In 1967, a former actor became a governor in California and so did a segregationist in Georgia; the Human Be-In took place in San Francisco; the Green Bay Packers won the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game; three astronauts died during a launch pad test; the first Boeing 737 took off; hundreds of thousands marched to protest the Vietnam War; cities throughout America exploded in rioting and looting; the Boston Strangler was convicted; Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh, Jayne Mansfield, Otis Redding and Woody Guthrie all died.

Bonnie and Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In Cold Blood, and In The Heat of The Night premiered in U.S. theaters.

The average annual income in the U.S. was $7,300; the average cost of a new house was $14,250; the average cost of a new car was $2,750, and gasoline cost 33 cents per gallon.

And in music? Today we begin a rest-of-the-week look back at 1967, a coast-to-coast (and worldwide) amalgam of cultural change, political questioning, personal liberation and psychedelic exploration.

From Haight-Ashbury to New York and beyond, the year’s touchstones included the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (the so called “Soundtrack of the Summer of Love”), the first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, the Monterey Pop Festival, and as seen below, musical acts who debuted in 1967.

As usual, I have placed the highest position reached on the Billboard Hot 100 in parentheses for the included song next to the artist.

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1967 Vintage Medley / Part 1

Bobbie Gentry (#1) – Procol Harum (#5)
Strawberry Alarm Clock (#1) – Bee Gees (#17)
Vanilla Fudge (#6) – Jimi Hendrix Experience (Didn’t Chart!)