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It’s 52 years and 7 months before Sadie is born and 9 years and 1 months before Thomas is….let’s hear from January, 1968 sounds like!

Songs of the month

[new] “Am I That Easy To Forget” – Engelbert Humperdinck
“And Get Away” – Esquires
[new] “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” – Foundations
“Bend Me Shape Me” – American Breed
“Boogaloo Down Broadway” – Fantastic Johnny C
[new] “Bottle Of Wine” – Fireballs
“Chain Of Fools” – Aretha Franklin
“Come See About Me” – Junior Walker And The All Stars
[new] “Darlin'” – Beach Boys
“Daydream Believer” – Monkees
“Different Drum” – Stone Poneys
[new] “Goin’ Out Of My Head / Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” – Lettermen
“Green Tambourine” – Lemon Pipers
“Hello Goodbye” – Beatles
“Honey Chile” – Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
[new] “I Can’t Help Myself” – James Brown
“I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“I Say A Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick
“I Second That Emotion” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
[new] “I Wish It Would Rain” – Temptations
[new] “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight” – Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart
“If I Could Build My Whole World Around You” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
“Incense And Peppermints” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
“It’s Wonderful” – Young Rascals
[new] “Itchycoo Park” – Small Faces
“Judy In Disguise” – John Fred And His Playboy Band
[new] “Love Is Blue” – Paul Mauriat
[new] “Love Me Two Times” – Doors
[new] “Love Power” – Sandpebbles
[new] “Monterey” – Eric Burdon And The Animals
[new] “My Baby Must Be A Magician” – Marvelettes
“Next Plane To London” – Rose Garden
[new] “Nobody But Me” – Human Beinz
[new] “She’s A Rainbow” – Rolling Stones
“She’s My Girl” – Turtles
“Skinny Legs And All” – Joe Tex
[new] “Spooky” – Classics Iv
“Summer Rain” – Johnny Rivers
“Susan” – Buckinghams
[new] “Tell Mama” – Etta James
“The Rain The Park And Other Things” – Cowsills
[new] “To Give” – Frankie Valli
[new] “Tomorrow” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
“Wear Your Love Like Heaven” – Donovan
[new] “Who Will Answer” – Ed Ames
“Woman Woman” – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
“You Better Sit Down Kids” – Cher

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On January 6th a group of “more than 200” Caltech students marched to and demonstrated in front of NBC’s studios in Burbank as part of what appeared to be a grassroots campaign, actually orchestrated by Gene Roddenberry, to get the network to renew Star Trek for a third season. If only they’d had social media to lobby for it! (Spoiler: the show would go onto a third and final season.)

On the 13th Johnny Cash performed his historic concert at the Folsom State Prison in California, selected by his manager because of Cash’s 1955 hit song “Folsom Prison Blues”. The concert was not the first that Cash had performed at a penal institution, nor was Cash the only artist to appear that day (the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, The Carter Family, and The Tennessee Three were also present), but it was the first time that Cash had recorded a live album inside a prison. Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison would become the number one country music album in the United States after going on sale in May.

And to end the month, on the 31st, The Jackson 5, an unknown family band at the time, released their debut single “Big Boy” by Steeltown Records. Despite the song being neither a critical or commercial success, the Jackson family were delighted when the song became a local hit after being played on radio stations in the Chicago-Gary area. In July, the Jackson 5 would leave Steeltown after signing with Motown Records – and we will hear much more from them no doubt!

What’d Sadie think?

Two more weeks at the top for the Beatles with “Hello Goodbye” and then two for John Fred And His Playboy Band with “Judy In Disguise”.

