1967 Top Thirteen

Although I was only seven, music was very firmly a part of my life, and I have really strong memories of so many songs, particularly the almost-novelty ones like Excerpt From A Teenage Opera, Happy Jack, Ha Ha Said The Clown and especially Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear. But there were several more conventional hits which still stand up today.

1. The Move – Flowers In The Rain – 09-67
2. The Monkees – I’m A Believer – 01-67
3. Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale – 06-67
4. Aretha Franklin – Respect – 07-67
5. The Small Faces – Itchycoo Park – 09-67
6. Traffic – Hole In My Shoe – 09-67
7. The Supremes – The Happening – 06-67
8. The Four Tops – Walk Away Renee – 12-67
9. Nancy & Frank Sinatra – Somethin’ Stupid – 04-67
10. Cliff Richard – The Day I Met Marie – 09-67
11. Petula Clark – Don’t Sleep In The Subway – 07-67
12. Sandie Shaw – Puppet On A String – 04-67
13. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Zabadak – 10-67

And so, so many which nearly made the cut.
Keith West – Excerpt From A Teenage Opera – 09-67
The Who – Happy Jack – 01-67
Manfred Mann – Ha Ha Said The Clown – 04-67
The Alan Price Set – Simon Smith & His Amazing Dancing Bear – 03-67
Jeff Beck – Hi-Ho Silver Lining – 05-67
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset – 05-67
The Bee Gees – Massachusetts – 10-67
The Beatles – Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever – 02-67
The Flowerpot Men – Let’s Go To San Francisco – 09-67
Engelbert Humperdinck – Release Me – 02-67
Paul Jones – I’ve Been A Bad Bad Boy – 02-67
The Mamas & The Papas – Dedicated To The One I Love – 05-67
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) – 07-67
The Tremeloes – Even The Bad Times Are Good – 08-67
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made To Love Her – 08-67
The Young Rascals – Groovin’ – 06-67
The Troggs – Love Is All Around – 11-67
The Spencer Davis Group – I’m A Man – 02-67
Cat Stevens – Matthew And Son – 01-67
The Tremeloes – Silence Is Golden – 05-67
The Monkees – Daydream Believer – 12-67
The Seekers – Georgy Girl – 03-67
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze – 04-67
Bobby Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe – 10-67
The Turtles – Happy Together – 04-67
The Four Tops – Bernadette – 04-67
The Johnny Mann Singers – Up Up And Away – 08-67
The Foundations – Baby, Now That I Found You – 10-67
Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz – 09-67

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