18.02.1967 : Petula Clark - This Is My Song (4 weeks # 1)

 

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"This is My Song" was intended for the film "A Countess from Hong Kong", which Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed. Clark had assumed her recording of "This Is My Song" with the original quaint Chaplin lyrics would only be used as an album track; on learning of Pye Records plan to release the track as a single she attempted to block its release. Instead, she found herself a top the UK Singles Chart for the first time in six years when "This Is My Song" reached No. 1 on the chart dated 16 February 1967, a position it retained the next week. Certified Silver for sales of 250,000, the total sales of "This Is My Song" in the UK would exceed 500,000.

 

The breakout of "This Is My Song" in the UK in February 1967 caused Pye Records to withdraw Clark's current album release "Colour My World" which was rush re-released with "This Is My Song" added on to reach No. 16 on the charts. "This Is My Song" was also included on Clark's next album "These Are My Songs", which reached No. 38 UK later that year.

 

Petula Clark's "This Is My Song" was No. 1 for four weeks in Ireland and six weeks in Australia, with chart topping rankings also achieved in Netherlands and Belgium. "This Is My Song" also earned hit status in New Zealand (#15) and Norway (#6). In it's North American single release - which omitted the opening lyrical section, following the instrumental introduction, due to the length of the song, - "This Is My Song" reached #3 in United States. and #4 in Canada; the single was certified a Gold record for sales of one million units in the US.

 

 

18.03.1967 : Sandie Shaw - I Don't Need Anything (3 weeks # 1)

 

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Some weeks before her great win in Eurovision Song Contest Sandie Shaw got her 7th number single, which reached only # 50 in the official UK chart.

Edited July 1, 201411 yr by Alex.

 

08.04.1967 : Frank and Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid (3 weeks # 1)

 

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"Somethin' Stupid" is a song written by C. Carson Parks and originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as "Carson and Gaile".

 

The most successful and best known version of the song was issued as a single by Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra and subsequently appeared on Frank's album "The World We Knew". Frank had played Parks' recording to his daughter's producer, Lee Hazlewood, who recalled "He asked me, 'Do you like it?' and I said, 'I love it, and if you don't sing it with Nancy, I will.' He said, 'We're gonna do it, book a studio.'" Their rendition was recorded on February 1, 1967. Al Casey played guitar on the recording. Hazlewood and Jimmy Bowen were listed as the producers of the single, with arrangement by Billy Strange.

 

The single spent four weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and nine weeks atop the easy listening (now adult contemporary) chart, becoming Frank's second gold single as certified by the RIAA and Nancy's third. It was the first and only instance of a father-daughter number-one song in America. The single also reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart the same year. Because of the song's intimate nature, this single is sometimes unofficially referred to as "The Incest Song".

 

 

29.04.1967 : Sandy Posey - What A Woman In Love Won't Do (4 weeks # 1)

 

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# 48 in United Kingdom.

 

27.05.1967 : Petula Clark - Don't Sleep In The Subway (6 weeks # 1)

 

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Unstoppable Petula Clark is # 1 again. "Don't Sleep in the Subway" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by Petula Clark for whom it was an April 1967 single release. The song was constructed from three different sections of music previously composed by Hatch and changes in musical style from pop to symphonic and then to a Beach Boys-like melody for the chorus. It uses a chord progression most familiar from the baroque piece "Pachelbel's Canon".

 

In the lyrics the narrator advises her sweetheart against storming out after an argument due to his "foolish pride". If he does, he will "sleep in the subway" or "stand in the pouring rain" merely to prove his point. Although in the UK the term "subway" refers to a pedestrian underpass rather than an underground transit system, Hatch employed the term in the latter American sense.

 

"Don't Sleep in the Subway" peaked at #5 on the US charts in June 1967, becoming Clark's final US Top Ten single and the second of two #1 hits on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, following "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love". In the UK where Clark's precedent single "This Is My Song" had afforded Clark her best chart showing with two weeks at #1 "Don't Sleep in the Subway" had a July 1967 chart peak of #12 evincing a decline in Clark's UK chart profile which would continue until Clark made her last UK Top 40 appearance with a new recording with "Song of My Life" which peaked at #32 in March 1971.

 

"Don't Sleep in the Subway" reached #5 in Canada, #7 in New Zealand and #16 in Germany. In Australia, it was at #1 on the charts dated 16 and 23 September 1967, marking Clark's final appearance at #1 on an official national chart.

Edited July 4, 201411 yr by Alex.

Thanks Alex, my fave female 60's singer is Dusty. Then Sandie, then Cilla, then Lulu. Lulu though got better as she got older in later decades. At the time Mary Hopkin as well, but she only really had 2 singles in the 60's. When I was very little (6 years old) Kathy Kirby was my fave, and Helen Shapiro. In later years I grew to love Mama Cass, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick from the 60's. B-)

There is a huge competition for my favourite singer of 60s decade. My # 1 shared between Petula Clark (with her long amazing music career) and France Gall, which was great on the peak (1963-1966), but her post-Gainsbourg songs are not so good. Cilla is second and Sandie is third. Agree that Mary Hopkin is more 70s singer, but she would have some # 1s in 60s. I love Kathy Kirby's singles, but her music career was short and I can't compare her with Petula, Cilla and Sandie.

