December 15th
The Beatles' brand new "Magical Mystery Tour" album is certified gold. The Beach Boys travel to Paris to meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and study transcendental meditation. Mike Love (who was also with...
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Here's the way the Chicagoland Charts shaped up the middle of December, 1967 ... The Beatles top both Top 40 Powerhouse stations this week ...Also common to both Top 10's are "Daydream Believer" by The...
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Spanky And Our Gang perform "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" and "Lazy Day" on The Ed Sullivan Show.Mama Cass (performing a classic comedic sketch with Tommy Smothers to her recent hit "Dream A Little...
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The Monkees hold on to the #1 position for the fourth straight week with "Daydream Believer", keeping The Beatles at bay with "Hello Goodbye" at #2 and Gladys Knight and the Pips'"I Heard It Through...
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Jumping ten places or more we find "I Can't Stand Myself" by James Brown (#56 to #44), "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers (#75 to #45), "Dancing Bear" by The Mamas and the Papas (#62 to #49),...
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This week's highest chart debut is all the way down at #82 where "Explosion In Your Soul" by The Soul Survivors premiers. It's their follow up release to The Top Ten Single "Expressway To Your Heart"....
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The Beatles take a big tumble on the WLS Chart this week, falling from #1 all the way down to #9. Meanwhile they still top the chart according to WCFL.
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The Monkees Christmas Episode airs in Great Britain, two days before it will be shown here in The States on Christmas Day. President Lyndon Johnson, on his way home from a visit to Southeast Asia,...
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The Cowsills perform a Christmas medley and their next hit record "We Can Fly" on The Ed Sullivan Show. Also on hand this evening is Bobbie Gentry, who sings "Niki Hokey" and "I Wonder As I Wonder"....
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Merry Christmas, America! The Monkees have the #1 Album in the Country again this week with "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, Ltd." This is the fifth consecutive week they've held this spot but,...
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"Magical Mystery Tour" airs on British Television (the BBC) for the very first time. (Boxing Day in England) It plays to unanimously poor reviews and, as such, isn't picked up for broadcast here in...
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The Lettermen jump 16 places as their medley of "Goin' Out Of My Head / Can't Take My Eyes Off You" moves from #58 to #42. Meanwhile, Engelbert Humperdinck climbs from #72 to #47 with "Am I That Easy...
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The top debut on this week's chart belongs to The Rolling Stones, who premier at #64 with "She's A Rainbow". Other new ones of note include "To Give", another solo hit for Frankie Valli, which debuts...
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Dave Mason quits Traffic to forge a solo career. (He'll rejoin … and quit … two more times in the future!)The Doors performed at The Family Dog in Denver, Colorado. Bandleader Paul Whiteman, often...
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Happy Birthday to Monkees Michael Nesmith (25) and Davy Jones (22), "Capricorn" and "Jones" on their new #1 LP. LOOKING AHEAD: Here are the final TV Ratings for the period of September, 1967 – May,...
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Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump over the Caesar's Palace Fountain in Las Vegas. The 141 foot jump (and his subsequent crash landing) is all captured on film. The Green...
View ArticleJanuary 1st, 1968
The first chart of 1968 shows The Beatles holding on to their #1 spot with "Hello Goodbye". They also have the brand new #1 Album in the Country as "Magical Mystery Tour" moves into the top spot....
View ArticleThe Top 67 of 1967
Based on points accumulated throughout the year on The Super Charts, here are The 67 Biggest Hits of 1967 ... 1. I'M A BELIEVER - The Monkees 2. TO SIR, WITH LOVE - Lulu 3. THE LETTER - The Box Tops...
View ArticleTHE 20 BEST SHOWS WE SAW IN 2017
We see a LOT of shows ... well over 40 this past year alone ... so narrowing them down to pick the ten best is a difficult task. (So difficult, in fact, that this year we have once again listed our...
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