This 1967 Top 10 Chart Will Make YOU Wonder-What the HELL Happened to Music? | Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your PICK for the GREATEST ALBUM of the 60s?

[@ProfessorofRock]

I'll start: Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys Followed by Rubber Soul by the Beatles.

[@brentcox7772]

@@ProfessorofRock Beatles “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Band”🤘🔥

[@PiratePrincessYuki]

I’m gonna go with House of the Rising Sun by the Animals.

[@TimDavis-gr5jn]

I always liked Chicago Transit Authority

[@ann-mariemeyers9978]

@@brentcox7772 Oh, yes.

[@macman6262-d1o]

My 15 year old daughter once said to me, " Dad, you were very lucky growing up when you did. Back then, you had great music, not like the rubbish we have today." She's a very smart girl.

[@CautionHighWavesAhead-]

​@@haywoodjablome3391She just wanted a raise of her allowance. Lol

[@Ann-st8et]

She was genuinely grateful to her dad, who did a lot of the security moments. Her dad is rightfully proud of her.. havevhisckovekybdsughterv

[@macman6262-d1o]

@@CautionHighWavesAhead- She got it also lol

[@srothbardt]

Yes she’s very smart . It’s sad that she’s very correct.

[@teesman61]

There is loads of good music out there, unless you are too ignorant to find it.

[@RobbieWilkinson-f9l]

Casey Casem and Johnny Fever were great but lets have some love for the Wolfman as well...

[@ProfessorofRock]

No kidding! Love him!

[@louiebee6745]

Clap For The Wolfman!✌

[@aprilmorris4588]

I was just going to say that. ​@@louiebee6745 you beat me to it. 😅

[@naftalibendavid]

@@louiebee6745took the words right out of my mouth

[@fvrrljr]

🐺👍

[@3rscrafting]

I'm 67 and had to ride with my 33 yr old in his car the other day, while battling instant ptsd from riding shot gun for his learners permit .. shiver ... I was stunned when he turned on his music and it was 60s/70s rock. How do you know this music? You played it all the time when I was growing up ... this music will always live on !!!!

[@donniep9794]

There is nothing today that will outclass the music of the 50's, 60's and 70's.

[@leogolbourn9800]

Baby boomers have had the best of everything. How the world has crumbled on a downward spiral since. I am so grateful I was born in 1949.

[@alicethiam8713]

You got that right.. Amen Amen ❤🎉❤

[@tylerjones2695]

​@@leogolbourn980057

[@LouisCapps-p3z]

Now we have T S music 🤮👎

[@mona1949]

​@@leogolbourn9800me too.

[@battery781]

Something tells me 50 years from now no one will be making videos of how great the music of today is.

[@wadebrunner6382]

Corporate America ruined it

[@OTOss8]

Something tells me not many of us will be around to check.

[@officalhumblefish565]

Beg to differ

[@RB725GamingHD]

Still great music today that will be remembered in the future, just doesn’t get radio play

[@dcanmore]

quite frankly I couldn't care less because I'll be dead, currently living in the moment, thanks.

[@jimhoerr]

1967. The year I married the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. Still together after 56 years and 2 months. I feel blessed. This music helps me relive it all.

[@JeffGusman-fs6oo]

RIGHT ON BUDDY 🙂

[@randybackgammon890]

@@jimhoerr ergh, no you didn't. 56 years and two months is June 1968!

[@galvaceci6498]

Congratulations 🎉

[@pamelamorgan422]

Music from my younger years are wonderful memories especially of my families older generation of that time are all gone now

[@douglasodonnell6800]

So glad you straightened that out!

[@operator6471]

I find as the young get older they discover the magic of the 60s,70s and 80s.

[@LJBSullivan]

Don't forget 50s

[@cyndielauterbach4806]

Best times to grow up...Great memories and what I was listening to..😅❤

[@karenc.4191]

And 80's!!!!!

[@NHPackerfan2]

I’m 77, I saw the Beatles in 1964, taught at college level until 2012; even my students were impressed with that. Still love the Beatles. Their only competition in my life since then has been Queen - whom I only discovered a few years ago! Also loved Mamas and Papas, and Herman's Hermits, but they don’t seem as eternal as others. "For What It’s Worth" is the only Buffalo Springfield I remember. BTW: When will anyone mention that the Beatles' rendition of "‘Til There Was You" was a cover of the song, whose original "home" was in Broadway, Marian the Librarian's song in "The Music Man" (1957; film, 1962).

[@Suzi64grad]

1967 was a very special year for me…I was at home with my baby daughter waiting for my hubby to get home from Vietnam. It was the music that got me through that very hard year. I sent the record My Cup Runneth Over with Love to my hubby…I had sent him a small battery powered record player…hearing you play the songs of ‘67’ made me smile with the memories! Right now I am sitting here with my hubby who made it safely home September 1967! Yes, a hard year but that wonderful music helped me get through the hard days! Thanks for letting me go back to that year! ✌️

[@c.e.anderson558]

So happy you got your love back and kept it going.

[@Suzi64grad]

@@c.e.anderson558 Sitting by me now! Thank you! 😊

[@stevemckennon7678]

​@@c.e.anderson558thank you!

[@stevemckennon7678]

When you grow up in a musical family you take on what's easier to play on the guitar. My brother and I did that thru the 50' to 80's. Request came to us what people know. Fun to hear this stuff even now.

