Haven Retro Combined Chart : 14.10.1967

[smokeyb]

The Bee Gees get a second week at number one, the Move hold on to number 2

the Foundations are up at 3, the Box Tops stay at 4 and Aretha Franklin is up to 5.



There are 7 new entries this week the highest is Glen Campbell at number 15.



The highest climber is Procul Harum who leaps 23 places to number 13.



The biggest faller is Diana Ross who drops 24 places.



14.10.1967 (Week # 41)


1 (01) Bee Gees - Massachusetts - 117 points (11-2-1-1) 4 wks

2 (02) The Move - Flowers In The Rain - 86 points (14-3-1-1-2-2) 6 wks

3 (06) Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You - 81 points (20-6-6) 3 wks

4 (04) Box Tops - The Letter - 72 points (39-20-12-10-6-4-4-4) 8 wks

5 (08) Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - 72 points (29-27-8-5) 4 wks

6 (11) Doors – People Are Strange -67 points (25-18-11-6) 4 wks

7 (05) Herd - From The Underworld - Herd - 61 points (27-15-9-5-7) 5 wks

8 (20) Sam & Dave - Soul Man - 52 points (26-20-8) 3 wks

9 (03) Traffic - Hole In My Shoe - 49 points (18-11-5-3-3-9) 6 wks

10 (09) The Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure - 47 points (20-13-9) 4 wks

11 (15) Lulu - To Sir With Love - 42 points (38-26-23-23-23-15-11) 7 wks

12 (13) The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger - 42 points (15-14-13-12-14-15-13-12) 8 wks

13 (36) Procul Harum - Homburg - 39 points (36-13) 2 wks

14 (07) Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage Opera' - 35 points (6-5-2-2-3-4-2-5-7-14) 10 wks

15 (NE) Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix - 35 points 1 wk

16 (NE) Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich - Zabadak! - 30 points 1 wk

17 (12) Ethiopians - Train To Skaville - 30 points (26-26-16-12-17) 5 wks

18 (14) Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - 27 points (39-22-13-6-5-3-6-14-18) 9 wks

19 (37) The Who - I Can See For Miles - 26 points (37-19) 2 wks

20 (10) Rolling Stones - Dandelion - 25.5 points (35-22-17-16-11-10-20) 7 wks

21 (31) David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer - 23 points (31-21) 2 wks

22 (NE) Shirley Bassey - Big Spender - 21 points 1 wk

23 (16) Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billy Joe - 21 points (24-21-17-12-8-10-9-8-7-7-16-23) 12 wks

24 (21) The Animals – Good Times - 20 points (28-25-21-24) 4 wks

25 (NE) Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood - 20 points 1 wk

26 (35) Hollies - King Midas In Reverse - 17 points (35-26) 2 wks

27 (25) Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On - 17 points (26-23-16-12-11-14-18-24-25) 10 wks

28 (17) Small Faces - Itchycoo Park - 15 points (14-2-1-1-1-1-8-10-17-28) 10 wks

29 (28) Mamas & The Papas - Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) - 14 points (38-22-24-30-28-29) 6 wks

30 (24) The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday - 14 points (28-11-10-4-3-6-10-13-13-17-24-30) 12 wks

31 (22) Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco - 14 points (17-9-8-7-12-19-22-31) 8 wks

32 (30) Scott Walker - Montague Terrace (In Blue) - 12 points (37-30-32) 3 wks

33 (NE) Seekers - When Will The Good Apples Fall - 12 points 1 wk

34 (26) Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign - 11 points (34-18-19-21-26-34) 6 wks

35 (NE) Harry Nilsson - Without Her - 11 points 1 wk

36 (18) Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie - 11 points (21-13-7-4-9-10-14-18-36) 9 wks

37 (NE) Neil Diamond - Kentucky Woman - 11 points 1 wk

38 (19) Temptations - You're My Everything - 10 points (30-22-19-38) 4 wks

39 (39) The Tremeloes - Even The Bad Times Are Good - 10 points (32-12-6-4-8-17-25-32-36-39-39) 11 wks

40 (32) The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park And Other Things - 10 points (35-32-40) 3 wks

