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June 18th
Ravi Shankar (the only artist to get paid for their performance), a return appearance by Big Brother and the Holding Company, Buffalo Springfield (who are joined on stage by David Crosby of The Byrds),...
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June 19th
For the third time this year, a record returns to the #1 spot as "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals displaces Aretha Franklin's hit "Respect" to reclaim the throne four weeks after they last vacated it....
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June 20th
After being found guilty of draft evasion (after a jury deliberated for 21 minutes!) Muhammad Ali is sentenced to five years imprisonment in a Houston courtroom for refusing induction into the military...
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June 21st
Jefferson Airplane have the highest debut of the week with another one of my all-time favorites, "White Rabbit", which premiers at #56. (Their first chart hit, "Somebody To Love", is still in The Top...
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June 22nd
The Young Rascals record another '60's classic, "How Can I Be Sure," in New York City today. It's rerun season on television … but the Lesley Gore / Pussycat / Catwoman / Batman episodes play again...
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Big movers outside The Top 40 include "Shake Rattle And Roll" by Arthur Conley (#57 to #41), "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" by The Dave Clark Five (#53 to #42), "Make Me Yours" by Bettye Swann...
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June 24th
The Fifth Dimension made their television debut today on "American Bandstand", where they lip-synched their big hit "Up, Up And Away". Guitarist Zal Yanovsky left The Lovin' Spoonful after their...
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June 25th
On a television program called "Our World", beamed via satellite to 25 countries around the world, The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love". An estimated audience of 400 million people worldwide are...
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June 26th
"Windy" by The Association takes over the top spot this week in its sixth week on the chart. But man, what a Top Ten this is … proof again of just how INCREDIBLY strong a year 1967 was musically....
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Rounding out The Top 20, we've got great hits like "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" by Spanky and Our Gang at #11, "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead" by The Fifth Estate at #12, "The Tracks Of My Tears" by...
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Many more great songs fill out The Top 40 this week. Moving UP the list are "Light My Fire" by The Doors (#22 from #30), "Society's Child" by Janis Ian (#23 from #26), "Here We Go Again" by Ray...
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June 29th
As strong as this week's Top 40 seems to be, it's a pretty mediocre week for hot shot debuts. There are a few diamonds in the rough however ...Tommy James and the Shondells have a new record on the...
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Songs working their way toward The Top 40 this week include "I Take It Back" by Sandy Posey (#41, up from #46),"Jackson" by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood (#42, up from #68), "Step Out Of Your Mind"...
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July 1st, 1967
Hot time, Summer in the City … you'll find many of our July posts filled with race riot reports from around the country. This was NOT a good time in America … and in the heat of the summer, tempers...
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July 2nd
The Monkees perform two MORE shows at Empire Pool in Wembley, North London today. (For those of you keeping score, that makes FIVE sold out shows in all.) Michael Nesmith collapses from exhaustion...
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July 3rd
"Windy" by The Association holds for a second week at #1, followed by "Little Bit O'Soul" by The Music Explosion (up from #4 to #2), "Can't Take My Eyes Off You " by Frankie Valli (up from #7 to #3),...
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Remembering The 4th of July - 1967
Brothers Phil and Joe Niekro face each other for the first time in a major league game in the first game of a double header in Atlanta against The Chicago Cubs. Atlanta takes both games, with Phil...
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Big movers throughout the rest of The Top 40 include "Mercy Mercy Mercy" by The Buckinghams (up from #32 to #24), "Soul Finger" by The Bar-Kays (#30 to #25), "Jackson" by Nancy Sinatra and Lee...
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Tracks earning bullets on the lower half of the chart include "For Your Love" by Peaches and Herb (which climbs from #49 to #41), "Silence Is Golden" by The Tremeloes (#62 to #43), "There Goes My...
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July 7th
Not much in the way of impression premiers on this week's chart … but a few will have a lasting impact. The highest debut of the week belongs to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, whose instrumental...
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