[@andrewdock7288]

How awesome ​@@Suzi64grad

[@grannieannie40]

There is no music today - just noise! I was pregnant with my second child in March of 67 I loved hearing all those songs again, thank you for taking me back! ❤😢

[@mr.jazzbodkelsey58]

Good music still exists today!! It's just not being pushed by the music corporations. If you know where to look, there are some real gems still being made. You just have to dig a little bit and stay away from the radio. Lol ✌️

[@AnnaAdams-h3y]

I was born in April of 67 , Mom?

[@grannieannie40]

@@AnnaAdams-h3y Fraid not. He was born Oct. 25, 1967. 😅😂

[@AnnaAdams-h3y]

@@grannieannie40 I knew you'll forget about me

[@grannieannie40]

@@AnnaAdams-h3y 🥲

[@Chris-tg3qy]

I was born in the 60’s and remember as a kid listening to music that was made in the 60’s and 70’s and how happy it made me feel. It’s not that it brings back good memories, it’s that I felt happy just hearing it in the moment. A song could instantly put you in a good mood. I don’t see much of that with today’s music.

[@TheSilmarillian]

True that.

[@stevewaaland4219]

The sixties, seventies, and eighties - best, most consistent eras of music ever!!! Great variety with legendary bands and one hit wonders sharing the airwaves!!! Never happen again- so glad I grew up in these times!!!

[@wishingb5859]

Totally agree!

[@dickmanson2081]

If you kick in jazz and big band, you can add the 40s & 50s to the list of great decades of music.

[@mikes9759]

Me too!! It keeps me going now!!

[@josephtreffiletti4198]

I agree 100% 😃☮

[@stvitalkid7981]

I would also include the 90’s in that group as well.

[@alanarakelian5021]

Nothing like music from 1967. So much creativity.

[@LouisCapps-p3z]

The Walker brothers

[@kennethschilling3029]

Listening to today's top hits, I'm glad I was a child of the 60s and 70s

[@samanthashine4506]

Music nowadays really does suck a lot. Nameless fame hos, male female and everything in between

[@lsrose]

I think we all agree. Music today is just not real music

[@SK-nd7db]

I'm glad, too!! I'm a Boomer all the way! Kid of the 60's Adult by the time the 70's rolled around.

[@jamesf4405]

It isn't just music. Movies, Television shows, everything was so much better. Even the cars were better looking.. and so were the women. No tattoos, nose rings or nasty language.

[@teeteringonthebrink.305]

Speaking of the 60s and 70s, Doctor Who was a good show to watch too, during that period - great escapist entertainment. Look at it today, changed beyond recognition to fit in with modern 'values.'

[@wildpinto3291]

Two additional favorites of mine are. Whiter Shade Of Pale ~ Procol Harum White Rabbit ~ Jefferson Airplane

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love it!

[@debbie4503]

Absolutely!

[@franblaye9639]

Any song from Surrealistic Pillow!

[@NoirFan01]

Oh my, yes, Whiter Shade of Pale rules. Strangely, my introduction to the song was through a 1978 disco re-make by a band called Munich Machine.

[@rickhlavinka2715]

We're​@@debbie4503

[@virgil_kane]

It's so nice to see the professor review the '60s . The greatest music ever .

[@djsandvig1]

I’m 76 and 1967 resonates with me. I spent the summer in San Francisco. I made more lifelong memories in 67 than almost any other year. Coming from Detroit and having been in school with Johnny “Bee” made Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels my personal heroes. Bob Seger notwithstanding. It was a magical time and I don’t think it would be possible to replicate it. I got to grow up listening and enjoying rock, pop , soul, Motown, Broadway, country, all music was welcome in my folks home. I don’t have a long future now but I have a whole lot of memories to take to the other side.

[@karencansler7127]

I was there too.

[@Suzi64grad]

I am 77 and I was waiting for my hubby to get home from Vietnam….i loved the song San Francisco because I knew that is where he would land on his way back to Indianapolis! Memories! ✌️

[@suzizuki]

i visited saginaw and there was a teen dance night club, i was only 15 but it was great..local bands and all except alcohol

[@robertbairt9094]

Don't forget later to come Q mark, GFR, Suzie Quantro, Sweaty Teddy Nugent, Kid Rock, Class 73 4 me in Cleve Oh - Outsiders🎉

[@tonisumblin2719]

Great commentary. Thank you. ❤

[@scottfineshriber5051]

I think it's a blessing and a curse to have grown up in the sixties and seventies. It was an incredibly creative era in popular and rock-n-roll music. Today, I have so much trouble listening to any music with canned percussion and boring, vapid lyrics. Thanks for featuring so many great songs and for the incredible research you put into the videos!

[@carlylewoodard269]

I was born in 1943 and therefore alive when rock and roll began.The music of the 50s and 60s and 70s was and is the best there will ever be in my opinion.

[@armadillotoe]

9 years younger and yes.

[@C.M.30337]

50s - 80s for me.

[@penboyasgod6103]

I don't think so. It was the mid-50's -- about 10+ years later.

[@carlylewoodard269]

@@penboyasgod6103 My meaning was that I was alive in the 50s, just about to be a teenager when it all happened.

[@penboyasgod6103]

@@carlylewoodard269 OK, you just need to word it better.

[@laurencaulton103]

"Happy Together" is a classic, beautiful song.

