Saturday, March 11, 2017

Top Hits - March 1967

Continuing the series:

What were the top songs of the month in March 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
  • Love Is Here And Now You're Gone  -  The Supremes  -  1
  • Ruby Tuesday  -  The Rolling Stones  -  1
  • Happy Together  -  The Turtles  -  1
  • Penny Lane  -  The Beatles  -  1
  • Dedicated ToThe One I Love  -  The Mamas & The Papas  -  2
  • Baby I Need Your Lovin'  -  Johnny Rivers  -  3
  • Kind Of A Drag  -  The Buckinghams  -  3
  • There's A Kind Of Hush  -  Herman's Hermits  -  4
  • Georgy Girl  -  The Seekers  -  5
  • Sock It To Me-Baby!  -  Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels  -  6
  • Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye  -  The Casinos  -  6
  • The Beat Goes On  -  Sonny & Cher  -  6
  • For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)  -  The Buffalo Springfield  -  7
  • Gimme Some Lovin'  -  The Spencer Davis Group  -  7
  • My Cup Runneth Over  -  Ed Ames  -  8
  • I'm A Believer  -  The Monkees  -  10
  • Strawberry Fields Forever  -  The Beatles  -  11
  • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy  -  Cannonball Adderley  -  11
  • (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet  -  Blues Magoos  -  12
  • The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game  -  The Marvelettes  -  13
  • I Think We're Alone Now  -  Tommy James And The Shondells  -  13
  • It Takes Two  -  Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston  -  14
  • The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)  -  Harpers Bizarre  -  14
  • Darling Be Home Soon  -  The Lovin' Spoonful  -  15
  • The Return Of The Red Baron  -  The Royal Guardsmen  -  15
  • Pretty Ballerina  -  The Left Banke  -  15
  • California Nights  -  Lesley Gore  -  16
  • Go Where You Wanna Go  -  The 5th Dimension  -  16
  • I've BeenLonely Too Long  -  The Young Rascals  -  17
  • I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)  -  The Electric Prunes  -  17
  • Bernadette  -  Four Tops  -  18
  • You Got To Me  -  Neil Diamond  -  18
  • Epistle To Dippy  -  Donovan  -  19
  • This Is My Song  -  Petula Clark  -  19
  • I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)  -  Aretha Franklin  -  20
  • Let's Fall In Love  -  Peaches & Herb  -  21
  • Ups And Downs  -  Paul Revere & The Raiders  -  22
  • Niki Hoeky  -  P.J. Proby  -  23
  • Jimmy Mack  -  Martha & The Vandellas  -  24
  • 98.6  -  Keith  -  25
So, I have 7 of the Top 10, but only 19 of the Top 40....  Looks like I need to go to Amazon!

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