1967 in music

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1967 was an important year for psychedelic music, with releases from The Doors (The Doors, Strange Days), Jefferson Airplane (Surrealistic Pillow), the Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Cream's Disraeli Gears, The Rolling Stones's Their Satanic Majesties Request & The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced?.

1 Events
2 Top albums released in the U.S.A.
3 Charting 1968 albums released in 1967 in Britain
4 Other notable albums
5 Top American hits on record
6 British number one hits not included above
7 Other singles
8 Published popular music
9 Classical music
10 Opera
11 Musical theater
12 Musical films
13 Births
14 Deaths
15 Awards
- 15.1 Grammy Awards
- 15.2 Eurovision Song Contest
16 Music Chart

[edit] Events

January 15 - The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. At Ed Sullivan's request, the band changed their lyrics from "Let's spend the night together" to "Let's spend some time together".
January 22 - Simon and Garfunkel give live concert at Philharmonic Hall in New York City. While bits and pieces of this concert are released on October 4, 1997, on their box set Old Friends, the majority of this concert 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 Til 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, which is based on the programme, as well as Dolenz's visit to Paul McCartney. The British Censors force the title to be changed to "Alternate Title" in the U.K.
February 7 - Micky Dolenz meets Paul McCartney at his home in St John's Wood, London and they pose together for the press.
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 tabloid newspaper '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 13 - The Beatles new single "Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane" is released in the United States
February 14 - Aretha Franklin records "Respect" at the New York based Atlantic Studios
February 16 - "Aretha Franklin day" is declared in Detroit, Michigan
February 17 - Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane is released in the USA
February 24 - The Bee Gees sign a management contract with Robert Stigwood
March 3 - 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. The band premieres their new music videos 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 the song "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 their soon to be released 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 the hospital suffering burns to his hands. This guitar-burning act would later become a trademark of Hendrix's performances.
April 8 - Eurovision Song Contest held in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. The wining song, the United Kingdom's "Puppet on a String" was sung by Sandie Shaw.
April 13 - The Rolling Stones' Concert in Warsaw.
May - Paul McCartney announces that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid"
May 1 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in 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 - Pink Floyd stage the first ever rock concert with quadraphonic sound at Queen Elizabeth Hall, England
June 1 - The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released. It is their most popular album to date.
16-June 18 - The Monterey International Pop Festival, the world's first large scale outdoor rock music festival.
June 17- Barbra Streisand performs live concert "A Happening in Central Park" in New York's Central Park.
June 25 - The Beatles perform "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World television special, which was the first worldwide television broadcast. Singing backup for the Beatles were a number of artists including 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, Nevada. 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.
June 29 - Rolling Stones members jailed for drug possession.
June 30 - July 2 The Monkees three concerts at the Empire Pool, Wembley; Lulu also appeared on this tour.
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 all for outrage publicity.
Summer - "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco.
August 14 - Radio London London's most popular Pop Music pirate radio station "Big L" closed down.
August 27 - The Beatles are informed of manager Brian Epstein's death, while in Bangor, Wales with the Maharishi
September 17 - The Doors appear on the Ed Sullivan show and perform "Light My Fire". Sullivan had requested that the line "Girl we couldn't get much higher" be changed for the show. Jim Morrison performed it the way it was written and The Doors were banned from the show.
September 30 - BBC Radio 1 launched
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.
November 9 - First issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published
December 5 - The Beatles open the Apple Shop in London
December 10 - Otis Redding dies in plane crash, two days after recording "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"
December 26 - The Beatles air the Magical Mystery Tour on British TV
A taped appearance by The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. The band premieres their new music video for the song "Hello Goodbye".
Pickwick Records releases LP collection of ten 1950s A- and B-sides of singles by Simon and Garfunkel, recorded under their pseudonym Tom & Jerry, and tries to pass it off as current material by the duo. Simon and Garfunkel file legal challenge, and the record, now rare, is swiftly withdrawn from the market.
The Who destroys 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 Monkees become the best selling group of 1967, outselling the Beatles and the Rolling Stones combined.
The Savonlinna Opera Festival is re-opened in Savonlinna, Finland, helping to launch a repopularization of opera
Donny Hathaway's musical career begins
Ted Nugent's musical career begins
George Clinton's musical career begins
Sly & the Family Stone's musical career begins
Blue Öyster Cult's musical career begins
Captain Beefheart's musical career begins
The Stooges musical career begins
The Velvet Underground's first album is released
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The First Edition (fronted by Kenny Rogers) and Chicago form.
The progressive rock band Genesis is formed in Surrey, UK.
Procol Harum's musical career begins with the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale".
The Moody Blues re-form and release "Tuesday Afternoon (song)" and "Nights in White Satin"

[edit] Top albums released in the U.S.A.

