The Great Sixty Eight...

[DJ Spanky]

Lived in Grosse Pointe Farms at the time, so even though I was a little tyke, gotta remember this:

 

[Nai Noswad]

Some notables that died in '68.
Enid Blyton.
Frankie Lymon.
Robert Kennedy.
John Steinbeck.
Bobby Driscoll.
Randolph Churchill.
Martin Luther King.
Helen Keller.
Yuri Gagarin.
Marcel Duchamp.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Spaghetti Westerns were all the rage.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Cut, mixed and overdubbed in 3 seperate countries..seen here- early 1968.

 

[Jake T]

1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

 

[Nai Noswad]

This box office smash starred Rigsby / Reggie Perrin aka Leonard Rossiter.

2001 A Space Odyssey.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Probably the last bit of 'The Ancient Art Of Weaving' recorded between Keith and Brian.

Parachute Woman.
( i chose this mix because it picks out both guitarists switching.)

 

[Slipn]

Feb 8 "Planet of the Apes" premieres in New York City

 

[Nai Noswad]

Made it into 1968 by a month!
Early Status Quo did a nice version too.
The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine.

 

[Hurdy Gurdy Man]

1968 was the only year there was a tie for the Best Actress Oscar-Katherine Hepburn for "Lion in Winter" and Barbara Streisand for "Funny Girl"......