Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1967 explained

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1967
Type:Compilation
Artist:various artists
Cover:Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits 1967.jpg
Released:1989 (original release)
1993 (re-release)
Recorded:1967
Genre:Pop, rock
Length:26:33 (original 1989 release)
25:47 (1993 re-release)
Label:Rhino Records
Chronology:Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits
Prev Year:1989
Next Year:1989

Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1967 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1967.

The original album includes six songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining four tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 10. A re-issue in 1993 followed, replacing tracks by the Monkees, The Buckinghams, and Paul Revere & The Raiders with songs by Aretha Franklin, The Young Rascals, and Sam & Dave.

Absent from the track lineup were songs by The Beatles. A disclaimer on the back of the album stated that licensing restrictions made those tracks unavailable for inclusion on the album.

Track listing

1989 original release

1993 re-release, replacement tracks

Notes and References

  1. Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1967 . Various artists . liner notes . 1989 . Rhino.