1967 Number One Hits: Hidden Music No One Listens To Anymore

Seems no one listens to music from the early 60s anymore so, let's enjoy music from a past decade.
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[@garyleitz3865]

1967 was a wonderful year for me. I was 18 and got married. Those 1967 songs stuck with me for many years, in fact my wife & I were married for 55 years. I lost her to cancer and those songs reminds me of our 55 years together.

[@The1sassylady5378]

Sorry for your loss

[@Barbie.Boo1961]

I am sorry for your loss.❤

[@davidkastin4240]

One of the best decades of music. Cannot pick a favorite song.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I was 14 in 1967 and a 14 yo girl in my class told me she liked me. She is sitting next to me now. We used to listen to a lot of these songs together.

[@joecausey8508]

Awww, that's so romantic. ❤

[@mocom70]

1967 was without doubt the most significant year in music during the 1960's! Great pop, garage rock, psychedelic, soul, and lots of other interesting stuff on top 40 AM radio.

[@LesterMoore]

And great cars!

[@MarriedMindless]

Loose sex and drugs; the fall of the US begins.

[@ljprep6250]

They aren't being listened to because they were the crappy Top 40 "hits".

[@videomaniac108]

@@ljprep6250 Your use of the word crappy to describe what you called hits is self- contradictory, an oxymoron.

[@andrewmccormack4295]

I was a teen during the 60s, real music by real talent, what a time that was.

[@clasvirhodes4969]

I used to buy 45 rpm records of the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Dave Clark Five

[@Michael-bp5im]

Boy it was sweet

[@deanbrunner261]

What great times we had back then... Thanks for the memories

[@nick-rp2do]

The 60s was the greatest decade in history for music.

[@jonnie106]

In Sept of 67 I was two years old. The Rascals 'Groovin' will always be a trigger to memories of my father. When I hear it, I can still smell the leather of his jacket and feel the cold snap of winter wind on my cheek.

[@drbluzer]

I did a lot of roller skating at the local roller rink back in 1967 ! What a great year to be a teenager !

[@joecausey8508]

I was 12 and 13 in 1967. Loved all of these songs! ❤

[@wh8085]

Same here , turned 13 in April that year and became an official teenager ~ LOL ! My Mom and I kept changing the radio stations back and forth . LOL , nice memories there !

[@basildavidson4597]

Great selection of 1967 music. Brings back so many memories.

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Way too much talking... not enough music...

[@BTritone]

More trivia ,one of the guitarists from The Strawberry Alarm Cock was Ed King who later joined Lynrd Skynrd and wrote the guitar riff to Sweet Home Alabama!

[@patrickyuschenkoff2293]

Let's add an epic Moody Blues' masterpiece "Nights in White Satin" to the collection here; what do you all think?

[@davidkastin4240]

A masterpiece indeed 👍

[@gilbertramirez6809]

I still play that tune on my way to work the long extended version now that's music!!

[@bernardchandler5386]

"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a classic song by Otis Redding. It was recorded in 1967 and released posthumously in 1968.

[@RickyBernardo]

Certainly appreciate this coverage of '67 songs. Yet the regular disparaging of modern music here takes away from that '60s music's shine.

[@rickroden7666]

In those days we as teens were so much happier than teens seem to be nowadays. We loved our families and our friends. Now I really dont know.

[@Rob22511]

Was 20 so not a teenager any more but still love this music. Best time to be a music buff.

[@krisdunwoody7037]

Things were oh so very Great then, that I cannot even describe them!

[@georgebanana314]

1967 - fantastic year for good music. Great Memories!

[@mrjuvy49]

Graduated high school and off to basic training in July. Great year for music.

[@billowens8051]

1967 was a pivot point in popular music, from the emerging but brief popularity of psychedelia and growing sophistication of pop craftsmanship to the explosion of soul classics, principally from Staxx Records. I was 17 yo and loved most of these incredible hits (with the exception of the Bobby Vee song - it's just my personal, subjective opinion). Another great song rarely mentioned in 1967 is the Stones' quirky yet endearing "Dandelion"; it perfectly encapsulated 67's pop popularity by a band rightfully regarded as dangerous and hard rocking. But what a year to be young and a music fan. Thanks for the memories (but I admit I still listen to most of your picks regularly).

