KXEL@80–1967

The Year Was 1967–Popular songs included “Respect” by Aretha Franklin, “Kind of a Drag” by the Buckinghams and “The Beat Goes On” by Sonny and Cher…moviegoers enjoyed “The Graduate,” “The Jungle Book” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”…new television programs premiering included “The Carol Burnett Show” and the cartoon “George of the Jungle”…and in the news, Israel prevailed in the “Seven Day War,” Thurgood Marshall was the first black to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and three NASA astronauts were killed in a launch pad test of Apollo 1.