Loved ’em

• “Goin’ Out Of My Head / Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” – Lettermen
• “Itchycoo Park” – Small Faces
• “Love Me Two Times” – Doors
• “She’s A Rainbow” – Rolling Stones
• “Tell Mama” – Etta James

Liked ’em

• “Am I That Easy To Forget” – Engelbert Humperdinck
• “Baby Now That I’ve Found You” – Foundations
• “Darlin'” – Beach Boys
• “I Wish It Would Rain” – Temptations
• “I Wonder What She’s Doing Tonight” – Tommy Boyce And Bobby Hart
• “Love Power” – Sandpebbles
• “Monterey” – Eric Burdon And The Animals
• “My Baby Must Be A Magician” – Marvelettes
• “Nobody But Me” – Human Beinz
• “Spooky” – Classics Iv
• “To Give” – Frankie Valli
• “Tomorrow” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
• “Who Will Answer” – Ed Ames

Leave ’em

• “Bottle Of Wine” – Fireballs

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s Xmas back in December, 1967 but nary a Xmas song on the charts! Let’s hear what it sounds like anyway…

Songs of the month

“An Open Letter To My Teenage Son” – Victor Lundberg
[new] “And Get Away” – Esquires
[new] “Beg Borrow Or Steal” – Ohio Express
[new] “Bend Me Shape Me” – American Breed
“Boogaloo Down Broadway” – Fantastic Johnny C
[new] “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” – Glen Campbell
[new] “Chain Of Fools” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Come See About Me” – Junior Walker And The All Stars
“Daydream Believer” – Monkees
[new] “Different Drum” – Stone Poneys
“Everlasting Love” – Robert Knight
“Expressway To Your Heart” – Soul Survivors
[new] “Green Tambourine” – Lemon Pipers
[new] “Hello Goodbye” – Beatles
[new] “Honey Chile” – Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
“I Can See For Miles” – Who
“I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
“I Say A Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick
“I Second That Emotion” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
[new] “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
“In And Out Of Love” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
“Incense And Peppermints” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
“It Must Be Him” – Vicki Carr
[new] “It’s Wonderful” – Young Rascals
“It’s You That I Need” – Temptations
[new] “Judy In Disguise” – John Fred And His Playboy Band
“Keep The Ball Rollin'” – Jay And The Techniques
“Lazy Day” – Spanky And Our Gang
“Let It All Hang Out” – Hombres
[new] “Massachusettes” – Bee Gees
[new] “Neon Rainbow” – Box Tops
[new] “Next Plane To London” – Rose Garden
“Pata Pata” – Miriam Makeba
“Please Love Me Forever” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “She’s My Girl” – Turtles
[new] “Skinny Legs And All” – Joe Tex
“Soul Man” – Sam And Dave
“Stag-O-Lee” – Wilson Pickett
[new] “Summer Rain” – Johnny Rivers
[new] “Susan” – Buckinghams
“The Rain The Park And Other Things” – Cowsills
“To Sir With Love” – Lulu
“Watch The Flowers Grow” – Four Seasons
[new] “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” – Donovan
[new] “Woman Woman” – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
[new] “Yesterday” – Ray Charles
“You Better Sit Down Kids” – Cher

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On the 2rd Christiaan Barnard and a team of surgeons carried out the world’s first heart transplant, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

Then on the 7th The Apple Boutique, one of the first attempts by The Beatles to open a retail business, opened at 94 Baker Street in London to sell specially designed clothing and accessories. Because of shoplifting and poor management, the store would close on July 30, 1968, after less than eight months of operation.

On the 11th the first (and last?) supersonic airliner, the French and British financed Concorde, was rolled out of a hangar in Toulouse for its first public appearance. The plane was designed to carry 130 passengers at speeds of up to Mach 2.2 (2,300 km/h) and was originally set to make its first flight in February 1968. The plane would not be flown, however, until more than a year later, on March 2, 1969.

And in more, The Beatles’ were bigger than Jesus but couldn’t get everything right news, their film “Magical Mystery Tour” premiered as a made-for-television movie on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. British newspaper critics derided it the next day with terms like “blatant rubbish”; “a great big bore”; “tasteless nonsense”, and “witless conceit”. Paul McCartney would later respond, “Aren’t we entitled to have a flop?”[

What’d Sadie think?

Four weeks at number 1 for family fave, “Daydream Believer” by the Monkees before a week atop the charts for the Beatles with newcomer, “Hello Goodbye”.

