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List Of 'years In Music'
- January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police, after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with bassist Noel Redding.
- January 6 - Gibson Guitar Corporation patents its Gibson Flying V electric guitar design.
- January 21 - Simon And Garfunkel release album '' The Graduate Original Soundtrack ''.
- January - The Beatles launch Apple Corps, Ltd. , a disastrously mismanaged entertainment company that included a recording studio, a record label, and clothing store.
- February 1 - Priscilla Presley gives birth to Elvis ' only child, Lisa Marie at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee .
- February 1 - Universal Studios offers The Doors $500,000 to star in a feature film. The film is never made.
- February 10 - The Beatles shut down "Beatles U.S.A.", their fan club and business office in the United States . The band also fires their US press agents and withdraw from Brian Epstein 's NEMS Enterprises . The band then turns all business affairs over to the newly formed record company, Apple .
- February 12 - Jimi Hendrix is given an honorary high school diploma from Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington . Hendrix is also given the key to the city.
- February 16 - The Beatles , Mike Love , Mia Farrow , Donovan and others travel to India to visit the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Rishikesh .
- February 18 - David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd , replacing founder Syd Barrett , who checked himself into a psychiatric hospital
- February 21 - McGraw-Hill, Inc. outbids eight other publishers and pays $150,000 for the U.S. rights to Hunter Davies ' authorized biography of The Beatles .
- February 28 - Frankie Lymon dies.
- March 8 - Bill Graham opens the Fillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City .
- March 25 - The 58th and final episode of '' The Monkees '' airs on television.
- March 26 - Blues artist Little Willie John dies in prison after being convicted of manslaughter.
- March 30 - The Yardbirds record their live album ''Live Yardbirds'' at the Anderson Theater.
- April 3 - Simon And Garfunkel release the critically acclaimed album '' Bookends ''.
- April 4 - James Brown appears on national television, in an attempt to calm feelings of anger in the United States following the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
- April 6 - The Beatles ' new record company, and management and publishing firm, Apple Corps, Ltd. , opens offices in London
- April 29 - The rock musical Hair opened on Broadway at the Biltmore Theater .
- May 4 - Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV show ''Opportunity Knocks''. Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy , who recommends her to Beatle Paul McCartney . McCartney would soon sign Hopkin to Apple Records .
- May 5 - Buffalo Springfield performs together for the last time in Long Beach, California .
- August 4 - Yes performs for the first time, at a summer camp.
- August 23 - Simon And Garfunkel give live concert at the Hollywood Bowl , Hollywood , California . Recording is later released on CD in 1994 by Australian company Vigotone Records as '' Voices Of Intelligent Dissent ''.
- August - Blind Faith is formed, which includes Eric Clapton , and Ginger Baker from Cream and Steve Winwood from Traffic .
- Summer - Simon And Garfunkel , Creedence Clearwater Revival , Janis Joplin and John Sebastian give live concert at Shea Stadium in New York City as campaign benefit for Democratic presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy .
- September 14 – The two small sons of singer Roy Orbison , Roy DeWayne Orbison age 10, and Anthony King Orbison age 6, die in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee .
- November 8 - John Lennon and his wife Cynthia divorce.
- , Pete Seeger , Peter, Paul And Mary , John Denver , Mitch Miller , touring cast of Hair
- November 26 - Cream plays their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall . It will be the last time Eric Clapton , Jack Bruce , and Ginger Baker play together until their 1993 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame .
- December 1 - Jimi Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler quits over differences with Hendrix during the recording of ''Electric Ladyland''
- New Jersey Police confiscate 30,000 copies of John Lennon and Yoko Ono 's '' Two Virgins '' album at Newark Airport , saying that the cover, which features a nude photo of the two artists, is "pornographic." In Chicago, Illinois , police officers shut down a record shop for displaying the album cover.
- Elvis Presley 's '' 1968 Comeback Special '' airs on NBC .
- Led Zeppelin is formed after the breakup of The Yardbirds .
- Rush is formed in Toronto.
- The Band 's musical career begins.
- James Taylor 's musical career begins.
- Joni Mitchell 's musical career begins.
- Carpenters ' musical career begins.
- Warren Zevon 's musical career begins.
- Deep Purple /Roundabout's musical career begins.
- Nazareth 's musical career begins.
- Yes 's musical career begins.
Hot 100 No. 1 Hits Of 1968 (USA)
- January 11 - Tom Dumont , No Doubt
- January 12 - Heather Mills McCartney
- January 14 - L.L. Cool J.
- January 27 - Mike Patton , Faith No More
- January 27 - Tricky , rapper
- January 28 - Sarah McLachlan
- February 1 - Lisa Marie Presley , daughter of Elvis Presley
- February 5 - Chris Barron , Spin Doctors
- February 7 - Sully Enra , Godsmack
- February 12 - Chynna Phillips , Wilson Phillips , daughter of John & Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas
- February 22 - Brad Nowell , Sublime (d. 1996)
- March 4 - Patsy Kensit , actress and singer
- March 8 - Shawn Mullins
- March 11 - Lisa Loeb
- March 15 - Mark McGrath , Sugar Ray
- March 23 - Damon Albarn , Blur
- March 26 - James Iha , Smashing Pumpkins
- March 26 - Kenny Chesney , Country singer
- March 30 - Céline Dion
- April 3 - Sebastian Bach , Skid Row
- April 29 - Carnie Wilson , Wilson Phillips , daughter of Brian Wilson
- May 1 - D'Arcy Wretzky , The Smashing Pumpkins
- May 28 - Kylie Minogue , Australian actress and singer
- June 12 - Bobby Sheehan , Blues Traveler
- July 16 - Olga Souza ("Corona"), singer
- July 22 - Rhys Ifans , actor and former vocalist with Super Furry Animals
- August 10 - Michael Bivins , New Edition , Bell Biv Devoe
- August 11 - Charlie Sexton
- September 10 - Big Daddy Kane
- September 11 - Kay Hanley , Letters To Cleo
- September 12 - Ler LaLonde , Primus , Possessed , No Forcefield
- September 25 - Catherine Zeta-Jones
- October - Shaggy , reggae singer
- October 1 - Kevin Griffin , Better Than Ezra
- October 6 - Dominique A , singer-songwriter
- October 7 - Toni Braxton
- October 7 - Thom E. Yorke , Radiohead
- October 11 - Jane Krakowski , actress and singer
- October 12 - Hugh Jackman , actor and singer
- October 17 - Ziggy Marley
- October 31 - Vanilla Ice , rapper
- November 15 - Ol' Dirty Bastard , rapper (d. 2004)
- November 21 - Alex James , Blur
- November 28 - Dawn Robinson , En Vogue
- November 29 - Martin Carr , Boo Radleys
- December 2 - Nate Mendel , Foo Fighters
- December 9 - Brian Bell , Weezer
- December 29 - Glen Phillips , Toad The Wet Sprocket
- January 18 - Gribouille , French songstress
- February 5 - Luckey Roberts , ragtime composer and pianist
- February 15 - Little Walter , blues singer and harmonica player
- February 28 - Frankie Lymon , American singer
- March 16 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco , composer
- March 26 - Little Willie John , Blues artist.
- May 19 - Coleman Hawkins , jazz musician
- June 26 - Ziggy Elman , US trumpet player
- August 18 - Arthur Marshall (ragtime Composer)
- September 19 - Red Foley , country singer
- October 30 - Pops Foster , jazz musician
- ''date unknown'' - Billy Pigg , bagpiper
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