Winter

Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
Mellow Yellow - Donovan
The Doors - The Doors (debut)
More of The Monkees - The Monkees
Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones
The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland - The Supremes

Spring

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield (debut)
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan
Up, Up and Away - The Fifth Dimension (debut)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
The Marvelettes - The Marvelettes
Headquarters - The Monkees
12 Greatest Hits - Patsy Cline
How Great Thou Art - Elvis Presley
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra
Temptations Live! - The Temptations
Happy Together - The Turtles
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (debut)

Summer

Joan (album) - Joan Baez
Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 - The Beach Boys
Smiley Smile - The Beach Boys
Bee Gees 1st - The Bee Gees
The Byrds' Greatest Hits - The Byrds
Brighten the Corner - Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Arrives - Aretha Franklin
Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (debut)
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
Absolutely Free - The Mothers of Invention
The Sound of Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett
The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul - The Temptations
Little Games - The Yardbirds

Autumn

Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr
Disraeli Gears - Cream
A Gift from a Flower to a Garden - Donovan
Greatest Hits - Diana Ross and The Supremes
Wear Your Love Like Heaven - Donovan
Strange Days - The Doors
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
The Magic Garden - The Fifth Dimension
United - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie
Branded Man - Merle Haggard
Everybody Needs Love - Gladys Knight and the Pips
After Bathing At Baxter's Jefferson Airplane
Forever Changes - Love
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd. - The Monkees
Blowin' Your Mind! - Van Morrison
Pleasures Of The Harbor - Phil Ochs
Pink Floyd - condensed version of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (debut)
Clambake - Elvis Presley
Procol Harum - Procol Harum
Their Satanic Majesties Request - Rolling Stones
Silk & Soul - Nina Simone
The Temptations in a Mellow Mood - The Temptations
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart

[edit] Charting 1968 albums released in 1967 in Britain

Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues
Mr. Fantasy - Traffic

[edit] Other notable albums

Sounds Like - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Insight Out - The Association
Reach Out - Burt Bacharach
Casino Royale (1967 film) (soundtrack) - Burt Bacharach
Juicy - Willie Bobo
David Bowie - David Bowie (debut)
Gorilla - Bonzo Dog Band (debut)
Live! at the Village Vanguard Again - John Coltrane
Sorcerer - Miles Davis
Nefertiti - Miles Davis
And His Mother Called Him Bill - Duke Ellington
Whisper Not - Ella Fitzgerald
Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
Blues Is King - B. B. King
The Way I Feel - Gordon Lightfoot
West Side Soul - Magic Sam
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal
Deliver - The Mamas and the Papas
Crusade - John Mayall
Canciones Folklóricas de América - Víctor Jara
A Hard Road - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
The Beat of Brazil - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
A Day in the Life - Wes Montgomery
Chelsea Girl - Nico
The Pandemonium Shadow Show - Harry Nilsson
The Fastest Guitar Alive - Roy Orbison (motion picture soundtrack)
Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson - Roy Orbison
Cry Softly Lonely One - Roy Orbison
Morning Dew - Tim Rose
Víctor Jara - Víctor Jara

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger
Schizophrenia - Wayne Shorter
The World We Knew - Frank Sinatra
Ten Years After - Ten Years After
Easter Everywhere - 13th Floor Elevators
Evil - Howlin' Wolf
Cosmic Sounds - The Zodiac
Slow Drag - Donald Byrd

