What SMOKING music are you listening to? (2025)

1967 saw AFRTS' Military audience grow by 100,000 to 485,000. During the year they started satellite relay for some sporting events. It still wasn't live but instead of waiting for a week for tape the delay was only a day. Of course the big sports story was Ali refusing to be drafted. You can imagine what slant that was reported on. The 6 day war was widely reported but America's burning cities from race riots wasn't although "Soul" music had a major increase in playing time. Sgt. Pepper's was easily the most played alum. I don't think the military understood it. "Incense and Peppermints" was one of the first "drug" songs to be banned.

Here are a few of the Soul" hits.



 
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