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July 8th
At the urging of Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, who caught his act at The Monterey Pop Festival, The Jimi Hendrix Experience opens for The Monkees for the very first time in Jacksonville, Florida … he...
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July 9th
Jimi Hendrix makes his second appearance as The Monkees' opening act in Miami Beach, Florida. #1 at the box office for the third week in a row was "Dirty Dozen".
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July 10th
The Music Explosion knock The Association out of the top spot on the chart as "Little Bit O'Soul" climbs to #1 and "Windy" falls to #3. Wedged in between them is Frankie Valli with his #2 Hit "Can't...
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July 11th
The Major League All-Star Game is held today pitting The American League vs. The National League in the annual summer classic. It is the first time the game was broadcast during prime time TV. (With...
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July 12th
The biggest movers within The Top 40 this week include "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies (up ten places from #35 to #25), "Step Out Of Your Mind" by The American Breed (up eleven places from #38 to #27),...
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July 13th
Top debuts on this week's chart include "Thank The Lord For The Night-Time" by Neil Diamond, which premiers at #77, "Out And About" by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (who decided that besides writing hits...
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July 14th
Big movers between the #41 and the #100 spot include "In The Chapel In The Moonlight" by Dean Martin (up 17 places from #58 to #41), "A Girl Like You" by The Young Rascals (up 34 places from #79 to...
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July 15th
The Monkees (with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as their opening act) perform another concert at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York. The Doors and Jefferson Airplane perform both an afternoon and...
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July 16th
The Jimi Hendrix Experience make their last appearance as the opening act for The Monkees at The Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York City. The next day he will announce that he is leaving the...
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July 17th
It took him eleven weeks to do so but Frankie Valli moves into the #1 Spot this week with his monster solo hit "Can't Take My Eyes Off You". "Windy" by The Association creeps up a notch back into the...
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In New York City Tony Bennett records "For Once In My Life".In October, it will peak at #91.A month later, Stevie Wonder will take his far more upbeat version all the way to #1 ... and be able to claim...
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The Monkees' single (released in the UK) "Alternate Title" peaks at #2 on the British Chart. (It's actually "Randy Scouse Git" from The Monkees' new "Headquarters" album.) No singles from this LP...
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Bulleted tracks climbing The Top 100 Singles Chart this week include "Let The Good Times Roll" and "Feel So Good" by Bunny Sigler (#56 to #43), "To Love Somebody" by The Bee Gees (#71 to #46), "I Wanna...
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July 21st
Jimi Hendrix begins a three-night stand at Café Au Go-Go in Greenwich Village, performing two shows per night. The Turtles perform on The Mike Douglas Show. Rick Nelson's new television series,...
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July 22nd
The Doors perform "Light My Fire" and "Crystal Ship" on American Bandstand.(Wow, not the kind of thing you'd expect to hear on "Rate A Record" is it???)"Before you slip into unconsciousness ..."It's...
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July 23rd
Five days of racial riots begins in Detroit, leaving 43 dead (including one policeman, two firefighters and one National Guardsman), nearly 1200 injured and close to 500 families homeless in its wake....
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July 24th
There's only one new song in The Top Ten this week as "White Rabbit" by The Jefferson Airplane inches up from #11 to #10. There is definitely a "San Francisco feel" to the chart, however, as The Doors...
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July 25th
A quick check of the local scene ...Check out "Words", showing as the A-Side, as The Monkees jump from #13 to #2 with their latest two-sided hit, "Words" / "Pleasant Valley Sunday".Meanwhile, our FH...
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After major debuts last week by The Monkees and The Beatles, this week's list of premiers pales in comparison … although it IS interesting to see a song called "Lonesome Road" premiering at #78 by The...
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Working their way toward The Top 40 this week we find "Thank The Lord For The Night Time" by Neil Diamond (#43), "Words" by The Monkees (#48), "Cold Sweat" by James Brown (#49), "Brown Eyed Girl" by...
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