America is coming apart at the seams—Tet, MLK and RFK, a street brawl in downtown Chicago as cops crack down hard on Hippie Protesters at the DNC. But the over 30 Easy Listening set starts embracing youth sounds and culture, The Beatles and Supremes are back on top, Otis Redding scores the first posthumous #1 after perishing in a plane crash, and a tearjerker is one of the year’s top hits. Is it really “the worst song of all time?”

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Hot100 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs during the calendar year

1. Aretha Franklin
2. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
3. The Beatles

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most Hot100 charting songs during the year (song count in parentheses)

• Aretha Franklin (10)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Hot100 hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 27.7 years

#1 Songs   List of Hot100 #1 songs that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. The Beatles – Hello Goodbye (December ’67, 3 wks)
2. John Fred & His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) (January, 2 wks)
3. The Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine (February, 1 wk)
4. Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Love Is Blue (L’Amour Est Bleu) (February, 5 wks)
5. Otis Redding – (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay (March, 4 wks)
6. Bobby Goldsboro – Honey (April, 5 wks)
7. Archie Bell & the Drells – Tighten Up (May, 2 wks)
8. Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson (June, 3 wks)
9. Herb Alpert – This Guy’s in Love with You (June, 4 wks)
10. Hugh Masekela – Grazing in the Grass (July, 2 wks)
11. The Doors – Hello, I Love You (August, 2 wks)
12. The Rascals – People Got to Be Free (August, 5 wks)
13. Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley P.T.A. (September, 1 wk)
14. The Beatles – Hey Jude (September, 9 wks)
15. Diana Ross & The Supremes – Love Child (November, 2 wks)