the year that was: 1967
Year chosen by Faith.
Top 10 songs:
1. To Sir With Love, Lulu
2. The Letter, Box Tops
3. Ode To Billie Joe, Bobby Gentry
4. Windy, Association
5. I'm A Believer, Monkees
6. Light My Fire, Doors
7. Somethin' Stupid, Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
8. Happy Together, Turtles
9. Groovin', Young Rascals
10. Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli
The pizza place near my house (Joe's pizza, where you could get a slice and a coke for 50 cents and Joe always gave us handfulls of shredded mozzarella cheese to eat while we waited for the pizza) had The Letter on the jukebox, though I think it was the Joe Cocker version. This one guy used to come in and play that song (three songs for a quarter) over and over again.
Ode To Billy Joe was just one in a series of really maudlin songs that came out at that time. You know, Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahachee bridge. Poor guy.
Also, The Graduate came out in 1967. Little did I know that all these years later.....
Nevermind.
Comments
Catalaon nee Robinson?
(runs)
Posted by: Wind Rider | July 26, 2003 06:42 PM
never type holding a gherkin
Posted by: Wind Rider | July 26, 2003 06:42 PM
the year I was born !!
Posted by: carol | July 26, 2003 07:13 PM
And not only that, Ode To Billy Joe was made into an AWFUL TV movie with Robby Benson.
Posted by: Meryl Yourish | July 26, 2003 08:29 PM
Also, it was made into a book, which I was stupid enough to read.
all these years later what?
Posted by: Daniel Day | July 27, 2003 12:39 AM
Posted by: meclizine | October 28, 2004 07:37 PM