Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:03 AM
Faygo Kid (20,215 posts)
45 years ago, the top songs of the year 1967. Remember?
Well, I do. Getting old, I guess, but thank you, WKNR, Keener 13 in Detroit for the memories (http://keenerpodcast.com/). Some great music here, and I remember them all, and can sing them. But where are my car keys?
1967 1.Light My Fire – Doors 2.The Letter – Box Tops 3.Believer/Stepping Stone - Monkees 4.Incense & Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock 5.Little Bit of Soul – Music Explosion 6.Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy 7.Midnight Hour – Wanted 8.Happy Together – Turtles 9.Kind of a Drag – Buckinghams 10.Love’s Gone Bad – Underdogs 11.I Wanna Testify – Parliaments 12.Rain Park & Other Things – Cowsills 13.Snoopy vs. The Red Barron – Royal Guardsmen 14.Cant Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli 15.Ode to Billie Joe – Billie Gentry 16.Heavy Music – Bob Seger 17.Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison 18.Everlasting Love – Robert Knight 19.To Sir With Love – Lulu 20.Dont You Care – Buckinghams 21.Blues Theme – Arrows 22.Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones 23.Societys Child – Janis Ian 24.Windy – Association 25.Daydream/Goin Down – Monkees 26.Georgie Girl – Seekers 27.Sweet Soul Music – A.Conley 28.I Heard It Through The Grapevine – G.Knight & Pips 29.Words/Pleasant Valley – Monkees 30.Western Union – 5 Americans 31.Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brother 6
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Author | Time | Post |
 45 years ago, the top songs of the year 1967. Remember? (Original post) |
Faygo Kid | Dec 2012 | OP |
| Teamster Jeff | Dec 2012 | #1 | |
| Arkansas Granny | Dec 2012 | #2 | |
| In_The_Wind | Dec 2012 | #3 | |
| Manifestor_of_Light | Dec 2012 | #32 | |
| In_The_Wind | Dec 2012 | #33 | |
| Scuba | Dec 2012 | #4 | |
| dixiegrrrrl | Dec 2012 | #5 | |
| KC | Dec 2012 | #36 | |
| Ptah | Dec 2012 | #6 | |
| Systematic Chaos | Dec 2012 | #7 | |
| LWolf | Dec 2012 | #20 | |
| Still Blue in PDX | Dec 2012 | #8 | |
| MrScorpio | Dec 2012 | #9 | |
| Faygo Kid | Dec 2012 | #11 | |
| LeftofObama | Dec 2012 | #22 | |
| RebelOne | Dec 2012 | #10 | |
| dixiegrrrrl | Dec 2012 | #37 | |
| IcyPeas | Dec 2012 | #12 | |
| ellaydubya | Dec 2012 | #13 | |
| pinboy3niner | Dec 2012 | #14 | |
| Faygo Kid | Dec 2012 | #15 | |
| pinboy3niner | Dec 2012 | #17 | |
| Irishonly | Dec 2012 | #16 | |
| femmocrat | Dec 2012 | #18 | |
| LWolf | Dec 2012 | #19 | |
| Grantuspeace | Dec 2012 | #21 | |
| HarveyDarkey | Dec 2012 | #23 | |
| undeterred | Dec 2012 | #24 | |
| Faygo Kid | Dec 2012 | #26 | |
| Blue_In_AK | Dec 2012 | #27 | |
| rurallib | Dec 2012 | #25 | |
| pinboy3niner | Dec 2012 | #28 | |
| dixiegrrrrl | Dec 2012 | #38 | |
| shanti | Dec 2012 | #29 | |
| love_katz | Dec 2012 | #30 | |
| tblue | Dec 2012 | #31 | |
| Little Star | Dec 2012 | #34 | |
| Waiting For Everyman | Dec 2012 | #35 | |
| dixiegrrrrl | Dec 2012 | #39 | |
| Boomerproud | Dec 2012 | #40 | |
| NRaleighLiberal | Dec 2012 | #41 |
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:17 AM
Arkansas Granny (14,634 posts)
2. Wow! I hadn't thought about some of those tunes in years.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:22 AM
In_The_Wind (42,859 posts)
3. I remember most of those.
Response to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 06:30 AM
32. don't forget the sequel--Leader of the Laundromat, by the Detergents!!
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Response to Manifestor_of_Light (Reply #32)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 06:47 AM
In_The_Wind (42,859 posts)
33. Oh great. Just great
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:26 AM
Scuba (26,717 posts)
4. Two Top 20 Hits by the Buckinghams!!
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:33 AM
dixiegrrrrl (30,800 posts)
5. 45 years ago? Nawwwww, was only yesterday
Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #5)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 11:47 AM
KC (1,626 posts)
36. I didn't figure out
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 11:39 AM
Ptah (25,023 posts)
6. Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
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Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around. But we're too busy singing To put anybody down. 3.Believer/Stepping Stone - Monkees 25.Daydream/Goin Down – Monkees 29.Words/Pleasant Valley – Monkees Here we come, walkin' Down the street. We get the funniest looks from Every one we meet. Hey, hey, we're the Monkees And people say we monkey around. But we're too busy singing To put anybody down. -------------- Thanks for the trip to the past! 
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 12:27 PM
Systematic Chaos (8,077 posts)
7. I wasn't born until 1969 and I remember (and like) most of these songs.
Response to Systematic Chaos (Reply #7)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:41 PM
LWolf (35,946 posts)
20. I may not have heard
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 01:55 PM
Still Blue in PDX (1,347 posts)
8. There are three songs I don't remember, so off to Youtube I go . . .
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Last edited Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:02 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Love's Gone Bad, Heavy Music, and Don't You Care.
