I was struck by a few things ... first how many of the same songs they each played during a given random three hour stretch (stressing again that other than those occasional "wow" songs they each slipped in, everybody's still playing it safe for the most part by featuring the generic play list adopted by radio for the past several decades) ... and secondly (as mentioned here before) just how many songs from 1967 are still in heavy oldies rotation (proving again just what an incredibly strong year it was for timeless, long-lasting music.)
Rewound Radio and Me-TV-FM seem to be the most "adventurous" when it comes to programming surprises off the the traditional grid ... each station played one or two unexpected gems every hour, which is kinda disappointing when one considers that only Scott Shannon is bold enough to call his network "The True Oldies Channel," thus displaying the dreaded and forbidden "oldies" word proudly for all the world to see ... which might make one think that HE should be the one featuring more goodies and surprises than anyone else (but instead he seems to be playing it safe for the most part) ... but during my full, extended day of listening, all three stations relied heavily on the music magic of 1967.
In random order, I heard (during an 11 hour stretch):
"Daydream Believer" by The Monkees (twice),
"Windy" by The Association (twice),
"Groovin'" by The Young Rascals,
"The Letter" by The Box Tops,
"Light My Fire" by The Doors (I also heard the Jose Feliciano version from '68),
"Happy Together" by The Turtles,
"Hello Goodbye" by the Beatles,
"Respect" by Aretha Franklin (twice),
"Kind Of A Drag" by The Buckinghams,
"Incense And Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock,
"Penny Lane' by The Beatles,
"Little Bit O' Soul" by Music Explosion,
"The Rain, The Park And Other Things" by The Cowsills,
"Never My Love" by The Association,
"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli,
"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" by The Monkees,
"Come Back When You Grow Up" by Bobby Vee,
"It Must Be Him" by Vikki Carr,
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees,
"Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" by Johnny Rivers,
"San Francisco" by Scott McKenzie (twice),
"I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles,
"Good Thing" by Paul Revere and the Raiders,
"There's A Kind Of Hush" by Herman's Hermits,
"Don't Sleep In the Subway" by Petula Clark,
"Mercy Mercy Mercy" by The Buckinghams,
"Higher And Higher" by Jackie Wilson,
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" by The Casinos,
"Gimme Some Lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group,
"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield,
"Let's Live For Today" by The Grass Roots,
"Gimme Little Sign" by Brenton Wood (twice),
"C'mon Marianne" by The Four Seasons,
"I Dig Rock And Roll Music" by Peter, Paul and Mary,
"A Girl Like You" by The Young Rascals (twice),
"Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison,
"I'm A Man" by The Spencer Davis Group,
"Massachusetts" by The Bee Gees,
"On A Carousel" by The Hollies,
"Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song" by The Buckinghams,
"Heroes And Villains" by The Beach Boys,
"Keep The Ball Rollin'" by Jay and the Techniques,
"Museum" by Herman's Hermits,
"Happy" by The Blades Of Grass and
"Nights In White Satin" by The Moody Blues (a hit in 1972 but recorded and first released in 1967).
Do the math ... if each station typically programs 16 songs per hour ... and I listened for 11 hours ... that means I had the potential to hear about 175 songs. If 50 of those all came from 1967, that accounts for an astonishing 28.5%!!! When one considers that the other 71.5% were split between the roughly remaining 30 years of music that fits the oldiesformat, this becomes an almost staggering ratio.
But hey, we've been telling you that all year long!!! 1967 was THE year for music ... and there are at least another 50 songs from 1967 that are also regularly featured in somewhat heavy rotation that I just didn't happen to hear during my eleven hour stretch. Amazing!!!
