US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending 23rd September, 1967

These are all the US Top 40 Singles for the Week Ending September 23, 1967

US Hot 40 Singles for the Week Ending 23rd September, 1967

US Top 40 Singles – 23rd September, 1967

TW LW TITLE –•– Artist (Label)-Weeks on Chart (Peak To Date)

1 4 THE LETTER –•– The Box Tops (Mala)-7 (1 week at #1) (1)
2 1 ODE TO BILLIE JOE –•– Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)-8 (1)
3 3 COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP –•– Bobby Vee and the Strangers (Liberty)-10 (3)
4 2 REFLECTIONS –•– Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-7 (2)
5 15 NEVER MY LOVE –•– The Association (Warner Brothers)-5 (5)
6 7 APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE –•– Jay and the Techniques (Smash)-11 (6)
7 12 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER –•– Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)-7 (7)
8 6 YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING –•– The Temptations (Gordy)-9 (6)
9 16 I DIG ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC –•– Peter, Paul and Mary (Warner Brothers)-6 (9)
10 10 FUNKY BROADWAY –•– Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)-8 (10)

11 11 THERE IS A MOUNTAIN –•– Donovan (Epic)-7 (11)
12 5 BABY I LOVE YOU –•– Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)-10 (4)
13 13 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN –•– The Turtles (White Whale)-8 (13)
14 14 BROWN EYED GIRL –•– Van Morrison (Bang)-11 (14)
15 9 SAN FRANCISCAN NIGHTS –•– Eric Burdon and the Animals (MGM)-8 (9)
16 21 GIMME LITTLE SIGN –•– Brenton Wood (Double Shot)-7 (16)
17 19 I HAD A DREAM –•– Paul Revere and the Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay (Columbia)-6 (17)
18 32 LITTLE OLE MAN (Uptight-Everything’s Alright) –•– Bill Cosby (Warner Brothers)-4 (18)
19 24 GETTIN’ TOGETHER –•– Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-5 (19)
20 20 TWELVE THIRTY (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon) –•– The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)-5 (20)

21 26 GROOVIN’ –•– Booker T. and the MG’s (Stax)-8 (21)
22 28 I MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF –•– Frankie Valli (Philips)-5 (22)
23 23 THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SAID –•– The Grass Roots (Dunhill)-7 (23)
24 8 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE –•– The Beatles (Capitol)-10 (1)
25 30 LOVE BUG LEAVE MY HEART ALONE –•– Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)-6 (25)
26 43 HOW CAN I BE SURE –•– The Young Rascals (Atlantic)-3 (26)
27 34 THE CAT IN THE WINDOW (The Bird In the Sky) –•– Petula Clark (Warner Brothers)-4 (27)
28 17 COLD SWEAT (Part 1) –•– James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)-11 (7)
29 42 DANDELION –•– The Rolling Stones (London)-3 (29)
30 41 KNOCK ON WOOD –•– Otis and Carla (Stax)-7 (30)

31 31 MAKING EVERY MINUTE COUNT –•– Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)-6 (31)
32 18 LIGHT MY FIRE –•– The Doors (Elektra)-17 (1)
33 35 GET ON UP –•– The Esquires (Bunky)-6 (33)
34 45 EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART –•– The Soul Survivors (Crimson)-4 (34)
35 58 TO SIR WITH LOVE –•– Lulu (Epic)-3 (35)
36 47 MEMPHIS SOUL STEW –•– King Curtis (Atco)-5 (36)
37 40 BLUE’S THEME –•– Davie Allan and the Arrows (Tower)-16 (37)
38 49 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT –•– Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)-5 (38)
39 39 MUSEUM –•– Herman’s Hermits (MGM)-5 (39)
40 25 PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY –•– The Monkees (Colgems)-10 (3)

THIS WEEK’S DROPS – 23rd September, 1967

41 27 I THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME –•– Neil Diamond (Bang)-11 (13)
55 22 (I Wanna) TESTIFY –•– The Parliaments (Revilot)-13 (20)
57 38 LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER, ME –•– Dean Martin (Reprise)-6 (38)
58 36 ZIP CODE –•– The Five Americans (Abnak)-7 (36)

POWER PLAYS – 23rd September, 1967

42 54 BALLAD OF YOU AND ME AND POONEIL –•– Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)-4 (42)
43 48 ANYTHING GOES –•– Harpers Bizarre (Warner Brothers)-6 (43)
44 68 HEY BABY (They’re Playing Our Song) –•– The Buckinghams (Columbia)-3 (44)
45 75 YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY –•– The Four Tops (Motown)-2 (45)
46 46 PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE –•– Every Mothers’ Son (MGM)-5 (46)
47 57 A BANDA (Ah Bahn-da) –•– Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (A&M)-3 (47)
48 59 YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE –•– Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (Tamla)-3 (48)
49 60 IT MUST BE HIM –•– Vikki Carr (Liberty)-4 (49)
50 51 YOU’VE GOT TO PAY THE PRICE –•– Al Kent (Ric-Tic)-6 (50)

NEW THIS WEEK – 23rd September, 1967

65 — PEOPLE ARE STRANGE –•– The Doors (Elektra)-1 (65)
67 — CHILD OF CLAY –•– Jimmie Rodgers (A&M)-1 (67)
69 — LIGHTNING’S GIRL –•– Nancy Sinatra (Reprise)-1 (69)
77 — ODE TO BILLIE JOE –•– The Kingpins (Atco)-1 (77)
78 — THE LAST WALTZ –•– Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)-1 (78)
79 — WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE –•– The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)-1 (79)
83 — TO SHARE YOUR LOVE –•– The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)-1 (83)
86 — FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH –•– The Staple Singers (Epic)-1 (86)
88 — MORE THAN THE EYE CAN SEE –•– Al Martino (Capitol)-1 (88)
89 — FALL IN LOVE WITH ME –•– Bettye Swann (Money)-1 (89)
92 — DANCING IN THE STREET –•– Ramsey Lewis (Cadet)-1 (92)
93 — DIRTY MAN –•– Laura Lee (Chess)-1 (93)
95 — PURPLE HAZE –•– The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)-3 (93)
96 — FUNKY DONKEY –•– Pretty Purdie (Date)-1 (96)
99 — NINE POUND STEEL –•– Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7)-1 (99)
100 — I’M A FOOL FOR YOU –•– James Carr (Goldwax)-1 (100)