 

Here is Kathy's Kirby low-known single and main theme of TV show "Adam Adamant", which was recorded in 1966, but I can't find a correct date of release.

 

 

Very mature sound, especially after such happiest light pop as "I Belong".

Edited July 4, 201411 yr by Alex.

Not related to this thread very much, but finally I found "Billboard Pop ME" list, which include many vintage stuff (even before official charts era) .

It's a great source for all fans of retro music, especially if you want to find something, which you never heard before.

 

Andrews Sisters, Dinah Shore and some another artists are really good.

Edited July 2, 201411 yr by Alex.

 

08.07.1967 : Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him (3 weeks # 1)

 

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"It Must Be Him" is a popular song with music written by Gilbert Becaud, originally with French lyrics (title: "Seul Sur Son Etoile") by Maurice Vidalin.

 

New English lyrics (and a new English title) were written by Mack David. The song was published in 1967. The best-selling version of the song was recorded that year by Vikki Carr, which reached number three on the U.S. pop chart and spent three weeks at number one on the easy listening chart. The single peaked at number two in both the United Kingdom and Australia.

Edited September 20, 201410 yr by AlexRange

 

29.07.1967 : Anita Harris - Just Loving You (5 weeks # 1)

 

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Anita Madeleine Harris is an English actress, singer and entertainer. Harris sang with the Cliff Adams Singers, and had a number of chart hits in the 1960s.

 

In 1966, she moved to CBS Records where her debut release was also her debut album: "Somebody's in My Orchard". Her chart breakthrough came in the summer of 1967 with the single "Just Loving You", a Tom Springfield composition which singer Dusty Springfield had suggested Tom (her brother) give to Harris after Dusty and Harris had performed on the same episode of Top of the Pops.

 

"Just Loving You" had been released in January 1967, but did not reach the UK Top 50 until 29 June 1967. Even after peaking at No. 6 on 26 August 1967 "Just Loving You" remained in the UK Top 40 until the end of the year. Besides charting at No. 18 in Ireland, "Just Loving You" was a Top Ten hit in South Africa, where sales reached 200,000 copies. The disc was released in September 1967 in the United States where it rose to No. 20 on the "Easy Listening" chart in Billboard and approached the mainstream Pop "Hot 100" chart.

Edited July 7, 201411 yr by Alex.

 

26.08.1967 : Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice (2 weeks # 1)

 

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"You Only Live Twice", performed by Nancy Sinatra, is the theme song to the 1967 James Bond film of the same name. Music and production was provided by veteran James Bond composer John Barry, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The song is widely recognized for its striking opening bars, featuring a simple 2-bar theme in the high octaves of the violins and lush harmonies from French horns. It is considered by some to be among the best James Bond theme songs, and has become one of Nancy Sinatra's best known hits. Shortly after Barry's production, Sinatra's producer Lee Hazlewood released a more guitar-based single version.

 

# 11 in United Kingdom.

Edited July 7, 201411 yr by Alex.

There is a huge competition for my favourite singer of 60s decade. My # 1 shared between Petula Clark (with her long amazing music career) and France Gall, which was great on the peak (1963-1966), but her post-Gainsbourg songs are not so good. Cilla is second and Sandie is third. Agree that Mary Hopkin is more 70s singer, but she would have some # 1s in 60s. I love Kathy Kirby's singles, but her music career was short and I can't compare her with Petula, Cilla and Sandie.

 

Here is Kathy's Kirby low-known single and main theme of TV show "Adam Adamant", which was recorded in 1966, but I can't find a correct date of release.

 

 

Very mature sound, especially after such happiest light pop as "I Belong".

 

Thanks for this Alex, I'd forgotten kathy Kirby did that one, even though I still remember the TV show (I loved it) and the hook line to the song singing his name. A goodie. Nancy also hit my number one (and was sampled by Robbie Williams whisch also hit number one - Millennium)

 

Loved that Anita harris song when I was a kiddie, and all those Petula hits, I'd forgotten to list her - from Downtown through to 1969 she had a terrific run of Tony Hatch singles.

 

16.09.1967 : Vikki Carr - There I Go (3 weeks # 1)

 

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# 50 in UK Singles Chart.

Edited July 7, 201411 yr by Alex.

 

07.10.1967 : Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed (5 weeks # 1)

 

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"You've Not Changed" is the fifteenth single by the British singer Sandie Shaw. This was the first single A-side to be written by Chris Andrews since "Think Sometimes About Me" almost a year previously. Shaw feels that at the time this was her best single for some time and it reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart, making it her ninth Top 20 single there.

Edited July 7, 201411 yr by Alex.

 

11.11.1967 : Seekers - When Will The Good Apples Fall (3 weeks # 1)

 

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# 11 in United Kingdom.

