Their first No. 1 song, "Last Train to Clarksville" in 1966, was written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, but other top songwriters of the day were involved Neil Diamond, Gerry Goffin and Carole King and Harry Nilsson.
The name made the award stand out to James "Fly" Williams, a high-scoring guard and Hershberger winner for Austin Peay State University inClarksville, Tenn.