[@frankoshinski9205]

I was 17 and loved them all !!!!!!

[@SharonPons]

I had a Zenith transistor radio I was gifted on my 10th birthday. I would lay on my bed and listen to these very songs. Loved Motown

[@robertkelly6282]

Are u my sole mate did the same thing but I built mine 😂

[@jimkangas4176]

Me too! It was a 2 transistor but it changed my life! I would listen every week to write down the top 10.

[@epswar716]

I grew up in “Motown” and did the same, 16 years old and those “transistor radios” were our freedom. That along with my FM car radio and the beginning of “free form” radio and the beginning of the psychedelic era.

[@davidcollin1436]

I still have my Zenith transistor red with a cream back a circular dial on the front space age. That got me through 12-15 years and it was a great Christmas present.

[@davidcollin1436]

My Girl, Miracles, Chiffons and Supremes

[@alicethiam8713]

We listened to all those Great songs on the radio n knew all the words ❤

[@catskram]

Still hear these songs on the "oldies" stations here on the west coast (WA State). What I grew up with.

[@tommychandler9787]

love the music of 1967, i was 15 at that time, some of the Best Rock~n~Roll music ever made was in the 60's

[@DM-rock-n-roller]

Oh, the glorious days of classic rock, delivered via my 3-transistor radio on KFYR-550-AM in Bismarck!

[@unklewink]

I was visiting my Aunt in Cleveland Ohio in the summer of '67. I was sitting alone in the kitchen, eating breakfast. She had one of those little tabletop radios with the clock up in an open shelf, tuned to a rock and roll station. The DJ came on and announced a new song he was about to play, called "The Ode To Billy Joe". The opening guitar notes captured my interest. But then the vocal came in and I was blown away! I stopped eating to listen to the rest of it. I was like "WOW!"

[@YS-fr6nu]

Even though I was only seven years old, I listened to this music lots, what a great video I like the trivia in between the songs keep up the good work

[@larrycarroll5783]

I am so delighted to hear these timeless classics again! Larry Carroll

[@billdescoteaux]

In late August 1967, my Dad who was a USCG officer was transferred from Coos Bay, OR to San Juan, PR. We piled into the '60 Olds and drove to Miami, from where the car was shipped to San Juan. Even as a 6-year-old then, I can remember as we were driving through the South there was no escape from "Ode To Billy Joe" on the radio. By then it was early September. As for Lulu, yes, a great song can be done in one take. The most enduring example of this took place on May 18, 1964, with The Animals' recording of "House of the Rising Sun". "Incense and Peppermints" was actually released earlier in the year under the group's previous name, Thee Sixpence. If you have one of the few released records by that name, you just might have a small fortune!

[@Scaliad]

I was 12 in 67... Those years, especially before '70, are my favorite for Pop music. My mother loved music, especially Country and Pop, and my older brothers being more Pop oriented that was what we mostly listened to at home where there was always a record or radio playing from our Magnavox console stereo! Mom got her Country/Western fix working local clubs as a waitress... The whole of the '60s and into the '70s was the best music ever!

[@waynekvetkosky2572]

my two favorite 67' songs are "Brown-eyed Girl" and "A Whiter Shade of Pale" but I don't remember if they charted number one even though they were number ones to me.

[@YewtBoot]

Same for me. Good ones.

[@billowens8051]

Absolutely - I immediately fell in love with A Whiter Shade of Pale. And Brown-Eyed Girl is a classic as well. Maybe they weren't included bc the still get a lot of airplay.

[@solarguy1702]

Moved to Oregon in August of 67. Most memorable songs on the radio to me were, Come on down to my boat baby, First there is a mountain by Donovan and Can't take my eyes off of you. Moved to Oregon and the Yellow Balloon were from the next town over.

[@emilytrott]

Wow...I love every one of those songs! Thank you making me feel 14 again! ❤

[@Realmusiclover1957]

Great list.