40 (34) Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains - 10 points (18-12-5-7-15-17-28-34-40) 9 wks



   Dropped Out

42 (40) Rolling Stones - We Love You - 9.5 points (19-16-15-16-22-32-40)

47 (23) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Reflections - 8 points (21-15-9-3-2-2-4-8-23)

- (27) Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl - 0 points (23-24-13-16-15-15-8-13-13-6-4-5-6-9-12-27)

- (29) Beatles - All You Need Is Love - 0 points (2-1-1-1-1-1-5-15-19-21-27-29-29)

- (33) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Your Precious Love - 14 points

- (38) Aretha Franklin - Respect - 0 points (39-19-10-11-10-7-6-7-9-11-8-10-11-19-20-16-34-33-29-28-31-34-38)


Thanks to Earl Purple raliverpool Whitneyfan smokeyb Shireblogger popchartfreak & o





I will leave this open until end of next week.

[smokeyb]

UK CHART 21.10.1967
1 (1) Bee Gees - Massachusetts (5 wk)
2 (4) Traffic - Hole In My Shoe (7 wk)
3 (3) Englebert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz (9 wk)
4 (2) Move - Flowers In The Rain (7 wk)
5 (6) Box Tops - The Letter (6 wk)
6 (9) Procul Harum - Homburg (3 wk)
7 (7) Frankie Vaughan - There Must Be Away (9 wk)
8 (11) The Herd - From The Underworld (6 wk)
9 (5) Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage Opera' (11 wk)
10 (8) Diana Ross & Supremes - Reflections (8 wk)
11 (13) Seekers - When Will The Good Apples Fall (5 wk)
12 (10) Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (11 wk)
13 (21) Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You (4 wk)
14 (35) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Zabadak (2 wk)
15 (14) Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie (10 wk)
16 (15) Dubliners - Black Velvet Band (8 wk)
17 (12) Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco (9 wk)
18 (16) Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (6 wk)
19 (23) Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed (3 wk)
20 (18) Hollies - King Midas in Reverse (4 wk)
21 (17) Anita Harris - Just Loving You (17 wk)
22 (22) Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (13 wk)
23 (24) Vince Hill - Love Letters In The Sand (4 wk)
24 (19) Frankie McBride - Five Little Fingers (11 wk)
25 (20) Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) (14 wk)
26 (26) Temptations - You're My Everything (7 wk)
27 (25) Eric Burden & Animals - Good Times (7 wk)
28 (38) Four Tops - You Keep Running Away (2 wk)
29 (39) Shirley Bassey - Big Spender (2 wk)
30 (41) Amen Corner - World Of Broken Hearts (2 wk)
31 (29) The Tremeloes - Even The Bad Times Are Good (12 wk)
32 (27) Englebert Humperdinck -There Goes My Everything (22 wk)
33 (32) Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me (39 wk)
34 (28) Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains (9 wk)
35 (30) Mike Sammes Singers - Somewhere My Love (15 wk)
36 (33) Harpers Bizarre - Anything Goes (3 wk)
37 (NE) Eric Burden And The Animals - San Franciscan Nights (1 wk)
38 (40) Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - You Only Live Twice (16 wk)
39 (45) Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her (13 wk)
40 (37) Frank Sinatra - The World We Knew (9 wk)
41 (NE) The Who - I Can See For Miles (1 wk)
42 (NE) The Kinks - Autumn Almanac (1 wk)
43 (NE) Val Doonican - If The Whole World Stopped Loving (1 wk)
44 (36) Paul Jones - Thinkin' Ain't For Me (6 wk)
45 (48) Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood (2 wk)
46 (46) Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On (11 wk)
47 (31) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (8 wk)
48 (50) Ethiopians - Train To Skaville (6 wk)
49 (49) Anita Harris - Playground (2 wk)
50 (NE) Troggs - Love Is All Around (1 wk)

USA chart for this week:

www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=D&ChDay=21&ChMonth=10&ChYear=1967&ChBand=&ChSong=

I wonder if anyone will be charting this new song on the Us charts this week?

121 LEONARD NIMOY - A Visit To A Sad Planet 

[Whitneyfan]

The Bar-Kays have spent 8 weeks between the positions 12-15 now.

