1967
THE "SUMMER OF LOVE"
WINTER 1967
JAN: "THE DOORS" ALBUM DEBUTS BY THAT BAND...AAAH...HMMM...
JAN 15:"BAD BOYS OF ROCK" ROLLING STONES SPEND "SOME TIME" TOGETHER WITH ED SULLIVAN...BUT ARE MUCH TOO WHOLESOME TO SPEND THE NIGHT !
JAN 27: THREE ASTRONAUTS DEAD IN TRAGEDY OF APOLLO 1
FEB 15: WALTER PARAZAIDER ASSEMBLES WITH HIS NEW GROUP IN HIS APARTMENT, INCLUDING LEE LOUGHNANE, JAMES PANKOW, DANNY SERAPHINE, TERRY KATH, & ROBERT LAMM, AND DECIDE TO GET SERIOUS. SHORTLY AFTER, THEY START REHERSING IN HIS MOM'S CELLAR IN MAYWOOD, ILL., SOON, THEY WILL CALL THEMSELVES "CHICAGO"
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE - FOUR TOPS
SUGAR TOWN - NANCY SINATRA
GEORGY GIRL - SEEKERS
I'M A BELIEVER - MONKEES
SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON - ROYAL GUARDSMEN
TELL IT LIKE IT IS - AARON NEVILLE
GOOD THING - PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS
WORDS OF LOVE - MAMAS & THE PAPAS
SOCK IT TO ME-BABY! - MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS
PENNY LANE - BEATLES
HAPPY TOGETHER - TURTLES
THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE - CASINOS
DEDICATED TO THE OE I LOVE - MAMAS & THE PAPAS
MY CUP RUNNETH OVER - ED AMES
WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - NEW VAUDVILLE BAND
TELL IT TO THE RAIN - FOUR SEASONS
KIND OF A DRAG - BUCKINGHAMS
RUBY TUESDAY - ROLLING STONES
(WE AIN'T GOT) NOTHIN' YET - BLUES MAGOOS
98.6 - KEITH
LOVE IS HERE & NOW YOU'RE GONE - SUPREMES
THE BEAT GOES ON - SONNY & CHER
BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN' - JOHNNY RIVERS
SPRING '67
MAY 4: NEW LOVE GENERATION ANTHEM PURPLE HAZE PEAKS ON UK CHARTS !
MAY 11: 1 MILLIONTH PHONE INSTALLED IN US !...US NOW HAS
50% OF ALL THE PHONES IN THE WORLD (IN CASE YOU'VE EVER
WONDERED WHY AMERICANS TALK SO DAMN MUCH !)
MAY 4: HENDRIX TRIES OUT STRATOCASTER ON NEW RELEASE ARE YOU EXPERIENCED ?, AND IS ULTIMATELY HELD OUT OF THE #1 ALBUM SPOT BY THOSE DAMN BEATLES !
JUNE 2: BEATLES CHANGE POPULAR CULTURE IN AMERICA WITH THE RELEASE OF "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND"
JUNE:WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INVITE JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPLIN, THE WHO, THE BYRDS, THE ASSOCIATION, THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS, OTIS REDDING, THE GREATEFUL DEAD, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, AND BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD ALL TO THE SAME CONCERT ???....
WELL, I GUESS YOU SPARK ONE GIANT "SUMMER OF LOVE" AT THE MONTEREY POP FESTIVAL !!!
I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW - TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS A LIITLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU - MONKEES DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE - MAMAS & THE PAPAS I NEVER LOVED A MAN (THE WAY I LOVED YOU) - URETHRRA FRANKLIN JIMMY MACK - MARTHA & THE VENDELLAS THE HAPPENING - SUPREMES SWEET SOUL MUSIC - ARTHUR CONLEY HAPPY TOGETHER - TURTLES SOMETHIN' STUPID - NANCY & FRANK SINATRA THIS IS MY SONG -PETULA CLARK BERNADETTE - FOUR TOPS WESTERN UNION - FIVE AMERICANS GROOVIN' - YOUNG RASCALS DON'T YOU CARE - BUCKINGHAMS I GOT RYTHEM - HAPPENINGS SHE'D RATHER BE WITH BE - TURTLES SOMEBODY TO LOVE - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE LITTLE BIT OF SOUL - MUSIC EXPLOSION WINDY - ASSOCIATION ALL I NEED - TEMPTATIONS HIM OR ME, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE - PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS RESPECT - ARETHA FRANKLIN CLOSE YOUR EYES - PEACHES & HERB RELEASE ME (AND LET ME LOVE AGAIN) - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES - DAVE CLARK FIVE
SUMMER "OF LOVE" '67
SEPT 17: JIM MORRISON INSISTS HE "COULDN'T GET MUCH
HIGHER" ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
MEANWHILE, KEITH MOON IS SETTING UP EXPLOSIONS IN HIS DRUMS ON THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR, EXCEPT THE CREW ALLREADY DID, AND CONSEQUENTLY THEY BLEW THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THEIR EQUIPMENT, AND ALSO THE WITS OUT OF GUESTS BETTE DAVIS AND MICKEY ROONEY !!!
COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT - EVERY MOTHERS' SON
DON'T SLEEP IN THE SUBWAY - PECULIAR CLARK
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - PROCUL HARUM
I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER - STEVIE WONDER
LITTLE BIT O' SOUL - MUSIC EXPLOSION
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU - FRANKIE VALLI
SAN FRANCISCO (BE SURE TO WEAR FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR) - SCOTT McKENZIE
UP UP & AWAY - FIFTH DIMENSION
LIGHT MY FIRE - DOORS
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - BEATLES
I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER - STEVIE WONDER
PLEASENT VALLEY SUNDAY - MONKEES
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY - BUCKINGHAMS
BABY I LOVE YOU - URETHRA FRANKLIN
A GIRL LIKE YOU - YOUNG RASCALS
ODE TO BILLY JOE - BOBBIE GENTRY
REFLECTIONS - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP - BOBBY VEE & THE STRANGERS
BABY I LOVE YOU - URETHRA FRANKLIN
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - BEATLES
NEVER MY LOVE - ASSOCIATION
FUNKY BROADWAY - WILSON PICKETT
THE LETTER - BOX TOPS
APPLES PEACHES PUMPKIN PIE - JAY & THE TECHNIQUES
YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING - TEMPTATIONS
AUTUMN '67
NOV 27: BEATLES RELEASE "MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" ALBUM IN US
DEC: GLENN CORNICK AND IAN ANDERSON FORM A NEW BAND WITH MICK ABRAHAMS AND CLIVE BUNKER, AND PLAYED TWO GIGS A WEEK USING MANY NAMES, INCLUDING "NAVY BLUE" AND "BAG OF BLUES", BUT ENDED UP STICKING WITH THE NAME THE FANS LOVED MOST, FROM THAT AGRICULTURALIST OF THE 1700'S, "JETHRO TULL"
DEC 9: MORRISON ARRESTED AT CONCERT IN NEW HAVEN FOR LIVING ENVIOUS LIFE...BUSTED BY UNDER-SEXED POLICE!
DEC 12: ROLLING STONES RELEASE NEW ALBUM, WHICH THEY STARTED RECORDING IN FEBRUARY. THEY WERE ASSISTED BY THE BEATLES LATER IN THE YEAR, WHO PROVIDED THE PSYCHADELIC CONCEPT FOR "THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST"
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