Last updated 5/26/2019

Peaked at #6

Song 68

Their only Top 40 record. This is the rare stereo mix.
Songwriter John D. Loudermilk wrote songs for others, but never reached the Top 30 himself. He did win a 1967 Grammy, but it was for writing the album notes for one of his own albums (which contained this song).

#68 – “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” by The Casinos

Song 69

Real name is William Levise.
The last of his four Top 20 hits. Yet another Bob Crewe production.
This is the mono single version. The stereo mix is a little different.

#69 – “Sock It To Me-Baby!” by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

Song 70

Second of their three Top 10 records, all of them in 1967.

#70 – “Don’t You Care” by The Buckinghams

Peaked at #7

Song 71

Grammy winner for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Performance by a Vocal Group – the final time that award was given – and Best Contemporary Group Performance (Vocal or Instrumental) – the only time that award was given under that name.
The first of seven Top 10 hits for the group.

#71 – “Up-Up And Away” by The 5th Dimension

Song 72

His only Top 30 hit. Backing vocals by The Tokens.
His four Hot 100 records all happened within twelve months (just like #87 below).
My brother went through several copies of the 45, trying to find one that didn’t distort/skip on a normal record player. He never found one.

#72 – “98.6” by Keith

Song 73

Steve Winwood had just turned 18 when he wrote this song for the group in 1966.
He sang the lead, and played lead guitar, piano, and organ on the record.
The U.K. and U.S. singles were different mixes. This is a recent true stereo mix of the U.S. version.

#73 – “Gimme Some Lovin'” by The Spencer Davis Group

Song 75

Their only Top 40 record. The group members did better elsewhere.

#75 – “For What It’s Worth (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound)” by Buffalo Springfield

Peaked at #8

Song 79

The first of their three Top 10 hits.
Guitarist Creed Bratton became an actor and played a fictional version of himself on the TV show “The Office.”

#79 – “Let’s Live For Today” by The Grass Roots

Song 80

Her fourth Top 10 record of the year.
Transferred from high-res 24/192.

#80 – “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin

Peaked at #9

Song 87

Real name is Alfred Smith.
This was his only Top 30 record. His four Hot 100 records all happened within twelve months.

#87 – “Gimme Little Sign” by Brenton Wood

Song 88

Their only Top 10 hit.
Pete Townshend was disappointed. He had written the song in 1966 but had held it back, believing it would be The Who’s first number one single.
He once said, “To me it was the ultimate Who record, yet it didn’t sell. I spat on the British record buyer.”
Nice.
Transferred from vinyl LP at 24/192.

#88 – “I Can See For Miles” by The Who

Song 91

Fifth of their six Top 10 hits, and the first in four years.
Transferred from a high-res DSD download.

#91 – “I Dig Rock And Roll Music” by Peter, Paul and Mary

Song 96

First of five Top 40 hits for the group, the only one to make the Top 10.
Elaine “Spanky” McFarlane later performed in the 1980s version of The Mamas and the Papas.

#96 – “Sunday Will Never Be The Same” by Spanky and Our Gang

Peaked at #10

Song 101

Van’s first solo single and first of two Top 10 records.
There was a censored version of the record at the time, but this unedited version is the most common.
He’s still recording today.

#101 – “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison

Peaked at #13

Song 128

First of their three Top 40 records.
Written by Cat Stevens, several years before he became a successful recording artist.
This is a mono recording.

#128 – “Here Comes My Baby” by The Tremeloes

Song 129

His only Top 40 record.
The song was later recorded by several other artists. Carl Carlton reached #6 with it in 1974.

#129 – “Everlasting Love” by Robert Knight

Song 131

This Paul Simon song charted higher than either of Simon and Garfunkel’s 1967 singles.
Their only Top 30 record. Member Ted Templeman later became a producer for many artists.

#131 – “The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)” by Harpers Bizarre

Peaked at #14

Song 137

Real name Janis Eddy Fink, born five days after me.
She was 14 when she wrote the song and 16 when it was released.
This is a mono recording.

#137 – “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking)” by Janis Ian

Peaked at #15

Song 148

The fifth of her 15 Top 20 hits.
The song was sung over the film’s closing credits by Millicent Martin in the U.K. release and Cher in the U.S. release.
Cher’s single peaked at #32 in 1966. The Warwick version came out eight months later.

#148 – “Alfie” by Dionne Warwick

Song 153

The song was written for a Diet Pepsi commercial.
A vocal version by Andy Williams was song #270 (peaked at #34).

#153 – “Music To Watch Girls By” by The Bob Crewe Generation

Peaked at #16

Song 156

The last of Gore’s eight Top 20 hits, and the only one not produced by Quincy Jones, who discovered her.
Bob Crewe produced this one. Her last two Top 20 hits were co-written by newcomer Marvin Hamlisch.
Lesley performed (well, lip-synched) this song on the Batman TV show.

#156 – “California Nights” by Lesley Gore

Song 157

One-hit Australian group.
This is the mono single version. The stereo mix is different.

#157 – “Friday On My Mind” by The Easybeats

Peaked at #17

Song 166

All but two of the Bar-Kays died in the plane crash with Otis Redding in December 1967.
The group later re-formed, but never had another Top 20 record.

#166 – “Soul Finger” by Bar-Kays

Song 168

My favorite Bee Gees record.
I still don’t understand why it was the least successful of their four 1967 singles.

#168 – “To Love Somebody” by The Bee Gees

Peaked at #19

Song 175

The least-successful of their five Top 20 hits.
Diana Ross reached #1 with a very different version in 1970.
Transferred from high-res 24/192.

#175 – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Peaked at #20

Song 178

The only member of The Parliaments to actually appear on the recording was group leader George Clinton.
The group was based in Plainfield, NJ at the time, and only Clinton was able to travel to Detroit for the session.
Clinton’s group later became Parliament-Funkadelic (P-Funk). He plans to retire from touring this month (May 2019).
This is a hard-to-find mono recording.

#178 – “(I Wanna) Testify” by The Parliaments

Peaked at #22

Song 198

I’m cheating a little here. This is not the single version.
It’s the similar, but better, recording from the soundtrack of the lousy James Bond movie “Casino Royale.”
That album, and particularly this track, has long been an audiophile favorite.
Transferred from high-res 24/192.

#198 – “The Look Of Love” by Dusty Springfield

Peaked at #25

Song 219

The second-highest Hot 100 performance of any Otis Redding record during his lifetime.

#219 – “Try A Little Tenderness” by Otis Redding

Peaked at #26

Song 224

Glen Campbell won four Grammy Awards for 1967. This record won Grammy Awards for Best Vocal Performance, Male and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance.
For 1968, the album won the Grammy for Album of the Year.
Transferred from the original stereo LP at 24/96.

#224 – “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” by Glen Campbell

Peaked at #62

Song 441

Three more Grammy Awards, for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male; Best Country & Western Recording; and Best Country & Western Song (songwriter John Hartford).
The single was re-released the following year and was #269 of 1968.
Transferred from the original stereo LP at 24/96.

#441 – “Gentle On My Mind” by Glen Campbell