[Shireblogger]

1 [new] :: Erma Franklin - PIECE OF MY HEART
2 [1] :: Bee Gees - MASSACHUSETTS
3 [3] :: Aretha Franklin - (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN
4 [2] :: David McWilliams - THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER
5 [new] :: Kinks - DAVID WATTS
6 [4] :: Box Tops - THE LETTER
7 [5] :: Glen Campbell - BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX
8 [new] :: Dionne Warwick - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
9 [re] :: Kinks - MR PLEASANT
10 [6] :: Ethiopians - TRAIN TO SKAVILLE
11 [new] :: Kinks - AUTUMN ALMANAC
12 [13] :: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - KNOCK ON WOOD
13 [new] :: Troggs - LOVE IS ALL AROUND
14 [10] :: Neil Diamond - KENTUCKY WOMAN
15 [8] :: Doors - PEOPLE ARE STRANGE
16 [7] :: Monkees - PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY
17 [9] :: The Bar-Kays - SOUL FINGER
18 [15] :: Foundations - BABY NOW THAT I'VE FOUND YOU
19 [11] :: Beach Boys - HEROES & VILLAINS
20 [16] :: Move - FLOWERS IN THE RAIN


Aretha's sister, Erma Franklin, charted this week in the USA with the sublime "Piece Of My Heart", 25 years before it finally made its UK debut (which the video clip below was recorded to promote). Meanwhile, Dionne Warwick scored in the States with Bacharach & David's "I Say A Little Prayer", 10 months before Aretha released her definitive version.

The Kinks' "Autumn Almanac" debuts, as does its American B-side "David Watts", which was a hit for the Jam in 1978, 1980 and 1983. The British B-side "Mr Pleasant" is a re-entry on my chart as it had previously peaked at #2 on the back of its US A-side appearance in June.

[raliverpool]

21/10/1967

1 Bee Gees - Massachusetts (5wks 28-14-6-2-1)
2 Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure (5wks 27-11-5-4-2)
3 Lulu - To Sir With Love (4wks 19-11-5-3)
4 Box Tops - The Letter (9wks 26-11-3-3-2-2-2-1-4)
5 Sam & Dave - Soul Man (3wks 23-8-5)
6 Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (2wks 20-6)
7 Move - Flowers In The Rain (6wks 16-8-5-3-3-7)
8 Scott Walker - Montague Terrace (In Blue) (5wks 30-16-12-9-8)
9 Procol Harum - Homburg (2wks 21-9)
10 Soul Survivors - Expressway (To Your Heart) (4wks 25-14-12-10)

11 Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive (3wks 21-14-11)
12 Doors - People Are Strange (3wks 28-18-12)
13 Chuck Wood - Seven Days Too Long (4wks 31-18-13-13)
14 David McWilliams - Days of Pearly Spencer (2wks 29-14)
15 Nico - These Days (2wks 27-15)
16 Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign (6wks 17-11-7-8-10-16)
17 Herd - From The Underworld (4wks 30-20-16-17)
18 Hollies - King Midas In Reverse (3wks 27-19-18)
19 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints (1wk 19 NEW)

20 Esquires - Get On Up (4wks 29-15-15-20)

21 Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (8wks 31-22-13-9-6-4-7-21)
22 Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage Opera' (10wks 21-15-12-4-4-1-1-1-6-22)
23 Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You (1wk 23 NEW)
24 Beatles - Lovely Rita (4wks 26-19-17-24)
25 Traffic - Hole In My Shoe (6wks 24-16-12-9-11-25)
26 Seekers - When Will The Good Apples Fall (3wks 31-25-26)
27 Kinks - David Watts (2wks 34-27)
28 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mich & Tich - Zabadak (1wk 28 NEW)
29 Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed (2wks 33-29)
30 Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart (1wk 30 NEW)

