Written in dec 2021 by Christopher Knowles. Read by Christopher Knowles on Feb. 7th, 2024
I was eight and he was six and we never play with stix. We both met at the Adams School back in 1967. We were both in Mrs. Ponzi’s class. We have memories about it. I would say, Paul Kiok. We are good friends. I would say Paul Kiok. We are friends. I was eight and he was six and we never play with stix. We both met at the Adams School back in 1967. We were both in Mrs. Ponzi’s class. We have memories about It. I was eight and he was six and we never play with stix. We both met at the Adams School back in 1967. We were both in Mrs. Ponzi’s class. We have memories about it. I would say, Paul Kiok. We are good friends. I would say Paul Kiok. We are friends.
New York City’s Top 100 of 1967
Compiled on 77 W. A. B. C. Am Music Radio on the Silver Dollar Survey (2021) and recited by Christopher Knowles on Feb. 7th, 2024
1. To serve with love, Lulu.
2. Light my fire, The Doors.
3. Can’t take my eyes off you, Frankie Valley.
4. Happy together, The Turtles.
5. Grooven, the Young Rascals.
6. The Letter, the Box Tops.
7. Windy, the Association.
8. Georgia Girl, the Seeker,
9. Louis Vuitton, The Music Explosion.
10. Respect, Aretha Franklin.
11. O to Billy Joe. By Bobby Gentry.
12. I’m a believer, The Monkeys.
13. Something stupid by Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra.
14. Apples, Peaches, Punkin’ Pie, Jay Proctor and the techniques.
15. Expressway to your heart, the Soul Survivors.
16. All you need is love, The Beatles.
17. How can I be sure The Young Rascals?
18. I think we’re alone now. Tommy James and Shondales.
19. The Happening. The Supremes.
20. Penny Lane, The Beatles.
21. I’ve been lonely too long, The Young Rascals.
22. Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones.
23. Kind of a Drag, The Buckingham’s.
24. Jimmy Mac, Martha Reeves and the Van The Supremes.
25. Reflections, The Supremes.
26. Love is Here and Now You’re Gone, The Supremes.
27. I got with them, The Happenings.
28. A little bit me, a little bit you, The Monkeys.
29. Never My Love, The Association.
30. This is my song, Pertula Clark.
31. I Was Made to Love Her by Stevie Wonder.
32. Snoopy versus the Red Baren, The Royal Gargeman.
33. Give Me Some Loving, The Spencer Davis Group.
34. Pleasant Valley Sunday, The Monkeys.
35. A Witer Shade of Pale, Polk or Haram.
36. She’d Rather Be with Me, The Turtles.
37. Soul Man, Sam and Dave.
38. Dedicated to One Our Love, The Mommas and the Papas.
39. It Must be Him by Vicky Carr.
40. There’s a Kind of Hush by Hermanns Hermanns.
41. Bernadette, The Four Tops.
42. Come Back When You Grow Up, Bobby V. And The Strangers.
43. The Rain, The Park, and Other Things by the Cowsills.
44. Give Me a Little Sign, Brentwood.
45. Incense & Peppermints, The Sorbury Alarm Clock.
46, Saka to me, Baby. Mitzrata and Detroit wheels.
47. Baby, I love you, Aretha Franklin.
48. I want to testify George Clinton and the Parliaments.
49. You are my everything, the temptations.
50. Tell it like it is, Aaron Neville.
51. Let’s live for today, The Grassroots.
52. Sweet Soul Music, Arthur Conley.
53. Come on down to my boat, Every Mother’s Son.
54. A Girl Like You by The Young Rascals.
55. Somebody to Love by the Jefferson Airplane.
56. Sunday Would Never be the Same, Spanky & Our Gang.
57. Funky Broadway, Rosenpicket.
58. Standing in the Shadows of Love, The Four Tops.
59. Dandeline, The Rolling Stones.
60. Society’s Child, Janice Ian.
61. Girl, you’ll be a woman soon, Neil Diamond.
62. Please love me forever, Bobby Vitten.
63. Release me by Inglebert Humpeting.
64. 98.6, Keith.
