http://books.google.com/books?id=PigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=strawberry+alarm+clock&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R-ixUIKKB8LtiwLq2IC4Ag&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDhu#v=onepage&q&f=false
It is the Google archive of Billboard's entire issue for the week ending November 25, 1967. The Hot 100 is on page 22 but SAC is also mentioned elsewhere for the LP (at #70 and rising), a performance, and their endorsement of Vox equipment.
Another trade mag, Cashbox, had them at #1 the previous week as can be seen here:
http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19671118.html
I can't seem to find the keys to my time machine so I'll have to settle on sending a slightly belated (45 years) "Congratulations!" to the band!
--Previous Message--
: This is it! 45 years ago this week “Incense
: and Peppermints” was the top selling 45 on
: Billboard Magazine’s Top 100 charts, for the
: week ending 11/25/67. It knocked out “To Sir
: with Love” which had been Number One for the
: previous five weeks.
:
: Here was the entire Top Ten singles listing
: for that week:
:
: 1-Incense and Peppermints-Strawberry Alarm
: Clock
: 2-To Sir With Love-Lulu
: 3-The Rain,The Park and Other Things-The
: Cowsills
: 4-Soul Man- Sam and Dave
: 5-Daydream Believer-The Monkees
: 6-Please Love Me Forever-Bobby Vinton
: 7-I Say A Little Prayer-Dionne Warwick
: 8-It Must Be Him-Vicki Carr
: 9-I Can See For Miles-The Who
: 10-Expressway To Your Heart-Soul Survivors
:
: Unfortunately, it only lasted for a week.
: On the following week’s chart, ending
: 12/2/67, “Daydream Believer” jumped up to #1
: knocking “Incense” down to #3.
:
: Amazingly, every single artist listed in
: the above top ten is still active today! At
: that time, though, Rock and Roll was no
: longer the “passing fad” but still had not
: developed into the big business it became.
: And acts from ten years before in the
: Fifties, were already considered “oldies
: acts”.
:
: Well, here we are 45 years later. The SAC
: is still going strong, new album and doing
: shows. Who’da thought??
:
: So, George, here goes:
:
: 1. Back then, at the time, did you (or any
: of the guys) ever even dream or fathom the
: possibility that someday way into the future
: the work that you guys did would have left
: an impact and still be remembered? Or was
: it really just a case of being “in the
: moment” and when things ended, that was it,
: it’s done.
:
: 2. And even more remotely, was the idea ever
: considered then that you and everyone from
: “back then” could actually still be playing
: together again, way, way down the road?
:
: 45 years later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:
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