31 Marvin Gaye & Tammy Terrell - Your Precious Love (2wks 32-31)
32 Phil Ochs - Outside of a Small Circle of Friends (1wk 32 NEW)
33 Scott Walker - My Death (1wk 33 NEW)
34 Nancy Sinatra - Lightning's Girl (2wks 37-34)
35 Shirley Bassey - Big Spender (1wk 35 NEW)
36 Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (10wks 17-10-7-5-5-3-3-10-23-36)
37 Incredible String Band - Painting Box (1wk 37 NEW)
38 Billy Joe Royal - Hush (3wks 32-31-38)
39 Buffalo Springfield - Rock and Roll Woman (1wk 39 NEW)
40 Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie (10wks 25-19-16-9-7-5-4-7-24-40)

The Los Angeles psychedelic rock group's fifth single, but first hit which reached USA #1. The lead vocals were sung by a friend of the band, Greg Munford, who was attending the recording session as a visitor. Despite being released as a single in the UK, it failed to chart.

[Whitneyfan]

01(06) The Foundations – Baby Now That I’ve Found You
02(04) The Herd – From The Underworld
03(05) Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
04(01) Bee Gees – Massachusetts
05(13) Procol Harum - Homburg
06(02) Box Tops – The Letter
07(03) The Doors – People Are Strange
08(12) Lulu – To Sir With Love
09(09) The Seekers – When Will The Good Apples Fall
10(17) Young Rascals – How can I Be Sure

11(15) Bee Gees - Holiday
12(07) The Mamas & The Papas – Young Girls
13(20) Spanky & Our Gang – Making Every Minute Count
14(14) Rolling Stones - Dandelion
15(36) Shirley Bassey – Big Spender
16(23) Tommy James & The Shondells – Gettin’ Together
17(08) The Animals – Good Times
18(32) Sandie Shaw – You’ve Not Changed
19(26) The Hollies – King Midas In Reverse
20(40) Neil Diamond – Kentucky Woman

21(11) The Move – Flowers In The Rain
22(39) The Four Tops – You Keep Running Away
23(10) Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe
24(30) Harper’s Bizarre – Anything Goes
25(37) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – Zabadak!
26(38) Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Knock On Wood
27(21) Vince Hill – Love Letters In the Sand
28(28) Nancy Sinatra – Lightning’s Girl
29(41) Glen Campbell – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
30(16) Brenda Holloway – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

31(18) Traffic – Hole In My Shoe
32(19) The Temptations – You’re My Everything
33(22) Georgie Fame – Try My World
34(--) The Kinks – Autumn Almanac
35(--) The Troggs – Love Is All Around
36(24) Jackie Wilson – Higher & Higher
37(47) Amen Corner – The World Of Broken Hearts
38(25) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Your Precious Love
39(--) The Who – I Can See For Miles
40(--) Dionne Warwick – I Say A Little Prayer

41(31) The Dubliners – Black Velvet Band
42(50) Anita Harris – The Playground
43(--)The Animals - San Franciscan Nights
44(42) Wilson Pickett – Funky Broadway
45(--) Erma Franklin – Piece Of My Heart
46(27) Ethiopians – Train To Skaville
47(33) Diana Ross & The Supremes - Reflections
48(--) Val Doonican – If The Whole World Stopped Loving
49(29) Engelbert Humperdinck – The Last Waltz
50(34) The Monkees – Pleasant Valley Sunday

[Earl Purple]

Oct 14, 2017 11:37:54 GMT 1 Shireblogger said:

1 [new] :: Erma Franklin - PIECE OF MY HEART
5 [new] :: Kinks - DAVID WATTS
8 [new] :: Dionne Warwick - I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
13 [new] :: Troggs - LOVE IS ALL AROUND

all of these have been successfully covered.

Piece Of My Heart by Big Brother & the Holding Company with Janis Joplin on lead vocals
David Watts by the Jam
I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin

and you didn't mention it but of course Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet..

