"famous artists Carole King later became. Phillips wrote and co-produced ""San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"" for McKenzie. John Phillips played guitar on the recording and session musician Gary L Coleman played orchestra bells and chimes. The bass line of the song was supplied by session musician Joe Osborn. Hal Blaine played drums. It was released on 13 May 1967 in the United States and was an instant hit, reaching number 4 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 2 in the Canadian RPM Magazine charts. It was also a number 1 in the UK and"
"the number four spot on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in the US, where it remained for four consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, the song rose to number one in the UK Singles Chart, and most of Europe. In July 1967, McKenzie's record label, Capitol, claimed that the ""follow-up"" to this song was a re-release of his single, ""Look in Your Eyes."" The single is purported to have sold over seven million copies worldwide. In Central Europe, young people adopted ""San Francisco"" as an anthem, leading the song to be widely played during Czechoslovakia's 1968 Prague Spring uprising. The song has been featured"
"in 2005, Jim Irvin of ""Mojo"" said that its arrival at number 1 on 8 June 1967, on the same day that the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" topped the national albums chart, marked the start of the Summer of Love in Britain. According to music historian Harvey Kubernik, in the context of the Summer of Love, ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" was the ""one song [that] stood above all others, its Everest-like status conferred by no less than John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who were enthralled by the Chaucerian wordplay and heavenly Baroque accompaniment"". Kubernik also writes"
"eliminating the need for money, people would be free to examine their own personal values, which would provoke people to change the way they lived to better suit their character, and thus lead a happier life. During the 1967 Summer of Love, psychedelic rock music was entering the mainstream, receiving more and more commercial radio airplay. The Scott McKenzie song ""San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),"" became a hit that year. The Monterey Pop Festival in June further cemented the status of psychedelic music as a part of mainstream culture and elevated local Haight bands such"
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"her big-selling cover. The Everly Brothers followed in 1963, along with Jerry Wallace (1966), Dean Martin (1967), Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) who was number one on the UK Singles Chart and many others in the years after. The Humperdinck version has the distinction in the UK of holding the number one slot on the chart for six weeks during March and April 1967, and preventing The Beatles' ""Penny Lane"" / ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" from reaching the top spot. Humperdinck's ""Release Me"" was also the highest selling single of 1967 in the UK, recording over one million in sales, eventually becoming one"
"United States and around the world. After the January 14, 1967 Human Be-In in San Francisco organized by artist Michael Bowen, the media's attention on culture was fully activated. In 1967, Scott McKenzie's rendition of the song ""San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"" brought as many as 100,000 young people from all over the world to celebrate San Francisco's ""Summer of Love."" While the song had originally been written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas to promote the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, it became an instant hit worldwide (#4 in the United"
"first period of British success in the late 1960s started with ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" and the band added drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was ""Massachusetts"" which features Gibb on lead vocal. On the day it reached number one, 5 November 1967, Robin Gibb recalled to ""The Mail on Sunday"" on 1 November 2009: On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin"
"The Beach Boys (""Smiley Smile""), Cream (""Disraeli Gears""), The Byrds (""Younger Than Yesterday""), The Rolling Stones (""Between the Buttons"" and ""Their Satanic Majesties Request""), The Who (""The Who Sell Out""), The Velvet Underground (""The Velvet Underground & Nico""), Procol Harum (""Procol Harum""), The Monkees (""Headquarters"" and "" Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.""), and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (""Are You Experienced?"" and "")"". The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1967. w. = words, m. = music 1967 in music The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its"
"on Philips Records in May 1968, reached #1 for one week and stayed in the UK Albums Chart for eighteen weeks. The album was preceded by the single ""Jackie"" in late 1967. The single met with controversy in the UK because of lyrics like ""authentic queers and phony virgins"" and drug references. The song was banned by the BBC and was not performed on BBC TV or played on the mainstream radio channels. The song eventually charted at #22. ""A record about real stuff with quite disturbing imagery,"" remarked Neil Hannon, frontman of The Divine Comedy. Scott 2 Scott 2"
"1967–1970 1967–1970 (widely known as ""The Blue Album"") is a compilation of songs by the English rock band the Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. It was released with ""1962–1966"" (""The Red Album""), in 1973. ""1967–1970"" made number 1 on the American Billboard chart and number 2 on the British Album Chart. This album was re-released in September 1993 on CD, charting at number 4 in the United Kingdom. The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Songs performed by the Beatles as solo artists were also considered for inclusion, but as with the cover songs on"
"several other countries, selling over seven million copies globally. McKenzie followed the song with ""Like An Old Time Movie,"" which Phillips also wrote, composed, and produced, but which was a minor hit (number 27 in Canada). His first album, ""The Voice of Scott McKenzie,"" was followed with an album called ""Stained Glass Morning."" He stopped recording in the early 1970s and lived in Joshua Tree, California, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. In his own right, McKenzie likewise wrote and composed the song ""Hey! What About Me"" that launched the career of Canadian singer Anne Murray in 1968. (Murray's United States breakthrough,"
"""Okefenokee"" (credited to Freddie Cannon, as were several of his other records) only made No. 43 on the charts, but the next record, ""Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"", a rocked-up version of a 1922 song, became a gold record and reached No. 3 in the pop charts in both the US and the UK, where it was the biggest of his hits. It also sold over one million copies. Cannon toured in Britain, and in March 1960 his album, ""The Explosive Freddy Cannon"", became the first album by a rock and roll singer to top the UK Albums Chart."
