Top 40 Hits - February 1967

Continuing the series, running late for February:

What were the top songs of the month in February 1967 (50 years ago)?  Well, looking at Billboard's Hot 100, ranking by peak position during the month, with ties settled by average position over the 5 weeks of the month....  and presenting the top 40:


           Song  -  Artist  -    Peak Position (Feb.)

1. I'm A Believer  -  The Monkees  -  1 
2. Kind Of A Drag  -  The Buckinghams  -  1 
3. Georgy Girl  -  The Seekers  -  2  
4. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone  -  The Supremes  -  2  
5. Ruby Tuesday  -  The Rolling Stones  -  3
6. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron  -  The Royal Guardsmen  -  3  
7. Tell It Like It Is  -  Aaron Neville  -  4  
8. (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet  -  Blues Magoos  -  5  
9. The Beat Goes On  -  Sonny & Cher  -  6 
10. Words Of Love  -  The Mamas & The Papas  -  6 
11. 98.6  -  Keith  -  7 
12. Gimme Some Lovin'  -  The Spencer Davis Group  -  7 
13. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye  -  The Casinos  -  8 
14. Good Thing  -  Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay  -  9  
15. Standing In The Shadows Of Love  -  Four Tops  -  10  
16. Baby I Need Your Lovin'  -  Johnny Rivers  -  10  
17. Green, Green Grass Of Home  -  Tom Jones  -  11 
18. I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)  -  The Electric Prunes  -  11  
19. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy  -  Cannonball Adderley  -  11 
20. Stand By Me  -  Spyder Turner  -  12  
21. Nashville Cats  -  The Lovin' Spoonful  -  12 
22. Sock It To Me-Baby!  -  Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels  -  14
23. Music To Watch Girls By  -  Bob Crewe Generation  -  15  
24. Pretty Ballerina  -  The Left Banke  -  15  
25. Knight In Rusty Armour  -  Peter And Gordon  -  15  
26. Go Where You Wanna Go  -  The 5th Dimension  -  16 
27. It Takes Two  -  Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston  -  18 
28. My Cup Runneth Over  -  Ed Ames  -  19  
29. Color My World  -  Petula Clark  -  19  
30. Wild Thing  -  Senator Bobby Featuring Bill Minkin  -  20  
31. You Got To Me  -  Neil Diamond  -  21 
32. Tell It To The Rain  -  The 4 Seasons Featuring the Sound of Frankie Valli  -  21  
33. Sugar Town  -  Nancy Sinatra  -  22  
34. It's Now Winters Day  -  Tommy Roe  -  23  
35. Where Will The Words Come From  -  Gary Lewis And The Playboys  -  25 
36. For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)  -  The Buffalo Springfield  -  25  
37. Hello Hello  -  The Sopwith Camel  -  26 
38. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game  -  The Marvelettes  -  26 
39. Darling Be Home Soon  -  The Lovin' Spoonful  -  27  
40. I've Passed This Way Before  -  Jimmy Ruffin  -  28