Sunday 19th December 1965

The Fab Four remain the Fab 40 #1, with their double A-side, while 'Rubber Soul' is chosen as 'LP of the Week' (See Alan Field's notes, below the Climbers list).

Last	This
Week	Week
1	1	We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper	Beatles
6	2	To Whom It Concerns	Chris Andrews
4	3	Keep On Running	Spencer Davis Group
9	4	You Make It Move	Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich
11	5	Till The End Of The Day	Kinks
10	6	It's All Happening	Leapy Lee
12	7	Take Me For What I'm Worth	Searchers
5	8	Rescue Me	Fontella Bass
13	9	A Must To Avoid	Herman's Hermits
14	10	The Little Girl I Once Knew	Beach Boys
8	11	Let's Hang On	Four Seasons
3	12	My Ship Is Coming In	Walker Brothers
25	13	England Swings	Roger Miller
31	14	I Stand Accused	Merseybeats
39	15	Don't Push Me	Hedgehoppers Anonymous
2	16	Maria	P J Proby
17	17	Something About You	Four Tops
–	18	My Girl	Otis Redding
33	19	The Long Cigarette	Roulettes
7	20	You Were On My Mind	Crispian St Peters
15	21	The River	Ken Dodd
40	22	Mirror Mirror	Pinkerton's Assorted Colours
32	23	Hello Dolly	Bachelors
36	24	The Water Is Over My Head	Rockin' Berries
16	25	Fever	McCoys
21	26	This Year, Next Year	Honeycombs
23	27	Eight Days A Week	Alma Cogan
28	28	Starlight Melody	Nini Rosso
37	29	Work Song	James Royal
–	30	Are You There (With Another Girl)	Dionne Warwick
–	31	I Can't Believe What You Say	Val McKenna
–	32	May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose	Little Jimmy Dickens
18	33	Princess In Rags	Gene Pitney
19	34	My Generation	Who
–	35	Make The World Go Away	Eddy Arnold
24	36	I Hear A Symphony	Supremes
–	37	Thunderball	Tom Jones
–	38	Ebb Tide	Righteous Brothers
–	39	A Sweet Woman Like You	Joe Tex
–	40	Spanish Flea	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

DJ Climbers:
Tchaikovsky One	Second City Sound	Dave Cash
Jealous Heart	Connie Francis	Dave Dennis
My Little World Is All Blue	Graham Bonney	John Edward
Second Hand Rose	Barbra Streisand	Paul Kaye
Music Talk	Beryl Marsden	Mike Lennox
Creation	Rick & Sandy	Earl Richmond
Goin' Where The Lovin' Is	Christine Holmes	Mark Roman
Friends And Lovers Forever	New Breed	Tony Windsor
Goodbye Girl	Keith Powell	Duncan Johnson

Goodbye Girl was in Brian Long's original climber list, but it was not allocated to any of the DJs. From listening to recordings, Gert van der Winden has identified it as Duncan Johnson's pick for this week.

Alan Field's Fab Notes:
As Brian Long points out in his book, The London Sound, this chart sees We Can Work It Out at #1 for the third consecutive week, marking the longest run at the top for any record on the Fab 40. People with a copy of the book should note that Brian has updated this week's list with us – all the climbers, and the disc and LP of the week are published here for the first time. The Album of the Week became a regular feature on Big L, and we have weekly listings starting in the first week of May 1966. The inclusion of the Beatles' Rubber Soul as 'LP of the Week' on 19th December 1965 seems to be the first recorded instance or, more likely, a special feature at the time.

Climber:
Sugar Shack	Steve Brett & Mavericks
Disc of the Week:
White Christmas	Jackie Edwards
LP of the Week:
Rubber Soul	Beatles

Sugar Shack Steve Brett & Mavericks Columbia DB 7794 The Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide puts a value of £85 on a mint condition copy of this disc. A glance at the line-up of the Wolverhampton group who made it says it all. Playing guitar and singing backing vocals is none other than Neville 'Noddy' Holder. His next group was the 'N Betweens, who went on to become Ambrose Slade, who morphed into the 70's hit machine Slade. There's more about them in the notes to the Fab 40 for 4th December 1966. (click on the picture for an Amazon link to more information about the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide)

The Caroline 'Sounds of '65' chart (south ship) for this week is here

Tune in next week for another Big L Fab 40!