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The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its "Summer of Love" in San Francisco.It saw major releases from multiple well-known bands including The Beatles, Small Faces, the newly renamed Eric Burdon and the Animals, Jefferson Airplane, Love, The Beach Boys, Cream, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and The Monkees.
Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2. Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
The Doors scored their first #1 hit with "Light My Fire" in 1967. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1967. That year, 8 acts hit number one for the first time, such as The Buckinghams , The Turtles , Aretha Franklin , The Doors , Bobbie Gentry , The Box Tops , Lulu , and Strawberry Alarm Clock .
To Sir With Love" by Lulu (pictured) was the number one song of 1967. The Monkees ( pictured ) had four songs on the year-end chart (" I'm a Believer " at number five, " A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You " at number 60, " Pleasant Valley Sunday " at number 74, and " Daydream Believer " at number 94), the most of any artist that year.
The Monkees had four number one albums in 1967, The Monkees, More of the Monkees (the year's best-selling album), Headquarters, and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd., which spent a cumulative 28 weeks, or more than half of the year, at number one. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band spent 15 weeks at number one.
List of Billboard Easy Listening number ones of 1967; List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1967; List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1967; List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1967; List of number-one singles of 1967 (France) List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1967; List of number-one hits of 1967 (Brazil)
Riots break out in Rochester, New York and last until July 24. 2 people would die and $60,000 worth of damage would be dealt. It will be one of many riots that occurred during the Long, hot summer of 1967. [6] July 29 – An explosion and fire aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin leaves 134 dead. July 30
The 9th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 2, 1967, at Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New York. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1966. [1] [2] The 9th Grammy Awards is notable for not presenting the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Frank Sinatra won 5 awards.