Here are the Top 40 British Charts for September, 1967, courtesy of our FH Buddy Rockin' Lord Geoff Lambert:
According to Record Retailer the top thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending September 9th 1967 were:
WK LW TW
03 - 03 - 01 - Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
09 - 01 - 02 - Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)
07 - 02 - 03 - Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
03 - 07 - 04 - Rolling Stones - We Love You
04 - 13 - 05 - Keith West - Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'
06 - 05 - 06 - Tremeloes - Even the Bad Times Are Good
05 - 04 - 07 - Alan Price Set - The House That Jack
Built
09 - 06 - 08 - Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her
09 - 08 - 09 - Anita Harris - Just Loving You
03 - 11 - 10 - Beach Boys - Heroes and Villains
04 - 10 - 11 - Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
04 - 12 - 12 - Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
09 - 09 - 13 - Beatles - All You Need Is Love
02 - 21 - 14 - Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San
Francisco
03 - 18 - 15 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning
Of the Midnight Lamp
04 - 20 - 16 - Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
01 - NE - 17 - Diana Ross and the Supremes -
Reflections
02 - 27 - 17 - Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
03 - 25 - 19 - Frankie Vaughan - There Must Be A Way
09 - 15 - 20 - Johnny Mann Singers - Up, Up and Away
04 - 21 - 21 - Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie
06 - 17 - 22 - Mamas and the Papas - Creeque Alley
12 - 16 - 23 - Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him
06 - 19 - 24 - Amen Corner - Gin House Blues
08 - 14 - 25 - Dave Davies - Death of a Clown
02 - 30 - 26 - Cat Stevens - A Bad Night
16 - 28 - 27 - Engelbert Humperdinck - There Goes My
Everything
08 - 29 - 28 - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas - Tramp
08 - 23 - 29 - Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice
01 - NE - 30 - Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
According to Record Retailer the top
thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending September 16th 1967
were:
WK LW TW
04 - 01 - 01 - Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
08 - 03 - 02 - Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall In Love
Again
05 - 05 - 03 - Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage
Opera'
10 - 02 - 04 - Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure
To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
05 - 12 - 05 - Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
07 - 06 - 06 - Tremeloes - Even The Bad Times Are Good
04 - 04 - 07 - Rolling Stones - We Love You
03 - 14 - 08 - Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San
Francisco
02 - 17 - 09 - Diana Ross And The Supremes -
Reflections
10 - 09 - 10 - Anita Harris - Just Loving You
06 - 07 - 11 - Alan Price Set - The House That Jack Built
10 - 08 - 12 - Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her
04 - 10 - 13 - Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains
05 - 21 - 14 - Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie
04 - 15 - 15 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning
Of The Midnight Lamp
05 - 11 - 16 - Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
04 - 19 - 17 - Frankie Vaughan - There Must Be A Way
01 - NE - 18 - Move - Flowers In The Rain
03 - 17 - 19 - Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
10 - 13 - 20 - Beatles - All You Need Is Love
02 - 30 - 21 - Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
05 - 16 - 22 - Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
07 - 22 - 23 - Mamas And The Papas - Creeque Alley
01 - NE - 24 - Eric Burdon And The Animals - Good
Times
07 - 24 - 25 - Amen Corner - Gin House Blues
01 - NE - 26 - Temptations - You're My Everything
09 - 25 - 27 - Dave Davies - Death Of A Clown
10 - 20 - 28 - Johnny Mann Singers - Up, Up And Away
01 - NE - 28 - Bee Gees - Massachussetts
09 - 29 - 30 - Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice
According to Record Retailer the top
thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending September 23rd 1967
were:
WK LW TW
05 - 01 - 01 - Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
06 - 03 - 02 - Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage
Opera'
06 - 05 - 03 - Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
09 - 02 - 04 - Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall In Love
Again
04 - 08 - 05 - Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San
Francisco
03 - 09 - 06 - Diana Ross And The Supremes -
Reflections
11 - 04 - 07 - Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure
To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
02 - 18 - 08 - Move - Flowers In The Rain
08 - 06 - 09 - Tremeloes - Even The Bad Times Are Good
11 - 10 - 10 - Anita Harris - Just Loving You
04 - 19 - 11 - Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
06 - 14 - 12 - Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie
05 - 07 - 13 - Rolling Stones - We Love You
05 - 17 - 14 - Frankie Vaughan - There Must Be A Way
05 - 13 - 15 - Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains
11 - 12 - 16 - Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her
05 - 15 - 17 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning
Of The Midnight Lamp
07 - 11 - 18 - Alan Price Set - The House That Jack
Built
02 - 28 - 19 - Bee Gees - Massachussetts
03 - 21 - 20 - Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
02 - 24 - 21 - Eric Burdon And The Animals - Good
Times
01 - NE - 22 - Box Tops - The Letter
06 - 16 - 23 - Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
06 - 22 - 24 - Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
01 - NE - 25 - Frankie Mcbride - Five Little Fingers
01 - NE - 26 - Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
01 - RE - 27 - Engelbert Humperdinck - There Goes My
Everything
01 - NE - 28 - Frank Sinatra - The World We Knew
11 - 28 - 29 - Johnny Mann Singers - Up, Up And Away
02 - 26 - 30 - Temptations - You're My Everything
According to Record Retailer the top
thirty singles on the UK charts for week ending September 30th 1967
were:
WK LW TW
06 - 01 - 01 - Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
07 - 02 - 02 - Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage
Opera'
03 - 08 - 03 - Move - Flowers In The Rain
04 - 06 - 04 - Diana Ross And The Supremes -
Reflections
05 - 11 - 05 - Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
07 - 03 - 06 - Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
05 - 05 - 07 - Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San
Francisco
10 - 04 - 08 - Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall In Love
Again
06 - 14 - 09 - Frankie Vaughan - There Must Be A Way
12 - 07 - 10 - Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure
To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
07 - 12 - 11 - Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie
02 - 22 - 12 - Box Tops - The Letter
03 - 19 - 13 - Bee Gees - Massachussetts
12 - 10 - 14 - Anita Harris - Just Loving You
09 - 09 - 15 - Tremeloes - Even The Bad Times Are Good
04 - 20 - 16 - Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
01 - NE - 17 - Seekers - When Will The Good Apples
Fall
06 - 13 - 18 - Rolling Stones - We Love You
02 - 26 - 19 - Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe
02 - 25 - 20 - Frankie Mcbride - Five Little Fingers
03 - 21 - 21 - Eric Burdon And The Animals - Good
Times
06 - 15 - 22 - Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains
12 - 16 - 23 - Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her
01 - NE - 23 - Herd - From The Underworld
06 - 17 - 25 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning
Of The Midnight Lamp
01 - NE - 26 - Mindbenders - The Letter
02 - 27 - 27 - Engelbert Humperdinck - There Goes My
Everything
07 - 24 - 28 - Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On
01 - NE - 29 - Hollies - King Midas In Reverse
01 - NE - 30 - Georgie Fame - Try My World
Take care,
Rockin’ Lord Geoff (in England)
>>>I really enjoyed your coverage of the 50th anniversary of the final episode of The Fugitive. That stands as one of my personal Top 5 significant TV moments of all time. I can still hear announcer Hank Simms' voice saying "August 29th, 1967 - The Day The Running Stopped." (David Lewis)
>>>That wasn't William Conrad? Check out this clip ... and listen to that famous line ... where the heck did THIS come from?!?!? (kk)
Wow - It was indeed William Conrad who spoke that line. Dick Wesson and Hank Simms both shared announcing duties for the credits (but not the narration), and I though Hank had said that line -- but it was Conrad for sure. As for the other question, the final episodes must've been delayed a week in some markets, perhaps Hawaii? We all heard August, but this is Bill Conrad saying September 5, without the year.
