1967 in music

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The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its "Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It saw major 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), Big Brother and The Holding Company (Big Brother and The Holding Company), The Doors (The Doors and Strange Days), Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing at Baxter's), Moby Grape (Moby Grape), Traffic (Mr. Fantasy), Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn), Love (Forever Changes), The Beach Boys (Smiley Smile), Cream (Disraeli Gears), The Byrds (Younger Than Yesterday), The Rolling Stones (Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request), The Who (The Who Sell Out), The Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground & Nico), Procol Harum (Procol Harum), The Monkees (Headquarters and Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.), and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Are You Experienced? and Axis: Bold As Love).

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  • January 4The Doors release their debut album, The Doors
  • January 8Elvis Presley turns 32.
  • January 13Stephen Foster Memorial Day is observed for the first time in the United States (on the 103rd anniversary of the composer's death).
  • January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Polo Fields with spoken words from Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder and others. Live music was provided by Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Quicksilver Messenger Service. Speeches from Jerry Rubin and others was also given at the event.
  • January 15The 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 16The Monkees begin work on Headquarters, the first album to give them complete artistic and technical control over their material.
  • January 17 – The Daily Mail newspaper reports 4,000 potholes in Blackburn, Lancashire; and Guinness heir Tara Browne is killed in a car wreck. These articles inspire lyrics for The Beatles song "A Day in the Life".
  • January 22Simon & 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 29Mantra-Rock Dance, the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, is organised at The Avalon ballroom in San Francisco, featuring Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Moby Grape, beat poet Allen Ginsberg and A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in support of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
  • January 30The 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 6Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of the Monkees fly into London. Dolenz 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 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 10Abbey Road Studio 2 session with Michael Nesmith in attendance as The Beatles record "A Day in the Life" with the London Philharmonic Orchestra performing an "orgasm of noise" featured twice in the song.
  • 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 14Aretha 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 2 – The 9th Annual Grammy Awards are held in Los Angeles, hosted by Kirk Douglas. Frank Sinatra wins the most awards with five, including Album of the Year for A Man and His Music and Record of the Year for "Strangers in the Night". The Beatles win Song of the Year for "Michelle".
  • March 3Eric 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 25The Who perform their first concert in the United States, in New York.
  • March 27John Lennon and Paul McCartney are awarded the Ivor Novello award for "Michelle", the most performed song in Britain in 1966.
  • March 30The Beatles pose 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 1
    • Paul McCartney reveals that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid".
    • 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 has taken more than a year to compose and produce the album, cannot bring himself to finish it.
  • May 12
    • Pink Floyd stage the first ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall ("Games for May").
    • The debut album of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced, is released in the UK.
  • May 15Paul McCartney meets American photographer Linda Eastman at a club called "Bag O' Nails".
  • May 19Linda McCartney (her maiden name, Eastman), photographs The Beatles at the London Press Party for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band held at the Chapel Street home of Brian Epstein. Media present are perplexed by the band's fashion statements and the music itself.
  • May 30 – BBC Radio broadcasts "Where It's At" featuring The Beatles interviews, and John Lennon's comedy intro to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". BBC refuse to air "A Day in the Life" for alleged "drug references" in the lyrics.
  • June 1
    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released in Mono and Stereo LPs.
    • Greece's fascist junta issues "Army decree No 13", which bans playing or listening to the music of Mikis Theodorakis.
  • June 4Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Denny Laine and his Electric String Band, Procol Harum and The Chiffons, perform a two-hour "Sunday Special" at Saville Theatre in London.
  • June 10–11 – The KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival at Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California features Canned Heat, The Byrds, The Seeds, Blues Magoos, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Country Joe and the Fish and others on the bill for a charity concert attended by 20,000-40,000;[1] considered America's first pop festival, but eclipsed in stature by the Monterey Pop Festival the following week.
  • June 15Jacqueline Du Pré marries Daniel Barenboim[2] at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
  • June 16Barbra Streisand performs live concert "A Happening in Central Park" in New York's Central Park.
  • June 16–18 – The Monterey Pop Festival, one of the world's first outdoor rock music festivals, 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 w/ 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 estimated to be 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 "The Dock of the Bay".
  • June 25The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World television special, the first worldwide television broadcast. Backing singers include Eric Clapton, 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 into London at the start of their concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley.
  • June 29Mick 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 1William 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 2Jeff Beck and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers perform a two-hour "Sunday Special" at Saville Theatre in London.
  • July 3The Beatles host a party at the Speakeasy Club for The Monkees on the completion of their concerts in London.
  • July 5 – First of the Schaefer Music Festivals, held in Central Park. Lineup consists of Len Chandler, The Young Rascals, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
  • July 18 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience is thrown off a tour of The Monkees after complaints from the conservative Daughters of the American Revolution. (Hendrix's manager Chas Chandler later admits it was a publicity stunt.)
  • July 29Motown Records releases "Reflections," the first single by the group's new billing, "Diana Ross & The Supremes" and after firing founding member Florence Ballard; Ballard, nevertheless, sings on the record and appears on the vinyl's cover alongside group members Ross and Wilson because the song was recorded before her dismissal.
  • August 5Pink Floyd releases their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and is the only one made under the leadership of founder Syd Barrett.
  • 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 21Mikis Theodorakis is arrested by the Greek military authorities and jailed for five months.
  • August 23Brian Epstein's last visit to a Beatles' recording session, at the Chappell Recording Studios on Maddox Street, London. The last new Beatles song he lived to hear was "Your Mother Should Know". Epstein died of an overdose of Carbitral, a form of barbiturate or sleeping pill, in his locked bedroom, on 27 August 1967[3]
  • August 27The Beatles, in Bangor, Wales, with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi since August 25, are informed of the death of their manager Brian Epstein, and they return to London at once.
  • August 31Paul McCartney calls a band meeting to discuss his TV movie idea about a psychedelic bus ride.
  • September 7Eric Burdon marries Angie King.
  • September 16 – Too ill to conduct, after undergoing surgery for pancreatic cancer, Sir Malcolm Sargent makes a valedictory appearance at the Last Night of the Proms.[4]
  • 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.
    • The Who destroy their instruments during a performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Keith Moon's exploding drum kit injures Pete Townshend.[5]
  • September 29Tangerine Dream is founded by Edgar Froese in West-Berlin.
  • September 30 – The BBC replaces the Home Service with a pop music programme, Radio 1, and changes the Light Programme into the more MOR-orientated Radio 2, also launching the all-news Radio 4. The Third Programme is unchanged.
  • October 14Tammi Terrell faints and collapses into duet partner Marvin Gaye's arms onstage during a performance at the Hampton University homecoming in Virginia. She is later diagnosed with a brain tumor, and will 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,[6] with a cover dated November 9 and featuring a photo of John Lennon in the film How I Won the War. The original inspiration for the magazine was Bomp! magazine based in California, which preceded the existence of Rolling Stone.
  • October 27 – Sir Malcolm Sargent's memorial service is attended by 3,000 people including Princess Marina of Kent, Bridget D'Oyly Carte, Pierre Boulez, Larry Adler, Douglas Fairbanks Junior, Léon Goossens, Sir Arthur Bliss, and representatives of the London orchestras and of the Promenaders. Colin Davis and the BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra performed the music.[7]
  • November 22
    • Oricon is founded in Japan by Sōkō Koike and begins publishing a singles chart.
    • Otis Redding records "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" at Stax Records' studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • December 5
    • George Harrison begins recording tracks for Wonderwall Music, his first solo album, in London; he continues the recording in Mumbai.
    • The Beatles open the Apple Boutique in London. Party guests include Eric Clapton and movie director Richard Lester.
  • December 7 – Otis Redding records overdubs to "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay".
  • December 8Otis Redding and his backup band, Bar-Kays, play at a popular nightclub, Leo's Casino in Cleveland, Ohio. This is to be Redding's last performance. Two days later he and four of the six Bar-Kays are among the six people who die when a Beechcraft Model 18 plane in which they are traveling crashes in Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, one of the worst air tragedies in entertainment history, and the worst since "The Day the Music Died" when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper died in a crash in 1959.
  • December 9 – During a performance at the New Haven Arena in New Haven, Connecticut, Jim Morrison of The Doors becomes the first singer to be arrested on stage, having earlier been sprayed with a can of mace. He was charged with inciting a riot, indecency and public obscenity. The charges are dropped several weeks later due to a lack of evidence.
  • December 15The Who release their third studio album, The Who Sell Out. It is a concept album, formatted as a collection of unrelated songs interspersed with faux commercials and public service announcements.
  • December 26 – First telecast of The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour on BBC1 in the UK. Shown in black and white, it upsets McCartney because it ruins the intended psychedelic color effects.
  • date unknown
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Ali Akbar Khan founds a school of music in California.