Loved ’em

• “Chain Of Fools” – Aretha Franklin
• “Different Drum” – Stone Poneys
• “Hello Goodbye” – Beatles
• “Honey Chile” – Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
• “It’s Wonderful” – Young Rascals
• “Next Plane To London” – Rose Garden
• “She’s My Girl” – Turtles
• “Summer Rain” – Johnny Rivers

Liked ’em

• “And Get Away” – Esquires
• “Beg Borrow Or Steal” – Ohio Express
• “Bend Me Shape Me” – American Breed
• “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” – Glen Campbell
• “Come See About Me” – Junior Walker And The All Stars
• “Green Tambourine” – Lemon Pipers
• “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
• “Judy In Disguise” – John Fred And His Playboy Band
• “Massachusetts” – Bee Gees
• “Neon Rainbow” – Box Tops
• “Skinny Legs And All” – Joe Tex
• “Susan” – Buckinghams
• “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” – Donovan
• “Woman Woman” – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
• “Yesterday” – Ray Charles

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s a rainy ol’ week in Auckland, 2024 so its a good time to disappear back to November, 1967 to hear the sounds of the time…

Songs of the month

“A Natural Woman” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “An Open Letter To My Teenage Son” – Victor Lundberg
[new] “Boogaloo Down Broadway” – Fantastic Johnny C.
[new] “Daydream Believer” – Monkees
[new] “Everlasting Love” – Robert Knight
“Expressway To Your Heart” – Soul Survivors
“Get On Up” – Esquires
“Gimme Little Sign” – Brenton Wood
[new] “Glad To Be Unhappy” – Mamas And The Papas
“Hey Baby” – Buckinghams
“Holiday” – Bee Gees
“How Can I Be Sure” – Young Rascals
[new] “I Can See For Miles” – Who
[new] “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
[new] “I Say A Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick
[new] “I Second That Emotion” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
“I’m Wondering” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “In And Out Of Love” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
“Incense And Peppermints” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
“It Must Be Him” – Vicki Carr
“It’s You That I Need” – Temptations
[new] “Keep The Ball Rollin'” – Jay And The Techniques
[new] “Kentucky Woman” – Neil Diamond
[new] “Ladybird” – Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazelwood
[new] “Lazy Day” – Spanky And Our Gang
“Let It All Hang Out” – Hombres
[new] “Like An Old Time Movie” – Scott Mckenzie
“Love Is Strange” – Peaches And Herb
“Never My Love” – Association
[new] “Pata Pata” – Mariam Makeba
“People Are Strange” – Doors
“Please Love Me Forever” – Bobby Vinton
[new] “She’s Still A Mystery” – Lovin’ Spoonful
“Soul Man” – Sam And Dave
[new] “Stag-O-Lee” – Wilson Pickett
“The Last Waltz” – Engelbert Humperdinck
“The Letter” – Box Tops
“The Look Of Love” – Dusty Springfield
“The Rain The Park And Other Things” – Cowsills
“To Sir With Love” – Lulu
[new] “Watch The Flowers Grow” – Four Seasons
[new] “You Better Sit Down Kids” – Cher
“Your Precious Love” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On the 6th of the month “The Phil Donahue Show” had its first screening, initially as a local show on WLWD in Dayton, Ohio, at 10:30 in the morning. One historian would later credit Phil Donahue with “creating a new television genre: the daytime talk show. He dispensed with the typical band and, microphone in hand, left the stage to talk to the audience and, even more radically, unable to get the rich and famous to come to Dayton, he would feature ordinary people as guests.”

Then on the 9th at 7:00 in the morning at Cape Kennedy in Florida, NASA successfully launched the powerful Saturn V rocket, propelling the uncrewed Apollo 4 test spacecraft into Earth orbit. The Saturn V, the most powerful rocket created, broke a record by lifting a payload of 129,000 kg, the combined weight of the Apollo 4 capsule and a mockup of the Apollo Lunar Module into orbit.

Also on the 9th the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine, made its debut as a newspaper printed and distributed in and around San Francisco.

What’d Sadie think?

Two weeks at the top for the Box Tops with “The Letter” before Lulu takes it with “To Sir With Love” .

