The Year is 1967…The Doors’ self-titled debut album is released; the Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love; Respect is recorded by Aretha Franklin; Jimmy Hoffa begins his 8-year sentence for attempting to bribe a jury; 10,000 gather for the Central Park Be-In; Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas; Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup; The Folk-Rock band Fairport Convention plays their first gig in London; the Beatles release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band; Two Moby Grape members are arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors; 400 million viewers watch Our World, the first live, international, satellite television production. It features the live debut of The Beatles’ song “All You Need is Love”; Pink Floyd releases their debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in the United Kingdom; Jim Morrison and The Doors defy CBS censors on The Ed Sullivan Show, when Morrison sings the word “higher” from their #1 hit Light My Fire, despite having been asked not to; thirty-nine people, including singer-activist Joan Baez, are arrested in Oakland, California, for blocking the entrance of that city’s military induction center; Magical Mystery Tour is released by the Beatles as a double EP in the U.K…. ( facts courtesy of Wikipedia )…
…and these songs were being spun by DJ’s all over the World…
TAZ’s Top 25 Hits of 1967
Beatles – A Day in the Life
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
Cream – Sunshine of Your Love
Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze
Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
Vanilla Fudge – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
The Rolling Stones – Let’s Spend the Night Together
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco
Tommy James And The Shondells – I Think We’re Alone Now
The Grass Roots – Let’s Live For Today
The Troggs – Love Is All Around
The Cowsills – The Rain, the Park and Other Things
Lulu – To Sir With Love
The Association – Windy
The Mamas & The Papas – Creeque Alley
The Turtles – Happy Together
The Classics IV – Spooky
Lemon Pipers – Green Tambourine
Small Faces – Itchycoo Park
Traffic – Paper Sun
The Hollies – Carrie Anne
( Bonus 26th ) Country Joe McDonald – Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag
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