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) Soul Man - Sam & Dave < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 5 ) Big Spender - Shirley Bassey
3 ( 3 ) A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like) - Aretha Franklin
4 ( 4 ) Homburg - Procol Harum
5 ( 2 ) Flowers In The Rain - Move (#1[3])
6 ( 6 ) People Are Strange - Doors
7 ( -- ) Autumn Almanac - Kinks
8 ( 15 ) Zabadak! - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich
9 ( 12 ) Anything Goes - Harpers Bizarre
10 ( -- ) The Rain The Park & Other Things - Cowsills

11 ( 19 ) The Look Of Love - Dusty Springfield
12 ( 21 ) Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
13 ( 7 ) How Can I Be Sure - Young Rascals (#4)
14 ( 9 ) Baby Now That I've Found You - Foundations (#8)
15 ( 16 ) Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) - Hombres
16 ( 8 ) Hole In My Shoe - Traffic (#2[1])
17 ( 14 ) A Banda - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (#14)
18 ( 10 ) Massachusetts - Bee Gees (#6)
19 ( 13 ) Dandelion - Rolling Stones (#10)
20 ( 17 ) Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) - Buckinghams (#17)

21 ( 11 ) From The Underworld - Herd (#3)
22 ( 23 ) You've Not Changed - Sandie Shaw
23 ( -- ) I Can See For Miles - Who
24 ( 25 ) Lightning's Girl - Nancy Sinatra
25 ( -- ) Love Is All Around - Troggs
26 ( -- ) I'm Wondering - Stevie Wonder
27 ( 18 ) To Sir With Love - Lulu (#15)
28 ( 24 ) You Keep Running Away - Four Tops (#24)
29 ( 37 ) The World Of Broken Hearts - Amen Corner
30 ( 27 ) King Midas In Reverse - Hollies (#27)

31 ( 22 ) When Will The Good Apples Fall - Seekers (#18)
32 ( -- ) Holiday - Bee Gees
33 ( 20 ) Making Every Minute Count - Spanky And Our Gang (#8)
34 ( 40 ) The Playground - Anita Harris
35 ( 32 ) In The Heat Of The Night - Ray Charles (#32)
36 ( 31 ) Train To Skaville - Ethiopians (#21)
37 ( 28 ) Zip Code - Five Americans (#15)
38 ( 34 ) I Make A Fool Of Myself - Frankie Valli (#26)
39 ( 26 ) Excerpt From 'A Teenage Opera' - Keith West (#1[4])
40 ( -- ) (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need - Temptations

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-- ( 29 ) Gimme Little Sign - Brenton Wood (#6)
-- ( 30 ) Getting' Together - Tommy James & The Shondells (#10)
-- ( 33 ) The Letter - Box Tops (#5)
-- ( 35 ) (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson (#5)
-- ( 36 ) The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck (#8)
-- ( 38 ) Itchycoo Park - Small Faces (#1[1])
-- ( 39 ) Museum - Herman's Hermits (#32)

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The Cowsills never had any success in the UK. In the US they had two big hits, this one and "Hair" in 1969 from the musical of the same name, and a few smaller ones.

Whilst the summer of love has finished we have moved into the Autumn of love, and the Kinks hit as well as this song are keeping the spirit going:

[smokeyb]

1 (1) Bee Gees - Massachusetts (5 wks)
2 (2) Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You (4 wks)
3 (7) Procul Harum - Homburg (3 wks)
4 (18) Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Zabadak (2 wks)
5 (5) Box Tops - The Letter (8 wks)
6 (6) Hollies - King Midas In Reverse (4 wks)
7 (3) Move - Flowers In The Rain (7 wks)
8 (NE) Doors - People Are Strange (1 wk)
9 (8) The Herd - From The Underworld (6 wks)
10 (NE) Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1 wk)
11 (4) Traffic - Hole In My Shoe (7 wks)
12 (9) Keith West - Excerpt From 'A Teenage Opera' (11 wks)
13 (NE) The Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure (1 wk)
14 (10) Flowerpot Men - Let's Go To San Francisco (9 wks)
15 (25) Shirley Bassey - Big Spender (2 wks)
16 (NE) Sam And Dave - Soul Man (1 wk)
17 (22) Four Tops - You Keep Running Away (2 wks)
18 (11) The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (9 wks)
19 (13) Temptations - You're My Everything (7 wks)
20 (12) Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (8 wks)
21 (NE) Amen Corner - World Of Broken Hearts (1 wk)
22 (17) Cliff Richard - The Day I Met Marie (10 wks)
23 (NE) Eric Burden & the Animals - San Franciscan Nights (1 wk)
24 (14) Eric Burden & Animals - Good Times (7 wks)
25 (19) Diana Ross & Supremes - Reflections (8 wks)
26 (15) Rolling Stones - Dandelion (8 wks)
27 (16) Rolling Stones - We Love You (9 wks)
28 (20) Small Faces - Itchycoo Park (11 wks)
29 (21) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (8 wks)
30 (23) Beach Boys - Heroes & Villains (9 wks)

