Big
L Fab Forty vs Caroline Countdown
|
Dep
Date |
 |
Caroline
top forty chart placings that were previously on the Big L
playlist,
but had left it on the date given |
|
|
11/09
|
6
|
Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine | Beatles |
|
18/09
|
7
|
Too Soon to Know | Roy Orbison |
|
11/09
|
10
|
All Or Nothing | Small Faces |
|
11/09
|
14
|
Just Like A Woman | Manfred Mann |
|
11/09
|
15
|
Stop That Girl | Chris Andrews |
|
31/07
|
17
|
Sweet Dreams (spent only one week as Mike Lennox's climber) | Tommy McLain |
|
21/08
|
20
|
Warm and Tender Love | Percy Sledge |
|
18/09
|
21
|
Big Time Operator | Zoot Money |
|
18/09
|
24
|
Got to Get You Into My Life | Cliff Bennett |
|
11/09
|
25
|
Cherry Cherry | Neil Diamond |
|
11/09
|
26
|
Step Out of Line | Twice As Much |
|
28/08
|
28
|
More Than Love | Ken Dodd |
|
7/08
|
29
|
So Sad About Us | The Merseys |
|
28/08
|
30
|
Here Today | Robb Storme Group |
|
4/09
|
32
|
Run | Sandie Shaw |
|
Dep
Date |
LW
|
TW
|
As
above, positions 41 – 50,
Caroline Countdown
only |
|
|
4/09
|
45
|
42
|
Money Won't Change You | James Brown |
|
31/07
|
34
|
49
|
Mama | Dave Berry |
|
LW
|
 |
Singles
unique to this week's Big
L playlist (i.e. not on Caroline's
list)
|
|
|
11
|
Have You Ever Loved Somebody | Searchers | |
|
12
|
I've Got You Under My Skin | Four Seasons | |
|
19
|
I Struck It Rich | Len Barry | |
|
20
|
We Love The Pirate Stations* | Roaring 60's | |
|
21
|
There Will Never Be Another You | Chris Montez | |
|
21
|
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow? | Stones | |
|
23
|
Summer Wind | Frank Sinatra | |
|
26
|
She Drives Me Out Of My Mind | Swinging Medallions | |
|
28
|
Land Of 1,000 Dances | Wilson Pickett | |
|
29
|
Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself | Zombies | |
|
30
|
Summertime | Billy Stewart | |
|
32
|
There's Something About You* | Chantelles | |
|
33
|
Born A Woman | Sandy Posey | |
|
34
|
Till Winter Follows Spring | Settlers | |
|
–
|
36
|
My Strength, Heart And Soul | Johnny Devlin |
|
–
|
37
|
The Cost Of Living | Downliners Sect |
|
–
|
37
|
That Loving Feeling* | Honeycombs |
|
–
|
38
|
I Can Make It With You | Jackie de Shannon/Pozo Seco Singers |
|
–
|
39
|
Painter Man | Creation |
|
–
|
40
|
Security | Diana Dors |
|
–
|
40
|
Somewhere My Love | Mike Sammes Singers |
|
|
Top
forty chart placings unique to this week's Caroline
playlist (i.e.
not previously listed by Big L)
|
|
|
31
|
In the Arms of Love | Andy Williams |
|
37
|
Bossy Boss | Fingers Lee |
|
40
|
You Are the Love of My Life | Truly Smith |
|
TW
|
LW
|
As
above, positions 41 – 50,
Caroline Countdown
only |
|
|
42
|
41
|
Off to Dublin | Go Lucky Four |
|
33
|
46
|
Man of the Moment | Freddie Ryder |
|
50
|
47
|
It's A Crime | Kirkbys |
|
43
|
48
|
I Can't Touch the Sun | Julie Felix |
|
Freddie Ryder, the 'Man of the Moment' at #33, was the Caroline recording engineer responsible for the production of commercials and promos. He took over the job at 6 Chesterfield Gardens from Gerry Duncan. The photo and review of one of Freddie's previous singles, is from Record Mirror. Dated 14 months earlier, July 17 1965, it tells of the unusual method employed for choosing Freddie's name. However, the item does not explain whether the competition was for Caroline listeners, or the staff at Caroline House. Sounds like he had some lucky escapes from terrible monikers!
Freddie passed away in 2021 |
 |
 |
Henry Millaflaunt (left of photo) or it could be Freddie Ryder, pictured at Roger Day's Caroline 40th Anniversary Reunion, March 28 2004. On the right of the photo is the famous engineer, George Saunders |
| Big L DJ Climbers: | ||
| End Of The Season | Uglys | Tony Blackburn |
| No Milk Today | Herman's Hermits | Dave Dennis |
| Who Am I? | Petula Clark | Kenny Everett |
| Oh What A Day It's Gonna Be | Mo & Steve | Paul Kaye |
| Que Sera Sera | Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band | Mike Lennox |
| High Time | Paul Jones | Mark Roman |
| My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died | Roger Miller | Keith Skues |
| I Love My Dog | Cat Stevens | Ed Stewart |
| If I Were A Carpenter | Bobby Darin | Norman St John |
| It Hurts Me | Bobby Goldsboro | Alan West |
| Time Drags By | Cliff Richard & the Shadows | Tony Windsor |
| Big L Climbers | |
| Everything I Touch Turns To Tears | Brian Poole |
| Someone's In The Kitchen With Dinah | Wee Willie Harris |
| San Francisco Woman | Bob Lind |
| Join My Gang | Oscar |
| Bad News Feeling | Vikings |
| No One Knows | Graham Bonney |
| Flamingo | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
| I Can't Control Myself | Troggs |
| Stop Stop Stop | Hollies |
| Happy New Year | Beverley |
| Disc of the Week: | |
| A Fool Am I | Cilla Black |
| Album of the Week: | |
| River Deep Mountain High | Ike & Tina Turner |
| Caroline Sureshots |
(picked for both station playlists)
|
| Pollyanna | Classics |
| God's Own Country | David McWilliams |
| Gloria's Dream | Belfast Gypsies |
| Dommage Dommage | Engelbert Humperdink |
| I Can't Control Myself | Troggs |
| I Love My Dog | Cat Stevens |
| Picked to click by both stations | |
| I Can't Control Myself | Troggs |
| I Love My Dog | Cat Stevens |
