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November 25th

WLS is charting the Bobby Vee version of "Beautiful People" (#10) ...While WCFL is spinning the one by Kenny O'Dell  (#17)

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November 26th

The Beatles promotional film for "Hello Goodbye" is shown on The Ed Sullivan Show.  Although I've never particularly liked this song, it IS a great video … yet was never shown on British television...

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November 27th

The Monkees leap into the #1 position on this week's Pop Singles Chart as "Daydream Believer" climbs from #5 to #1 in its fourth week on the chart.  (A pretty impressive chart run:  #68 to #31 to #5 to...

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November 28th

The Beatles have a new record on the chart this week as "Hello Goodbye" premiers at #50.  Also making their chart debuts this week are "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You", another duet by...

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November 29th

The Chicago White Sox reacquire shortstop Luis Aparicio from The Baltimore Orioles.  Little Louie was one of the most-popular White Sox players ever and was part of The Go-Go Sox when they won The...

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November 30th

Top 100 Movers climbing ten positions or more include "Beautiful People" by Bobby Vee (#54 to #44), "Woman Woman" by The Union Gap (#68 to #45), "Different Drum" by The Stone Poneys (#62 to #49), "Wear...

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December 1st, 1967

Singer Jimmie Rodgers is found beaten and near death in his car on The San Diego Freeway.  Rodgers had some big hits in the late '50's with songs like "Honeycomb" and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and...

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December 2nd

The Monkees occupy the #1 spot on both the Album Chart and the Pop Singles Chart.  Incredibly, all four of their albums are still on the chart … and in The Top 100 no less!  ("Pisces, Aquarius,...

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December 3rd

Ray Charles performs on The Ed Sullivan Show, including a duet with Billy Preston on keyboards to the recent Edwin Starr hit "Agent Double-O-Soul".  (They also do "What'd I Say" with the Raelettes)...

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December 4th

The Top Three Records in America hold their positions from the week before … "Daydream Believer" by The Monkees is at #1, "The Rain, The Park And Other Things" by The Cowsills is at #2 and "Incense And...

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December 5th

The Grass Roots perform "Let's Live For Today" on The Hollywood Palace. Dr. Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg were arrested for protesting The War In Viet Nam. The Beatles' Apple Boutique opens in...

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December 6th

We've got some interesting debuts on the chart this week as Aretha Franklin takes top honors with her latest, "Chain Of Fools," new on the chart at #54.  The Young Rascals take their stab at...

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December 7th

In an effort to still feature the week's biggest hits … and comply with the British Television ban on miming … "Top Of The Pops" airs cutting room floor footage and outtakes from The Beatles'"Hello...

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December 8th

The "Magical Mystery Tour" double EP is released in Great Britain. The brand new LP "Their Satanic Majesties Request" by The Rolling Stones is released in both The US and The UK.  The 3-D cover is all...

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December 9th

Jim Morrison of The Doors is arrested onstage at The New Haven Arena in New Haven, Connecticut.  Apparently before the show started Morrison got into an argument with a policeman … who then maced the...

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December 10th

Soul Singer Otis Redding (who literally stole the show at The Monterey Pop Festival a few months earlier) and four members of The Bar-Kays (Jimmy King, Ronnie Caldwell, Phalon Jones and Carl...

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December 11th

The Monkees hold on to the #1 Spot on the chart for the third consecutive week with "Daydream Believer".  The Beatles jump all the way from #12 to #2 to land right behind them with "Hello Goodbye",...

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December 12th

Herb Alpert hosts The Hollywood Palace and introduces several of the artists signed to his A&M Record Label, including Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, who perform a medley of Monkees hits ("I Wanna Be...

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December 13th

Moving up the charts this week (with leaps of ten places or more) are "Snoopy's Christmas" by The Royal Guardsmen (#76 to #44), "Susan" by The Buckinghams (#74 to #49), "I Can't Stand Myself" by James...

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December 14th

DNA is created in a test tube.  You've got to go all the way down to #76 to find this week's highest charting debut … it's an interesting medley put together by The Lettermen that combines Little...

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