Musical groups formed[]

  • See Category:Musical groups established in 1967

Musical groups disbanded[]

Albums released[]

January[]

Day Album Artist Notes
4 The Doors The Doors -
9 Collections The Rascals -
More of the Monkees The Monkees -
13 Soul of Mann Manfred Mann -
20 Between the Buttons The Rolling Stones UK
23 The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes -
26 Knock on Wood Eddie Floyd -
30 The Stone Poneys The Stone Poneys -
31 Sugar Nancy Sinatra -
- More Than a New Discovery Laura Nyro -
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson Roy Orbison -
The Youngbloods The Youngbloods -

February[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane -
Deliver The Mamas & the Papas -
6 Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds -
10 Trogglodynamite The Troggs -
13 Hello, I'm Dolly Dolly Parton -
16 Miles Smiles Miles Davis -
17 A Hard Road John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers -
27 How Great Thou Art Elvis Presley Gospel
- Mellow Yellow Donovan -
There's a Kind of Hush All Over the World Herman's Hermits UK
The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes -

March[]

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Images The Walker Brothers -
Green, Green Grass of Home Tom Jones Decca album
4 I'm a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard -
6 Temptations Live! The Temptations Live
10 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin -
Matthew and Son Cat Stevens -
Johnny Mathis Sings Johnny Mathis -
12 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground, Nico -
13 Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits Patsy Cline Compilation
16 King & Queen Otis Redding & Carla Thomas -
17 The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead -
18 Album 1700 Peter, Paul & Mary -
20 Nina Simone Sings the Blues Nina Simone -
Thoroughly Modern Millie Various Artists Soundtrack
21 Back Up Train Al Green -
27 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan Compilation
30 Club Meeting Billy Preston -
- Eric Is Here Eric Burdon & The Animals -
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim -
James Brown Sings Raw Soul James Brown -
Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan Waylon Jennings

April[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Don't Stop Me Now! Cliff Richard -
10 Born Free Andy Williams -
16 A Gift from a Flower to a Garden Donovan -
18 Emotions Pretty Things -
29 Happy Together The Turtles -
- Chuck Berry's Golden Decade Chuck Berry -
Electric Comic Book Blues Magoos -
The Electric Prunes The Electric Prunes -
Happiness Is Dean Martin Dean Martin -
Tim Hardin 2 Tim Hardin -
The Way I Feel Gordon Lightfoot -

