This is a series that will attempt to Sport(ify) music by creating a 5 member All-Pro/All League/All Star team (Sort of like the NBA first team all-stars) for each year in Music starting with 1964. It will rely heavily on Top 20 Hits from the year but also take into account Concert Tours, Music awards, Music Videos (MTV Crowd-You Tube), TV, Films, Pop Culture etc…..
1968
Parity is arriving to the music scene as it is harder to rank the musicians.
The Beatles had three top 20 hits and only one number 1 -Hey Jude
Gary Puckett and Union Gap had 3 top ten hits (including Young Girl) but no number ones.
Simon & Garfunkel had 2 top twenty hits including number Mrs. Robinson which went to number 1
Aretha Franklin had 6 top 20 hits but I have to admit I don't recognize any of them. (As I mentioned in the previous comments section 1967 I may have undervalued Aretha Franklin - This maybe a retrospect approach where over the years her songs except for a few were never played over the radio etc....)
The Supremes had 2 top 2 hits including "love child" – which makes me think Diana Ross and the Supremes were the 2nd greatest group/musicians in the 60s behind the Beatles
1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 |
The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles |
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4 Seasons | Supremes | Rolling Stones | Monkees | Gary Puckett |
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Supremes | Rolling Stones | Frank Sinatra | Supremes | Simon & Garfunkel |
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Bobby Vinton | Herman Hermits | Beach Boys | Rascals | Aretha Franklin |
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Johnny Rivers | Byrds | Monkees | The Doors | Supremes |
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"Greatest" is hard to define, but there's definitely a good case that the Supremes were the second biggest stars in the mid-to-late 60s after only the Beatles. They were huge.
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