Loved ’em

Sadie said, “daddy its my favouriteee!” when “Day Dream Believer” came on for the third time this week. She also said to say she really liked, “Everlasting Love” by Robert Knight.

• “Daydream Believer” – Monkees
• “I Can See For Miles” – The Who
• “Everlasting Love” – Robert Knight
• “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” – Gladys Knight And The Pips
• “I Say A Little Prayer” – Dionne Warwick
• “Kentucky Woman” – Neil Diamond

Liked ’em

• “Boogaloo Down Broadway” – Fantastic Johnny C
• “Glad To Be Unhappy” – Mamas And Papas
• “I Second That Emotion” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
• “In And Out Of Love” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
• “Keep The Ball Rollin'” – Jay And The Techniques
• “Ladybird” – Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazelwood
• “Lazy Day” – Spanky And Our Gang
• “Like An Old Time Movie” – Scott Mckenzie
• “Pata Pata” – Mariam Makeba
• “Stag-O-Lee” – Wilson Pickett
• “Watch The Flowers Grow” – Four Seasons
• “You Better Sit Down Kids” – Cher

Leave ’em

• “An Open Letter To My Teenage Son” – Victor Lundberg

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s daylight savings down-under so with lighter evenings you can feel Summer approaching in October, 2024. But let’s slide back to October…1967 to hear what it sounded like…

Songs of the month

[new] “A Natural Woman” – Aretha Franklin
“Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie” – Jay And The Techniques
“Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison
“Come Back When You Grow Up” – Bobby Vee
“Dandelion” – Rolling Stones
“Expressway To Your Heart” – Soul Survivors
[new] “For Your Precious Love” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
“Funky Broadway” – Wilson Pickett
“Get On Up” – Esquires
“Gettin’ Together” – Tommy James And The Shondells
“Gimme Little Sign” – Brenton Wood
“Hey Baby” – Buckinghams
“Higher And Higher” – Jackie Wilson
[new] “Holiday” – Bee Gees
“How Can I Be Sure” – Young Rascals
“I Dig Rock And Roll Music” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
“I Make A Fool Of Myself” – Frankie Valli
[new] “I’m Wondering” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “Incense And Peppermints” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
[new] “It Must Be Him” – Vicki Carr
[new] “It’s You That I Need” – Temptations
[new] “Let It All Hang Out” – Hombres
[new] “Let Love Come Between Us” – Jimmy And Bobby Purify
[new] “Lightning’s Girl” – Nancy Sinatra
“Little Ole Man” – Bill Cosby
“Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone” – Martha And The Vandellas
[new] “Love Is Strange” – Peaches And Herb
“Never My Love” – Association
“Ode To Billy Joe” – Bobbie Gentry
[new] “Ode To Billy Joe” – Kingpins
[new] “People Are Strange” – Doors
[new] “Please Love Me Forever” – Bobby Vinton
“Reflections” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
[new] “Soul Man” – Sam And Dave
“The Cat In The Window” – Petula Clark
[new] “The Last Waltz” – Engelbert Humperdinck
“The Letter” – Box Tops
[new] “The Look Of Love” – Dusty Springfield
[new] “The Rain The Park And Other Things” – Cowsills
“To Sir With Love” – Lulu
[new] “What Now My Love” – Mitch Ryder
[new] “You Keep Running Away” – Four Tops
“You Know What I Mean” – Turtles
“You’re My Everything” – Temptations
[new] “Your Precious Love” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On the 9th, Che Guevara, who had been captured the day before, was executed following an interrogation at the schoolhouse in the village of La Higuera. In order to avoid the publicity of a trial, Bolivia’s President René Barrientos ordered that Guevara be put to death. Army Sergeant Mario Terán carried out the task, shooting Guevara nine times with a semiautomatic rifle, in order to support news that Guevara had been killed in battle. And thus cementing Guevara’s place on many-a-freshman t-shirt for decades to come.

