1967 Bonus #25

Here’s a great clip recounting the teaming of Jimi Hendrix and The Monkees and their infamous, short-lived tour during The Summer of Love, sent in to us by David Salidor …
https://www.facebook.com/greatbigstory/videos/1687838348185258/  

We told you about Tommy Roe’s new single last week (available on iTunes) at which time he also told us that he’s been keeping up with our 1967 Series … 

Hi Kent ... 
I have been following and really enjoying your 1967 series.
I haven't been able to communicated with you much due to my lack of any chart action in 1967. That year as well as 1968 wasn't a very productive period for me, so I don't have much to contribute.
I’m glad you like my new single. I thought I would go back to my Rock 'a' Billy roots. We are doing a big splash to radio on my birthday, May 9th. I still love recording and who knows, there just might be one more hit in me. 
Doesn't matter though … I just love what I do, even if it's only for my family and friends. 
Hope all is well with you and family. 
Still a big fan,
Your Pal, 
Tommy 

With accolades from pop music critics such as "possibly the most beautiful song of the rock and roll era", on May 11, 1967, Ray Davies' nostalgic masterpiece "Waterloo Sunset" was released in the UK. The song began life as "Liverpool Sunset" because Davies had fallen in love with that northern port city after his band, The Kinks, performed there frequently when Merseybeat ruled the UK. But, after The Beatles released "Penny Lane" in February, he decided to change the title to pay homage to his own hometown, London. In the song he wistfully observes the activity surrounding Waterloo Tube Station near Waterloo Bridge on the River Thames. With its unmistakable descending bass intro, it's one of the first records I remember hearing when I arrived in London for duty with the US Navy. 
I had been a Florida deejay in 1967 and I just couldn't believe I had never heard this fantastic single, now my favorite Kink's song. Was it too sentimentally British for the US during the Summer Of Love? 2-3 years earlier anything from the UK was pure pop gold. Remember "Ferry Cross The Mersey"? Or was it a result of The Kinks being banned (by The American Federation Of Musicians) from performing in the US for the duration of the sixties after an incident on Dick Clark's WHERE THE ACTION IS tv show? Other Kink's late sixties UK hits, "Days" and "Autumn Almanac", also never charted in the US. 
"Waterloo Sunset" reached #2 in the UK -- held from the top spot by The Tremeloes "Silence Is Golden". It was the first Kink's single released in stereo. Now considered one of The Kink's signature songs, it is #42 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.  
Coincidentally "Penny Lane" also reached #2 in the UK charts. It is #449 on the Rolling Stone list. 
In 1984 Ray Davies became a filmmaker by
both contributing original songs and directing the UK made for tv movie RETURN TO WATERLOO.   
Mike G

Here are the British Charts, courtesy of Rockin’ Lord Geoff, for the month of May, 1967.  (You’ll note the aforementioned Kinks tune “Waterloo Sunset” right behind The Tremeloes’ hit “Silence Is Golden” as Mike described above.) 

THE BRITISH CHARTS – May, 1967

(courtesy of Rockin’ Lord Geoff)

According to Record Retailer the top thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending May 6^th 1967 were:

WK LW TW

08 - 01 - 01 - Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String

07 - 02 - 02 - Frank And Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid

05 - 03 - 03 - Monkees - A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You

04 - 10 - 04 - Mamas And The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

06 - 05 - 05 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

06 - 04 - 06 - Manfred Mann – Ha, Ha Said The Clown

04 - 11 - 07 - Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow

03 - 13 - 08 - Tom Jones - Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings

05 - 09 - 09 - Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights

03 - 15 - 10 - Lulu - The Boat That I Row

04 - 08 - 11 - Cat Stevens - I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun

02 - 19 - 12 - Who - Pictures Of Lily

02 - 24 - 13 - Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

14 - 06 - 14 - Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me

06 - 07 - 15 - Four Tops - Bernadette

06 - 14 - 16 - Turtles - Happy Together

04 - 23 - 17 - Jeff Beck - Hi-Ho Silver Lining

07 - 16 - 18 - Cliff Richard - It's All Over

10 - 12 - 19 - Harry Secombe - This Is My Song

02 - 26 - 20 - Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

09 - 17 - 21 - Whistling Jack Smith - I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman

02 - 27 - 22 - Jimmy Ruffin - Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got

07 - 21 - 23 - Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood

04 - 22 - 24 - Martha And The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack

03 - 25 - 25 - Shadows - Maroc 7

01 - NE - 26 - Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941

01 - NE - 27 - Warm Sounds - Birds And Bees

01 - NE - 28 - Electric Prunes - Get Me To The World On Time

06 - 19 - 28 - Georgie Fame - Because I Love You

09 - 18 - 30 - Alan Price Set - Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear 

According to Record Retailer the top thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending May 13^th 1967 were:

