1968 photo, but similar-ish period of me in boy-pop-chart-freak days. We lived at RAF Valley in 1967, Isle Of Anglesey.
I started my charts in late 1968, but the mid 60’s were just as great for music, and strong in my memory and affections as a boy, so after a lifetime of wanting to properly research oldies (especially American chart oldies that were never hits in the UK) I intend to visit them all, starting with 1967, and create a combined chart which is part what-I-loved-then and part what-i-love-now. I quickly found that there are OODLES of tracks new to me that fit very nicely into a Top 75, and as I play them along with familiar ones on a weekly basis the chart positions seem about right to me.
So off we go, the top 75 building up after a smaller start.
First chart-topper, Cat Stevens a song I was MAD on at the time, and still love to bits.
1 MATTHEW AND SON Cat Stevens
2 I’M A BELIEVER The Monkees
3 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON The Supremes
4 I’M NOT YOUR STEPPIN’ STONE The Monkees
5 SINGLE GIRL Sandy Posey
6 SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
7 FRIDAY ON MY MIND The Easybeats
8 GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys
9 SITTING IN THE PARK Georgie Fame
10 SUGAR TOWN Nancy Sinatra
11 I FEEL FREE Cream
12 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED Jimmy Ruffin
13 GEORGY GIRL The Seekers
14 98.6 Keith
15 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield
16 SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan
17 GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones
18 HEY JOE The Jimi Hendrix Expereince
19 WHAT WOULD I BE Val Doonican
20 REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE The Four Tops
21 DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves
22 NIGHT OF FEAR The Move
23 STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE The Four Tops
24 HAPPY JACK The Who
25 PAMELA PAMELA Wayne Fontana
26 (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU The Temptations
27 MORNINGTOWN RIDE The Seekers
28 WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL New Vaudeville Band
29 JUST ONE SMILE Gene Pitney
30 WORDS OF LOVE The Mamas & The Papas
31 SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON The Royal Guardsmen
32 MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY The Bob Crewe Generation
33 SEMI-DETACHED SUBURBAN MR JAMES Manfred Mann
34 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ The Spencer Davis Group
35 I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tommy James & The Shondells
36 TELL IT TO THE RAIN The Four Seasons
37 THE BEAT GOES ON Sonny & Cher
38 TELL IT LIKE IT IS Aaron Neville
39 HIGH TIME Paul Jones
40 I’VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE Jimmy Ruffin
41 ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT ME The Troggs
42 COLOR MY WORLD Petula Clark
43 DEADLIER THAN THE MALE The Walker Brothers
44 SAVE ME Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
45 A PLACE IN THE SUN Stevie Wonder
46 HOLY COW Lee Dorsey
47 I’M READY FOR LOVE Martha & The Vandellas
48 IN THE COUNTRY Cliff Richard
49 NASHVILLE CATS The Lovin’ Spoonful
50 THAT’S LIFE Frank Sinatra
15th January 1967
A new one to me is Felice Taylor’s version of the 1975 Love Unlimited hit – not surprisingly originally done by Felice (Barry White’s protege, while Love Unlimited featured his missus). Barry graduated onto The Banana Splits within months…
The Buckinghams I discovered back in the 90’s on a Florida oldies station, Paul Jones I loved as a kid, and have seen ol’ Paul a few times over the years (in Othello, as part of the Blues Band, and with the Manfreds). The Casinos song was a US hit in a version by Glen Campbell I know better, and the Love track, while not exactly Alone Again Or standard, is very much Beautiful Stranger in style if not actual substance.
The Monkees and Cat Stevens would have been my joint faves at the time, so I see no reason not to reflect that accurately as I still love both to bits, and then some.