And on the 18th the first “rock musical”, Hair, premiered at the theater inside the Astor Library in New York City’s East Village. Featuring a “multiracial cast of hippies”, and attracting attention with “the full-frontal nudity of the cast” to close one scene, the show combined the music of Galt MacDermot and the lyrics of James Rado and Gerome Ragni, and was sold out for each of its performances during its six-week trial run. It would also become “the first Off-Broadway musical to transfer successfully to Broadway”.

To end the month, on the 29th, World Expo 67 closed in Montreal, after having attracted more than 50,306,648 visitors in six months, a record attendance for any world’s fair. Canada’s Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson declared at the closing ceremonies that the exhibit had been “one of the most imaginative acts of faith in Canadian enterprise and ability ever attempted,” and added, “We have discovered that we do have a character and quality of our own, rich and diverse, but Canadian.”

What’d Sadie think?

Two weeks at the top for “The Letter” by the Box Tops before “To Sir With Love” by Lulu takes the spot for the rest of the month.

Loved ’em

• “A Natural Woman” – Aretha Franklin

• “For Your Precious Love” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell
• “Holiday” – Bee Gees
• “Let It All Hang Out” – Hombres
• “People Are Strange” – Doors
• “Soul Man” – Sam And Dave
• “The Look Of Love” – Dusty Springfield
• “Your Precious Love” – Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell

Sadie gave a special shout out to Brenton Wood’s “Give me a little love” this week – when asked if she liked it as she sung along, it got an enthusiastic, “yeah! it’s really rock and roll!”.

Liked ’em

• “I’m Wondering” – Stevie Wonder
• “Incense And Peppermints” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
• “It Must Be Him” – Vicki Carr
• “It’s You That I Need” – Temptations
• “Let Love Come Between Us” – Jimmy And Bobby Purify
• “Lightning’s Girl” – Nancy Sinatra
• “Love Is Strange” – Peaches And Herb
• “Ode To Billy Joe” – Kingpins
• “The Last Waltz” – Engelbert Humperdinck
• “The Rain The Park And Other Things” – Cowsills
• “You Keep Running Away” – Four Tops

Leave ’em

• “Please Love Me Forever” – Bobby Vinton
• “What Now My Love” – Mitch Ryder

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

Sadie’s doing settling-in days at her new Kindergarten this week, which is very exciting for the whole family. Here’s the tunes soundtracking this week for us, from September, 1967…

Songs of the month

“A Girl Like You” – Young Rascals
“A Whiter Shade Of Pale” – Procol Harum
“All You Need Is Love” – Beatles
“Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie” – Jay And The Techniques
“Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin
“Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison
“Carrie Anne” – Hollies
“Cold Sweat” – James Brown
“Come Back When You Grow Up” – Bobby Vee
[new] “Dandelion” – Rolling Stones
[new] “Expressway To Your Heart” – Soul Survivors
“Fakin’ It” – Simon And Garfunkel
“Funky Broadway” – Wilson Pickett
[new] “Get On Up” – Esquires
[new] “Gettin’ Together” – Tommy James And The Shondells
[new] “Gimme Little Sign” – Brenton Wood
[new] “Groovin'” – Booker T. And The Mgs
“Heroes And Villains” – Beach Boys
[new] “Hey Baby” – Buckinghams
[new] “Higher And Higher” – Jackie Wilson
[new] “How Can I Be Sure” – Young Rascals
[new] “I Dig Rock & Roll Music” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
[new] “I Had A Dream” – Paul Revere And The Raiders
[new] “I Make A Fool Of Myself” – Frankie Valli
“I Thank The Lord For The Night Time” – Neil Diamond
[new] “I Thank The Lords For The Night Time” – Neil Diamond
“I Wanna Testify” – Parliaments
“I Was Made To Love Her” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “Knock On Wood” – Otis And Carla
“Light My Fire” – Doors
[new] “Litle Ole Man” – Bill Cosby
[new] “Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone” – Martha And The Vandellas
[new] “Never My Love” – Association
“Ode To Billy Joe” – Bobbie Gentry
“Pleasant Valley Sunday” – Monkees
“Reflections” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
“San Franciscan Nights” – Eric Burdon And The Animals
“Silence Is Golden” – Tremeloes
[new] “The Cat In The Window” – Petula Clark
“The Letter” – Box Tops
[new] “The World We Knew” – Frank Sinatra
[new] “There Is A Mountain” – Donovan
[new] “Things I Should Have Said” – Grass Roots
“To Love Somebody” – Bee Gees
[new] “To Sir With Love” – Lulu
[new] “Twelve Thirty” – Mamas And Papas
[new] “Words” – Bee Gees
“Words” – Monkees
[new] “You Know What I Mean” – Turtles
“You’re My Everything” – Temptations

[new] = New to the chart this week.

