Number One Hits of 1967 Part Four Quiz

Answer: The Association

The Association enjoyed their second number one of 1967 when "Never My Love" topped the Cashbox chart. The record peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number two for two weeks behind "The Letter". The Association's songs, while chartoppers in North America, did not fare well elsewhere. "Never My Love" did not chart in the UK and only managed to get to 53 on the Australian chart. The Association was a great pop group and found their place in the 1960s.

Answer: The Monkees

The Monkees' recording of "A Little Bit Me, A little Bit You" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, although Cashbox and Record World credit the song with a number one slot. The song made number three on the UK chart. In Australia the song was a number four hit and stayed in the top ten for six weeks.
The song, like "I'm A Believer", was written by Neil Diamond.

Answer: The Royal Guardsmen

When you're on a good thing etc. The Royal Guardsmen had enjoyed a number one hit earlier in 1967, with "Snoopy Vs the Red Baron". They followed with an Australian top ten hit "The Return of the Red Baron". They then added a Christmas song "Snoopy's Christmas" which went to number one in Australia and New Zealand.

The record did not chart in the USA on the Billboard Hot 100 but did chart on Billboards' Christmas chart.

Answer: The Young Rascals

"Groovin'" written by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati provided the Young Rascals, (later known as the Rascals), with their second number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The record reached number five on the Australian chart and number eight on the British chart.

The Young Rascals enjoyed four other hits in 1967, top tens with "A Girl Like You" and "How Can I Be Sure", then top twenty hits with, "I've Been Lonely Too Long" and "It's Wonderful".

Answer: The Supremes

"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" was the Supremes' ninth number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached number seventeen in the UK and in Australia the record on just made the top fifty. This record was the Supremes' third consecutive number one hit.

Answer: The Tremeloes

Originally recorded by the Four Seasons as the flipside to "Rag Doll" in 1964, the song was covered by the British group, the Tremeloes. "Silence Is Golden" went to the top of the UK chart in 1967 for the Tremeloes. The record made the top ten in Australia, peaking at number four; however, it failed to chart in the USA.

Answer: The Turtles

"Imagine me and you, I do" is the opening line of the Turtles' signature tune, "Happy Together". The Turtles had hit the charts in 1965 with a cover of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" which made the top ten. In early 1967 they hit the jackpot when "Happy Together" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The record was a top ten in Australia peaking at number three and made it to number twelve in the UK. The song was a top ten in a number of countries.

The Turtles followed up with another top ten, "She'd Rather Be With Me" and had a few more top tens in 1968 including "Elenore". They were however unable to replicate the success of "Happy Together". Howard Kayman and Mark Volman later became famous as a rock comedy act, billed as Flo and Eddie.

Answer: Tom Jones

Written by 'Curly' Putnam in the early 1960s, "Green, Green Grass of Home" was originally a country number four hit for Porter Wagoner in 1965. The song was covered by Bobby Bare and Jerry Lee Lewis; it was from the Lewis album that Tom Jones picked out the song. Tom Jones recorded "Green, Green Grass of Home" in mid 1966 and it topped the UK charts in December of that year remaining in the top spot for seven weeks.

Answer: The Happenings

"I Got Rhythm" marked the biggest hit for the New Jersey quartet, the Happenings, when the record went to number one on the Cashbox chart. The song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The Happenings did not chart in Australia and reached twenty eight on the UK chart. The song was written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1930 musical "Girl Crazy".

Answer: The Supremes

"The Happening" was the Supremes' tenth number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached number six in the UK. Down in Australia the record made it to number two, kept out of the top spot by Nancy and Frank Sinatra with their hit, "Something Stupid".

This record was the Supremes' fourth consecutive number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. "The Happening" was the theme for a comedy movie with Anthony Quinn and in her first movie appearance, Faye Dunaway. "The Happening" marked the first number one hit by the Supremes not written solely by Motown songwriters "Holland-Dozier-Holland.

In this case the music was written by the film's composer Frank DeVol.