1 ( 2 ) I’M A BELIEVER The Monkees
2 ( 1 ) MATTHEW AND SON Cat Stevens
3 ( 5 ) SINGLE GIRL Sandy Posey
4 ( 4 ) I’M NOT YOUR STEPPIN’ STONE The Monkees
5 ( 6 ) SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
6 ( 16 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan
7 ( 9 ) SITTING IN THE PARK Georgie Fame
8 ( 3 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON The Supremes
9 ( 10 ) SUGAR TOWN Nancy Sinatra
10 ( 11 ) I FEEL FREE Cream
11 ( 7 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND The Easybeats
12 ( 14 ) 98.6 Keith
13 ( 13 ) GEORGY GIRL The Seekers
14 ( 15 ) FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield
15 ( 8 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys
16 ( 18 ) HEY JOE The Jimi Hendrix Expereince
17 ( 22 ) NIGHT OF FEAR The Move
18 ( NEW ) RUBY TUESDAY The Rolling Stones
19 ( 25 ) PAMELA PAMELA Wayne Fontana
20 ( 24 ) HAPPY JACK The Who
21 ( 23 ) STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE The Four Tops
22 ( 12 ) WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED Jimmy Ruffin
23 ( 26 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU The Temptations
24 ( 19 ) WHAT WOULD I BE Val Doonican
25 ( 17 ) GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones
26 ( 30 ) WORDS OF LOVE The Mamas & The Papas
27 ( 29 ) JUST ONE SMILE Gene Pitney
28 ( 35 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tommy James & The Shondells
29 ( 32 ) MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY The Bob Crewe Generation
30 ( 34 ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ The Spencer Davis Group
31 ( 21 ) DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves
32 ( 20 ) REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE The Four Tops
33 ( NEW ) I’VE BEEN A BAD BAD BOY Paul Jones
34 ( 37 ) THE BEAT GOES ON Sonny & Cher
35 ( 27 ) MORNINGTOWN RIDE The Seekers
36 ( 40 ) I’VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE Jimmy Ruffin
37 ( NEW ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) Felice Taylor
38 ( 28 ) WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL New Vaudeville Band
39 ( NEW ) KIND OF A DRAG The Buckinghams
40 ( 42 ) COLOR MY WORLD Petula Clark
41 ( 31 ) SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON The Royal Guardsmen
42 ( NEW ) WE AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ YET The Blues Magoos
43 ( 43 ) DEADLIER THAN THE MALE The Walker Brothers
44 ( 36 ) TELL IT TO THE RAIN The Four Seasons
45 ( NEW ) THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE The Casinos
46 ( 38 ) TELL IT LIKE IT IS Aaron Neville
47 ( 41 ) ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT ME The Troggs
48 ( NEW ) I DON’T NEED ANYTHING Sandie Shaw
49 ( 33 ) SEMI-DETACHED SUBURBAN MR JAMES Manfred Mann
50 ( NEW ) SHE COMES IN COLORS Love
22nd January 1967
The Fifth Dimension were fab, loved them, and a great version of The Mamas & The Papas original terrific track.
1 ( 1 ) I’M A BELIEVER The Monkees
2 ( 2 ) MATTHEW AND SON Cat Stevens
3 ( NEW ) LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE The Monkees
4 ( 7 ) SITTING IN THE PARK Georgie Fame
5 ( 3 ) SINGLE GIRL Sandy Posey
6 ( 6 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan
7 ( 5 ) SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
8 ( 9 ) SUGAR TOWN Nancy Sinatra
9 ( 4 ) (I’M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN’ STONE The Monkees
10 ( 13 ) GEORGY GIRL The Seekers
11 ( 18 ) RUBY TUESDAY The Rolling Stones
12 ( 10 ) I FEEL FREE Cream