[edit] Top American hits on record

Single - Artist		Composer
Winter
"I'm a Believer" / "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" - The Monkees		w.m. Neil Diamond / w.m. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
"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 and the Raiders		w.m. Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher
"Words of Love" - The Mamas and the Papas		w.m. John Phillips
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" - Four Tops		w.m. Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland
"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'" - 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 Lovin'" - 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
"California Nights" - Lesley Gore		m. Marvin Hamlisch w. Howard Liebling
"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" / "No Milk Today" - Herman's Hermits		w.m. Les Reed and Geoff Stephens / w.m. Graham Gouldman
"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
"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles		w.m. John Lennon and Paul McCartney
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Spring
"Bernadette" - The 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 & 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 and Herb		w.m. Chuck Willis
"You Got What It Takes" - Dave Clark Five		w.m. Berry Gordy, Roquel Davis and Gwen Gordy Fuqua
"I'm a Man" - 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 and 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" - Music Explosion		w.m. John Carter and Ken Lewis
"Mirage" - Tommy James & the Shondells		w.m. Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry
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Summer
"Come on Down to my Boat" - Every Mother's Son		w.m. Wes Farrell and Jerry Goldstein
"Let's Live For Today" - The Grass Roots		w.m. David Shapiro. Michael Cenciarelli and Guido Guilio.
"Sunday Will Never Be the Same" - Spanky and Our Gang		w.m. Terry Cashman and Gene Pistilli
"Can't Take My Eyes off of You" - Frankie Valli		w.m. Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
"Windy" - The Association		w.m. Ruthann Friedman
"New York Mining Disaster 1941" - Bee Gees		w.m. Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
"San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" - Scott McKenzie		w.m. John Phillips
"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" - Janis Ian		w.m. Janis Ian
"Don't Sleep In The Subway" - Petula Clark		w.m. Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch
"Up, Up and Away" - The Fifth Dimension		w.m. Jimmy Webb
"Light My Fire" - The Doors		w.m. Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger and John Densmore
"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. Russel 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" / Words - The Monkees		w.m. Gerry Goffin and Carole King / w.m. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
"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 and the Techniques		w.m. Maurice Irby
"San Franciscan Nights" - Eric Burdon and 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
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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 (musician), 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

[edit] British number one hits not included above

"Puppet on a String" - Sandie Shaw
"Silence Is Golden" - 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

[edit] Other singles

"Ciao Baby" - Lynne Randell
"Sit Down I Think I Love You" - The Executives
"Blues Theme" - Davie Allan & the Arrows ("The Wild Angels" soundtrack)
"Misty Blue" - Eddie Arnold
"Soul Finger" - The Bar-Kays
"Heroes and Villains" - The Beach Boys ("Record Of The Year 1967" in France)
"Baby You're a Rich Man" - The Beatles
"Susan" - The Buckinghams
"So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star" - The Byrds
"My Back Pages" - The Byrds
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" - Glen Campbell
"In the Heat of the Night" - Ray Charles
"There is a Mountain" - Donovan
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" - Bob Dylan
"Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine" - Bob Dylan
"Friday on My Mind" - The Easybeats
"7-Rooms of Gloom" - Four Tops
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
"It Takes Two" - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
"(I Wanna) Testify" - The Parliaments
"Big Boss Man" - Elvis Presley
"Indescribably Blue" - Elvis Presley
"The Look of Love" - Dusty Springfield (m. Burt Bacharach w. Hal David)
"Knock on Wood" - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
"Tramp" - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas
"Honey Chile" - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (w.m. Richard Morris)
"The Day I Met Marie" - Cliff Richard
"More Love" - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
"Heavy Music" - Bob Seger
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) (EP) - Simon and Garfunkel
"At The Zoo" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Fakin' It" - Simon and Garfunkel
"Even The Bad Times Are Good" - The Tremeloes
"Here Comes My Baby" - The Tremeloes
"Alfie" - Dionne Warwick
"Excerpt From A Teenage Opera" "(Grocer Jack)" - Keith West
"Happy Jack" - The Who
"Jackson" - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood

[edit] Published popular music

w. = words, m. = music

"Ain't Got No" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"Aquarius" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"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
"Easy To Be Hard" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"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
"Frank Mills" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"Gentle On My Mind" w.m. John Hartford
"Good Morning, Starshine" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"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
"Let The Sunshine In" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"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
"Stony End" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Talk To The Animals" w.m. Leslie Bricusse from 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
"Where Do I Go?" w. Gerome Ragni & James Rado m. Galt MacDermot
"You Only Live Twice" w. Leslie Bricusse m. John Barry

[edit] Classical music

Jean Absil - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2
George Crumb - Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) for orchestra
Gottfried von Einem - Violin Concerto
Benjamin Frankel - Viola concerto
Paul Lansky - String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti - Lontano
Toru Takemitsu - November Steps

[edit] Opera

Yasushi Akutagawa - Orpheus of Hiroshima
Richard Rodney Bennett - A Penny for a Song
Elizabeth Maconchy - The Three Strangers
William Walton - The Bear

[edit] 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
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.