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pinboy3niner

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28. Other lists include the Beatles in their top 25
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 08:41 PM
Dec 2012

The OP list is from a local radio station in Detroit. Here are a couple of the national lists:

1 Respect Aretha Franklin
2 Light My Fire Doors
3 Sunshine Of Your Love Cream
4 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
5 A Day In The Life Beatles
6 Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum
7 Somebody To Love Jefferson Airplane
8 Soul Man Sam & Dave
9 Strawberry Fields Forever Beatles
10 Nights In White Satin Moody Blues
11 The Letter Box Tops
12 Waterloo Sunset Kinks
13 I Can See For Miles The Who
14 My Back Pages Byrds
15 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
16 Time Has Come Today Chambers Brothers
17 Dance To The Music Sly & the Family Stone
18 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
19 A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin
20 Happy Together Turtles
21 Tears Of A Clown Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
22 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson
23 Penny Lane Beatles
24 The Dark End Of The Street James Carr
25 I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/bg_hits/bg_hits_67.html


The next list is attributed to Billboard...


1. To Sir With Love Lulu
2. Light My Fire The Doors
3. Windy The Association
4. Ode To Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry
5. The Letter The Box Tops
6. Daydream Believer The Monkees
7. Somethin' Stupid Nancy Sinatra And Frank Sinatra
8. Happy Together The Turtles
9. I Heard It Through The Grapevine Gladys Knight &The Pips
10. Incense And Peppermints Strawberry Alarm Clock
11. Groovin' The Young Rascals
12. Can't Take My Eyes Off You Frankie Valli
13. Little Bit O'soul The Music Explosion
14. Respect Aretha Franklin
15. The Rain, The Park &Other Things The Cowsills
16. Never My Love The Association
17. Hello Goodbye The Beatles
18. Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville
19. Come Back When You Grow Up Bobby Vee
20. I Was Made To Love Her Stevie Wonder
21. I Second That Emotion Smokey Robinson &The Miracles
22. Sweet Soul Music Arthur Conley
23. I Think We're Alone Now Tommy James &The Shondells
24. Expressway To Your Heart Soul Survivors
25. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie Jay &The Techniques

http://www.chairborneranger.com/top100/top100-1967.htm


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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