You can listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

This month in history

On the 10th the CBS television network censored “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”, in advance of the evening broadcast, by editing out the performance of Pete Seeger’s antiwar song “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”. Seeger, who had been blacklisted from commercial television for 17 years, had been allowed to perform the song before the studio audience, but the tape shown on television only showed Seeger performing the song “Wimoweh” and Tommy Smothers asking Seeger if he was going to sing “that song”. The tape then showed a closeup of Seeger’s face, and skipped to the next portion of the program. The CBS objection had been Seeger’s closing verse, “Now every time I read the papers/That old feelin’ comes on/We’re waist deep in the Big Muddy/And the big fool says to push on.”

And in another case of, attempted, TV censorship – on the 17thth Jim Morrison of The Doors defied CBS in a live telecast of The Ed Sullivan Show, after initially agreeing to a producer’s request to alter the lyrics to their #1 hit, “Light My Fire”. Morrison had been asked to change the lyric “Girl, we couldn’t get much higher” to “Girl, we couldn’t get much better”, out of the production staff’s fear concern about the word “high” being associated with drug abuse. Given that the word “better” did not rhyme with “You know that I would be a liar”, Morrison sang the word anyway.

And closer to, my, home – on the 23rd voters in New Zealand overwhelmingly favored a measure to end the limits that had engendered the “Six o’clock swill”, where bar patrons drank heavily after getting off of work because alcoholic beverages could not be legally sold after 6:00 in the evening. Given a choice of two closing hours for hotel bars, voters favored extending the time to 10:00 at night by a margin of 582,234 to 328,748.

What’d Sadie think?

Three weeks at the top for “Ode To Billy Joe” by Bobbie Gentry before two for “The Letter” by the Box Tops.

Loved ’em

• “Expressway To Your Heart” – Soul Survivors
• “Gimme Little Sign” – Brenton Wood
• “Higher And Higher” – Jackie Wilson
• “Knock On Wood” – Otis And Carla
• “Words” – Bee Gees

Liked ’em

• “Dandelion” – Rolling Stones
• “Get On Up” – Esquires
• “Gettin’ Together” – Tommy James And The Shondells
• “Groovin'” – Booker T. And The Mgs
• “How Can I Be Sure” – Young Rascals
• “I Dig Rock And Roll Music” – “Peter Paul And Mary”
• “I Had A Dream” – Paul Revere And The Raiders
• “I Make A Fool Of Myself” – Frankie Valli
• “Hey Baby” – Buckinghams
• “Little Ole Man” – Bill Cosby
• “Love Bug Leave My Heart Alone” – Martha And The Vandellas
• “Never My Love” – Association
• “The Cat In The Window” – Petula Clark
• “The World We Knew” – Frank Sinatra
• “Things I Should Have Said” – Grass Roots
• “To Sir With Love” – Lulu
• “Twelve Thirty” – Mamas And Papas
• “You Know What I Mean” – Turtles
  

Leave ’em

• “There Is A Mountain” – Donovan

Now go listen to the full playlist on Youtube via this link.