[o]

1 Bar-Kays – Soul finger
2 Sam & Dave – Soul man
3 Doors – People are strange
4 Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
5 Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
6 Move - Flowers In The Rain
7 Who – I can see for miles
8 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Zabadak
9 Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
10 Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Knock On Wood
11 Foundations - Baby Now That I've Found You
12 Tremeloes - Even The Bad Times Are Good
13 Shirley Bassey - Big Spender
14 Aretha Franklin – Natural woman
15 Troggs – Love is all around
16 Kinks – Autumn almanac
17 Erma Franklin – Piece of my heart
18 Animals – San Franciscan nights
19 Beach Boys – Heroes and villains
20 Animals – Good times

[popchartfreak]

14th October 1967

A first week at one for Glen Campbell's brilliant Jimmy Webb Phoenix ballad, the first of a trilogy of Americana Cities-themed classics. Dave Dee and co echo the future Family Dogg hit Way Of Life up to 2, and Gene Pitney makes the top 10, though sadly almost all his great hits predated 1967 so not many more to come. The Bee Gees make it two in the 20, Giant Sunflower blossom into the 20, and Nico's original of the Jackson Browne classic as done definitively by Glen Campbell (one day) beaks into the 20. 

Highest new entry is one of 2 from Dionne Warwick, the movie theme big USA hit Valley Of The Dolls, at 23 ahead of the future Aretha Franklin classic, I Say A Little Prayer, as Aretha peaks at 5 with Carole King's classic, and Aretha' sis Erma enters at 37 with future Janis Joplin classic Piece Of My Heart. That leaves second-highest new entry a second song from The Kinks - Autumn Almanac at 26, and a childhood fave - and an anecdote from me: picture it. RAF Valley, Anglesey married quarters, 9 Tro Minfordd, and the song comes on the new BBC radio station. 9-year-old John rushes to the Weekend mag his mum had bought, and digs out the newly-discovered hit-song-lyric-of-the-week published inside: One Autumn Almanac, and sings along. Mum comments impressed about him knowing the lyrics, and young John says he's reading and singing along. Cue young John cutting them out and saving pop song lyrics from here-on until Disco 45 gets published...

OK, not riveting, but it's of the time! 

Others: Wet Wet Wet are in, oops, I mean the much better original of Love Is All Around, Nancy & Lee are back while Nancy is still in the 40, with a song I assumed was for the First Lady of the USA (Probably not!), Neil D is back again, Val Doonican is in with a lesser song from his repertoire (which I loved as a kid pre-1967) and Bob Seger debuts with a track new to me a full decade before he started with hits proper. Who knew?!

1 ( 2 ) BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Glen Campbell
2 ( 1 ) MASSACHUSSETS (THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN) The Bee Gees
3 ( 8 ) ZABADAK! Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
4 ( 4 ) I CAN SEE FOR MILES The Who
5 ( 6 ) (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin
6 ( 3 ) BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU The Foundations
7 ( 10 ) WITHOUT HER Harry Nilsson
8 ( 5 ) FROM THE UNDERWORLD The Herd
9 ( 7 ) TO SIR WITH LOVE Lulu
10 ( 14 ) SOMETHING’S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART Gene Pitney

11 ( 11 ) THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS The Cowsills
12 ( 17 ) THE DAYS OF PEARLY SPENCER David McWilliams
13 ( 9 ) HOW CAN I BE SURE The Young Rascals
14 ( 22 ) HOLIDAY The Bee Gees
15 ( 13 ) EXCERPT FROM 'A TEENAGE OPERA' Keith West
16 ( 15 ) REFLECTIONS Diana Ross & The Supremes
17 ( 40 ) WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT GOOD-BYE Giant Sunflower
18 ( 18 ) GET THE MESSAGE Brian Hyland
19 ( 31 ) THESE DAYS Nico
20 ( 20 ) ODE TO BILLIE JOE Bobbie Gentry

