American Bandstand 1967 -Summer Plans?/Rate A Record- Incense & Peppermints, Strawberry Alarm Clock

Airdate: June 17, 1967 The "Summer of Love" comes to Bandstand. “Incense and Peppermints” was just released in May and was starting to get some local airplay in L.A., where the band was from. While it is possible that some of today’s dancers have heard this song before on the radio, most likely most of them had not, as evidenced by their premature clapping at the song’s fake-out fade at the end. “Incense and Peppermints” will not enter the Billboard charts for another 3 months (September 30) and will peak at #1 in late November. Turning on, Tuning in, and Turning their eyes around on the dance floor today: John Pollard (2:07), Frank Vanderpuil & Dona Waggoner (2:50), Rick McNay (3:16), Mike Condon (at 3:22), Buddy Schwimmer & Diana Bower (3:31), an unimpressed Peggy Waggoner (3:52), Mike Murray (5:09), Don Sanuskar & Dee Dee Siciliano (5:51), and Famous Hooks (5:57), with Frankie Riggilio, Dan Snell & Christy Schneider on the riser at the end. (I wonder if Christy and Dan went to Haight-Ashbury together?) The Rate A Record judges today are Jackie Sheril and Pat Chappelle, with Marcel Poitier as the scorekeeper. Mike Condon wins the “Question of the Day” with his “I’m gonna take a trip” answer. I’m hip man! (My favorite “Question of the Day” answer of all-time! lol) ….In music news, today is day 2 of the Monterey Pop Festival. Janis Joplin (with Big Brother and the Holding Company) will make her first large-scale national appearance this afternoon and Jimi Hendrix will make his American debut tomorrow.