The summer of love in San Francisco and the coming of age of that good smell in (maybe) your pad! Remember Jefferson Airplane? Were you there? Heck...if you read this, just to be nice to an old wanna-be hippie, hit the home page and e-mail me...tell me how it was for U...Me, I
wuz around in '56 in high school!
This page is not about hippies...it's about the hit music of the year, so here we go...
The year that was...
| The songs you remember... | Who sang them | Who put it out | The time of year.. |
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| I'm A Believer | The Monkees | Colpix | January, and into Feb. |
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| Kind Of A Drag | The Buckinghams | Columbia | February |
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| Ruby Tuesday | The Rolling Stones | London | March |
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| Love Is Here And Now You're Gone | The Supremes | Motown | March |
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| Penny Lane | The Beatles | Capitol | March |
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| Happy Together | The Turtles | White Whale | March |
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| Somethin' Stupid | Nancy & Frank Sinatra | Reprise | April |
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| The Happening | The Supremes | Motown | May |
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| Groovin' | The Young Rascals | Atlantic | May |
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| Respect | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic | June |
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| Windy | The Association | Warner Brothers? | July |
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| Light My Fire | The Doors | Electra | July |
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| All You Need Is Love | The Beatles | Capitol | July and August |
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| Ode To Billie Joe | Bobbie Gentry | Capitol | August |
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| The Letter | The Box Tops | Idunno | September |
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| To Sir With Love | Lulu (what a good movie that song was from...) | Epic | October |
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| Incense And Peppermints | The Strawberry Alarm Clock | UNI | November |
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| Daydream Believer | The Monkees! | Colpix | December |
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This year, I was lost to name a song of the year, but the Lord knows the artist honors belonged to the Monkees! The Doors probably had the song, a song still heard today, and one that young hot hearts will sing "till the end of time"! On the other hand, how about Scott McKensie singing "If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair"?