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A little Freddie, up to #3 If you fancy ruining your kneecaps doing 'The Freddie', there's a 28-track Very Best of Freddie and the Dreamers CD, which includes 'A Little You' and 'Do the Freddie'. All tracks have audio clips.
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Chart compiler 'Fab' Alan Field notes: "Sharp-eyed readers who have Brian Long's book The London Sound may spot differences between this chart and the version originally published. Special thanks are due to Machteld and Gert for filling gaps in Brian's list and resolving one or two other discrepancies."
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1
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Bring It On Home To Me | Animals |
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8
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2
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A World Of Our Own | Seekers |
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7
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3
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A Little You | Freddie & the Dreamers |
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9
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4
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Something Better Beginning | Honeycombs |
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6
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5
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Oh No Not My Baby | Manfred Mann |
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14
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6
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Wonderful World | Herman's Hermits |
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15
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7
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Once Upon A Time | Tom Jones |
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1
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8
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King Of The Road | Roger Miller |
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3
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9
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Ticket To Ride | Beatles |
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20
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10
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Come On Over To My Place | Drifters |
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29
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11
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Subterranean Homesick Blues | Bob Dylan |
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38
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12
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Hello Faithless | Dora Hall |
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4
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13
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Little Things | Dave Berry |
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22
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14
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Blood Red River | Silkie |
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34
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15
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Comin' On To Cry / That's The Way It Goes | Mojos |
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32
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16
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I'm Gonna Get There Somehow | Val Doonican |
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12
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17
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True Love Ways | Peter & Gordon |
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5
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18
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Pop Go The Workers | Barron Knights |
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27
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19
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Don't Get Off That Train | Tony Blackburn |
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16
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20
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Not Until The Next Time | Jim Reeves |
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21
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Love Her | Walker Brothers |
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22
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Where Are You Now (My Love) | Jackie Trent |
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11
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23
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Stop! In The Name Of Love | Supremes |
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28
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24
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Satisfied | Lulu & the Luvvers |
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31
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25
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Poor Man's Son | Rockin' Berries |
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26
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Some Things You Never Get Used To | Calvin James |
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26
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27
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I've Been Wrong Before | Cilla Black |
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28
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Iko Iko | Dixie Cups |
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29
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This Little Bird | Marianne Faithfull |
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30
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | Heinz & the Wild Boys |
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35
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31
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I Want That Boy | Chantelles |
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32
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I Live The Life I Love | John Hammond |
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36
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33
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Turn Your Eyes To Me | Cannon Brothers |
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34
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All Over The World | Francoise Hardy |
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35
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Tommy | Twinkle |
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19
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36
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Nowhere To Run | Martha & the Vandellas |
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37
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Mr Pitiful | Otis Redding |
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23
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38
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The Minute You're Gone | Cliff Richard |
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39
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Moonshine | Kenny & the Wranglers |
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10
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40
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Here Comes The Night | Them |
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38
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12
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Hello Faithless | Dora Hall | King KG 1003 |
Hello Faithless had the distinction of being the first record advertised on British TV. The commercial originally mentioned Radio London, but nervous TV company Rediffusion, appeared concerned about blatantly plugging a 'pirate'. It refused to accept the advert for transmission until the words, 'Now in Radio London's Fabulous Forty' were changed to, 'Now in the Fabulous Forty'. It seems this last-minute change may have caused a delay in transmission which rendered the commercial pointless, as it was not broadcast till May 7th. Hello Faithless stood at #12, but when the new Fab 40 was announced two days later, the single was nowhere to be seen – or heard.
Dora Hall was an eccentric entertainer, whose US career was promoted in an unusual manner. Her husband was Leo Hulseman, the founder of plastic goods manufacturer the Solo Cup Company, which distributed Dora's singles as free gifts, given away with packs of disposable cups and plates! No doubt the Solo Cup Company paid for the Rediffusion TV commercial. The unofficial Dora Hall website is here.
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