Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968

Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968
Compilation album by various artists
Released August 17, 1990
Genre Country
Label Rhino Records
Billboard Top Country Hits chronology
Billboard Top Country Hits: 1967
(1990)
Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968
(1990)
Billboard Top Country Hits: 1986
(1993)
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Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1968.

Each of the tracks reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart during 1968. Included is the year's No. 1 song, "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash. Another track on the album — "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley — peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The next year chronicled in Rhino's Top Country Hits series was 1986, with that album part of a series released in 1993. It has not been explained why Rhino did not release any Billboard Top Country Hits albums covering the years 1969 through 1985.

Track listing

  1. "Stand by Your Man" — Tammy Wynette 2:41
  2. "Heaven Says Hello" — Sonny James 2:06
  3. "Mama Tried" — Merle Haggard 2:13
  4. "Folsom Prison Blues" — Johnny Cash 2:46
  5. "Skip a Rope" — Henson Cargill 2:39
  6. "Wichita Lineman" — Glen Campbell 3:09
  7. "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" — Eddy Arnold 2:50
  8. "Sing Me Back Home" — Merle Haggard 2:50
  9. "Next in Line" — Conway Twitty 2:53
  10. "Harper Valley PTA" — Jeannie C. Riley 3:11


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