It’s the Summer of Love, Hippies and Flower Power in California, but a Long, Hot Summer of racial tension and urban destruction everywhere else and one city, Los Angeles, lands seven of the top ten hits of the year. Vietnam ramps up, protest escalates, and The Monkees take over TV, teen mags and the Pop charts while The Beatles emerge from studio seclusion counterculture icons and change the game with Sgt. Pepper’s and Album Rock.
#1 Song of the Year
Artists of the Year
- The Monkees
- Nancy Sinatra
- Aretha Franklin
Artist with Most Charting Songs
- Nancy Sinatra (9)
Average #1 Artist Age
- 23.1 years
#1 Songs
- Monkees – I’m a Believer (December ’66, 7 wks)
- Buckinghams – Kind of a Drag (February, 2 wks)
- Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday (March, 1 wk)
- Supremes – Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone (March, 1 wk)
- Beatles – Penny Lane (March, 1 wk)
- Turtles – Happy Together (March, 3 wks)
- Nancy Sinatra – Somethin’ Stupid (April, 4 wks)
- Supremes – The Happening (May, 1 wk)
- Young Rascals – Groovin’ (May, 4 wks)
- Aretha Franklin – Respect (June, 2 wks)
- Association – Windy (July, 4 wks)
- Doors – Light My Fire (July, 3 wks)
- Beatles – All You Need Is Love (August, 1 wk)
- Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe (August, 4 wks)
- Box Tops – The Letter (September, 4 wks)
- Lulu – To Sir with Love (October, 5 wks)
- Strawberry Alarm Clock – Incense and Peppermints (November, 1 wk)
- Monkees – Daydream Believer (December, 4 wks)