[@paulwooton4390]

It just occurs to me that "What a Fool Believes" is another great one about a guy imagining a life with a girl he'll never get. Outstanding music, both.

[@jschuler53]

I always liked the Turtles, I like everything they did. I heard they all met in glee club and went on to be a band.

[@deneseiB]

Ahh... remember when songs, movies, TV shows, and people were happy? 😩

[@carolharris2357]

And anything by Cass Elliot.

[@deneseiB]

@@carolharris2357 "California Dreamin'' 🤩

[@chetstevensq]

Being the youngest of six and growing up in the 60s was possibly the greatest way to learn all these songs word for word. Stacks of 45s, album collections and the powerhouse WLS all playing these hits together.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@ponzo1967]

I was so thankful for WLS, my little transistor radio would catch that signal and the music they played was the good stuff.

[@KToth-rc4oh]

@chetstevensonsq That is my story as well. Listening to WLS and growing up the youngest of four in a house where we listened to everything from classical to country, to rock and gospel, show tunes to Motown and more. Older people are always amazed I know so much music. I think people will still be listening and considering the music discussed here in 50 years but maybe not in 75 or 80. Hey Professor of Rock! What was the Hot 100 countdown when "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" came out,😁

[@gordsexton6781]

I can totally relate to you, being the youngest of six. The brother that was closest to my age was almost 9 years older than me, so I was exposed to loads of music. That same brother would play the radio every time he was doing his homework. That went on for awhile each night. BTW, he got really good grades.

[@johnlandacre767]

⁠​⁠@@ponzo1967I listened to WLS at night. How cool it was to hear a Chicago radio station, and DJ John “Records” Landecker. Almost the same as my last name.😂

[@lt2246]

Music from 60’s and 70’s is MUCH better than music today!

[@markgerios961]

I think the music in 1967 was better than it is today. It's more listenable then than it is today.

[@randybackgammon890]

You don't say...

[@Parakeetfriend4215]

You're too kind. Today's "music" is noise.

[@csbenzo]

@@Parakeetfriend4215Back in the 60s the music had to be reasonable to great because video clips and TV coverage was minimal and radio was king. Groups nowadays wouldn’t generally get a look in back then. Now it’s basically video image / social media image that sells music. There are exceptions, of course, but a mediocre band in the 60s, slays a mediocre band today.

[@CreatingExcellence]

One of the absolute greatest years for music

[@vickyabramowitz2885]

Bands dominated the music scene back then. Over the years, solo acts rose in popularity.

[@cocoandwheeler]

Wow, nothing like music to put one right back in that place and time. I'm 75 now but this is THE soundtrack surrounding my 18th birthday. Good times.

[@KarenNason-g9o]

These songs from 1967 are still relevant today. I’m not sure many of todays songs will age as well. This episode took me right back to bring 17 again!

[@sharonjensen3016]

My parents met around this time, a meeting that almost didn't happen because two years before (1965), my dad's birthdate (September 23- yes, Bruce Springsteen's birthday) was drawn and he was sent a letter. Luckily Dad was working for a protected industry and got a deferment. The government reserved the right to call him up at any time. They didn't, even though he left the protected industry. As it was, he'd had rheumatic fever as a child and was in a bad car accident which almost killed him, so he might have failed his Medical (I believe Americans call it a Physical, which Springsteen failed, due to a motorcycle accident, which made him exempt from service. I wasn't surprised he got drafted, for the reason I gave above).

[@chrishansen7104]

I agree, and find it interesting that For What It's Worth is the number one streamed song from this top ten. It surely is as applicable today as it was back in 1967.

[@eddieonmelrose]

Something tells me people will be listening to this music "100" years from now!! It's already been 70 years!!!

[@binxbolling]

60

[@janehop]

They killed Rock and Roll on purpose. The gov probably didn't like the rock bands making all that money...

[@deneseiB]

No @@janehop the CIA & FBI didn't like Counterculture hippies', Civil Rights organizations, revolutionaries like MLK, Malcom X, John Lennon, Angela Davis, Black Panthers, popular bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jim Morrison, etc., who were trying to change things because we were sick and tired of Jim Crow Establishment/Politicians telling us what to do while ripping us off and destroying the planet. Their plan was to “expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" the radical fight for Civil Rights and Black power. “No holds were barred. We have used these (techniques) against Soviet agents. They have used (them) against us. We did not differentiate. This is a rough, tough business." ~Assistant FBI Director William C. Sullivan's testimony for the U.S. Senate’s Church Committee [available on HathiTrust]. The CIA started the drug culture in America. Look up Sandoz Labs, Switzerland, 1940s, and COINTELPRO. They bought the entire batch of LSD, dosed a town in France, made 300 people go crazy, and blamed it on moldy bread. They started the crack-cocaine epidemic to destroy the Black population, too. If you trust the Gov't you don't know history and are doomed to repeat it~

[@marcymoran6481]

I watch a lot of reaction channels of younger people who listen to hip hop and react to the great songs of our youth and they love it. Yes, I agree.

[@janehop]

@@eddieonmelrose I think so too. I read a lot of Rockstar biographies. Strange how it went away. Almost all the rock stars were Democrat and Dems have been tied to the Mob (they did bootleg alcohol, and the Mob in Unions) Read Tommy James book, he had to wait until the Mob boss died to write his book. Yes many years from now they will be playing those songs and it might start up again.Hopefully

[@mikecon7634]

Well Proffesor, you know all of us old timers loved this episode. 60's had the best music. I'm 70.

