The Top Ten

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, as measured 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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