1967’s Biggest Artists and Songs
Frank Sinatra (1966 Grammy for Album of the Year)
Strangers In The Night (1966 Grammy for Record of the Year)
The Strangers in the Night Album reached # 1 on the Billboard Charts and was the only Frank Sinatra (non-hits compilation) album to sell over a million copies.
Strangers In The Night (1966 Grammy for Record of the Year)
The Strangers in the Night Album reached # 1 on the Billboard Charts and was the only Frank Sinatra (non-hits compilation) album to sell over a million copies.
New Artists in the Pop Charts Included:
Jefferson Airplane, Bee Gees, Linda Ronstadt, Al Green, Classics
IV, The Doors, Country Joe and the Fish, Staple Singers, Jimi Hendrix,
The Youngbloods, Janis Ian, The 5th Dimension, Bar-Kays, Van Morrison
and Englebert Humperdink
Jefferson Airplane, Bee Gees, Linda Ronstadt, Al Green, Classics
IV, The Doors, Country Joe and the Fish, Staple Singers, Jimi Hendrix,
The Youngbloods, Janis Ian, The 5th Dimension, Bar-Kays, Van Morrison
and Englebert Humperdink
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1967’s Retro Top 10 Hits
1. Friday On My Mind – Easybeats
2. The Look of Love – Dusty Springfield
3. Silence is Golden – The Tremeloes
4. I Got Rhythm – The Happenings
5. To Love Somebody – The Bee Gees
6. To Sir With Love – Lulu
7. Sunday Will Never Be The Same – Spanky and Our Gang
8. Hello Goodbye – The Beatles
9. Incense And Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
10. The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) – Harper’s Bizarre
1967’s ‘One Hit Wonders’
1. If I Were a Rich Man – Herschel Bernardi
2. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – The Casinos
3. For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
4. Tiny Bubbles – Don Ho
5. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie
6. Yellow Balloon – The Yellow Balloon
7. Music to Watch Girls By – Bob Crewe
8. You Keep Me Hangin’ On – Vanilla Fudge (re-released in 1968)
9. Next Plane To London – Rose Garden
10. It Must Be Him – Vicki Carr
1967’s Motown/Soul Top 10 Hit List
1. Respect – Aretha Franklin
2. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
3. Soul Man – Sam and Dave
4. Jimmy Mack – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
5. (You’re Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson
6. Boogaloo Down Broadway – The Fantastic Johnny C
7. It Takes Two – Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
8. Gimme Little Sign – Brenton Wood
9. Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
10. I Was Made To Love Her – Stevie Wonder
More R&B/Motown Song Hits:
A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like) – Aretha Franklin
Soul Finger – Bar-Kays
Memphis Soul Stew – King Curtis
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game – The Marvelettes
1967’s Dance Top 10 Hit List
1. Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
2. Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley
3. Expressway (To Your Heart) – Soul Survivors
4. Gimme Some Lovin – Spencer Davis Group
5. Little Bit O’ Soul – The Music Explosion
6. Happy Together – The Turtles
7. Get On Up – The Esquires
8. The Letter – Box Tops
9. Sock It To Me, Baby! – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
10. Niki Hoeky – P.J. Proby
1967’s Rock n Roll Top 10 Hit List
1. Light My Fire – The Doors
2. Let’s Spend The Night Together – The Rolling Stones
3. Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix Experience
4. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procul Harum
5. When I Was Young – Eric Burdon and the Animals
6. I Can See For Miles – The Who
7. Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
8. Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane
9. I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night – The Electric Prunes
10. Pushing Too Hard – The Seeds
More Rock Music Hits:
I’m A Man – Spencer Davis Group
I Feel Free – Cream
Paper Sun – Traffic
Happy Jack – The Who
Hip Hug-Her – Booker T and The M.G.’s
1967’s Bubblegum Top 11 List
1. Daydream Believer – The Monkees
2. I Think We’re Alone Now – Tommy James and the Shondells
3. Up Up And Away – The 5th Dimension
4. Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie – Jay and the Techniques
5. 98.6 – Keith
6. Something Stupid – Nancy and Frank Sinatra
7. Lazy Day – Spanky and Our Gang
8. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy) – Simon and Garfunkle
9. Pretty Ballerina – The Left Banke
10. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead – The Fifth Estate
11. I Feel Good (I Feel Bad) – Lewis & Clark Expedition
PCM’s 1967 Top 10 Hit List
1. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
2. Respect – Aretha Franklin
3. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
4. I Say A Little Prayer For You – Dionne Warwick
5. Jimmy Mack – Martha and the Vandellas
6. I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
7. All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
8. Gimme Some Lovin’ – Spencer Davis Group
9. I Heard it Through the Grapevine – Gladys Knight and the Pips
10. Soul Man – Sam and Dave