[@aprilmorris4588]

I'm a Gen-Xer who grew up singing my parents music. So this channel hits all the sweet spots for music for both Boomers like my husband and me. 🥰

[@lifelessons7711]

1967 was a really good musical year. My own first music memory was when I as a 4-year-old listened to Yellow Submarine on Swedish radio, and started to spin around on the hardwood floor until I fell and bumped my forehead into the heating element. I still have that mark today - talk about a "lasting memory"...

[@bigtom6939]

I was a Class of "67 high school grad and look back at the Summer of Love and just can't believe it's been 55 years. Being 18 years old at that time was truly something special.. This music is timeless.

[@stevehardy4694]

'Cause it's 57

[@franblaye9639]

I was 13 and my parents let me walk around the Haight for about 45 minutes. Amazing memory.

[@nickmorgan8434]

My mom was 67 also

[@tedecker3792]

Like Jackson Browne said: in 65 I was 17, in 69 I was 21.

[@sandybruce9092]

I’m a Class of ‘65 and it just occurred to me that next year it will be 60 years!!! I dint know how thst happened as I’m still 25!, Thsnk Heavens fir SXM as we can listen to any music we choose at any time!

[@orionova]

I wasn't born until the 70s, but 60s music was my mom's favourite, and I have so many fond memories of listening to it with her. It's still my favourite, along with 80s. I miss you, mom.

[@sharonjensen3016]

I remember my parents would play mix tapes of 60s songs during car trips. "Hundred Pounds Of Clay", "Leader Of The Pack", "Tell Laura I Love Her", "Da Doo Ron Ron" and many others. My brothers and I still remember these songs (thanks, Mum and Dad! RIP Dad!).

[@Jiggyjiggy123]

The Summer of Love ❤❤ My husband and I met in April, completely in love by August. This music was not the backdrop to our life. It was the cord that we held onto, winding its way through our veins directly to those 16-year-old hearts. The magic is still there, still evoked when we hear it again, nearly 60 years later. I know he's going to enjoy listening to this. There’s a Kind of Hush ALWAYS came across the airwaves while we were making out in our favorite spot. Still gives me a thrill. As a matter of fact, every single song evoked a response from me. They make me happy. I needed that. Thanks. Hubs is living in a nursing home. We are still Happy Together. I can't see me loving anybody but him. This is dedicated to the one I love. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TH-kd1ju]

Sounds like the 2 of you have shared a beautiful love story! Sorry to hear he's not doing well and having to live away from you, I hope you can be together again

[@Lakeshore14]

That was a great year for music for sure. But then again, most years in the 60s were great years for music. We just listened to great music all day on our transistor radios. So glad that I lived in that time. Thank you for all you do to keep great music alive. Love the history and stories behind it all. 👏👏👏🥰🇨🇦

[@ProfessorofRock]

Well said!

[@samanthashine4506]

I never went out without my transistor radio

[@Lakeshore14]

@@samanthashine4506 That’s right. 👍

[@maggiegarber246]

I remember seeing Arthur Godfrey singing”My Cup Runneth Over” to his horse!

[@GlennJackson-d8e]

It shows how diverse the songs on the radio were at that time. You might really like one or two songs, appreciate another four or five, dislike three, and hate one or two. However, you heard rock, blues, Motown, country, and songs that your parents liked.

[@karenpowers3319]

Like what Tim McGraw sang when the radio played all different music .

[@vitalucas9452]

Thank God my parents didn't like or listen to country music. I was spared that. 😂

[@katie-didellis2437]

I was in high school in 1967. I remember and know the words to everyone of those songs. Thank you for archiving these wonderful songs. I'm grateful we can keep these for prosperity.

[@ernieallison3141]

I was totally not surprised that For What It's Worth has the most streams. As good and catchy as the other songs were, it has stood the test of time as being as relevant today as it ever was. Makes me a little sad how little has changed, tbh. As for the music of today, call me old all you want but seriously, none of today's music will stand the test of time that the 60s and 70s era has. Your story of your 13 year old singing a song from nearly 60 years ago proves it. Thank you for the video, Professor.

[@franblaye9639]

That ping of the guitar string at the opening of the song...

[@suzann5312]

Hubby and I were driving to work on the 1st day of the WTO protests in Seattle, and as we topped a hill we could see all the marchers heading to Seattle Center while For What it's Worth playing on the radio. It was Surreal.

[@rmerick6908]

I was in college in May 1970, right after the Kent State shootings, protests with tear gass and police dogs on our campus, and the school closed down for a couple of weeks to let things cool down. Our college president was visiting the quads to talk with the students. About 20 of us were asking him questions and wondering where everything was going when somebody with a guitar started singiing For What it's Worth. We all joined in. That encapsulated everything that was happening, and sticks with me to this day.

[@vpombovp]

I would sing this song to my infant in the 80s. After I got divorced from my husband, I'd sing HAPPY TOGETHER to my son to cheer him up when he was sad. My son sang HAPPY TOGETHER to his wife at their wedding. My son married a great woman who joins him in teaching HAPPY TOGETHER to their kids. It looks like 1 of our family traditions is a cheerful song 🎵 ❤. HAPPY TOGETHER; FAMILY FOREVER!!!❤

[@timjensen6968]

The family that sings together .......

