American Bandstand 1967 -#1 Song of ’67- Light My Fire, The Doors

As voted on by the Bandstand dancers for this special End of the Year show, “Light My Fire” is the #1 song of 1967. Based on The Billboard Year End Hot 100, it was #7, with “To Sir With Love” by Lulu being #1 and based on The Cash Box Year End Charts, it was #2, with “The Letter” by The Box Tops being #1 for the year. “Light My Fire” was #3 for 3 weeks in late July and early August on the Billboard Hot 100. Cash Box was a weekly magazine that was published from 1942 until 1996. It ranked songs based only on record sales while Billboard ranked songs by sales as well as radio airplay (and now by online sales and streaming as well). Many DJ’s (and others like American Bandstand) in the 60’s felt that Cash Box was a more accurate list. Dancers: Here are the AB regulars rockin’ out to the Doors hit: 2:08 Don Sanuskar and Robin Morris (in the very front doing a 2-step) 2:16 Roberta Simon, 2:29 Famous Hooks with Jenny Nichols, 2:50 Eddie Sanchez (light jacket) with Ruby Dake, 3:25 Jeff Stein, 4:30 Pat