"and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than the Beatles and made the odd tour 'down under' to Australia and New Zealand, where they had also experienced some marked chart success during this period. They also scored a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with ""The Legend of Xanadu"". The combined sales figures were in excess of one million copies. Their other top 10 UK hits included ""Hideaway"", ""Hold Tight!"", ""Bend It!"", ""Save Me!"", ""Touch Me, Touch Me"", ""Okay!"", ""Zabadak!"" and ""Last Night in Soho"". ""Bend It!"" was a big hit"
"#11 on the UK Singles Chart, but was surpassed by the success of Fatboy Slim's remix ""Renegade Master '98"", which peaked at #3 in 1998. Just before his death at the age of 24 from an undiagnosed heart condition, McKenzie formed his own record label, Dark & Black. On 6 April 1996, his girlfriend Donna Snell gave birth to their son, Noir. Roger McKenzie Roger McKenzie (22 July 1971 – 25 November 1995) also known under his production aliases of Wildchild or DJ Wildchild, was an English musician and DJ. Born in Southampton, England, he released many singles on labels"
"""Black Day in July"" about the 1967 Detroit riot, brought him wide recognition in the 1960s. Canadian chart success with his own recordings began in 1962 with the No. 3 hit Me) I'm the One"", followed by recognition and charting abroad in the 1970s. His topped the US Hot 100 and/or AC chart with the hits ""If You Could Read My Mind"" (1970), ""Sundown"" (1974); ""Carefree Highway"" (1974), ""Rainy Day People (1975), and ""The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared within the top 40. Several of his albums achieved gold and multi-platinum status"
"hippie opposition to the Vietnam War included organizing political action groups to oppose the war, refusal to serve in the military and conducting ""teach-ins"" on college campuses that covered Vietnamese history and the larger political context of the war. Scott McKenzie's 1967 rendition of John Phillips' song ""San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"", which helped to inspire the hippie Summer of Love, became a homecoming song for all Vietnam veterans arriving in San Francisco from 1967 onward. McKenzie has dedicated every American performance of ""San Francisco"" to Vietnam veterans, and he sang in 2002 at the"
"Roger McKenzie Roger McKenzie (22 July 1971 – 25 November 1995) also known under his production aliases of Wildchild or DJ Wildchild, was an English musician and DJ. Born in Southampton, England, he released many singles on labels such as Hi Life Recordings, Ultra Records, and Polydor (UK). The tracks ""Jump to My Beat"", ""Renegade Master"" (famously sampling ""One For The Trouble"" by A.D.O.R.) and the subsequent ""Renegade Master '98"" were his most successful. Fatboy Slim's 1998 Old Skool Mix is perhaps the most famous version of ""Renegade Master"". ""Renegade Master"" was Wildchild's first hit single in 1995, peaking at"
"Britain alone. The band re-recorded ""Ciao Baby"" in 1969. Their several radio hits in England made little impact on the charts, but ""You've Got to Be Loved"", which was released on October 13, 1967, reached number 58 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 1968, followed by ""Run to Me"" making it to number 121 on the ""Billboard"" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles charts, number 41 on ""Cashbox"", and number 33 on ""Record World"". The band, however, was unable to promote the single in the US, so no other national hits followed. Their lineup changed considerably in 1967 and again"
"1967: The First Three Singles The 1967 Singles Sampler, or 1967: The First Three Singles, is a limited-edition compilation album by Pink Floyd. 1967: The First Three Singles was released in 1997 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band. The album was distributed by EMI Records, and was released as limited-edition CD along with the vinyl. It features the band's first three singles, which were written mostly by their band leader, Syd Barrett. The vinyl and the limited edition CD were digitally remastered and are versions of the original singles. ""Arnold Layne""—released on 11 March 1967—reached number 20 in"
"the official advertisements that Apple was ""an ABKCO-managed company"". In the UK, ""McCartney"" debuted at number 2, where it remained for three weeks behind the best-selling album of 1970, Simon and Garfunkel's ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"". By 15 May, ""McCartney"" had sold over 1 million copies in the US, and from 23 May, began a three-week stay at number 1 on the ""Billboard"" Top LPs chart, eventually going double platinum. Despite ""Maybe I'm Amazed"" receiving considerable airplay on US radio, McCartney refused to issue it or any other song from the album as a single. McCartney's former bandmates viewed his"
"Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"" was written by Phillips and sung by Scott McKenzie, released in May 1967, to promote the event. With two huge singles behind them, Jefferson Airplane was one of the major attractions of the festival, having built up a large following on the West Coast. Although already a big act in the UK, and now gaining some attention in the US after playing some New York dates two months earlier, the Who were propelled into the American mainstream at Monterey. The band used rented Vox amps for their set, which were not as powerful as their"
"the amended medley followed by ""Tail Toddle"" (Trad.). By the late 1970s, the medley also included the traditional tune ""Up The Chimney."" The title ""Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits of Loch Knombe, In The Year of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion of the Announcement of Her Marriage to the Laird of Kinleakie"" was the band's attempt to get into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest song title. ""Bonny Bunch of Roses"", recorded one month after the ""Full House"" sessions at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, was finally"