[@debbiebayles1706]

So sweet!!

[@specialk4762]

Absolutely love this! ❤️

[@reader4111]

I LOVE THIS!!! BLESSINGS TO YOU & FAMILY!

[@lelleithmurray235]

What a lovely tradition you have!

[@toddbonin6926]

Hey ... "My Cup Runneth Over" is a really awesome song. I brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it. It takes me back to my childhood and memories of my dad, who also liked those easy listening stations. Gosh, 1967 was an awesome year.

[@lisah933]

We played Happy Together as our walk-out song at the end of our wedding in 1992. My mom ended up dancing down the aisle and hubs’ mom said, “I can’t do that!” Such a great way to end a wedding and we’re still happy together going on 32 years later ❤

[@aprilinamsterdam]

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." 🤣

[@JPMJPM]

One of the best lines ever written for TV!

[@dtw63]

@@JimRyserJust not very far. 😂

[@randomheadful7190]

Funniest episode of television ever!

[@Literally_Deez_Nuts]

I have seen wild turkeys fly up 60 feet in trees.

[@doowopfan]

God bless Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap - two of the coolest dudes on the planet.

[@Yesitisbrett]

This compilation is so meaningful to me.....as I'm certain it is to many. A very vibrant reflection of one of this country's last great years of music...chuck full of variety and hope of the time. Beautifully put together very good work on you part and greatly appreciated 👏 🎉

[@badgerpa9]

Cool you got to interview Johnny Rivers. I wore out more than one cassette of his best. Secret Agent man would be sad to see what the Secret agents have become. Stay safe and healthy.

[@RobertL_0563]

For What Its Worth one of the greatest LATE 60s tunes as was Happy Together. Great show!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Both are so great!

[@robertcuratolo5339]

🤠👍

[@nickmorgan8434]

House of the rising sun

[@kernjames]

I saw the Turtles in Kansas City, Kansas in and around 66 and/or 67. They were just a regular band, but yet a really great band. I saw them at the National Guard Armory on 18th street, just off I-70. The place was basically a High School basketball court, complete with a stage at one end. The show was a blast for sure. Not really that many people at the gig. I think I saw them in 66 and 67, or maybe it was only once. Too long ago to remember the exact dates and exact details. They were very down to earth and didn't come off as phony or fake. The Band's Front guy with the curly hair, kept trying to do tricks with the tambourine and he would always end up spinning it off into the audience. He would try to roll it down his back and along his arm. As it rolled off his arm and hand, he would try to catch it. Sometimes he'd catch it and sometimes he'd launch it off into the audience. Hilarious. His lack of embarrassment was amazing and humorous.

[@gdw967]

I was a freshman in high school in 1967, so this music is near and dear to my heart. Literally the soundtrack of my youth. Even today when I go to Pandora and click on Buffalo Springfield radio I'm transported to a better time. With much, much better music.

[@doowopfan]

Since I lived through all of the 60"s popular music - first as a teen in love, then as a US military member, then finally as a young adult veteran making a life for myself as a store clerk and residing in an 1877 vintage walk-up in the East Village - I have always sworn that that musical decade was the most varied, tuneful, inventive, experimental, socially conscious, politically aware, and just plain fun. I'd be ready to argue that.

[@dwhitman3092]

👍

[@gammle-vikingr]

This was the ringtone I had on my phone for my dear wife who passed away on the last day of December 2023. I can't listen to it now without simultaneously getting goosebumps and crying. Absolutely a truly epic song. ❤

[@sherrymiller2302]

My husband died on the 1st of Dec, 2023 and I like to listen to the song, "Everyone's gone to the Moon"...

[@MiguelToro-dg1te]

♥️💔

[@Samtzu]

July, 1967.... I had been drafted and was going through basic training in Ft Lewis, WA. Within a year I was in sunny SE Asia. ..... "For What It's Worth" indeed.....

[@pootthatbak2578]

Glad you came back❤

[@Samtzu]

@@pootthatbak2578 Me too..... but, what a long strange trip it's been.....

[@andynaz5631]

🇺🇸Thanks for your service🇺🇸

[@revsharkie]

I knew the DJ who was supposedly the inspiration for Dr. Johnny Fever. His name was Don McCord and he went to high school with my dad, then went to California to try to make it as an actor, and the story is Howard Hesseman was his roommate. He blew back into my hometown for his 20th reunion and was the DJ on our local radio station. Imagine Johnny Fever with greying hair and beard, and an ever-present cigarette. He was a Vietnam vet and brought some ghosts home with him. He kept them at bay with alcohol, which ultimately killed him. I listened to him on the radio every night, and he was the one who broke the news that John Lennon had been killed.

[@walterbsprinks]

Oh the Top 10 of ‘67’ are AMAZING I’m Happy the Turtles got second on your Stream chart! Loved all those songs! I was 14 in 1967 living in rural NW Oregon working on farms the scent of Hay and the hot days of summer bringing it all back. With 2 brothers in Nam - “It was the best of times it was the worst of times it was a time that tried men’s Souls…”

[@r3adrpro811]

When I studied at the University of Manchester in 1973 (yay, Peter Noone!), a group of us went to Liverpool for the day and while I was walking down Penny Lane, it was being played on BBC 4 radio! It was quite an experience that I remember over 50 years later!