WK LW TW

09 - 01 - 01 - Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String

05 - 04 - 02 - Mamas And The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

08 - 02 - 03 - Frank And Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid

03 - 13 - 04 - Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

07 - 05 - 05 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

04 - 10 - 06 - Lulu - The Boat That I Row

03 - 12 - 07 - Who - Pictures Of Lily

05 - 07 - 08 - Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow

06 - 03 - 09 - Monkees - A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You

04 - 08 - 10 - Tom Jones - Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings

06 - 09 - 11 - Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights

07 - 06 - 12 - Manfred Mann – Ha, Ha Said The Clown

05 - 11 - 13 - Cat Stevens - I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun

07 - 16 - 14 - Turtles - Happy Together

15 - 14 - 15 - Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me

07 - 15 - 16 - Four Tops - Bernadette

01 - NE - 17 - Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

05 - 17 - 18 - Jeff Beck - Hi-Ho Silver Lining

03 - 20 - 19 - Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

01 - NE - 20 - Beach Boys - Then I Kissed Her

02 - 26 - 21 - Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941

01 - NE - 22 - PP Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest

08 - 18 - 23 - Cliff Richard - It's All Over

01 - NE - 24 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary

02 - 27 - 25 - Warm Sounds - Birds And Bees

01 - NE - 26 - New Vaudeville Band - Finchley Central

01 - NE - 27 - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale

04 - 25 - 28 - Shadows - Maroc 7

08 - 23 - 29 - Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood

01 - NE - 29 - Topol - If I Were A Rich Man 

According to Record Retailer the top thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending May 20^th 1967 were:

WK LW TW

04 - 04 - 01 - Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

06 - 02 - 02 - Mamas And The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

10 - 01 - 03 - Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String

04 - 07 - 04 - Who - Pictures Of Lily

09 - 03 - 05 - Frank And Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid

05 - 06 - 06 - Lulu - The Boat That I Row

02 - 17 - 07 - Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

07 - 11 - 08 - Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights

05 - 10 - 09 - Tom Jones - Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings

08 - 05 - 10 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

07 - 09 - 11 - Monkees - A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You

02 - 20 - 12 - Beach Boys - Then I Kissed Her

02 - 24 - 13 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary

06 - 08 - 14 - Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow

04 - 19 - 15 - Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

03 - 21 - 16 - Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941

08 - 12 - 17 - Manfred Mann – Ha, Ha Said The Clown

06 - 18 - 18 - Jeff Beck - Hi-Ho Silver Lining

08 - 14 - 19 - Turtles - Happy Together

16 - 15 - 20 - Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me

02 - 26 - 21 - New Vaudeville Band - Finchley Central

01 - NE - 22 - Supremes - The Happening

02 - 27 - 23 - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale

02 - 22 - 24 - PP Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest

06 - 13 - 25 - Cat Stevens - I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun

03 - 25 - 26 - Warm Sounds - Birds And Bees

02 - 29 - 27 - Topol - If I Were A Rich Man

01 - NE - 28 - Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By

01 - NE - 29 - Vince Hill - Roses Of Picardy

05 - 28 - 30 - Shadows - Maroc 7 

According to Record Retailer the top thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending May 27^th 1967 were:

WK LW TW

05 - 01 - 01 - Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden

03 - 07 - 02 - Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

07 - 02 - 03 - Mamas And The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

05 - 04 - 04 - Who - Pictures Of Lily

11 - 03 - 05 - Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String

03 - 12 - 06 - Beach Boys - Then I Kissed Her

03 - 13 - 07 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Wind Cries Mary

06 - 06 - 08 - Lulu - The Boat That I Row

08 - 08 - 09 - Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights

10 - 05 - 10 - Frank And Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid

01 - NE - 11 - Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

06 - 09 - 12 - Tom Jones - Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings

05 - 15 - 13 - Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

02 - 22 - 14 - Supremes - The Happening

04 - 16 - 15 - Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941

01 - NE - 16 - Engelbert Humperdinck - There Goes My Everything

08 - 11 - 17 - Monkees - A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You

09 - 10 - 18 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

07 - 18 - 19 - Jeff Beck - Hi-Ho Silver Lining

03 - 21 - 20 - New Vaudeville Band - Finchley Central

07 - 14 - 21 - Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow

03 - 23 - 22 - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass - Casino Royale

02 - 29 - 23 - Vince Hill - Roses Of Picardy

03 - 24 - 24 - PP Arnold - The First Cut Is The Deepest

02 - 28 - 25 - Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By

01 - NE - 25 - Walker Brothers - Walking In The Rain

03 - 27 - 27 - Topol - If I Were A Rich Man

01 - NE - 28 - Happenings - I Got Rhythm

04 - 26 - 29 - Warm Sounds - Birds And Bees

01 - NE - 29 - Young Rascals - Groovin'

Take care, 
Rockin’ Lord Geoff (in England)