Vassallo: "Remembering The Many Great Hits of The Summer of 1967"

The Temptations. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

1. Groovin – The Young Rascals
2. Respect – Aretha Franklin
3. She’d Rather Be With Me – Turtles
4. Release Me – Englebert Humperdinck
5. Somebody To Love  – Jefferson Airplane
6. Little Bit O’Soul – The Music Explosion
7. Windy – The Association
8. All I Need – The Temptations
9. I Got Rhythm – The Happenings
10. Mirage – Tommy James and the Shondells

Some other notables that week included “Silence Is Golden” by The Tremeloes breaking into The Hot 100 at #91. A group named Spanky and Our Gang had the #12 hit “Sunday Will Never Be the Same.” Every Mother’s Son had #13 “Come On Down To My Boat.” The Four Seasons were still going strong with the new release of “C’mon Marianne (#33) while The Supremes occupied the 40th slot with “The Happening.” This song had reached #1 in May!
Remember The Grass Roots?? They placed #15 for a week in June with the classic…”Let’s Live for Today.” And Scott McKenzie became forever known in music history with his visit to “San Francisco.” The #25 song was “Six O’Clock” by The Lovin Spoonful with “Up-Up And Away” by The Fifth Dimension coming in at 31.
Years ago, one could reflect back and relate to specific dates by the music/songs that were popular at the time. It is doubtful that fifty years from now, anyone will be recalling the summer of 2017 in Oxford from humming the lyrics of ladies “wearing flowers in their hair.” The music died for me in 1984. And thereafter, it truly has been a “Hard Day’s Night.”

Steve Vassallo is a HottyToddy.com contributor. Steve writes on Ole Miss athletics, Oxford business, politics and other subjects. He is an Ole Miss grad and former radio announcer for the basketball team. Currently, Steve is a highly successful leader in the real estate business who lives in Oxford with his wife Rosie. You can contact Steve at sovassallo@gmail.com or call him at 985-852-7745.