[@rodmandealerman3297]

55 years from now, there will be *nobody* talking about the cesspool that is modern music. People will still be talking about The Beatles, Buffalo Springfield, The Mamas and the Papas. Adam, your kids will still be around. Let them reference this video to prove it.

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

THAT'S what corporations do-they destroy beauty and ruin things for everyone, all in the name of $$$.

[@CarmineRC]

100% agreed!

[@littletucky9524]

Yeah, like when Big Mama Cass choked on a ham sandwich

[@Debra-wx7jt]

No true.​@littletucky9524

[@Andie1951]

​@@littletucky9524 Except that she didn't. Mama Cass died in her sleep from a heart attack. She was only 32. Her autopsy showed no drugs At all in her system. Keith Moon (The Who drummer) died in the same room, the same bed and also at the age of 32, four years later from an accidental prescription drug overdose. The flat belonged to Harry Nilsson who soon sold it believing it was cursed.

[@mattmershon3542]

In 1964 I was 7 years old. My mother and oldest sister won a nation wide search for a mother/daughter look a like to make a commercial for ivory Soap. We went to NYC and stayed at the same hotel as Herman’s Hermits. There was a rooftop swimming pool and I met the band there. Always loved their hits!

[@susanreese5881]

Wow, I never thought I’d hear Ed Ames on this channel, while I loved my rock and roll, I worked really hard at babysitting to make enough money to buy Ed Ames albums, I love him on Daniel Boone

[@CameronMcCreary]

After hearing Ed Ames again; I miss him. He had such a beautiful voice but passed away last year. I am a child of the 1960s so I like this music much better than today's music. Buffalo Springfield also had a beautiful ballad called, "Sit down I think I love you." It would be great to hear you cover more of their songs.

[@ProfessorofRock]

THat's right. Thanks for watching.

[@pcno2832]

The Mojo Men did a cover of "Sit Down" and it wasn't bad, but after hearing the Buffalo Springfield version, it's hard to listen to anything else. I'd call it their best track ever, even better than "For What it's Worth". The guitar work is stunning.

[@craigerb2630]

Search KZbin for Ed Ames throwing a tomahawk on Johnny Carson!

[@OldLadyInFL]

"Happy Together" was "our" song for me and my first real BF at age 14. He lived on the other side of town, and used to double date with his bestie and my bestie. When the two besties broke up, we had no way to really get to see each other much, so we broke up. Ironically, that same summer I moved closer to where he lived, but I soon met another boy (as 15 year olds will do) and forgot all about him. I've tried over the years to find him, but never could. Every time I hear that song, I remember all four of us singing it together in the car on our double dates. Fun memories.

[@stanprice2857]

I was in Khe Sanh, Viet Nam for this top 10 but remember the songs well. The 60’s had great music but being a teenager during the birth of rock and roll in the 50’s was the best.

[@DebraBowman-m9t]

No question about it - EVERYTHING WAS BETTER BACK THEN!!! 😂 I wish I could live those days and years again!❤❤❤

[@pattywalker9917]

Me too

[@_Peremalfait]

I like that you gave Ed Ames some time. In a list of so many legendary performers it might’ve been easy to skip over his song, but his record sold and he made the top ten.

[@douglasbarton7440]

The music back in the day much much better than today.

[@neilfranklin5644]

The whole scene was much better , every band was a class act.

[@briseboy]

They differed. It appears to be creativity that has been lost.

[@leahosteen354]

I never thought I would see a mention of My Cup Runneth Over on this channel. Made my day!!

[@annettefertitta6868]

My sisters were 16.5 and 10.5 years older than me so I grew up with this music! I love your channel- such a great description and mix of great music

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

1967...what a year!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Yes it was!

[@timothyparsons8327]

Absolutely… no mention of red hot pokers like Everlasting Love, Massachusetts, Nights In White Satin….and many others!

[@StephenIden]

I would love to see an episode about the Mamas and Papas.

[@peterdoe2617]

Im fact, I just mentioned Cass Elliot in another comment. July 30th, 2024. I quoted: "Not forgotten. And dearly missed."

[@serendipityshopnyc]

There's a good hour-long 2005 public television video called "California Dreamin': The Songs of the Mamas and the Papas" that includes some biographical stuff. Recommended if you can find it.

[@peterdoe2617]

@@serendipityshopnyc Thank you, mate!

[@serendipityshopnyc]

@@peterdoe2617 I have a copy here on DVD. Gotta be available somewhere on streaming or otherwise.

[@lisa-Bx]

​@@serendipityshopnyc I've watched it on KZbin not long ago & I also recommend it as well.

[@gayrussell7580]

I’m 82 and love the music from back then. Makes me want to relive those days

[@RobertL_0563]

1967 I was 4 y/o but was also coming into knowing music and tunes. This is a great flashback. Hit it Professor!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@samanthashine4506]

I was fuggin 12 in 1967. Just started discovering boys and cut back riding my skateboard. Sexual awakening was the best, but it took till I was 17 to get there. Definitely worth waiting for, but men at that time often overlooked pleasing their partners. Thankfully the 70s cleared that up!😊❤😂

[@RobertL_0563]

@samanthashine4506 - Thanks for sharing. It was an amazing time. Hard to believe it was so long ago, right? Keep on rockin'!

[@davidlee321]

​@@samanthashine4506god, you sounded wonderful!