13 ( 14 ) FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield
14 ( 8 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON The Supremes
15 ( 21 ) STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE The Four Tops
16 ( 12 ) 98.6 Keith
17 ( 17 ) NIGHT OF FEAR The Move
18 ( NEW ) LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE The Supremes
19 ( 33 ) I’VE BEEN A BAD BAD BOY Paul Jones
20 ( 23 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU The Temptations
21 ( 11 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND The Easybeats
22 ( 36 ) I’VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE Jimmy Ruffin
23 ( NEW ) IT TAKES TWO Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
24 ( 15 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys
25 ( 43 ) DEADLIER THAN THE MALE The Walker Brothers
26 ( 26 ) WORDS OF LOVE The Mamas & The Papas
27 ( 27 ) JUST ONE SMILE Gene Pitney
28 ( 28 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tommy James & The Shondells
29 ( 16 ) HEY JOE The Jimi Hendrix Expereince
30 ( 37 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) Felice Taylor
31 ( 20 ) HAPPY JACK The Who
32 ( 19 ) PAMELA PAMELA Wayne Fontana
33 ( 22 ) WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED Jimmy Ruffin
34 ( 34 ) THE BEAT GOES ON Sonny & Cher
35 ( 48 ) I DON’T NEED ANYTHING Sandie Shaw
36 ( 25 ) GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones
37 ( 24 ) WHAT WOULD I BE Val Doonican
38 ( NEW ) GO WHERE YOU WANNA GO The Fifth Dimension
39 ( 39 ) KIND OF A DRAG The Buckinghams
40 ( 45 ) THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE The Casinos
41 ( 31 ) DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves
42 ( 30 ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ The Spencer Davis Group
43 ( 32 ) REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE The Four Tops
44 ( 29 ) MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY The Bob Crewe Generation
45 ( NEW ) CALIFORNIA NIGHTS Lesley Gore
46 ( 42 ) WE AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ YET The Blues Magoos
47 ( NEW ) YOU GOT TO ME Neil Diamond
48 ( 40 ) COLOR MY WORLD Petula Clark
49 ( NEW ) PEEK-A-BOO The New Vaudeville Band
50 ( NEW ) I’M GONNA MISS YOU The Artistics
51 ( NEW ) RELEASE ME Engelbert Humperdinck
52 ( 35 ) MORNINGTOWN RIDE The Seekers
53 ( NEW ) 96 TEARS Big Maybelle
54 ( NEW ) I’M A MAN The Spencer Davis Group
55 ( NEW ) I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG The Young Rascals
56 ( NEW ) IT’S NOW WINTER’S DAY Tommy Roe
57 ( 50 ) SHE COMES IN COLORS Love
58 ( NEW ) SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK’N’ROLL STAR The Byrds
59 ( NEW ) TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS Otis Redding
60 ( NEW ) PRETTY BALLERINA The Left Banke
29th Jan
A Four Tops cover from Johnny Rivers, big on oldies radio in the States on my regular Florida hols in the 90’s, as The Four Tops go top 10 with a classic of their own. Cat Stevens back on top as The Tremeloes version of his song enters at 19. Charlie Chaplin wrote Petula Clark’s standard (honest!), and several More Of The Monkees tracks that were played on their TV show enter the chart. The Mamas & The Papas cover from the 5th Dimension stays ahead of an album track from them, which was on their 1973/4 budget hits albums that I got into big in 1974, along with The Monkees tracks on their budget albums in this chart from 1973/4. Two of the tracks were written by Neil Diamond, along with his own entry.