It’s exactly 53 years before Sadie is born in our journey through musical history, let’s see what more than half a century ago sounded like…

Songs of the month

“A Girl Like You” – Young Rascals
“A Whiter Shade Of Pale” – Procol Harum
“All You Need Is Love” – Beatles
[new] “Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie” – Jay And The Techniques
[new] “Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin
[new] “Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison
“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” – Frankie Valli
“Carrie Anne” – Hollies
[new] “Cold Sweat” – James Brown
[new] “Come Back When You Grow Up” – Bobby Vee
“Come On Down To My Boat” – Every Mother’s Son
[new] “Fakin’ It” – Simon And Garfunkel
“For Your Love” – Peaches And Herb
[new] “Funky Broadway” – Wilson Pickett
[new] “Heroes And Villains” – Beach Boys
“Hypnotized” – Linda Jones
“I Like The Way” – Tommy James And The Shondells
“I Take It Back” – Sandy Posey
[new] “I Thank The Lord For The Night Time” – Neil Diamond
[new] “I Wanna Testify” – Parliaments
“I Was Made To Love Her” – Stevie Wonder
[new] “In The Chapel In The Moonight” – Dean Martin
“Jackson” – Nancy Sinatra And Lee Hazelwood
[new] “Let The Good Times Roll” – Bunny Sigler
“Light My Fire” – Doors
“Little Bit O’ Soul” – Music Explosion
“Make Me Yours” – Bettye Swann
“Mercy Mercy Mercy” – Buckinghams
“More Love” – Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
“My Mammy” – Happenings
[new] “Ode To Billy Joe” – Bobbie Gentry
“Pleasant Valley Sunday” – Monkees
[new] “Reflections” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
[new] “San Franciscan Nights” – Eric Burdon And The Animals
“San Francisco” – Scott Mckenzie
“Silence Is Golden” – Tremeloes
“Soul Finger” – Bar-Kays
[new] “The Letter” – Box Tops
[new] “To Love Somebody” – Bee Gees
“Up Up And Away” – 5Th Dimension
“White Rabbit” – Jefferson Airplane
“Windy” – Association
[new] “Words” – Monkees
[new] “You’re My Everything” – Temptations

[new] = New to the chart this week.

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This month in history

On the 6th of August KPMX of San Francisco became the first radio station in the United States to take advantage of new FCC regulations, and to go to a progressive rock format. The programming on the 106.9 FM frequency apparently began a trend toward FM radio stations making the transition from “easy-listening” music to “album rock” music.

And in more radio news, but less progressive, on the 14th all but one of the United Kingdom’s pirate radio stations played music for their final day, then signed off before the new Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 went into effect at midnight. The new law was an extension of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and although it could not prohibit boats from broadcasting from outside Britain’s territorial waters, it did prohibit those stations from selling advertising within the British Isles. Only one station, Radio Caroline, would continue to broadcast the next day. With the shutdown of the pirate stations, BBC Radio 1 would go on the air on September 30 with a popular music format.

There’s still far too many airplane accidents in the month’s history in 1967 – air travel sure seemed like a risky business back then! In a particularly bizarre incident, on the 27th of the month, sixteen experienced skydivers were drowned after jumping from an airplane that was 16 km away from its intended target. The group had taken off from Wakeman, Ohio, in a B-25 airplane, and had jumped without realizing that they were parachuting into Lake Erie rather than a field in Huron, Ohio.

What’d Sadie think?

Two weeks at the top for “Light My Fire” by the Doors then a week apiece for “All You Need Is Love” the Beatles and newcomer “Ode To Billy Joe” by Bobbie Gentry.

Loved ’em

• “Baby I Love You” – Aretha Franklin
• “Brown Eyed Girl” – Van Morrison
• “Cold Sweat” – James Brown
• “Funky Broadway” – Wilson Pickett
• “Heroes And Villains” – Beach Boys
• “Ode To Billy Joe” – Bobbie Gentry
• “Reflections” – Diana Ross And The Supremes
• “The Letter” – Box Tops
• “To Love Somebody” – Bee Gees

Liked ’em

• “Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie” – Jay And The Techniques
• “Come Back When You Grow Up” – Bobby Vee
• “Fakin’ It” – Simon And Garfunkel
• “I Thank The Lord For The Night Time” – Neil Diamond
• “I Wanna Testify” – Parliaments
• “In The Chapel In The Moonight” – Dean Martin
• “Let The Good Times Roll” – Bunny Sigler
• “San Franciscan Nights” – Eric Burdon And The Animals
• “Words” – Monkees
• “You’re My Everything” – Temptations

Leave ’em

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