 

In 1968 the Seekers were named as joint "Australians of the Year" – the only group thus honoured. In July of that year, Durham left to pursue a solo career and the group disbanded. Their final performance, on 7 July, was screened live by the BBC as a special called "Farewell the Seekers" with an audience of more than 10 million viewers.

 

Also in July, the compilation album The Seekers' Greatest Hits was released and spent 17 weeks at No. 1 in Australia. It was re-titled as The Best of the Seekers in the UK and spent 6 weeks at No. 1 in 1969, managing to knock the Beatles' (White Album) off the top of the charts and preventing the Rolling Stones' "Beggars Banquet" from reaching the top spot.

 

 

02.12.1967 : Cilla Black - I Only Live To Love You (3 weeks # 1)

 

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# 26 in UK and # 14 in Ireland.

Edited September 20, 201410 yr by AlexRange

 

23.12.1967 : Petula Clark - The Other Man`s Grass (Is Always Greener) (5 weeks # 1)

 

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"The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent which was a 1967 hit for Petula Clark.

 

After unsuccessful "The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)" at #26 became Clark's lowest charting US single to that date and missed the UK Top 50 entirely, causing Clark to reunite with Hatch for a track to be added to her album as the title track and to serve as a second advance single. This track: "The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener" — which Hatch says contains "a lot of deep thought and a lot of philosophy... Clark enjoyed singing those kind of songs" — was musically similar to "Don't Sleep in the Subway" but failed to approach that hit's success, reaching only #31 on the US charts.

 

Conversely in the UK, "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" would bring Clark back to the UK Top 20 - at #20 - for the final time while "Kiss Me Goodbye" would just reach #50, effectively ending Clark's career as a mainstream hitmaker. In Australia, "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener" reached #30.

 

 

All my personal # 1 singles (1967) :

01. Sandy Posey - Single Girl (2 weeks # 1)

02. Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town (4 weeks # 1)

03. Petula Clark - This Is My Song (4 weeks # 1)

04. Sandie Shaw - I Don't Need Anything (3 weeks # 1)

05. Frank and Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid (3 weeks # 1)

06. Sandy Posey - What A Woman In Love Won't Do (4 weeks # 1)

07. Petula Clark - Don't Sleep In The Subway (6 weeks # 1)

08. Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him (3 weeks # 1)

09. Anita Harris - Just Loving You (5 weeks # 1)

10. Nancy Sinatra - You Only Live Twice (2 weeks # 1)

11. Vikki Carr - There I Go (3 weeks # 1)

12. Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed (5 weeks # 1)

13. Seekers - When Will The Good Apples Fall (3 weeks # 1)

14. Cilla Black - I Only Live To Love You (3 weeks # 1)

15. Petula Clark - The Other Man`s Grass (Is Always Greener) (5 weeks # 1)

 

Special awards :

Best single, which was not my personal # 1 : Judith Durham - Olive Tree

Most # 1 singles : Petula Clark, Nancy Sinatra (3)

Most # 1 weeks : Petula Clark (15)

Group of the Year : Seekers

Singer of the Year : Petula Clark

Favourite Eurovision song : Vicky Leandros - L'amour Est Bleu (Luxembourg)

Favourite official UK # 1 single : Petula Clark - This Is My Song

Song of the Year : Sandie Shaw - You've Not Changed

HI Alex, I don't know 6 and 11, but I like/love all the rest, and good to see Olive Tree get a mention, that was another one I didn't know till a few weeks ago when I saw Judith Durham do it live, she was very good and the song impressed me.

 

My faves: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15... B-)

 

27.01.1968 : Anita Harris - The Anniversary Waltz (3 weeks # 1)

 

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"The Anniversary Waltz" is a popular song written by Dave Franklin, the lyrics by Al Dubin. The song was published in 1941. It has been covered by Vera Lynn, Connie Francis, and Bing Crosby.

 

Anita Harris did score a substantial hit with her 5 January 1968 release, a remake of the standard "Anniversary Waltz", which spent eight weeks in the UK Top 40, peaking at No. 21. After just missing the UK Top 50 with the single "We're Going On A Tuppenny Bus Ride" (released 17 May 1968), she made her final chart appearance with her rendition of "Dream a Little Dream of Me".

Edited July 9, 201411 yr by Alex.

 

17.02.1968 : Sandie Shaw - Today (2 weeks # 1)

 

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Ninth # 1 single for Sandie Shaw. # 27 in United Kingdom.

 

02.03.1968 : Lulu - Me, The Peaceful Heart (5 weeks # 1)

 

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I'm really happy for Lulu's first vintage # 1 in my retrospective, eighteen years before her retro # 1s "My Boy Lollipop". She was a signature female singer in 60s decade, but her previous singles always were behind Sandie, Cilla and Petula.

 

"Me, The Peaceful Heart" was her fourth Top 10 single in UK (# 9), also reached # 11 in Ireland, # 12 in New Zealand and # 20 in Australia.

Edited September 20, 201410 yr by AlexRange