1 ( 2 ) MATTHEW AND SON Cat Stevens
2 ( 3 ) LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE The Monkees
3 ( 1 ) I’M A BELIEVER The Monkees
4 ( 6 ) SUNSHINE SUPERMAN Donovan
5 ( 4 ) SITTING IN THE PARK Georgie Fame
6 ( 10 ) GEORGY GIRL The Seekers
7 ( 18 ) LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE The Supremes
8 ( 15 ) STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE The Four Tops
9 ( 5 ) SINGLE GIRL Sandy Posey
10 ( 11 ) RUBY TUESDAY The Rolling Stones
11 ( 8 ) SUGAR TOWN Nancy Sinatra
12 ( 9 ) (I’M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN’ STONE The Monkees
13 ( 13 ) FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH Buffalo Springfield
14 ( 7 ) SUMMER WINE Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
15 ( 12 ) I FEEL FREE Cream
16 ( 17 ) NIGHT OF FEAR The Move
17 ( 19 ) I’VE BEEN A BAD BAD BOY Paul Jones
18 ( 22 ) I’VE PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE Jimmy Ruffin
19 ( NEW ) HERE COMES MY BABY The Tremeloes
20 ( 20 ) (I KNOW) I’M LOSING YOU The Temptations
21 ( 23 ) IT TAKES TWO Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
22 ( NEW ) THIS IS MY SONG Petula Clark
23 ( 25 ) DEADLIER THAN THE MALE The Walker Brothers
24 ( 14 ) YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON The Supremes
25 ( 28 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tommy James & The Shondells
26 ( NEW ) SHE The Monkees
27 ( 38 ) GO WHERE YOU WANNA GO The Fifth Dimension
28 ( NEW ) TRIP, STUMBLE AND FALL The Mamas & The Papas
29 ( 35 ) I DON’T NEED ANYTHING Sandie Shaw
30 ( 40 ) THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE The Casinos
31 ( 16 ) 98.6 Keith
32 ( NEW ) BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ Johnny Rivers
33 ( 54 ) I’M A MAN The Spencer Davis Group
34 ( 21 ) FRIDAY ON MY MIND The Easybeats
35 ( 24 ) GOOD VIBRATIONS The Beach Boys
36 ( 45 ) CALIFORNIA NIGHTS Lesley Gore
37 ( 46 ) WE AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ YET The Blues Magoos
38 ( 26 ) WORDS OF LOVE The Mamas & The Papas
39 ( 49 ) PEEK-A-BOO The New Vaudeville Band
40 ( 30 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) Felice Taylor
41 ( 29 ) HEY JOE The Jimi Hendrix Expereince
42 ( 47 ) YOU GOT TO ME Neil Diamond
43 ( NEW ) YOUR AUNTIE GRIZELDA The Monkees
44 ( 33 ) WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN-HEARTED Jimmy Ruffin
45 ( 50 ) I’M GONNA MISS YOU The Artistics
46 ( 31 ) HAPPY JACK The Who
47 ( 36 ) GREEN, GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones
48 ( 51 ) RELEASE ME Engelbert Humperdinck
49 ( 34 ) THE BEAT GOES ON Sonny & Cher
50 ( 27 ) JUST ONE SMILE Gene Pitney
51 ( NEW ) LOOK OUT (HERE COMES TOMORROW) The Monkees
52 ( 53 ) 96 TEARS Big Maybelle
53 ( 55 ) I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG The Young Rascals
54 ( NEW ) HARD LOVIN’ Guy Darrell
55 ( 39 ) KIND OF A DRAG The Buckinghams
56 ( 56 ) IT’S NOW WINTER’S DAY Tommy Roe
57 ( 58 ) SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK’N’ROLL STAR The Byrds
58 ( 37 ) WHAT WOULD I BE Val Doonican
59 ( NEW ) SUNDAY MORNING The Velvet Underground & Nico
60 ( 60 ) PRETTY BALLERINA The Left Banke
61 ( 32 ) PAMELA PAMELA Wayne Fontana
62 ( 43 ) REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE The Four Tops
63 ( 41 ) DISTANT DRUMS Jim Reeves
64 ( 42 ) GIMME SOME LOVIN’ The Spencer Davis Group
65 ( NEW ) THE LITTLE BLACK EGG The Nightcrawlers
66 ( 44 ) MUSIC TO WATCH GIRLS BY The Bob Crewe Generation
67 ( NEW ) KNOCK ON WOOD Eddie Floyd
68 ( NEW ) LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER The Rolling Stones
69 ( NEW ) BABY WHAT I MEAN The Drifters
70 ( 52 ) MORNINGTOWN RIDE The Seekers
71 ( 59 ) TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS Otis Redding
72 ( NEW ) SIT DOWN I THINK I LOVE YOU The Mojo Men
73 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE Wilson Pickett
74 ( NEW ) DON’T GO HOME (MY LITTLE DARLIN’) The Shirelles
75 ( 57 ) SHE COMES IN COLORS Love
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