Remember when...
Here are a few items to take us back to those days many years ago that are now growing dim in our memories.
For Highlander Choir members (and, of course, anyone else who remembers our theme song), click the play button below and listen to our version of "100 Pipers/Annie Laurie" performed at the Spring, 1966 Concert. (It's a bit scratchy so as soon as I can get a better version I'll replace this one. --Edd)
So what music was happening in 1968?
Here is a link to tons of information links about the 1960's and the music we all grew up with. Enjoy! Music of the 1960's
Some of the major events of 1968
- Czechoslovakia revolts against Soviet domination
- France has revolution
- U.S.S. Pueblo is captured
- Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
- Watts riots
- Robert Kennedy is assassinated
- Violence at Democrat Convention
- Nixon is elected President
- The Tet Offensive
- O.J. Simpson wins Heisman
- Packers win the Super Bowl
- Tigers win the World Series
Cost of Living 1968:
How much things cost in 1968
- Yearly Inflation Rate USA—4.27%
- Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average—943
- Average Cost of new house—$14,950.00
- Average Income per year—$7,850.00
- Average Monthly Rent—$130.00
- Gas per Gallon—34 cents
- Average Cost of a new car—$2,822.00
- Movie Ticket—$1.50
Top songs
- Judy in Disguise
- Green Tambourine
- Love is Blue
- The Dock of the Bay
- Honey
- Tighten Up
- Mrs. Robinson
- This Guy's in Love with You
- Grazing in the Grass
- Hello I Love You
Top Movies
- The Graduate
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Gone With the Wind
- The Valley of the Dolls
- The Odd Couple
- Planet of the Apes
- Rosemary's Baby
- The Jungle Book
- Yours, Mine, Ours
- The Green Berets
Top TV Shows
- Laugh-In
- Gomer Pyle
- Bonanza
- Mayberry
- Family Affairs
- Gunsmoke
- Julia
- The Dean Martin Show
- Here's Lucy
- The Beverly Hillbillies