Our Music
 

When Radio (KXOK, KSHE), and Vinyl (45's, LP's) Were King


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From 1967 to the Summer of 1968
 
1967 - Singles

Release Date
 
January
 
Tommy James and the Shondells – I Think We’re Alone Now
The Supremes - Love is Here and Now You're Gone 
The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday 
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Herman's Hermits - There's A Kind Of Hush
The Tremeloes - Here Comes My Baby
 
February
 
The Beatles - Penny Lane
 
March
 
The Supremes- The Happening
The Monkees – A Little Bit of Me, A Little Bit of You
The Buckinghams - Don't You Care
Neil Diamond - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon
 
April
 
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
Petula Clark – Don’t Sleep in the Subway
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Every Mother's Son- - Come On Down To My Boat
 
May
 
The Association – Windy
Frankie Valli – Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
The Fifth Dimension - Up Up and Away
Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale
 
June
 
Lulu – To Sir With Love
The Fireballs – Bottle of Wine
Bobby Vee & The Strangers - Come Back When You Grow Up
Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit
 
July
 
The Soul Survivors - Expressway To Your Heart
Bobby Gentry – Ode to Billy Joe
The Beatles – All I Need Is Love
Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections
The Young Rascals – Groovin
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Robert Knight - Everlasting Love
 
August
 
The Box Tops – The Letter
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made To Love Her
The Association - Never My Love
Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure
 
September
 
Human Beinz – Nobody But Me
Sam and Dave - Soul Man
The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park & Other Things
The Who - I Can See For Miles
 
October
 
John Fred & His Playboy Band – Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
 
December
 
The Lemon Pipers – Green Tamborine – December 1967
Cream – Sunshine of Your Love – December 1967
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints – December 1967
 
Other 1967 – Release Date Unknown
 
The Irish Rovers – The Unicorn
Sonny & Cher - The Beat Goes On
Peter, Paul & Mary - I Dig Rock & Roll Music
Johnny Rivers - Baby, I Need Your Lovin'
Neil Diamond - Thank the Lord for the Nighttime
The Letterman – Goin Out Of My Head/Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Janis Ian - Society's Child (September 1966 – Became a hit in 1967)
 
 
1968 - Singles

Release Date

January

 
Otis Redding - (Sittin on) the Dock of the Bay
Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
1910 Fruit Gum Company – Simon Says
Sam & Dave – I Thank You
 
February
 
Tom Jones – Delilah
 
March
 
The Rascals – A Beautiful Morning
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
 
April
 
Ohio Express – Yummy, Yummy, Yummy
Richard Harris – MacArther Park
Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up
Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson 
 
May
 
The Cowsills - Indian Lake
Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man
 
July
 
The Rascals – People Got to be Free
 
August
 
The Beatles - Hey Jude
Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley PTA
Mary Hopkins - Those Were the Days
Mason Williams – Classical Gas
 
Other 1968 – Release Date Unknown
 
Jose Feliciano – Light My Fire
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 – Fool on the Hill
Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

1967  - Albums (popular tracks listed)
 
Release Date

January
 
The Doors - The Doors
-Break On Through (To The Other Side)
 
February
 
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow – February 1967
-Somebody to Love
-White Rabbit
 
 
May
 
The Beatles – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
 
-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
-With a Little Help from My Friends
-Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
-Getting Better
-Fixing a Hole
-She's Leaving Home  
-Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
-When I'm Sixty-Four
-Lovely Rita
-A Day in the Life
 
Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
-Foxy Lady
 
November
 
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
-Magical Mystery Tour
-The Fool on the Hill
-Flying
-Your Mother Should Know
-I Am the Walrus
-Hello, Goodbye
-Strawberry Fields Forever
-Penny Lane
-Baby, You're a Rich Man
-All You Need Is Love
 
Moody Blues (w/ London Festival Orchestra) – Days of Future Past
-The Day Begins: Dawn: Dawn is a Feeling
-The Morning: Another Morning
-Lunch Break: Peak Hour
-The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)
-Evening: The Sun Set/Twilight Time
-The Night: Nights in White Satin
 
December

The Who – The Who Sell Out
-I Can See For Miles
 
 
Albums – 1968 (popular tracks listed)
 
Release Date

January
 
The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
-I Wasn’t Born To Follow
 
April
 
Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
-Mrs. Robinson
-A Hazy Shade of Winter
-America
-Save The Life of My Child
-At The Zoo
 
The Zombies – Odyssey and Oracle
-Time of the Season
 
May
 
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
-Folsom Prison Blues
 
June
 
Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida
 
July
 
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
-Hello I Love You       
 
August
 
Cream – Wheels of Fire
-White Room
-Crossroads
 
Cheap Thrills – Big Brother & The Holding Company (Janis Joplin)
-Summertime
-Peace of my Heart