[@juanitakaisa6925]

Loved that song of Letter!! Ode to billiejoe, soooo goood❤❤❤

[@Arrowflyer2]

1967 was a great year. November of 1967 was when my 1967 Piper Arrow was bought new. It was bought for $24,000. I bought it in 1988 for $24,000. I still have it. It is worth over $100,000 now.

[@Angelica-me4fj]

1967 was a great year for music...one of my favorites was (is) LIGHT MY FIRE!!!

[@allisonoconnor8055]

I was in sixth grade, ode to billy joe heard on my transistor radio walking home from school. Though one ear, all ya could do back in sixth grade 😮❤

[@juanitakaisa6925]

I LOVED THAT SONG WINDY, I WAS IN PRE-SCHOOL.

[@caddothegreat]

I had a daytime hob. Went to college at night. Windy was always playing on the car AM radio when I was going to college or returning home.

[@GiseleLeclerc]

great music

[@georgerussell9525]

I automatically associate 1967 rock with the Jefferson Airplane.

[@geoffreyrothwell2707]

“Light My Fire” was our class song in 9th grade. We played it at all of class parties. I was the DJ for sock hops in the gym. I played it at least once a session, even though it’s got a good beat, it was a little hard to dance too, if you remember American Bandstand!

[@DianeHioureas]

I really liked "Pretty Ballerina" by The Left Bank!

[@billowens8051]

Yes, and Walk Away Renee.

[@tommyhawks856]

Jimi Hendrix never had a #1 hit, but he should have in 1967. "Foxy Lady" "The Wind Cries Mary" "Purple Haze"

[@sheilaholmes8455]

Loved Honey West, she was awesome and ahead of her time. I was 15.

[@deborahfoster5520]

My all time favorite song is “Incense & Peppermints” by the Strawberry Alarm Clock!

[@darksarcasm4835]

My Mama often told me that the very first time she and my Daddy were at a bar in London, England. They left me and brother in Germany with friends. I guess they needed a break from a 4 year old and a 7 month old. I don’t hold it against them, I’m sure the couple that kept us were more lenient than my parents. As we got older, we accompanied Mama, and Daddy all over the world. 🌎 🌍 This time was filled with weird food, different customs, different climate’s fun (snow skiing, swimming, horseback riding), and all the fun a kid could hope to have in a relatively short time (20 years). My husband and I still love new music, live music, different cultures and cuisine, but much shorter time spans (weeks not months).

[@chuckstarry4018]

I was born in the early 1950's, and got my first "transistor radio" for Christmas, from my parents, in 1962. After that, it was never ending music & I'm sure I went through batteries as if they were candy (no AC adapters for transistor radios in the 60's). I grew up outside of Dayton, Ohio, and the big Billboard Top 100 stations there were WING, 1410, AM of course, and WONE, 980, AM. What the Hell was FM? Transistor radios only had one band, and yes, it was AM. Many decades later I leaned via the Internet that in the 60's, WING was considered one of the best radio stations in the USA. Very progressive... Over the decades I have done a pretty fair job of keeping up with the changes in music, but it was the 1960's that will always be my favorite decade. So much music, so much talent...

[@mahmoudibnemir8704]

Did you get CKLW from Windsor, Canada? How about WKNR Detroit? Those radios were the equivalent of today's cell phones...

[@chuckstarry4018]

@@mahmoudibnemir8704 No Mah, unfortunately I didn't get those stations. I was born in Cleveland, & as soon as I was old enough to discover there was another country to the north of me, I fell in love with Canada, & have been in love with her ever since. If I didn't live in the good old USA, Canada would be my next choice, for sure...

[@jerrelboyd2441]

WSAI 1360 Cincinnati was the station!

[@chuckstarry4018]

@@jerrelboyd2441 Cool, Jerrel! I don't recall that station... As a kid living to the east of Dayton, I'd go down to Cinci, thanks to my local YMCA, & watch the "Big Red Machine" knock-um out of the ball park @ River Front Stadium. That was some 60 years ago. Time does fly my friend...

