That Hendrix set at the Monterey Festival is one of the reasons why pundits and listeners to a Radio 2 show have proclaimed 1967 to be the greatest year in rock 'n' roll history.
While Andrew Collins pointed out during the Radio 2 debate on Monday night that the Sound Of Music soundtrack dominated the UK charts for thirteen weeks during the so called Summer Of Love, other events that year, such as the release of 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', the global emergence of Pink Floyd and the Rolling Stones, the aforementioned Monterey Festival, plus music from the likes of Hendrix, The Doors and The Beach Boys, convinced listeners to the show that 67 was the greatest year in rock.
1999 was voted the worse year, with the rise of Eminem and Robbie Williams and the Britney/Christina feud cited as the year's only good points.
Of course, as is always the way, these surveys probably tell us more about the people voting than anything else. The average age of listeners voting was 51, so the fact that 67 came out top while 1973 was another hot contender possibly just tells us that people are most nostalgic for the music of their teenage years. No news there then.