List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1968
Introduction Harpers Bizarre began the year at number one with their version of the 1941 song "Chattanooga Choo Choo".|alt=A group of five young men, two with blond hair and beards, two with blond hair and no beard, and one with dark hair and no beardAdult Contemporary is a chart published by ''Billboard'' ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1968, 13 songs topped the chart, then published under the title Easy Listening, based on playlists submitted by easy listening radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.On the first chart of the year, the number one spot was held by Harpers Bizarre with their version of Glenn Miller's 1941 song "Chattanooga Choo Choo". It would prove to be the only ''Billboard'' chart-topper of the sunshine pop band's career, and after 1968 they would not achieve any further hits. Other acts to top the chart for the first time in 1968 included Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Mendes, who reached number one for the first time with a version of "The Fool on the Hill", originally recorded by The Beatles. After a lengthy period without further major success, Mendes would achieve a second number one 15 years after the first when he made a comeback in 1983.The longest-running number one of 1968 was French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat's instrumental version of a song which had originally been Luxembourg's entry to the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest, "Love is Blue". Mauriat's recording spent 11 consecutive weeks in the top spot, setting a new record for the Easy Listening chart which would stand for 25 years until broken by Billy Joel in 1993.The song also topped ''Billboard''s all-genres chart, the Hot 100, although it would prove to be Mauriat's last major hit in the United States. The final Easy Listening number one of the year was "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell.
Chart history "This Guy's in Love with You" was a long-running number one for Herb Alpert.|alt=A dark-haired man wearing s tuxedo and smiling broadlySérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 topped the chart with their version of "The Fool on the Hill", originally recorded by The Beatles.|alt=A group of four men and two women standing togetherMary Hopkin spent six weeks at number one with "Those Were the Days".|alt=A young woman with long blonde hair wearing a dark dress, singing into a microphone+KeyIndicates best-performing easy listening song of 1968Issue dateTitleArtist(s)"Chattanooga Choo Choo"Harpers Bizarre"In the Misty Moonlight""Am I That Easy to Forget""""Love Is Blue" "Honey""""This Guy's in Love with You""Classical Gas""" & Brasil '66"My Special Angel""Those Were the Days""Wichita Lineman"
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See also *1968 in music*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart