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The year 1967 was an important year for psychedelic music, with releases from Small Faces "Itchycoo Park", The Doors (The Doors, Strange Days), Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's), The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Cream's Disraeli Gears, The Rolling Stones's Their Satanic Majesties Request, The Who's The Who Sell Out and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Are You Experienced?and Axis: Bold As Love).

1 Events
2 Top albums released in the U.S.A.
3 Charting 1968 albums released in 1967 in Britain
4 Other notable albums
5 Biggest hit singles
6 Top American hits on record
7 British number one hits not included above
8 Other significant singles
9 Published popular music
10 Classical music
11 Opera
12 Musical theater
13 Musical films
14 Births
15 Deaths
16 Awards
- 16.1 Grammy Awards
- 16.2 Eurovision Song Contest
17 References

[edit] Events

January 4 - The Doors release their self-titled debut album.
January 15 - The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At Ed Sullivan's request, the band changed their lyrics from "Let's spend the night together" to "Let's spend some time together".
January 16 - The Monkees begin work on their album Headquarters (album) recording the track "The Girl I Knew Somewhere." It is the first album where they had complete artistic control, writing and playing on every song themselves.
January 22 - Simon and Garfunkel give live concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City. While bits and pieces of this concert are released on October 4, 1997, on their box set Old Friends, the majority of this concert is not released until July 2002.
January 30 - The Beatles shoot a promotional film for their forthcoming single "Strawberry Fields Forever" at Knole Park in Sevenoaks

February 3 - UK record producer Joe Meek murders his landlady and then commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at Holloway, North London.
February 6 - Micky Dolenz of the Monkees flies into London. On this trip he sees Til Death Us Do Part on British TV and uses the term "Randy Scouse Git" from the programme for the title of The Monkees next single release, which is based on the programme, as well as Dolenz's visit to Paul McCartney. The British Censors force the title to be changed to "Alternate Title" in the UK.
February 7 - Micky Dolenz meets Paul McCartney at his home in St John's Wood, London and they pose together for the press.
February 12 - British police raid 'Redlands', the Sussex home of Keith Richards in the early hours of the morning following a tip-off about a party from the tabloid newspaper 'News of the World'; although no arrests are made at the time, Richards, Mick Jagger and art dealer Robert Fraser are subsequently charged with possession of drugs.
February 13 - The Beatles new single "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane" is released in the United Kingdom
February 13- Jefferson Airplane's influential album Surrealistic Pillow is released.
February 14 - Aretha Franklin records "Respect" at the New York based Atlantic Studios
February 16 - "Aretha Franklin day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan
February 17 - Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane is released in the USA
February 24 - The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood
March 3 - The Animals refuse to perform a show in Ottawa, Ontario unless they are paid in advance. The audience of 3000 riots causing $5000 in damages to the auditorium.
March 11 - A taped appearance by The Beatles on American Bandstand. The band premieres their new music videos for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"
March 12 - The Velvet Underground release their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico.
March 25 - The Who perform their first concert in the United States in New York
March 27 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awarded the Ivor Novello award for the song "Michelle," the most performed song in Britain in 1966
March 30 - The Beatles are photographed with a photographic collage and wax figures from Madame Tussaud's famous museum for the cover artwork of their soon to be released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album at Chelsea Manor Studios in London.
March 31 - Kicking off a tour with The Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdinck at The Astoria London, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar on stage for the first time. He is taken to the hospital suffering burns to his hands. This guitar-burning act would later become a trademark of Hendrix's performances.
April 8 - Eurovision Song Contest held in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. The wining song, the United Kingdom's "Puppet on a String" was sung by Sandie Shaw.
April 13 - The Rolling Stones' Concert in Warsaw.
May - Paul McCartney announces that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid"
May 1 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin in Las Vegas.
May 2 - In the United States, Capitol Records pulls the plug on the Beach Boys' mysterious Smile project. Brian Wilson, who had taken more than a year to compose and produce the album, could not bring himself to finish it.
May 12 - Procol Harum's musical career begins with the release of the single "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
May 12 - Pink Floyd stage the first ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall, England
June 1 - The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released. David Bowie releases his self-titled, debut album, 'David Bowie
June 4 - Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Denny Laine and his Electric String Band, Procul Harum and The Chiffons, perform in a two hour "Sunday Special" at the Saville Theatre in London.
June 16 - Barbra Streisand performs live concert "A Happening in Central Park" in New York's Central Park.
June 17 - June 18 - The Monterey International Pop Festival, the world's first large scale outdoor rock music festival. Held in Monterey, California, including rock stars such as the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and The Holding Company with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Otis and the MG's took the stage at 1:00 am after Jefferson Airplane and brought down the house; 55,000 were at attendance.
June 19 - During his stay in California on a houseboat in Sausalito, while listening to the Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band LP', Otis Redding is inspired to compose the tune 'Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay'.
June 25 - The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World television special, which was the first worldwide television broadcast. Singing backup for the Beatles were a number of artists including Eric Clapton, and members of the Rolling Stones and The Who.
June 28 - The Supremes perform for the first time as Diana Ross & the Supremes at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Florence Ballard is fired from the group after the first night, and on-hand stand-in Cindy Birdsong permanently takes Ballard's place in the group.
June 28 - The Monkees fly in to London at the start of their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
June 29 - Rolling Stones sentenced to jail for drug possession.
June 30 - July 2 The Monkees three concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley; Lulu also appeared on this tour.
July 2 - Jeff Beck, John Mayall Bluesbreakers, perform in a two hour "Sunday Special" at the Saville Theatre in London.
July 3 - Party at the Speakeasy Club for the Monkees on the completion of their concerts in London.
July 14 - The Bee Gees international debut album, Bee Gees 1st is released which spawns 3 Top 20 singles: New York Mining Disaster 1941, To Love Somebody and Holiday.
July 18 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a support tour of The Monkees after complaints from the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution. Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler later admitted it was all for outrage publicity.
Summer - "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco.
August 4 - The Small Faces release the psychedelic single "Itchycoo Park" reaching #3 in the UK Singles Chart.
August 14 - The Marine Broadcasting Offences Act becomes law in the United Kingdom, and most offshore radio stations (including Wonderful Radio London) have already closed down. Only Radio Caroline would continue.
August 20 - Cream fly to the USA at the beginning of their concert tour.
August 27 - The Beatles are informed of manager Brian Epstein's death, while in Bangor, Wales with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. They return to London at once.
September 17 - The Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan show and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show. Jim Morrison performed it the way it was written and The Doors were banned from the show.
September 30 - BBC Radio 1 launched, replacing the out-of-fashion "Home Service".
October 14 - Tammi Terrell faints and collapses into duet partner Marvin Gaye's arms onstage during a performance at the Hampton University homecoming in Virginia. She was later diagnosed with a brain tumor, and would die from brain cancer in 1970 at the age of 24.
November 9 - First issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published
November 22 - Otis Redding records "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"
December 2 - The Small Faces release hit R&B song "Tin Soldier" it reaches #9 in UK Singles Chart.
December 5 - The Beatles open the Apple Shop in London.
December 8 - Otis and the Bar-Kays play at a popular nightclub called, Leo's Casino. This was to be Otis' last performance.
December 10 - Otis Redding dies in plane crash in Lake Monona (Madison, Wisconsin). It was considered to be one of the worst air tragedies in entertainment history, since the Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper air crash, 8 years earlier, in 1959.
December 26 - First telecast of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, on BBC1.
A taped appearance by The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. The band premieres their new music video for the song "Hello Goodbye".
Pickwick Records releases LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by Simon and Garfunkel, recorded under their pseudonym Tom & Jerry, and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file legal challenge, and the record, now rare, is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
The Who destroys their instruments during a performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
Toots & the Maytals releases "54-46 That's My Number", one of the first reggae songs
The Savonlinna Opera Festival is re-opened in Savonlinna, Finland, helping to launch a repopularization of opera
Donny Hathaway's musical career begins
Ted Nugent's musical career begins
George Clinton's musical career begins
Sly & the Family Stone's musical career begins
Blue Öyster Cult's musical career begins
Captain Beefheart's musical career begins
The Stooges musical career begins
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The First Edition (fronted by Kenny Rogers) and Chicago form.
The progressive rock band Genesis is formed in Surrey, UK.
December -The Moody Blues release Days of Future Passed.

[edit] Top albums released in the U.S.A.

Winter

Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
The Doors - The Doors (debut)
More of The Monkees - The Monkees
King & Queen - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones
The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland - The Supremes

Spring

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (debut)
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan
Up, Up and Away - The Fifth Dimension (debut)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead (debut)
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
The Marvelettes - The Marvelettes
Headquarters - The Monkees
12 Greatest Hits - Patsy Cline
How Great Thou Art - Elvis Presley
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra
Temptations Live! - The Temptations
Happy Together - The Turtles
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (debut)

Summer

Joan (album) - Joan Baez
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 - The Beach Boys
Smiley Smile - The Beach Boys
Bee Gees 1st - The Bee Gees
The Byrds' Greatest Hits - The Byrds
Brighten the Corner - Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Arrives - Aretha Franklin
Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (debut)
Winds of Change - Eric Burdon & the Animals
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
Absolutely Free - The Mothers of Invention
The Sound of Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett
The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul - The Temptations
Little Games - The Yardbirds

Autumn

Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr
Disraeli Gears - Cream
A Gift from a Flower to a Garden (Wear Your Love Like Heaven, For Little Ones) - Donovan
Greatest Hits - Diana Ross and The Supremes
Strange Days - The Doors
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
The Magic Garden - The Fifth Dimension
United - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
Branded Man - Merle Haggard
Everybody Needs Love - Gladys Knight and the Pips
After Bathing At Baxter's Jefferson Airplane
Forever Changes - Love
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. - The Monkees
Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
Blowin' Your Mind! - Van Morrison
Pleasures Of The Harbor - Phil Ochs
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (condensed version) - Pink Floyd
Clambake - Elvis Presley
Procol Harum - Procol Harum
Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
Seen in Green - The Seekers
Silk & Soul - Nina Simone
The Temptations in a Mellow Mood - The Temptations
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart

[edit] Charting 1968 albums released in 1967 in Britain

Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues
Mr. Fantasy - Traffic

[edit] Other notable albums

Sounds Like - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Insight Out - The Association
Reach Out - Burt Bacharach
Casino Royale (1967 film) (soundtrack) - Burt Bacharach
Juicy - Willie Bobo
David Bowie - David Bowie (debut)
Gorilla - Bonzo Dog Band (debut)
Slow Drag - Donald Byrd
Live! at the Village Vanguard Again - John Coltrane
This Is My Song - Ray Conniff
Ludo - Ivor Cutler Trio
Sorcerer - Miles Davis
Nefertiti - Miles Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings the Complete 'Dr. Doolittle' - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Super Blues - Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
The Super Super Blues Band - Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf
And His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington
Far East Suite - Duke Ellington
Whisper Not - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
Tim Hardin 2 - Tim Hardin
Evil - Howlin' Wolf
Víctor Jara - Víctor Jara
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
Blues Is King - B. B. King
The Way I Feel - Gordon Lightfoot
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast - Julie London
With Body & Soul - Julie London
West Side Soul - Magic Sam
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal
Deliver - The Mamas and the Papas
Crusade - John Mayall
Canciones Folklóricas de América - Víctor Jara
A Hard Road - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
The Beat of Brazil - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
A Day in the Life - Wes Montgomery
Chelsea Girl - Nico
The Pandemonium Shadow Show - Harry Nilsson
The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison (motion picture soundtrack)
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson - Roy Orbison
Cry Softly Lonely One - Roy Orbison
Morning Dew - Tim Rose
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger
Schizophrenia - Wayne Shorter
The World We Knew - Frank Sinatra
Ten Years After - Ten Years After
Easter Everywhere - 13th Floor Elevators
The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner
Cosmic Sounds - The Zodiac
Jigsaw - The Shadows
Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1967.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale	1967	UK 1 - May 1967, Canada 1 - Jun 1967, Holland 1 - Jun 1967, France 1 - May 1972, Germany 1 - Jul 1967, Éire 1 - Jun 1967, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Nov 1967, Australia Goset 1 - Jun 1967, Norway 3 - Jun 1967, Europe 4 of the 1960s, US BB 5 - Jul 1967, RYM 5 of 1967, DDD 6 of 1967, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1967, Italy 10 of 1967, South Africa 19 of 1967, TOTP 36, US BB 38 of 1967, POP 38 of 1967, US CashBox 47 of 1967, Rolling Stone 57, WXPN 60, Scrobulate 62 of oldies, Poland 69 of all time, Belgium 75 of all time, Acclaimed 100, OzNet 131, Germany 144 of the 1960s
2	The Monkees	I'm a Believer	1967	UK 1 - Jan 1967, US BB 1 - Dec 1966, Canada 1 - Nov 1966, Holland 1 - Jan 1967, Norway 1 - Jan 1967, Germany 1 - Feb 1967, Éire 1 - Jan 1967, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1967, US BB 2 of 1966, Australia Goset 2 - Jan 1967, South Africa 2 of 1967, POP 2 of 1966, US CashBox 8 of 1967, Australia 9 of 1967, DDD 12 of 1966, RYM 26 of 1966, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1966, OzNet 34, 38 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 49 of 60s, Germany 67 of the 1960s, Italy 85 of 1967, Acclaimed 503
3	The Beatles	All You Need is Love	1967	UK 1 - Jul 1967, US BB 1 - Jul 1967, Canada 1 - Jul 1967, Holland 1 - Jul 1967, Norway 1 - Jul 1967, Germany 1 - Aug 1967, Éire 1 - Aug 1967, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Dec 1967, Australia Goset 1 - Jul 1967, Europe 26 of the 1960s, RYM 26 of 1967, US CashBox 43 of 1967, Scrobulate 50 of classic rock, DDD 52 of 1967, Italy 60 of 1967, Germany 118 of the 1960s, Party 130 of 2007, Rolling Stone 362, WXPN 491, OzNet 869, Acclaimed 1488
4	The Doors	Light My Fire	1967	US BB 1 - Jun 1967, France 1 - Jul 1971, Éire 1 - Jun 1991, US CashBox 2 of 1967, Canada 2 - Jun 1967, DDD 2 of 1967, UK 7 - Jun 1991, Europe 9 of the 1960s, US BB 15 of 1967, POP 15 of 1967, Australia Goset 16 - Sep 1967, RYM 19 of 1967, 20 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 23, Scrobulate 24 of classic rock, Holland 25 - Aug 1967, Belgium 31 of all time, Rolling Stone 35, RIAA 52, Poland 65 of all time, Virgin 71, TheQ 137, WXPN 161, OzNet 194
5	The Beatles	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Canada 1 - Feb 1967, Holland 1 - Feb 1967, Norway 1 - Feb 1967, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1967, Australia Goset 1 - Mar 1967, RYM 1 of 1967, UK 2 - Feb 1967, France 4 - Apr 1976, US BB 8 - Mar 1967, DDD 9 of 1967, 11 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 12, Australia 16 of 1967, Europe 17 of the 1960s, Scrobulate 52 of classic rock, WXPN 75, Rolling Stone 76, OzNet 185, Belgium 235 of all time

[edit] Top American hits on record

Single - Artist		Composer
Winter
"I'm a Believer" - The Monkees	------	w.m. Neil Diamond
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen		w.m. Phil Gernhard and Richard Holler
"Tell It Like It Is" - Aaron Neville		w.m. George Davis and Lee Diamond
"Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville Band		w.m. Geoff Stephens
"Sugar Town" - Nancy Sinatra		w.m. Lee Hazlewood
"That's Life" - Frank Sinatra		w.m. Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon
"Good Thing" - Paul Revere and the Raiders		w.m. Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher
"Words of Love" - The Mamas and the Papas		w.m. John Phillips
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" - Four Tops		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Mellow Yellow" - Donovan		w.m. Donovan
"Georgy Girl" - The Seekers		w. Jim Dale m. Tom Springfield
"Nashville Cats" - The Lovin' Spoonful		w.m. John Sebastian
"Tell It to the Rain - The Four Seasons		w.m. Mike Petrillo and Angelo Cifelli
"Kind of a Drag" - The Buckinghams		w.m. Jim Holvay
"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet" - Blues Magoos		w.m. Ronnie Gilbert, Ralph Scala and Mike Esposito
"98.6" - Keith		w.m. George Fischoff and Tony Powers
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" - The Supremes		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"The Beat Goes On" - Sonny and Cher		w.m. Sonny Bono
"Gimme Some Lovin'" - Spencer Davis Group		w.m. Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Spencer Davis
"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" - The Casinos		w.m. John D. Loudermilk
"Baby I Need Your Loving" - Johnny Rivers		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Sock It to Me, Baby" - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels		w.m. Bob Crewe and L. Russell Brown
"Penny Lane" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Happy Together" - The Turtles		w.m. Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon
"My Cup Runneth Over" - Ed Ames		w. Tom Jones m. Harvey Schmidt
"There's a Kind of Hush" - Herman's Hermits		w.m. Les Reed and Geoff Stephens
"For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield		w.m. Stephen Stills
"Dedicated to the One I Love" - The Mamas & the Papas		w.m. Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass
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Spring
"Bernadette" - The Four Tops		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"This Is My Song" - Petula Clark		w.m. Charlie Chaplin
"Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Something Stupid" - Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra		w.m. C. Carson Parks
"Western Union" - The Five Americans		w.m. Mike Rabon, Norman Ezell and John Durrill
"I Think We're Alone Now" - Tommy James & the Shondells		w.m. Ritchie Cordell
"A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" - The Monkees		w.m. Neil Diamond
"I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" - Aretha Franklin		w.m. Ronnie Shannon
"Jimmy Mack" - Martha and the Vandellas		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Sweet Soul Music" - Arthur Conley		w.m. Sam Cooke, Arthur Conley and Otis Redding
"The Happening" - The Supremes		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland and Frank DeVol
"Don't You Care" - The Buckinghams		w.m. Gary Beisbier and Jim Holvay
"Close Your Eyes" - Peaches and Herb		w.m. Chuck Willis
"You Got What It Takes" - Dave Clark Five		w.m. Berry Gordy, Roquel Davis and Gwen Gordy Fuqua
"I'm a Man" - Spencer Davis Group		w.m. Jimmy Miller and Steve Winwood
"Groovin'" - The Young Rascals		w.m. Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere
"I Got Rhythm" - The Happenings		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Respect" - Aretha Franklin		w.m. Otis Redding
"Release Me" - Engelbert Humperdinck		w.m. Robert Yount, Eddie Miller and Dub Williams
"Him Or Me--What's It Gonna Be?" - Paul Revere and the Raiders		w.m. Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher
"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Neil Diamond		w.m. Neil Diamond
"Somebody to Love" - Jefferson Airplane		w.m. Grace Slick
"All I Need Is You" - The Temptations		w.m. Eddie Holland, R. Dean Taylor and Frank Wilson
"She'd Rather Be with Me" - The Turtles		w.m. Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon
"Little Bit o' Soul" - Music Explosion		w.m. John Carter and Ken Lewis
"Windy" - The Association		w.m. Ruthann Friedman
"Mirage" - Tommy James & the Shondells		w.m. Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry
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Summer
"San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" - Scott McKenzie		w.m. John Phillips
"Can't Take My Eyes off of You" - Frankie Valli		w.m. Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
"Sunday Will Never Be the Same" - Spanky and Our Gang		w.m. Terry Cashman and Gene Pistilli
"Let's Live For Today" - The Grass Roots		w.m. David Shapiro. Michael Cenciarelli and Guido Guilio.
"Come on Down to my Boat" - Every Mother's Son		w.m. Wes Farrell and Jerry Goldstein
"Don't Sleep In The Subway" - Petula Clark		w.m. Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch
"Up, Up and Away" - The Fifth Dimension		w.m. Jimmy Webb
"The Tracks of My Tears" - Johnny Rivers		w.m. Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore and Marv Tarplin
"Light My Fire" - The Doors		w.m. Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore
"C'mon Marianne" - The Four Seasons		w.m. Ray Bloodworth and L. Russel Brown
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum		w. Keith Reid m. Gary Brooker
"I Was Made to Love Her" - Stevie Wonder		w.m. Henry Cosby, Lula Mae Hardaway, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
"White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane		w.m. Grace Slick
"All You Need Is Love" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" - The Monkees		w.m. Gerry Goffin and Carole King
"Carrie-Anne" - The Hollies		w.m. Tony Hicks, Allan Clarke and Graham Nash
"A Girl Like You" - The Young Rascals		w.m. Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere
"Baby, I Love You" - Aretha Franklin		w.m. Ronnie Shannon
"Ode to Billie Joe" - Bobbie Gentry		w.m. Bobbie Gentry
"Reflections" - Diana Ross & the Supremes		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"You're My Everything" - The Temptations		w.m. Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene and Cornelius Grant
"Come Back When You Grow Up" - Bobby Vee and the Strangers		w.m. Martha Sharp
"The Letter" - Box Tops		w.m. Wayne Carson Thompson
"Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" - Jay and the Techniques		w.m. Maurice Irby
"San Franciscan Nights" - Eric Burdon and the Animals		w.m. Eric Burdon, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch and Vic Briggs
"Funky Broadway" - Wilson Pickett		w.m. Arlester Christian
"Never My Love" - The Association		w.m. Donald Addrisi and Richard Addrisi
"Higher and Higher" - Jackie Wilson		w.m. Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Carl William Smith
"I Dig Rock and Roll Music" - Peter, Paul and Mary		w.m. Paul Stookey, James Mason and Dave Dixon
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Autumn
"Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison		w.m. Van Morrison
"Little Ole Man" - Bill Cosby		w. Bill Cosby, w.m. Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder and Sylvia May
"How Can I Be Sure" - The Young Rascals		w.m. Eddie Brigati and Felix Cavaliere
"Gimme Little Sign" - Brenton Wood		w.m. Alfred Smith (musician), Joe Hooven and Hal Winn
"To Sir, with Love" - Lulu		w. Don Black m. Mark London
"Soul Man" - Sam and Dave		w.m. Isaac Hayes and David Porter
"Expressway to Your Heart" - The Soul Survivors		w.m. Leon Huff, Kenneth Gamble and Donald Storball
"It Must Be Him" - Vikki Carr		w. Maurice Vidalin trans. Mack David m. Gilbert Bécaud
"Your Precious Love" - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell		w.m. Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - Aretha Franklin		w.m. Carole King
"The Rain, the Park and Other Things" - The Cowsills		w.m. Artie Kornfeld and Steve Duboff
"Please Love Me Forever" - Bobby Vinton		w.m. Johnny Malone and Ollie Blanchard
"I Say a Little Prayer" - Dionne Warwick		w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"I Can See for Miles" - The Who		w.m. Pete Townshend
"Daydream Believer" - The Monkees		w.m. John Stewart
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Gladys Knight & the Pips		w.m. Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
"An Open Letter to my Teenage Son" - Victor Lundberg		w. Victor Lundberg
"I Second That Emotion" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles		w.m. Smokey Robinson and Arthur Cleveland
"Hello, Goodbye" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
"In and Out of Love" - Diana Ross & the Supremes		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"Boogaloo down Broadway" - The Fantastic Johnny C		w.m. Jesse James
"You Better Sit Down, Kids" - Cher		w.m. Sonny Bono
"Woman, Woman" - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap		w.m. Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne
"Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)" - John Fred & His Playboy Band		w.m. John Fred and Andrew Bernard
"Chain of Fools" - Aretha Franklin		w.m. Don Covay
"Bend Me, Shape Me" - The American Breed		w.m. Scott English and Larry Weiss
"Skinny Legs and All" - Joe Tex		w.m. Joe Tex

