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May 5, 1967

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 3, 1967, covering May 5, 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
    14
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Mamas & The Papas Deliver by The Mamas & The Papas

    The Mamas & The Papas Deliver

    The Mamas & The Papas

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful by The Lovin' Spoonful

    The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful

    The Lovin' Spoonful

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for My Cup Runneth Over by Ed Ames

    My Cup Runneth Over

    Ed Ames

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    60

Notable Births

Adam Hughes

1967Adam Hughes, American author and illustrator[†]

Adam Hughes is an American comics artist and illustrator best known to American comic book readers for his renderings of pinup-style female characters, and his cover work on titles such as Wonder Woman and Catwoman. He is known as one of comics' foremost cheesecake artists, and one of the best known and most distinctive comic book cover artists. Throughout his career Hughes has provided illustration work for companies such as DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Pictures, Playboy magazine, Joss Whedon's Mutant Enemy Productions, and Sideshow Collectibles. He is also a fixture at comics conventions where his commissioned sketches command long lines.

Charles Nagy

1967Charles Nagy, American baseball player[†]

Charles Harrison Nagy is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from 1990 to 2003. He played for the Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres. He served as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2011 to 2013 and the Los Angeles Angels from 2016 to 2018.

1967Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician[†]

Alexis Sinduhije is a Burundian journalist and politician. After founding Radio Publique Africaine during the Burundi Civil War, Sinduhije received a CPJ International Press Freedom Award and was named to the Time 100 list of most influential people. In 2007, he left journalism to run for president, but was arrested in 2008 on a charge of "insulting the president," Pierre Nkurunziza, drawing protests on his behalf from the U.S., U.K., and Amnesty International. He was found not guilty and released in 2009. The film "Kamenge, Northern Quarters" follows Sinduhije before, during, and after his incarceration.

Historical Context for May 5, 1967

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