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The summer of 1967 is "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour), Small Faces ("Itchycoo Park"), Eric Burdon & The Animals (Winds of Change), The Doors (The Doors and Strange Days), Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing at Baxter's), Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn), Love (Forever Changes), Cream (Disraeli Gears), The Rolling Stones (Their Satanic Majesties Request), The Who (The Who Sell Out), The Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground & Nico), Procol Harum (Procol Harum), and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Are You Experienced? and Axis: Bold As Love). Events - January 13 - Stephen Foster Memorial Day is observed for the first time in the United States (on the 103rd anniversary of the composer's death).
- January 15 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At Ed Sullivan's request, the band change the lyrics of "Let's Spend the Night Together" to "Let's spend some time together".
- January 16 The Monkees begin work on Headquarters, the first album to give them complete artistic and technical control over their material.
- January 22 Simon & Garfunkel give live concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City. Some of this concert is released on October 4, 1997, on their box set Old Friends, but most 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 Till 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 "Randy Scouse Git", not realising that it is an offensive term. 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. His impressions of the visit feature in the lyrics of "Randy Scouse Git".
- 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 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 14 Aretha Franklin records "Respect" at the New York based Atlantic Studios.
- February 16 "Aretha Franklin day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan.
- February 24 The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood.
- March 3 Eric Burdon & 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 includes their new music video for the songs "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever"
- 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 "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 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 hospital suffering burns to his hands. The guitar-burning act would later become a trademark of Hendrix's performances.
- April 8 The 12th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna, Austria. The United Kingdom wins the contest for the first time with the Bill Martin/Phil Coulter song "Puppet on a String", sung by Sandie Shaw.
- May Paul McCartney reveals that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid"
- May 1 Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin, 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
- June 1
- June 4 Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Denny Laine and his Electric String Band, Procol Harum and The Chiffons, perform in a two-hour "Sunday Special" at the Saville Theatre in London.
- June 10 June 11 The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival at Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California features The Miracles, The Byrds, Wilson Pickett, The Seeds, Blues Magoos, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Country Joe and the Fish and several others on the bill for a charity concert attended by 15,000; considered the first rock festival in some histories, but eclipsed in attendance and stature by the Monterey Pop Festival the following week.
- June 16 Barbra Streisand performs live concert "A Happening in Central Park" in New York's Central Park.
- June 16 June 18 The Monterey Pop Festival, the world's first large scale outdoor rock music festival, is held in Monterey, California. Stars include the Who, Simon and Garfunkel, Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Byrds, The Association, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and The Holding Company with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Otis and the MG's take the stage at 1:00 am after Jefferson Airplane and bring down the house; 55,000 are in attendance. Ravi Shankar is among the performers at the festival.
- June 19 During his stay in California on a houseboat in Sausalito, while listening to the Beatles' Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band, Otis Redding is inspired to compose "Sitting On the Dock of the Bay".
- June 25 The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World television special, the first worldwide television broadcast. Backing singers include 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.
- The Monkees fly in to London at the start of their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
- June 29 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are sentenced to jail for drug possession. They later appeal successfully against the sentences.
- June/July - Shortly after the end of the Six-Day War, conductor Leonard Bernstein leads the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on a tour to the Sinai desert, the site of fighting only days before.
- July 1 William Rees-Mogg, editor of The Times, uses the phrase "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" in his editorial criticizing the prison sentences given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richard two days earlier.
- July 2 Jeff Beck and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers perform in a two hour "Sunday Special" at the Saville Theatre in London.
- July 3 The Beatles host a party at the Speakeasy Club for The Monkees on the completion of their concerts in London.
- 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 a publicity stunt.)
- July 29 Motown Records releases "Reflections," the first Supremes single under the group's new billing, "Diana Ross & the Supremes" and after the firing of founding member Florence Ballard; Ballard, nevertheless, sings on the record and appears on the vinyl's cover alongside group members Ross and Wilson as the song was recorded before her dismissal
- 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 North & South on 259 would continue. As Radio Caroline International.
