looking at the top 10 singles in Australia from "this week" in the 1960s or 70s
using the charts from David Kent's AUSTRALIAN TOP 20 BOOK

Australian Top 20 Book
Australian Chart Book 1970-1992





Top 10 singles in Australia, chart week 12th August 1967*



10. (8) HEAVEN AND HELL / PRETTY GIRL The Easybeats
9. (16) WOMAN YOU'RE BREAKING ME The Groop
8. (12) I TAKE IT BACK Sandy Posey
7. (6) WATERLOO SUNSET The Kinks
6. (14) IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT Dean Martin
5. (4) THEME FOR A NEW LOVE Davy Jones
4. (5) UP UP AND AWAY The Fifth Dimension
3. (2) A WHITER SHADE OF PALE Procul Harum
2. (3) SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) Scott McKenzie
1. (1) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE / BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN The Beatles



(brackets indicate chart position held the previous week)



also in the programme:

SALLY GO ROUND THE ROSES - The Questions (#59 in the singles chart)
A DAY IN THE LIFE - The Beatles
(from 'SERGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND' #1 on the album chart)
THEME FROM THE MONKEES from VOL 1 (EP) - The Monkees (#15 in the singles chart)
CHROME PLATED YABBY - The Wild Cherries (#61 in the singles chart)
RESPECT - Aretha Franklin - (#19 in the singles chart)




*according to the Kent Music Report



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