The Essential Songs of 1968 gives us the best cover song ever recorded (Hendrix on Dylan), Glen Campbell continued to deftly deliver Jimmy Webb material, and the Byrds transition from jangle pop to a country band. Sam Moore and Dave Prater hated each other with such gusto that they refused to speak to each other for 13 years during their working relationship, but they could still create magic in the studio for 2 and a half minute intervals.
All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
Angel of the Morning – Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts
Another Place, Another Time – Jerry Lee Lewis
Back in the U.S.S.R. – The Beatles
Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations
D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette
Do You Know the Way to San Jose – Dionne Warwick
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Fist City – Loretta Lynn
Folsum Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Going up the Country – Canned Heat
Hard to Handle – Otis Redding
Harper Valley P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley
Hazy Shade of Winter – Simon and Garfunkel
Hey Jude – Beatles
The House that Jack Built – Aretha Franklin
Hush – Deep Purple
I Got a Line on You – Spirit
I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
I've Gotta Get A Message To You – Bee Gees
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – Rolling Stones
Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
Mendocino – Sir Douglas Quartet
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
One – Harry Nilsson
Only Daddy Who Will Walk the Line – Waylon Jennings
Pictures of Matchstick Men – Status Quo
Piece of My Heart Big – Brother & the Holding Company
Revolution – Beatles
Skip a Rope – Henson Cargill
Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
Stray Cat Blues – Rolling Stones
Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
Sweet Thing – Van Morrison
Think – Aretha Franklin
This Guy’s in Love with You – Herb Alpert
Tighten Up – Archie Bell & the Drells
Time Of The Season – Zombies
Village Green – The Kinks
The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
The Weight – The Band
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
White Light/White Heat – Velvet Underground
White Room – Cream
Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
Wrap It Up – Sam and Dave
You Ain’t Going Nowhere – The Byrds