[edit] British number one hits not included above

"Puppet on a String" - Sandie Shaw
"Silence Is Golden" - Tremeloes
"The Last Waltz" - Engelbert Humperdinck
"Massachusetts" - Bee Gees
"Baby Now That I've Found You" - The Foundations
"Let the Heartaches Begin" - Long John Baldry

[edit] Other significant singles

"Try a Little Tenderness" - Otis Redding
"Pretty Ballerina" - Left Banke
"Darling Be Home Soon" - Lovin Spoonful
"On a Carousel" - Hollies
"When I Was Young" - Eric Burdon & The Animals
"Pay You Back With Interest" - Hollies
"To Love Somebody" - Bee Gees
"Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)" - Mamas & Papas
"Dandelion" - Rolling Stones
"She's a Rainbow" - Rolling Stones
"People Are Strange" - Doors
"Holiday" - Bee Gees
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven" - Donovan
"Different Drum" - Linda Ronstadt
"Monterey" - Eric Burdon & the Animals
"It's Wonderful" - Young Rascals
"Soul Finger" - The Bar-Kays
"Heroes and Villains" - The Beach Boys
"Baby You're a Rich Man" - The Beatles (B-side to "All You Need Is Love")
"New York Mining Disaster 1941" - Bee Gees
"Susan" - The Buckinghams
"So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star"/"My Back Pages" - The Byrds
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" - Glen Campbell
"There is a Mountain" - Donovan
"Friday on My Mind" - The Easybeats
"7-Rooms of Gloom" - Four Tops
"Good Times" - Eric Burdon & The Animals
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
"It Takes Two" - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
"California Nights" - Lesley Gore (m. Marvin Hamlisch w. Howard Liebling)
"No Milk Today" - Herman's Hermits (w.m. Graham Gouldman)
"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" - Janis Ian (w.m. Janis Ian)
"Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks
"(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - The Monkees
"Words" - The Monkees (w.m. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) #11 Billboard; B-side to "Pleasant Valley Sunday"
"(I Wanna) Testify" - The Parliaments
"Indescribably Blue" - Elvis Presley
"Homburg" - Procul Harum
"The Look of Love" - Dusty Springfield (m. Burt Bacharach w. Hal David)
"Knock on Wood" - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
"Tramp" - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
"Honey Chile" - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (w.m. Richard Morris)
"The Day I Met Marie" - Cliff Richard
"More Love" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"At the Zoo"/"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Fakin' It" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Even The Bad Times Are Good" - The Tremeloes
"Here Comes My Baby" - The Tremeloes
"Alfie" - Helen Reddy
"Excerpt from A Teenage Opera - Keith West
"Happy Jack" - The Who
"I'm Wondering" - Stevie Wonder
"Itchycoo Park" - Small Faces
"La balsa" - Los Gatos (Founding song of the "Rock en español" movement)

