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Faygo Kid

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Sun Dec 23, 2012, 12:03 PM Dec 2012

45 years ago, the top songs of the year 1967. Remember? [View all]

Well, I do. Getting old, I guess, but thank you, WKNR, Keener 13 in Detroit for the memories (http://keenerpodcast.com/). Some great music here, and I remember them all, and can sing them. But where are my car keys?



1967
1.Light My Fire – Doors
2.The Letter – Box Tops
3.Believer/Stepping Stone - Monkees
4.Incense & Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock
5.Little Bit of Soul – Music Explosion
6.Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy
7.Midnight Hour – Wanted
8.Happy Together – Turtles
9.Kind of a Drag – Buckinghams
10.Love’s Gone Bad – Underdogs
11.I Wanna Testify – Parliaments
12.Rain Park & Other Things – Cowsills
13.Snoopy vs. The Red Barron – Royal Guardsmen
14.Cant Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
15.Ode to Billie Joe – Billie Gentry
16.Heavy Music – Bob Seger
17.Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
18.Everlasting Love – Robert Knight
19.To Sir With Love – Lulu
20.Dont You Care – Buckinghams
21.Blues Theme – Arrows
22.Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones
23.Societys Child – Janis Ian
24.Windy – Association
25.Daydream/Goin Down – Monkees
26.Georgie Girl – Seekers
27.Sweet Soul Music – A.Conley
28.I Heard It Through The Grapevine – G.Knight & Pips
29.Words/Pleasant Valley – Monkees
30.Western Union – 5 Americans
31.Some Kind of Wonderful – Soul Brother 6

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Awesome! Teamster Jeff Dec 2012 #1
Wow! I hadn't thought about some of those tunes in years. Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #2
I remember most of those. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #3
don't forget the sequel--Leader of the Laundromat, by the Detergents!! Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #32
Oh great. Just great In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #33
Two Top 20 Hits by the Buckinghams!! Scuba Dec 2012 #4
45 years ago? Nawwwww, was only yesterday dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #5
I didn't figure out KC Dec 2012 #36
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees Ptah Dec 2012 #6
I wasn't born until 1969 and I remember (and like) most of these songs. Systematic Chaos Dec 2012 #7
I may not have heard LWolf Dec 2012 #20
There are three songs I don't remember, so off to Youtube I go . . . Still Blue in PDX Dec 2012 #8
This was the soundtracks to our lives in Detroit back then MrScorpio Dec 2012 #9
Merry Christmas, from CKLW Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #11
ooooooooooh!! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #22
Remember them all. RebelOne Dec 2012 #10
Darlin',... you don't look a day over 50 dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #37
I wouldn't recognize today's top 30 but IcyPeas Dec 2012 #12
Thanks for the memories! ellaydubya Dec 2012 #13
Wow! I'm surprised that I remember all but one. pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #14
Underdogs were a Detroit thing only Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #15
Well, that explains it--thanks pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #17
I remember most of them Irishonly Dec 2012 #16
Most of them..... femmocrat Dec 2012 #18
I remember. nt LWolf Dec 2012 #19
What a great variety of songs! Grantuspeace Dec 2012 #21
Yes I do HarveyDarkey Dec 2012 #23
Ode to Billie Joe undeterred Dec 2012 #24
Here you go, from the best TV show of all time. Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #26
Absolutely my favorite show of all time, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #27
No Beatles? rurallib Dec 2012 #25
Other lists include the Beatles in their top 25 pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #28
I did not realize for ages that some music was different depending on where you lived. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #38
1967 was a great music year! shanti Dec 2012 #29
Love this trip down memory lane. love_katz Dec 2012 #30
I have 13 on my iTunes tblue Dec 2012 #31
Damn! Good memories takin' me back. Little Star Dec 2012 #34
Billboard's Top 100 for any year -- 1950 to 2011. Waiting For Everyman Dec 2012 #35
Happily, we now have radio stations dedicated to "the oldies" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #39
I echo every reply to this thread. Boomerproud Dec 2012 #40
Respectfully disagree! There is some great stuff today, and there was some not so great stuff NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #41
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