[@OldiesMomma]

Friday ON MY MIND BY THE EASYBEATS

[@JaminJim2010]

I still listen. If it was good then, why can't It still be gòod? ;)

[@wh8085]

Uuummm , SGT Peppers Lonely Hearts Club . . . . the whole album ! Beatles Forever !

[@rafanifischer3152]

So many songs from 1967 bring back a lot of memories, but if I had to pick just one it would be "(Sittin on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding.

[@joecausey8508]

Yep.

[@billh.1940]

​@@joecausey8508yes!

[@charlesnolan7602]

My favorite song in 1967 was Light my Fire ( Doors) followed by " Hello, goodbye" - Beatles

[@juanitakaisa6925]

I was a little girl in Hawaii and Loved all of those songs, but Ode to Billie Joe...😢😢so sad.

[@AntisocialRedNeckNerd]

Ode To Billy Joe is one of the most memorable songs. Living in Texas with relatives in other southern states, the conversation in the song sounded authentic. The mystery caused you to think. And Bobby Gentry had phenomenal voice. This was a great list of songs, but I would pick 1969 over 1967. . .

[@philpolzin2233]

Did you ever notice the similarity in the sounds of the Rascals and the Sole Survivors? The first time that I heard "Expressway to your heart" I surely thought that it was the Rascals. Its a good time, listening to Sirius XM, the 60's, and noticing the way that different groups copied each other"s sound, striving for that big smash hit. Ir's also one heck of a trip back in time. For us kids of the sixties, it certainly is like a time machine.

The first time I heard the Ode To Billy Joe I was on the bus going from basic training to Sheppard Air Force Base. The bus had stopped halfway so we recruits could have lunch. Getting back on the bus I heard the song on one guy's portable radio. I thought I was hearing a local yokal song. Little did I know it would go to number one on the charts and eventually produce a movie.

[@donaldclifford5763]

Time for analog to make a comeback. Raw talent rules!

[@gogoyubari366]

Great artists!

[@Thomas-s1x1k]

Senior in college our band used to play it at half time.

[@philipethier9136]

When I saw the Rascals live, late in their career, Gene made that sound by smacking his harmonica on the bridge of his guitar. Same concert, at the old Guthrie Theater, saw Leland Sklar playing lead guitar. Crazy, since the original Rascals sound did not use lead guitar, and of course, Leland Sklar is among the greatest electric bass players in the world. The Eddie parts were sung by the guy they had on Congas.

[@nachodaddy1]

Ed King of Strawberry Alarm Clock later joined Lynynd Skynyrd first on bass and then went to guitar. Skynyrd became the legendary three guitar powerhouse ever since then....

[@juanitakaisa6925]

Light my fire!!

[@johnoconnor6356]

If you have Light My Fire on the 7 inch 45 RPM single, you are missing a good 4 minutes of the song.

[@drbluzer]

No mention of THE BEATLES songs "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" and "HELLO GOODBYE" both NUMBER ONE SONGS in 1967 !

[@johnnesbit2371]

This is about tracks that tend to have been forgotten.

[@MarriedMindless]

Almost the entire Top 100 was classic right off the bat.

[@GilbertGonzalez-v7c]

billie joe threw a mcdonalds angel meal over the talahachi bridge.

[@Shopmyst]

To Sir with Love.

[@joecausey8508]

Loved the movie by that name, starring Sidney Poitier. And the song!

[@brianpowell5082]

The songwriting duo of the Soul Survivor's hit "Expressway to Your Heart", Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, were responsible in a large part for the later 60's-70's Philly Soul Explosion with hits for the famous Soul/RnB groups: Intruders, O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes! In 1967, Gamble and Huff were working on and finishing/releasing the Intruders' first full length LP: The Intruders are Together!

[@GaryAa56]

Today's music doesn't come close.

[@taylorbailey4372]

I just wish you could play more of the song.

[@georgebanana314]

Search for it on KZbin. The video is GREAT!

[@drbluzer]

"PROUD MARY" by CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL was kept out of the number one spot by "EVERYDAY PEOPLE" by SLY AND THE FAMILY SYONE and "DIZZY" by TOMMY ROE .