[edit] Published popular music

w. = words, m. = music

"Ain't Got No" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"Aquarius" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"At the Crossroads" w.m. Leslie Bricusse, from the film Doctor Dolittle
"The Bare Necessities" w.m. Terry Gilkyson from the film The Jungle Book
"Blowing Away" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Bonnie and Clyde" w.m. Charles Strouse
"Both Sides Now" w.m. Joni Mitchell
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" w.m. Jimmy Webb
"Colour My World" w.m. Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch
"Do You Know The Way To San Jose?" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"Easy To Be Hard" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"Even The Bad Times Are Good" w. Peter Callander m. Mitch Murray
"The Eyes Of Love" w. Bob Russell m. Quincy Jones
"Fortuosity" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, introduced by Tommy Steele in the film The Happiest Millionaire
"Frank Mills" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"Gentle On My Mind" w.m. John Hartford
"Good Morning, Starshine" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"Happiness" w.m. Clark Gesner from the musical You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
"Hare Krishna" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"I Wanna Be Like You" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film The Jungle Book
"I've Gotta Be Me" w.m. Walter Marks
"In the Heat of the Night" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Quincy Jones. Theme song from the film of the same name, performed by Ray Charles
"Let The Sunshine In" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"The Look Of Love" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach from the film Casino Royale, sung by Dusty Springfield
"Mrs. Robinson" w.m. Paul Simon from the film The Graduate
"My Friend, The Doctor" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from the film Doctor Dolittle
"One Less Bell To Answer" w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach
"Springtime for Hitler" w.m. Mel Brooks, from the film The Producers
"Stony End" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Talk To The Animals" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from the film Doctor Dolittle
"The Tapioca" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Jim Bryant dubbing for James Fox in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen Introduced by Julie Andrews in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie
"To Sir, with Love" w.m. Don Black & Mark London. Introduced by Lulu in the 1967 film To Sir, with Love
"What a Wonderful World" w.m. Bob Thiele & George David Weiss
"Where Do I Go?" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"You Only Live Twice" w. Leslie Bricusse m. John Barry

[edit] Classical music

Jean Absil - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
George Crumb - Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) for orchestra
Gottfried von Einem - Violin Concerto
Benjamin Frankel - Viola concerto
Paul Lansky - String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti - Lontano
Toru Takemitsu - November Steps

[edit] Opera

Yasushi Akutagawa - Orpheus of Hiroshima
Richard Rodney Bennett - A Penny for a Song
Cromwell Everson - Klutaimnestra (eng:Clytemnestra)
Elizabeth Maconchy - The Three Strangers
William Walton - The Bear

[edit] Musical theater

The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) - London revival opened at the Comedy Theatre on November 29 and ran for 365 performances
By Jupiter (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Rodgers and Hart). Off-Broadway revival opened at Theatre Four on January 19 and ran for 118 performances.
Curley McDimple (Music & Lyrics: Robert Dahdah Book: Mary Boylan and Robert Dahdah). Off-Broadway production opened at the Bert Wheeler Theatre on November 22 and ran for 931 performances
Fiddler On The Roof (Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein). London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on February 16 and ran for 2030 performances.
The Four Musketeers, (Music: Laurie Johnson Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer Book: Michael Pertwee). London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on December 5 and ran for 462 performances
Oliver! (Music, Lyrics & Book: Lionel Bart) - London revival opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on April 26 and ran for 331 performances
Sweet Charity (Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Neil Simon). London production opened at the Prince Of Wales Theatre on October 11 and ran for 476 performances.