May[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Sounds Like... Herb Alpert -
11 Electric Music for the Mind and Body Country Joe and the Fish -
12 Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience -
14 On Stage and in the Movies Dionne Warwick -
22 Headquarters The Monkees -
The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart The Supremes -
26 Absolutely Free The Mothers of Invention -
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles -
- Canciones folklóricas de América Víctor Jara -
Live at the Garden James Brown Live
Make Way for Willie Nelson Willie Nelson -
Super Psychedelics The Ventures -
Up, Up and Away The 5th Dimension -
You're a Big Boy Now The Lovin' Spoonful Soundtrack
The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds Paul Beaver -

June[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 David Bowie David Bowie -
Double Trouble Elvis Presley Soundtrack
2 From the Beginning Small Faces Compilation
6 Moby Grape Moby Grape -
8 Insight Out The Association -
23 Small Faces Small Faces -
26 Flowers The Rolling Stones Compilation
- Big Swing Face Buddy Rich -
Evergreen, Volume 2 Stone Poneys -
Evolution The Hollies -
The Fastest Guitar Alive Roy Orbison motion picture soundtrack
Hip Hug-Her Booker T & the M.G.'s -
James Brown Plays the Real Thing James Brown -
Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space Leonard Nimoy Debut
Ray Charles Invites You to Listen Ray Charles -
Side Trips Kaleidoscope US band
This Is My Song Ray Conniff -
Tom Jones Live! Tom Jones -
We Are Paintermen The Creation -

July[]

Day Album Artist Notes
10 Jigsaw The Shadows -
Live in Europe Otis Redding Live
14 Bee Gees' 1st Bee Gees -
17 The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul The Temptations -
21 Ode to Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry -
24 Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 The Beach Boys Compilation
Little Games The Yardbirds -
31 Groovin' The Young Rascals -
- The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion The Incredible String Band -
Canned Heat Canned Heat -
The Everly Brothers Sing The Everly Brothers -
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Johnny Cash Compilation
Let's Live for Today The Grass Roots -
Reach Out Four Tops -
The Sound of Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett -
Triangle The Beau Brummels -
Welcome to My World Dean Martin -

August[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and June Carter -
Spanky and Our Gang Spanky and Our Gang -
4 Aretha Arrives Aretha Franklin -
5 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Pink Floyd -
7 The Byrds' Greatest Hits The Byrds Compilation
Lumpy Gravy Frank Zappa Original release; subsequently reedited and reissued in 1968
Revolution! Paul Revere & the Raiders Original release; Columbia Records (CS 9521).
23 Big Brother and the Holding Company Big Brother and the Holding Company Psychedelic rock
25 Just for You Neil Diamond -
27 I Was Made to Love Her Stevie Wonder -
28 Branded Man Merle Haggard -
29 Greatest Hits Diana Ross & the Supremes Compilation
Make It Happen Smokey Robinson & The Miracles -
United Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell -
31 The Windows of the World Dionne Warwick -
Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King -
Brighten the Corner Ella Fitzgerald -
Chuck Berry in Memphis Chuck Berry -
Cold Sweat James Brown -
Goodbye and Hello Tim Buckley -
Joan Joan Baez -
Love of the Common People Waylon Jennings -
Lush Life Nancy Wilson -
Underground The Electric Prunes -
Vanilla Fudge Vanilla Fudge -
The World We Knew Frank Sinatra -

September[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Crusade John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers -
Procol Harum Procol Harum -
15 Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks -
16 Scott Scott Walker -
18 Smiley Smile The Beach Boys -
25 Strange Days The Doors -
- Alice's Restaurant Arlo Guthrie -
Blowin' Your Mind! Van Morrison -
Everybody Needs Love Gladys Knight & the Pips -
It Must Be Him Vikki Carr -
Live at Fillmore Auditorium Chuck Berry -
Martha and the Vandellas Live! Martha and the Vandellas Live
Safe as Milk Captain Beefheart -

October[]

Day Album Artist Notes
10 Clambake Elvis Presley Soundtrack
16 A Christmas Album Barbra Streisand Christmas
Love, Andy Andy Williams -
23 Sorcerer Miles Davis -
24 We Are Ever So Clean Blossom Toes -
25 Easter Everywhere The 13th Floor Elevators -
26 Soul Men Sam & Dave -
27 Ten Years After Ten Years After -
Where Am I Going? Dusty Springfield -
31 Pleasures of the Harbor Phil Ochs -
- Chelsea Girl Nico -
Cry Softly Lonely One Roy Orbison -
The Don Heckman-Ed Summerlin Improvisational Jazz Workshop Don Heckman and Ed Summerlin -
Gorilla Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band -
One Nation Underground Pearls Before Swine -
Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings the Complete 'Dr. Dolittle' Sammy Davis, Jr. -
Silk & Soul Nina Simone -
Simply Streisand Barbra Streisand -
A Whole New Thing Sly and the Family Stone -
Wildflowers Judy Collins -
Wave Antonio Carlos Jobim -
Winds of Change Eric Burdon & The Animals -

November[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Forever Changes Love -
6 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. The Monkees -
10 Days of Future Passed The Moody Blues -
Disraeli Gears Cream -
11 Los Gatos Los Gatos -
18 Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield -
24 Tangerine Dream Kaleidoscope UK band
27 Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles -
Someday at Christmas Stevie Wonder -
The Temptations in a Mellow Mood The Temptations -
30 After Bathing at Baxter's Jefferson Airplane -
- The Amboy Dukes The Amboy Dukes -
Butterfly The Hollies -
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas Ella Fitzgerald Christmas
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Country Joe and the Fish -
The One and Only Waylon Jennings -
The Blues Is Now Jimmy Witherspoon -
The Time Has Come The Chambers Brothers -

December[]

