1967’s Biggest Artists and SongsTable of Contents |
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. |
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 |
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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 |