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As Pet Clark says, 'It's a Sign of the Times' that Angela & the Fans are in the Fab 40 at #36 with 'Love Ya Illya' while 'Illya' himself – David McCallum (right)– arrives at #30 with 'Communication'. In 1966, those Men from U.N.C.L.E. were mega-stars who even inspired a Knees Monthly spoof, 'The Knee From A.N.K.L.E.'! The other 'Man', agent Napoleon Solo – Robert Vaughan (left, trying desperately to climb aboard the Galaxy after having swum all the way from Frinton) – missed the boat when it came to the Radio London chart! (More Angela and the Fans info in the Big L Fab 40 for 01/05/66) |
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Daydream | Lovin' Spoonful |
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The Pied Piper | Crispian St Peters |
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Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher |
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Pretty Flamingo | Manfred Mann |
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Alfie | Cilla Black |
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I Put A Spell On You | Alan Price Set |
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Sloop John B | Beach Boys |
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You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield |
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(You're My) Soul And Inspiration | Righteous Brothers |
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Frankie And Johnny | Elvis Presley |
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Twinkle Toes | Roy Orbison |
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Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Norma Tanega |
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Come On Home | Wayne Fontana |
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Splendour In The Grass | Gulliver's People |
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A Sign Of The Times | Petula Clark |
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Somebody Help Me | Spencer Davis Group |
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How Does That Grab You Darlin' | Nancy Sinatra |
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Cheat And Lie | Miki Dallon |
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Substitute | Who |
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Secret Agent Man | Johnny Rivers |
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That's Nice | Neil Christian |
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Something On My Mind | Chris Andrews |
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I'm Coming Home Cindy | Trini Lopez |
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You'd Better Make Up Your Mind | Koobas |
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Baby Don't Push Me | Alan Bown Set |
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She Can Build A Mountain | Paul Dean & the Soul Savages |
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Love Around The World | David Ballantyne |
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Together Again | Ray Charles |
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Sorrow | Merseys |
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Communication | David McCallum |
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How Can I Tell Her | Forresters |
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Never Leave Your Baby's Side | Tony Jackson |
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Shotgun Wedding | Roy C |
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You've Got To Learn | Diane Ferraz & Nicky Scott |
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Once | Geneveve |
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Love Ya Illya | Angela & the Fans |
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Ain't That A Groove | James Brown & the Famous Flames |
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I Hear Trumpets Blow | Episode Six |
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Run For Your Life | Harbour Lites |
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I Can't Get Through | Bill Oddie |
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She Can Build A Mountain | Paul Dean & the Soul Savages | Reaction 591002 |
Paul Dean was the pianist in two of the many line-ups of Lord Sutch's Savages. He is often to be seen in TV documentaries about the '2 IIs Coffee Bar', where the band played regularly. Paul played on the 1963 Sutch single, I'm A Hog For You Baby and was with the band in 1964, when His Lordship was running Radio Sutch from the Shivering Sands fort.
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According to the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide, the single She Can Build a Mountain/A Day Gone By, credited to Paul Dean and the Soul Savages, first appeared on Polydor (NH 59102) in 1964, and is thought to have remained unreleased. The sharp-eyed viewer will notice that this matrix number is almost identical to the later Reaction number, 591002. Whether there is a connection between Sutch's Savages and the Soul Savages, is unknown. (Click on the picture for an Amazon link to more information about the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide) |
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| I Go To Sleep | Truth | Duncan Johnson |
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| Here In My Arms | Robbie Porter |
| Nothing's Too Good For My Baby | Stevie Wonder |
| Stop Her On Sight (SOS) | Edwin Starr |
| My Darling Hildegarde | Statler Brothers |
| I Can't Grow Peaches On A Cherry Tree | Just Us |
| The Train To Disaster | Voice |
| I Do | Goldie |
| Eight Miles High | Byrds |
| Monday Monday | Mamas & Papas |
| Wild Thing | Troggs |
| The Big Hurt | Del Shannon |
| Lies A Million | Roving Kind |
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| Can't Live With You, Can't Live Without You | Mindbenders |
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On Tuesday, April 25th, Wycombe Town Hall. Neil Christian, promoting present chart action from That's Nice signed up as member #218. His backing group were the Crusaders: Jimmy 'Tornado' Evans (219), Tony Marsh (221), Avid Andersen (222) and Ritchie Blackmore (220). Manager, Ron Watell also joined (224). The group members wrote fictitious names in the Knees Club Book as a prank. My only assurance that the individuals listed above were the members of the Crusaders at that time, comes from Pete Frame's 'Rock Family Trees' book, (for more info, click on the Amazon link, left). The book lists the band line-up (its sixth) in April '66. Thus, the club acquired Ritchie Blackmore, the first of 5 fledgling members of Deep Purple to join. On Friday, April 29th at Beaconsfield Youth Club, the club recruited the Four Pennies: Fritz Fryer (230), Mike Wilsh (231), Lionel Morton (232) and Alan Buck (233). Lionel was married to actress Julia Foster, who accompanied the band, but we somehow failed to recruit Julia for the club. |