- August 21 - Mikis Theodorakis is arrested by the Greek military authorities and jailed for five months.
- August 23 Brian Epstein makes his last visit to a Beatles' recording session, at the Chappell Recording Studios on Maddox Street, London.[1]August 27 The Beatles, in Bangor, Wales with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, are informed of the death of their manager Brian Epstein, and return to London at once.
- September 7 Eric Burdon marries Angie King.
- September 17 The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform "Light My Fire". Despite having agreed to Sullivan's request that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show, Jim Morrison performs it the way it was written and The Doors are banned from the show.
- September 30 The BBC replaces the Home Service with a pop music channel, BBC Radio 1, and changes the Light Programme into the more MOR-orientated BBC Radio 2. The Third Programme is unchanged.
- 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.
- October 18 The first issue of Rolling Stone rolls off the press at about 5:30pm,[2] with a cover dated November 9 and featuring a photograph of John Lennon in the film How I Won the War.
- November - Oricon is founded by S k Koike and begins publishing a singles chart.
- November 22 Otis Redding records "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay".
- December - George Harrison begins recording tracks for Wonderwall Music, his first solo album, in London; he continues the recording in Mumbai.
- December 5 The Beatles open the Apple Boutique in London.
- December 8 Otis and the Bar-Kays play at a popular nightclub, Leo's Casino. This was to be Otis's last performance. Two days later he and four of the six Bar-Kays die in a plane crash in Lake Monona (Madison, Wisconsin). It was considered to be one of the worst air tragedies in entertainment history, and the worst 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.
- Pickwick Records releases LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by Simon & Garfunkel, recorded under their pseudonym Tom & Jerry, and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file a legal challenge, and the record is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
- The Who destroy 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-launched in Savonlinna, Finland, after a gap of fifty years.
- The first LP recording of traditional Estonian music, Eesti rahvalaule ja pillilugusid, is released.
- The International Society of Bassists is founded by Gary Karr.
- Narsaloo Ramaya becomes leader of the Naya Zamana.
- Ali Akbar Khan founds a school of music in California.
Musical groups formed Musical groups disbanded Albums released January February March April May June July August September October November December Release Date Unknown Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions[3] in the charts of 1967. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | 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, ire 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, ire 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, ire 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, ire 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 | 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 & the Raiders | | w.m. Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher | | "Words of Love" The Mamas & the Papas | | w.m. John Phillips | | "Standing in the Shadows of Love" Four Tops | | w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland | | "Let's Spend the Night Together"/"Ruby Tuesday" The Rolling Stones | | w.m. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards | | "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'" The 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"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" 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 | | . | | | Spring | | | "Bernadette" Four Tops | | w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland | | "This Is My Song" Petula Clark | | w.m. Charlie Chaplin | | "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 and 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 & Herb | | w.m. Chuck Willis | | "You Got What It Takes" The Dave Clark Five | | w.m. Berry Gordy, Roquel Davis and Gwen Gordy Fuqua | | "I'm a Man" The 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 & 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" The 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 | | . | | | Summer | | | "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" Scott McKenzie | | w.m. John Phillips | | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" Frankie Valli | | w.m. Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio | | "Creeque Alley" The Mamas & the Papas | | w.m. John Phillips and Michelle Phillips | | "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 5th 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. Russell 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 & the Techniques | | w.m. Maurice Irby | | "San Franciscan Nights" Eric Burdon & 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 | | . | | | 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, 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 B caud | | "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 | British number one hits not included above Other significant singles Published popular music w. = words, m. = music - "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
- "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
- "Gentle On My Mind" w.m. John Hartford
- "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
- "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
- "Puppet on a String" w.m. Bill Martin & Phil Coulter
- "Talk to the Animals" w.m. Leslie Bricusse. Introduced by Rex Harrison in 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
- "You Only Live Twice" w. Leslie Bricusse m. John Barry
Other notable songs Classical music Opera Musical theater Musical films Births - January 2 Tia Carrere, actress and singer
- January 4 Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies)
- January 7 Mark Lamarr, presenter of radio and TV music programmes
- January 9 Dave Matthews, singer, songwriter and guitarist
- January 14 Steve Bowman (Counting Crows)
- January 25 Voltaire, musician
- January 31
- February 6 Izumi Sakai (Zard) (d.2007)
- February 11 Clay Crosse, American Christian musician
- February 12 Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
- February 17 Chant Moore, American singer
- February 19 Sven Erik Kristiansen Norwegian Black metal and hardcore punk singer (Maniac)
- February 20 Kurt Cobain, singer and songwriter (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
- March 4 Evan Dando (The Lemonheads)
- March 7
- March 11 John Barrowman, actor and singer
- March 17 Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- March 18 Miki Berenyi, British rock lead singer
- March 21 Jonas Berggren (Ace of Base)
- March 29 John Popper (Blues Traveler)
- April 12 Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
- April 14 Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
- April 15 Frankie Poullain, British rock bassist (The Darkness)
- April 17 Liz Phair, American singer and songwriter
- April 20 Mike Portnoy, American rock drummer (Dream Theater)
- April 28 Kari W hrer, American actress and singer
- May 1 Tim McGraw, American country singer
- May 6 Mark Bryan (Hootie & the Blowfish)
- May 11 - Apache Indian (real name Steven Kapur), reggae singer and DJ
- May 13
- May 18 Rob Base, American rapper
- May 22 MC Eiht, American rapper
- May 23 Phil Selway (Radiohead)
- May 24 Heavy D, rapper (d. 2011)
- May 29 Noel Gallagher, songwriter (Oasis)
- June 7 Dave Navarro, guitarist (Jane's Addiction & Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- June 8 Jasmin Tabatabai, German/Iranian actress and musician
- June 9 Dean Felber, Hootie & the Blowfish
- June 24 Richard Kruspe-Bernstein (Rammstein)
- June 29
- July 7 Jackie Neal, American blues singer (d. 2005)
- July 12 John Petrucci, American virtuoso guitarist
- July 19 Stuart Howe, Canadian operatic tenor
- July 22 Pat Badger (Extreme)
- July 27 Juliana Hatfield, singer-songwriter
- July 28 Taka Hirose, Japanese musician (Feeder)
- August 21 Serj Tankian (System of a Down)
- August 22
- August 25 Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
- August 29 Anton Newcombe, American rock musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
- September 2 Dino Cazares, American rock guitarist (Divine Heresy', Fear Factory)
- September 9 Chris Caffery, American guitarist and singer
- September 11 Harry Connick, Jr., jazz singer and pianist
- September 18 Ricky Bell, New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe
- September 20
- September 21
- September 26 Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
- September 28 Moon Unit Zappa, American actress and musician
- September 29 Brett Anderson, Suede
- October 2 Bud Gaugh (Sublime)