[@DalokiMauvais]

Now that's funny - I remember almost all the songs mentioned in the comments, and can hear John Fogerty singing "Proud Mary" now that you've reminded me, but am not sure I can recall anything about the other two songs you mentioned.

[@marilynfosseen1541]

I just loved Everyday People.

[@haraldwerner9778]

I would have the Stones “Ruby Tuesday!”

[@mudhens4ever]

I don’t think these are (or were) hidden. That said, this is the year I graduated high school. What memories!

[@billrog8932]

Ruby Tuesday and Georgy Girl were big hits as well… 😊

[@erichoppe8228]

I was a sophomore in HS. When Ode To Billie Jo first hit my radio.

[@wendyhamm9722]

With my name being Wendy, people used to sing to me Windy substituting my name when I was a kid!😂😂😂😂

[@tompaulcampbell]

Alex Chilton! Also a great song by the Replacements!

[@davidkimmel5153]

Then music was music 😊

[@stander-bo4ff]

hey, what about a whiter shade of pale by procol harum a multi million seller in 1967.

[@eskenazibeth]

Absolutely a great song💯%

[@philipethier9136]

I heard it was called A Whiter Shade of Pale because you could play it without using the black keys, Somebody showed me the chords, and I could fake it on piano or organ.

[@drbluzer]

NUMBER ONE HITS OF 1967 : @00:29 : "TO SIR WITH LOVE" : LULU @01:11 : "THE LETTER" : BOX TOPS @01:50 : "ODE TO BILLIE JOE" : BOBBY GENTRY @02:47 : "WINDY" : ASSOCIATION @03:23 : "I'M A BELIEVER" : MONKEES @03:58 : "LIGHT MY FIRE" : DOORS @04:32 : "HAPPY TOGETHER" : TURTLES @05:27 : "GROOVIN' " : YOUNG RASCALS @06:08 : "RESPECT" : ARETHA FRANKLIN @06:44 : "COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP" : BOBBY VEE @07:21 : "KIND OF A DRAG" : BUCKINGHAMS @08:17 : "EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART" : SOUL SURVIVORS @09:03 : "SOUL MAN" : SAM AND DAVE @09:44 : "NEVER MY LOVE" : ASSOCIATION @10:21 : INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS" : STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK

[@philipethier9136]

Typo. Kind of a Drag. Or as it was parodied: Canada Dry

[@drbluzer]

@@philipethier9136 THANKS ! I somehow did a finger flub on that one and I missed it ! It is corrected now !

[@victorrobles7537]

I was eight and remember all of these songs

[@kenrobinson889]

Can't forget , If you're going to San Fransisco by Scott McKenzie .

[@moodyrick8503]

It wasn't the 7 minute single of "Light My Fire", that went to No.1, it was a shortened version that removed the long instrumental section. (but no one today ever plays the hacked 45" version)

[@stormryder811]

White Rabbit was the most memorable song of 67

[@Jimeo722]

I Dig Rock and Roll Music by Peter, Paul and Mary. (RIP Peter Yarrow).

[@josephwest124]

Um, what chart are you using? Bobby Vee's "Come Back When You Grow Up" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending 3 weeks at that spot (held out of the top by "Ode to Billie Joe" for 2 of those weeks and "The Letter" for the 3rd week, with the Supremes' "Reflections" at #2 for the first 2 weeks and "Billie Joe" for the 3rd week). It's a good song but it's NOT a "Number One hit" from 1967.

[@joscreemers4360]

Some good tunes in that list and some that make me wonder if it could be called music :-)

[@sureshmukhi2316]

RESPECT is still widely heard and played. So is Light My Fire so I don't know what you mean that nobody hears them anymore.

[@stuartlent2645]

What was thrown from the bridge was a baby. That was why Billy Joe McCalister jumped off the Tallhatchie bridge.

[@DalokiMauvais]

I remember hearing that ridiculous theory way back when. Like it would be easy for the girl to hide a pregnancy from her family. No, my guess it was some token of their teenage love, maybe cheap rings from Cracker Jack boxes they had exchanged - something, anyway, that signalled they were breaking up. Maybe the breakup came from her and that's why he was so distraught, and then her upset was from guilt. But a baby? Nah.