I wonder if I do in fact know the songs and just didn't ever know the names. 
On edit: Of course I remember Don't You Care! I cleared the downstairs singing along with the youtube clip of The Buckinghams on the Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour. The other two, not a glimmer of recognition. |
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:04 PM
MrScorpio (55,316 posts)
9. This was the soundtracks to our lives in Detroit back then
Response to MrScorpio (Reply #9)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:27 PM
Faygo Kid (20,215 posts)
11. Merry Christmas, from CKLW
Response to MrScorpio (Reply #9)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:26 PM
LeftofObama (2,435 posts)
22. ooooooooooh!!
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CKLW! I lived 100 miles southwest of Detroit but we could pick up CKLW on our transistor radio LOL!! When I was a kid they actually called my name on the air and I had x number of seconds to call back and win a prize. Unfortunately I was in school when they called my name so I couldn't call back and all I got was a box of Marathon bars.
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Response to RebelOne (Reply #10)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:30 PM
dixiegrrrrl (30,800 posts)
37. Darlin',... you don't look a day over 50
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from where I sit.
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 02:30 PM
IcyPeas (3,201 posts)
12. I wouldn't recognize today's top 30 but
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 03:49 PM
pinboy3niner (27,542 posts)
14. Wow! I'm surprised that I remember all but one.
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Especially because I reported for Army induction in March '67, and I don't remember having the chance to listen to music much at that time.
The Association's 'Windy' wasn't one of my favorites of theirs, but I'd been a charter member of their fan club, saw them perform a bunch of times, and interviewed them several times for my HS newspaper. When I was editor-in-chief, I even wrote an editorial that cited their lyrics (from their song, 'Enter the Young'). And when I learned from friends on Student Council that the act for a school concert fell through at the last minute, I was able to whip out the card of the Association's business manager...so they ended up performing at my HS. 
I didn't get to Vietnam until '69, but #2--'The Letter' by the Box Tops--was still a huge favorite with the troops there (naturally). The only one on the list I don't remember: 10. Love’s Gone Bad – Underdogs. |
Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #14)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 04:34 PM
Faygo Kid (20,215 posts)
15. Underdogs were a Detroit thing only
Response to Faygo Kid (Reply #15)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:13 PM
pinboy3niner (27,542 posts)
17. Well, that explains it--thanks
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And thanks for the classic rock thread!
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:12 PM
Irishonly (3,337 posts)
16. I remember most of them
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:23 PM
femmocrat (13,954 posts)
18. Most of them.....
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 05:38 PM
LWolf (35,946 posts)
19. I remember. nt
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:39 PM
undeterred (33,222 posts)
24. Ode to Billie Joe
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Response to undeterred (Reply #24)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:11 PM
Faygo Kid (20,215 posts)
26. Here you go, from the best TV show of all time.
Response to Faygo Kid (Reply #26)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:15 PM
Blue_In_AK (37,721 posts)
27. Absolutely my favorite show of all time, too.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:47 PM
rurallib (31,138 posts)
25. No Beatles?
Response to rurallib (Reply #25)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:41 PM
pinboy3niner (27,542 posts)
28. Other lists include the Beatles in their top 25
Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #28)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:37 PM
dixiegrrrrl (30,800 posts)
38. I did not realize for ages that some music was different depending on where you lived.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 07:44 PM
shanti (16,657 posts)
29. 1967 was a great music year!
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i was 12 years old that year, and loved many of those songs
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:46 AM
30. Love this trip down memory lane.
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Thanks for the posting.
I also love how YouTube brings up other songs by these artists. Different areas of the country had different songs that were the top hits. I found some other good ones from these artists, even if maybe they weren't from the same year: Draggin' the Line, by Tommy James and the Shondells; Cherokee Nation by Paul Revere and the Raiders; Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells...oh, man, those days were so great...I could go on and on.   
Sigh...I miss the good parts of the good old Sixties.   |
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 02:03 AM
tblue (13,905 posts)
31. I have 13 on my iTunes
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Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 10:20 AM
Little Star (11,646 posts)
34. Damn! Good memories takin' me back.
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 11:41 AM
Waiting For Everyman (6,371 posts)
35. Billboard's Top 100 for any year -- 1950 to 2011.
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Thanks, Faygo Kid! 1964 to 1967 were my favorite years. Wish I could do them over again, I'd do it in a milli-second. The songs do bring it back though -- I stayed into "the classics" since they were new.
http://www.musicoutfitters.com/top-100-songs.htm I'll say one thing -- we knew how to throw a dance then, and we weren't ashamed to be romantic. (Btw, those who don't know about slow dancing are really missing out.) Happy Holidays to you!  |
Response to Waiting For Everyman (Reply #35)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:43 PM
dixiegrrrrl (30,800 posts)
39. Happily, we now have radio stations dedicated to "the oldies"
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and of course via internet we can easily listen to and collect any songs we want.
Best yet, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, Mommas and Poppas, and of course the Beatles and 'Stones, Bob Dylan, etc have become bedrock icons, not to be forgotten in the dusty memory of yesteryear's music. We made so much history, on so many levels.  |
Response to Faygo Kid (Original post)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 10:20 PM
40. I echo every reply to this thread.
Response to Boomerproud (Reply #40)
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 10:31 PM
NRaleighLiberal (28,613 posts)
41. Respectfully disagree! There is some great stuff today, and there was some not so great stuff
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back then. Wonderful thing about the arts....no wrong answers - just what floats each of our boats.
Listen to Radio Paradise (streaming) and you can get exposed to superb music throughout the entire span of rock music (and its offshoots). Maybe it is my two girls who exposed us to so much good music that we continue to look ahead, and only occasionally look back.  |
