Sunday 5th September 1965

Barry McGuire cheers everyone up at #18. Alan Field points out that this week's Fab 40 is Brian Long's updated/corrected version of the chart originally published in his book 'The London Sound'. Brian writes about how he originally compiled the Fabs here. September 5th was also the date of the first time-checks sponsored by the Bulova clock and watch company (see item below the chart).

Last	This	Presented by Dave Cash
Week	Week
1	1	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Rolling Stones
5	2	Like A Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan
6	3	What's New Pussycat?	Tom Jones
2	4	I Got You Babe	Sonny & Cher
10	5	Just A Little Bit Better	Herman's Hermits
9	6	Whatcha Gonna Do About It?	Small Faces
4	7	Make It Easy On Yourself	Walker Brothers
13	8	Il Silenzio	Nini Rosso
11	9	Laugh At Me	Sonny
23	10	Look Through Any Window	Hollies
15	11	Universal Soldier (EP)	Donovan
31	12	Hang On Sloopy	McCoys
14	13	Take A Heart	Sorrows
3	14	All I Really Want To Do	Byrds / Cher
16	15	Hark	Unit 4 + 2
7	16	Zorba's Dance	Marcello Minerbi
–	17	California Girls	Beach Boys
32	18	Eve Of Destruction	Barry McGuire
18	19	The Time In Between	Cliff Richard & the Shadows
27	20	Hurt Me If You Will	Mark Four
12	21	Help! / I'm Down	Beatles
8	22	Don't Make My Baby Blue	Shadows
20	23	Ju Ju Hand	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
17	24	You're My Girl	Rockin' Berries
26	25	(It Won't Hurt) Half As Much	Them
–	26	It's The Same Old Song	Four Tops
28	27	Baby Don't Go	Sonny & Cher
39	28	Save Your Heart For Me	Gary Lewis & the Playboys
–	29	Run To My Lovin' Arms	Billy Fury
30	30	Try To Understand	Lulu
33	31	That's The Way I Must Go	Headliners
40	32	She Belongs To Me	Masterminds
–	33	Whenever You're Ready	Zombies
37	34	It's All Over Now Baby Blue	Leroy Van Dyke / Joan Baez
–	35	Some Of Your Lovin'	Dusty Springfield
–	36	Since I Lost My Baby	Temptations
–	37	Untrue, Unfaithful	Nita Rossi
–	38	You've Got To Hide Your Love Away	Silkie
24	39	Unchained Melody	Righteous Brothers
34	40	I'll Never Get Over You	Everly Brothers

 

31 12 Hang On Sloopy McCoys Immediate IM 001 A massive leap up the Fab Forty from #31 to #12 for Hang on Sloopy. Originally titled My Girl Sloopy the song was first recorded by the Vibrations in 1964. The McCoys' version, a huge hit on both sides of the pond, is now the official rock record of the state of Ohio. US States usually have official birds and flowers, but (unless things have changed since this feature appeared in 2008) Ohio is the only one to have an official rock song.

Aboard the Galaxy
September 5th
Radio London broadcast the first of its soon-to-be-famous time-checks sponsored by the Bulova clock and watch company, a contract the station had won from Radio Caroline. The Bulova website reveals:

The realization of a great American dream began in 1875 when Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old immigrant from Bohemia, opened a small jewelry store on Maiden Lane in New York City. This modest enterprise was to evolve into one of today's pre-eminent watch and clock companies. ...America ran on Bulova time, beginning with radio's first commercials, broadcast nationally in 1926: "At the tone, it's 8 P.M., B-U-L-O-V-A, Bulova watch time." Two years later, Bulova introduced the world's first clock radio.