[@rlross3706]

LOL.... the comments here. 1967, my stingray bike, Hobie surf board, penny loafers, sea shell necklace...loved the Young Rascals and Monkees . I was 12

[@tnrodgers]

I see all your episodes and never thought I’d pick a favorite. It’s this one. The countdown. Love it Adam!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Awesome!

[@pattimessenger6214]

Thank you for remembering Ed Ames, who recently passed away at 95.

[@cammygram1]

Wow I was 8 in 1967. I still remember all these songs from a long time ago. Wow, thanks professor for the long stored memories!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for listening!

[@tse90723]

I was 2 but had an older brother and sister so my personal 60s - 70s mental catalogue is quite extensive.

[@LoganPEade]

8 as well in 67, it sure brings back tons of memories doesn't it? 😁

[@FredGroenke55]

@@tse90723 I was 5 but the youngest of 4. My oldest brother was 15 and a self-proclaimed hippy. I got a lot of my musical tastes from him.

[@cammygram1]

@@LoganPEade You bet!

[@TWayneD1020]

Wonderful you got to interview these artists that are still with us !!

[@MrDaveosity]

If the main stream music of today doesn't even come close to these Classic hits! I'm so glad I stumbled onto Professor of Ŕock. I love the stories behind the songs, the music and the bands. Thank you so much for doing this!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the best song of the second half the 60s (1965-1969)? This is an old Hit Song REDUX I recorded a while ago and didn't release. Hope you enjoy...

[@christineml1476]

"Time of the Season" The Zombies

[@peterd.9978]

California Girls!

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@christineml1476 Great song!

[@LaManteca76]

Hey Jude by The Beatles 😊

[@wildpinto3291]

Season Of The Witch ~ Vanilla Fudge

[@FredGroenke55]

Well, for what it’s worth, Adam, I really loved this episode.

[@ChrisMacdonald-z8x]

Mams & Papas: Denny Doherty was from my town in Nova Scotia, CA. After they were big stars he would sometimes visit his grandmother in the little village I grew up in. I vaguely remember meeting him at the only store we had (I was 7 or so) Denny went on to become a beloved TV actor on the kids series "Theodore Tugboat"

[@trinaq]

Thanks for a double upload today. 1967 definitely had a lot of jams, I grew up listening to many of them. 🥰

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for listening!

[@Lessontobe]

It sure did.

[@JosephOlson-ui2pg]

I am a '67 model Olson. I checked for songs of my first year and found a lot of cool ones!!

[@dannakinnaman7115]

I graduated from high school in 1967. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.

[@areneesouder]

I was 10 years old and I always remember the songs I grew up on. My mom had the Ed Ames record and I remember every word of it. Beautiful.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Awesome. Thanks for watching!

[@melissacooper8724]

I mostly remember Ed Ames as Mingo on Daniel Boone.

[@lencavallaro6781]

@@melissacooper8724 and the axe throwing segment on Johnny Carson!

[@guytrying4534]

We had his Christmas album, "Christmas Is The Warmest Time Of The Year." Recently found it, made some tapes of it and sent it to my family for Christmas. Great memories brought back.

[@dosstodd8014]

Love love love Happy Together! Greatest feel good song of all time!

[@kittymervine6115]

I was so so young. And lucky my mom was a young mom, and she would always have the radio on and all these songs were playing. My mom is still around, and loves to listen to this music (she is sadly blind now but music means so much to her). Thankyou for doing what YOU do.

[@drewv1785]

I remember that year. I was 15 then. I didn't have a driver's license or a car. I had a record player and a transistor pocket AM radio. What we lacked in sound quality back then we still had great music to listen to. I still have most of these songs on vinyl or cd, and I still enjoy listening to them. Today's music will not stand the test of time.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jimclester4754]

1967. My age, 15 and 16 such great personal memories attached to everyone of these top 10 songs. Thank you for the gift , I have reimagined today!

[@Drafted066]

'For what it's worth' I'm 73 and still get goose bumps when I hear it.

[@josephblue4135]

I'm a 70-year-old , so i remember all these songs fondly. I was 13 at the time. Just today i played PENNY LANE on CD.

[@ronaldguffee8696]

I was 14 in 1967 and Happy Together was a song I dedicated to a beautiful girl I was smitten with on the local AM station. I was not a kool kid and didn't get the girl but still remember the feeling. Floating on air and an upset stomach at the same time, They call it Puppy Love.

[@melissacooper8724]

For what it's worth Happy Together is a song about unrequited love. I guess you could find it relatable since you had a crush on the girl at the time, but she didn't feel the same way.

[@OTOss8]

If you want to do a video on a Mamas and Papas song that doesn't get quite enough love, do one on Twelve Thirty. That song just soars.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Sounds Good!

[@melkestra]

@OTOss8 So glad you brought that up. My favorite Mamas and Papas song and you're right, it does not get enough love!

[@OTOss8]

@@melkestra I'm glad I'm not alone. They have a ton of songs that are well loved but Twelve Thirty always seems to just slide by under the radar for some reason. It never gets old for me. Cheers friend.

[@tylercass2584]

“I used to live in New York City. Everything there was dark and dirty.” Let’s all sing along now…” outside my window….

[@melkestra]

@@OTOss8 🥰

[@Mike-fi5se]

Still playing these classics on my pirate radio station. I got lots of younger adults in the heartland turned on. They really got a thing for Motown, in particular. Shame that only one station within 200 miles still plays even half of what I offer my listeners, a weak AM station in Springfield, Missouri. Rock will never die!