- October 4 Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
- October 5 Johnny Gioeli, American power metal singer
- October 7 Toni Braxton, American R&B singer
- October 8 Teddy Riley, American R&B and hip hop singer
- October 10 Mike Malinin (Goo Goo Dolls)
- October 17 Ren Dif (Aqua)
- October 19 Trouble T Roy, back-up singer for Heavy D & the Boyz
- October 22 Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer & conductor
- October 26 Keith Urban, country music singer
- October 27 Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
- October 29 P ter Kun, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1993)
- October 31 Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne
- November 1
- November 3 Steven Wilson, English musician
- November 7
- November 14
- November 15 E-40, American rapper
- November 16 Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
- November 20 Teoman, Turkish rock singer and song-writer
- November 24 Melanie Thornton, singer (d.2001)
- December 5 Gary Allan, American country musician
- December 6 Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer and actor
- December 9 Joshua Bell, violinist
- December 13 Chuck Schuldiner, Death
- December 17 Gigi D'Agostino, DJ
- December 25 Jason Thirsk, Pennywise
- Date unknown - G bor Tarj n, composer
Deaths - January 1 Moon Mullican, country singer, 57 (heart attack)
- January 3 Mary Garden, operatic soprano, 93
- January 7 Carl Schuricht, conductor, 86
- January 15 Albert Szirmai, composer, 86
- January 27 Luigi Tenco, singer-songwriter and actor, 28 (suicide by gunshot)
- January 31 Geoffrey O'Hara, composer, 84
- February 12 Muggsy Spanier, jazz cornettist, 60
- February 15 Li Jinhui, composer and songwriter, 75
- February 16 Smiley Burnette, singer and songwriter, 55 (leukaemia)
- February 24 Franz Waxman, composer, 60
- February 25 Fats Pichon, jazz pianist, bandleader, 60
- March 6
- March 7 Willie Smith, alto saxophonist, 56 (cancer)
- March 11 Geraldine Farrar, operatic soprano, 85
- March 22 - Luigi Piazza, operatic baritone, 82
- March 23 Pete Johnson, jazz pianist, 62
- March 29 Cheo Marquetti, singer-songwriter, 57
- April 5 Mischa Elman, violinist, 76
- April 12 Buster Bailey, jazz musician, 64
- April 15 Tot , songwriter, 69
- April 17 Red Allen, jazz trumpeter
- April 20 - Anna Fitziu, operatic soprano, 80
- April 29 J. B. Lenoir, blues musician, 38 (heart attack)
- April 30 Jef Le Penven, composer, 47
- May 9 Philippa Schuyler, pianist and child prodigy
- May 10 - Arthur Carron, operatic tenor, 66
- May 17 John Wesley Work III, composer, 65
- May 21 Ilona Eibensch tz, pianist, 95
- May 31 Billy Strayhorn, composer and pianist, 51 (esophageal cancer)
- June 3 Andr Cluytens, conductor, 62
- June 24 Lionel Belasco, pianist and bandleader, about 85
- June 26 - Fran oise Dorl ac, actress and singer, 25 (car accident)
- June 29 Jayne Mansfield, actress, violinist and sometime singer, 34 (car accident)
- July 17 John Coltrane, jazz musician, 40 (liver cancer)
- July 26 Matthijs Vermeulen, composer, 79
- July 30 Marios Varvoglis, composer, 81
- August 5 - Evelyn Scotney, coloratura soprano, 71
- August 8 Jarom r Weinberger, composer, 71
- August 27 Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, 32
- September 15 Hans Haug, primitivist composer, 67
- September 25 Stuff Smith, jazz violinist, 58
- October 3
- November 10 Ida Cox, blues singer, 71
- November 13 Harriet Cohen, pianist, 71
- November 16 Roshan, Bollywood composer, 50 (heart attack)
- November 22 Edvin Kallstenius, composer, 86
- November 23 Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist, 84
- November 24 Ra l Borges, guitarist and composer, 85
- November 25 Dawid Engela, broadcaster, composer and musicologist, 36 (road accident)
- November 30 Heinz Tietjen, conductor, 86
- December Roger Penzabene, Motown songwriter (suicide)
- December 4 Bert Lahr, vaudeville performer, 72
- December 6 Lillian Evanti, operatic soprano, 77
- December 10 (in plane crash):
- December 11 Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer, 75
- December 19 - Carmen Melis, operatic soprano, 82
- December 28 - Maria Nemeth, operatic soprano, 70
- December 29 Paul Whiteman, bandleader, 77
- date unknown
Awards Grammy Awards Eurovision Song Contest Other See also Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1967 References cs:1967 v hudb eo:1967 en muziko fr:1967 en musique he:1967 mk:1967 ja:1967 pl:1967 w muzyce pt:1967 na m sica ru:1967 sq:1967 n muzik sv:Musik ret 1967
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