21 ( 12 ) MATHILDE Scott Walker
22 ( 16 ) YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
23 ( NEW ) (THEME FROM) VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Dionne Warwick
24 ( 19 ) LET’S GO TO SAN FRANCISCO The Flowerpot Men
25 ( 27 ) STRAIGHT SHOOTER The Mamas & The Papas
26 ( NEW ) AUTUMN ALMANAC The Kinks
27 ( 24 ) TAKE A LOOK Aretha Franklin
28 ( 26 ) MONTAGUE TERRACE (IN BLUE) Scott Walker
29 ( 23 ) THE DAY I MET MARIE Cliff Richard
30 ( 21 ) FLOWERS IN THE RAIN The Move

31 ( 29 ) JILL Gary Lewis & The Playboys
32 ( 25 ) EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight
33 ( 34 ) LIGHTNING’S GIRL Nancy Sinatra
34 ( 30 ) GET TOGETHER The Youngbloods
35 ( 50 ) KING MIDAS IN REVERSE The Hollies
36 ( 28 ) HUSH Billy Joe Royal
37 ( NEW ) PIECE OF MY HEART Erma Franklin
38 ( 47 ) SHAME ON ME Chuck Jackson
39 ( 46 ) IF THIS IS LOVE (I’D RATHER BE LONELY) The Precisions
40 ( 35 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles

41 ( 38 ) SOUL MAN Sam And Dave
42 ( 36 ) ANYTHING GOES Harpers Bizarre
43 ( 33 ) (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER Jackie Wilson
44 ( 39 ) I FEEL GOOD (I FEEL BAD) The Lewis And Clarke Expedition featuring Mike Nesmith
45 ( 45 ) AMSTERDAM Scott Walker
46 ( 32 ) TRY MY WORLD Georgie Fame
47 ( NEW ) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Dionne Warwick
48 ( 42 ) TWELVE THIRTY (YOUNG GIRLS ARE COMING TO THE CANYON) The Mamas & The Papas
49 ( 52 ) ALL YOUR GOODIES ARE GONE The Parliaments
50 ( 53 ) PEOPLE ARE STRANGE The Doors

51 ( 37 ) PATA PATA Miriam Makeba
52 ( 48 ) TO LOVE SOMEBODY The Bee Gees
53 ( 44 ) THE LETTER The Box Tops
54 ( 41 ) YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY The Four Tops
55 ( 60 ) YOU’VE NOT CHANGED Sandie Shaw
56 ( 43 ) YOU’VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY Brenda Holloway
57 ( NEW ) LOVE IS ALL AROUND The Troggs
58 ( 71 ) I GOT A FEELING Barbara Randolph
59 ( 65 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Gladys Knight & The Pips
60 ( NEW ) LADY BIRD Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood

61 ( 56 ) YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (JOHN BARRY MOVIE VERSION) Nancy Sinatra
62 ( 55 ) GENTLE ON MY MIND Glen Campbell
63 ( 54 ) LET IT ALL HANG OUT The Hombres
64 ( 51 ) HOLE IN MY SHOE Traffic
65 ( 66 ) HOMBURG Procol Harum
66 ( 69 ) BIG SPENDER Shirley Bassey
67 ( 49 ) WHEN WILL THE GOOD APPLES FALL The Seekers
68 ( 70 ) DAVID WATTS The Kinks
69 ( 75 ) WINDOW SHOPPING The Messengers
70 ( 73 ) ARE YOU NEVER COMING HOME Sandy Posey

71 ( NEW ) NOBODY BUT ME The Human Beinz
72 ( 72 ) LIKE AN OLD TIME MOVIE Scott McKenzie
73 ( NEW ) HEAVY MUSIC PART 1 Bob Seger and The Last Heard
74 ( NEW ) IF THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED LOVING Val Doonican
75 ( NEW ) KENTUCKY WOMAN Neil Diamond