I was just a 9 year old kid during the summer of 1967, too young to be a hippy. I spent the summer packing rocks, picking blueberries, and swatting blackflies in northern Quebec; enjoying Expo ’67 in Montreal; chilling at the cottage on the St. Lawrence River; and enjoying a bus-trip with my bro to see the Red Sox and visit grandparents in Boston. It was a pretty awesome summer for a 9 year old kid!! We’d spend much of our summer in those days hoofing around the Canadian shield with our geologist father. It made for great family summers and lots of adventures. During the rest of the year we lived in Houghton, in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. That was pretty cool too!
Summer memories were filled with music from the car or truck radio. Here’s a few of the hits I remember from that wonderful Summer of Love.
- "I'm a Believer" - The Monkees
- "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen
- "Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville Band
- "Georgy Girl" - The Seekers
- “The Beat Goes On" - Sonny and Cher
- "Penny Lane" - The Beatles
- "There's a Kind of Hush" - Herman's Hermits
- “Groovin'" - The Young Rascals
- "Windy" - The Association
- "San Francisco" - Scott McKenzie
- "Can't Take My Eyes off of You" - Frankie Valli
- "Up, Up and Away" - The Fifth Dimension
- "Light My Fire" - The Doors
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum
- "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane
- "All You Need Is Love" - The Beatles
Still groovin'... Rob; in Vancouver
"Love, love, love... love, love, love... love, love, love." The Beatles
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Hi Rob. This is Jim in Prince Rupert. Trudy and I just returned from 5 weeks on the bike to California, including a visit to San Fransisco(Drove over the Golden Gate, rode some cable-cars and all that!!) and a drive through tour of Haight-Ashbury. Your blog on the "Summer of Love" brought back some neat memories. We also visited beaches and relaxed big time. Cheers and Thanks.
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