WMCA Fabulous 57 Survey for August 23, 1967

Courtesy of the WMCA Good Guys Internet Web Site
www.musicradio77.com/wmca



Survey collected and contributed by Randy Price, Peter Kanze and Greg Lance
For more information contact Allan Sniffen

 

TW  LW
 1  10  ##ODE TO BILLIE JOE - Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)
 2   3  *#REFLECTIONS - Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
 3   1  *#ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - The Beatles (Capitol)
 4   2  *##A WHITER SHADE OF PALE - Procol Harum (Deram)
 5   7  APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE - Jay & The Techniques (Smash)
 6  11  *#BABY I LOVE YOU - Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
 7   5  #DON’T LET THE RAIN FALL DOWN ON ME - The Critters (Kapp)
 8   9  *#YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING - The Temptations (Gordy)
 9   4  LIGHT MY FIRE - The Doors (Elektra)
10  19  *#PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY - The Monkees (Colgems)
11   6  (I Wanna) TESTIFY - The Parliaments (Revilot)
12   8  *#A GIRL LIKE YOU - The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
13  21  FUNKY BROADWAY - Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
14  13  I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
15  15  ##CARRIE-ANNE - The Hollies (Epic)
16  22  YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN - The Turtles (White Whale)
17  23  *##THERE IS A MOUNTAIN - Donovan (Epic)
18  18  *HEROES AND VILLAINS - The Beach Boys (Brother)
19  SS  *#I MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF - Frankie Valli (Philips)
20  20  THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID - The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
21  49  SILENCE IS GOLDEN - The Tremeloes (Epic)
22  26  *#TWELVE THIRTY (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon) - The Mamas & 
        The Papas (Dunhill)
23  52  TO SIR WITH LOVE - Lulu (Epic)
24  28  *#MAKING EVERY MINUTE COUNT - Spanky & Our Gang (Mercury)
25  30  *LOVE BUG LEAVE MY HEART ALONE - Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy)

26  27  ##The Letter - The Box Tops (Mala)
27  29  Never My Love - The Association (Warner Bros.)
28  31  Gettin’ Together - Tommy James & The Shondells (Roulette)
29  32  *Put Your Mind At Ease - Every Mother’s Son (MGM)
30  33  Fakin’ It - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia)
31  LS  ##Expressway To Your Heart - The Soul Survivors (Crimson)
32  12  Little Bit O’ Soul - The Music Explosion (Laurie)
33  16  Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays (Volt)
34  17  Windy - The Association (Warner Bros.)
35  25  Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (Bang)
36  24  *The World We Knew (Over And Over) - Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
37  RE  The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven - Chris Bartley (Vando)
38  35  I Wanna Be There - The Blues Magoos (Mercury)
39  14  Cold Sweat (pt. 1) - James Brown & The Famous Flames (King)
40  36  *Museum - Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
41  37  (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson 
        (Brunswick)
42  43  I Dig Rock And Roll Music - Peter, Paul & Mary (Warner Bros.)
43  46  It’s The Little Things - Sonny & Cher (Atco)
44  48  Anything Goes - Harpers Bizarre (Warner Bros.)
45  50  Everybody Needs Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips (Soul)
46  51  Sugar Man - Keith (Mercury)
47  53  On The Other Side - The Seekers (Capitol)
48  54  It Could Be We’re In Love - The Cryan’ Shames (Columbia)
49  55  Forget It - The Sandpebbles (Calla)
50  57  It Must Be Him - Vikki Carr (Liberty)
51  --  Come Back When You Grow Up - Bobby Vee & The Strangers (Liberty)
52  --  Fall In Love With Me - Bettye Swann (Money)
53  --  Sunshine Games - The Music Explosion (Laurie)
54  --  Get On Up - The Esquires (Bunky)
55  --  A Banda - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (A&M)
56  --  Heavy Music (pt. 1) - Bob Seger & The Last Heard (Cameo)
57  --  The Cat In The Window (The Bird In The Sky) - Petula Clark (Warner 
        Bros.)

SURE SHOT: *DANDELION - The Rolling Stones (London)
LONG SHOT: WEDNESDAY - The Royal Guardsmen (Laurie)
ALBUM IN ORBIT: ODE TO BILLIE JOE - Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)

*Heard first in New York on WMCA
#Former Sure Shot
##Former Long Shot

NOTE: The dates that appeared on the original chart as printed in GO Magazine 
were Aug. 24-30, 1967, representing a Thursday through Wednesday week. 
However, this chart debuted on the air on Wednesday, Aug, 23, so the date 
that appears above reflects when the chart actually took effect.
 

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