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Axis: Bold as Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience UK
4 Studio Tages
8 Mr. Fantasy Traffic -
Their Satanic Majesties Request The Rolling Stones -
15 The Who Sell Out The Who -
18 Wild Honey The Beach Boys -
27 John Wesley Harding Bob Dylan -
Songs of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen -
- 13 Smash Hits Tom Jones -
Anything Goes Harpers Bizarre -
The Look of Love Dusty Springfield -
The Magic Garden The 5th Dimension -
Pandemonium Shadow Show Harry Nilsson -
The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw Paul Butterfield Blues Band -
Song Cycle Van Dyke Parks -
Jul med Hep Stars Hep Stars -

Release date unknown[]

  • Alligator Bogaloo - Lou Donaldson
  • And We Were LoversShirley Bassey
  • Another Story - Ernest Tubb
  • Anything Goes! The Dave Brubeck Quartet Plays Cole Porter - Dave Brubeck
  • Backlash - Freddie Hubbard
  • Back Up TrainAl Green
  • A Bag Full of Blues - Jimmy McGriff
  • Ballads from Deep Gap - Doc Watson and Merle Watson
  • Basie's Beat - Count Basie Orchestra
  • Beach Samba - Astrud Gilberto
  • The Beat of BrazilSergio Mendes & Brasil '66
  • The Beat Goes On - Herbie Mann
  • The Best of Ronnie Dove, Vol. 2 Ronnie Dove
  • BlazeHerman's Hermits
  • The Blues AloneJohn Mayall
  • Blue BensonGeorge Benson
  • Blues Is KingB. B. King
  • Blue Notes - Johnny Hodges
  • Bobby Darin Sings Doctor Dolittle - Bobby Darin
  • Bobo Motion - Willie Bobo
  • Booker 'n' Brass - Booker Ervin
  • 'Bout Changes 'n' Things Take 2 - Eric Andersen
  • Browns Sing the Big Ones from Country - The Browns
  • Bucket O' Grease - Les McCann
  • Burning Bridges - Glen Campbell
  • By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Glen Campbell
  • California Nights - Lesley Gore
  • Call of the ValleyHariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra and Shivkumar Sharma
  • Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
  • CauldronFifty Foot Hose
  • Casino RoyaleBurt Bacharach
  • CellophaneThe Troggs
  • Cherry Red - Eddie Vinson
  • Chet - Chet Atkins
  • Chicken Fat - Mel Brown
  • Chocomotive - Houston Person
  • Christmas with Anita BryantAnita Bryant
  • Chuck Berry's Golden Hits - Chuck Berry
  • Clear LightClear Light
  • Cliff in JapanCliff Richard
  • The Cold Hard Facts of Life - Porter Wagoner
  • Colour My WorldPetula Clark
  • Connie in the Country - Connie Smith
  • Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson - Connie Smith
  • Conquistador!Cecil Taylor
  • Contours - Sam Rivers
  • The Country Way - Charley Pride
  • Creole Cookin' - Bobby Hackett
  • Cry (Ronnie Dove album)Ronnie Dove
  • Daktari - Shelly Manne
  • Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters - Dave Van Ronk
  • A Day in the LifeWes Montgomery
  • Days Have Gone By - John Fahey
  • Doktor DolittleFred Åkerström
  • Double DynamiteSam & Dave
  • A Drop of the Hard StuffThe Dubliners
  • Earthwords & Music - John Hartford
  • Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur – Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
  • EmotionsThe Pretty Things
  • EvilHowlin' Wolf
  • Extra Special!Peggy Lee
  • The Far East SuiteDuke Ellington
  • Feelin' GroovyHarper's Bizarre
  • The First EditionKenny Rogers and the First Edition
  • For All the Seasons of Your MindJanis Ian
  • From Sergio – With LoveSergio Franchi
  • FutureThe Seeds
  • Gene Clark with the Gosdin BrothersGene Clark
  • H. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft
  • High Priestess of SoulNina Simone
  • Hour GlassHour Glass
  • I Think We're Alone NowTommy James and the Shondells
  • Incense and PeppermintsStrawberry Alarm Clock
  • Inner ViewsSonny Bono
  • Introducing the SonicsThe Sonics
  • JuicyWillie Bobo
  • Just for YouNeil Diamond
  • Knock on WoodEddie Floyd
  • The Last WaltzEngelbert Humperdick
  • The Letter/Neon RainbowThe Box Tops
  • Live! At Caesar's PalaceCheckmates, Ltd.
  • Live at the Fillmore AuditoriumChuck Berry
  • Looks at Life - John Hartford
  • LudoIvor Cutler Trio
  • The MarvelettesThe Marvelettes
  • Mixed BagRichie Havens
  • More of the Hard StuffThe Dubliners
  • Morning DewTim Rose
  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for BreakfastJulie London
  • The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandNitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • No Way OutThe Chocolate Watchband
  • The Original SpinnersThe Spinners
  • Out of Different Bags - Marlena Shaw
  • The Parable of Arable LandThe Red Crayola
  • The Party's Over and Other Great Willie Nelson SongsWillie Nelson
  • Ptooff!The Deviants
  • Reach OutBurt Bacharach
  • The Real McCoyMcCoy Tyner
  • ReflectionsTerry Knight and the Pack
  • Release MeEngelbert Humperdinck
  • Revolution!Paul Revere & the Raiders
  • RicochetNitty Gritty Dirt Band
  • Safe As Milk -Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
  • Say Siegel-SchwallSiegel-Schwall Band
  • Seen in GreenThe Seekers
  • Shake DownSavoy Brown
  • Songs for Rainy Day LoversClare Fischer
  • The Story of Simon SimopathNirvana
  • The Soul of a BellWilliam Bell
  • Straight, No ChaserThelonious Monk
  • Strictly InstrumentalLester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson
  • Super BluesBo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Little Walter
  • Supernatural Fairy TalesArt
  • The Super Super Blues Band – Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf
  • These Are My SongsPetula Clark
  • There Goes My HeartSergio Franchi
  • The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack �� The Nice
  • Today My Way - Patti Page
  • The TripElectric Flag (Soundtrack)
  • Víctor JaraVíctor Jara
  • Waist Deep in the Big MuddyPete Seeger
  • Walk Through This World with MeGeorge Jones
  • We Are Ever So CleanBlossom Toes
  • The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Part OneThe West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
  • West Side SoulMagic Sam
  • Whisper NotElla Fitzgerald
  • With Body & SoulJulie London