65. Don’t let the rain fall down on me, the Critters.
66. Alfi, Deon Warwick.
67. Then you can tell me goodbye, the Casinos.
68. Friday on my mind by the Easy Beats.
69. San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. – Scott McKenzie.
70. Daydream believer, The Monkeys.
71. People are strange, The Doors.
72. We ain’t got nothing yet, The Blues, magoos.
73. Come on, Maryanne, The Four Seasons.
74. White Rabbit, The Jefferson Airplane.
75. Up, Up and away, The Fifth Dimension.
76. Hey, Leroy, your mom was calling you. Jimmy Caster.
77. Winchester Cathedral, The New Volvo Band.
78. That’s Life, Frank Sinatra.
79. Creek Alley, The Mamas & The Papas.
80. Ain’t No Mountain High enough by Marvin Gay and Tammie Tarroll.
81. Pata Pata, Mare Makeba.
82. Good Thing, Paul Revere and the Riders.
83. Soulfinger, The Barcays.
84. Make Me Yours, Betty Swann.
85. California Nights, Leslie Gore.
86. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin.
87. I heard it through the Great Vine, Gladys Night and the Pips.
88. The 59th Street Ridge Song, Feeling Groovy, The Harpers Bazaar.
89. Words of Love, The Mommas and Papas.
90. Tell it to arrain, The Four Seasons.
91. All I need, The Temptations.
92. Stand by me, Spider Turner.
93. Devil with a blue dress on. Good golly, Ms. Molly. Mitz, Ryder and Detroit wheels.
94, Mirage, Tommy Jameson, Shonda.
95. Close your eyes, Peaches and Herb.
96. Portray of My Love, The Tokens.
97. Lady Jack Jones.
98. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Canon Ball, Adderly Quintet.
99. Boogie Down, Broadway, The Fantastic Johnny C.
100. Your Love Keeps me higher and higher, Jackie Wilson.
I won the Simon game on a Thursday October 27th, 2022
Written in 2022 and read by Christopher Knowles on Feb. 7th, 2024
I won the Simon game on a Thursday, October 27, 2022,
1, red, 2, green, 3, red, 4, yellow, 5, blue, 6, red, 7, blue, 8, red, 9, yellow, 10, green, 11, red, 12, red, 13, yellow, 14, blue, 15, blue, 16, yellow, 17, yellow, 18, green, 19, green, 20, yellow, 21, red, 22, green, 23, blue, 24, yellow, 25, blue, 26, yellow, 27, red, 28, blue, 29, yellow, 30, green, 31, red, 32, green, 33, green, 34, red, 35, yellow, 36, red, 37, red, 38, yellow, 39, red, 40, red, 41, blue, 42, blue, 43, red, 44, green, 45, green, 46, yellow, 47, red, 48, yellow, 49, blue, 50, yellow. 51, red, 52, yellow, 53, green, 54, yellow, 55, green, 56, green, 57, yellow, 58, green, 59, red, 60, red, 61, blue, 62, yellow, 63, green, 64, green, 65, yellow, 66, red, 67, green, 68, red, 69, blue, 70, yellow, 71, red, 72, yellow, 73, yellow, 74, red, 75, yellow, 76, red, 77, blue, 78, yellow, 79, red, 80, blue. 81, green, 82, green, 83, blue, 84, blue, 85, green, 86, yellow, 87, yellow, 88, yellow, 89, green, 90, yellow, 91, red, 92, yellow, 93, yellow, 94, yellow, 95, red, 96, blue, 97, yellow, 98, blue, 99, green, 100, green.
I won the Simon game on a Thursday, October 27th, 2022. That was my highest score, 100. The longest was one hour and 19 minutes from 8.26 1/2 pm to 9.46 pm. That’s on a Thursday night. Good. Very good, thank you.
(c) 1967 – 2023 Christopher Knowles