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April 4, 1967

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 1967, covering April 4, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for More Of The Monkees by The Monkees

    More Of The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Between The Buttons by The Rolling Stones

    Between The Buttons

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    26
  4. 4
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    55
  5. 5
    Album cover for SRO by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    SRO

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    17

Notable Births

1967Edith Masai, Kenyan-German runner[†]

Edith Chewanjel Masai is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who specialised in cross country and track races, then road races in her late career. She represented Kenya at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her best achievements are three individual gold medals in the short race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 2002 and 2004.

George Mavrotas

1967George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player and politician[†]

George Mavrotas is a former member of the Greek Parliament, while also being a retired Greek water polo player and associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. In July 2019 he was designated as General Secretary of Sport in the Greek Government.

Notable Deaths

1967Al Lewis, American songwriter (born 1901)[†]

Al Lewis was an American lyricist, songwriter and music publisher. He is thought of mostly as a Tin Pan Alley era lyricist; however, he did write music on occasion as well. Professionally he was most active during the 1920s working into the 1950s. During this time, he most often collaborated with popular songwriters Al Sherman and Abner Silver. Among his most famous songs are "Blueberry Hill" and "You Gotta Be a Football Hero".

Héctor Scarone

1967Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1898)[†]

Héctor Pedro Scarone Berreta was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Known as "the Gardel of Football" and El Mago due to his extraordinary skills with the ball, Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time. He was crowned world champion three times, after winning the editions of the 1924 and 1928 Olympic football tournaments, along with the first World Cup in 1930.

Historical Events

Martin Luther King Jr.

1967Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.[†]

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister, civil rights activist and political philosopher who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. He advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience against Jim Crow laws and other forms of legalized discrimination.

Historical Context for April 4, 1967

In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]