[@robertpolnicky7702]

This is my whole theory. And it's probably way off. When kids are that age we all think we're invincible. He thought the river was deeper thought he could handle the dive but broke his neck. He'd been flirting with her in the movie theater and she had a thing for him but at that young age nothing had become of it then when he was killed it hit her real hard so she was dealing with it throwing flowers off the bridge in his memory.

[@stuartlent2645]

@@DalokiMauvais Back in those days' abortion was illegal. Add to that those southern Baptist states were very religious. An unwed pregnancy was an extreme sin. Communities were tight knit, and everyone knew what everyone else was doing. The shame would cause a person to commit suicide.

[@DalokiMauvais]

@@stuartlent2645 My point is still that she could not have been pregnant and given birth to a baby (who was then thrown off a bridge) without her parents knowing it. This was a tight-knit family. It could not possibly have been a baby.

[@glennday7802]

Who's the daddy?

[@waynegood9233]

This is the year that in May I was in the Navy

[@bernardchandler5386]

I hope you were able to take some pictures. I was in the Central Highlands at the time. Mostly Plieku.

[@juanitakaisa6925]

Love Neil Diamond.

[@clasvirhodes4969]

Solitary Man !

[@petewenk]

Ode to Billie Joe…. I was program director at a Long Island radio station. A demo copy came in the mail. It went on the air five minutes later. Hit bound, baby.

[@Michael-v5s1f]

And Ed King went into classical music as a classical piccolo player. The fun facts just keep on comin.😳😳😳😂

[@karlschumaker]

Bobby Gentry didn’t totally leave show biz.Briefly in 1974,she had a 4 episode variety show on CBS that replaced Sonny and Cher.Talk about one 1960s icon taking over another!!!

[@DalokiMauvais]

I remember all of these, hated some, liked many, loved one: "Ode to Billie Joe." Trivia: I read or heard, in 1967 or '68, that "Ode to Billie Joe" was planned to be the B side of the single. But halfway through recording the mesmerizing Ode, everybody realized that this was *It* - this _had_ to be the featured song. And oh, how right they were. I was a senior in high school then, and can still remember my creative writing teacher talking about the writing technique that made the song so captivating - that the person telling the story never says a word about her own feelings. Later I wrote a story using that technique, and got high praise from that same teacher, who called it "remarkable." And by the way, what became the B side was a "raunchy, swampy rock anthem" (Google AI's words) called "Mississippi Delta," that never would have gone anywhere because it _wasn't_ rock but pure loud, mindless country. I still have the single of "Billie Joe," but I think I only listened to a fraction of the B side once in the 57 years since it was released. More trivia: The clip you used is from the Smothers Brothers showed. It was not lip-synched. At the end, Gentry put her ukulele down, got up, walked to the back and sat down at the table with the figures of her mother, father and brother. It was pure genius. I think my dad even got misty-eyed. I know I did.

[@susanconnelly6915]

" that never would have gone anywhere because it wasn't rock but pure loud, mindless country." This is very funny considering Gentry was a country singer/songwriter.

[@DalokiMauvais]

I guess I should have said that "Mississippi Delta" would never have gone anywhere in the pop world...." because that's what I meant. "Ode to Billie Joe" was a phenomenon unto itself. Gentry never had another pop hit, all strictly country. (I was actually into folk music - only started listening to "pop" radio because everybody else did and it was a school requirement that I know what people were talking about so they would think of me as less weird.)

[@bessie1854]

Both Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were released in 1967.

[@brianfretwell3886]

In the Uk I never heard a couple of those. Mind you I still wonder why an instrumental version of Windy was used for a local London Current affairs (Thames TV) show, you know the one that had the Sex Pistols swearing at 630pm!

[@John-cr2tn]

Harrah's car collection behind Bobbie . She didn't become a recluse she married William Harrah and lived the millionaire lifestyle.

[@peterletheby2728]

Married for four months.