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions[8] in the charts of 1967.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Procol Harum "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 1967 United Kingdom UK 1 – May 1967, Canada 1 – Jun 1967, Netherlands 1 – Jun 1967, France 1 – May 1972, Germany 1 – Jul 1967, Éire 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 127, OzNet 131, Germany 144 of the 1960s
2 The Monkees "I'm a Believer" 1966 United States UK 1 – Jan 1967, US BB 1 – Dec 1966, Canada 1 – Nov 1966, Netherlands 1 – Jan 1967, Norway 1 – Jan 1967, Germany 1 – Feb 1967, Éire 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 409
3 The Beatles "All You Need Is Love" 1967 United Kingdom UK 1 – Jul 1967, US BB 1 – Jul 1967, Canada 1 – Jul 1967, Netherlands 1 – Jul 1967, Norway 1 – Jul 1967, Germany 1 – Aug 1967, Éire 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 370, WXPN 491, OzNet 869, Acclaimed 613
4 The Doors "Light My Fire" 1967 United States US BB 1 – Jun 1967, France 1 – Jul 1971, Éire 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 53, Scrobulate 24 of classic rock, Netherlands 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 United Kingdom Canada 1 – Feb 1967, Netherlands 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 23, 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[]

w. = words, m. = music

Single – Artist Composer
Winter
"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 RainThe 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
"Incense and Peppermints" – Strawberry Alarm Clock w.m. John S. Carter, Tim Gilbert
"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 and Mogol, translated w. Michael Julien
"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
"C'mon Marianne" – The Four Seasons w.m. Ray Bloodworth and L. Russell Brown
"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
"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 song)" – 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
"Apples, 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 Bécaud
"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[]

  • "Puppet on a String" – Sandie Shaw
  • "Silence Is Golden" – The Tremeloes
  • "The Last Waltz" – Engelbert Humperdinck
  • "Massachusetts" – Bee Gees
  • "Baby Now That I've Found You" – The Foundations
  • "Let the Heartaches Begin" – Long John Baldry

Other significant singles[]

  • "7-Rooms of Gloom" – Four Tops
  • "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
  • "And Get Away" – The Esquires
  • "Alfie" – Dionne Warwick
  • "Seven Drunken Nights" – The Dubliners
  • "At the Zoo"/"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" – Simon & Garfunkel
  • "Autumn Almanac" – The Kinks
  • "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" – Nancy Sinatra
  • "Black Velvet Band" – The Dubliners
  • "The Boat That I Row" – Lulu
  • "Bottle of Wine" – The Fireballs
  • "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell
  • "California Nights" – Lesley Gore (m. Marvin Hamlisch w. Howard Liebling)
  • "Darling Be Home Soon" – The Lovin' Spoonful
  • "The Day I Met Marie" – Cliff Richard
  • "Death of a Clown" – Dave Davies
  • "Down On Me" – Big Brother and The Holding Company
  • "Even The Bad Times Are Good" – The Tremeloes
  • "Everybody Knows" – Dave Clark Five
  • "Flowers in the Rain" – The Move
  • "For Your Love" – Peaches & Herb
  • "Friday on My Mind" – The Easybeats
  • "From the Underworld" – The Herd
  • "Get on Up" – The Esquires
  • "Gettin' Together by Tommy James and the Shondells
  • "Gimme Little Sign"- Brenton Wood
  • "Good Times" – Eric Burdon & The Animals
  • "Excerpt from 'A Teenage Opera'" – Keith West
  • "Happy Jack" – The Who
  • "Here Comes My Baby" – The Tremeloes
  • "Heroes and Villains" – The Beach Boys
  • "Hole in My Shoe" – Traffic
  • "Homburg" – Procol Harum
  • "I Am The Walrus" – The Beatles
  • "I Feel Love Comin' On" – Felice Taylor
  • "I Know You Love Me Not"- Julie Driscoll
  • "I Take It Back" – Sandy Posey
  • "(I Wanna) Testify" – The Parliaments
  • "If I Could ChooseSean Dunphy
  • "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" – The Monkees
  • "I'm Wondering" – Stevie Wonder
  • "It Takes Two" – Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
  • "Itchycoo Park" – Small Faces
  • "I've Been Lonely Too Long" – The Young Rascals
  • "Knock on Wood" – Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
  • "L'amour est bleuVicky Leandros
  • "La balsa" – Los Gatos (Founding song of the Argentine rock movement)
  • "Let Love Come Between Us" – James & Bobby Purify
  • "Let's Go To San Francisco" – The Flower Pot Men
  • "The Look of Love" – Dusty Springfield (m. Burt Bacharach w. Hal David)
  • "Magic Colors"- Lesley Gore
  • "Matthew and Son" – Cat Stevens
  • "Monterey" – Eric Burdon & the Animals
  • "More and More" – Andy Williams
  • "More Love" – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  • "Music to Watch Girls By" – Andy Williams
  • "My Back Pages" – The Byrds
  • "My White Bicycle" – Tomorrow
  • "New York Mining Disaster 1941" – Bee Gees
  • "Maids When You're Young Never Wed An Old Man" – The Dubliners
  • "Night of Fear" – The Move
  • "Night Of The Long Grass"- The Troggs
  • "Nights In White SatinThe Moody Blues
  • "No Milk Today" – Herman's Hermits (w.m. Graham Gouldman)
  • "On a Carousel" – The Hollies
  • "People Are Strange" – The Doors
  • "Pictures of Lily" – The Who
  • "Pretty Ballerina" – Left Banke
  • "Puppet on a String" – Al Hirt
  • "Purple Haze" – Jimi Hendrix
  • "Randy Scouse Git" ("Alternate Title" in the UK) – The Monkees
  • "Reach Out of the Darkness" – Friend & Lover
  • "Shake a Tail Feather" – James & Bobby Purify
  • "She's a Rainbow" – The Rolling Stones
  • "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" – The Byrds
  • "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" – Janis Ian (w.m. Janis Ian)
  • "Soul Finger" – The Bar-Kays
  • "Summer Colors" – Wayne Newton
  • "Susan" – The Buckinghams
  • "Thank the Lord for the Night Time" – Neil Diamond
  • "There Is a Mountain" – Donovan
  • "To Love Somebody" – Bee Gees
  • "Tramp" – Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
  • "Try a Little Tenderness" – Otis Redding
  • "Twelve Thirty" – The Mamas & the Papas
  • "Waterloo Sunset" – The Kinks
  • "We Love You"/"Dandelion" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – Donovan
  • "When I Was Young" – Eric Burdon & The Animals
  • "Zabadak!" – Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich

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
  • "Blowin' 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[]

  • Jean Absil – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
  • Malcolm ArnoldSymphony No. 6
  • Luciano Berio
    • Chemins II for viola and nine instruments
    • O King for soprano and five instruments
    • Sequenza VI for viola
  • Earle BrownEvent: Synergy II, for chamber ensemble
  • Carlos ChávezSoli IV, for horn, trumpet, and trombone
  • George CrumbEchoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) for orchestra
  • Gottfried von Einem – Violin Concerto
  • Benjamin Frankel – Viola Concerto
  • Philip Glass600 Lines
  • Milko KelemenComposé, for two pianos and orchestral group
  • Wojciech KilarSolenne per 67 Esecutori, for solo voices and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
  • Paul Lansky – String Quartet No. 1
  • György LigetiLontano
  • Witold LutosławskiSymphony No. 2
  • Bruno Maderna – Concerto No. 2 for Oboe and Orchestra
  • Henri PousseurCouleurs croisées for large orchestra
  • María Teresa PrietoPalo verde, ballet
  • Steve ReichPiano Phase
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
  • Toru TakemitsuNovember Steps
  • Veljo Tormis
    • Eesti kalendrilaulud (Estonian Calendar Songs)
    • Maarjamaa ballaad (Ballad of Mary's Land)
  • Iannis Xenakis
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann
    • Intercomunicazione
    • Tratto

Opera[]

  • Yasushi AkutagawaOrpheus of Hiroshima
  • Richard Rodney BennettA Penny for a Song
  • Cromwell EversonKlutaimnestra (Eng: Clytemnestra)
  • Elizabeth MaconchyThe Three Strangers
  • William WaltonThe Bear

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

  • The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) – London revival opened at the Comedy Theatre on November 29 and ran for 365 performances
  • By Jupiter (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Rodgers and Hart). Off-Broadway revival opened at Theatre Four on January 19 and ran for 118 performances.
  • Curley McDimple (Music & Lyrics: Robert Dahdah Book: Mary Boylan and Robert Dahdah). Off-Broadway production opened at the Bert Wheeler Theatre on November 22 and ran for 931 performances
  • Fiddler on the Roof (Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein). London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on February 16 and ran for 2030 performances.
  • The Four Musketeers, (Music: Laurie Johnson Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer Book: Michael Pertwee). London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on December 5 and ran for 462 performances
  • Hallelujah, Baby! – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 293 performances
  • Henry, Sweet Henry – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 80 performances
  • How Now, Dow Jones – Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran for 220 performances
  • Oliver! (Music, Lyrics & Book: Lionel Bart) – London revival opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on April 26 and ran for 331 performances
  • Sweet Charity (Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Neil Simon). London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 11 and ran for 476 performances.

Musical films[]

  • Anna
  • Camelot
  • Doctor Dolittle, starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar and Anthony Newley. Directed by Richard Fleischer
  • The Fastest Guitar Alive, starring Roy Orbison
  • Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele
  • The Happiest Millionaire
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
  • The Mikado
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore.
  • Magical Mystery Tour, starring The Beatles

Births[]