[@earth2006]

Ed Ame's "My Cup Runnth Over With Love" is one of the greatest love songs of all time. When I look at my wife, that song runs through my mind.

[@carolinagal5494]

It made me smile from ear-to-ear hearing that again. It took me right back to my grandmother's kitchen in the 60s when she always had her radio on while cooking.

[@RamGirl63Haklar-xv1dt]

I practically have all of Ed Ames albums. A very underappreciated talent.

[@dianewilliams1125]

I was 10 in 67" I had older siblings so there was always music playing. Its funny but I remember all the words to the songs on this list! Great music! I just turned 67 this past Thursday. 🎉🎉🎉

[@June-d5q]

I am part of that older generation as well. We have the pop songs that we liked and still like and those rock songs that we loved and still love. I don't assume what the younger generations like and love and what their songs mean to them now and what they will mean to them in the future. I like to hope those songs will have a real meaning in their hearts.

[@PJGRAND]

Rock and roll is every bit as much of an Art form his classical music and jazz thanks for your historical and very fun programs !!

[@patrickf.4440]

Happy to say that I have seen live: Herman's Hermits (just this January in fact), Turtles (twice), Crosby Stills Nash and Young (two of the Buffalo Springfield). They were all worth it! Pat, in Chicago

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@ZJ-ne9kn]

I saw the turtles twice on happy together and got to meet Peter Noone last year after a concert really nice guy

[@christineml1476]

Great list, just proves what I believe - the 60s produced some of rock's greatest vocalists.

[@ProfessorofRock]

No question. Who's your top 3 from the 60s?

[@christineml1476]

​@@ProfessorofRockNat King Cole, Colin Blunstone, Dusty Springfield

[@trudyl5792]

Life can never be exactly what you want it to be. The tears are just falling down like rain. Thanks Adam

[@dranet47]

1967 was my first full year on this earth, so I don't remember it, but I've spent the last 57 years making up for it. I knew every song on this list. :D

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool!

[@ponzo1967]

Some of these became timeless. Through all the songs ,years, decades, Presidents , and all of the other changes that have come and gone in over a half century, some of these songs are still in demand today. Simply amazing, this was the world I came in to 🍼 🧷 🎶

[@cheyenneskylark]

Nothing holds a candle to classic rock. The music today, is not music...

[@robinmiller5256]

I loved it when Johnny Fever did an alcohol challenge at the studio….hilarious, good times!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Same!

[@kellidinit3725]

My favorite episode was the two part one where Johnny was convinced the phone cops were after him. 😂😂

[@keiths6998]

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”

[@nealbfinn]

And with every shot he takes, his reflexes get faster. Hilarious!!!

[@dadoctah]

Howard Hesseman came by the persona naturally. Starting out as part of the improv comedy group The Committee under the pseudonym "Don Sturdy", I recently found an old Dick Cavett show where he got to do an ensemble piece with Dick, the rest of the troupe, and Dick's other guest Janis Joplin (the premise was that instead of singing, each performer would enact some emotion).

[@kathrynpupos9103]

The music of the 60s 70s and 80s is enjoyed by the youngsters just as much as we did. The words and musical instruments were played and sung without all the extra stuff used to cover up the lack of real ability. When you went to the concerts and heard them live you could tell they are/were the real deal. Today seems so much about dancers and flashy production.

[@toptechsys]

Beatles Penny lane connection Hi Prof! I am Geoff Dunn a ‘scouser (Liverpudlian) in exile’ living in Norwich currently, but I was brought up in Liverpool in the 50s and 60s living very near Lennon’s home on Menlove Ave. My mum was a pretty student nurse in the early 50s and trained very near to Penny Lane and years later she would take me to the shops and barbershop on Penny Lane and tell me about her student days when once she sold poppies for the annual Poppy Day appeal! For the British Legion. So as you can imagine I am very attached to that brilliant song ‘Penny Lane’ :) I like to think that the line “the pretty nurse selling poppies from a tray” was inspired by my lovely Mum Gwen Dunn 😍 PS I was also extremely lucky to witness the Fab4 themselves doing a rehearsal for their 1965 summer TV show in Blackpool ! Paul actually sang his new song Yesterday too! Possibly the very first public performance of this absolute classic 🎉

[@FreddyKBassman]

No question: 60's music is WAY better than anything out today IMHO. Cheers.

[@jasonralph4286]

I was born in Ohio in 1953. Dad enjoyed trumpet artists amongst other musicians of the day. My life and my musical journey took me to upstate N.Y., Oregon, Wyoming and now Idaho for several years. I'm sure I still have dad's 45's boxed up with my hundreds of albums and memories.Thanks Spotify. I need to open up those boxes just to enjoy the cover art and revisit all those memories. Thanks for your channel professor and keeping those memories alive. "Here's to Dad's" and music appreciation regardless of the artists and their styles!

[@ProfessorofRock]

My dad was born in 53!

[@donnhall9800]

In 1967 I was 11 and that was the year I was introduced to Rock and Roll music; at summer camp - during rest hour - we were introduced to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from The Beatles; Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix; and Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel- were the three albums a camp counselor used to introduce rock music to us campers. It was one of those influential times in a kid's life. 😎