⏳ 1968 Revisited | The 55th Anniversary of a Year of Turmoil and Transformation 🌎🎆

🎙️ My show of Monday, May 15th, 2023 was about 1968 Revisited | The 55th Anniversary of a Year of Turmoil and Transformation .

1968 was a year of transformation, marked by a whirlwind of defining events.

President Lyndon B. Johnson was at the helm of the country. It was the time of the Vietnam War, and the Tet Offensive was in full swing, where Viet Cong forces launched a series of surprise attacks across South Vietnam. Protest against the war was widespread.

Politically, it was a significant year with the Presidential Election taking place between Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon.

In a tragic turn of events, we lost two great leaders, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy.

In sports, the 1968 Winter Olympics found a home in Grenoble, France, and the Summer Olympics were celebrated in Mexico City.

The silver screen shone brightly with movies like ‘Bullitt’ starring Steve McQueen, ‘Funny Girl’ featuring Barbra Streisand, and ‘The Lion In The Winter’ with Katherine Hepburn. Other notable films included ‘2001 Space Odyssey,’ ‘Yellow Submarine,’ ‘The Green Beret’ starring John Wayne, ‘Oliver,’ ‘Planet of the Apes,’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby.’

Television wasn’t far behind with hit shows like ‘Hawaii Five-O,’ ‘Laugh-In,’ ‘Adam 12,’ ’60 Minutes,’ ‘The Mod Squad,’ ‘Julia,’ and many more.

To mark the 55th anniversary of that momentous year, we took a nostalgic trip through the fantastic music that defined that era!

We played the greatest hits from The Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, The Rascals, Steppenwolf, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Doors. Get ready to groove to Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company, Glen Campbell, Tommy James, and the Shondells, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and Herb Alpert. But that’s not all! We’ve got tracks from The Band, Cream, Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, The Grass Roots, and many more! So, let’s dive right into the musical extravaganza of 1968! 🎙️🎼🔥