As 1968 rolled around, things had changed so significantly at American Studios that it would startled almost anyone, but to the players and engineers, the change happened so naturally that they hardly acknowledged their fortune.

To them, making a hit record just seemed to be the natural order of business – what else is a professional recording studio supposed to do except create hit records? The truth, though, was that the ratio of hits coming out of American surpassed just about any other studio in the United States, and not by a small factor. Stars rolled in (or in the case of Atlantic, the players rolled out), and hits were made.

Here are a few from that era;

1. Baby I Love You – Aretha Franklin
2. A Single Girl – Sandy Posey
3. Eyes of a New York Woman – B.J. Thomas
4. Happy Times – The Box Tops
5. Neon Rainbow –The Box Tops
6. Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin
7. Good As I Am to You – Aretha Franklin
8. Ain’t No Way – Aretha Franklin
9. Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin
10. (You Keep Me) Hangin’ On – Joe Simon
11. My Special Prayer – Joe Simon
12.  Nine Pound Steel – Joe Simon