  • January 2Tia Carrere (Althea Rae Janairo), American actress and singer
  • January 4Son of Dave (Benjamin Darvill), Canadian-born musician (Crash Test Dummies)
  • January 6A. R. Rahman (A. S. Dileep Kumar), Indian film composer
  • January 7Mark Lamarr (Mark Jones), English presenter of radio and TV music programmes
  • January 9
    • Dave Matthews, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
    • Steve Harwell, American musician and singer (Smash Mouth)
  • January 14Steve Bowman, American rock drummer (Counting Crows)
  • January 22Eleanor McEvoy, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • January 25Voltaire (Aurelio Voltaire Hernández), Cuban-born cabaret musician
  • January 28Marvin Sapp, American singer-songwriter
  • January 31
    • Fat Mike (Michael Burkett), American rock singer and musician
    • Chad Channing, American rock drummer (Nirvana and Child's Play )
    • Jason Cooper, English drummer (The Cure and My Life Story)
  • February 6
    • Anita Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
    • Izumi Sakai, Japanese pop singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
  • February 11
    • Clay Crosse, American Christian musician
    • Paul McLoone, Irish DJ, producer, voice actor and frontman/lead vocalist with The Undertones
  • February 12Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
  • February 17Chanté Moore, American singer
  • February 19Sven Erik Kristiansen Norwegian Black metal and hardcore punk singer (Maniac)
  • February 20Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
  • March 4Evan Dando American musician and frontman/lead vocalist (The Lemonheads)
  • March 7
    • Randy Guss, (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
    • Ruthie Henshall, English actress, singer, and dancer; star of stage musicals
  • March 11John Barrowman, British-American actor and singer
  • March 17Billy Corgan American musician, songwriter, producer, poet (The Smashing Pumpkins)
  • March 18Miki Berenyi, British rock lead singer
  • March 21Jonas Berggren (Ace of Base)
  • March 29John Popper (Blues Traveler)
  • April 12Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
  • April 14Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
  • April 15Frankie Poullain, British rock bassist (The Darkness)
  • April 17Liz Phair, American singer-songwriter
  • April 20Mike Portnoy, American rock drummer (Dream Theater)
  • April 28Kari Wuhrer, American actress and singer
  • April 30Filipp Kirkorov, Soviet and Russian pop singer, actor, producer, TV presenter
  • May 1Tim McGraw, American country singer, producer, and actor
  • May 6Mark Bryan American musician (Hootie & the Blowfish)
  • May 11Apache Indian (real name Steven Kapur), British reggae singer and DJ
  • May 13
    • Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
    • Melanie Thornton, American pop singer (d. 2001)
  • May 18Rob Base, American rapper
  • May 22MC Eiht, American rapper
  • May 23Phil Selway (Radiohead)
  • May 24Heavy D, Jamaican-born American rapper record producer, singer, and actor (d. 2011)
  • May 29Noel Gallagher, English singer, songwriter and musician (Oasis)
  • June 7Dave Navarro, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and actor (guitarist (Jane's Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers))
  • June 8Jasmin Tabatabai, Iranian-German actress and musician
  • June 9 – Dean Felber, Hootie & the Blowfish
  • June 10Emma Anderson, English musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, member of (Lush)
  • June 17
    • Dorothea Röschmann, German soprano and actress
    • Eric Stefani, American keyboard player, songwriter and animator (No Doubt)
  • June 18Glen Benton, American rock singer/bassist (Deicide)
  • June 20
    • Jerome Fontamillas, American singer and guitarist
    • Nicole Kidman, Australian singer, musician, actress, and producer
  • June 24
    • Jeff Cease, American guitarist (The Black Crowes)
    • Richard Kruspe German musician and guitarist (Rammstein)
  • June 29
    • Murray Foster, Canadian rock bassist (Moxy Früvous)
    • Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
    • John Feldmann, American musician and music producer
  • July 7Jackie Neal, American blues singer (d. 2005)
  • July 12John Petrucci, American virtuoso guitarist
  • July 13Benny Benassi, Italian DJ, record producer, and remixer
  • July 17Susan Ashton, American singer
  • July 19Stuart Howe, Canadian operatic tenor
  • July 22Pat Badger American musician, singer, and songwriter (Extreme)
  • July 27Juliana Hatfield, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • July 28Taka Hirose, Japanese musician (Feeder)
  • August 18Blas Elias, American drummer (Slaughter)
  • August 21Serj Tankian Armenian-American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and political activist (System of a Down)
  • August 22
    • Yukiko Okada, Japanese pop singer (d. 1986)
    • Layne Staley, American rock singer (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
  • August 25Jeff Tweedy American musician, songwriter, author, and record producer (Wilco)
  • August 27Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer, television personality, and husband of Regine Velasquez
  • August 29Anton Newcombe, American rock musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
  • September 2Dino Cazares, American rock guitarist (Divine Heresy', Fear Factory)
  • September 5Jesper Koch, Danish composer
  • September 9Chris Caffery, American guitarist and singer
  • September 11Harry Connick, Jr., American jazz singer and pianist
  • September 18Ricky Bell, American singer and actor (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
  • September 20
    • Gunnar Nelson, American singer
    • Matthew Nelson, American singer
  • September 21Faith Hill, American country singer and record producer
  • September 26Shannon Hoon, American singer (Blind Melon) (d. 1995)
  • September 28Moon Unit Zappa, American actress and musician
  • September 29Brett Anderson, Suede
  • October 2Bud Gaugh American drummer (Sublime)
  • October 4Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
  • October 5Johnny Gioeli, American power metal singer
  • October 7Toni Braxton, American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist
  • October 8Teddy Riley, American R&B and hip hop singer
  • October 10Mike Malinin American musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
  • October 17René Dif Danish musician, singer-songwriter, DJ and actor (Aqua)
  • October 19Trouble T Roy, back-up singer for Heavy D & the Boyz
  • October 22
    • Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
    • Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer-songwriter
  • October 26Keith Urban, New Zealand-Australian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, TV show judge, and record producer
  • October 27Scott Weiland American singer and songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots) (d. 2015)
  • October 29Péter Kun, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1993)
  • October 31Adam Schlesinger American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer (Fountains of Wayne)
  • November 1
    • Sophie B. Hawkins, American singer-songwriter
    • Tina Arena, Australian-French singer-songwriter
  • November 3Steven Wilson, English progressive rockmusician
  • November 5Kayah (Katarzyna Magdalena Szczot), Polish pop singer-songwriter
  • November 7
    • Steve DiGiorgio, American musician (bassist)
    • Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish recording artist and songwriter (Texas)
    • David Guetta, French DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer
  • November 14
    • Letitia Dean, English actress and singer.
    • Nina Gordon, American singer
  • November 15E-40, American rapper
  • November 16Ronnie DeVoe American singer, rapper and actor (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe)
  • November 19Lauren Christy, English singer-songwriter and record producer. (Member of The Matrix writing team)
  • November 20Teoman, Turkish rock singer-songwriter
  • November 27Rodney Sheppard, American guitarist (Sugar Ray)
  • December 5Gary Allan, American country musician
  • December 6Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • December 8Tom Holkenborg, Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music producer, and engineer.
  • December 9Joshua Bell, American violinist
  • December 12
    • Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer
    • Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer and voice actor
    • Deke Sharon, American singer-songwriter and producer (The House Jacks and Beelzebubs)
  • December 13Jamie Foxx, American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and comedian
  • December 17Gigi D'Agostino, DJ
  • December 25Jason Thirsk, Pennywise
  • February 1 – Gábor Tarján, composer

