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w; ' /f8 + w . , Best Soul " Sound "]. , -...... , A Good Year ill. i BY LARRY CONVER The Top 10 best records of 1968 ! Clocking in at = 10 , brought out the second-longest- record of the year , and obviously\' one of the best.. "Hey" Jude"" offered something for everyone\' . "The" Grad- uate"" was one of the best movies of the year, and "Mrs." . Robinson"" held one of the keys to the story.. Simon and Garfunkel are = 9.. The Vogues made a spectacular comeback with " the fabulously beautiful "Turn Around Look, At " " . : ! Me" , which is -8-;:88 for 1968 An entirely forget-- able movie with a qutie memorable title gave Dianne Warwick her first million-seller- this year.. " - - "Valley" of the Dolls"" is =--7.:: 7.. A brand new group racked up an amazing sum of four gold records this year.. "Woman" , Woman"" ( --6)= 6)) is really just a tribute to all the outstanding work of Gary Puckett and the Union Gap ! Campus favorites , the Lettermen , put two songs together and started a trend toward med-¬ leys which influenced music this year.. :;; 5 is "Goin'" ' Out of My Head/ Can't' Take My Eyes Off You"" , a beautiful tribute to Anthony and the Im- perials and Frankie Valli.. Otis Redding died suddenly this year , but not before he gave the country the best soul record- ing of 1968.. It was really heartwarming to see the posthumous triumph garnered by " ( Sittin'' on ) The Dock of the Bay"" as it clocks in at =:;; 4.. The' one song that appeared in practically every vocal album during the past year was the ballad " " of lost love , "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by - ' "' Glen Campbell , which is --3.=: : 3.. Lauded byb)" many ; hated byb}' many ! \Why did "Honey"" " die?' Bobby Goldsboro made a comeback to just miss the top spot and settle for ?,=r2= 2.. The instrumental of the year , the record of the year ! It started out as a sleeper but finally zoomed to = 1.. It held this position for several

! weeks , and comes back to do it again The Best Record of 1968 was Paul Mauriat's' "Love" Is " Blue"" !