"June 1966, it went to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart on 7 July 1966, remaining there for two weeks. The track also went to No. 1 in Ireland on 14 July 1966. In America, it peaked at No. 14 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 pop singles chart early autumn 1966. The promotional video for the single featured the band performing in a cold, snowy environment. ""Sunny Afternoon"" was placed at No. 200 on Pitchfork Media's list of The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s. The song is featured in and is the title song of West End musical"
"group should have released a single album instead. Nonetheless, ""The Beatles"" reached No. 1 on the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and has since been viewed by some critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. By 1968, the Beatles had achieved commercial and critical success. The group's mid-1967 release, ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"", was number one in the UK for 27 weeks, through to the start of February 1968, having sold 250,000 copies in the first week after release. ""Time"" magazine declared that ""Sgt. Pepper's"" constituted a ""historic departure in"
"it remained for five weeks. The single ranked No. 1 in Billboard's year-end chart, though the Monkees' ""I'm a Believer"", which debuted in December 1966 and spent most of its chart life in 1967, was the overall bigger hit. (""I'm a Believer"" was ranked number five on the same year-end chart of the same year.) It became a gold record. Canada's ""RPM"" magazine put the song at No. 2 for the year 1967. ""To Sir with Love"" has the distinction of being the only record by a British artist to reach No. 1 on the US charts while not charting"
"first No. 1 hit. The Beatles later recorded a cover of it in 1965, with Ringo Starr as lead singer. Ringo Starr later re-recorded the song as a duet with Owens in 1988. The 1966 album ""Carnegie Hall Concert"" was a smash hit and further cemented Buck Owens and the Buckaroos as more than just another honky tonk country band. They achieved crossover success on to the pop charts. During that year, R&B singer Ray Charles released cover versions of two of Owens' songs that became pop hits: ""Crying Time"" and ""Together Again"". In 1967, Owens and the Buckaroos toured"
"records in Hot 100 history up to that point, and Lundberg made an appearance on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"". After another week at #10, the record slipped to #22 for the week ending December 16, 1967, then vanished from the Hot 100 completely, after a total run of just six weeks. Few other records have ever been ranked so high in such a short chart stay on the Hot 100 (Napoleon XIV's ""They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"" peaked at #3 but was only on the Hot 100 for six weeks; Kenny G's ""Auld Lang Syne"" (The Millennium Mix)"
"1970. ""The Wonder of You"" was one of his most successful records in the UK ever, topping the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in the summer of that year. It is his fifth biggest seller in the UK to date, with sales of 891,000. It also stayed at number one in the Irish Charts for three weeks that same year. This was the 59th Top 40 hit of his career. Presley's version also reached number 37 on the US Country Singles chart, and number one on the easy listening chart. ""The Wonder of You"" was one of about thirty-five"
"followed. Then in March 1966, The Walker Brothers hit No. 1 for the second time in six months with ""The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore."" Their popularity in the UK – particularly that of Scott – reached a new high, especially among teenage girls, and their fan club in that country was said to have been larger than The Beatles.' ""The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"" also made the US Top 20, but had less success in the US. The Walker Brothers continued to have chart hits in the UK in 1966 and 1967, with Scott taking a more prominent"
"His success continued into 1967 with another No. 1 in ""All The Time"" (on top for 5 weeks) and a number 2 hit with ""What Locks The Door"". In 1967, he received the prestigious awards for Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year, and Album of the Year from the Country Music Association. In all, he recorded nine No. 1 country hits on various charts including five No. 1 ""Billboard"" hits. His success continued into 1968 with another No. 1 with ""You Are My Treasure"" and the top 5 hit ""Love Takes Care Of Me"". In 1969, he"
"1967, to attempt a studio recording of Bob Dylan's ""Like a Rolling Stone"". Although the song had long been a staple of the group's live show, they failed to achieve an acceptable basic track, owing mostly to Mitchell's inability to keep consistent time during the session. The second Experience single, ""Purple Haze""/""51st Anniversary"", was released on March 1. It entered the UK singles chart on the 23rd, peaking at number three. During that month, the band took another long break from recording while they played gigs in Belgium, Germany, and the UK, including appearances on the UK television show ""Dee"
"""The Creep"". He had three entries in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1960, with ""The Creep"" being his highest placed hit record, reaching #10 in January 1954. Among his fans was the Queen Mother, for whom he played twice at Windsor Castle. Towards the end of his life he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He died in November 2005. [3] This England's Second Book of British Dance Bands - The Singers and smaller bands. This England 2001. . Ken Mackintosh Ken Mackintosh (4 August 1919 – 22 November 2005) was an English saxophonist, composer"