David
I was shocked to hear the alternate date ... the only way I've ever heard it was "August 29th". (kk)
Kent,
So many comments to make regarding your recent posts.
First up, Roy Orbison as a gun fighter just did not work for me -- or for the public, I think. For one thing, without his signature sunglasses, it was odd to see HIS face! Plus, the best song on that soundtrack, if I remember correctly, was not even in the film. "There Won't Be Many Coming Home" was the song that I bought the soundtrack for. In the mid-60's, this could have been a very important song for him amidst all the war turmoil, but no one ever heard it. It rivals "Waist deep in the big Muddy" by Pete Seeger. If only the Smothers would have had Roy on to sing this in 1967!
Also ... Charlie OFD wrote: The "Ode To Billie Joe" clip led
me to "Harper Valley PTA" from '68, but two songs that compliment one another
(at least in my head).
I agree with Charlie. I always think about "Billie Joe" knocking the Beatles off the top and then revenge came in '68 with "Hey Jude" besting "PTA".
I agree with Charlie. I always think about "Billie Joe" knocking the Beatles off the top and then revenge came in '68 with "Hey Jude" besting "PTA".
I am also loving the banter between the Cryan' Shames
members. Great memories. Sorry, I cannot vote on top four songs by them, as they
change constantly. 
As for Carl Giammerese's and JC Hooke's "no money" thing,
it happened so much and yet ... it made us fans remember you guys for 50 years!
Without Bonafede and DJs like Dex Card, who knows if you would have been
remembered at all, or signed with Columbia.
Clark Weber commented about liking "Zip Code." I agree that it is a great record, but when I worked with Sundazed Music on
their Five Americans CDs, I told them that WCFL's "Winter Gold" various hits album
had a long version of the song not available elsewhere. This was when Clark had
moved over to 'CFL in '69. Maybe he got the song for that LP. Anyway, Sundazed
eventually bought the entire Abnak Records masters and did a new CD that
included the long version that Kent posted. The original 45 version had a
shorter mid-solo and ending.
The back cover showed all the CFL jocks, of which MOST were on WLS not long before!
I have to agree with you ... Roy Orbison just doesn't look right without his trademark sunglasses. (Think "Shades" in "That Thing You Do"!!!)
Simply put, he's not a handsome man ... or what you would expect as "leading man" material in a motion picture! (A likely factor in this being his only screen role.) I remember when WLS DJ Fred Winston got in trouble for introducing a Roy Orbison song as being by "the ugliest man in show business"! lol
I wasn't familiar with the track you featured but I really like it. Again, I agree ... this could have been a very timely hit for Roy in 1967.
I'll have to look for another copy of "Zip Code" (the single mix) ... the only copy I have is the one I posted, which came from the Sundazed collection you mentioned.
And how many of us bought those WCFL compilation albums back in the days before K-Tel cornered the market!!! I'm sure I still have a complete set buried around here somewhere!
Thanks, Clark! (kk)
Out this week (Friday, September 8th), is a brand new Beatles documentary
"It Was Fifty Years Ago Today," exploring The Beatles during their "Sgt. Pepper"
era.
Read more here:
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/it-was-fifty-years-ago-today-the-beatles-sgt-pepper-beyond/267359/beatles-rivalries-questioned-in-exclusive-sgt-pepper-documentary-clip
And here's an interesting "Best of '67" clip I found this weekend on YouTube:
And here's an interesting "Best of '67" clip I found this weekend on YouTube:
You can hear us count down some of our 1967 Favorites here:
http://fh1967listeningstation.blogspot.com/
