My 100 favorite songs of 1967

[NightTrain]

Listed alphabetically by title:

ACTION WOMAN – The Litter
AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
ALL I NEED – The Temptations
ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME? – Freddie Scott
BABY, I LOVE YOU – Aretha Franklin
BERNADETTE – The Four Tops
BLUE’S THEME – Davie Allan & The Arrows
BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY – The Fantastic Johnny C
BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN – Albert King
BRING IT UP – James Brown
BROWN-EYED GIRL – Van Morrison
COLD SWEAT – James Brown
DANDELION – The Rolling Stones
DARK END OF THE STREET – James Carr
DARLIN’ – The Beach Boys
DIRTY MAN – Laura Lee
DO RIGHT WOMAN—DO RIGHT MAN – Aretha Franklin
DOUBLE YELLOW LINE – The Music Machine
EIGHT MEN, FOUR WOMEN – O.V. Wright
EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER – William Bell
EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART – The Soul Survivors
FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE – Oscar Toney, Jr.
FOXEY LADY – Jimi Hendrix
FUNKY BROADWAY – Wilson Pickett
GET IT WHILE YOU CAN – Howard Tate
GIMME LITTLE SIGN – Brenton Wood
GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group
A GIRL LIKE YOU – The Rascals
GOOD THING – Paul Revere & The Raiders
GROOVIN’ – The Rascals
HAVE A LITTLE MERCY – Jean Wells
HIGHER AND HIGHER (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) – Jackie Wilson
HONEY CHILE – Martha & The Vandellas
I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING – The MC5
I CAN SEE FOR MILES – The Who
I CAN’T STAND MYSELF (WHEN YOU TOUCH ME) – James Brown
I GOT A FEELING – Barbara Randolph
I NEVER LOVED A MAN (THE WAY I LOVE YOU) – Aretha Franklin
I SECOND THAT EMOTION – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
(I WANNA) TESTIFY – The Parliaments
I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER – Stevie Wonder
I WONDER – The Gants
I’D RATHER GO BLIND – Etta James
I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG – The Rascals
IT TAKES TWO – Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
IT’S COLD OUTSIDE – The Choir
IT’S YOU THAT I NEED (LONELINESS MADE ME REALIZE) – The Temptations
JACKSON – Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
LEE CROSS – Aretha Franklin (Recorded in 1964)
LEOPARD SKIN PILLBOX HAT – Bob Dylan
LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER – The Rolling Stones
LET’S TALK ABOUT GIRLS – The Chocolate Watchband
LIGHT MY FIRE – The Doors
LITTLE BIT O’ SOUL – The Music Explosion
LOVE-ITIS – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
THE LOVE I SAW IN YOU WAS JUST A MIRAGE – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
LOVE IS SO SIMPLE – The Dells
LOVE POWER – The Sandpebbles
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR – The Beatles
MEMPHIS SOUL STEW – King Curtis
MINDROCKER – Fenwyck
MONTEREY – Eric Burdon & The Animals
MORE LOVE – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
MR. CREATOR – The Apollas
MR. DREAM MERCHANT – Jerry Butler
MY BACK PAGES – The Byrds
A NATURAL WOMAN (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) – Aretha Franklin
NINE POUND STEEL – Joe Simon
NO FRIEND OF MINE – The Sparkles
NOBODY BUT ME – The Human Beinz
NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU – Toussaint McCall
THE OOGUM BOOGUM SONG – Brenton Wood
OUT OF LEFT FIELD – Percy Sledge
PATA PATA – Miriam Makeba
PIECE OF MY HEART – Erma Franklin
PSYCHO – The Sonics
PUCKER UP BUTTERCUP – Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
PURPLE HAZE – Jimi Hendrix
QUICK CHANGE ARTIST – The Soul Twins
RESPECT – Aretha Franklin
RUN, RUN, RUN – The Third Rail
SEVEN ROOMS OF GLOOM – The Four Tops
SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER – James & Bobby Purify
SHE’S LOOKING GOOD – Rodger Collins
SHOW ME – Joe Tex
SOCK IT TO ME—BABY! – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL – The Soul Brothers Six
SOUL MAN – Sam & Dave
SPAZZ – The Elastic Band
STRANGE BREW – Cream
SWEET SOUL MUSIC – Arthur Conley
SWEET YOUNG THING – The Chocolate Watchband
TELL IT LIKE IT IS – Aaron Neville
TELL MAMA – Etta James
THAT’S HOW IT IS (WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE) – Otis Clay
THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE – The Casinos
(WE AIN’T GOT) NOTHIN’ YET – The Blues Magoos
WHEN I’M IN YOUR ARMS – The Dells
WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY – Sam & Dave
YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

[wakfs]

1. Great list

I wish it was 1967 again.

[elperromagico]

2. You have great taste in music, my friend.

:hi:

[Another Bill C.]

3. I got tears.

In 1967 I fell madly in love, got married, and my beautiful daughter was born. My wife died 4 years later and I've cried for the days of '67 ever since.

[yardwork]

4. I'm so sorry.

It kind of puts things in perspective, doesn't it? A lot of the things I worry about day to day don't mean a damn, compared to what is really important.

[On the Road]

5. What an Era!

Every week something groundbreaking if not classic was being released. I try to listen to my daughter's radio station, but the songs all sound the same and reek of unimaginitive posturing.

On Edit: And in the R&B department, I miss Marvin Gaye the most. Would have loved to see a concert.

[Gman]

6. Was it in 1967

that Ed Sullivan made the Stones change the lyrics to "Lets spend the DAY together" when they performed it on his show?

[NightTrain]

7. Actually...

....the bowdlerized lyric was, "Let's spend some time together." :eyes:

Sullivan also wouldn't let Jim Morrison sing, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher." :eyes::eyes:

[Gman]

8. Ok... was that a compromise

from originally wanting them to sing "lets spend the day together"?

[NightTrain]

10. That, I'm afraid, I don't know.

Sorry.... :shrug:

[Kat45]

11. But Jim sang it anyway. Quite emphatically.

The Doors were never on Ed Sullivan again.

[NightTrain]

12. Ah! So that scene from Oliver Stone's film wasn't just bullshit?

Glad to know that!

[flakey_foont]

9. Action Woman!!

The Litter!!! wow! thought I was the only person in the world with that song
great list

[Kat45]

13. That was back when one radio station would play all genres

The same station would play most of the songs on this list--and it would be a Top 40 AM station. There was no such thing as narrowcasting. You'd hear Hendrix, Wilson Pickett, the Byrds, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and Nancy Sinatra all on the same station. A lot of great songs, some not so great, but you could hear it all in one place. Those were the days!

Thanks, NightTrain, for reminding me of a few good ones I had forgotten about: "Boogaloo Down Broadway," "Expressway to Your Heart," and "Funky Broadway." Looks like a bit of a theme there. lol

[robertpaulsen]

14. Not a fan of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

Or are you just going with singles? Just surprised to see a top 100 list with only one Beatles song that I see.

[NightTrain]

15. No. not really.

Good album; there just wasn't any particular song on it that I liked well enough to include on my list.

Not to worry, though. The Fab Four is well represented on several of my other yearly Top 100s! :bounce: