1967 BONUS #51

>>>Rewound Radio ran an incredible year end Top 30 Countdown this past weekend hosted by multi-award winning announcer  (WAY too  many to mention here!),  Johnny Holliday.  It was a very interesting countdown because it presented The Top 30 Biggest Hits of the Year from a San Francisco perspective ... quite a bit different than what we experienced on a national level (and here in Chicago).  Holliday worked for KYA at the time, a big Top 40 outlet.  Interestingly enough, several times during the broadcast he mentioned the game he was going to be doing the play-by-play for later that week.  Of course, this is how we all best know him ... so it was kinda cool to hear those seeds being planted way back in '67.
It was especially fun to hear some of the vintage commercials that ran during this original broadcast (including what seems to be the Forgotten Hits Fan Favorite, Heaven Scent!)  And the one where you can "put yourself in a brand new 1967 Jaguar for only $4478!!!  (Can you even imagine?!?!?) These DeeJay Hall Of Fame shows run every weekend ... and they're a lot of fun, as are the special salutes to some of the AM Radio Giants of our past, featuring lengthy airchecks from a variety of jocks from a particular radio station ... you really should give them a listen on a regular basis ... it's radio like it used to be ... and I think you'll be VERY impressed by the music you hear.  Great Stuff!  (kk)   

Kent ...

Love your blog...Great stuff.

I did not catch the show, Maryland was playing at the same time. Nice timing huh!!

Johnny Holliday

It was GREAT to hear the rebroadcast of your 1967 Year-End Countdown on Rewound Radio this past weekend ... SO cool that you were already doing play-by-play on the side back then ... who would have EVER thought back then where this would eventually lead!!!  (They also played your final broadcast from 1965 when the station you were on switched to all news the following day)  You'll ALWAYS find some GREAT stuff on Rewound Radio!

http://rewoundradio.com/

Happy Holidays to you and yours!
kk

UPDATE:  Here's some "Must Listen" Radio for this weekend, too ...

THIS Saturday (as in tomorrow), December 23rd, Rewound Radio will be replaying the original broadcast of WABC's Top 100 Countdown of The Biggest Hits of 1967.  (I'm telling you, 1967 is EVERYWHERE this year!!!)

Be sure to tune in and listen to this one ... SO many great hits that year.  (You'll find a couple of our DeeJay Regulars doing special Year End Countdowns these next two weekends as well ... ALL saluting The Biggest Hits of Exactly Fifty Years Ago!)  kk

http://rewoundradio.com/

Kent,

What an incredible year you had recreating 1967 so brilliantly!

Thanks for all your great work and fellowship.

Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Scott

Hola Kent,
What will we do when FH67 comes to an end ? What a wonderful trip down memory lane for all your readers / subscribers celebrating their formative years and basking in the memories you have resurrected ... What a kick !

As a MAC user, I miss some of the clips but still enjoy the majority of your postings, so intriguing I am tempted to purchase a Windows machine (sacrilege in the Apple sphere !) ha ha to fully appreciate all your very hard work.  I really don’t know how you do it!
Perhaps you could do mini projects celebrating each year in the decade with each year's highlights ?
Whatever, certainly your regular blog satisfies our need to celebrate our music and times while your specials are truly the dessert !
Thank you,
CharlieOFD

The calendar project was pretty intense ... I'm sure we'll still celebrate certain special anniversaries (and featuring special charts) in the years to come ... but honestly right now I'm kind of anxious to get back to the regular website posts ... TOO many AOL mail problems lately trying to send out to the list!  That being said, no one hates to see it end more than me ... while this was, without question, the most extensive and exhaustive series I've ever done, it is also one of the ones I'm most proud of ... and I think most of our readers enjoyed the look back on this INCREDIBLE year in music.  (kk)

Loved your 1967 Series … can't wait to see what you've got planned for 1968. 
Ed

Sorry … not gonna happen!  (lol)  This one took it all out of me!  (kk)

Here is a copy of RPM's year end chart for 1967 

Clark

Hi Kent:  

Here's a Boston Survey from December!

Ken

Any of the artists who performed at this WVOK Birmingham, AL show remember it?

Jack 

Man, what a line-up!!!  Can you imagine going to see ALL of these acts performing in one big show?!?!!

Amazing!!! (And several of them are now Forgotten Hits Regulars!!!  Notice how most of them also have hits on this week's chart?!?!?)  kk

Again,  Kent, thanks for the Royal Guardsmen mention for Snoopy's
Christmas ... never thought it'd have legs this long!  (But  I'm super
grateful it does!)

You did a great job on your 1967 series … thanks a million, Kent … I'm honored deeply.
Blessings this Holiday, my friend
Barry  & Teena

Just like there was no Herman in the Hermits, there was no Simon in Simon Dupree and The Big Sound.

Derek Shulman was lead singer of the group which was comprised of his two brothers and three schoolmates. They were popular as a live band doing blues and r&b covers similar to the early Rolling Stones. But as blues gave way to psychedelia in the UK, they were desperate for a hit record to stay relevant. Reluctantly they recorded the atmospheric "Kites". It was co-written by Lee Pockriss, an American who also wrote "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". It was an immediate hit when released on November 22, 1967, and, in seven weeks, reached it's #9 UK peak. It was recorded for Parlophone at EMI's Abbey Road Studios and featured gongs, woodblocks, finger cymbals, swirling wind effects and a Mellotron plus actress Jacqui Chan's Chinese spoken word interlude.

Earlier that year, Reggie Dwight joined the band on a tour of Scotland while substituting for the keyboard player. The band members thought it hilarious when he revealed to them that he was going to change his name to Elton John. He had high hopes of becoming a permanent member of the group but that was nixed by the band's manager. If he had remained with them, the world might have never known him as the pop superstar he has become.

Today Simon Dupree and The Big Sound are regarded as one hit wonders (despite another minor UK chart hit). In
retrospect, the band made some other fine recordings that weren't well received at the time. In 1970 they disbanded and the Shulman brothers formed the  progressive rock UK band Gentle Giant.
Mike G
 

One of the big, cult albums of 1967 was the release by The Velvet Underground and Nico …

Mike Duquette tells us about a brand new compilation Vinyl Box sets that commemorates not only this release but a whole lot more …

https://theseconddisc.com/2017/12/there-they-go-again-new-velvet-underground-vinyl-box-features-1969-compilation/


We're down to our last days of calendar postings ... don't miss our Year-End Recap coming soon to a Forgotten Hits Web Page near you!  (kk)
http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/