
• February 27 –Frankie Lymon, American doo-wop singer, 25 (heroin overdose)
• February 28 –Doretta Morrow, dancer, 40 (cancer)
• March 6 –Iša Krejčí, composer and conductor, 63
• March 10 –Blind Joe Reynolds, blues singer-songwriter
• March 16 –Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, 72
• April 15 –Borys Lyatoshynsky, composer, 73
• April 25 –Harald Kreutzberg, dancer and choreographer, 65
• May 15 –Florence Austral, operatic soprano, 76
• May 19 –Coleman Hawkins, jazz tenor saxophonist, 64
• May 24 –Bernard Rogers, composer, 75
• May 26 –Little Willie John, R&B singer, 30 (heart attack in prison)
• June 2 –André Mathieu, pianist and composer, 39
• June 8 –Bumble Bee Slim, Piedmont blues musician, 63
• June 14 –Karl-Birger Blomdahl, composer and conductor, 51
• June 15 –Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, 45 (heart attack)
• June 26 –Ziggy Elman, US trumpet player, 54
• July 21 –Ruth St. Denis, dancer, 89
• July 27 –Lilian Harvey, actress and singer, 62
• July 28 –Carl Ravazza, US violinist, vocalist and bandleader, 58
• July 30 –Jón Leifs, composer, 69
• August 5 –Luther Perkins, guitarist of The Tennessee Two, 40 (burns and smoke inhalation following a house fire)
• August 15 –Luis Gianneo, Argentine composer, pianist and conductor, 71
• August 18 –Arthur Marshall, ragtime composer, 86
• September 19 –Red Foley, country singer, 58
• October 8 –Frank Skinner, film composer, 70
• October 15 –Franz Reizenstein, pianist and composer, 57
• October 20 –Bud Flanagan, music hall star, 72
• October 30 –Pops Foster, jazz musician, 77
• November 6 –Charles Munch, conductor, 77 (heart attack)
• November 8 –Kokomo Arnold, blues musician, 67
• November 9 –Jan Johansson, jazz pianist, 37 (car crash)
• November 11 –Jeanne Demessieux, organist, pianist and composer, 47 (embolism)^[22]
• December 1 –Nicolae Bretan, composer, 81
• December 9 –Percy Greenbank, lyricist, 90
• December 14 –Margarete Klose, operatic mezzo-soprano, 69
• December 19 –Tiberiu Brediceanu, composer, 91
• December 31 –Sabin Drăgoi, composer, 74
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  • Juan F. Acosta, composer and music teacher
  • Lucille Dompierre, pianist and arranger
  • Billy Pigg, bagpiper
  • Vincenzo Scaramuzza, pianist

• Grammy Awards of 1968

• Eurovision Song Contest 1968

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