besti68How We Ranked the Top Songs of 1968 *Note: Based on the Nolan Method, these are the year-end songs that represented the best songs of e Nolan Method rankingOtis Redding became the first to have a #1 hit posthumously after his death in 1967 with (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay. Simon & Garfunkel scored a #1 hit in 1968 with Mrs. Robinson.