#1 at KRUX/Phoenix: “Windy” by the Association, skyrocketing from #17 last week, knocking out the Young Rascals’ classic “Groovin’” (#3).
So many great songs were out in Summer 1967. Among them, just in the top 10:
- “She’d Rather Be With Me” by the Turtles (holding at #2);
- “Little Bit O’ Soul” by the Music Explosion (#5);
- “Respect” by Aretha Franklin (#6);
- “Him Or Me — What’s It’s Gonna Be” by Paul Revere & The Raiders (#10).
Big jumpers include on this week’s Hip Hitparade:
- “San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)” (#22 to #11) by Scott McKenzie, a song written by John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas;
- “Light My Fire” (#32 to #20), the breakthrough hit for the Doors;
- “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby” (#33 to #22), the Dave Clark Five’s curious cover of Bing Crosby’s 1938 hit;
- “Don’t Blame The Children” (#39 to #23) by Sammy Davis Jr., another curious hit;
- “Groovy Summertime” (#31 to #24) by the Love Generation, a forgettable song with a memorable title and group name sprung from the Summer of Love;
- “Pay You Back With Interest” (#40 to #31), an underrated record by the Hollies.
Tommy James & The Shondells have two songs on this chart: “I Think We’re Alone Now,” a former KRUX #1 dropping to #13, and its follow-up, “Mirage,” climbing to #16.
Frankie Valli also has two songs on the chart: “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” a future KRUX #1, leaps from #35 to #21, and “C’mon Marianne” by his group the Four Seasons debuts at #37.
Among other debuts:
- “Don’t Sleep In The Subway” (#35), the final big hit for Petula Clark;
- “New York Mining Disaster 1941” (#36), the first U.S. hit in the long career of the Bee Gees (the title is never mentioned in the song, but it’s the one with the chorus that begins “Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?”);
- “Jackson” (#39), one of several duet hits by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood. Lee was a former Coolidge radio disc jockey who also produced national hits for Phoenix guitarist Duane Eddy.
One of the Krux Klimbers is “A Whiter Shade Of Pale,” Procol Harum’s ethereal classic that was #1 for six weeks in Britain. And at the top of the album list is the Beatles’ landmark Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which was released a couple of weeks earlier.