Deaths[]

  • January 1Moon Mullican, country singer, 57 (heart attack)
  • January 3Mary Garden, operatic soprano, 93
  • January 7Carl Schuricht, conductor, 86
  • January 15Albert Szirmai, composer, 86
  • January 27Luigi Tenco, singer-songwriter and actor, 28 (suicide by gunshot)
  • January 31Geoffrey O'Hara, composer, 84
  • February 5Violeta Parra, Chilean folk musician, 49 (suicide by gunshot)
  • February 12Muggsy Spanier, jazz cornettist, 60
  • February 15Li Jinhui, composer and songwriter, 75
  • February 16Smiley Burnette, singer and songwriter, 55 (leukaemia)
  • February 24Franz Waxman, composer, 60
  • February 25Fats Pichon, jazz pianist, bandleader, 60
  • March 6
  • March 7Willie Smith, alto saxophonist, 56 (cancer)
  • March 10Ina Boyle, Irish composer, 78
  • March 11Geraldine Farrar, operatic soprano, 85
  • March 22Luigi Piazza, operatic baritone, 82
  • March 23Pete Johnson, jazz pianist, 62
  • March 29Cheo Marquetti, singer-songwriter, 57
  • April 5Mischa Elman, violinist, 76
  • April 12Buster Bailey, jazz musician, 64
  • April 15Totò, songwriter, 69
  • April 17Red Allen, jazz trumpeter, 59
  • April 20Anna Fitziu, operatic soprano, 80
  • April 29J. B. Lenoir, blues musician, 38 (heart attack)
  • April 30Jef Le Penven, composer, 47
  • May 9Philippa Schuyler, pianist and child prodigy
  • May 10Arthur Carron, operatic tenor, 66
  • May 17John Wesley Work III, composer, 65
  • May 21Ilona Eibenschütz, pianist, 95
    • Barsegh Kanachyan, composer of the Armenian national anthem, 82
  • May 31Billy Strayhorn, composer and pianist, 51 (esophageal cancer)
  • June 3André Cluytens, conductor, 62
  • June 24
    • Lionel Belasco, pianist and bandleader, about 85
    • Kai Normann Andersen, composer, 67
  • June 26Françoise Dorléac, actress and singer, 25 (car accident)
  • June 29Jayne Mansfield, actress, violinist and sometime singer, 34 (car accident)
  • July 17John Coltrane, jazz musician, 40 (liver cancer)
  • July 26Matthijs Vermeulen, composer, 79
  • July 30Marios Varvoglis, composer, 81
  • August 4Gustave Samazeuilh, composer, editor and critic, 90
    • Nino Marcelli, conductor and composer, 77
  • August 5Evelyn Scotney, coloratura soprano, 71
  • August 8Jaromír Weinberger, composer, 71
  • August 27Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, 32
  • September 15Hans Haug, primitivist composer, 67
  • September 17Stanley R. Avery, composer, 87
  • September 25Stuff Smith, jazz violinist, 58
  • October 3
    • Woody Guthrie singer, songwriter, 55 (Huntington's Disease)
    • Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor, 72
  • November 8Keg Johnson, jazz trombonist, 58
  • November 10Ida Cox, blues singer, 71
  • November 13Harriet Cohen, pianist, 71
  • November 16Roshan, Bollywood composer, 50 (heart attack)
  • November 22Edvin Kallstenius, composer, 86
  • November 23Otto Erich Deutsch, musicologist, 84
  • November 24Raúl Borges, guitarist and composer, 85
  • November 25Dawid Engela, broadcaster, composer and musicologist, 36 (road accident)
  • November 30Heinz Tietjen, conductor, 86
  • December 4Bert Lahr, vaudeville performer, 72
  • December 6Lillian Evanti, operatic soprano, 77
  • December 10 (in plane crash):
    • Otis Redding, soul singer, 26
    • Four of six members of soul group The Bar-Kays:
    • Ronnie Caldwell, 18
    • Phalon Jones, 18
    • Jimmy King, 18
    • Carl Cunningham, 18
  • December 11Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer, 75
  • December 19Carmen Melis, operatic soprano, 82
  • December 28Maria Nemeth, operatic soprano, 70
  • December 29Paul Whiteman, bandleader, 77
  • December 30Roger Penzabene, Motown songwriter, 23 (suicide)
  • date unknown
    • Texas Gladden, folk singer
    • Knud Harder, composer

Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

  • Grammy Awards of 1967

Eurovision Song Contest[]

  • Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Other[]

See also[]

  • Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1967

References[]

  1. ^ Shannon, Bob (2009). Turn It Up! American Radio Tales 1946–1996. austrianmonk publishing. p. 310. ISBN 1-61584-545-3. OCLC 496123438. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  2. ^ "Jacqueline DuPré Biography".
  3. ^ Miles (1997) p. 355
  4. ^ BBC Proms Archive. Accessed 28 May 2013
  5. ^ "The Who spark an explosion on national television", This Day in History. Accessed 24 March 2013
  6. ^ "Rolling Stone A Year Old". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (22): 6. November 23, 1968.
  7. ^ The Times, 28 October 1967, p. 10
  8. ^ http://tsort.info/music/yr1967.htm 1967 chart positions
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