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Scarcely any records held the #1 Fab Forty slot for more than one week, but the Spencer Davis Group (pictured here half-way up the stairs) and Somebody Help Me, was one of the FFFF – Fab Forty Fortunate Few! |
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Somebody Help Me | Spencer Davis Group |
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Substitute | Who |
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8
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That's Nice | Neil Christian |
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I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
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20
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You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
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6
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The Pied Piper | Crispian St Peters |
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Alfie | Cilla Black |
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8
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A Legal Matter | Who |
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12
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9
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Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher |
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10
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Homeward Bound | Simon & Garfunkel |
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28
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11
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Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful |
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12
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Super Girl | Graham Bonney |
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26
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(You're My) Soul And Inspiration | Righteous Brothers |
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14
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Someday, One Day | Seekers |
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30
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Twinkle Toes | Roy Orbison |
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(You Got) The Power Of Love | Everly Brothers |
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You Won't Be Leaving | Herman's Hermits |
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29
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Frankie And Johnny | Elvis Presley |
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The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore | Walker Brothers |
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20
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Something On My Mind | Chris Andrews |
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I Think Of You | Chantelles |
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My Life | Overlanders |
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Elusive Butterfly | Bob Lind |
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Pretty Flamingo | Manfred Mann |
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Run For Your Life | Harbour Lites |
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Let's Run For Cover | Zoot Money's Big Roll Band |
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Little Latin Lupe Lu | Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels |
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34
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28
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If You've Got A Minute Baby | Freddie & the Dreamers |
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Dedicated Follower Of Fashion | Kinks |
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Blue Turns To Grey | Cliff Richard & the Shadows |
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Don't Stop Loving Me Baby | Pinkerton's Assorted Colours |
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I Feel A Cry Coming On | Hank Locklin |
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Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Norma Tanega |
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A Sign Of The Times | Petula Clark |
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How Can I Tell Her | Forresters |
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Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers |
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Got To Run | Echoes |
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Splendour In The Grass | Gulliver's People |
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Baby Don't Push Me | Alan Bown Set |
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The Sound Of Silence | Bachelors |
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| I'm Coming Home Cindy | Trini Lopez | Tony Windsor |
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| How Does That Grab You Darlin' | Nancy Sinatra |
| One Track Mind | Knickerbockers |
| Take It Or Leave It | Searchers |
| I Take It That We're Through | Riot Squad |
| You'd Better Make Up Your Mind | Koobas |
| Together Again | Ray Charles |
| Magic Town | Vogues |
| You've Got To Learn | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
| Three Thousand Miles | Brian Hyland |
| This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) | Isley Brothers |
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| Sloop John B | Beach Boys |
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On Friday, April 15th 1966, at Beaconsfield Youth Club, a year after their hit Concrete And Clay, the Knees Club recruited Unit 4 + 2 – Rod Garwood (#203), Pete Moules (#204), Dave 'Buster' Meikle (#205), Hugh Halliday (#206), Tommy Moeller (#207) and Lem (Howard) Lubin, (#202). For more about Unit 4 + 2 see Fab Forty for 14th March 1965. Tommy's brother Billy Moeller (#209), who was acting as the band's roadie, also joined. The following year, in the guise of Whistling Jack Smith (see Fab Forty 26th Feb '67), Billy did what might be termed a 'whistle-stop tour' (sorry) to perform the hit single I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman. Click on the picture for info on the 30-track Unit 4 + 2 The Singles CD, containing both 'A-' and 'B-sides' of the band's singles released between 1964 and 1969. |